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, Tribal staff practiced working with Tribal emergency communications, such as satellite phones and ham radios, so Grand Ronde can communicate with outside areas in such a situation. Tribal Chairman Reyn Leno welcomed more than 200 people to the Tribal Community Center in Grand Ronde on Thursday, June 9, for the mock disaster scenario. “I’ve been asked to welcome everybody and acknowledge everybody that prepared for this,” said Leno to an audience of Tribal members, Tribal Elders, staff, first …

and Wednesday through the end of June at the Tribal Community Center. Office hours will also be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, June 3-5, for any challenges to the voter list. The board may be reached at 503-879-2271 or by emailing election.board@grandronde.org . During a Wednesday, May 14, Tribal Council meeting, Tribal Council Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy addressed the misgivings some Tribal members have with the timing of the upcoming election. “I’ve heard some rumors …

Mercier, Jon A. George, and council members Kathleen George, Matthew Haller, Tonya Gleason-Shepek, Toby McClary and Pete Wakeland. Interim General Manager Bryan Langley and Kennedy thanked employees both for attending and for their work for the Tribe. “Everyone at your table, go ahead and give each other a high five, because it’s about you; it’s about what you do,” Kennedy told the assembled employees. “I’m so thankful for you, coming to work every day – even today, you see all the water on the road …

to overturn the previous council's June 2 decision to send a bundled enrollment requirement amendment to Tribal voters. On June 16, the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Northwest Regional Director authorized the calling of the election. "I truly believe that this going out as one could be very dangerous to this Tribe," Leno said, warning that the Tribe could be flooded with enrollment petitions if it passes. "All the work that we've put into getting ready for the 2012 budget will be for nothing." Leno …

to) outside management," said Leake. "The idea is to highlight the work that is being done well in Indian Country." "(The award) was an honor," said Thomas. "That's a very classy organization. I'm very happy that my cousin, (Tribal member) Shelley Hanson Sneed, nominated me. She's probably more deserving of the award than I am." Sneed was director of Spirit Mountain Community Fund from 2005-11 when she became administrator of the Oregon Landscape Contractors Board. "He had worked his way up to partner …

of her little fish-sized readers, "like sardines. If everybody came in, it was packed. Now, we have enough room to be comfortable." The Tribe's Information Systems Department chipped in a "bonus" wide-screen television that has been mounted on the wall inside the entrance. It will be used for showing movies, hooking up to a computer-driven slide show and providing group access to the Internet. "I can't say enough for IS," said Mercier. "They were here from the beginning, to take things down …

to serve the Eugene-area membership. The first choice was to maintain an office and "refocus" by hiring a local member of the Tribe to build community. "I voted for option A," said Tribal Council member Steve Bobb Sr. "That was to me the only way it was going to get a real shot at working. We need to watch the budget and keep good track of who is attending the classes. Even if nonTribal members are attending classes, that's fine as long as funding is not coming out of Tribal funds. "I have …

fifth-grade students who play in the K-5 chess program. "I like learning all the different ways they move." "So, Cohen," says Matt Bucknell, from the side of one of the games being played in the K-5 section after school on a recent Thursday afternoon. "You have these pieces here that are awesome. See if you can move one of them to put Dakota in check." "It takes a lot of strategizing," says Tribal member Dakota Ross, 10. "You've got to think about your moves. Strategizing really stretches your …

mass in the left leg." Despite all of that, Inatye decided to run in the Awesome 3000 in Salem, something he has never been able to do before. "We have been training for a couple months and he is now up to handling the 2K that the kids in his grade run," Donna wrote. "He is certainly not the fastest runner, and won't finish first, but I know he will finish and that is such a HUGE step from where he has come from ... having his first surgery at 10 months old." Inatye said his leg "hurt a little bit …

with the Police Department, are long-time employees who have gradually worked their way up. “When I started here 18 years ago, you had a lot of Tribal members at lower levels in the programs,” Fullerton says. “I think through attrition and building people’s skills, they’ve moved up within the departments. “If you dissect those 13 (Tribal member department managers), I would contend that a lot of them were not directly hired into that management position out of school or off the street …