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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 2017)
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 PUBLIC RECORDS ORDINANCE OPEN FOR COMMENT The Tribal Council is considering amendments to the Public Records Ordinance. The proposed amendments were given a First Reading at the Sept. 6, 2017, Tribal Council meeting. The proposed amendments clarify which records are available un- der the ordinance, allow for the Tribe to provide copies of available records to Tribal members electronically upon an approved request, describe a revised process for reconsideration for denied records requests, and make other housekeeping revisions. Tribal Council invites comment on the proposed amendments to the Public Records Ordinance. For a copy of the proposed amendments, please contact the Tribal Attorney’s Office at 503-879-4664. Send your comments to the Tribal Attorney’s Office, 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 or by e-mail to legal@grandronde. org. Comments must be received by Oct. 15, 2017. Clothes Closet open Friday mornings The Clothes Closet is open from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first and third Fridays of the month and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. all other Fridays on the Tribal campus near the Elders Activity Center at the end of Blacktail Drive. The Clothes Closet accepts clothing, small appliances, small pieces of furniture, electronics and household goods that are clean and in good con- dition. It does not accept books, large TVs or large furniture, but there is a community board where people can post those items. Donations are accepted during regular business hours. For more information or emergency clothes, contact Lori Walker-Her- nandez at 559-847-7565. S moke S ignals 13 Smoke Signals photo reprint policy See a photo you like in Smoke Signals? Want a copy, or several copies? Want to see if a photo that was taken but not printed in Smoke Signals because of space limitations might be something you’d like hanging on your living room wall? Tribal members can order 8-by- 10-inch copies of photos taken by Smoke Signals staff members regardless of if they were published in the newspaper. Charge is $1 for each print ordered. Reprint orders must be pre-paid with a check made out to Smoke Signals. A photo reprint order form is available in the Publications Office of the Tribe’s Governance Building in Grand Ronde, or can be mailed upon request. All photos contained in Smoke Signals’ current archive are available for purchase, but people interested in going through the archive must make an appointment to review photos for possible purchase. No rush orders are permitted and requestors must allow 30 days for delivery. Requestors must be Tribal members. In addition, reprint re- questors must agree that the reprint is for personal use only, and not for use in an ad, or for commercial, political or promotional purposes. Smoke Signals reserves the right to decline a reprint request. To request a reprint order form, write to Smoke Signals at 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347, or call Michelle Alaimo at 503-879-1961 or 800-422-0232. Health & Wellness Center Entrance Reminder: The drive-through entrance at the Health & Wellness Center is for loading and unloading only. The entrance was built with our Elders and those with mobility issues and their ease of access in mind. If you are coming to the center to pick up prescriptions, please park in one of our regular parking spaces. Thank you, Grand Ronde Health & Wellness Center Administration Ad created by George Valdez