SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
RABBI TRUST FUND AND
MINORS’ CUSTODIAL TRUST FUND
This announcement is to inform you of the upcoming election op-
portunity to recommend an investment option that best suits your
tolerance for investment risk. The election deadline is Sept. 24,
2022, and the investment period will be effective from Oct. 1, 2022,
until modified.
Recognizing that each Tribal member’s tolerance for investment
risk may be different, parents of minor members age 17 or young-
er having balances in the Rabbi Trust Fund and Minors’ Custodial
Trust Fund, or members age 18 or older can recommend that
these funds be invested in one of five possible investment options.
Please e-mail deanne.norton@grandronde.org or call 503-879-
2215 to receive your Investment Risk Assessment Recommenda-
tion Form. This is optional and open only to those who participate
in the Rabbi and Minors’ Custodial Trust Funds.
FISH AND WILDLIFE ORDINANCE
OPEN FOR COMMENT
Tribal Council is considering amendments to the Fish and Wild-
life Ordinance. The proposed amendments were given a Second
Reading at the Aug. 10, 2022, Tribal Council meeting.
The Fish and Wildlife Ordinance has not been updated since
2015. The proposed amendments went out for First Reading on
April 6, 2022. Comments were received on or about May 6, 2022.
After a Work Session with Tribal Council and Natural Resources
staff, additional revisions were made to address the comments
received. Tribal Council asked that the proposed revisions to the
Ordinance go out for a Second Reading. The proposed amend-
ments reflect updates to the ceremonial hunting and fishing
program, limit the number of transfer tags that are available to
Tribal members to five (5) per year, provide for a mentored youth
hunting program, suspend the ability to receive a hunting tag if a
Tribal member fails to turn in their tag from the previous season,
and make other minor and technical changes.
Tribal Council invites comments on the proposed amendments
to the Fish and Wildlife Ordinance. For a copy of the proposed
amendments, 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@grandronde.org.
Comments must be received by Oct. 1, 2022.
Smoke Signals
TERO Worker of the Month
August 2022
Name: True Rimer
Employer: Dalke Construction
Position: Excavation laborer
True Rimer first applied to the TERO
program in August 2018 and was
dispatched to Seabold Construction on
the casino-lodge remodel project. Since
then, he has worked on many Tribal
projects where he has proven to be very
dependable.
Currently, True is working for Dalke
Construction on the Spirit Mountain
Casino RV park project where he is
True Rimer
learning many new skills, such as exca-
vation, laying pipe and operating heavy equipment.
True’s hard work and willingness to learn new tasks in different
trades has earned him the August TERO Worker of the Month
honor. True has participated in many of the trainings that TERO
has offered and says he is very thankful for the TERO program.
True says that TERO has also helped him find a great company
that employs good people and has given him many opportunities to
learn new skills.
Great job, True.
For more information on the TERO Skills Bank and
any other TERO opportunities, contact the
TERO office or the TERO director.
TERO Office: 503-879-1488 or tero@grandronde.org
Veterans, do you want to file for a service-connected disability?
This is all you need (the 3 legged-stool):
To file a successful claim for
service-connection
At 25500 SW Grand Ronde Rd. Grand Ronde, OR
97347 ~ The “Q” Building
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