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APRIL 1, 2022
General Council meeting
11 a.m. Sunday, April 3
Tribal members can participate remotely
through the Zoom application and limited in-person
attendance in the Tribal gym. 503-879-2304
NOTICE — Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE
TIME
Wednesday, April 6.............................................................................4 p.m.
Wednesday, April 20...........................................................................4 p.m.
Please note that these times and dates are subject to change if needed.
Tribal members can participate remotely through the Zoom application.
Smoke Signals
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PUBLICATIONS OFFICE
9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347
1-800-422-0232, FAX: 503-879-2173
Website: www.smokesignals.org
E-mail: news@grandronde.org
Editorial.Board@grandronde.org
Twitter: CTGRSmokeSignal
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Want to get up-to-date and in-the-know about the Grand Ronde
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before the newspaper is sent to our printing contractor in Salem.
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individual pages yourself. And you will receive virus-free Tribal
news much faster than the current standard mailing utilized by
the Tribe.
If you would like to receive an e-mailed PDF version of smok
signflz and stop receiving a mailed newsprint version, send your
e-mail to esubscription@grandronde.org. Stopping mailed delivery
of the newspaper will not affect other Tribal mail.
Drop box installed
The Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department, 9655 Grand Ronde
Road, now has a medication drop box located in the front lobby.
Lobby hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The drop box is for any prescribed or over-the-counter medication.
If the containers are too large to fit in the drop box, please repackage
them in a zip-lock plastic bag. Tribal Police employees cannot handle
the medications so the person dropping them off must repackage
them.
Needles and liquids are not allowed in the drop box.
Tribal Police suggest mixing liquid medications with cat litter or cof-
fee grounds and then throwing them away with the household trash.
For more information, call 503-879-1821.
www.youtube.com/c/SmokeSignalsChannel
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
KATHERINE WARREN-
STEFFENSMIER
Friday, April 8 ..............................april 15
PUBLICATIONS SECRETARY
monday, April 25 ..............................may 1
503-879-1466
kathrine.warren-steffensmier@
grandronde.org
monday, May 9 ................................may 15
monday, May 23 .............................. june 1
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
2022
Tribal Council
tribalcouncil@grandronde.org
Cheryle A. Kennedy
Letters welcome
Letters should be exclusive to smok signflz.
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
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.
ISSUE DATE
Tribal Council Chairwoman
— ext. 2352
cheryle.kennedy@grandronde.org
Chris Mercier
Tribal Council Vice Chair
— ext. 1444
chris.mercier@grandronde.org
Michael Langley
Tribal Council Secretary
— ext. 1777
michael.langley@grandronde.org
Kathleen George
— ext. 2305
kathleen.george@grandronde.org
Jack Giffen Jr.
— ext. 2300
jack.giffen@grandronde.org
Denise Harvey
— ext. 2353
denise.harvey@grandronde.org
Jon A. George
— ext. 2355
jon.george@grandronde.org
Lisa Leno
— ext. 1770
lisaleno@grandronde.org
Michael Cherry
— ext. 4555
michael.cherry@grandronde.org