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FEBRUARY 15, 2016
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Tribe purchases property
near St. Michael's Church
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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
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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.
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