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AUGUST 1, 2017
NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE
TIME
Wednesday, Aug. 9..............................................................................5 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 23............................................................................5 p.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
Election Office open
through Aug. 31
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. Completed
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.
Ballots were mailed to voters with verified signatures on Wednesday,
July 26. Tribal members may create a verified signature card at any
time up to and including Election Day on Saturday, Sept. 9.
General
meeting
General Council meeting
11 11
a.m.
a.m. Sunday,
Sunday, Sept.
Feb. 5 10
Community
Center
Tribal
Community
Center
Smoke Signals
PUBLICATIONS OFFICE
9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347
1-800-422-0232, FAX: 503-879-2173
Website: www.grandronde.org/news
E-mail: news@grandronde.org
Twitter: CTGRgov
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DEAN RHODES
CHELSEA CLARK
MICHELLE ALAIMO
Post office closure
affects Tribal ballots
PUBLICATIONS
COORDINATOR
PUBLIC AFFAIRS/
PUBLICATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT
PHOTOJOURNALIST
The Grand Ronde Post Office is no longer open on Saturdays to receive
and process walk-in mail or mail in the blue collection box outside. The Post
Office does process mail it receives overnight early Saturday morning, but
the office is not open to the public.
However, the Tribal Election Board has made arrangements with the
local postmaster to pick up absentee ballots received, processed and placed
in the Election post office box by noon on Election Day, Saturday, Sept. 9,
to comply with the Election Ordinance.
To be safe, eligible voters should be sure that their absentee ballot is re-
ceived by the Post Office no later than Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, to ensure their
vote is processed. Voters should not expect to hand deliver their absentee
ballots to the Post Office or the blue box outside the Post Office on Election
Day and have their vote processed.
Eligible voters concerned that their absentee ballots may not have been
received by Election Day may come to the polling place and confirm if their
absentee ballot was received. If an absentee ballot was not received, then
they may vote in person. The polling place is located in the Tribal Com-
munity Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road, and is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017.
GEORGE VALDEZ
JUSTIN PHILLIPS
SCARLETT HOLTZ
GRAPHIC DESIGN
SPECIALIST
PAGE DESIGNER
CENTRAL PHONES
503-879-2190
503-879-1447
503-879-1416
justin.phillips@grandronde.org
scarlett.holtz@grandronde.org
Tribal Office Closures
Tribal offices will be closed on Monday, Aug. 21, for the total solar
eclipse.
503-879-1463
dean.rhodes@grandronde.org
503-879-1961
michelle.alaimo@grandronde.org
503-879-1418
chelsea.clark@grandronde.org
george.valdez@grandronde.org
DEADLINE DATE
ISSUE DATE
Monday, Aug. 7 ......................... Aug. 15
Monday, Aug. 21 ......................... Sept. 1
Tuesday, Sept. 5 ........................ Sept. 15
Wednesday, Sept. 20 .....................Oct. 1
Editorial Policy
SMOKE SIGNALS, a publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Com-
munity of Oregon, is published twice a month. No portion of this publication may be reprinted
without permission.
Our editorial policy is intended to encourage input from Tribal members and readers
about stories printed in the Tribal newspaper. However, all letters received must be
signed by the author, an address must be given and a phone number or e-mail address
must be included for verification purposes. Full addresses and phone numbers will not
be published unless requested.
SMOKE SIGNALS reserves the right to edit letters and to refuse letters that are determined
to contain libelous statements or personal attacks on individuals, staff, Tribal administration
or Tribal Council. Not all letters are guaranteed publication upon submission. Letters to the
editor are the opinions and views of the writer. Published letters do not necessarily reflect the
opinions of SMOKE SIGNALS, Tribal staff, Tribal administration or Tribal Council.
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2017 Tribal Council
1-800-422-0232 — tribalcouncil@grandronde.org
Reyn Leno
Tribal Chairman
— ext. 2399
reyn.leno@grandronde.org
Cheryle A. Kennedy
Tribal Vice Chair
— ext. 2352
cheryle.kennedy@grandronde.org
Jon A. George
Tribal Secretary
— ext. 2355
jon.george@grandronde.org
Ad created by George Valdez
Denise Harvey
— ext. 2353
denise.harvey@grandronde.org
Chris Mercier
— ext. 1444
chris.mercier@grandronde.org
Brenda Tuomi
— ext. 4555
brenda.tuomi@grandronde.org
Tonya Gleason-Shepek
— ext. 1777
tonya.gleason-shepek@grandronde.org
Kathleen George
— ext. 2305
Jack Giffen Jr.
— ext. 2300
kathleen.george@grandronde.org
jack.giffen@grandronde.org