2 JUNE 15, 2008
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Tribal Council nominations set
Tribal Council nominations will be accepted at 11 a.m. Sunday,
June 29, at the Tribal Community Center.
For more information or questions, call the Elections Office at
503-879-2271 or 800-422-0232, ext. 2271.
NOTICE Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE TIME
Wednesday, June 18 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 Smoke Signals:
I want to thank the Royalty girls for all their wonderful help with the
Mother's Day Tea.
The girls were very helpful with serving and making sure everyone had
something to eat and drink.
Plus, they stayed and helped clean up.
Thanks again, girls. You're wonderful.
Anna Hannan Lyon
Dear Smoke Signals:
I have been a Democrat all of my life and I was raised in a Democratic
family. I am heartsick that Hillary Clinton, who had the most popular votes,
is being pushed out of becoming the Democratic nominee for president of the
United States. What kind of nation are we where the voice of the majority
of the people is overlooked and the super delegates have the power?
The Democratic Party is at fault here to have the super delegate system.
One super delegate's vote is equal to 10,000 people and 842 super delegates
control 40 percent of the vote. How is that right? They also took away
the voice of the voters in Florida and Michigan, and that is unforgivable
because both of those states went to Sen. Clinton.
I will not support Barack Hussein Obama. He was unable to achieve the
number of delegates he needed to receive the nomination. His church and pas
tor push and support African-American movement and value systems above
all else. His wife is a radical and ashamed of the United States of America.
Obama was raised as a privileged, rich young person. I le was not raised with
poor folks and cannot identify with blue-collar, working-class people.
I may just end up writing in the name of Hillary Clinton or Ron Paul
as a protest vote. I have not decided yet. I feel I might as well throw my
vote away because the people did not have a voice in this election from the
beginning with the way the Democrats run their party system. Actually,
I don't see where the Republicans have that much choice either ... unless
you want the war to go on for 100 years.
Rosemary Good Jameson
Roll 883
Sliver Park dedication
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryl A. Kennedy, right, shares a
laugh with former Portland Mayor Vera Katx during the Vera Katx
Park dedication ceremony In Portland on Thursday, May 29. Spirit
Mountain Community Fund donated $1 00,000 to the park project and
Chairwoman Kennedy gave the invocation. The Tribal Honor Guard also
participated In the dedication event.
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All Tribal offices will be closing at noon Thursday. July 3. and will be
closed on Friday, July 4. in observance of Independence Day.
Contest Powwow vendor information
If you are interested in being a vendor for the Grand Ronde Annual
Contest Powwow, Aug. 15-17, 2008, contact Shannon Simi or Dana Ainam
at 1-800-242-8196 to request an application.
Social Services Committee members wanted
Applications are being accepted for the newly formed Social Services
Committee. Contact Dakota Whitecloud, Tribal Council Relations Coor
dinator, at 503-879-1309, 1-800-422-0232, ext. 1309, or e-mail at dakota.
whitecloudgrandronde.org to obtain an application.
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DEADLINE DATE ISSUE PATE
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Monday, July 7 JULY 15
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