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ROSE FESTIVAL
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about "giving back to the com
munity," said Tribal member and
casino Marketing Sponsorship Co
ordinator Jocelyn Huffman.
And it is again this year.
Speaking from the VIP Chalet
where floats and parade people of
every size, shape and color emerged
from Memorial Coliseum on Sat
urday, June 11, Huffman also was
listening to the loudspeakers. Float
winners were being announced.
The Tribal entry won the Presi
dent's Award for the "most effective
overall floral presentation."
The sponsorship is also about
telling the Grand Ronde story, said
Tribal Council member and float
designer Steve Bobb Sr.
"As a vehicle to let people know
that this is the land of the Grand
Ronde people," he said, "holy mack
erel, over a three-year span, for
the exposure we're getting, you
couldn't touch it (with any other
investment)."
Although Spirit Mountain Casino
has co-sponsored the event for the
last dozen years, the casino is Title
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Jocelyn Huffman, Tribal member and Spirit Mountain Casino marketing
sponsorship coordinator, applies colored coconut flakes to cover a portion of the
casino's float while decorating it at Studio Concepts in Portland on Wednesday,
June 8. The float appeared in the Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade.
Sponsor this year for the first time,
said Huffman. In addition, the mar
keting effort this year also brought
Spirit Mountain Community Fund
and Tribal government before the
public eye.
With logo inclusion, public affairs
announcements and video footage
of the Rose Festival Court visiting
the Tribal plankhouse and Tribal
offices, along with notes in the
event program, the Grand Ronde
Tribe told the Tribal story of ceded
homelands and local generosity in
many ways.
Spirit Mountain Community Fund
took off with a Key Bank inspired
"Pledge to be positive campaign" by
contributing $1,000 grants, $8,000
total, to each of following Portland
Sister City associations: Portland
Ashkelon Sister City Association
(Israel), Portland-Bologna Sister
City Association (Italy), Portland
Guadalajara Sister City Associa
tion (Mexico), Portland-Kaohsiung
Sister City Association (Taiwan),
Portland Khabarovsk Sister City
Association (Russia), Portland
Mutare Sister City Association
(Zimbabwe), Portland-Sapporo
Sister City Association (Japan)
and Portland-Suzhou Sister City
Association (China).
The Community Fund also made
$3,000 grants to the Vietnamese
Community of Oregon, Portland
Parks Foundation, Portland Police
Foundation and Columbia River
Peace Corps Association.
The parade's theme, Carnival of
Roses, was reflected in the Spirit
Mountain float, Run Free in the
Homelands, that portrayed horses
in full gallop, escaping the car
ousel and a bed or roses as they
ran free in the Tribe's aboriginal
homelands.
Rose Festival Sponsorship Man
ager Christie Wong called Spirit
Mountain Casino "an awesome
partner" and added that the spon
sorship "makes perfect sense" for
both sides.
Bobb came with his wife, Con
nie, and for the first time this year
Tribal member Cory Bobb, their
son, came with his wife, Jennifer,
daughter, Tribal member Keira,
and son, Tribal member Logan
Bobb.
"I wanted to come out and sup
port my dad," said Cory. "He de
signed the float for the last couple
of years, but this is the first time
I could come. I know these floats
mean a lot to him."
Another first-timer at the event
was Tribal member Tracy Hower
ton, who came with his wife, Jerri,
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Senior Miss Grand Ronda Nakoosa Moreland and Junior Miss Grand Ronde Makenzie Aaron wave to the crowd as they roll through downtown Portland in a
1 967 Camaro during the PGESOLV Starlight Parade on Saturday, June 4. On the left is Little Miss Grand Ronde lyana Holmes. All of the Royalty queens and
princesses rode in the parade.
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and children, Tribal member Jus
tin, 12, and Sydney, 9.
"I work for Spirit Mountain Ca
sino and we came out to support the
event," he said.
Tribal member Deitz Peters and
his wife, Rose, came out in force
10 family members altogether
as they do for the Grand Flo
ral Parade every year. Rose also
worked on the float in
the weeks leading up
to the parade, as she
always does. For the
Peters family, the pa
rade is the centerpiece
for a weekend together
in Portland.
"We make it a family
event," said Rose.
Also helping with
the float were Tribal
Elders Kathryn Har
rison, Linda Schmidt,
Laura Lund and her
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husband, Tribal spouse Dennis, Ja
net Billey, Alton Butler and Steve
Bobb Sr.
The $4 million Rose Festival
production included four and a half
weeks of activities and nearly a
year of preparation time for some
50 sponsors that support the many
events, according to Jeff Curtis, Rose
Festival chief executive officer.
The return for the city of Portland
over those four-plus weeks is some
$50 million, he said. Twelve staff
ers, 65 board members and 3,000
volunteers made Portland's great
summer tourist attraction happen
this year.
This year's parade, with its 104
year tradition, included many new
wrinkles.
"Our challenge is to take the tra
ditions and innovate," said Curtis.
This year's innovations included
a new mascot, the Clown Prince,
and Cityfair, which transformed
the Portland waterfront. The new
RoZone, suddenly Portland's larg
est outdoor entertainment venue,
was a showcase for bands national
and local. Back by popular demand,
the Pacific Northwest Barbecue
Championships filled out three
weekends of jam-packed events.
On Saturday, June 4, Grand
Ronde Royalty rode in the PGE
SOLV Starlight Parade.
A knighting ceremony on Friday,
June 10, made three Tribal rep
resentatives Knights of the Royal
Rosarians. Tribal Council Chair
woman Cheryle A. Kennedy, Tribal
Council member Steve Bobb Sr.
and Spirit Mountain Casino Chief
Executive Officer Rodney Ferguson
were knighted in the amphitheater
of the Washington Park Rose Gar
den near downtown Portland.
Cheryle and Vernon Kennedy,
Tribal Council member Toby Mc
Clary and Sandy Bobb, and Rod
ney and Doreen Ferguson all made
the scene of the Grand Floral
Parade. B
From fourth from right, Tribal members Logan Bobb, Izzy Bobb
and Keira Bobb and Megan Gunn wave to the camera from the
VIP Chalet at the Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade
in Portland on Saturday, June 1 1 . Logan and Keira are siblings,
Izzy is their cousin and Gunn is Izzy's friend. Sitting with them
at the parade, from left, is Tribal Attorney Rob Greene, Tribal
Council member Steve Bobb Sr. and his wife Connie, their son
Tribal member Cory Bobb and his wife Jennifer. Logan is Cory's
son and Keira is Cory and Jennifer's daughter.
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Grand Ronda Royalty princesses from left, Amaryssa Mooney, Madison Aaron
and Amelia Mooney ride in the PGESOLV Starlight Parade in downtown
Portland on Saturday, June 4.