S MOKE S IGNALS
APRIL 15, 2015
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Arbor progress Halftime gift
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
The concrete pad for the seating area of the new
arbor at Uyxat Powwow Grounds is in place.
Assembly of the arbor will begin soon and it is on
schedule to be completed by the Marcellus Norwest
Memorial Veterans Powwow being held July 10-12.
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribe thanks Brown
Courtesy photo
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, middle, is gifted a paddle from Spirit
Mountain Community Fund and the Grand Ronde Tribe by Tribal
Council Vice Chair Jack Giffen Jr., left, Tribal Elder and former
Tribal Council member Kathleen Tom, second from left, Tribal
Council member Chris Mercier, second from right, and Tribal
Council Secretary Toby McClary during a dinner held in Portland
on Saturday, April 4, to thank Brown for her 18 years of service on
the Community Fund Board of Trustees. Also in attendance were
Community Fund staff, and Board of Trustees Chairman Sho Dozono
and board members Ron Reibach and Chip Lazenby.
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Erin Moore, left, executive director of Oregon CASA Network, and Gov.
Kate Brown, right, walk off the court at the Moda Center in Portland after
a Spirit Mountain Community Fund check presentation to the Oregon
CASA Network during halftime of the Portland Trail Blazers game on
Saturday, April 4. In the middle is Sho Dozono, Community Fund Board
of Trustees chairman, who helped present the check along with Trustee
Chip Lazenby and Community Fund Director Kathleen George. They
awarded $46,923 for the CASA Sustainability in Oregon project.
Jahn property taken into trust
The almost 31-acre Jahn property west of Spirit Mountain Casino has
been taken into trust status for the Tribe, Land and Culture Manager Jan
Looking Wolf Reibach said on Thursday, April 9.
The property is south of Oregon Highway 18 before reaching Grand Ronde
Road and includes a stretch of the South Yamhill River. It is currently in
hay production.
“Conversion of Tribal properties into trust status has several advantages
to the Tribe, including but not limited to property tax exemption,” he said.
Reibach thanked Tribal Council, Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia
Martin, Staff Attorney Jennifer Biesack, Ceded Lands Manager Michael
Karnosh and Realty Specialist Teresa Brocksen for their work on obtaining
trust status for the property. Q
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