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8 MAY 15, 2023 Smoke Signals Eight names being added to Veterans Memorial on May 29 By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Eight names, including that of Albert J. <Joe= Martineau, will be added to the West Valley Veterans Memorial during the Monday, May 29, ceremony being held on the Grand Ronde Tribal campus. Martineau walked on Feb. 1 at the age of 63. He was from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superi- or Chippewa of Minnesota and he was a beloved longtime employee of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde as an alcohol and addictions counselor. Martineau9s name will go up on the Air Force pillar along with the names of Jack Bailey and Jefferie J. Tucker. The four pillars at the West Val- ley Veterans Memorial feature the names of Tribal and community members from Grand Ronde, Wil- lamina and Sheridan who served in the four major branches of the U.S. military 3 Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The addition of eight names this year will increase the number of those honored on all four pillars to 2,382. Other names being added include Grand Ronde Tribal member Jerald W. Tyler on the Navy pillar, Allan Halverson, Benjamin Lee Rogers and Ronney Lee Rogers on the MfkhMfk Mania Army pillar and Billy J. Rogers on the Marine Corps pillar. The Memorial Day ceremony will return to pre-pandemic protocols with a meal being served in the Tribal Community Center starting at noon and the ceremony occurring outside at the West Valley Veterans Memorial starting at 1 p.m. The memorial was designed by late Tribal Elder Steve Bobb Sr., a Vietnam War-era Marine Corps veteran who walked on in August 2022. It features a man and wom- an dressed in traditional Native clothing standing side by side while reaching for the sky. This will be the 20th Memorial Day celebration at the West Valley Veterans Memorial, which was dedicated in May 2003, because the 2020 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional details about the cer- emony were not available before press time. Attendees also will notice in-prog- ress work on the addition of two new pillars at the memorial because the ones containing names of Army and Navy veterans are reaching capacity. The Tribe received a $33,000 grant from Oregon State Parks to install the two new black granite slabs. þ Photos by Michelle Alaimo Conner Ambrose, 11, rides TO SEE MORE PHOTOS AND VIDEO a blender bike to mix a fruit smoothie during m f k h m f k @SmokeSignalsCTGR @ctgrsmokesignals @SmokeSignalsCTGR mania held in the Tribal gym on Saturday, May 6. The annual event is a celebration of local food, farmers, and hunting and gathering that included informational booths, educational workshops and a silent auction. The event was organized by Grand Ronde9s Food Access and Community Team and sponsored by Marion-Polk Food Share and the Tribe. Tribal Veterans Service Office 2023 Claim Appointment Schedule Monday Tuesday Thursday By scheduled By scheduled Walk-in claim appointment only appointment only appointments To schedule a claim appointment: call (503) 879-1484 or email CTGRTribalVSO@GrandRonde.Org Flicka Lucero and Rebecca Ambrose, in the background, look through seed packets that were available for free at m f k h m f k mania held in the Tribal gym on Saturday, May 6. Larry Wehrli, of Grand Ronde, a volunteer at the Grand Ronde Food Bank, iskam m f k h m f k haws, was manning the seed packet table helping people find what they wanted. Gas discount at Grand Ronde Station Grand Ronde Tribal members, as well as Tribal and Spirit Mountain Casino employees, can receive a 30-cent per gallon discount on gasoline at the Tribally owned Grand Ronde Station convenience store. There are, however, a few rules. Tribal members and employees must go inside and show either their enrollment card or employee identiocation card to receive the discount. þ