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TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS -HELP OUR SCHOOLS— by Wendi Schamp With the AT&T Learning Points Program, our schools can get free hardware, software, and professional products. That means more technology for our classrooms. Here’s how it works: 1. Who can support our school? Any individual who is an AT&T Residential Long Distance customer. 2. For every dollar you spend on quaifying AT&T phone calls, AT&T will automatically award our school five Learning Points. 3. Participation in the Learning Points Program does not impact your rates, calling plans or services. There are no hidden commitments. Just use the phone as usual. 4. The more supporters we have, the more Learning Points the school can accumulate. 5. The schools redeem the points for FREE technology from the AT&T Learning Points catalog. To support a school, call 1 -800-354-800 ext. 63168. Give the name of the school you want to support and account number. (See the list below.) Or, you can enroll online at: www.att.com/learningDoints Chemawa Indian School: 01160562 Siletz School: 01173163 Arcadia Elementary School: 01172931 (Maiy) Harrison School: 01172975 Toledo High School: 01173072 Toledo Middle School: 02112143 SILETZ BUSINESS INFORMATION CENTER CHANGES HOURS: Siletz Business Information Center Office hours are: Tuesday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm** Wednesday 9:00 am -3:30 pm ** Thursday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm ** *• With ° hour lunch from 12:30-1:00 pm, on work lays Alternative appointment times are available for business counseling. Please call at least 1 week prior to appointment - to schedule time/date call: Lisa Brown, Counselor Room 202 - 2nd Floor Tribal Administration Building 1-800-922-1399, ext. 255 or dial direct (5^ 1 ) 444-8255 On November 16,1998, Judith Vergun, Director CODE WRITING PROJECT of the Native Americans in Marine Science Program at Oregon State University used this The Natural Resources Department recently opportunity to present to the Siletz Tribe the secured a grant from the Administration for Native second printing of “The Lamprey Eel Project” Americans (ANA), allowing the Department to which includes 18 interviews with tribal members undertake a Code writing project. As project staff, and non-tribal members of the Siletz Valley. the Department hired Siletz tribal member Cathem Tufts as Project Attorney, Diane Henkels as Law Clerk, and Ceola Norton as Paralegal. The project will address Tribal environmental policy, hunting, fishing and gathering, water and air quality issues, land use, solid and hazardous wastes, sacred sites, forest practices and endangered species. The ANA project staff will develop ordinances and regulations in each of these areas, which the Tribe will use to govern its natural resources. Tribal members will be able to Tribal members present with Judith Vergun at the use the laws developed by the project for guidance “welcome back” program were Tom Downey, in all areas of natural resource use. Tribal Court Environmental Protection Specialist; Robert will look to the Code when making decisions Kentta, Tribal Cultural Specialist; JoAnn Miller, concerning natural resources cases. Tribal Council Member. Not pictured: Stan van An Administrative Procedures Ordinance and De Wetering, Tribal Biologist. a Civil Offenses Ordinance will be written in conjunction with the natural resources project. The Administrative Procedures Ordinance will contain provisions to ensure consistent, fair departmental action. The Civil Offences Ordinance will create the mechanism for enforcing Tribal environmental laws. Part of the Code writing process is “notice and comment.” Notice and comment is the general NEW STAFF: populations’ opportunity to participate in writing the laws under which we all live. The ANA Natural The Siletz Tribe would like to welcome aboard Resources Project staff want to let people know new staff members. Some of them have been that these new ordinances will be drafted over the here a while, but we wanted to let you know coming three years, and that we will let everyone who a few of them are: know as each of the drafts are ready for comment. Drafts of the Administrative Procedures and Alcohol & Drug Pepa miKi Civil Offenses ordinances will be available for Terry McDowell, A/D Counselor - Portland public comment after February 15,1999. If you are interested in commenting on these drafts, please Natural Resources Department: contact Ceola Norton at (541) 444-8292 or Robert Luster, Mapping Technician 1-800-922-1399, ext. 292. The ANA Natural Ceola Norton, Paralegal Resources Project staff would like to hear from Kathern Tbits, Program Attorney you, so please call us or drop by - let us know your thoughts and concerns. Health Department Lynn Mulvihill, Physical Therapy Assistant Danelle Zosel-Sanderson, Tobacco ONABEN publishes CHINOOK, an internet Prevention Coordinator catalog for Native Americans. Presently they are Kathryn Dick, Clinic Programs Assistant offering a FREE sign up for enrolled Native Fred Scriver, Physician American artists who work in the following Angela Clark, Medical Social Worker mediums: Basketry, Beadwork, Foods, Jennifer Olsen, Temporary Patient Accounts Performance, Weaving, and Wood Carving. This Billing Clerk FREE sign up period is only good until January Wanda Belgard, W/E Computer Specialist 31, 1999. Call Josh'Devlin, Chinook Representative, at 1-800-854-8289 to sign up. Maintenance Department Harold Warren, Maintenance Person
