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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 2018)
S MOKE S IGNALS SEPTEMBER 1, 2018 So long, summer Adult Members’ Trust and Minors’ Custodial & Rabbi Trust Funds Investments in the Adult Members’ Trust Fund and the Minors’ Cus- todial and Rabbi Trust Funds are updated each business day. If you are a trust participant and/or if you are the parent/guardian of a minor member, you can access and review your balance and your minor child’s balance by visiting www.401Save.com. To log-in, the initial User ID is your (or your child’s) Social Security number, and the initial Password is “00” followed by your (or your child’s) membership number. Once logged in, you can customize your User ID and password for security purposes. If you have any trouble logging in to or using the system, contact the 401Save Call Center at 1-888-700-0808 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacifi c time, Monday through Friday. n Photo by Michelle Alaimo Reanna Powley puts ketchup on her hot dog during the ninth annual End of Summer Community BBQ Bash & Movie Night held at the covered basketball court in Tribal Housing on Friday, Aug. 24. Almost 90 people attended the event that included dinner, raffl e prizes and a movie. The event was organized by the Tribe’s Youth Prevention Program. Tribe receives $220,584 FEMA grant The Tribe was notifi ed on Friday, Aug. 24, that it is the recipient of a $220,584 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Tribal Planning & Grants Manager Kim Rogers said the three-year Trib- al Homeland Security Grant will fund a cell phone repeater mini-tower on the Reservation’s forestland, as well as fund a secure Tribal identifi cation card program for the Tribe’s Enrollment Offi ce. The grant also will fund other equipment items, supplies and indirect costs, Rogers said. n ‘Being able to help people is the most rewarding part of this job’ MEMBER SERVICES continued from front page projects, such as the transfer and return of the Molalla Kate objects from Fort Vancouver, which was a two-year process. She also assisted with securing a long-term loan of the Summers Collection items from the British Museum. The 16 items are now included in an exhibit called “Rise of the Collectors” at the Chachalu Tribal Museum and features ar- tifacts collected at Grand Ronde shortly after the Reservation was established in the 1850s. Montano is descended from the Holmes family. Her mother, Tammy Chavez, works in the Tribe’s Finance Department. Her grandmother is Betty Dick and great-grandmother is Arlene Holmes. She and husband Jose have been married for 11 years and are raising six children ages 5 to 16. They live in Willamina and enjoy attending their children’s various sporting and school events. Montano grew up in McMinnville and graduated from Sheridan High School. She holds two associate de- grees from Chemeketa Community College and a bachelor’s degree in business and social sciences from Western Oregon University. With the Member Services De- partment currently short two em- ployees, Montano has her hands full doing three jobs. “Right now, I do all of it,” she says. “I handle the Elders pensions, Social Security and disability stuff that comes through as well as en- rollment.” Tribal Council Chief of Staff Sta- cia Hernandez said Montano is a great addition to Member Services. “Having come from our Cultural Resources Department, she has a deep understanding of community and knows our Tribal families,” Hernandez says. “There is no doubt in my mind that she will serve our members to the best of her ability and I look forward to working with her in her new capacity as Member Services Program manager.” Montano says the most chal- lenging part of her job so far has been having to learn how to do things very quickly and estab- lishing new relationships with the membership. “Being able to help people is the most rewarding part of this job,” she says. “In Culture, I helped peo- ple stay connected to their history, and part of that was summer youth coming in and discovering things about their family history they didn’t know, which was very neat. But now it is more just helping people in general, sometimes they just need an ear to listen.” Montano’s short-term goals in- clude getting the department fully staffed and becoming more effi cient at providing services. A long-term goal is getting Tribal members’ minds more at ease regarding en- rollment issues. n Join us! October 24-25 LOCATION // Grand Ronde, OR www.grandronde.org/hcsummit Wanting to share your spirituality with others? Be a Mentor and guide those to a better way? Volunteer with the Dept. of Corrections Religious Services Needed are SWEAT LODGE AND SPIRITUAL LEADERS . THE NEED IS GREAT AT ALL FACILITES. ESPECIALLY FOR ALL TRIBAL MEMBERS. OUR ELDERS FOUGHT TO HAVE NATIVE RELIGION HONORED AT PRISONS. CURRENTLY, WE ARE LACKING VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE THAT. BE THAT PERSON - CHANGE LIVES- MAKE A DIFFERENCE VOLUNTEER TODAY! LINK TO APPLICATION PAGE https://www.oregon.gov/doc/OMR/docs/pdf/Volunteer_Intern.pdf QUESTIONS or ASSISTANCE CONTACT VOLUNTEERS SERVICES OR ANITA ESPINO @ 503-983-5783 CALL OR TEXT Anita.L.Espino@doc.state.or.us (CTSI Tribal Member-Niece to Aggie Pilgrim) 9
