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S MOKE S IGNALS
OCTOBER 15, 2014
Employee Breakfast honors 784 years of service
Tresa Mercier becomes fi rst
30-year employee of Tribe
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
The Tribe’s Human Resources
Department honored 65 employees
who have a combined 784 years
of service, including the fi rst-ever
30-year Tribal employee, during an
Employee Breakfast held Thurs-
day, Oct. 9, in the Tribal gym.
Health & Wellness Business
Office Manager Tresa Mercier
reached the 30-year mark in Octo-
ber. Her employment as a Health
Program clerk with the Tribe on
Oct. 16, 1984, was noted in the
November 1984 edition of Smoke
Signals.
Mercier also received a Pendleton
blanket from Tribal Council at its
Wednesday, Oct. 8, meeting in hon-
or of her three decades of service to
the Tribal membership. She was
originally hired by Tribal Council
member Cheryle A. Kennedy.
Tribal Council Chairman Reyn
Leno, Tribal Council Secretary
Toby McClary and Tribal Council
member Jon A. George congratulat-
ed employees as they received their
Years of Service certificate and
bonus check. For those hitting the
10-year mark, a Pendleton blanket
also was awarded.
Tribal Council member Chris
Mercier also attended the break-
fast.
Employees were served make-
your-own breakfast burritos, fruit
and juice and coffee.
Prizes were raffl ed off by Senior
Human Resources Generalist Steve
O’Harra. Prizes included a Dyson
hand-held vacuum, Pyrex bowls,
frying pans, luggage, a camp loung-
er and wireless speakers, to name
a few.
Employees honored for their em-
ployment anniversaries were:
Five years: Kristina Jaquith,
Dana Seagrove, Linda Bird, Ardyth
Hoffer-Hallicola and Lawrence
Schwabe.
Six years: Dennis Dinsmore,
Michael Boyce, Victoria Jones,
Dalette Remington-Nash, Ali Hols-
claw, Bradley Leno, Lewis Younger,
Adam Leno and Nicholas Bailey.
Seven years: Tisha Gleason,
Carmen Parren and Jilene Mercier.
Eight years: Eirik Thorsgard,
Anna Huston, Bryan Fendall,
Shelley Clift, Christopher Holliday,
Jeremy Ojua, Leanna Norwood,
Tanner Fish and Randy Bean.
10 years: Sydney Clark, Laura
Mercier, Donna Johnson, Steve
O’Harra and Audra Sherwood.
11 years: Candice Olsen, Michael
Burton and Colby Drake.
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Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tresa Mercier, right, Tribal Health & Wellness Department Business Offi ce
manager, shakes hands with Tribal Council Secretary Toby McClary during the
Employee Breakfast held at the Tribal gym on Thursday, Oct. 9. Mercier was
recognized for her 30 years of working for the Tribe. Also congratulating her
are Tribal Council member Jon A. George, left, and Tribal Council Chairman
Reyn Leno, third from left.
12 years: Ron Karten, Roxanne
Moniz, Christopher Martin and
Larry Leith.
13 years: David Severns, David
Fullerton, Mary Leith and Amy
Gallant.
14 years: Ben Bishop.
15 years: Melody Baker, Shirley
Walkoff and Justin Phillips.
16 years: Shonn Leno, Deneen
Aubertin Keller, Kathy Doane and
Kristi Petite.
17 years: Darlene Aaron, Wil-
liam Kephart, Vikki Bishop, Angela
Fasana and Lauri Smith.
18 years: Dolores McKenzie, Lisa
Leno and Kelly Dirksen.
19 years: Eric Webster.
22 years: Liz Leno.
23 years: Tracy Biery and Bar-
bara Mercier.
24 years: Lonnie Leno.
26 years: Gregg Leno.
30 years: Tresa Mercier. n
Land & Culture Department
Oral History Project
Youth Education’s Annual Fall
Community Service Project is here
Socktoberfest
2014
In honor of our Tribal Veterans, the Tribe would like to memorialize their
stories for our future generations.
Who:
All Tribal Veterans and their families
What: We would like to record your story for inclusion in the Tribe’s
cultural and historical collections.
Where: We have dedicated a room at Chachalu for recording oral
histories. It is set up for both audio only and video recordings.
Additionally we have mobile audio equipment for those who
wish to participate but are unable to travel to Chachalu.
How:
Contact Reina Nelson at 503-879-2226 to schedule a time to
record your history.
Accepting donations
through November 20 th
Socktoberfest is a youth service project to assist
the Grand Ronde Community Clothes Closet
Bring your donations to the Youth Education
Building, (Mondays through Fridays 8am-5pm)
We are in need of new socks for all seasons.
For kids, teens and adults, work socks, dress socks,
all sizes, styles and colors would be greatly appreciated.
Only new items, please.
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Land and Culture Department
Chachalu: Tribal Museum and Cultural Center
8720 Grand Ronde Road
Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347
Phone: 503-879-2226
Fax: 503-879-2126
E-mail: landandculture@grandronde.org