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Floating Veterans' Senior Queen Miranda Provost, (I to r) Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle Kennedy and Senior Miss Grand Ronde Leah Brisbois aboard "The Grand Chinook," in
downtown Portland during this year's Grand Floral Parade on Saturday, June 10. The float, entered by Spirit Mountain Casino and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde won
the Grand Prize. Also aboard "The Grand Chinook" was Tribal Elder Kathryn Harrison and Tribal Royalty Nakoosa Moreland, Halona Butler, Leland Butler and Orin-John Allen.
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A Family Love Story Wrapped In A Haircut,
A Square Dance And Eighteen Holes of Golf
Tribal Elder Herman K. Hudson has aged gracefully,
helping folks all along the way.
By Ron Karten
At 81, Tribal Elder Herman
K. Hudson is a modest man.
Or as he puts it, "I'm not a
celebrity or anything like that."
In fact, he's more than a celebrity
to his daughter and Tribal Elder
Kathryn Bell. "Oh, my daddy!" she
said over the phone from Redmond,
Washington. "He's the sweetest
man in the whole world." She said
she wanted to email some of her
memories "because I'll cry when I
start thinking about him."
"He loved fishing," said his old
est son, Tim, a Tribal member who
lives in Boulder City, Nevada. "He
used to drive my mom crazy when
he went to a place called the Rock
Pile. It's in the middle of Puget
Sound, and he went by himself and
worried her sick until he brought
back an 80-pound halibut."
"He helps just about anybody
that needs help out there," said his
uncle, Tribal Elder Gene Hudson,
who lives in Salem. "He was always
RJcutting people's hair who couldn't
get around. He used to cut (Tribal
Elder) Leonard Vivette's hair. And
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Tribal Elder Herman K. Hudson
on the golf course.
the same for (Tribal Elder) Tony
George." Recently, Hudson drove
George from his Sheridan rest
home to the Elders' meal site for
lunch. He's always taking someone
See HUDSON
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