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TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS Tribal Court News Tribal Court held the spokes person orientation on May 27. Indi viduals attended and their app’ications were accepted. Chief Judge Gantenbein, Tribal Court Administrator Dianne McLeod, and Project Coordinator Julie Godwin-Tucker conducted the meeting. Tribal Court plans to hold the first training for the spokespersons in late June or July. All trainings will be videotaped to allow viewing later by those who apply as a Tribal Court spokes person and miss any of the six trainings. Applications are continually accepted at Siletz Tribal Court. If you or someone you know is interested in details of the Spokesperson Program, please contact the project coordinator at Tribal Court: Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon Attn: Tribal Court Project Coordinator P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 97380-0549 Feel free to call 541-444-8252 or 1-800-922-1399, ext. 252, if you have any questions. Tribal Youth Employment Program (TYEP) Returns Applications due June 20, 2003 Siletz Tribal Youth age 14 to 17 are • Youth age 14 to 16 with little or no invited to apply for the 2003 Tribal work experience who have not Youth Employment Program (TYEP), participated in TYEP Youth with a 2.0 GPA or higher, although applicants with less than an opportunity for our youth to gain prac • tical work experience over the summer. The program begins on June 30 and continues through Aug. 9. Youth • annual/monthly income is within participants will complete 180 hours of the Reduced Price guidelines and haven’t been served by ESP’s Sum paid work experience during the program. To qualify, you must be a Siletz Tribal member between age 14 and 17 residing within the 11 -county service area mer Youth Employment Program • work experience To apply, stop by or call the tribal 3715 SE 39th, Portland. OR 97202 Application also will be mailed to each eligible tribal youth. Bring verification Salem: to document the following: Sonya Moody-Jurado, 503-390-9494; 3789 River Road N., Ste. ‘D’, Keizer, OR 97303 ♦ Tribal enrollment ♦ Age Eugene: Nick Sixkiller, 541-484-4234; ♦ Proof of residence 1140 Willagiliespie Rd., Ste. 18, ♦ Social Security card or proof of ap Eugene, OR 97401 plication for a Social Security card ♦ Current grade report Siletz: Mona Fisher, 541-444-8373 or 1-800-922-1399, ext. 373; 20! SE If the number of applicants exceeds available slots, priority will be given to: 6 □ Siletz News .□ June 2003 Culture, Education, Pow-Wow, and Youth Services hosted an Easter Egg Hunt on April 19 at the Siletz Tribal Community Center. Approximately 120 children hunted for more than 1,000 eggs and received prizes in a drawing. This is the second year that the staff has organized this event. Robert Kentta was the emcee and was assisted by the Easter Bunny. Tribal staff donated eggs in addition to the eggs colored by Programs 2 staff. The Easter Bunny and Mona Fisher Swan Ave./P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380 June Distribution Dates Salem Siletz Portland: Katy Kaady, 503-238-1512; for each area office is listed below. Easter Egg Hunt Draws 120 Kids Previous TYEP participants who successfully completed their and returning to high school this fall. office in your area, the contact person a 2.0 GPA may be considered Youth from families whose gross Julia Austin and Rowan Pettit at the Easter Egg Hunt Monday, June 2 Tuesday, June 3 Wednesday, June 4 Thursday, June 5 Friday, June 6 9 a.m. - 3 9 a.m. - 3 9 a.m. - 3 9 a.m. - 3 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. Monday, June 16 Tuesday, June 17 Wednesday, June 18 2 p.m. -7 p.m. 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. We would like to thank you for your patience during the construction of our new walk-in freezer, which enables us to store more bonus food items, such as buffalo burger, buffalo stew meat, and ham. We also would like to remind you of the incentive gift certificates available to those (clients as well as non-clients) willing to prepare a meal during our distribution dates. Feel free to ask about how you can receive a gift certificate by calling 1-800-922-1399, ext. 393, or 541-444-8393. See you soon and have happy meals!
