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S moke S ignals
JULY 1, 2017
Candidates Forum is scheduled for July 26
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historian and current anthro-
pology instructor at Chemeketa
and Mt. Hood community colleges
David Lewis, who was nominated
by Sequoia Bobb Raya; and Spirit
Mountain Casino IT Systems Ad-
ministrative Supervisor Angela
Schlappie, who was nominated by
Angela Sears.
Mark Mercier served as the
Tribe’s chairman from 1985 through
1996 while Lewis and Schlappie are
making their first runs for Tribal
Council seats.
Seven candidates is the lowest
number running for Tribal Council
since 2015 when eight Tribal mem-
bers vied for seats.
Ballots will be mailed to vot-
ers with verified signatures on
Wednesday, July 26. Tribal mem-
bers may create a verified signature
card at any time up to and includ-
ing Election Day.
Starting Monday, July 24,
through Thursday, Aug. 31, 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.
For eligible voters’ convenience,
blank signature verification forms
will be placed in a basket outside
the Elections Office door. Complet-
ed forms with a notarized or eligible
copy of ID (driver’s license, member
ID card, passport, etc.) attached
need to be mailed to the Election
Board office for processing. The
form will not be processed unless it
has been notarized or includes an
eligible copy of ID attached.
Election Board Chair Deanna
Johnston said there are 63 forms
with incorrect addresses and she
encouraged Tribal members who
have recently moved to contact the
board to ensure that it has correct
addresses to mail the ballots.
Candidate statements are due to
the Publications office by 5 p.m. Fri-
day, July 7, and will be featured in
the next edition of Tilixam Wawa,
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scheduled to be mailed out the fol-
lowing 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 can contact
Smoke Signals photographer Mi-
chelle Alaimo at 503-879-1961 or
michelle.alaimo@grandronde.org to
schedule a time to have a portrait
taken for Tilixam Wawa, or candi-
dates can submit their own photo.
Deadline for photos is also 5 p.m.
Friday, July 7.
A Candidates Forum is scheduled
for 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, 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. 9, and election results will be
posted that evening on the Commu-
nity Center’s front doors.
At the end of the special meeting,
Lisa Leno and Lewis both won $100
door prizes and donated the money
to the Youth Council and Canoe
Family, respectively. Chris Bailey
won the other $100 door prize.
The $50 door prizes were won
by Faye Smith, Priscilla Darras,
Michelle Anderson, Larsen and
Hester Lagoy.
Veronica Gaston said the invo-
cation and Tribal Council Secre-
tary Jon A. George joined Brian
Krehbiel, Bobby Mercier, Travis
Stewart, Chris Bailey, Lisa Leno
and Kyoni Mercier in performing
the cultural singing and drumming
to open the meeting.
BARIATRIC SUPPORT
GROUP
EVERY 1 ST AND 3 RD WEDNESDAY
STARTING SEPT. 7 2016
5:30-6:30 P.M.
LOCATED UPSTAIRS IN THE GRAND RONDE CLINIC
IN THE MOLALA ROOM.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT : MESSAGE KANDEE LITTLE ON FACEBOOK OR
JAN KASCHMITTER AT 503-879-2067
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