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TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS Siletz IndianJIousing Authority Board of Commissioners Application Tribal members interested in serving on the Siletz Indian Housing Authority Board of Commissioners must fill out the form below and return it to the address below prior to June 16,2000, to be considered for appointment. Please send or fax your application to: Sister Francella Griggs received the following letter from Portland Public Schools in late April: Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Attention: Executive Secretary to Tribal Council PO Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380 Fax: 541-444-8325 Name: Roll Number: Address: City: State: Telephone: Day( Evening Royalty Applications Now Available The Siletz Tribal Pow-Wow Committee is now taking applications for this year’s royalty contestants. The age categories are as follows: Little Miss Siletz 7 to 12 years old Jr. Miss Siletz 13 to 17 years old Miss Siletz 18 to 24 years old Any young woman interested in running in one of these categories can contact Craig Whitehead at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 230, or 541 -444-8230 for an application. The pageant is scheduled for Aug. 10, 2000, and the winners will be crowned before the first grand entry at the Nesika lllahee Pow-Wow on Aug.11. The deadline to submit royalty applications to the Pow-Wow Committee is July 1,2000. Any applications turned in from July 1 to July 15 will be accepted only with Pow-Wow Committee approval. Applications turned in after July 15 will not be accepted. Applicants will be judged on their and personality, speaking ability, dance ability in both the feather dance and intertribal styles, and ticket sales. Each contestant will receive a commission on the number of tickets that she sells - 1 to 500 at 20 percent, 501 to 1,000 at 25 percent, and anything over 1,000 at 30 percent. This year’s royalty will receive sponsorship to attend the Gathering of Nations Pow-Wow and Miss Siletz also will be sponsored in NCAI competition. Sister Francella Honored by Portland High School Zip Code: Dear Sister Griggs: Each spring, the school district is pleased to honor outstanding volunteers in the schools. On behalf of the students and staff at Jefferson, I am pleased to notify you that you have been selected as one of the Outstanding Volunteers for Jefferson for the 1999-00 school year. As part of the celebration, we would like you to be our guest at the Portland Council PTA’s Annual Dinner, which will be held Tuesday, May 9,2000, 6:30p.m., in the ballroom of the Oregon Convention Center... Again, thank you for all the time you have contributed to the students of Jefferson during the past school year. We are looking forward to the opportunity to honor you on May 9, 2000. Sincerely, Kevin Bacon Principal A Tribute to Mothers by Sister Francella Griggs Presented at the Elders Gathering in May Mother. What a concept. You are so precious that God wants each of us to have a mother, a mother to love and care for us. And when something happens we can’t have her another lovely woman comes into our lives - a blood sister, an auntie, a godmother or the special grandmother. It is you we salute today - the mothers who bore us and those who took their places so we might be the children, the persons you envisioned. .. an? children’if V°u are near y°ur w,fe and mother or near your special mother substitute, please place your hand on her knee. Mom, we thank you for leading us when we were toddlers, during our childhood teen, and adult years. Thank you for directing us on the right way. Now please place your hand on her shoulder. Mother, thank you for that shoulder on which we leaned to receive comfort. Thank you for the elbow that nudged us. Thank you for the hands that showed us how to prav to work, to welcome people, and even to say “good-bye." H y’ Now, if it’s convenient, husbands and children, please bless your wife and mother speciafw^men0 h3ndS °VGr theSG l0Vely’ beautiful’ courageous, and most ther °f a!* beaut^ul thin9s and beautiful people, bless these mothers you’ve qiven us. Let them continue to inspire us to reach out to the truth, the beauty, and the lovely arouno us. * Amen.
