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JUNE 1, 2020
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Tribal Council appoints
board, committee members
By Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals editor
June
• Wednesday, June 10 – Tribal Council meeting, 10 a.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Wednesday, June 24 – Tribal Council meeting, 10 a.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Sunday, June 28 – Tribal Council nominations, 11 a.m., Community
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
July
• Friday, July 3 – Tribal offices will be closed in observance of the
Independence Day holiday. 503-879-2304.
• Wednesday, July 8 – Tribal Council meeting, 10 a.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
• Wednesday, July 22 – Tribal Council meeting, 10 a.m., Governance
Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road. 503-879-2304.
(Editor’s note: All events are tentative depending on the
status of the Tribe’s COVID-19 coronavirus
response going into the summer.)
Food delivery
Photo by Timothy J. Gonzalez
Fresh n Local Foods delivery driver Ted Bowman, center, and volunteer
Keith Spicer load boxes of fruits and vegetables donated by Farmers
to Families to community members on the Grand Ronde campus on
Tuesday, May 26. The event, coordinated by iskam mfkhmfk haws,
provided boxes at four sites – the Grand Ronde baseball field, Water’s
Edge RV Park, Wandering Spirit RV Park and Grand Ronde Village/
Kerleyville. Grand Ronde Food Bank Program Manager Francene
Ambrose said there are no income restrictions to obtain a pre-packaged
box whose contents will vary from week to week. Distributions will
occur between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays.
Official Tribal Facebook pages
•Smoke Signals: www.facebook.com/SmokeSignalsCTGR/
•The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde: www.facebook.com/CT-
GRgov
•Spirit Mountain Community Fund: www.facebook.com/SpiritMoun-
tainCommunityFund
•Grand Ronde Health & Wellness: www.facebook.com/
GRHWC
•Grand Ronde Station: www.facebook.com/GrandRondeS-
tation
•Grand Ronde Royalty: www.facebook.com/CTGRRoyalty
•Grand Ronde Education Programs: www.facebook.com/
CTGREducation/
•Grand Ronde Community Garden: www.facebook.com/GrandRonde-
CommunityGarden
•Grand Ronde Food Bank: www.facebook.com/GrandRondeFoodBank
•Grand Ronde Youth Council: www.facebook.com/CTGRYouthCouncil
•Grand Ronde Social Services Department: www.facebook.com/CT-
GRSocialservices/
•Grand Ronde Children & Family Services: www.facebook.com/CT-
GRCFS/
•Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department: www.facebook.com/
Grand-Ronde-Tribal-Police-Department
•Grand Ronde Cultural Education: www.facebook.com/
Grand-Ronde-Cultural-Education
Tribal Council tackled its annual
task of appointing Tribal and non-
Tribal members to various commis-
sions, committees and special event
boards during its Wednesday, May
27, meeting.
Those appointed or re-appointed
included:
• Jerri Schmidt to the Grand Ronde
Gaming Commission for a term
expiring in June 2023;
• Marline Groshong to the Ceremo-
nial Hunting Board with a term
expiring in March 2022;
• Faye Smith to the Culture Com-
mittee with a term expiring in
March 2022;
• Siobhan Taylor to the Editorial
Board with a term expiring in
March 2023;
• Tammy Cook and Shelby Maerz
to the Education Committee with
terms expiring in March 2022;
• Tracie Meyer, Josephine Ingra-
ham and Tiny Gibbons to the En-
rollment Committee with terms
expiring in March 2022;
• Harold Lyon and Angey Rideout to
the Fish and Wildlife Committee
with terms expiring in March 2022;
• Bernadine Shriver, Darlene Aar-
on, Faye Smith and Lindsey Ness
to the Health Committee with
terms expiring in March 2022;
• Linda Hale to the Housing Griev-
ance Board with a term expiring
in March 2023;
• Stephanie Craig and Angey Ride-
out to the Powwow Special Event
Board with terms expiring in
March 2022;
• Mel Holmes, Jon R. George,
Khani Schultz and Jerry George
to the Timber Committee with
terms expiring in March 2022;
• And Albert Miller to the Veterans
Special Event Board with a term
expiring in March 2022.
Tribal Council Chief of Staff
Stacia Hernandez said that even
with the appointments, there are
still positions on Tribal committees
and special event boards that need
filling. They will be advertised in
Smoke Signals.
In other action, Tribal Council
approved applying for three grants.
The first grant to Spirit Mountain
Community Fund would provide
$100,000 to help construct two
pre-school immersion classrooms
as part of the Tribe’s Language
Education Building Project.
The second grant to the U.S.
Department of Housing and Ur-
ban Development would help pay
to renovate the Dental Clinic to
enclose the operation rooms to
prevent the spread of COVID-19,
as well as purchase high-intensity
ultraviolet light equipment that
would sanitize the rooms at night.
The grant also might help the Tribe
purchase an ambulance for when
it takes over operation of the fire
station on Grand Ronde Road.
A separate grant to the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
would fund a biosafety cabinet at
Health & Wellness and a specially
designed health module to support
COVID-19 prevention and contact
tracing. It also could provide fund-
ing to help purchase the aforemen-
tioned ambulance.
Finally, Tribal Council sent pro-
posed amendments to the Public
Records Ordinance out for a first
reading, which will solicit Tribal
member comments and input.
The amendments would change
the name to the Freedom of Infor-
mation Ordinance and give Tribal
members the ability to request
Tribal records that identify them
and give Tribal members the ability
to supplement the records if they
believe those records contain false
or misleading information.
The entire meeting can be viewed
by visiting the Tribal government’s
website at www.grandronde.org
and clicking on the Government tab
and then Videos.
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 Chil-
dren 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
June 16. Walk-ins are welcome between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more
information or to schedule an appointment, call 503-879-2034.
Highway 99W conducting
transit feasibility study
The Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments is conducting a
transit feasibility study to evaluate demand for transit service along the
Highway 99W corridor from McMinnville to Junction City.
With connecting service to Lane Transit District, the Salem-Keizer
Transit District and Yamhill County Transit, the potential service would
tie together the three largest metropolitan areas in Oregon. In addition, it
also would provide transit service to the currently unserved or underserved
communities of Monroe, Adair Village or Monmouth/Independence along
the corridor. A piece of the research is a public survey aimed at residents
and potential riders along the Highway 99W corridor.
To participate in the transit survey, visit the link https://tinyurl.com/
hwy99w. There also will be a raffle for a $25 gift card.
