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1 50 turn out to honor veterans on Memorial Day
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals tlaff writer
You don't have to be a veteran
to celebrate this day," said
Tribal Elder and Army vet
eran Marce Norwest. "All you have
to be is an American."
One hundred and 50 Americans
attended the Grand Ronde Memori
al Day celebration on Monday, May
25, at the West Valley Veterans'
Memorial on the Tribal campus.
Attendees included 29 members
of the Parazoo family, and, of them,
10 were visiting from Wyoming to
see the name of their father and
grandfather, Tribal member Mi
chael Parazoo, now passed on, and
their relative, Michelle Dickison
Cooper, inscribed on the Army
wall.
The 150 also included World War
11 Army veteran Vic Danke, who
served with the 82nd Airborne
Division in Europe from 19 13-46,
and Dave Twine, an Army veteran
who served in Okinawa and Vict-
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Photo by Ron Karten
Congrats man Kurt Schrad t from Oregon's 5th District told tho Memorial
Day crowd In Grand Rondo that ho was honorod to sharo tho podium with
poopU who havo livod In tho aroa for thousands of yoars.
nam from 1966-69 and ushered
in the Color Guard with bagpipes
and kilt.
Unable to attend but also honored
was World War It Navy veteran
Clay Kirkland, whofe daughter was
on hand to accept the honors.
"He had three ships blown out
from under him," said Tribal Elder
and veteran Steve Rife, who played
a key role in organizing the event
in conjunction with Army veteran
Christian Tinney (Lower Eastern
Cherokee). Tribal Public Affairs Di
rector Siobhan Taylor also helped
put the program together.
Tribal Elder, Tribal Council mem
ber and Marine veteran Steve Dobb
Sr. read the 37 new names added to
the memorial this year (see side
bar on page 3). Dobb designed the
Veterans' Memorial.
"I will always be grateful for the
sacrifices veterans make," said
Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A.
Kennedy. "I don't think we can
overestimate their contributions."
From Oregon's 6th District, Con
gressman Kurt Schroder attended
with his wife, Martha, a member of
See MEMORIAL DAY
continued on page 3