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Room. Tribal security and Oregon Department of Transportation staff blocked traffic from using Grand Ronde Road. The Mail Room is 350 feet south from the front entrance to the Grand Ronde Food Bank, which was having a distribution day at the time. Tribal Police issued a 300-foot safety zone around the Mail Room and GIS Coordinator Volker Mell created an aerial map for key personnel showing the zone’s perimeters. An evacuation of the food pantry began shortly thereafter. The Salem Police …

together: $40,000; Educate Ya Inc. for its HIV/AIDS health educator program: $5,000; Forests Forever to help with the restoration of the Clatskanie Mountain fire lookout tower: $1,000; Friends of Tyron Creek Park to help friends and neighbors for environmental diversity: $20,000; I Have a Dream Foundation - Oregon for the Dreamer School Project Out of School Time Initiative: $30,000; Kukatonon for Restoring Our Connections to African Culture: $3,000; Liberty House for Providing Services to Children …

and do actual canning as the garden reaches harvest time. "Without community involvement," he said, "it will all go nowhere." This is more than Food Share can currently do with any of the other 97 partner agencies, said Gaupo, because those agencies lack the government involvement that Tribal Council provides in Grand Ronde, and a contained area for distribution. Plans from the Tribe's point of view, said George, also should address "community planning and development around food." He asked …

Tribal Government & News Tribe ready to reap benefits of economic development 07.15.2014 Ron Karten Tribal Council , Culture , Tribal employees Entering its third full year of operation, the Tribe's Economic Development Department is starting to see returns on its investment of time and Tribal funds. One Tribal investment will start returning a profit on schedule, said Economic Development Director Titu Asghar, and the Tribe's investments are creating job opportunities for Tribal members. "One …

Assistant Deborah Bachman. 16 years: Part-time College Program Coordinator John Harp, Audit Director Trudi Yoshikawa, Natural Resources Machine Equipment Operator Mark Mercier and Treasury Manager Rick Andersen. 15 years: Benefits Specialist Peggy Carpenter, Nutrition Program Manager Kristy Criss-Lawson and Ceded Lands Coordinator Brandy Humphreys. 14 years: Health Information Technician Stephanie Simmons, Tribal Council Administrative Assistant Shannon Simi, Finance Executive Assistant Ken …

on evidence, but a balance with traditional and holistic care can really help somebody in a spiritual and healthy way. It’s critical.” Moore said he needs to find out what “traditional medicine” means in Grand Ronde. He said he learned “quickly” what traditional medicine entailed while at Fort Defiance Indian Hospital. “We had five traditional healers on staff full-time,” said Moore. “We had 50 beds. We had an ICU unit and we had 250,000 patient visits a year. That is something we are looking at here …

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from Taft High School in 1933 and attended beauty school at Chemawa Indian School. She owned Nelscott’s first beauty salon, which is featured in a Lincoln County history book. Nelscott was one of the five tiny coastal towns that merged to become Lincoln City in 1964. She later worked in a beauty salon in McMinnville where the Sage Restaurant is now located. During this time, she lived with David and Bertha LaChance. She met her husband, Loren Davidson, when he was living at her aunt Josephine’s …

about competing at the Division One collegiate level. “So I took it as a challenge and started training more and more,” she said. Less than a year later, Lopez received her first scholarship offer from the University of Arizona. “But on the other side of that was school,” she said. “I hated it. I still don’t like it to this day. One of the first questions the coach asked me was what my GPA was. I didn’t want to answer the question because at the time, it was only 1.8.” After being told getting her …

at the culturally appropriate time of year instead of later in the season when water levels are lower and rocks are exposed. Wakeland said the construction was a “long and arduous” process. “Getting the generator over there was probably the toughest part,” he said. “We had to use pulleys to bring it over. This was a gigantic team effort and to be able to stand on the platform was awe-inspiring.” Platform celebration Despite the legal and other hurdles of the past few months to make the platform …