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APRIL 1, 2023
99th birthday
Tribal Council appoints Julie Fahey
to Community Fund Board of Trustees
By Danielle Harrison
Smoke Signals assistant editor/staff writer
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Elder Kathryn Harrison reacts after blowing out the candles on
her cake during her 99th birthday celebration held in the Tribal gym on
Tuesday, March 28. Holding the cake is her niece, Tribal member Lisa
Watson. Tuesday was her actual birthday.
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Tribal Council appointed state
Rep. Julie Fahey to the Spirit
Mountain Community Fund Board
of Trustees at its Wednesday,
March 22, meeting.
Fahey will join the eight-member
board that oversees Spirit Mountain
Community Fund, which is the phil-
anthropic arm of the Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde. She is olling
an open position that was held by
former state Rep. Karin Power.
The board also includes Tribal
Council members Michael Cherry,
Denise Harvey and Brenda Tuomi,
Spirit Mountain Casino Assistant
Chief Executive Officer Camille
Mercier, Lazenby & Associates own-
er Chip Lazenby, Clackamas County
Commissioner Martha Schrader
and former state Sen. Arnie Roblan.
According to her state Legisla-
ture biography, Fahey represents
House District 14, which includes
West Eugene and Veneta. She was
orst elected to the Oregon House of
Representatives in 2016 and was
selected to serve as House majority
leader in 2022.
Her areas of focus as a legislator
include housing affordability, liv-
ing wage jobs, worker protections
and improving education. Fahey
currently serves as chair of the com-
mittee on rules and is a member of
the committee on housing.
<Representative Fahey will be a
great addition to the board,= Tribal
Council member Kathleen George
said during the Tuesday, March
21, Legislative Action Committee
meeting. <She is a wonderful leader
and from Eugene, so she represents
a different set of interested people
outside of the
Portland area.
There's a lot
of nonprofits
in Portland,
but there are
also needs in
the rest of the
state.=
State Rep.
Tribal Coun-
Julie Fahey
cil also set the
agenda for the
11 a.m. Sunday, April 2, General
Council meeting that will be held at
the Lane Community College Long-
house as well as be accessible on the
Zoom teleconferencing application.
The program report will be about
drug awareness, concentrating on
the proliferation of fentanyl in the
community.
In other action, Tribal Council:
" Approved the orst supplemental
budget of 2023 for $782,000 to
purchase the Black property in
Grand Ronde. No other infor-
mation about the property was
released by the Tribe;
" And enrolled three infants into
the Tribe because they meet the
enrollment requirements out-
lined in the Tribal Constitution
and Enrollment Ordinance.
Also included in the March 22
Tribal Council packet was an au-
thorization to proceed that allo-
cated the 2021 and 2022 Pepsi
Sponsorship funds in the amount
of $100,000 to Veterans Powwow
($33,300) and the Contest Powwow
($66,700).
To watch the entire meeting, visit
the Tribal government9s website
at www.grandronde.org and click
on the Government tab and then
Videos. þ
40TH RESTORATION CELEBRATION
Tribal Council member Michael
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Cherry puts a necklace on Tribal
Elder Kathryn Harrison during
her 99th birthday celebration
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held in the Tribal gym on Tuesday,
March 28. The necklace design was a collaboration between Cherry,
incoming Spirit Mountain Casino Chief Executive Officer Camille Mercier
and Tribal Council Executive Assistant Lauri A. Smith. It features a silver
dollar from 1924, the year Harrison was born, with beading done by
Mercier. The silver dollar came from Cherry9s brother and Tribal member
Jesse <Pee Wee= Robertson9s coin collection.
2023 LOGO CONTEST
• Organizers of the 2023 40th Restoration Celebration are holding a logo contest fo
Grand Ronde Tribal members and descendants.
• Winning logo will be used on promotional materials and gifts for our 40th Restoration
Celebration.
• Entries should include: artwork, description, name, roll, phone number and email.
Send submissions to publicaffairs@grandronde.org or
Tribal Council
Attn: RC40
9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347
Deadline is Monday, May 15, at 5 P.M.
Winner will be announced June 1
• Prizes will be awarded for the top three submissions
• First place receives an Ikanum saddle blanket
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