Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current, June 01, 2008, Special Section, Page 4, Image 19

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    4 JUNE 1,2008
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Photo by Dean Rhodes
Tribal Council Relations Coordinator Dakota Whitecloud, left, visits with
Tribal Elder Harold Lyon and his wife, Anna, during the opening of the
casino's southern expansion on May 1 5.
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Photo by Dean Rhodes
Spirit Mountain Casino Executive Chef Richard Burr talks with southern
expansion project manager Graham Roy and Julie Marino.
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"This is really incredible. I never thought in my lifetime I would
live long enough to see this. I cannot describe how I feel. It's
just overwhelming. I wish my father (Tribal Elder Leo Norwest
who passed on in 1955) was here to see this today."
Tribal Elder Marcella Norwest Selwyn
Photo by Dean Rhodes
Spirit Mountain Gaming Commission Chair and Tribal member
Denise Harvey and Spirit Mountain Gaming Inc. board member
and Tribal member Andy Jenness enjoy the casino's southern
expansion grand opening festivities on Thursday, May 1 5.
Tribal Council member
Kathleen Tom, left, visits with
Tribal Elders Louise Medeiros
and Violet Folden during the
opening ceremonies of Spirit
Mountain Casino's southern
expansion.
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day come, and I wish
my mother could see
it, and my grand
mother before her."
Tribal Elder
Louise Medeiros
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Tribal Council member Chris Mercier
visits with Tribal Elder Joann
Mercier, Security Director at Spirit
Mountain Casino,
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Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Council members, from left. Secretary Jack Giffen Jr., Steve Bobb Sr. and Vice Chairman Reyn Leno talk with
Julie Giffen at the opening ceremony.