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was brought to the attention of the police after numerous people had commented on the matter on a social media page that is run anonymously. The site includes posts which criticize and mock certain Tribal Council members, including Cherry. She told Smoke Signals that she has recently filed a police report because due to the actions of this individual, she no longer feels safe in the community. “I have no idea what this person is capable of and I want it to come to light and on the record that I …

, the area served at the time by the Willamina-based West Valley Fire District. “At first I really struggled with the decision (to run for sheriff) because to be 100 percent transparent and honest, I have the best job that anybody could ever have right now,” he said. “I’ve been empowered by the Tribe and our leadership to build something from nothing and before that, when I was emergency manager, there was all kinds of support. We were able to do things I haven’t seen in regular government …

to Table Rocks, which consists of Upper and Lower Table Rock. The group included Leno, Bobb and fellow Tribal Council members Jack Giffen Jr., Chris Mercier and Wink Soderberg, Tribal Director of Operations and Tribal member John Mercier, Tribal Attorney Rob Greene and Soderberg's wife, Kathy. It was the first visit to the Rocks for Soderberg and John Mercier. Giffen said he has been to the Rocks many times and Bobb, Leno and Chris Mercier had visited once before in 2002 when Bobb, along …

homes there together, each beading on their projects every day. This place she loved and looked forward to going back to visit each year in June. Rose had four children: Sharon, Dustin, Shane and Leah; drum brothers and many others who called her mom and were part of her family. She had eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild and many others who knew her as grandma. The young ones held a special place in her heart. She also had three brothers and four sisters; also the close friends who were …

Culture Tribal member acts, plays guitar and studies for college degree 09.14.2011 Dean Rhodes People For an upcoming episode of the new NBC homicide detective series "Grimm," Tribal member Kenneth Sequoia Lewis, 21, will be handcuffed to a chair. In the scene's background, he will be talking to a police officer. He is an extra in this Portland-based series about a detective. The series starts Friday, Oct. 21, at 9 p.m. "I have dreadlocks," Lewis said. "They thought I looked like a police …

future on the mat continues to look unlimited. "I felt like I could take it pretty easily," Hofenbredl said, "if I wrestled my best." This year, Hofenbredl, in the 106-pound class, and Ben Rebischke, a senior in the 220-pound class, won their weight classes to lead the Dallas High School Dragons to their first state wrestling title. Hofenbredl's toughest match, he said, came in the quarter finals against Pendleton's Colton Skeen, whom he has wrestled and defeated before. "It was great," said Tribal …

. In early March. Bobb was being interviewed for a feature story by Smoke Signals staff writer Danielle Frost, who asked him to reveal something about himself that very few, if any, people know about him. Bobb related the fire alarm story and the fact that he never officially graduated from high school. “It hasn’t affected anything I wanted to do in my life,” he said, “but I don’t know that you could do that today. You really can’t get away with stuff like that.” During the editing of Frost’s story …

Passage in Puget Sound. He grew up in Montana, Oregon and Wyoming and graduated high school in 1982. His parents are Tribal Elder Betty Bly and Roger Bly, who live in Elder housing. “I decided to join the Navy because I wanted to see the world,” he said. “I only intended to join for four years though. Since the Earth is mostly water, I did see quite a bit of it.” Bly worked as a surface ordnance technician, which he describes as “anything not underwater, any surface-to-air weapon, we worked …

Stoner, professor of Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin, freeze-dried berries can retain as much as 90 percent of their anthocyanins, which are compounds that give berries their color and possibly prevent cancer. Stoner said that vitamins C and E are mostly lost in the freeze-drying process. Erickson handed out strawberries, corn, coconut and pineapple samples to those present. Tribal Elder Peggy VanAtta said she is an avid canner and that the chicken salad tasted much like her own. “I thought …

Tribal Government & News Statement From the Chair 04.29.2015 Dean Rhodes Tribal Council Dear fellow Tribal members: In 2015, there are a number of great things taking place here at home that not only benefit our Tribe, but our Tribal members. I thought I would take some time to update you on some of the things that have taken place over the past few months and I will continue to update you throughout the year. I hope you find this information helpful and as always I am willing to answer any …