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S moke S ignals
APRIL 1, 2018
Tribal Council makes numerous
committee, board appointments
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
Tribal Council made a slew of
appointments to Tribal committees
and special event boards during its
Wednesday, March 21, meeting.
Tribal Council appointed or re-ap-
pointed:
• Marline Groshong and Shonn
Leno to the Ceremonial Hunting
Board with terms expiring in
March 2020;
• Margaret Provost, Faye Smith,
Joanna Brisbois and Logan Knee-
land to the Culture Committee
with terms expiring in March
2020;
• Andy Jenness to the Editorial
Board with a term expiring in
March 2021;
• Shelby Maerz and Tammy Cook
to the Education Committee with
terms expiring in March 2020;
• Andrew Freeman, Bryan Lang-
ley, John Lillard, Harold Lyon,
Tracey Howerton and Angey
Rideout to the Fish & Wildlife
Committee with terms expiring
in March 2020;
• Bernadine Shriver, Faye Smith,
Gladys Hobbs and Darlene Aaron
to the Health Committee with
terms expiring in March 2020.
In addition, Patti Tom-Martin
was appointed as an honorary
member;
• Angey Rideout and Stephanie
Craig to the Powwow Special
Event Board with terms expiring
in March 2020;
• Stephanie Craig to the Tribal
Employment Rights Ordinance
Commission with a term expiring
in March 2020;
• Bob Mercier, Jon George, Khani
Schultz, Frank Hostler and Mel
Holmes to the Timber Committee
with terms expiring in March
2020;
• Albert Miller and Raymond Petite
to the Veterans Special Event
Board with terms expiring in
March 2020;
• Deanna Johnston and Lori Ster-
ling to the Election Board with
terms expiring in March 2020;
• Margaret Provost, Barbara Gib-
bons and Tracie Meyer to the
Enrollment Board with terms
expiring in March 2020;
• Matt Thomas and Shayla
Myrick-Meyer to the Housing
Grievance Board with terms
expiring in March 2019; Kristy
Criss-Lawson and Linda Hale
to the Housing Grievance Board
with terms expiring in March
2020; and Cristina Lara and Patti
LeClaire to the Housing Griev-
ance Board with terms expiring
in March 2021;
• And Isabelle Grout, Jason Page
and Madalyn Volz to the Youth
Council with terms expiring
in March 2019 and Kailiyah
Krehbiel, Kaleigha Simi, Payton
Smith and Aspen Wilson to the
Youth Council with terms expir-
ing in March 2020.
In other action, Tribal Council
authorized a fiscal year 2018 fund-
ing agreement with the Bonneville
Power Administration not to exceed
$132,711 that funds the Tribe’s par-
ticipation in Power Administration
processes in its ceded lands, as well
as the Hydrosystems Compliance
specialist position in the Lands
Department.
Tribal Council also approved
the enrollment of one infant into
the Tribe because he or she meets
the requirements outlined in the
Tribal Constitution and Enrollment
Ordinance.
In addition, Tribal Council ap-
proved the Housing Department’s
2017 Annual Performance Report
to the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development’s Office of
Native American Programs and ap-
proved a Tri-Forest memorandum
of understanding with the Willa-
mette, Mount Hood and Siuslaw
national forests that will now re-
new automatically every five years.
By consensus, Tribal Council ap-
proved the agenda for the Sunday,
April 8, General Council meeting to
be held at the Many Nations Long-
house on the University of Oregon
campus in Eugene. The Natural
Resources Department will make
the presentation.
Also included in the March 21
Tribal Council packet were 11 ap-
proved authorizations to proceed
that included OKs to generate an
official Tribal membership roll that
will include all Tribal members liv-
ing and deceased and will be made
public, nominates Tribal Council
Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy
to the Institute of American Indian
and Alaska Native Culture and
Arts Development Board, autho-
rizes the Tribe’s executive team to
implement a central repository for
important Tribal documents, autho-
rizes Housing Department staff to
develop recommendations regard-
ing inclusion of suspicion-based
drug testing into its drug testing
policy and transfers $25,000 from
contingency to Member Services to
cover the cost of supplies needed for
re-organization of the department’s
enrollment files.
The entire Tribal Council meet-
ing, which was the last 4 p.m. meet-
ing until November, can be viewed
by visiting the Tribal website www.
grandronde.org and clicking on the
News tab and then Video. Tribal
Council meetings return to a 5 p.m.
start time beginning on April 4. n
Appointments available in Optometry
at the Health & Wellness Center
• Comprehensive eye exams
• Diabetic eye exams
• Red eye treatment
• Excellent selection of frames
Call 503-879-2097 for an appointment. n
Smile Day
For the fifth year, the Tribe’s Dental Department participated
in Give Kids A Smile Day held at Willamina Elementary School
in Willamina on Thursday, March 15. Tribal Dentist Erin Lange
and Tribal Dental Hygienist and Prevention Coordinator Sheila
Blacketer screened 269 children, providing 258 child prophies,
a non-therapeutic procedure for the maintenance of a healthy
mouth, and 238 fluoride varnishes. The Give Kids A Smile pro-
gram is sponsored by the American Dental Association to provide
underserved children free oral health care services. In addition to
Lange and Blacketer, Tribal dental assistants Tammy Baird and
Sam King helped with the screenings.
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Dentist Erin Lange brushes second-grader Satara Blanchard’s
teeth during Give Kids A Smile Day held at Willamina Elementary School
on Thursday, March 15.
Devin Doar, a second-grader at Willamina Elementary School, tries out
Tribal Dentist Erin Lange’s, left, dental loupes during Give Kids A Smile
Day held at the school on Thursday, March 15.
Police Department starts
non-emergency text line
The Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department has created a non-emergency
text line, Tribal Police Chief Jake McKnight announced.
“We learned in our last school meeting that kids would like a different
way to communicate with the police if they have a non-emergency situa-
tion,” McKnight said. “We all know kids love to text so my officers and I
decided this would be a great tool to utilize.”
The new text number is 541-921-2927.
“Even though this is mostly designed for children, I don’t want adults
thinking that they can’t use it as well. If you have a non-emergency situ-
ation or question, feel free to contact my officer via text through this line.
When one of my officers receives the text, they will call you back when
they have time.”
McKnight said that emergency situations still require people to call 911.
For more information, contact McKnight at 503-879-1474. n