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that with everything that has happened in 2020, it feels good to bring a bit of normalcy back again. “We feel happy we’ve found something to provide for families during the shutdown,” Bucknell said. “By the end of the summer, we will have had 12 weeks of programming. Everyone here has had a chance to contribute something.” Neujahr added that learning new techniques of communication has been an interesting process. “I had to brush my teeth for one of our videos” he said. “It was different showing that to people …

applying for the Tribe’s annual $118,845 allocation of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Planning and Grants Manager Kim Rogers said during the Tuesday, Aug. 18, Legislative Action Committee hearing that the “routine” funding helped 190 Tribal households in 2019 with a majority of the money pay for heating costs; Amended a previous enrollment resolution that included one more roll number than was necessary; And approved …

accepted for the firefighters. Donations can be dropped off at a donation box located in front of the Health & Wellness Center. One bit of good news for the Grand Ronde area was announced on Friday, Sept. 11, when Grand Ronde Station re-opened after being closed for a deep cleaning on Aug. 27 after contact tracing found positive COVID-19 connections to the facility. "We would like to thank all of you who helped during the closure," General Manager Tim Jackson said in an e-mail. The Saturday, Sept …

, an emergency non-infant determination, two infant determinations, 17 non-infant determinations and one non-infant re-enrollment. Tribal Council approved the agenda for the 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, General Council meeting that will be held virtually over the Zoom teleconferencing program. The annual Baird financial update of Tribal investments will be the presentation. To view the entire meeting, visit the Tribal government’s website at www.grandronde.org and click on the Government tab and then Videos …

it could improve. “One thing we needed to change was the programming,” Yazzolino said. “We needed to tell the whole story. We made major changes and also reached out to the Tribe, and to the Oregon Black Pioneers.” The Tribe partnered with the museum on different projects, including signage describing the Tribe’s ceded lands and the effects of westward migration. Tribal Elder and artisan Greg Archuleta, Tribal Historian David Lewis and Ceded Lands Manager Michael Karnosh led those efforts …

Hernandez in an all-employee e-mail on Monday, Nov. 16. “After careful consideration, the Tribe has made the decision to maintain its current operations for the Tribal government.” However, Hernandez added, Tribal employees who feel it is in their best interest to work remotely can do so with approval of their supervisor. Working remotely, if possible, is one of Brown’s “freeze” suggestions for Oregonians. Brown also limited all bars and restaurants to takeout only, closed all gyms, restricted indoor …

to help us go through this process.” A team comprised of Tribal members, staff members and a Tribal Council member were doing background work on different types of pool projects and would be developing a timeline to complete the study. 2010 – One of Grand Ronde’s warriors walked on. Russell Laverne Leno, 83, passed away in his home surrounded by family. Leno was a logger for most of his life and worked at the Tribal Cemetery for 30 years, and also served on an early post-Restoration Tribal Council. He …

? Deep-fried pickles, the brainchild of one of the cooks. “I had my doubts, but after being open for two weeks, we sold 1,000 deep-fried pickles,” Haller says. “We got so busy we had to double up on kitchen staff. A couple from McMinnville drove out here because they heard about the pickles.” Haller and his wife are no strangers to the hospitality industry. He worked at Spirit Mountain Casino in food and beverage service for 12 years. She was a manager of Doryland Pizza in Pacific City. They both …

to create more efficiency in how we run the department,” she said. “There are lots of individual silos within it. One of the main things I ask is are we providing the best services we can?” She said that holding regular virtual community input meetings has been helpful in answering that question. Fasana also provided an overview of the early childhood, youth and higher education programs, as well as an update on library services during the pandemic. Some of the highlights include: There are 59 …

identifiable for students as an obvious place to get started, there also was a desire to demonstrate inclusivity and honor those who occupied the land before the college existed. Early in 2020, the college conducted face-to-face interactions, surveys and presentations with students, employees and the Board of Education to explore names that most resonated within the college community. One popular suggestion was to name the building after Wacheno. A cohort from Clackamas Community College met …