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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 2016)
S moke S ignals FEBRUARY 1, 2016 9 New Dala book available on Amazon Tribal Elder Samantha Dala’s new book, “My Little Dragon Lissy,” be- came available on Amazon on Tuesday, Jan. 12. “It’s for those who still believe in dragons,” Dala said. The list price for the new book is $31.99 for the paperback and $3.99 for the Kindle version. Dala’s others books – “The Holly Tones,” “The Holly Tones 2” and “A Special Case 1 2 3 and Beyond” also are available on the website. Dala said she has donated copies of “The Holly Tones” books to the Tribal Library. “Seven books in one year is not bad,” Dala said about her writing pro- ductivity. n Photo by Michelle Alaimo Grand Ronde Tribal Police Chief Al LaChance, left, presents Tribal member and Tribal Public Affairs Administrative Assistant Chelsea Clark with a backpack of supplies for completing the Community Emergency Response Team course during the Tribal Council meeting held in Council Chambers on Wednesday, Jan. 20. General Council meeting to be held in Clackamas on Feb. 7 COUNCIL continued from front page which will harvest approximately 6,652 million board feet of tim- ber in four regeneration cutting blocks on Reservation trust lands and earn an estimated $2.3 mil- lion for the Tribe. • Appointed John Lillard to the Timber Committee and Joann Mercier to the Election Board. Both terms expire in March 2017. • Approved the Tribe’s $76,450 State Homeland Security Grant application to the Oregon Of- fice of Emergency Management. The Tribe’s application projects include radio studies and equip- ment, funding for a sandbag load- ing station and continuing active shooter training. • Approved the enrollment of an in- fant into the Tribe because he or she meets the provisions outlined in the Enrollment Ordinance and Tribal Constitution. By consensus, Tribal Council ap- proved the agenda for the Sunday, Feb. 7, General Council meeting to be held at the Monarch Hotel off In- terstate 205 near Clackamas Town Center. The program will include a Tribal investment presentation from Robert W. Baird & Co. rep- resentatives in executive session, results of the Elders Committee election and three $100 and five $50 door prizes. Emergency Operations Coordi- nator Jamie Baxter also recognized new members of the Tribe’s Com- munity Emergency Response Team, which includes Tribal employees Lauri Smith, Rhonda Leno, Egypt Leno, Shannon Simi, Stacia Martin, Chelsea Clark and Holly Engles. Also included in the Jan. 20 Trib- al Council packet were authoriza- tions to proceed to nominate Tribal Council member Brenda Tuomi to the National Indian Health Board’s Centers for Disease Control Trib- al Advisory Committee, appoint Tribal Council member Denise Harvey to the Polk County Sher- iff’s Advisory Team and direct the Natural Resources Department to submit draft management plans for the Chahalpam and Rattlesnake Butte properties to the Bonneville Power Administration and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for agency review and public comment. Another authorization to proceed OK’d sending a proposed constitu- tional amendment to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for approval that will ask Tribal voters to remove the par- ent on the roll at time of birth and time of application requirements from the Tribal Constitution and add language to the definition of Grand Ronde blood. The meeting, in its entirety, can be viewed on the Tribal website, www.grandronde.org, by clicking on the News tab and then Video. n Adult Members’ Trust and Minors’ Custodial & Rabbi Trust Funds Ad created by George Valdez Investments in the Adult Members’ Trust Fund and the Minors’ Custodial and Rabbi Trust Funds are updated each business day. If you are a trust participant and/or if you are the parent/guardian of a minor member, you can access and review your balance and your minor child’s balance by visiting www.401Save.com. To log-in, the initial User ID is your (or your child’s) Social Security number, and the initial Password is “00” followed by your (or your child’s) membership number. Once logged in, you can customize your User ID and password for security purposes. If you have any trouble logging in to or using the system, contact the 401Save Call Center at 1-888-700-0808 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. n
