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Diabetes prevention class
Candidates Forum will be
posted on Tribe’s website
FORUM continued
from front page
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Licensed Practical Nurse Jeannette Cavan, diabetes care coordinator
and diabetes case manager, left, pours a summer fruit smoothie into
a sample cup as LPN Charlene Brewer, diabetes case manager, talks to
attendees during a diabetes prevention class held at the Elders Activity
Center on Friday, July 21. The Tribe’s Diabetes Prevention and Education
Group holds the classes the third Friday of every month at 11:30 a.m.
at the EAC. In addition to the healthy food demonstration, care tips for
living with diabetes were discussed and a single serve blender and a
lunch bag with smoothie ingredients were given to the nine people who
attended the class.
Clothes Closet open
The Clothes Closet is open from 9 a.m. to noon Friday on the
Tribal campus near the Elders Activity Center at the end of
Blacktail Drive.
The Clothes Closet accepts clothing, small appliances and pieces
of furniture, electronics and household goods that are clean and
in good condition. It does not accept books, large TVs or furniture,
but there is a community board where people can post those items.
For more information or emergency clothes, contact Lori Walk-
er-Hernandez at 559-847-7565.
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to address any question that was
asked but they did not have an
opportunity to answer, and then
two minutes to deliver a closing
statement.
Mercier, 48, is seeking his sev-
enth term on Tribal Council and
will tie former Chairman Reyn
Leno as the second longest-serving
Tribal Council member at the con-
clusion of his term in September
2026 if he is elected again. He said
this will be his last term on Tribal
Council if he is elected.
Langley, 56, is seeking his third
consecutive three-year term on
Tribal Council. He has been serving
as Tribal Council secretary since
September 2021.
Leno, 54, also is seeking a third
consecutive term on Tribal Council.
She holds the record for the most
votes received in a Tribal Council
election with 1,047 in 2020.
Haller, 34, is the owner of the
Wildwood Hotel in Willamina. He
is the son of Rex Haller and Martha
Hood and grandson of Robert Haller
and LeVeta Sell. He is a first-time
candidate and vowed to run again if
he is not elected this year.
Montano, 37, is employed by the
Tribe’s Finance Department as the
Budget Coordinator and was the
manager of the Tribe’s Member
Services Department. She is de-
scended from the Holmes family.
Her mother is Tammy Chavez,
her grandmother is Betty Dick
and great-grandmother is Arlene
Holmes. She is also a first-time
candidate.
Bailey, 46, works for the Tribe’s
Cultural Resources Department
as a cultural protection specialist.
He has been a Tribal employee for
more than 20 years and this is his
first run for a Tribal Council seat.
His parents are Jerry and Teresa
Bailey.
This year’s field of six candidates
marks the 10th consecutive year of
single-digit candidates running for
Tribal Council. The last time 10 or
more candidates threw their pro-
verbial hats in the ring was in 2013.
The Candidates Forum was re-
corded and will be posted at www.
grandronde.org under the Govern-
ment tab and then Videos.
Tribal voters also can read can-
didate statements in the July
Tilixam Wawa that was mailed
in early July and listen to Smoke
Signals’ podcast interviews with
each candidate at www.spreaker.
com. The interviews were posted
on Friday, July 28.
More than 2,800 ballots were
mailed on Wednesday, July 26,
and Tribal Election Day is Satur-
day, Sept. 9.
In addition to electing three
Tribal Council members, voters
are being asked five advisory vote
questions – all regarding enroll-
ment issues – on the Sept. 9 ballot.
They are:
• Should the Tribe change the cur-
rent enrollment requirements?
• Do you support the Tribe moving
toward lineal descendancy for
enrollment?
• Do you support the Tribe in mov-
ing toward 4/4 blood quantum
applied to a specific roll or date
for enrollment?
• Do you support repealing and
replacing the 1999 constitutional
amendment requirements, in-
cluding parent on the roll at the
time of application, parent on the
roll at time of birth and the Indi-
an blood tied to the Restoration
Roll ancestor requirement?
• What constitutional amendment
election would be your top choice
for Tribal Council to pursue next:
Lineal descendancy, 4/4 blood
quantum or repealing and replac-
ing the 1999 amendment?
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Program details and applicant requirements
This program is for enrolled CTGR Tribal member students entering into
Kindergarten through 12th grade (enrolled in the 2023-24 school year).
Enrolled Tribal member students may apply for a $150 Wal-Mart gift card
to be used toward school supplies or school clothing.
Registration information
Registration opened on July 28 and the initial deadline will close Aug. 11.
Starting Aug. 25, it will be a rolling application open until Nov. 10. Please
allow up to two weeks after submission to process applications and
distribute your gift card. Applicants will not be required to provide
receipts with the application, however all applicants are subject to
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