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12 S moke S ignals AUGUST 1, 2018 Miami nice Contributed photos From left, Grand Ronde Editorial Board Vice Chair Monty Herron, Smoke Signals Editor Dean Rhodes, Editorial Board Secretary Mia Prickett and Tribal Council Vice Chair Chris Mercier show off five of the six awards won by Smoke Signals in the 2018 Native American Journalists Association media awards competition. The awards were distributed during a banquet held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami, Fla., on Saturday, July 21. Smoke Signals received six awards in the contest, but the third-place award for newspaper design was inadvertently not made and will be forwarded to Smoke Signals in the near future. Mercier is a former employee of the Tribal newspaper. Grand Ronde Editorial Board Vice Chair Monty Herron, left, and Secretary Mia Prickett pose with Los Angeles-based NBC News national correspondent Miguel Almaguer during the Native American Journalists Association conference held Thursday, July 19, through Saturday, July 21, in Miami, Fla. Free Playgroup in Grand Ronde! * When: First Thursday of each month 10:00 am-11:30 am Where: CTGR – Community Service Center 9615 Grand Ronde Road Grand Ronde, OR 97347 Who: Parents and caregivers of children under 5 years. Why: Come to play, have a snack and have fun! Smoke Signals wins ONPA award Smoke Signals staff report Smoke Signals remained the only Tribal newspaper to win an award in the annual Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Associate Member contest. Smoke Signals received a sec- ond-place award in feature writing for staff writer Danielle Frost’s story about Grand Ronde Police Chief Jake McKnight’s grueling stay at the FBI training facility in Quantico, Va., that appeared in the Oct. 15, 2017, edition. The award is the 26th time that Smoke Signals has been honored by the statewide journalism asso- ciation in the last 10 years. ONPA awards were announced during the July 19-20 convention held at Brasada Ranch near Bend. Smoke Signals also won six awards in the annual Native Amer- ican Journalists Association Media Awards contest for work published in 2017. The awards were handed out Saturday, July 21, during an awards banquet held at the Inter- continental Hotel in Miami, Fla. Frost’s story about Tribal mem- ber Heather Cameron Haller, who has been missing for five years and is likely a victim of violence against Native American women, garnered a first-place award for Best Cover- age of Native America. Frost’s award marks the second year in a row that Smoke Signals has won the first-place award in the Best Coverage of Native America category. Smoke Signals photojournal- ist Michelle Alaimo won two sec- ond-place awards: one in News and one in Features. Her photo of the Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse that occurred over Grand Ronde was honored in the News Photo catego- ry while her photograph of Tribal youth on spring break was honored in the Features Photo category. Editor Dean Rhodes was honored with a second-place award in News Writing for his story about the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse and a third- place award in Feature Writing for his story about a book that recount- ed Louis Kenoyer being the last speaker of the Northern Kalapuya language. Tribal member Justin Phillips received a third-place award for designing the newspaper. During the conference, Tribal Council Vice Chair Chris Mercier and Editorial Board Secretary Mia Prickett participated in a “Transi- tioning to an Independent Tribal Press” panel discussion that was moderated by Rhodes and included staff members from the Muscogee Creek Nation’s Mvskoke Media. Editorial Board Vice Chair Monty Herron also attended the confer- ence, which ran from Thursday, July 19, through Saturday, July 21. During the conference, veteran Tribal journalist and Indian Coun- try Today Editor Mark Trahant (Shoshone-Bannock) received the Richard LaCourse Award and was the featured speaker. Are you frustrated with your diabetes control? Do you have questions about diabetes? Do you need help managing your diabetes? If so… Call the Medical Clinic today at 503-879-2002 To schedule an individual diabetes education appointment
