2 MAY 1,2008
Smoke Signals
Social Services Committee members wanted
Applications are being accepted for the newly formed Social Services
Committee. Contact Dakota Whitecloud, Tribal Council Relations
Coordinator, at 503-879-1309, 1-800-422-0232, ext. 1309, ore-mail at
dakota.whitecloudgrandronde.org to obtain an application.
NOTICE Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE TIME
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Wednesday, May 21 5 p.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed. Call Dakota
Whitecloud, Tribal Council Relations Coordinator, at 503-879-1309 to confirm.
Dear Elders of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Nation:
This letter and certificate are in appreciation for the support you have
shown the American soldiers of Co. A 641 Aviation, the "Celts," during our
deployment to Iraq from October of 2007 through May of 2008. Your cards
and care packages were greatly appreciated by the 44 soldiers and officers
of Alpha Company. Most importantly, the support we felt on receiving such
generosity from our fellow Americans helped us make it through our deploy
ment and return to our families with pride in a job well done.
Alpha Company is a C-23 Sherpa Theater Aviation Company, composed
of 44 soldiers with our headquarters in Oregon, and detachments in Wash
ington state, South Dakota and Oklahoma. The aircraft we fly is a Shorts
Brothers C-23 "Sherpa" built in Northern Ireland; this is where we derive
our unit name of the "Celts." We are one of only five such companies that
exist in the Army inventory; all of the C-23 companies in the Army are Na
tional Guard units.
The soldiers of Alpha Company provide aviation support to the theater
commander, hauling urgent cargoes and passengers throughout the Iraq
Theater of operations. Since our arrival and takeover of the mission, we have
hauled 5.4 million pounds of urgently needed cargo, typically medical supplies
and urgently needed repair parts to support outlying bases. We have also
transported 12,600 passengers, often soldiers on urgent missions, or going to
or returning from leave with their families and friends. Our passengers and
cargo are spared lengthy and dangerous ground convoys to reach outlying
bases where they are needed for the mission of supporting the freedom and
security that is growing every day in this country.
As I type this, the Celts are well on their way to setting a record for the
mission we perform here in Iraq. We have moved more cargo and transported
more passengers than any unit that has preceded us in this mission since
it started in 2004. The morale of our soldiers is key to accomplishing this
vital mission and owes a great deal to the support we feel from the friends,
loved ones and very often strangers whom we have never met, but only
know us as "American soldiers." Please accept our thanks and this enclosed
certificate as a small token or our gratitude for your support, and know that
you have played a part in the success of the Celts, and the support of our
fighting forces in Iraq.
Commanding Major David R. Doran "Celtic '06"
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Dear Grand Konde Community:
My nnme is Jade Ixe Flrtchall. I'm 23. My date of birth i Feb. 10, 1985.
I'm looking for my father, "Don Madaries," and my grand parent, Mr. and
Mrs. Madarioi). I'm not sure if that in how they spell the last nnme becauHC
I have not Hern my dad for 20 years, but I do know the last place my grand
parents lived at was Hideout Road in Grand Ronde.
If you may be able to help me find them, I would love for you to help me.
This will be so cool if I do get a hold of my family on my dad's side because
I would love to get to know my father and family on his side, and it would
be nice to let them know how I'm doing.
Jade Lee Fletchall
SID No. 1S336537
777 Stanton Blvd.
Ontario, OR 97914
2008 GENERAL COUNCIL
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