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Tribal Government & News Community Fund tops $94 million in giving 06.15.2023 Danielle Harrison Spirit Mountain Community Fund Lindsay Ward, Food Roots marketplace operations manager, takes inventory of salad mix after it was delivered to the Tillamook office on Monday, May 22. The salad mix was grown at Fawcett Creek Farm, one of the organization’s 50 producers that provides food to them. Food Roots received a $45,000 grant from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund during its quarterly check …

and fiercely loves his family. Most describe Bobb as someone who speaks his mind and he wouldn’t have it any other way. One of his mottos is, “Lead from the heart, speak from the heart.” “I always say that I am either extremely blessed or the luckiest guy on earth,” Bobb says. “To have been through what I have been through and still be here on this earth, I know I have a purpose.” Currently, Bobb shares his artistic talent with the Tribe and community, as well as serves as chair of the Veterans …

said ‘No, you can’t do it.’ … So they started calling my middle son Wink, but he’s out of it now so I’m the only one. Where I go, the name is going with me.” Wink’s brother, Arthur Francois Soderberg, walked on in 2007 at the age of 77. “My mom and my brother and I were always pretty close,” Wink says. Wink’s mother was a nurse and a popular barber in Grand Ronde when he was a child. “My mother was very talented,” Wink says. “She used to cut hair on Saturdays and all the loggers would come down …

in the 27100 block of Salmon River Highway. Two vehicle noninjury crash in the area of Salmon Way and Grand Ronde Road. Suspicious activity reported in the 26000 block of Yamhill River Road. Animal complaint received in the 9300 block of Grand Ronde Road. Suspicious activity reported in the 9600 block of Southwest Hebo Road. Assist outside agency with a traffic stop in the area of milepost 29 on Salmon River Highway in Sheridan. Assist outside agency with a traffic stop in the area of milepost 26 …

to, but who will listen to one such as I? I will teach when I come home, and I am coming home to Grand Ronde. The help I've needed? So simple! All I have asked for is an official statement from the Tribe, in any official capacity, about the kinds of benefits and resources I, as a Tribal citizen, have (will have) available to me as a resident of our Tribal community. Very simple, as I said. I don't want money or handouts - just a letter. I have even typed up example letters of what I need doing …

approval of a waterway structure registration application from the Department of State Lands in August. The fishing platform is expected to be completed by Friday, Oct. 26 PGE filed an Oct. 12 intent to appeal with the state Land Use Board of Appeals. In it, the utility company is objecting to West Linn’s decision not to regulate the structure. “The appeal was related to a separate prerequisite, not the registration (application) itself,” PGE spokesperson Melanie Erdmann said. “As part of the DSL …

by Sequoia Bobb Raya; and Spirit Mountain Casino IT Systems Administrative Supervisor Angela Schlappie, who was nominated by Angela Sears. Mark Mercier served as the Tribe’s chairman from 1985 through 1996 while Lewis and Schlappie are making their first runs for Tribal Council seats. Seven candidates is the lowest number running for Tribal Council since 2015 when eight Tribal members vied for seats. Ballots will be mailed to voters with verified signatures on Wednesday, July 26. Tribal members …

to be putting up a sign at the end of the road so people know it’s down there. It was a very big undertaking.” In other action, it was announced that the next General Council meeting will be held 11 a.m. Sunday, June 26, at the Tribal Community Center for accepting nominations for Tribal Council. The June 26 meeting will be the last General Council meeting for the summer and meetings will resume again on Sunday, Sept. 11, following the Saturday, Sept. 10, election. Heather Petite, Penny DeLoe …

Tribal Government & News Tribe honors 39 for years of service 02.11.2011 Ron Karten Tribal employees Smoke Signals editor The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde honored 39 employees who, together, account for 532 years of service to the Tribe on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Among the 39 who were honored are the two longest-serving Tribal employees ever. Tribal Elder and Tribal Wellness Manager Bonnie Mercier and Tribal member and Tribal Health & Wellness Business Office Manager Terri Mercier both …

four grandchildren: Violet, Amelia, Lennon and Andrew. He loved being a “Papa” more than any other accomplishment in his long, distinguished career. He was preceded in death by his father, Warren Merrill, and is survived by his mother, brother, three children and four grandchildren. Bollman Funeral Home is caring for the family. Other passings Byron Victor Labonte June 8, 1932 – Oct. 26, 2020 Tribal Elder Byron Victor Labonte Sr. walked on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, at the age of 88. West Valley …