S moke S ignals
april 1, 2014
elder bingo moved to saturdays
Elder Bingo will be held at 12:30 p.m. the second and fourth Saturday
of the month at the Elders’ Activity Center.
For more information, contact Elder Activity Assistant Daniel Ham at
503-879-2233. n
2009 – Tribal Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy testified about the
severe “underfunding” of Contract Health Services and the significant
effects that has on terminated Tribes before the House Committee
on Appropriations’ 14-member Subcommittee on Interior, Environ-
mental and Related Agencies.
2004 – Groundbreaking
and foundation work for
the five-story, 150-room ex-
pansion of Spirit Mountain
Lodge was beginning. With
occupancy rates at 95 per-
cent at the lodge, the new
File photo
rooms are needed.
1999 – The federal government asked the Grand Ronde Tribe
to waive its right to more than $1 million in federal subsidies for
Tribal programs, such as forest management, education and social
services. The Bureau of Indians Affairs request came on the heels
of a congressional mandate for the BIA and Tribes to come up with
an alternate way to allocate federal funds owed to the nation’s 557
federally recognized Tribes.
1994 – Dustin Leno captured his third straight wrestling champi-
onship, following in his brother Shonn’s footsteps, making him only
the second wrestler to have won three straight state championships
in Willamina High School’s history. His record in high school was
100-4-1.
1989 – Tribal Council members Mark Mercier, Candy Robertson
and Kathryn Harrison testified before the House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, seeking additional
funding for the Tribe’s Forestry Program. “In order to maintain a
sound forestry program capable of intensively managing the resource,
additional start-up monies are needed,” Mercier said. The Tribe also
needed additional funds to manage the transition from BIA-managed
timber sales on the Reservation to those managed by the Tribe.
1984 – Because of a new state law requiring all children under the
age of 5 be seated in some form of a car safety seat, the Tribe was
offering six infant car seats for Tribal member use.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year incre-
ments through the pages of Smoke Signals.
Flagger Certification Training set
The Tribal Employment Rights Office is providing Flagger Certification
Training in preparation for upcoming highway construction projects from
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 18, in Room 126 of the Tribal Education
Building.
There will be no cost for enrolled Grand Ronde Tribal members. Space
is limited to 30 participants.
Please contact the TERO Office at 503-879-1493 to register or by e-mail
at Tero@Grandronde.org. n
ATTENTION TRIBAL MEMBERS
COMMITTEE AND SPECIAL EVENT BOARD VACANCIES
The following Committees and Special Event Boards have vacant
positions.
Social Services Committee
1 Vacancy
Please send completed applications to Stacia Martin, 9615
Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347.
JOb OPPORTunITIes
iNTErNal OpENiNGS
iNTErNal/EXTErNal
n records Clerk
Member Services
Grade: 4
Closing date: april 14
n Family Nurse practitioner
Medical Clinic
Grade: 17
Closing date: april 7
n library aide
Education
Grade: 5
(20 hrs/week)
Closing date: april 15
n Forestry Technician
(Fire Suppression/prevention)
Natural Resources
Grade: 6
(On call)
Closing date: april 11
n Secretary
TERO
Grade: 6
Closing date: april 15
n administrative assistant
TERO
Grade: 8
Closing date: april 15
n parks & recreation Specialist
Natural Resources
Grade: 8
Closing date: april 15
n administrative assistant
Tribal Council
Grade: 8
Closing date: april 15
n Cultural protection
program Manager
Land & Culture
Grade: 15
Closing date: april 15
EXTErNal OpENiNGS
n aFC Caregiver
(on-call)
Adult Foster Care
Grade: 5
Open until filled
n Executive Director
Limited Term appointment
of 2-3 years
Housing Authority
Grade: 17
Open until filled
n Economic Development
administrator/Manager
Economic Development
Grade: 19
Open until filled
n Support Counselor
Behavioral Health
Grade: 9
Open until filled
Internal applicants are
1. Current Regular Employee,
past their six-month Intro-
ductory period, receiving at
least a “meets expectations”
on most recent performance
evaluation and not under
disciplinary action or perfor-
mance improvement 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 meet-
ing minimum qualifications an
interview will be given in the
following ranking order:
1. Grand Ronde Tribal mem-
bers
a) Qualified Grand Ronde
Tribal members who show
they meet the minimum
qualifications of the posi-
tion during the course of
the interview process will
be given first consideration
for hire and the recruitment
process will end
2. Tribal member spouses, par-
ents and/or legal guardians of
Grand Ronde Tribal member
children
3. Current regular employees
For a detailed job description, please
contact the Tribe’s job line at 503-
879-2257 or 1-877 TRIBEGR.
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