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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 2017)
OCTOBER 1, 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. ENROLLMENT ORDINANCE OPEN FOR COMMENT The Tribal Council is considering amendments to the Enrollment Ordinance. The proposed amendments were given a First Reading at the Sept. 13, 2017, Tribal Council meeting. The purpose of the proposed amendments is to: (1) allow Tribal members or applicants to view, in the presence of Enrollment Staff, electronic versions of their entire enrollment file and the enrollment files of lineal ancestors, except adoption records, and provide related procedures; (2) provide that the Tribal Roll is not subject to the Or- dinance’s confidentiality provision; (3) add a provision for issuance of Descendancy Letters or Certificates of Descendancy; (4) provide that Tribal Council makes final decisions on loss of membership; and (5) provide procedures on Enrollment Board loss of membership recommendations to Tribal Council and loss of membership hearings before Tribal Council. Tribal Council invites comment on the proposed amendments to the Enrollment Ordinance. For a copy of the proposed amendments, please contact the Tribal Attorney’s Office at 503-879-4664. Please 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. 31, 2017. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ORDINANCE OPEN FOR COMMENT The Tribal Council adopted, on an emergency basis, amendments to the Children and Family Services Ordinance at the Sept. 13, 2017, Tribal Council meeting. The proposed amendments modify the permanent plan provisions in the Ordinance as necessary to meet federal funding require- ments. Tribal Council invites comment on the amendments to the Chil- dren and Families Ordinance that were adopted on an emergency basis. For a copy of the amendments, please contact the Tribal Attorney’s Office at 503-879-4664. Please 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. 31, 2017. 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. Tribe receives Early Head Start expansion grant The Grand Ronde Tribe received an Early Head Start expansion grant on Friday, Sept. 22, from the Office of Head Start within the U.S. Depart- ment of Health & Human Services. The grant will increase the Tribe’s number of slots available for children with 20 additional home-based and eight additional center-based slots for 2 year olds. Planning & Grants Manager Kim Rogers said the grant is for four months at $178,615 with a full-year award of $535,845 that will start in January 2018. The grant period will run through August 2022. “The great majority of the this application was prepared by Early Child- hood Education Manager Angie Blackwell with some help from Leslie (Riggs, Education Department manager) and myself, and a little help from a few others,” Rogers said. Rogers added that the Tribe is working on possible use of some portion of the funds for equipment and/or renovation purposes. Tribal Council approved applying for the grant on June 14. 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. 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 Iskam MǝkʰMǝk-Haws Fundraiser* Saturday, October 28, 2017 St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Grand Ronde 12pm All Ages Costume Contests 1pm Ghoulash Meal for Cash or Canned Food Donations 1pm-4pm Silent & Oral Auctions *All funds raised go towards holiday food boxes.
