8 JULY 1,2012
Smoke Signals
Candidates are limited
to 600-word statements
NOMINATIONS continued
from front page
currently held by Tribal Council
Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy,
Tribal Council member Toby Mc
Clary and the seat formerly held
by Valorie Sheker, whose seat was
vacated on May 30 after she missed
three consecutive Tribal Council
meetings that were all unexcused
by Tribal Council.
The Tribal Constitution requires
Chairwoman Kennedy to nominate
a Tribal member to fill the vacancy,
but no timeline is specified and no
nomination had been made.
Following are the nominators fol
lowed by the nominees:
Tribal Council member Kathleen
Tom nominated Andy Jenness;
Chip Tom nominated Kennedy;
Evelyn Seidel nominated Brenda
Tuomi;
Joe Loo mis nominated Denise
Harvey;
Jerry George nominated Jon
George;
John Mercier nominated Lonnie
Leno;
Brian Krehbiel nominated Billy
Bobb;
Andrew Freeman nominated
Solomon George;
Solomon George nominated Mark
Mercier;
Marion Mercier nominated Mc
Clary; Betty Kumpula nominated Allen
Lane-Butler;
Charles Haller nominated Charles
Haller II;
and Bob Haller nominated Jessie
Knight.
The number of nominees was four
less than ran for Tribal Council
in 2011 and two less than ran in
2010.
Among the incumbents, Kennedy
is finishing her fourth consecutive
2012 Tribal Council nominees
Nominators Nominees
Kathy Tom Andy Jenness
Chip Tom Cheryle A, Kennedy
Evelyn Seidel Brenda TUomi
Joe Loomis Denise Harvey
Jerry George Jon George
John Mercier Lonnie Leno
Brian Krehbiel Billy Bobb
Andrew Freeman Solomon George
Solomon George Mark Mercier
Marion Mercier Toby McClary
Betty Kumpula Allen Lane-Butler
Charles Haller Charles Haller II
Bob Haller Jessie Knight
term on Tribal Council and Mc
Clary is ending his first term on
Tribal Council.
Ballots will be mailed to voters
with verified signatures on July 25.
Tribal members may create a veri
fied signature card at any time up
to and including Election Day.
Starting July 23 through Election
Day, the Election Office in the Com
munity Center will be open from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through
Thursday and can be reached at
503-879-2271. '
Candidate statements are due
in the Publications office by 5 p.m.
Wednesday, July 11, and will be
featured in the next issue of Til
ixam Wawa, slated to be mailed out
the following week.
Candidates are limited to 600
word statements and candidates
are strongly encouraged to submit
their statements via e-mail to
newsgrandronde.org or on a com
pact disc. Hand-written statements
are discouraged to avoid transcrip
tion errors and late statements will
not be accepted for any reason.
Candidate statements will run
"as is," meaning the Tribe's Pub
lications staff will not edit the
submissions in any way other than
to ensure they do not exceed 600
words in length.
Candidates also should contact
Tribal photographer Michelle
Alaimo at 503-879-1961 or michelle.
alaimograndronde.org to schedule
a time to have their portrait taken
for Tilixam Wawa, or candidates
can submit their own photo.
A Tribal Council Candidate Forum
is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednes
day, July 25, in the Tribal gym.
Election results will be counted
at the Community Center on Sat
urday, Sept. 8, and posted that eve
ning on the Community Center's
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