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Smoke Signals 10 AUGUST 15, 2009 CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF GRAND RONDE OFFICIAL BALLOT COUNCIL GENERAL ELECTION Grand Ronde September 12, 2009 Z Saturday, Sept. 72 If have received your ballot, please be sure to vote. If you already have a signature verification in file, then you don't have to fill out a new one. Thank you to those who updated their signature verification, fl USDA food distribution The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's Social Services De partment has been meeting with the USDA program from the Siletz Tribe. In an attempt to provide better service and meet the specific individual needs of Tribal members, our department is asking if Tribal members have an interest in receiving USDA distribution of food here at a local distribution center in Grand Ronde. We would like to know if there are enough Tribal members to measure the interest of delivery of USDA once each month. Please contact our Social Services office if you feel you are eli gible for the program and would utilize it here at Grand Ronde. We will need your name and address to meet program guide lines. Please contact Social Services at 503-879-2034 or 1-800-242-8196. B Tiro lb a D CouincnD IHIoirQOEraErDQjQmrQ As elected officials, as defined by Federal Law, Tribal Council members cannot pay into Social Security. This means that what they earn as Tribal Council members does not count when they claim Social Security benefits. Our current Tribal Council has been studying the possibility of providing an Honorarium to all past, present and future Tribal Council members to partially off-set what they could loose as a result of serving as Tribal Council members. With this in mind, the Tribal Council would like to know what you think about their receiving a monthly Honorarium, and if past, present and future Tribal Council members were to receive a monthly Honorarium, how it should be calculated? Please take a few minutes and express your opinion on this issue: Please state why they should or should not receive the Honorarium. At a flat rate . Dased on the number of years of service on Council , Nothing at all , Thnnk you for taking the time to annwer this questionnaire. Please nend your renponws to Dakota Whitecloud, TCHC, CTGU, 9615 Grand Hondo Hoad, Grand Ronde, OR, 973 17. If you prefer to e-mail your response, please send to dnkotn.whitecloud tfgran dronde.org, or you may fax the form to Dakota at 603-879-596 1. Deadline is Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Name Tribal Roll U Date TO VOTE: Complete the arrow pointing to the candidate of your choice like VOTING FOR MORE THAN THREE (3) CANDIDATES WILL VOID YOUR BALLOT. 3 GQQ (3 CANDIDATES FOR COUNCIL QTLT VOTE FOR THREE (3) ONLY m K1L JACKIE PROVOST f MANY HIDES HAROLD LYON M BRENT MERRILL STANLEY 0. JEFFERS SHELLEY JUKI UAkicrtM ' BOBBY ALLAN r m MERCIER TLbT TOBY MCCLARY S3 Af KiL rr CAMPBELL vLRT JACK GIFFEN JR DENISE xILflTl uadwcv " f rxKKI r MCDANIEL Tlld) ALTON GUS BUTLER, JR. llll APIIP SHEKER JiT CHERYLEA. KENNEDY LEONARD 'LENNY' JlnJl DEBBIE 7T' MARRINGTON Iq1 SANDAL (SAM) HENNY uiruAci T BOLTON CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF GRAND RONDE OFFICIAL BALLOT COUNCIL GENERAL ELECTION Grand Ronde September 12, 2009
