TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
THE HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
by Tammy Wagner, Program Secretary
You must fill out a new housing
application every year in order to be
eligible for service. The deadline for
the year 2001 Housing Improvement
Program applications is Dec. 1,2000.
Raising Money for the Elders
Emergency Repair Fund
Hooray, Hooray, Hooray! We
have completed our first community
service board at JC Market in Toledo and
received the first check. It’s so exciting
to receive this donation. We will continue
to have a card on the board as long as
the store has this program. So don’t forget
to put an extra stamp on your saver
shield card and get a community service
stamp and put it on the board.
The pie sale was a great success!
My mom and I spent more than two days
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file cabinets, citation file cabinets, chairs,
phone, and office monitor.
I designed all the forms, such as
MSR report forms, incident forms,
evidence register, etc. The incident,
continuation page, MSR form are all
formatted into the computer for quick
use, but we also can use an IBM
Selectric typewriter if we have computer
problems. I’ll also maintain a cross-index
file in case of equipment or power failure.
Patrol Unit
I modified the tribal design and had
a company create the lettering and
design. The unit is gray and the markings
are red and blue with a drum design and
a replica of the shoulder patch on the
front doors to make it attractive
and unique.
The interior is completely equipped
with a Motorola radio and CB radio, with
a complete array of police emergency
equipment in the trunk. The shotgun is
mounted over the front seat in front of the
security screen. We also have a new
MPH radar for traffic enforcement.
Our
new
700
Remington
.308-caliber rifle with a bull barrel,
synthetic stock and a 3x9 variable
Leupold scope is available for any snipe
situations. Our ITT night vision
baking 33 pies. Don Bellinger made 21
pumpkin pies and JoAnn Miller
contributed 12 apple and apple/berry
pies. An enormous thanks to all of you.
We raised $353 from all the pies. From
all the reports I have received, everyone
really enjoyed their pies and is looking
forward to our next pie sale. We could
have sold 50 more pies if we’d had them.
I’m working on a couple of other
projects for the near future to continue
raising money for the Elders Emergency
Repair fund. I am happy to say it has
been put to good use. We have used it
already for an elder who needed his
home painted and for another elder who
needed some minor repairs to a septic
system. That’s what makes it all
worthwhile.
Applications for 2000
We will process applications for
the year 2000 from now through
February. We hope to have them
completed and a list ready by the end of
March. If you turned in your application
for FY 2000, please remember to turn in
a copy of your final check stub for 1999
that shows your year-to-date income.
This will help immensely while
processing the applications.
Please do not wait until the last
minute to apply for Housing
Improvement Program or NAHASDA
services. Home Improvement Program
and Indian Health Services water and
septic applications are available at all
area offices or by contacting Tammy
Wagner at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 322, or
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binoculars also are ready for use on
surveillance or snipe incidents.
Community Policing/
Public Relations
My commercial art training of long
ago turned out to be helpful, as it has
throughout my career, for a recently
completed project. I designed and
provided all the artwork for a kids “Safety
Coloring Book.” The book has 37 pages
of artwork depicting home safety, bike
safety, and camping safety, and also
discusses the dangers of drug use.
In addition to the coloring book, we
have been distributing other items that
are designed to send anti-drug
messages and advertise the name of the
new tribal police department in the
community. These items include:
•Junior police badge stickers
■Pencils and pens
•Refrigerator magnets
•Candy suckers
•Vehicle garbage bags
•12-inch rulers
I also have published a series of
crime prevention ads in the Newport
News-Times and the Lincoln City News
Guard. This helps provide crime
prevention information to tribal members
who don’t live on the reservation as well
as the general county population,
Nearly Operational
Currently, we are waiting to hear
from the LinCom Board of Directors on
if we’ll be able to contract dispatch
services from the local central dispatch.
Once this agreement is signed and in
place, patrol will be possible.
At the same time, the Siletz
community is awaiting the dispatch
agreement. Then it will sign an
intergovernmental agreement to provide
police services for Siletz. We are
prepared to hire two patrol officers
through the Federal COPS program. If
we hire uncertified officers, we will send
them fortraining in Monmouth at DPSST.
Our goal is to provide patrol (police
services) 365 days a year and be
available for emergency calls. The paid
force also will be augmented by a
reserve force once the reserves have
received 320 hours and demonstrated
additional skills to safely deal with
people on complaints.
Serve the Community
A number of rather exciting and
interesting police programs are on
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