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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 2016)
S moke S ignals FEBRUARY 15, 2016 Free online learning source The information includes: Everyday life Math and money Computer training Online classes Work and career information Check it out at www.gcflearnfree.org n Tribe purchases property near St. Michael's Church COUNCIL continued from front page crease the tax on guests at Spirit Mountain Lodge from 8 percent to 10 percent. • Converted Grand Ronde Tribal Housing Authority bank accounts to Tribal bank accounts and also converted Housing Authority credit cards to Tribal credit cards. • Approved a Tribal credit card for new Grand Ronde Police Chief Jake McKnight. • Approved an agreement with Full Gospel Lighthouse Recovery Ser- vices that will allow it to continue occupying space at Chachalu Mu- seum & Cultural Center through Dec. 1. • Approved the purchase and sale agreement for 6.4 acres behind St. Michael’s Catholic Church off Grand Ronde Road. • Approved adding General Man- ager David Fullerton and Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Martin as authorized signers on Tribal bank accounts. • Authorized Fullerton to enter into intergovernmental agreements and memoranda of understand- ing involving the operation of the Grand Ronde Police Department for 2016. • And approved the enrollment of three infants into the Tribe because they meet the criteria outlined in the Enrollment Ordi- nance and Tribal Constitution. Also included in the Feb. 3 Tribal Council packet was an authori- zation to proceed that nominates Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno for the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Com- mittee, which meets quarterly throughout the state. Leno is a Vietnam War-era Marine Corps veteran. Tribal Council member Jon A. George joined Culture Department employees Bobby Mercier, Travis Stewart and Jordan Mercier and Public Affairs Administrative As- sistant Chelsea Clark in perform- ing the cultural drumming and singing to open the meeting. 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 Ad created by George Valdez Walking On... Esther Marie James Sept. 3, 1948 – Jan. 27, 2016 Tribal Elder Esther “Essie” Marie James, 67, walked on on the evening of Jan. 27, 2016, as a result of lung cancer. She walked on in the comfort of her home surrounded by beloved family members. She was born in Los Angeles, Calif., on Sept. 3, 1948. She grew up in Glide, Ore., and attended Glide High School. She was raised by her grandmother Esther Jones-LaBonte. She has brothers and sisters throughout Oregon. At the age of 18, Esther met and fell in love with Michael Jackson James. They were married in San Antonio, Texas, on Nov. 23, 1966. They had two beautiful children, Michael and Angela. Esther is remembered as a very vibrant and loving person. She valued family above all and was a very devoted grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Michael Jackson James, and her daughter, Angela Bassett. She is survived by her son, Michael; grandchildren, Tyler, Kessley, Jake and Devin; brothers, Anthony and Joe; and a number of other siblings. David L. McDougall Sept. 3, 1940 – Jan. 10, 2016 Tribal companion David L. McDou- gall, 75, passed away from cancer on Jan. 10, 2016, in a hospital in Portland, Ore. He was born Sept. 3, 1940, in Tonas- ket, Wash., to James and Ruth (Cana- day) McDougall. He is survived by his companion of 20 years, Tribal member Dorothy Shortt, and her daughter, Mary Anne, of McMinnville, Ore.; brother, Roy McDougall (Beulah) of Oroville, Wash.; sister, Joan Varley of Gresham, Ore.; and three nephews and three nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Daniel and Jack. Eternal rest is in Oroville Riverview Cemetery. 9
