1985-11-14 Char-Koosta News

              Pre-canvassed primary votes put all five incumbents on December ballot
Unconfirmed results from the November 9 primary Tribal Council election show that the membership has confidence in the current leadership - except in two of five districts where the incumbents came in second.
Chairman Joe "Joe Dog" Felsman lost by a scant dozen votes to challenger Fred Matt in St Ignatius.
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The two were Mission's only candidates so they'll both be on the general election ballot in December.
In the Elmo-Dayton district incumbent Al Hewankorn got about one vote for every two garnered by former Council member Lawrence Kenmille The score here was Kenmille 314, incumbent Hewankorn 163. Four years ago, the figures told a different story when Hewankorn beat out then-incumbent Kenmille
In Poison, the spread between first and second place was almost as narrow as Mission's. Appointee Rose Evans finished with 271 votes, compared to former Elmo-Dayton representative Pat Lefthand's 258 votes.
Ronan's incumbent Bob McCrea did
very well, getting 287 votes, compared to runner-up John Vallee's 130.
In Arlee, incumbent Jim Steele seems in good shape with 374 votes -the highest vote count in this election. Sole challenger Darrell Armstrong polled 224. Both advance to the general ballot
Totals for all the primary candidates follow. The figures are preliminary ones, pending the outcome of the absentee ballot counting and overall election canvassing November 13.
ARLEE: incumbent Jim Steele, 374; Darrell Armstrong, 224.
ELMO-DAYTON: Lawrence Kenmille, 314; incumbent Al Hewankorn, 163; George Hewankorn, 116.
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December per capita: only $250 to be held
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When it approved making a per capita payment to Tribal members in December, the Council added this twist: people owing money to the Tribes or the United States will only have half of their payments withheld.
The November 1 resolution approving the $500 payment points out that the "half only" provision is specific to the December 1985 payment Subsequent payments to indebted adult Tribal members may be withheld totally-or not - at the Council's future discretion.
While the recently adopted 30-year
Kerr Dam revenue spending plan calls for twice-yearly per capita payments of $500 in September and December, each distribution must be accompanied by its own authorizing resolution.
As approved by the Tribal Council at the October quarterly meeting, parents or guardians of enrolled minor children will receive half of their children's payments. The remaining $250 per child will be placed in a trust account with the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Pablo where it will accumulate interest until the child reaches legal age.