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S moke S ignals
AUGUST 1, 2015
Goal is to maximize opportunities
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rule was developed that provides
additional hunting tags to the Tribe
outside of state-issued hunting tags
already allocated to the member-
ship for the Trask Hunting Unit as
part of the consent decree. In 2015,
the new tags will be valid on the
Reservation only.
In the first year, the Tribe will
issue tags for black-tailed deer
and Roosevelt elk on Friday, Sept.
11. The seasons will be Sept. 28
through Oct. 2 for Coastal Buck
Centerfire Firearm (20 tags) and
Nov. 21 through Dec. 1 for Hair
Tag Muzzleloader Rifle (10 tags)
for black-tailed deer and Nov. 7
through Nov. 13 for Bull First
Season (eight tags) and Nov. 18
through Nov. 20 for Spike Second
Season (eight tags) for elk.
“The year will be, by necessity,
fairly conservative,” said Fish and
Wildlife Program Manager Kelly
Dirksen at the Tuesday, July 14,
Legislative Action Committee
meeting. “But our goal, long term,
is to maximize the Tribal members’
opportunities under the Wildlife
Management Plan.”
Dirksen said Tribal Biologist
Lindsay Belonga is currently work-
ing on establishing population
counts on the Reservation to help
Natural Resources determine fu-
ture takes of wildlife.
The applications for the tags
appear in this edition of Smoke Sig-
nals on page 13. Deadline to submit
applications is Thursday, Sept. 3.
Summer food service starts
A free lunch for any child from 1 to 18 years of age will be served
as part of the Summer Food Service.
Free lunch will be served through Aug. 14 at Tina Miller Park in
Willamina from 11 to 11:30 a.m. and at Raven Loop Park in Grand
Ronde from noon to 12:30 p.m.
Lunch also will be served at Willamina Elementary School to
students attending summer school in July and August. n
In other action, Tribal Council:
•Appointed Dennis Dinsmore
and Kevin Schultz to serve on
the Grand Ronde Gaming Com-
mission with three-year terms
expiring in June 2018.
•Authorized staff to submit a plan
to the Secretary of the Interior to
consolidate funds from General
Assistance, Native Employment
Works and Job Training pro-
grams into a single coordinated
three-year plan to provide em-
ployment and training service.
•Approved a grant application to
the Oregon Youth Conservation
Corps for 2015 to acquire up to
$10,000 in funding for the Nat-
ural Resources Department’s
Summer Youth Crew.
•Appointed Tribal Council mem-
bers Tonya Gleason-Shepek and
Toby McClary and re-appointed
Giffen and Tribal Council mem-
ber Ed Pearsall to serve on the
Spirit Mountain Gaming Inc.
Board of Directors.
•And approved the enrollment
of four infants into the Tribe
because they meet the eligibility
requirements for enrollment as
defined in the Tribal Constitution
and Enrollment Ordinance.
Also included in the July 15
Tribal Council packet was an au-
thorization to proceed appointing
Tribal Council member Denise
Harvey to the Liberty House
Board of Directors. Liberty House
is a child abuse assessment center
in Salem.
Tribal Council also approved
a staff directive that authorizes
Chief of Police Al LaChance to
work with the Procurement De-
partment to transfer the current
police station modular to Spirit
Mountain Casino after the new
Tribal police station is completed.
Another authorization to proceed
approved construction plans for
the police station.
Tribal Council member Jon A.
George joined Land and Culture
Department employees Jordan
Mercier and Travis Stewart in per-
forming the cultural drumming and
singing to open the meeting.
The meeting, in its entirety, can
be viewed at the Tribal website,
www.grandronde.org, by clicking
on “videos” under the News tab. n
Social Services 2015
School Clothes Program
This is a first-come, first-served program.
Child must be an enrolled Grand Ronde Tribal member
Child must be of school age and enrolled in school (preschool, ele-
mentary, middle or high school).
Income criteria applies.
Please contact Social Services at 800-242-8196 or 503-879-2034 for
application.
Deadline for all applications is Sept. 15, 2015 n
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