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of Administrative Services, and at the same time he was picking up line management experience as manager of two immediate care centers. For a couple of years, he added to those a position as director of Home Health Services. There is one exception, however, to this record of success. Though he plays golf every week, he said, "I can't seem to put two good nines together." Lorenz lives in northeast Salem with his wife and two daughters. The couple's oldest child, a son, has opened his own business in Beaverton …

; Kassie John, Navajo, second; Sahalie Crain, Klamath, third; Anna Delora, Warm Springs, fourth; and Susun Fisher, Siletz/Salish Kootenai, fifth. Teen Girls Fancy: Autumn Sky, Wasco, first; Jaydean Randall, Lakota/Navajo, second; Smokee Liz Good Strikes, Kainai, third; Mariah Leavitt, Puyallup/Yakama, fourth; and Aurelia Johnson, Burns Paiute/Haida, fifth. Teen Girls Traditional: Victory Randall, Lakota/Navajo, first; Ashley Meanus, Oglala Lakota/Warm Springs, second; Star Upshaw, Dine, third …

service medals and numerous campaign, operations and service ribbons. Bly has lived in Grand Ronde for a year. Before that, he resided in a houseboat on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula and spent the past 10 years sailing the Puget Sound Inside Passage. He is engaged to Cynthia Afflerbach and enjoys a quiet life near the mountains and rivers, as well as a good joke. Bly is grateful for the opportunities he has had. In his past, Bly was an avid climber and summited 41 mountains, including Mount Adams …

that need to go through a big bureaucracy, and whether it might be time to try a significantly different experiment in how to run the school. … It needs to have the ability to respond more quickly to circumstances.” “I would say the meeting was somewhat tense to begin with,” Kennedy said. “But, I believe, by the end of the meeting everyone understood that we were all there for the same reason, and that is to supply a good, quality education to Native American students who come there from around …

relationship with Willamette National Forest is “good” and “productive.” The Forest Service will reimburse the Tribe up to $24,300, according to the agreement. Approved acceptance of an $119,924 Natural Resources Conservation Service grant that will fund wildlife habitat enhancement projects on meadows on the Reservation. Approved sending amendments to the Enrollment Ordinance out to the general membership for a first reading after receiving many comments from the membership. Assistant Tribal Attorney …

their 2017 budget requests by at least 5 percent from 2016. The budget was reviewed during the November 2016 General Council meeting and Tribal members had until Dec. 5 to submit their comments. Tribal Council Chairman Reyn Leno said he thinks the budget is good and thanked Tribal staff for their hard work in preparing it. The approved amendments to the Public Records Ordinance will declassify certain Tribal records after 15 years and make them available for Tribal member review. However, Tribal …

to say about this,” Mercier says. “It gets at the heart of our people’s identity by putting it into visual form. It is modern myth telling. If our ancestors had access to this technology, they probably would have used it to tell a story.” Native Americans have a long history of being exploited and stereotyped when it comes to filmmaking, but that is changing. “This is good exposure for our community,” Mercier says. “We’re a positive example to many Tribes with our progressiveness …

of experience working for a Tribe puts her in a good place. “It puts me in a place of understanding federal Indian law and helps me understand how the Tribe and court operate,” Rivera says. Fasana hired Rivera for the job. She served as the Court Administrator for 19 years. “I am excited to welcome Lorena back to the Reservation,” Fasana says. “Lorena has a great deal of experience working in Indian Country and I think she will bring a big picture view to the court. We are delighted she has …

had a “minimal” amount of issues related to COVID-19 considering it is the most popular gaming facility in Oregon. He said the casino sees as many as 6,000 customers a day and has about 1,000 employees. “I think that shows we are doing a good job trying to keep everyone protected,” he said. “I think our protocols are working.” In response to several questions from those watching the Facebook Live event, Dillon said that table games are now limited to three players per table to ensure appropriate …

people of this place. These customs include the obligations of the people of a place to be good hosts by welcoming and caring for their guests. “Naming the Welcome Center after the Wacheno family allows for this cultural teaching to be represented on the college campus named after the people and customs it will honor.” College President Tim Cook said the Cascades and Tumwater bands of the Chinooks, as well as the Tualatin and Pudding River bands of Kalapuya and the northern Molalla people also …