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. “We talked about it and then narrowed it down, and then I talked to my vendors to see what I could get.” Nelson said she watches shows on the Food Network like “Chopped” and “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” and she had previously seen some of the burgers selected on those shows. Nelson said the main reason for choosing the winning selections was because they seemed like they would taste good. “They just sounded amazing,” Nelson said. Nelson said the new burgers have already started selling …

go alone. It’s all a part of the master’s plan, a step on the road to home. When you are lonely and sick of heart, go to the friends we know. Bear your sorrow in good deeds. Miss me, but let me go. As she wished, her life was celebrated with family and friends sharing stories, laughter and great food. We express our heartfelt thank you to the Grand Ronde Tribal Council, Tribal members and employees for the outpouring of support and prayers during this difficult time for our family. A special …

Contest Powwow that organizers cannot replicate no matter how hard they try. A total solar eclipse. The 2017 Grand Ronde Contest Powwow was one of the better attended in years, attracting 275 dancers competing in 26 dance categories. Attendance burgeoned from 2016’s total and organizers credited several things – renowned host drum Blackstone, increased prize money and the eclipse, which occurred the day after the powwow’s conclusion. Attendees were allowed to stay overnight at Uyxat Powwow Grounds …

, mental health and other services. "I think the VA is really complicated to the average veteran," she said. "A lot of vets don't have any clue what's available to them." For Louis Bickford, an Ojibwe veteran from California, the two government-to-government conferences held so far have been "invaluable," he said. "It brings together all the resources we need; more than just VA compensation pension and health care, but also Social Security SAMSHA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services …

to a quarantine order as a direct result of work-related exposure to receive benefits. It also establishes a presumption that Grand Ronde Health & Wellness Center providers who contract the virus did so as part of their employment. Finally, Tribal Council approved the enrollment of one infant into the Tribe because they meet the requirements outlined in the Tribal Constitution and Enrollment Ordinance. The entire meeting can be viewed by visiting the Tribal government’s website at www.grandronde.org …

of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. She loved traveling to Hawaii. In the last five years, she visited Hawaii three times, celebrating her 100 th birthday there in 2019. In her lifetime, she visited Hawaii 25 times. Ruby and Orlando enjoyed traveling on cruise ships, taking trips to Alaska, Hawaii, through the Panama Canal, Mexico, Europe, the Caribbean and Asia. She worked in a drapery shop for more than 20 years. She was a banquet manager for the Fraternal Order of Eagles and was installed as Grand …

in the Willamette Valley -- common camas and great camas. “Both species of this attractive purple flower were an important food source for the Kalapuya Indians who would routinely burn the Willamette Valley on an annual basis in order to promote vast fields of camas in the wet prairie environments,” Woods says. The first two minutes of this 4.5-minute video are dedicated to introducing camas and properly identifying it from what is called “death camas,” which can be confused with wild onion and can …

-A and 7-Eleven. The retail development project is jointly owned by the Grand Ronde and Siletz Tribes. (Photo by Danielle Harrison/Smoke Signals) By Danielle Harrison Smoke Signals assistant editor/staff writer KEIZER -- Several fast food restaurants, a hotel, brewery and gas station will be among some of the newest tenants at Chemawa Station with construction potentially starting by late summer. On Monday, April 17, the Keizer City Council voted to direct city staff to prepare an order adopting …

need to your communities, in order to sustain the services that are critical to the Tillamook County service area,” he said in an email. One job advertisement for a bus driver has been posted to the transportation district’s website for nearly a year and another for more than two years. “From our side, it’s really hard to cancel a service like this,” Vitulli said. “This was a route that was doing really well but we are so low on drivers, we were faced with making cuts system-wide.” The route …

that he, Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Martin, Enrollment Specialist Jolanda Catabay and the candidates present met before the forum’s beginning and determined a random order to respond to questions. Fullerton said that only enrolled Grand Ronde Tribal members would be allowed to submit questions for the candidates and that each candidate would begin the forum with a three-minute introduction. All submitted questions needed to include the member’s name and roll number to be verified by Catabay …