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-down version of a .264 Winchester Magnum when she hunts and she said she has had that gun for years. “I rely on that gun,” she said. Gilbert’s success is precisely what Fish and Wildlife Program Manager Kelly Dirksen dreamed of when he directed his staff to start working on the Hunting Tags Program years ago. “It is exactly what we hoped for,” said Dirksen. “We were always looking for ways to provide a distinct benefit to the membership that didn’t also just go to everybody. Lindsay has worked …

is increased savings. Part of that strategy is to offer assistance to Tribal members and the community in applying for Cover Oregon marketplace products made available by the Affordable Care Act. "We feel that assisting our patients and Tribal members apply for these health coverage products will not only increase revenue for the Health and Wellness Center, but also decrease costs for the Skookum Health Assistance Program," says Mercier. Loretta Meneley, Certified Application Assister, is located …

living in the valley. In addition, Oregon Parks hopes to create ghost buildings at Fort Yamhill to give visitors a better idea of how large Fort Yamhill actually was since little above-ground physical evidence remains. There are also plans to rebuild the Blockhouse, which now stands in Dayton and is in such poor condition that it cannot be moved back to Fort Yamhill. "It is a lot bigger than I imagined," Burns said as she looked over the excavated site where the Officer's Quarters used to sit …

ushered in the program, which is primarily intended as a new employee orientation, but all were invited. Cultural Outreach Specialist Bobby Mercier explained drumming and song protocols. "In the early days of the reservation, in the 1860s when ghost dancers were here, we used square drums. We only see them today," he said, "at games, gambling and similar events. Today, it's mostly round drums." The song that opened the program and many others, he said, is a song about and titled "New Beginnings …

before the dancing and singing in the evening. “It’s a whole ceremony in itself, it’s not just a bunch of people coming together and singing,” said Tribal member and Cultural Outreach Coordinator Bobby Mercier. “For us here, we want to do it right. It also ties back to other ceremonies like the Ghost Dance; that’s how powerful that Round Dance is.” Mercier said he has been going to Round Dances for almost 20 years and that he brought the Round Dance to Grand Ronde because of the healing nature …

. The officer’s building was the only remaining structure on the site and is believed to be where then-1 st Lt. Phil Sheridan lived from 1857 to 1861. Future planned work will include a new visitor’s center, ghost structures showing the location of other structures and replication of the block house that was once on the property. Park officials will protect and identify archaeological features making Fort Yamhill the state’s first archaeological state park. “I feel so in tune here,” said Reibach …

block of Salmon River Highway. Suspicious vehicle reported in the 28800 block of Salmon River Highway. Sunday, Dec. 5 DUII arrest occurred in the area of milepost 24 on Highway 18. Assist outside agency in the area of Main and B streets in Willamina. Gun shots reported in the area of Raven Loop and Tyee Road. Civil issue in the area of Spirit Mountain and Grand Ronde roads. Monday, Dec. 6 Civil dispute in the 24000 block of Grand Ronde Road. Tuesday, Dec. 7 Assist outside agency in the 7300 block …

1988 with the signing of the Grand Ronde Reservation Act. “Grand Ronde leaders were left with no choice but to sign such an agreement,” Kennedy testified. “I was on the Tribal Council during this time and I agreed with other Tribal members who believed that this bargain with the state was one made with ‘a gun to our head.’ ” According to a June 1986 report from then-Tribal Council Chairman Mark Mercier, misinformation about the Tribe’s Reservation Plan was “reaching hysterical proportions.” He also …

Ronde Reservation. The house he occupied, although moved and shortened from its original two stories, stands on the property today. Students peered in the windows, and observed a model of the original fort, with its gun ports pointing in all directions, before hiking up the trail to observe the view of the valley below, that made the fort’s location so useful for the soldiers. “The women’s story doesn’t get told very much,” Pouley said, explaining that women from the Tribes probably worked …

comfortable talking to the peer support team.” Warden said he has only had to pull the trigger on his weapon once during his law enforcement career and it still haunts him. Warden had received a call about a burglary and hostage situation near Sheridan early in his career. When he arrived on scene he saw a young man pointing a handgun at him after already shooting a man and firing the gun at joggers. “He saw me and I jumped out with the shotgun,” Warden recalled. “He turned and I could see him …