LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the editor:
On Dec. 25, 2002, community members gathered at the Siletz Grange for the
Community Children Christmas Program and Christmas Day Dinner sponsored
by the Siletz Valley Grange, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon,
and the Siletz Valley Partnership.
Donations of food and miscellaneous items came from Little Chief Restaurant,
Pepsi, Toledo JC Market, Siletz School, Siletz City Hall, the Siletz Grange, and
numerous community members.
Kitchen help and servers: Nicole Mundt; Liz, Anna, and Delina John; Kari
Murk; Sue Eatherly; Julie Frogge; Kathy Stewart; Lynn Whitlow; Jim and Lucy
Ferguson; Larry Arnold; Debbie Fawver; Jess Kennison; and many more.
We served approximately 110 persons and gave out roughly 85 gifts to
children, who also had their pictures taken with Santa. The Christmas tree was
donated by the Marthalier family of Siletz.
The Siletz Valley Partnership would like to recognize the Siletz Tribe for
their cooperative work between the Community Children Christmas Program and
the Christmas Day Dinner 2002. Organizations working together in the community
to assist citizens of different ethnic backgrounds and cultures and those
experiencing difficult times is what brings our community together as a family.
Thank you !
Michelle Schaffer
Siletz Valley Partnership
To the editor:
Dear Tess and Larry Green of Lyons, Oregon - Happy 48th Anniversary!
Thank you for raising me to be the person I am today. You have taught me
more than you think you have.
I am forever grateful for making sure we had family time together, even if it
was just to go out for Bob’s 19-cent hamburgers in the early days ... or those
fantastic two-week vacations that allowed us to visit so many other states and
Canada. I think the New Mexico vacation trip was my favorite. Then again, the
memories of passing through Northern Idaho are hard to beat (heeheehee).
Thank you for pushing me through school and seeing that I graduated with
my class. Thanks for all the mini-vacations to Reno.
Thank you for supporting me through all the rough times I have had since
leaving the nest. I think that “Little Blue-bird” is still telling on me! How long do
these tattletales live anyway?
I could go on and on with this. Thank you for letting me be me.
I love you both so very much.
Bunni Snook (Bun)
To the editor:
The 2002 Giving Tree Committee
would like to extend a great big thank
you to all of you who helped make this
year’s giving a success!
A special thank you to Natural
Resources for the beautiful tree; to
Arlen Kentta for limbing it so it would
fit in the building(!); to Stan Werth and
Dan Lundy for helping to set up the
tree; to all of you who decorated the
tree; to Caroline Easter (and her back-
To the editor:
This past holiday season, I was
reminded that my “family” is just not
my immediate members I see on a daily
basis. Living here in Salem, away from
Siletz, I am not able to see those I love
as often as I should. Unfortunately, I
have taken for granted all that I have
and have not said thank you or picked
up the phone often enough to say hello
and to let people know that even though
I do not see them, they are not forgotten.
This year, they did it for me. I am
strong not only because of my desire to
be so, but because of those who have
been there time after time for me. From
my first varsity game as an awkward
freshman to my wedding day when
everyone was there to support me.
Thank you to everyone because you
know who you are. You have asked for
nothing, but given much.
With all my love,
LuElla Gonzales
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up crew) for so graciously keeping the
cards and “givers” in order; to Marci
Taylor for sharing her office space,
pens, tape, scissors, and laughs; to Kitti
Hostler and USDA staff for storage and
strong arms and backs; to Darlene
Carkhuff for answering our many
questions; to Chinook Winds for their
generous donation; and, last but not
least, to the precious people who took
the cards and filled the wishes of so
many children ... thank you!
LaRita Lundy and Chuvonne Metcalf
2002 Giving Tree Committee
To the editor:
I want to thank Contract Health for
finally getting to the out-of-area people
for health benefits. It has been a long
time coming.
Everyone, remember to get your
health applications in and remember
that you have to get preauthorization for
every visit before you go and make sure
your doctor takes contract health while
you make your appointment. And if
your doctor’s office doesn’t understand
how to bill, have them call the 1-800#
to get instructions. It only takes a
minute and that way, questions are not
left unanswered. Because, remember,
you are responsible for your doctor’s
bills in the eyes of the doctors’ offices.
I know.
Every benefit our tribe has been
able to give us is greatly appreciated.
Angella Robertson
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