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DECEMBER 1,2011
Spirit Mountain chefs sweep
annual Rez Ki
Tour
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
Spirit Mountain Casino chefs
won first-, second- and third-place
awards at the third annual Rez
Kitchen Tour held Friday, Nov.
4, at Three Rivers Casino in Flor
ence. In the three years since the com
petition started, Spirit Moun
tain chefs have won awards every
year.
This year, the Spirit Mountain
team of Tribal member Ray Nelson,
Carl Hoover and Jason Bergan, all
lead cooks at the casino, worked
together preparing three dishes.
The appetizer came from Nelson,
who has competed in the event
all three years and who won with
Hoover the first year. Hoover cre
ated the recipe for the main dish,
and the dessert was the brainchild
of Bergan, who was competing in
the Rez Kitchen Tour for the first
time.
"The emphasis was on Native
American ingredients," Nelson
said.
"It was kind of intense for my first
one," said Bergan, but the Spirit
Mountain team drew the last slot,
so they ended up with more time to
prepare than they expected.
"We planned for doing (each dish)
in 15 minutes," Bergan said. "Actu
ally, we ended up with an hour for
all of them. We had time to smooth
out all the hiccups before we got
started."
First place went to an appetizer
that was a "trio of spoons, single
bite spoons; from the land, sea, and
air series," Nelson said, meaning
each spoon focused on an animal
that lives on land, swims in water
and flies in the air.
The first spoon was duck confit
with a huckleberry rhubarb sauce
and fried leeks. The second spoon
featured butter poached salmon
with a mushroom broth and sau
teed chanterelle mushrooms. And
the third spoon was elk meatball
stuffed with pumpkin seeds and
hazelnuts with a Yukon gold potato
cake and truffle and pepper jack
cheese sauce.
The main dish earned a second
place award. It was smoked trout
wrapped in wild boar bacon, with a
huckleberry glaze, a smoked apple
and a fried polenta cake with fried
yucca root.
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Chinuk Wawa classes offered
The Tribal Cultural Education Department offers adult Chinuk
Wawa language classes from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday and Wednes
day in Room 207 of the Tribal Education Building.
Language classes can be taken for college credit or for fun.
For more information, call 503-879-2249 or 503-437-4599. B
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INTERNAL OPENINGS
Sr. Administrative Assistant
Natural Resources
Grade: 9
Closing date: Dec. 21
EXTERNAL OPENINGS
Youth Education
Program Manager
Youth Education
Grade: 12
Closing date: Dec. 27
Assistant Controller
Finance
Grade: 18
Closing date: Dec. 27
Program Accountant
Finance
Grade: 15
Open until filled
Physician
Medical Clinic
Grade: 23
Open until filled
Caregiver (on-call)
Adult Foster Care
Grade: 5
Open until filled
For a detailed job description,
please contact the Tribe's job
line at 503-879-2257 or 1-877
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Internal applicants are
1. Current Regular Employee,
past their six-month Introduc
tory period, receiving at least a
"meets expectations'" on most
recent performance evaluation
and not under disciplinary ac
tion or performance improve
ment within the previous six
months,
2. Grand Ronde Tribal mem
bers 3. Spouse of a Grand Ronde
Tribal member or
4. Parent or legal guardian of
Grand Ronde Tribal member
children
Internal recruitment
For those individuals meeting
minimum qualifications an inter
view will be given in the follow
ing ranking order:
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members who show they
meet the minimum qualifica
tions of the position during
the course of the interview
process will be given first
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the recruitment process will
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Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal member Ray Nelson, left, Jason Bergan, middle, and Carl Hoover, all
lead cooks at Spirit Mountain Casino, worked as a team to win first-, second
and third-place awards at the third annual Rez Kitchen Tour held Friday, Nov.
4, at Three Rivers Casino in Florence. The culinary trio worked together to
prepare an appetizer, main dish and dessert, and each dish won an award.
Dessert earned third place hon
ors. It was a hazelnut cake with
a hazelnut cream filling and a
hazelnut waffle cone, topped with
the same huckleberry glaze used
for the trout.
"It's a fun experience. I enjoy go
ing to other casinos," said Nelson.
"It's nice to see what other Tribes
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The Elders' Christmas Party will be held starting at 3 p.m. Friday,
Dec. 16, at the Elders' Activity Center.
The event will start with snacks followed by dinner served at 4
p.m. In lieu of a gift exchange this year, Tribal Elders will accept
blankets or lap blankets for needy Elders, or toys, hats or mittens
that are unwrapped for the Willamina Tree of Giving.
The party is for Tribal Elders 55 and older.
For more information, contact Tribal Elder Linda Brandon at
971-267-0918. B
Powwow dance class set for Wednesdays
The Tribe's Cultural Resources Department is offering a powwow dance
class from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Adult Education Building.
This is a family dance class for all ages that teaches all powwow dance
styles. For more information, contact Tribal Cultural Education Specialist
Brian Krehbiel at brian.krehbielgrandronde.org or 503-879-4639. B
Zumba held Monday,
Wednesday in gym
Zumba, an easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired and calorie-burning dance fit
ness party, is held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday in the
Tribal gymnasium. The first class is free and $6 thereafter for drop-ins, or
$5 if participants purchase a punch card. For more information, contact
Tribal Recreation Coordinator Alton Butler at 503-879-1369 or alton.
butlergrandronde.org. B
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