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Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- July 1, 2019 06.28.2019 Danielle Frost History 2014 2014 – Seventy-eight Tribal employees were recognized for a combined 875 years of service to the Grand Ronde Tribe during an employee recognition event held at the Community Center. Health & Wellness Business Officer Manager Tresa Mercier reached her 29 th anniversary of working for the Tribe. She began working on Oct. 1, 1984. 2009 – Tribal Elder Gene LaBonte was elected to chair the Governor’s …

a request for comments released by the department on Monday, July 1. If the purchase goes through, the Tribe will be liable for initial and continuing obligations. Initial obligations would include site stabilization, high priority cleanup actions, cleanup of soil through removal or capping, and preparation of a work plan and public outreach. Continuing obligations would include ongoing cleanup activities as redevelopment occurs, such as abating hazardous building materials, handling contaminated …

Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- Sept. 1, 2019 08.29.2019 Danielle Frost History 2014 2014 – Six grants brought in more than $573,000 for phase II work on the Chachalu Tribal Museum & Cultural Center. The museum, long a dream of the Tribe, received a jump-start in the summer of 2011 when the Tribe purchased the former Grand Ronde Middle School site from the Willamina School District. After almost three years of renovation work, phase 1 was complete. 2009 – The Tribe’s longstanding …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs acquiring 60-acre conservation property 09.11.2019 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council Tribal conservation properties Property Acres Acquired Ahsney 60 2019 Chahalpam 338.52 2013 Chahalpam 2 91.44 2015 Chahalpam 3 30.86 2018 Chankawan 425.71 2016 Noble Oaks 1&2 667.5 2019 R/snake Butte 1&2 96.98 2012 R/snake Butte 3 172.47 2015 Source: Tribal Lands Department By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is acquiring another …

Tribal Government & News General Council briefed on economic development in executive session 03.02.2020 Danielle Frost General Council , Economic development Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Hernandez updates the membership on the Tribe’s potential economic development plans at the General Council meeting held on Sunday, March 1, at the Tribal Community Center. (Photo by Danielle Frost/Smoke Signals) Danielle Frost Smoke Signals staff writer The Tribe’s Economic Development Department’s …

Tribal Government & News Tribal Council OKs applying for $952,381 firefighting grant 03.04.2020 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council , Federal government , Public safety By Dean Rhodes Smoke Signals editor Tribal Council approved applying for an almost $1 million firefighting grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during its Wednesday, March 4, meeting. If received, the $952,381 grant would fund the purchase of a new fire engine, 20 portable radios and other fire engine equipment, 20 self …

ambulance and fund emergency medical operations,” states a pro-measure flier. “The levy will provide West Valley residents with a more reliable response to emergency medical incidents, residential and commercial fires, motor vehicle crashes and other emergencies.” If approved, the levy would collect approximately $350,000 annually starting on July 1 for an estimated five-year total of $1.765 million. “This added revenue would allow the district to continue to provide our community with the reliable …

Tribal Government & News Yesteryears -- July 1, 2020 06.30.2020 Danielle Frost History 2010 2015 – The Willamina School Board approved a new policy regarding flag displays that accommodated a request from Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno to hang the Grand Ronde Tribe’s flag in the school gym. The Tribe’s flag would hang next to the U.S. and Oregon flags at the district’s schools for its approximately 30 percent Native American student population to see. 2010 – The Tribally funded, $1 million …

economic engine, closed for an unprecedented 74 days in mid-March through May 31 when the coronavirus became a public health concern in Oregon. Upon re-opening on June 1, the casino instituted several public health practices, including checking customers’ temperature before entering, requiring that all guests be 21 and older, abbreviated business hours to allow for facility cleaning and mandating the wearing of face masks by customers. Most recently, the casino made the entire facility smoke-free …

grandchildren, Caleb, Steven, Hayden, Averie and Presley. She will be forever in our hearts. Duyck & Van Dettey Funeral Home of Forest Grove assisted the family. Other passings Donna Mae Burkett Dec. 12, 1946 – Feb. 17, 2021 Tribal Elder Donna Mae Burkett, 74, walked on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Skyline Memorial Gardens Funeral Home in Portland, Ore., is assisting the family. Betty Maxine Reed March 1, 1928 – Feb. 17, 2021 Tribal Elder Betty Maxine Reed, 92, walked on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 …