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A Place TO Call Home The Tribe's new residential community is expected to be complete by June of this year and is coming to life
more each day. .The community consists of 36 houses with one to five bedrooms, grouped around a covered central meeting place. More
photos on page 7.
As The Grand Rondes Get Ready To Celebrate
20 Years Of Restoration, The Tribe's Community
Fund Will Kick It Off With A Celebration For
Reaching The $20 million Mark For Giving
By Ron Karten
On May 13, the Portland Art
Museum will host some 500
guests of the Spirit Moun
tain Community Fund to celebrate
the $20 millionth dollar of giving.
"The most important thing (about
it) to me is in the beginning we
made a commitment to giving back
to our community and the $20 mil
lion mark shows that we stood by
our word," said Reyn Leno, Vice
Chairman of the Grand Ronde
Tribal Council.
Two hundred fifty four recipient
organizations of the Fund's 347
grants since 1997 will be there,
whether in person or in spirit, as
will Tribal Elders, Tribal officials,
staffers and decision makers
throughout the state to honor this
community landmark. Many have
played an important part in mak
ing the Community Fund success
ful. Tribal Council member Val Grout
called it a "privilege to share with
the community and the surround
ing area."
"It has brought the Tribe to the
forefront of Oregon as a partner
showing our commitment to the
Fund continued on page 3
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MOUNTAIN CASINO C0
Tribe's showcase business lures Douglas Pattison
to take over.
By Ron Karten
He brings to Grand Ronde the
best of New Joisey, Memphis and
Miz-sippi, and professional suc
cesses from both corporate and
Indian-owned casinos. The
names and places on his resume
Atlantic City, Caesar's World,
Sands, Golden Nugget, Aruba
shine as brightly as the lights out
in front of the properties he has
helped make successful.
Pattison said that he's worked
in so many parts of the country
with specific and well-known dia
lects that now, it's hard to tell
where he's from. But his
friendly, soft-spoken and accom
modating manner make it easy
to see why he would be welcome
anywhere.
"His talents are what we are
looking for," said Tribal Council
Chairwoman Cheryle Kennedy.
"He seemed to me like a solu
CEO continued on page 3
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Ready TO GO - New Spirit Moun
tain Casino CEO Douglas Pattison brings
an impressive string of top-notch ex
perience to Grand Ronde to begin his
new duties as the man in charge.