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S MOKE S IGNALS
JANUARY 1, 2019
General Council meeting
11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 6
Tribal Community Center
Smoke Signals
PUBLICATIONS OFFICE
9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347
NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE
TIME
Wednesday, Jan. 9...............................................................................4 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 23.............................................................................4 p.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
1-800-422-0232, FAX: 503-879-2173
Website: www.grandronde.org/news
E-mails: news@grandronde.org
Editorial.Board@grandronde.org
Twitter: CTGRgov
GUARDIANSHIP AND
CONSERVATORSHIP ORDINANCE
OPEN FOR COMMENT
Tribal Council adopted, on an emergency basis, amendments to the
Guardianship and Conservatorship Ordinance at the Nov. 28, 2018,
Tribal Council meeting.
The purpose of the proposed amendments is to protect the assets
of disabled Tribal children who are wards of state court by allowing
the Children and Family Services Program to fi le for conservator-
ship in Tribal Court for children in state court dependency care and
to provide that in such cases, the appropriate state department is
included in the defi nition of “Interested Persons.”
Tribal Council invites comment on the amendments to the Guard-
ianship and Conservatorship Ordinance. For a copy of the amend-
ments, please contact the Tribal Attorney’s Offi ce at 503-879-4664.
Please send your comments to the Tribal Attorney’s Offi ce, 9615
Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347, or by e-mail to legal@
grandronde.org. Comments must be received by Jan. 15, 2019. n
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DEAN RHODES
CHELSEA BARANKSI
DANIELLE FROST
PUBLICATIONS
COORDINATOR
PUBLIC AFFAIRS/PUBLICATIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
STAFF WRITER
503-879-1418
danielle.frost@grandronde.org
503-879-1463
503-879-4663
chelsea.clark@grandronde.org
dean.rhodes@grandronde.org
TIMOTHY J.
GONZALEZ
GEORGE VALDEZ
JUSTIN PHILLIPS
PAGE DESIGNER
PHOTOJOURNALIST
GRAPHIC DESIGN
SPECIALIST
503-879-1961
503-879-1416
justin.phillips@grandronde.org
timothy.gonzalez@grandronde.org
george.valdez@grandronde.org
JENNIFER CLARK
SOCIAL MEDIA/
DIGITAL JOURNALIST
503-879-1461
DEADLINE DATE
503-879-2190
ISSUE DATE
Friday, Jan 4 ................................Jan. 15
Friday, Jan. 18 .............................. Feb. 1
jennifer.clark@grandronde.org
Tuesday, Feb. 5 ........................... Feb. 15
Wednesday, Feb. 20 ................... March 1
Tuesday, March 5 ..................... March 15
Tribal Offi ce Closures
Tribal offi ces will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 1, in observance of New
Year's Day and closed on Monday, Jan. 21, in observance of Martin
Luther King Jr. Day.
Letters welcome
Letters should be exclusive to Smoke Signals.
Letters should be 400 words or less and must include the writer’s name,
address, phone number and Tribal roll number. You will be contacted to
confi rm authorship.
All letters are subject to editing for space, grammar and, on occasion,
factual accuracy. Only two letters per writer are allowed during a three-
month period.
Letters written in response to other letter writers should address the
issue at hand and, rather than mentioning the other writer by name,
should refer to the date of the letter published. Discourse should be civil
and people should be referred to in a respectful manner. Letters deemed
in poor taste will not be printed.
Send letters via e-mail to news@grandronde.org, or submit in person
at the Tribal Governance Center in Grand Ronde, Ore., or mail to Smoke
Signals, 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR, 97347.
Editorial Policy
SMOKE SIGNALS, a publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Commu-
nity of Oregon, is published twice a month. No portion of this publication may be reprinted
without permission.
Our editorial policy is intended to encourage input from Tribal members and readers
about stories printed in the Tribal newspaper. However, all letters received must be
signed by the author, an address must be given and a phone number or e-mail address
must be included for verifi cation purposes. Full addresses and phone numbers will not
be published unless requested. Letters must be 400 words or less.
SMOKE SIGNALS reserves the right to edit letters and to refuse letters that are determined
to contain libelous statements or personal attacks on individuals, staff, Tribal administration
or Tribal Council. Not all letters are guaranteed publication upon submission. Letters to the
editor are the opinions and views of the writer. Published letters do not necessarily refl ect
the opinions of SMOKE SIGNALS.
Members of: n Native American Journalists Association
n Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
2019
Tribal Council
1-800-422-0232 — tribalcouncil@grandronde.org
n Cheryle A. Kennedy
Tribal Council Chairwoman
— ext. 2352
n Jack Giffen Jr.
— ext. 2300
jack.giffen@grandronde.org
cheryle.kennedy@grandronde.org
n Chris Mercier
Tribal Council Vice Chair
— ext. 1444
n Denise Harvey
— ext. 2353
denise.harvey@grandronde.org
chris.mercier@grandronde.org
n Michael Langley
— ext. 1777
n Jon A. George
Tribal Council Secretary
— ext. 2355
michael.langley@grandronde.org
jon.george@grandronde.org
n Lisa Leno
— ext. 1770
lisaleno@grandronde.org
n Kathleen George
— ext. 2305
kathleen.george@grandronde.org
n Steve Bobb Sr.
— ext. 4555
steve.bobb@grandronde.org
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