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S moke S ignals JULY 1, 2016 Graduates honored Candidate statements to be featured in Tilixam Wawa CANDIDATES continued from front page Photos by Michelle Alaimo Myriah Shandy shakes hand with Education Committee member Alton Butler during the Tribal Education Department’s Graduation Celebration held in the Tribal gym on Friday, June 17. Shandy completed a bachelor’s degree and was one of 100 graduates recognized at the event ranging from Chinuk Immersion kindergarten through third-grade graduates to doctoral degree graduates. Erin Soderberg was the guest speaker at this year’s Graduation Celebration. Soderberg graduated from Eastern Oregon University with a bachelor’s degree in History. 9 three vote getters will fill three vacancies created when the terms of Tribal Council Vice Chair Jack Giffen Jr., Denise Harvey and Ed Pearsall expire. Giffen and Harvey are seeking re-election to their fifth and second terms, respectively, while Pearsall decided he will not run for Tribal Council again. Following are the nominators followed by the nominees: • Tribal member Miranda Rodri- guez nominated Tribal Elder Jackie Many Hides; • Tribal Elder Steve Bobb Sr. nom- inated Tribal member Michael Langley; • Tribal member Bryan Langley nominated Spirit Mountain Com- munity Fund Director Kathleen George; • Tribal Elder Les Houck nominat- ed Giffen for re-election; • Tribal Elder Val Grout nomi- nated Tribal Elder and Member Services Manager Penny DeLoe; • Tribal member Joshua Dar- cy-Chantell nominated Tribal member Jason Darcy; • Tribal Council member Chris Mercier nominated Harvey for re-election; • Tribal Elder Ed Larsen nomi- nated Tribal Youth Prevention Supervisor Lisa Leno; • And Tribal Elder Ann Lewis nominated Tribal member Monty Herron. Ballots will be mailed out to voters with verified signatures on Wednesday, July 27. Tribal mem- bers may create a verified signature card at any time up to and includ- ing Election Day. Starting Monday, July 25, through Thursday, Sept. 1, the Election Office in the Community Center will be open from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a half-hour lunch from noon to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The office can be reached at 503-879-2271. Candidate statements are due to the Publications office by 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, and will be fea- tured in the next edition of Tilixam Wawa, scheduled to be mailed out the following week. Candidates are limited to 600- word statements and candidates are encouraged to submit their statements via e-mail to dean. rhodes@grandronde.org or on a compact disk or memory drive. Hand-written statements are dis- couraged to avoid transcription errors and late statements will not be accepted for any reason. Candidate statements run “as is,” meaning the Tribe’s Publications staff will not edit the submissions in any way other than to ensure they do not exceed 600 words in length. Candidates also should contact Tribal photographer Michelle Alai- mo at 503-879-1961 or michelle. alaimo@grandronde.org to sched- ule a time to have their portrait taken for Tilixam Wawa, or candi- dates can submit their own photo. Deadline for photos is also 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 6. A Candidates Forum is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, in the Tribal gym in Grand Ronde. Questions for Tribal Council candi- dates may be e-mailed to candidate- question@grandronde.org. Please include your name and roll number. Ballots will be counted at the Community Center on Saturday, Sept. 10, and election results will be posted that evening on the Commu- nity Center’s front doors. CTGR Higher Education Program deadlines set There are now only two Higher Education programs depending on wheth- er you are full-time or part-time. The deadline for the Full-Time College program is at least 30 days before the start of classes. The deadline for the Part-Time College program is at least 10 days before the start of class. Visit the Tribal website for more program information and an applica- tion. www.grandronde.org/departments/education/higher-education/ To find out more, attend a FREE Start Your Business class! JOIN US at the Grand Ronde Adult Education Building on the second Thursday of every month at 4PM 9615 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, OR LEARN MORE AT: WWW.meritnw.org Or call 503 548-7314 Ad created by George Valdez
