Siletz
Commun
Northwest Tribal Elders
Wellness Conference
“Cha-may weeya
Health
Medicine Talk
Clinic
The Tobacco and Alcohol Game: Whose Team Are You On?
by Danelle Zosel-Sanderson, Tobacco Prevention Coordinator
Don’t play their game. Don’t be you’re having the best time of your life.
The Women’s Health program is
fooled by sneaky advertising! When So what do you do, never go to games?
planning an elders conference with the
Northwest Indian Health Board. The smokers die of lung cancer or drinkers Then watch out for the television.
Many sporting events on TV are
Conference will be held Oct. 6-8, 1999, die in car wrecks, tobacco and alcohol
in Pendleton, Ore., and will include companies have to attract substitutes to named after the deadly drugs they
fill in the vacancies on their death team. promote, for example, Virginia Slims
individuals from Oregon, Washington
It’s not an easy job because every year, Tennis for women, Coors Classic
and Idaho.
cigarettes kill more than 400,000 Bicycle racing, and Winston Cup and
The conference will examine how
Americans. That’s the population of, say, Marlboro auto racing. Ads for the
to incorporate traditional ways in a
Tucson, Ariz. Another 100,000 die from products are stuck all over the
modem approach to wellness. Clinic staff
alcohol. Booze and tobacco together kill equipment, the clothes, and courts, so
will teach and help out with various
more than 50 times the number of they flash by constantly as you watch.
topics. There is no conference fee and
we are looking for ways to send some people killed by cocaine, heroin, and all During a 90-minute car race, the word
other drugs combined!
“Marlboro” appeared on the TV screen
elders to the conference.
The tobacco and alcohol makers 5,933 times! It’s not by accident that you
For more information, call Rayona
Zosel, Sandra Hahn or Kathryn Dick at have a secret weapon, you and your begin to think that drinking and smoking
friends. They know that the prime victims are part of what it takes to have a great
the Siletz Clinic, 1-800-648-0049 or
for the death team are teen-agers who, time. Tobacco and alcohol companies
541-444-1030, or call Cathy Rasmussen
once they’ve started, become easily spend billions of dollars every year to
at the Eugene office, 541-484-4234.
addicted and probably will use the make this happen.
products for the rest of their
Don’t be fooled and don’t play
Pow-Wow Float a Team Effort shortened lives.
their game. Don’t be a substitute for a
Where is the prime place to find dead smoker or drinker.
There were secret meetings and teens? At pow-wows, sporting events,
important strategy moments in and concerts. The companies latch onto
Upcoming Events
preparation for that one special annual these events, getting you to like what they
summer event. Questions and answers sell just because you like where they’re
Diabetes Lunch: Third Tuesday
flowed on how to carry out the task selling it.
successfully.
It works like this. You’re sitting front of each month at the Tribal Community
Silently and skillfully, the planners and center at a pro basketball game and Center from 12-1 p.m.
America’s Walk for Diabetes:
went about their tasks, ever so mindful every two seconds you’re glancing at the
of prying eyes and attentive ears giant video scoreboard to watch the Oct. 2 in Eugene, Ore. Join the Siletz
regarding what lie ahead.
instant replay. Right there under the team and walk for diabetes!
Circle of Life Gathering:
During the first week of August, screen is a massive ad for some popular
Coming in October. You will never have
sketches were finalized and materials beer or cigarette.
were located. So were the necessary
You probably don’t even realize so much fun learning about women’s
tools to put the secret plan together, the you’re looking at it. But you are. It’s going health! Women only, please.
Contact the clinic, Kathryn or
building of the clinic’s annual float.
into your brain and sticking there in the
541-444-1030
or
Our reputation was at stake. The exact same brain cells that tell you Sandra,
1-800-648-0049, formore information.
clinic had always tried to have a float for
the pow-wow parade. We would not fail Toyota 4 Runner. Flowers and greenery
this year.
were placed in their planned locations. Zosel-Sanderson’s large banners were
The design team included Lisa Linda Kreutzer plucked the remaining
placed on each side, proclaiming that
Mason, Sara Martin, Stephanie Miller, flowers from her garden.
every youth should be “tobacco free.”
Noani Lovell, Linda Kreutzer, Grayson
Special evergreen boughs were
As the time grew near for the
Pierson, Barbara Danna, Ann Rowe, carefully picked from young sturdy fir
parade, the major actors arrived. All
Angela Clarke, Brenda Robertson, Sally trees. Noani Lovell’s in-laws provided
were on their best behavior. Brittany
Noack, Danelle Zosel-Sanderson, and freshly baled hay. Billie Andrichack,
Mason, Carolina and Evetta Vera, Alex
John Masunaga. We even imported a Barbara Danna’s husband, provided the
Lovell, Jordan Pierson, and Cheyenne,
secret designer who was staying with brawn in hefting the awkward and
Martin and Kegan Sanderson all sat on
her daughter. Lisa Mason’s mother, Ruth weighty objects.
the float or handed out sugar-free candy
Mackert, was visiting from Arizona
Angela Clarke skillfully painted a and toothbrushes.
Final preparations began early in special big red cross for the Toyota’s
the morning of Aug. 14. Brenda hood, which was secured with that all-
The clinic won the Tribal
Robertson loaned her trailer and big red time fixer-upper, duct tape. Danelle
Administration and Community awards.
4