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Siletz News
Programs
Siletz Business Information Center (SBIC) news
LISA BROWN
SBIC Business Counselor
** For more information contact the
SBIC office. We have forms to apply for
“You and Your Business Idea” workshop
inclusion in this program. Please note
id you know that credit unions are a prime
that the DBE program is not solely
The Siletz Business Information Center (SBIC) will
resource for low-interest loans? Credit
be presenting a workshop titled "You and Your
unions provide customers with a very limited to women, it also applies to the
Business Idea," from 6-9 P.M., Monday and Tuesday,
following categories:
invaluable resource, for networking as well as
June
15 & 16, at the Siletz Community Tribal Center
♦
Disadvantaged
Business
Enter
loan services. For example, U-Lane-O Credit
prise (DBE) - This program is
on Government Hill, in Siletz.
Union, located in the Eugene-Springfield area,
regulated by Federal eligibility
Cost for the seminar is $10 which will pay for
offers membership to family members of their
course materials, one individual business counseling
requirements and applies to ethnic
current members. This means if you have a
minority (male or female) and woman-
session, and an analysis of responses to an
brother, sister or parent who is a member, you
owned businesses who wish to seek
entrepreneurial style and success questionnaire.
are eligible to apply for membership. If you
Scholarships are available upon request.
contracting
opportunities
with:
think you are eligible, or know someone who
Audrey Campbell, Oregon Operations Coordina
Department of Transportation, transit
might be eligible, have them contact U-Lane-O
tor for the Oregon Native American Business and
authorities, or airport authorities
at 1-800-365-1111 to inquire about the
within the State of Oregon.
Entrepreneurial Network (ONABEN), will be the
application process.
presenter.
♦ M inority Business Enterprise
The Internet provides a wealth of
The two-part class focuses on understanding the
(MBE)
-
This
program
is
regulated
by
information, and Internet access is available to
requirements for business success. Participants will
State eligibility requirements and
SBIC clients. Please call-to arrange a time to
learn the benefits and obligations of business
applies to ethnic minority (male or
search the Internet. Some examples of
ownership and examine personal goals.
female) owned businesses who wish to
information are listed below.
This class lays a foundation for a class called
seek
contracting
opportunities
with:
American Engine Rebuilders Association
"Starting a Successful Business," which will be
city, county; state, and private industry
(AERA) has a website, http://www.aera.org.
offered later in the year.
within the State of Oregon.
Updates or technical information is available.
♦
Woman
Business
Enterprise
For more information, or to reserve a spot at the
For example: "Oil Consumption on 1984-93
(WBE) - This program is regulated by
workshop, contact Lisa Brown, SBIC business
Honda 1.5L Engines." A detailed technical
State eligibility requirements and
counselor, at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 255, or dial direct at
reference about cylinder-head removal process,
541-444-8255.
applies to woman-owned businesses
which proves to be beneficial to counter
who wish to seek contracting
excessive oil loss, and problems with cold starts
opportunities with: city, county, state,
of the engine.
State of Oregon.
and private industry within the State of Oregon.
This website also has a classified section,
Please contact the SBIC, if you have questions
♦ Emerging Small Business (ESB) - This race
listing parts, tools; employment, and business
about the program and the services we provide.
and gender neutral program is regulated by
opportunities for machinists and mechanics.
Also, feel free to make suggestions or
State eligibility requirements and applies to all
Examples; "Brake Lathe: Van Norman 204, 3
corrections, for newsletter articles; Information
small businesses located within Oregon who are
mandrels with tooling, excellent condition
and education are the primary keys to our
seeking contacting opportunities with: city,
$3,000.00." "Valve Grinder: Sioux, good
success, and success is the goal of the SBIC.
county, state, and private industry within the
condition $800.00." Business for sale: Complete
Diesel & Automotive Machine Shop.
The "Online Women's Business Center"is a free,
interactive, web site for beginning and
established women business owners. Log onto
il l ia m
ow ner
r
their web site, at http://www.onlinewbc.org. The
following is an example of the data available:
March 21,1925 - Siletz, Oregon
Senate Action on the Disadvantaged Busi
May 2,1998 - Portland, Oregon
ness Enterprise Program. On Friday, March 6,
William "Bill" Towner, Jr., was a member of the Confederated
the Senate voted 58 to 37 not to dismantle the
Tribes of Siletz Indians, Tutootnie, from the Rogue River. Bill served
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
in the US Army from 1943-1946, serving in WWII in the 807 MP Co.
program as part of the Intermodal Surface
in the British West Indies. From the mid-1940s to the early 1950s, Bill
Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1997.
worked as a logger in Sieltz, Molalla, Dallas, and Tillamook. Bill left
The Senate has not yet completed work on the
the Siletz Reservation in 1938, at tire age of 13. Although he traveled
biU.
to many places, he always called Siletz "home."
The DBE program was created as part of the
Bill served as. a Siletz Tribal Council Member; a Tribal Judge; he
Surface Transportation Act of 1982 (PL 97-424) in
was a delegate for STOWW; served on the Pow-Wow Committee for
order to increase the share of qualified "socially
15 years; Hunting and Fishing Committee; Election Board; and was a Bingo Commissioner. In more
and economically disadvantaged" firms in
recent years, Bill was involved in the Interagency Policy Council for American Indians Veterans; the
transportation construction industries by
American Veteran's Council in Portland and Vancouver; and was involved with Northwest Indian
establishing a minimum goal o f 10% for DBEs.
Veterans Assn. Bill also volunteered at the VA hospitals in Portland Vancouver.
Qualified women business enterprises were
Bill Towner lived in Vancouver, Washington, for the past thirty years wtih his family. He and his
included in this program in 1987 (PL 100-17).
wife, Dianna, have been married for thirty years. They have two daughters: Michelle and Stacey of
During fiscal year '96, Women Business
Vancouver. Bill also had four other children from a previous marriage: Larry, Barbara, Roberta, and
Enterprises (WBEs), within the DBE program,
Janet, who reside in Salem, Oregon. Grandchildren include: Zachary Towqner-Fordyce, Amber
received almost 7% of the $14 billion on
Towner, William Dakota Towner, Ed Goodell, and Kelli Cunningham, as well as numerous
contracts awarded in federal highway dollars to
grandchileren from his previous marriage. "Mr. Bill" will be remembered by many and greatly
states for transportation and infrastructure
missed.
projects.**
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