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TRIBAL MEMBER NEWS
Lisa Norton, Justin and Glendora Osborn
Osborns Receive Small Business
Grant from SBDC
Glendora and Justin Osborn received the third $10,000 small business grant
from the Siletz Business Development Center in June for Justin’s Tree Service.
Justin says the money will be used to invest in tools, insurance, and other
items for the business. He started in the tree service business with his dad, who
had his own tree service company.
In addition to cutting down trees and doing ornamental pruning (like with
Japanese maples), Justin does chain saw art. He sculpts all kinds of things from
trees and tree stumps, including Indian chiefs, including one for the Seminole
Nation museum; people; bears, eagles, and other animals; and lots of dogs.
“If you can bring in an idea, I can sketch it out,” says Justin.
Justin’s Tree Service is located in Lincoln City, Ore., 541-994-0770.
Video Order Form
□ The People Are Dancing Again (1976) - The story of the Siletz Tribe’s
comback from the termination policies of the 1950s. This film originally was
produced in 1976 as a documentary to help the tribe lobby for the restoration
of federal recognition as a tribe.
□ Skookum Tillicum - The Strong People of Siletz (2002) - The history
of the Siletz Tribe as told from the tribe’s perspective. Rediscover the history
of Siletz ancestors and see where the tribe is today.
The videos listed above are available for purchase at $10 each.
Please make checks payable to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and
mail to:
Public Information Department
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380
Name:__________________________________________________
Address:________________________________________________
Telephone:
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Siletz News
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August 2002
Back row, I to r: Nanette Logan, volunteer coordinator; Ryan Arvizu; Valerie
Payne, LCDR director; Max Hill; Frede Aguilar; Jess Kennison, principal;
Barb Woehle, prevention coordinator; and Jennifer Easter.
Front row, I to r: Chris Schuler, Clara Kennedy, Katie Bowers,
Trinity Bernardi, Mark Smith, Kayla Borden, and Heaven Perkins.
Not pictured: Kallee Abbas, Dillon Blacketer, Trent Foltz, Jeremy Sweet, Kelsey
Warren, Dustin Gelligan. Stacey' Bork, Ryan Brazil, Richard Lafferty, Chyann
Payne, Denaee Towner, Kent Kaiser, Jasmine Whitehead, Spencer Hatch,
Charlie Jones, Chris Ginther, Michael Spencer, and Jacob Zuber.
Peer Mediators Celebrate
Peacekeeping Role
A celebration was held for the
Siletz School Peer Mediation program,
and peer mediators and their families
celebrated their peacekeeping role at
Siletz School.
Thirty trained mediators ranging in
age from fifth through eighth grade
have worked since January to help
resolve conflicts on the playground and
in the middle school. All mediators
received a certificate for their training
and good school community service.
Throughout the school year, the
mediators attended skill-building
sessions, which provided refinement of
and practice for the students’ mediation
skills. Prizes were awarded to students
who attended 100 percent of these
sessions. Prizewinners included Kallee
Abbas, Kayla Borden, Jennifer Easter,
Dillon Blacketer, Trent Foltz, Jeremy
Sweet, Kayla McCord, Dustin Gelligan,
Chyann Payne, Heaven Perkins,
Denae6 Towner, Charlie Jones, and
Michael Spencer.
Peer mediation programs in Lincoln
County utilize the Resolving Conflicts
Creatively Program (RCCP). The Lincoln
County School District received a laige
grant a few years ago to implement these
programs, currently in place at Sam Case
and Yaquina View elementary schools in
Newport, Siletz School, and Waldport
Middle School. Staff and volunteers of
Lincoln Community Dispute Resolution
serve as coaches.
All peer mediations begin with a
request for help to resolve a problem.
On the elementary level, this usually
occurs on the playground during lunch
recess. In the middle schools, mediations
are arranged by request. The process is
voluntary, so all parties involved in the
dispute must agree to mediate.
Mediators find a quiet place to
meet. The mediation process starts out
by setting the following ground rules:
disputants agree to work to resolve the
problem, no interrupting, no name
calling, and all participants agree to
keep the discussion confidential.
The disputants are asked what
happened, how they feel about it, what
they could have done differently, and
what they could do right here and right
now to resolve the problem. All
mediations are coached and/or
supervised by adult mediators.
Special thanks go to Nanette Logan,
volunteer coordinator. This program is
sponsored and staffed by Lincoln
Community Dispute Resolution, thanks
to a grant from the Siletz Tribal
Charitable Contribution Fund.