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director in place after the position was vacant for a few years has helped in the effort to streamline policies. “We want to keep our patients safe and provide a healthy lifestyle,” Rowe says. “It’s just one of those things, as the rules get stricter and stricter, we need to help patients manage the best we can.” After being hired as pharmacy director last year, Lynch joined the Tribe’s Controlled Substance Management Committee. “Since the pharmacy is the one dispensing, I wanted to bring us …

.” Harrison called Holmes at his home right after the call from AuCoin to share the news with him. Smoke Signals reported in the Dec. 4, 1983, issue that everyone would be informed of progress as it was being made on the efforts to restore benefits to the membership. “Through the Smoke Signals we will do our best to keep you informed of our progress in the development of procedures for the health, education and other entitlements that our Tribal members are now eligible to receive …

for Audit and Assurance Adam Smith said that in general terms, a casino audit includes examining and reviewing various documents and processes, and is governed by multiple regulatory and professional authorities. “Specifically, for Spirit Mountain Casino, we began by reviewing written policies and procedures followed by observing personnel to confirm adherence with specific procedures to gauge the casinos compliance with best practices for the gaming industry,” he said. That work began in October …

Tribal Government & News Smoke Signals receives four newspaper awards 08.06.2014 Ron Karten Tribal employees Smoke Signals received four awards, including two first places, from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association on Friday, July 18, as a participant in the annual Associate Member Publications Contest. Smoke Signals received two first-place awards. Photographer Michelle Alaimo received the top award in Photography while the entire staff was honored with first place in the Target …

. The program will be funded by earnings off our Tribal Housing Endowment and will have no impact on gaming revenues. For 2016, the Tribe has set aside $120,000 for the new program and staff is working hard to have it in place by June 2016 if not sooner. The draft program and policies will be presented to Tribal Council in the coming months. Once Tribal Council has approved the proposals, the Housing Department will launch the program and will work with staff to notify Tribal members through Smoke Signals …

was meant to help the school fill the shortfalls. "The Tribe put thousands of dollars into an environmental study assessing all of the school buildings," says Tom. "We wanted to clean it up and develop one section (of the old campus) to help offset the costs. "We were pushing for a light industrial mix of businesses where kids could learn a skill, intern at a business and maybe not have to go home in the summer, when home was not the best place to be." That the plan fell apart amid differences …

for employees. Tribal Council also sent amendments to the Burial Fund Ordinance out for a second reading. New proposed amendments define the word "spouse" and allow those receiving the burial benefit to use some of the money to buy a Pendleton blanket from the Tribe for the funeral service. Previously proposed amendments to the Burial Fund Ordinance increase the benefit to $5,500 and up the reception benefit to $300. In other action, Tribal Council: Appointed Alton Butler as the part-time Tribal …

Administrative Service’s stock. The Tribe partnered with Hawaii-Western Management Group in November 2012 to buy the Redmond-based third-party health care administrator. Adopted a per capita payment date of Sept. 15 for the next gaming revenue distribution to the membership. Also included in the July 26 Tribal Council packet was an authorization to proceed to submit the Chinuk Wawa phrase “ɫush pus chaku” to the University of Oregon for use on its newest dorm on campus. The phrase means “It’s good to, or you …

the sponsorship brings to the Tribe and Tribal people makes the money well worth spending. “The exposure we get from this event and being the title sponsor with the advertising we get … if we had to buy that type of advertising, it would be pretty darn spendy,” Steve says. Huffman says that the advertising ranges beyond newspapers, including TV, print, radio and static signage, activation and public relations events. “While the Grand Floral Parade is a one-day event, it is a three-week festival,” Huffman …

. "This is going to an area that I am confident that it will make a difference in the community," Mercier said about his donation given to Tribal member and Education Division Manager April Campbell. "The Tribal Library is going through an expansion and they should be able to buy a lot of books with this money." Tribal Elders Nancy Coleman and Dorothy Shortt and Tribal spouse Duane Coulson won the $50 door prizes and Tribal Elder Qahira Lorraine Barton won the $100 door prize. The next General Council …