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Culture Clackamas family name is finalist for Oregon City park name 08.13.2018 Danielle Frost History By Danielle Frost OREGON CITY -- A well-known Clackamas Tribal family name is one of four finalists for a new Oregon City community park. Grand Ronde Cultural Resources Department Manager David Harrelson was contacted by Oregon City officials about a month ago to suggest a name since the area is part of the Tribe’s, specifically the Clackamas Chinooks’, ceded lands. “I suggested …

and Peter Grout had five children: Sharon Freund, Janell Haller, Richard Grout, Penny DeLoe and Boone Grout. She was a resident of Tillamook, where she lived with her husband and mother. Peter Grout preceded her in death. She served on Tribal Council from 1987-’92, ’93-’96, ’97-2000 and 2001-’04. She also ran for Tribal Council in 2004 and ’05. In her final candidate statement in 2005, she said, “I learned that my success on the Tribal Council is best stated as a ‘team effort,’ as a team we can make …

protection of the Tribes’ resources. She also said she agreed that the Tribe needed to look at its relationship following Wells Fargo’s public tribulations. “It’s good business practice and it is certainly important to us as a Tribal government to be responsive to our Tribal members when they tell us that they have very legitimate concerns about the banks that we do business with,” said George. “This bank is invested in the DAPL, so I think it is in the Tribal members’ interest to invest our business …

Department of Environmental Quality’s policy and rulemaking board. It also issues orders, judges appeals of fines or other departmental actions, and appoints the department’s director. “I am honored to be appointed by Gov. Kate Brown to the Environmental Quality Commission,” George said. “Healthy people, lands and water are fundamental to Oregon’s future and now is an important time to protect and improve that future for all Oregonians. I hope that my experience can be of service to the commission, our …

revenues to the casino’s five-year average, revenues are only down about 8 percent. “The impacts are good,” Leno said while acknowledging the work of Spirit Mountain Casino General Manager Stan Dillon and his staff. “I know people said we didn’t have a plan out there, we weren’t doing our job. I believe our plan was a good plan. We’re showing that now. Obviously, we have a long ways to go.” Leno said that if casino revenues transferred to the Tribe remain as strong throughout the rest of 2017 …

to break during the war.The fundraising event also included other speakers, dancers and the Eagle Beak Singers. 1997 – Tribal member Tammy Garrison, owner of T & L Cookie Co., gained regional notoriety after winning the Wal-Mart Championship Bake-off for Oregon and was set to compete in the national championship. She began her business earlier that year. 1992 – The Tribe was gearing up for the ninth annual Restoration celebration on Nov. 22. “I was really young at the time,” said Karen Harrison …

Tribal Government & News Letters to the Editor -- Feb. 15, 2019 02.14.2019 Dean Rhodes Letters Dear Tribal members: I am writing this letter as a “shoutout” to the amazing health care facilities, services and staff and what we witnessed. It’s easy to take the benefits we have available to us for granted and not truly appreciate what we have. We recently lost our dear, sweet Gladys Bolton, “Sis” to everyone in her family and staff at Cougar Lodge, but also a sweet and loving partner to my …

also serves as a part-time McMinnville Municipal Court judge and has a private family law practice. She earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from New York’s Syracuse University in 1981 and a doctor of law degree from Willamette University in Salem in 1992. Noble was admitted to the Oregon State Bar the same year she earned her law degree. Her work in municipal court has included presiding over most misdemeanors, traffic violations, minor in possession violations and city ordinance violations. “(I …

in different disciplines, presenting in the same location.” 2009 – Tribal member Justine Colton, a senior at Willamina High School, was elected student body president for the 2009-10 school year. “I take this responsibility very seriously,” she said. “I feel that it is my responsibility as a leader of the youth of today to advocate for the young people.” 2004 – Tribal members learned cultural traditions during the Circle of Weaving gathering in the Grand Ronde Community Center. The event …

was featured in a Smoke Signals article that focused on his work as Tribal Council chair during the time of Restoration and his life in Grand Ronde. “I was born in an environment where everybody works,” he said. “I did everything. You had to survive.” 2000 – Entertainer Jay Leno performed back-to-back stand-up comedy shows at Spirit Mountain Casino. Leno poked fun at the news, talked of his airline adventures, relationship with aging parents and life in Los Angeles. Before the show, some were wondering …