Smoke Signals 7
DECEMBER 1, 2012
The ninth annual Turkey Bowling event took place in front of
the Governance Center on Thursday, Nov. 15. Twenty-eight people
participated this year.
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Josh Gift, Tribal associate vocational program & noncredit program
coordinator, bowls his way to first plac in the men's category of the
ninth annual Turkey Bowling event. Clift bested Brian Campbell,
Tribal rental housing assistant, in a three-round bowl-off, so
Campbell placed second and Jim Holmes, Tribal risk and insurance
administrator, took third.
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Amber Yates, clinic business office assistant for the Tribe, collects her
prize from Steve O'Harra, Tribal senior human resources generalise for
winning first place in the women's category of the ninth annual Turkey
Bowling event. First place was a $25 gas gift card. Kerrina Mishler,
Tribal legal assistant, and DeAnne Norton, full-charge bookkeeper for
the Tribe, took second and third, respectively.
Bernando teaches Wawa
Tribal member Eric Bernando teaches Chinuk Wawa language classes
from 5:30 to 8:20 p.m. Wednesday at the Portland office, 4445 S.W. Barbur
Blvd., Suite 101. For more information, contact Bernando at Chinuk
Wawagmail.com or at 503-709-3017. B
201 2-1 3 Tribal
Marketplace dates
I Dec. 7-8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Dec. 9, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
I Jan. 4-5, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Jan. 6, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dates subject to change due to conflicting Tribal or SMC events.
Located across from Cedar Plank Buffet.
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
The Grand Ronde Tribal Housing Authority will begin accepting applications
for the grandfamily housing units on Jan. 2. The new units, which are part of
Elder Housing Phase II, have a play structure located in back of the three units.
Tribal Housing Authority accepting
applications for grandfamily units
By Ron Karten
Smoke Signals staff writer
The Tribal Housing Authority
will start accepting applications for
three three-bedroom, low-income
grandfamily housing units starting
on Tuesday, Jan. 2.
Rental rates will be income-based,
said Shonn Leno, acting executive
director of the Tribal Housing Au
thority. Fees will range from zero,
for families without taxable income,
up to 20 percent of a low-income
family's income.
These are the first units in Grand
Ronde built specifically for grand
parents raising grandchildren. It
brings the Tribe up to speed with
a national Native American trend
that responds to the great number
of Native grandparents raising
grandchildren.
"We're now addressing that need,"
Leno said.
Each of the units has two bath
rooms. A play structure in the back
of the three units is visible from
inside the homes.
All units in the development are
taking advantage of solar power.
Although not every unit has solar
panels on the roof, a parking struc
ture roof nearby has extra so that
all 23 units benefit from low-cost
energy.
In addition, the grandfamily
units have been built on the west
end of the new development so that
children do not disrupt other Elders
in the community, Leno said.
The grandfamily units require at
least one Elder and one grandchild,
but families with as many as six or
seven will be allowed, Leno said.
Federal housing regulations also
require that children five years
apart have their own bedrooms,
though same gender children may
share a bedroom.
Applicants who are eligible -meaning
they have turned in a com
pleted application, fit the definition
of low income, meet the definition
of grandfamily and pass the back
ground screening - will be selected
on a first-come, first-served basis,
said Leno.
A grandfamily is defined as a fam
ily whose head or spouse is a Tribal
Elder, whose family includes minor
children in legal long-term custody
or the guardianship of the Elder, and
may not include any other adults
under the age of 55, including the
parent(s) of the minor children.
The new units are part of Hip
Tilixam, the existing Elder hous
ing development that also includes
20 other two-bed, one-bath homes.
Each of those has been assigned,
Leno said, though orientation and
the move-in process have not yet
been completed for many.
Elder housing now consists of 58
low-income Elder units and three
low-income grandfamily units.
No further Elder units are being
considered by the Tribe at this time,
Leno said, but additional family
housing is being considered.
For more information, contact
Deborah Kroeker or Leon Ramos
at the Tribal Housing Authority at
503-879-2401. B
Royalty holding Christmas raffle
Grand Ronde Royalty girls are selling raffle tickets to raise money
to attend a powwow in Washington state next summer.
Prizes will include Pendleton items, jewelry, Christmas baskets
and more.
Winners will be announced on Sunday, Dec. 2, at the Tribal Council
Christmas Party. People do not have to be present to win.
Tickets, at $1 for one or $5 for six, can be purchased from Royalty
queens and princesses Kiana Leno, Kailiyah Krehbiel, Kaleigha
Simi, Iyana Holmes, Elizabeth Watson-Croy, Makenzie Aaron, Madi
son Ross and Amelia and Amaryssa Mooney.
For more information or to contact one of the girls, contact Halona
Butler at 503-580-9865. B