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Employees honored for years of service — pg. 10
APRIL 15, 2016
Carnegie
course
Employees seek professional,
personal development
By Brent Merrill
Smoke Signals staff writer
A
well-dressed, professional man stands be-
fore a classroom filled with 22 employees
representing various departments of the
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Spirit
Mountain Casino workforce.
He speaks with a style and comfort that only
comes from being well-rehearsed.
Mike Stack, president of The Stack Group that
presents the Dale Carnegie Training course from
an office in Tigard, talks about the secrets for
building courage, how to build a foundation for
success, becoming a better listener and increas-
ing self-confidence.
And just about the time when most students
would succumb to distraction by what is occur-
ring out the window or on their cellphone, Stack
leaps into the air and shouts, “You don’t take the
Dale Carnegie course, you live it!”
Stack orders the course’s participants to do the
same and leap into the air while repeating the
training’s signature phrase. Participants repeat
the task until they have satisfied Stack’s desire
to see them “work at it” and yell the words at
the top of their lungs – anything less than full
volume is not going to meet his expectations.
The Dale Carnegie course “Skills for Success”
was an eight-week training held in Grand Ronde
at the Employment Services building from 8:30
a.m. to noon Monday. The course began with a
preliminary introductory meeting Thursday,
Feb. 18, and concluded Monday, April 11. Nine-
teen of the participants were Tribal members.
Employees who took the course were Parks
and Recreation Specialist Jerry Bailey, Pur-
See COURSE
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Courtesy photo
Shane and Deborah Callandret had their newborn daughter Aponi at Salem Health Family
Birth Center in Salem. The couple was scheduled on Monday, March 28, to be the first marriage
ceremony held in Tribal Court since re-adoption of the Marriage Ordinance, but Deborah’s water
broke early in the morning and they were married in their hospital room at the birth center
instead. Aponi was born Tuesday, March 29.
Change of plans
Broken water derails first marriage slated in Tribal Court
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
he first marriage ceremony scheduled
to take place in Tribal Court since
Tribal Council resurrected the Tribal
Marriage Ordinance was moved to another
location because of water — broken water.
T
Leno appointed to Veterans’
Affairs Advisory Committee
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
O
regon Gov. Kate Brown
appointed Tribal Council
Chairman Reyn Leno to the
Oregon Department of Veterans’
Affairs Advisory Committee on
Wednesday, March 16.
Leno, who served in Vietnam
from 1970 to ’71 with the Marine
Corps, will serve a four-year term
lasting through March 15, 2020.
The Advisory
Committee is
a group of nine
military veter-
ans appointed
by Oregon’s gov-
Reyn Leno
ernor to provide
counsel to state
Department of Veterans’ Af-
See COMMITTEE
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Even in this day and age of fairly accurate
due dates and induced labor, Mother Nature
can still put a monkey wrench in even the
best laid plans.
See MARRIAGE
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Tribal Council proposes two
constitutional amendments
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
T
ribal Council decided in
identical 5-2 votes to send
two proposed Tribal Con-
stitution amendments to voters
during its Wednesday, April 6,
meeting.
The first amendment would, if
approved by voters, remove the
parent on the roll at time of birth
and time of application require-
ments and add language defining
“Grand Ronde blood.”
The new definition, with new
wording in italics, would read:
“Grand Ronde blood is defined as
all Indian blood derived from a
direct ancestor whose name val-
idly appears on the official Tribal
membership roll prepared under
See AMENDMENTS
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