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NOTICES/ORDINANCES Walt, con’t from page 17 same way today and they are tough. In fact, in the last four years, the lodge has been subjected to a lot of water. It has stayed but has filled three feet with silt. Last year, though, was enough. The water came up more than I have ever seen it. It filled the lodge with a lot of silt and took about two cords of wood partly out of the woodshed and all the kindling we had split up. The water did a nice job of cleaning the lodge site of all of the debris and other things were cleared. Well, Rick and I talked about it for awhile, at least a minute, and decided that we would move the lodge to higher ground. If water gets to it now, Siletz is bye-bye. We moved the lodge and in time the canopy over the lodge and all of our up-to-code electrical work. Then we tried to figure out a way to get the wood from the shed to the lodge. Maybe an elevator; one was for sale but sold before I even called so that didn’t work. The thought of moving the woodshed was not one of the better things to think about, but it was completed in early December. Since the lodge has been in operation, sweats have taken place every Monday except for maybe four Mondays due to high water. These sweats have been at 5 p.m. They originally were for staff and clients, but I lean more to anyone who is in recovery. I don’t go to as many AA meetings as I once did; I use the sweat lodge as my group support. It works for me. There have been many special sweats and times that the lodge has worked every day of the week. I often wish that we had a sign-in log like some of the parks have to see where people have come from. People from all over the world have come to do sweats, from Newfoundland, Alaska, Germany, Mexico, and New Zealand, to name a few. We have a river at our disposal if someone would like to jump in. We have a shower and it’s about 20° colder than the weather. We have electricity and what most people comment on is that we have dry wood. It has been a pleasant experience and probably will continue to be. At this time though, anyone wishing to use the lodge will have to furnish wood. Tribal members will continue to use what we have. Ordinances, con’t from page 20 are basic and clinical research; behavioral studies; anthropological, archaeological, and other social science studies; educational studies; and medical, genetic, and epidemiological studies. Any person proposing to conduct research within tribal lands, and to the extent allowed by other law off tribal lands but affecting the tribe and its members, must first obtain a permit. The permit application will be reviewed by the Clearinghouse and approval granted by the Tribal Council. Passage of the ordinance will ensure greater tribal oversight of research activities, as well as greater protection for the confidential information of tribal members. Tribal members can send comments on the proposed ordinances to Tribal Council, PO Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380. If no comments are received, the ordinances shall become effective Jan. 31, 2001. Tobacco The Tribal Council completed the first and second readings of the proposed Tobacco Ordinance and approved the ordinance effective Dec. 15, 2000. The proposed ordinance will regulate the sale and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products on trust lands. Any person wanting to sell or distribute tobacco products on trust lands must first obtain a license from the tribe. The proposed ordinance does not apply to direct sales of tobacco products by the tribe, including sales at Chinook Winds Casino. Rusty Butler (r) recently was appointed as an OSSOM (Oregon Student Safety On The Move) advisor. He is joined in this photo by Diane Slover, OSSOM director, and John Van Patten, Deschutes County Sheriff's Office and OTLPI advisor 2001 Standing Committee Application Deadline for consideration for 2001 committees is Feb, 9,2001. Any tribal member interested in serving on a committee must fill out the following form and return it to the address below prior to Feb. 9, 2001, to be considered for the following committees. Please send or fax your application to; 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:______ ZIP:____________ Telephone: Day (___ )__________ Evening ( )____________ Choose your first, second, and third choice of committees by numbering your preference 1, 2, 3 in the space provided. If you only want to request one committee, indicate this by inserting the number 1. Education Comm.______ Natural Resources Comm.______ Cultural Heritage Comm.______ Housing Comm. *♦_____ Health Comm.______ Pow-Wow Comm.______ Budget Comm.______ Tribal Council will review applications and approve appointments at the regular Tribal Council meeting on Feb. 16-17,2001. If you have any questions, please call Kelley Ellis at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 203, or 541-444-8203. ♦♦ Effective Jan. 1, 2001, the Housing Committee now includes oth the Housing Improvement Program Committee (HIP) and the Siletz Irdian Housing Program (currently SIHA), which was transferred under tribal administration effective Jan. 1, 2001. Appointments will be for three-year terms and will be appointed in February 2001 with staggered terms as follows: position #1 one year, position #2 and position #3 two-year terms, position #4 and position #5 three-yt^ar terms. 21
