TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
USDA Schedules
February Distribution
Siletz
Monday, Feb. 7
Tuesday, Feb. 8
Wednesday, Feb. 9
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Salem
Monday, Feb. 14
Tuesday, Feb. 15
Wednesday, Feb. 16
3 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
9 a.m.-7 p.m.
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Siletz is open to distribution other
than Salem dates. Please call to
schedule an appointment. Siletz is
closed the last two (2) working days of
the month for inventory purposes.
USDA would like to thank a few
people for all the help they have provided
at both of our warehouses. First, we
would like to thank Larry Russell and Lily
Rilatos for the work they have done in
Salem. Thanks also goes to Randy
Butler for his time in getting us help
in Salem.
Thank you to Sage Butler, Lily
Rilatos, Dennis Carey, and Duane
Endres for all the hard work they have
done in Siletz. We would also like to
thank Edd Wilson and Max Hoover for
their help in unloading trucks after hours.
Thanks to everyone for all your help.
Smokehouse Lease Up
for Renewal
The lease for the Siletz Tribal
Smokehouse is about to be renewed.
Any tribal member interested in
assuming this lease and operating the
smokehouse should submit a proposal
as soon as possible to:
Brenda Bremner
General Manager
CTSI
PO Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
1-800-922-1399, ext. 204
541-444-8204
Fax 541-444-2307
Comments Due on SIHA Annual Performance Reports
The Siletz Indian Housing Authority (SIHA) annual performance reports
(APR) will be available for review and comment the week of Feb. 14, 2000.
These reports will be posted at all tribal area offices, tribal administration,
Siletz Community Health Clinic, SIHA, and Chinook Winds Gaming and Convention
Center. Copies also may be requested from SIHA at P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380
Attn: APR, or by calling 1-800-922-1399, ext. 259, or 541-444-8259.
The secretary of HUD requires submission of these reports, reviews them,
and makes recommendations as necessary in carrying out the purposes
of NAHASDA.
The annual performance reports, including a summary of comments, must
be submitted to our area Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) by the end
of February.
Walt’s Words of Wit and Wisdom
by Walt Klamath
I have not written in the newsletter
for some time now. Every pow-wow,
someone asks me how come I don’t do
something. Well, probably laziness
mostly, so maybe I will get back in
the groove.
The other day, I was at the admin
building and there were a whole bunch
of pies there. I don’t know why they were
there, nor was I about to even ask.
Anyway, it brought back some thoughts.
I have heard of pie socials. I have never
been to one, so don’t know if I have
heard of what happens at a pie social.
I do know what box socials are.
Years ago at the old Logsden
schoolhouse, there used to be what they
called a Farmers Union. Also, we had a
thing for young people - the teen-agers.
I forget what they called it. I could guess,
but Brenda probably wouldn’t allow it to
be printed in the paper. Anyway, we
would play music after the meeting and
people would dance.
Well sometimes - I don’t know
who instigated it - there would be a box
social. Now the idea was that the boxes
would be sold to the highest bidder and
whoever brought the box to the social
would have dinner with the buyer.
Well, after the first social, us’un
fellas wised up, because in those days
a 25-year-old lady was ancient and it
was almost embarrassing to have her
box. However, they did know how to
cook; must give credit where credit
is due.
So as there were quite a few of
these events almost every month, we
fellas became very wise and would
watch as the girls brought in their highly
decorated boxes (they had to; they did
not cook so well). We would make a
mental picture. Then that particular box
would come up, the young (and old, dam
them) would bid high. Now this was not
really fair as the old guys all worked and
had money. We’uns worked all right, but
we also went to school so couldn’t really
afford to bid, but we did.
Now, the pretty young damsels
also had a mind of their own. They
started trading boxes outside or
somewhere and when they would come
in, us gullible young men would watch,
being very cunning so as not to let them
know we were sizing the situation up.
Then when the bidding would
begin, the boxes would go pretty low
until these certain boxes would come up.
Then us young bucks would really go
wild; we would bid up to $3. Imagine our
surprise when we would find out whose
box we had bought. We did have a lot of
fun. I would like to see these
things today.
There were not very many teen
agers in the area, five or six boys and
probably as many girls.
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