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APRIL 1, 2021
General Council meeting
11 a.m. Sunday, April 11
Smoke Signals
sNok signflz
Being held remotely using the Zoom teleconferencing program.
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, April 7............................................................................10 a.m.
Wednesday, April 21..........................................................................10 a.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
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LIHEAP program open in service area
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The Tribal Social Service’s LIHEAP – Low Income Home Ener-
gy Assistance Program – is open to eligible Tribal members in the
six-county service area and Clackamas County.
This is a first-come, first-served program and income criteria ap-
plies. LIHEAP is federally funded through the Department of Health
and Human Services and is designed to help low-income households
with home heating costs.
For more information, contact Social Services at 503-879-2034.
Congressional Art Competition seeks entries
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici is accepting
submissions for the 2021 Congressional Art Competition, which is open
to any high school student who lives in or attends schools in her district,
which includes Washington, Yamhill, Clatsop and Columbia counties and
part of Multnomah County.
Local artists will select the winning student artist whose work will be
displayed in the U.S. Capitol for a year. All students who participate in
the competition will be invited to a virtual reception with Bonamici where
the winner will be announced and all submissions shown.
Students interested in submitting artwork should visit bonamici.house.
gov/services/art-competition on the Internet. Deadline for submissions is
Friday, April 30. Art can be mailed to Bonamici’s Beaverton office at 12725
S.W. Millikan Way, Suite 220, Beaverton, OR 97005. Staff members will
be available to receive art outside the front entrance to the building from
8 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 28, and 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 30.
BURIAL FUND ORDINANCE
OPEN FOR COMMENT
The Tribal Council is considering amendments to the Burial Fund
Ordinance. The proposed amendments were given a First Reading
at the Feb. 10, 2021, Tribal Council meeting.
The proposed amendments increase the Burial Benefit from $6,000
to $7,000, and may also include minor technical (i.e., formatting,
typographical, housekeeping) modifications.
Tribal Council invites comment on the proposed amendments to
the Burial Fund Ordinance. For a copy of the proposed amendments,
please contact the Tribal Attorney’s Office at 503-879-4664. Please
send your comments to the Tribal Attorney’s Office, 9615 Grand
Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347 or by e-mail to legal@gran-
dronde.org.
Comments must be received by Thursday, April 15, 2021.
Clarification — An article in the March 15 edition of Smoke Signals con-
tained information provided by a source that requires clarification: When
an Elder becomes eligible for Tribal foster care, the cost is determined by
75 percent of their income, such as Social Security, per capita payments
or a pension from a job. The Elders pension received as a Tribal member
is not included in determining how much is paid for adult foster care.
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DEAN RHODES
PUBLICATIONS
COORDINATOR
503-879-1463
DANIELLE
HARRISON
TIMOTHY J.
GONZALEZ
STAFF WRITER
503-879-4663
PHOTOJOURNALIST
503-879-1961
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danielle.frost@grandronde.org
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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
friday, april 9.................... april 15, 2021
monday, april 26 ...................may 1, 2021
monday, may 10 .................... may 15, 2021
monday, may 24 ................... june 1, 2021
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 .
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Cheryle A. Kennedy
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address, 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.
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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
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