TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Women’s TLC Moves Forward
By Joyce Retherford, Coordinator
Things are moving right along at the Transitional Living Center. We are still looking,
however, for women who are in recovery to help cover shifts.
I have developed some volunteer handbooks that cover the training sessions we’ve
had. The topics covered include Siletz Tribal history, professional boundaries, ethics,
confidentiality, healing principles of the Red Road, infectious disease control and nutritional
aspects of recovery, disease concept of addictions, Native code of ethics, and a
questionnaire to be filled out after reading the materials.
Our small volunteer staff is very dedicated to the success of the TLC and is a tight-
knit group of women. They would welcome any assistance that the community can give in
dedicating time and caring.
Vision Statement
Our journey is linked with the past. It is with our traditions, cultural values, and today’s
knowledge that we embrace sobriety.
In a safe haven, we support and nurture each other in sobriety with positive
relationships and humor.
The ceremony and spiritual path of each individual is respected.
As a circle of women placing their roots in recovery, we restore, mend, and strengthen
ourselves and future generations.
Hatchery, con’t from page 6
You also might see another good year
for Chinook. We saw our coho begin to move
into the Rock Creek system with the first
rain in October. With the second rain on
Oct. 9, we opened the trap for two hours
and captured 26 fairly bright coho. More fish
should have returned in the last three weeks
of October.
We hope the weather and the fish
cooperate and we hope to see some folks
trying their luck on Rock Creek along with
Euchre and Dewey. Although a new fence
is up around part of the property, the
grounds will be open during daylight hours
as they have been in past years. We hope
the new fence will reduce littering and
vandalism by non-tribal members.
As a whole, we have received very
positive input from local residents regarding
our hatchery activities. Most people are
somewhat excited about our plans and a
few want to volunteer to help the project
move forward. This winter, I’ll look at
whether we can put together an official
volunteer workgroup. If you or anyone you
know is interested, please give me a call.
USDA Distribution
Siletz
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 6
Tuesday, Nov. 7
Wednesday, Nov. 8
Salem
Monday, Nov. 13
Tuesday, Nov. 14
Wednesday, Nov. 15
4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
9 a.m.-7 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
USDA would like to welcome a new
worker on board at our Siletz warehouse.,
Honie Ann Caley. Welcome aboard, Honie.
keep up the good hard work.
Frank’s Project
Several of us in Natural Resources and
Housing chipped in a week of labor fo help
build a new fishing platform at the Euchre
Creek site. It’s a fairly difficult place to build
a deck and we were somewhat proud of
ourselves when we finished. It’s strong,
level, and the corners are square! Next year,
we may try to redirect the channel so the
deck will actually provide the best fishing
access instead of the best viewing access.
PSU Offers First
American Education
Series
The First American Education Series,
Senate Bill 1010
sponsored by Portland State University, has
I’ve joined a committee responsible for
developing ag rules regarding streams and
water quality. I’ve attended a few meetings
and have not come away confident that the
process will be a useful one.
Having said that, I’m not giving up yet
and hope to receive input from Tribal
Council and tribal members. By the October
meeting, I will have presented details on
how SB1010 relates to our EPA106 project
and why we should be interested in it.
If you are a small ag landowner or have
strong opinions regarding tribal interests
and how local ag lands are managed, you
should contact me. More later.
an undergraduate course available. Go to
http://www.extended.pdx.edu/ceed/
firstamer/community.htm
for
more
information on the course and the FAES .
program. Additionally, you can visit
http://www.clas.pdx.edu/DCP/Salem to
view the yearlong academic schedule of
courses offered in Salem.
For more information, contact Bee Jai
Repp, Ph.D., Portland State University,
4061 Winema Place NE, Bldg. 49, Salem,
OR97305, 503-315-4587,
repb@exchange.chemeketa.edu.