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AUGUST 1, 2021
Smoke Signals
NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE
TIME
Wednesday, Aug. 11..............................................................,..............4 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 25..............................................................,..............4 p.m.
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PUBLICATIONS OFFICE
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Correction
Due to a transcription error, a sentence in Susie Shaw’s Letter to the
Editor in the July 15 Smoke Signals read incorrectly. The correct wording
was: “You do not make money off of the food, but rather off the playing
floor and what keeps folks there is being able to eat a fabulous meal and
stay at the lodge. Without the big buffet and all its varied foods in one
place, not a food court, people will now start coming again now that the
COVID-19 is being lifted. This is the worst time to shut down the buffet!”
Smoke Signals regrets the error.
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Tribal government
returns to mask wearing
Tribal governmental employees returned to wearing masks while work-
ing indoors and in the company of other employees on Wednesday, July 28.
General Manager David Fullerton said re-adopting the mask-wearing
mandate was in response to increasing COVID-19 cases in Oregon caused
by the delta variant and those who are still unvaccinated.
Fullerton said the Tribe would continue to err on the side of safety and
encouraged employees to continue to practice safe social distancing and
sanitation.
Tribal Council members returned to wearing masks at their Wednesday,
July 28, meeting.
The Tribe’s decision coincided with the Oregon Health Authority rec-
ommending universal mask use in public indoor settings throughout the
state to stem the spread of the delta variant.
COVID-19 cases in Oregon increased to more than a 1,000 in one day
on Tuesday, July 27, numbers not seen since earlier in the year before the
three vaccines became widely available. 
Tribal Office Closures
Tribal offices will be closing noon Friday, Sept. 3, and closed on
Monday, Sept. 6, in observance of Labor Day.
SOCIAL SERVICES
2021 SCHOOL CLOTHING PROGRAM
Program is now open.
This is a first-come, first-served program.
Child must be an enrolled Grand Ronde Tribal member.
Child must be of school age and enrolled in
preschool, elementary, middle or high school.
Income criteria applies.
DEAN RHODES
PUBLICATIONS
COORDINATOR
503-879-1463
DANIELLE
HARRISON
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
monday, Aug. 9 ...................aug. 15, 2021
wednesday, Aug. 25 .............sept. 1, 2021
wednesday, sept. 8 .............sept. 15, 2021
thursday, sept. 23 ................oct. 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 .
Members of:
 Native American Journalists Association
 Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
2021
Tribal Council
tribalcouncil@grandronde.org
 Cheryle A. Kennedy
Tribal Council Chairwoman
— ext. 2352
cheryle.kennedy@grandronde.org
 Chris Mercier
Tribal Council Vice Chair
— ext. 1444
chris.mercier@grandronde.org
 Jon A. George
Tribal Council Secretary
— ext. 2355
Please contact Social Services at
800-242-8196 or 503-879-2034 for an application.
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 Jack Giffen Jr.
— ext. 2300
jack.giffen@grandronde.org
 Denise Harvey
— ext. 2353
denise.harvey@grandronde.org
 Michael Langley
— ext. 1777
michael.langley@grandronde.org
 Lisa Leno
— ext. 1770
jon.george@grandronde.org
lisaleno@grandronde.org
 Kathleen George
 Steve Bobb Sr.
— ext. 2305
— ext. 4555
kathleen.george@grandronde.org
steve.bobb@grandronde.org