TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Housing Improvement Program News
by Tammy Wagner
The deadline for the year 2001 is
Dec. 1, 2000. Everyone is encouraged to
apply. Our funding is based on eligible
applicants every year, so please apply if you
need assistance for home improvements or
if you want down payment assistance.
The deadline to turn in income
verification and DR verifications for
disabilities was May 24. Anyone who did not
turn in 1999 income taxes or other proof of
income is now on the inactive list.
We currently are processing complete
applications and will have the list finalized
by July 1. If you have any questions about
your application, please contact Tammy
Wagner at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 322, or
541-444-8322. Applicants will be notified by
mail on the status of their application.
The silent auction was a success. We
raised $483 for the Elders Emergency
Repair Fund. The Siletz Tribal Smokehouse,
Idel Ramsey of the Lincoln City Visitors and
Convention Bureau, DUB Bellinger, Elena
Bassett, Robert Kentta, Lisa Brown, Tamara
and Aaron Morrow, Bunni Snook, Coastal
Cuts, Chinook Winds, Shilo Hotel, and the
Education Committee donated items. We
had a lot of nice stuff, including one of the
2000 glass floats, a Chinook Winds coat,
pine nut necklaces, a dentalium necklace^
hand-woven mats, and lots of jewelry. Thank
you to everyone who bid on these items.
We have started working on this year’s
annual food booth at the Nesika lllahee Pow-
Wow. Once again, we will make barbecue
chicken, corn on the cob, and potato salad.
We also will raffle off two 21-speed
Mongoose mountain bikes either at the pow
We are still recruiting contractors for
general, excavating, electrical, plumbing,
and mechanical work. If you are licensed,
bonded, and have insurance, contact
Tammy to be put on our mailing list. We also
have a 10 percent preference policy for 51
percent properly licensed Indian-owned
contractors.
Two slots have opened up for tribal
members in a carpenter’s apprenticeship
program. The first job is working on the
expansion of the Safeway store in Lincoln
City. Starting pay ranges from $13.50 (with
fringe benefits) to $16.50 (with fringe
benefits). Contact Howard Roy at
1 -800-922-1399, ext. 331, or 541 -444-8331.
We made a presentation to June
Austin during the elders meeting in Siletz.
June served on the HIP Committee for eight
years. She was an intricate part of the
Housing Program, helping with several
projects during the time she served on
the committee.
June was not able to return to the HIP
Committee this year due to her husband’s
health, but plans to return when she is able.
We presented a Pendleton blanket and a
dentalium necklace to her.
We would like to take this opportunity
to again thank June for all of her help over
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Bill, Randy, and June Austin
the years. We appreciate all you have done.
You are a wonderful, sincere, loving person.
We look forward to your return to the
HIP Committee.
We are located at the Siletz Indian
Housing Authority at 555 Tolowa Court. Our
phone number is 541-444-8322 or
1-800-922-1399, ext. 322.
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Siletz SBIC
wow or on another date. Tickets are $1 each
by Melissa Butler, SBIC Counselor
or six for $5. All proceeds will go to the HIP
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are looking for volunteers to help us this
year. Give Tammy a call if you would like
to volunteer.
♦ You and Your Business Idea
We still have the board at JC Market in
♦ Starting a Successful Business
Toledo. Don’t forget to put your community
stamps on it when you use your
saver shields.
We are taking applications for IHS. If
you have a failed septic system that was
not installed by IHS, if your well no longer
works, or if you need to be connected to the
class, each participant writes a business plan and receives training on how to fill out a
city septic and water system, give Tammy
a call to get an application.
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