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AUGUST 15,2009
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Two Grand Ronde-area
properties approved by BIA
in July adds 40 more acres
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Tribe's trust land holdings in
Yamhill County grew by 40.44 acres
in mid-July when two properties
the Smith and AGZ properties
were officially granted trust status
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The 9.13-acre AGZ property is
north of Elders' housing at the
southwest corner of Hebo and
Grand Ronde roads.
The 31.31-acre Smith property is
north of Tribal multi-family housing
and southwest of the intersection of
Grand Ronde and Hebo roads.
The properties were formally
transferred into trust on July 20,
said Tribal Lands Manager Jan
Michael Reibach.
"This is a collaborative effort,"
Reibach said. "We work closely
with the Tribal Council, internal
departments and external agen
cies in the process. There are many
steps in the journey of transferring
land into trust."
Reibach said the trust process is
lengthy. Through the Tribal Lands
Management Department, the Con
federated Tribes of Grand Ronde
drafts and submits an application
to the Bureau of Indian affairs and
works with federal, state and coun
ty offices in the transfer process.
Fee-to-trust conversions provide
Tribes with an avenue to maintain
jurisdiction over their lands and
develop projects that support Tribal
members and the local community.
The new properties increase
the Tribe's trust land holdings
to 396.23 acres and increase the
Tribe's acres owned in Yamhill
County to 10,839.47 acres.
The trust acreage total is in addi
tion to the Tribe's 10,312.66 acres
of Reservation lands, Reibach
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Congressman David Wu, middle front, has his photo taken with
Tribal members Kathleen Tom, front row left, Chairwoman Cheryle A.
Kennedy, front row right, second row from left, Tribal Vice Chair Reyn
Leno, and Wink Soderberg, third row from left, Chris Mercier, Steve
Bobb Sr., and Tribal Secretary Jack Giffen Jr., after a meeting with Tribal
Council on Wednesday, Aug. 1 2, to hear Tribal concerns. Council asked
for his support on the bill to amend the Columbia River Gorge Scenic
Act. The act is being sponsored by Congressman Kurt Schrader.
Coleman helps Cascade team qualify for tournament
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal member Rachelle Cole
man's contributions on the mound
and at the plate helped the Cas
cade Little League junior softball
all-stars win the Oregon state
championship 3-2 on July 30 and
advance to the Western Regional
tournament played Aug. 6-12 in
Tucson, Ariz.
Cascade played Milton-Freewater
to a scoreless tie after nine innings
in the Oregon title game at Wood
stock Park in Portland.
Coleman, 13, started the game for
Cascade and pitched four innings,
allowing one runner on a single in
the first inning. She struck out six.
"Rachelle Coleman pitched awe
some," Cascade manager Jay
Korkow told the Salem Statesman-Journal.
In the top of the 10th inning,
Milton-Freewater broke the score
less tie with two runs and looked
like the team would three-peat as
state champs.
However, in the bottom of the
10th inning, Cascade loaded the
bases with no outs on consecutive
singles by Alexis Morton, Kaitlyn
Sherman and Katelynne Braff.
Coleman then stepped to the plate
and singled, scoring Morton and cut
ting the two-run deficit in half.
Kaytie Jo Zellner followed with a
sacrifice fly to center field, scoring
Sherman from third and tying the
game. Braff and Coleman held at
second and first base, respectively.
Then, on a 3-1 pitch, Morgan
Hunter hit a ball that was booted by
Milton-Freewater's shortstop, allow
ing Braff to score from second base.
"They are just great, great kids,"
Korkow said. "It's going to be a fun
trip and hopefully we will get down
there and win some games."
Cascade left for Tucson on Aug. 3.
Cascade opened play Aug. 6 against
Arizona. At press time, the team
had lost the first two of four quarter
final matches.
Coleman is the granddaughter of
Tribal Elder Nancy Coleman and
the niece of Tribal Council member
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