TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Youth Center Open Again, Offers Project JOBS
Temporary Youth Center Coordi
nator De Anna Pearl’s first and only goal
for the center is keeping it open on a
consistent basis. “I want to open it every
day, that is my number one priority for
the youth center and secondly is
creating travel activities for youth each
month,” she said.
Such travel activities would include
trips to an ice skating/roller skating rink,
an art/history museum, or other activities
that the youth express an interest in.
Activities that already have taken
place at the youth center include a pool
tournament, Red Ribbon week with
abundant information for the youth and
community, face painting for Hallow
een, redecorating the center, and mask
making. Many kids in the community
have come into the center and said how
much better it already looks.
As for the building itself, DeAnna
is working with the youth on several
beautification projects and says, ‘‘I would
really like the youth to take the building
back.” They’re trying to get several murals
hung outside of the building so every
one knows the youth center’s location.
DeAnna then wants to bring the
same concept inside the building -
painting walls, painting a mural, and
giving kids an opportunity to get their
artistic skills onto the youth center
walls. The theme for the youth center
mural is ‘‘Together We Can, Together
We Will.” “I think that this is a very
empowering way of saying kids are a
great motivating force,” she said.
De Anna will work on health educa
tion at Siletz Valley School two times a
week and the youth center offers tutoring,
homework help, and community out
reach. The old workout room is now
available for community use.
Together We Will...
Together We Can Reduce
Hunger in Our Community
The youth center has started a food
drive. People can bring non-perishable
food to the center and all collected food
will be donated to the Siletz Food Pantry.
Stop by the youth center on Monday
through Friday from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
and on non-school days and holiday
vacations from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. If
you have questions, call 541-444-8395
or 1-800-922-1399, ext. 395.
Project JOBS
The youth center will serve as the
hub for Project JOBS (Job Opportu
nities Beyond School), a school-to-
work program initially serving high
school/junior high and fifth- and sixth
graders. Kids come together after school
for academics, technical instruction,
hands-on experience, job shadowing,
and job training that helps prepare them
for work after they finish school.
Through Project JOBS, youth
explore jobs in forestry, fish and wildlife,
native plant restoration, water quality,
and water management, archaeology,
business administration and clerical
support, natural science illustrations,
and fine art in the natural world.
Youth will earn school credit, explore
careers and related workplace ethics,
learn future steps necessary to obtain
jobs, engage in hands-on fieldwork and
on-the-job training that prepares them
to compete for paid positions in forestry
and natural science careers.
Project JOBS recently was funded
by the Regional Investment Board for
$93,174. Claudia Hatmaker, Ph.D., tribal
planner/grant writer, wrote the grant.
Prior to joining CTSI in June,
Claudia directed highly successful
after-school programs for two school
districts in Linn County.
‘‘Funding for this school-to-work
project provides hands-on natural
science projects and education field
Nu’-wee-ya’
(our words)
Introduction to the
Athabaskan
Language
Open to tribal members
of all ages
Siletz Tribal Community Center
Jan. 6
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Portland Area Office
Jan. 8
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
De Anna Pearl and her niece get into
the spirit on Halloween.
trips for 50 children in grades five to
eight at Siletz Valley School. It also
offers career planning, job shadows,
and on-the-job learning experiences for
45 high school-aged youth.
“The grant funds will go a long way
in providing quality outdoor learning
experiences for youth. It is exciting to
see such a high level of commitment
from CTSI Natural Resource staff and
numerous agencies across the region
that are willing to provide instruction
at no cost to the project,” said Claudia.
The project will begin soon and
extends until June 2004.
Salem Area Office
Jan. 12
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Eugene Area Office
Jan.15
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
For more information, contact
Bud Lane at the Siletz Cultural
Department at 1-800-922-1399,
ext. 320, or 541 -444-8320, or e-mail
budl@ctsi.nsn.us.
Be Sure You’re Registered to Vote
The Siletz Tribe would like to
encourage all tribal members to register
to vote in local, state, and national
elections. Here are the steps to register
to vote or update your current registra
tion in Oregon. Registering in other
states should follow a similar process.
You can register to vote if you’re a
resident of Oregon, you’re a U.S. citizen,
and you’ll be age 18 by Election Day.
To register, you must fill out a Voter
Registration Form, available at U.S.
post offices, DMV offices, and most
banks. Forms also are available at www.
sos.state.or.us/elections/votreg/vreg.htm.
You’re required to furnish your full
name, signature, and residence address.
You’ll also be asked to provide your
date of birth and political party
affiliation. If you don’t want to be
affiliated with a political party, you can
check the box that states “not a member
of a party.” You cannot change this after
the 21sl day before the primary election.
You can register at any time. Your
voter registration card must be post
marked, however, no later than the 21st
day before the election in which you
intend to vote. You can register with the
mail-in registration form or in person
at your county elections office, at a
designated state agency - DMV offices -
and at some public assistance agencies.
New registrants who decide to mail
in this form must provide identification.
This can be a copy of your current, valid
photo identification (such as a driver’s
license) or a copy of a paycheck stub,
utility bill, bank statement, or other gov
ernment document showing your name
and address. Please include this identi
fication when mailing your completed
form to your county elections office.
Your county elections office will mail
a card to you to let you know that your
registration was received. If you’re regis
tering for the first time, the card must be
postmarked by the 21M day before an
election in order to vote in that election.
You only need to update your regis
tration when your residence or mailing
address changes, your name changes, or
you wish to change your party affiliation.
For more information, visit www.
sos.state.or.us/elections/votreg/vreg.htm
and www.co.lincoln.or.us/clerk/
registration.htm.
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