Yesteryears -- May 15, 2012

2007 - Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski visited Grand Ronde on May 11 for a day that included a little business and a little culture. He met with Tribal Council to discuss an expansion of Tribal hunting and fishing rights and ate pesto salmon at the Community Center while Tribal pre-schoolers demonstrated their Chinuk Wawa language skills. After lunch, Kulongoski toured the Tribal campus, including the Health and Wellness Clinic and Education building.

2002 - The fifth annual Government-to-Government Summit was held at Spirit Mountain Casino. Smoke Signals said it would be the "final appearance" of Gov. John Kitzhaber at the annual summit held between state officials and Oregon's nine federally recognized Tribes. Little did they know then that Kitzhaber would return to Oregon politics and be re-elected governor and attend even more Government-to-Government Summits, which he started by signing Executive Order 96-30.

1997 - Spirit Mountain Community Fund gave out its first grant to Life Flight Network. The $174,000 grant will enhance Life Flight's ability to save lives in medical emergencies in rural Oregon by funding weather stations and other equipment necessary to implement a satellite navigational system in Tillamook, Siletz Bay and Grand Ronde.

1992 - Publications does not have a copy of the May issue in 1992.

1987 - Grand Ronde General Manager Jim Willis said the proposed Grand Ronde Reservation will result in economic and employment benefits for the West Valley economy. He said the proposed reservation would generate $1.2 million annually in timber revenues and create many jobs in the Sheridan, Willamina and Grand Ronde area.

Yesteryears is a look back at Tribal history in five-year increments through the pages of Smoke Signals.