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Fall festivities
Photo by Michelle Alaimo
Tribal Council is planning to approve a
$1.877 million supplemental budget to
fund the construction of five houses in the
home ownership development project on
McPherson Road in Grand Ronde after a lending
misunderstanding affected five potential buyers.
Council financing
construction
of five home
ownership houses
By Dean Rhodes
Publications coordinator
T
Photos by Michelle Alaimo
Four-year-old Kylie Gregg smiles as she sees her face painting results during the Fall Festival held
at the Tribal gym on Thursday, Oct. 26. More than 350 people attended. It included a costume
contest, pumpkin decorating, carnival games, a cake walk, trunk-or-treating, singing and
dancing, and a pizza dinner. The event was hosted by the Grand Ronde Health & Wellness Center in
collaboration with Children & Family Services.
Tribal Employment and Training
477/VR Administrative Assistant
Tawnie Kimsey, left, hands out
candy to 2-year-old Felix Maxfield
as he trunk-or-treats with his father
Cody Maxfield and mother Alicia
Phillips during the Fall Festival held
at the Tribal gym.
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ribal Council is poised to approve a $1.877
million supplemental budget during its
Wednesday, Nov. 8, meeting to fund the
construction of ove houses in the home owner-
ship development project east of Grand Ronde
Road off McPherson Road after a lending mis-
understanding affected ove potential buyers.
Five Tribal member mortgage applicants who
were interested in building in the Tribal project
were incorrectly notioed that a Housing & Urban
Development Section 184-approved lender would
not provide loans for new construction on Grand
Ronde Tribal lands despite HUD guidelines
stating that new construction is eligible for the
federally-backed loans.
<With Section 184 onancing, borrowers can get
into a home with a low down payment and nex-
ible underwriting,= HUD states on its website.
<Loans can be used, both on and off Native lands,
for new construction, rehabilitation, purchase of
an existing home, or reonance.=
The onancial institution 3 1st Tribal Lend-
See HOUSING
continued on page 11
Four decades of Restoration to be celebrated
Ruby anniversary will be held on Nov. 19 at Spirit Mountain Casino
By Dean Rhodes and
Danielle Harrison
Smoke Signals staff
N
ov. 22, 1983, is a day that
will forever be etched in
Grand Ronde Tribal his-
tory because it was the day that
President Ronald Reagan signed
House Resolution 3885, restoring
the Grand Ronde Tribe to federal
recognition.
The Tribe had been terminated
29 years before and his signature
on the bill ofocially ended that dark
time.
Now, the Tribe is preparing to
celebrate 40 years of Restoration
and all of the accomplishments that
have come with it.
See RESTORATION
continued on page 9
Traditional dancer and
Tribal member Chad
Leno participates in
grand entry during
the Confederated
Tribes of Grand Ronde
39th Restoration
Celebration Powwow
held at Spirit
Mountain Casino in
November 2022.
Smoke Signals file photo