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2 MAY 1, 2020 Smoke Signals General Council meeting sNok signflz 11 a.m. Sunday, May 3 Tribal members can participate remotely through the Zoom website. 503-879-2304. PUBLICATIONS OFFICE NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347 1-800-422-0232, FAX: 503-879-2173 DATE TIME Wednesday, May 13.............................................................................4 p.m. Wednesday, May 27.............................................................................4 p.m. Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed. Memorial Day event canceled By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr. announced that the annual Memorial Day ceremony held at the West Valley Veterans Memorial will not be held on Monday, May 25. “We held out hope, but believe at this time that we need to an- nounce the cancellation of this Memorial Day, reading of the names and the ‘Roll the Dice’ car show at the casino,” Bobb said in an e-mail on Wednesday, April 29. Army veterans Douglas D. Stake, Alden H. Clark, Linden W. Frederic, Donald E. Holsclaw, David W. Weaver and Mervin J. Holmes and Navy veteran Ra- mona L. Quenelle will have their names etched on to one of the four black granite pillars – one for each major branch of the U.S. military. Clark and Quenelle are Grand Ronde Tribal members. Bobb said a contractor will still come out to Grand Ronde in the near future to etch the names in the granite columns. This year’s ceremony would have been the 18th held after the memorial was dedicated in 2003. It was designed by Bobb, a Vietnam War-era Marine Corps veteran, and features a man and woman dressed in traditional Native clothing standing side by side reaching for the sky. The four pillars feature the names of Tribal and community members from Grand Ronde, Willamina and Sheridan. The addition of seven more names will bring the total on all four pillars to 2,369. n WIC visits Community Center monthly Pregnant? Breastfeeding? Does your family include a child under the age of 5? If so, you may qualify for the Women, Infants and Children program. With WIC, people can receive answers to nutritional questions and access fruits and vegetables, whole grains, eggs, milk, cheese, juice, cereal and more. A WIC representative visits the Tribal Community Center on the third Tuesday of the month, which will be May 19. Walk-ins are welcome between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 503- 879-2034. n Website: www.smokesignals.org E-mail: news@grandronde.org Editorial.Board@grandronde.org Twitter: CTGRSmokeSignal www.facebook.com/SmokeSignalsCTGR/ www.youtube.com/channel/UCMDXdTzfGjzJ_j3NPpCrtcw DEAN RHODES PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR 503-879-1463 DANIELLE FROST TIMOTHY J. GONZALEZ STAFF WRITER 503-879-4663 PHOTOJOURNALIST 503-879-1961 dean.rhodes@grandronde.org danielle.frost@grandronde.org timothy.gonzalez@grandronde.org SAMUEL F. BRIGGS III JUSTIN PHILLIPS KAMIAH KOCH GRAPHIC DESIGN SPECIALIST 503-879-1416 PAGE DESIGNER 503-879-2190 SOCIAL MEDIA/ DIGITAL JOURNALIST 503-879-1461 samuel.briggs@grandronde.org justin.phillips@grandronde.org kamiah.koch@grandronde.org DEADLINE DATE ISSUE DATE tuesday, may 5 ..................... may 15, 2020 wednesday, may 20 ............ june 1, 2020 Friday, june 5 ..................... june 15, 2020 Editorial Policy smok signflz , a publication of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Communi- ty 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 verification purposes. Full addresses and phone numbers will not be published unless requested. Letters must be 400 words or less. smok signflz 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 reflect the opinions of smok signflz . Members of: n Native American Journalists Association n Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association 2020 Tribal Council tribalcouncil@grandronde.org Letters welcome n Cheryle A. Kennedy Tribal Council Chairwoman Letters should be exclusive to smok signflz. Letters should be 400 words or less and must include the writer’s name, ad- dress, phone number and Tribal roll number. You will be contacted to confirm 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 smok signflz, 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR, 97347. Tribal Office Closures Tribal offices will be closing at noon Friday, May 22, and closed on Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. — ext. 2352 cheryle.kennedy@grandronde.org n Chris Mercier Tribal Council Vice Chair — ext. 1444 chris.mercier@grandronde.org n Jon A. George Tribal Council Secretary — ext. 2355 n Jack Giffen Jr. — ext. 2300 jack.giffen@grandronde.org n Denise Harvey — ext. 2353 denise.harvey@grandronde.org n Michael Langley — ext. 1777 michael.langley@grandronde.org n Lisa Leno — ext. 1770 jon.george@grandronde.org lisaleno@grandronde.org n Kathleen George n Steve Bobb Sr. — ext. 2305 — ext. 4555 kathleen.george@grandronde.org steve.bobb@grandronde.org
