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S moke S ignals
OCTOBER 1, 2017
Danielle Frost joins
Smoke Signals staff
Danielle
Frost, a 19-year
veteran of Pa-
cific Northwest
journalism,
joined the staff
of Smoke Sig-
nals on Tues-
day, Sept. 26, as
Danielle Frost
the staff writer.
Frost hails
from the Seattle area and graduated
from Eastern Washington Universi-
ty with a journalism degree in 1998.
She started her journalism career
working for The Blue Mountain
Eagle in John Day, Ore., where she
covered the community of Prairie
City — city government, schools
and sports — and wrote numerous
feature stories.
She joined the staff of the Gresh-
am Outlook/Sandy Post in 1999,
covering the Mt. Hood-area com-
munity of Sandy by herself, and
also has worked for the Wilsonville
Spokesman and Camas-Washougal
Post-Record as an education report-
er. She left the Camas newspaper
after almost nine years of employ-
ment to accept the position with the
Grand Ronde Tribe.
“Danielle was the unanimous
choice of the interview panel,” Edi-
tor Dean Rhodes said. “I think her
extensive experience working for
weekly newspapers will make her a
good fit working for Smoke Signals.
Having previously hired Danielle
in John Day and Sandy when I was
editor at both of those publications,
I was happy to see that she applied
for the staff writer position and
reassured she was the best choice
based on the interview panel’s en-
dorsement.
“In addition, I think her experi-
ence of working in smaller commu-
nities will translate well to working
for the Tribe and in Grand Ronde. I
think readers of Smoke Signals will
enjoy her writing style, how she ap-
proaches her stories and interacting
with her during interviews. She is
very personable.”
In her spare time, Frost is an avid
swimmer, runner and cyclist, and
regularly participates in road races
and triathlons. She also was the
volunteer director with Why Racing
Events and served as the assistant
cross country coach at Washougal
High School for four years.
“I am looking forward to working
for the Grand Ronde Tribe,” she
said. “I can’t wait to meet the people
and learn more about the Tribe’s
culture, traditions and history. I feel
that my entire journalism career
has been leading up to this great
opportunity.”
Frost moved to Yamhill County
and has a 10-year-old son, Alex.
She can be contacted at 503-879-
4663 or danielle.frost@grandronde.
org.
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Bypass play
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
From right, Tribal Cultural Resources Department Manager David
Harrelson, Tynan George and Tribal Council Secretary Jon A. George
drum, and are joined by Tribal Council member Denise Harvey and her
granddaughter, Hallie Brewer, looking over the bridge, on Chehalem
Bridge during “Play on the Bypass” day in Newberg on Saturday, Sept. 23.
The community was invited to walk, run or bike on the nearly completed
Newberg-Dundee Bypass Phase 1 roadway. The Tribe named the bridge
Chehalem because it is a Tualatin Kalapuya word for the Newberg,
Dundee and the Red Hills area or Chehalem Valley, which is within the
ancestral territory of the Tualatin Kalapuya people. It also happens to
cross over Chehalem Creek. Chehalem means “the outside place.” The
Tribe also donated $4 million to help fund the project that is expected to
be finished later this year.
St. Michael’s offers brunch
St. Michael’s Catholic Church offers an open house brunch every Sunday
following Mass. The brunch is free to the community. Brunch begins at
about 11:30 a.m. following the 10:30 a.m. Mass.
Mass attendance is not required for brunch attendance. For more infor-
mation, contact Janelle Justen at 503-550-0923.