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DECEMBER 15, 2016
S moke S ignals
First snow
2011 – Tribal
Council Chairwoman
Cheryle A. Kennedy
and Tribal Council
Secretary Jack Giffen
Jr. attended the third
annual White House
Tribal Nations Con-
ference held in Wash-
ington, D.C. They met
Assistant Secretary
of the Interior-Indi-
an Affairs Larry Echo
Hawk and heard Pres-
File photo
ident Barack Obama
address the gathering of Tribal representatives.
2006 – Tribal member Steve Bobb Sr. and his son, Steve Bobb Jr.,
installed signs they made for the Adult Foster Care lodges. They
made three signs signifying the name of the lodge and the animal
it was named after.
2001 – Richard Sass paid the Tribe back $2.6 million that was
a loan that he took out two years previously to invest in a startup
company he was managing. Portland-based Micro Helix developed
customized electronic interconnect systems that permit the trans-
mission of electronic signals between two devices.
1996 – Public Works Manager John Mercier reported on current
capital projects, including phase one of the manufactured housing
park, design and construction of the Health and Wellness Center,
construction of a new Natural Resources office complex and prelim-
inary designs of a new administration building. Mercier said that a
majority of the projects will be completed in 1997.
1991 – Cathy Cline took over as the newsletter director for the Tribe.
“I feel that Smoke Signals is a unique newsletter and I am looking
forward to meeting more of the people it represents,” she wrote.
1986 – Tribal Enrollment Clerk Margo George reported that Tribal
membership had increased to 1,983 members.
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Groundskeeper Youvani Ring shovels snow off the sidewalk in
front of the Governance Center as fellow Tribal Groundskeeper Joe
Kelley throws down salt on Monday, Dec. 5. Snow hit Grand Ronde
causing the Tribal offices to close early on Monday, a delayed opening
on Tuesday, Dec. 6, closed offices on Thursday, Dec. 8, and another
delayed opening on Friday, Dec. 9.
Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year in-
crements through the pages of Smoke Signals.
ATTENTION CTGR TELEPHONE SERVICE
If you have an emergency and need to dial “911” you must first dial a
“9” (9911). The only calls that do not require that you dial a 9+ are those
made from the CTGR extensions within the CTGR campus and/or those
who use CTGR Tel for their home phone service.
Snow falls at achaf-hammi, the Tribal plankhouse, on Monday, Dec. 5.
Hunting & Fishing
Lifeways of the Grand Ronde People
Who: All Grand Ronde Tribal members.
What: We would like to record your family’s hunting and
fishing stories for inclusion in the Tribe’s cultural
and historical collections.
Where: Chachalu: Tribal Museum and Cultural Center
When: Starting September 1st, 2015
How: Contact Stacey Runningbird @ 503-879-2381
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