TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
March USDA Distribution Dates
Siletz
Monday, March 1
9 a.m. - 3
Tuesday, March 2
9 a.m. - 3
Wednesday, March 3 9 a.m. - 3
Thursday, March 4
9 a.m. - 3
Friday, March 5
9 a.m. - 3
Salem
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Did You Know...
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Monday, March 22 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 23
9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 24 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Thank you to Maxine Rilatos, community health advocate, for baking a
delicious prune cake. Adding almonds to the recipe was an excellent idea and
very tasty for the month of February. You do a fine job each month that you come
in and prepare a dish.
USDA staff welcomes Marcos Muniz. He works at our Siletz warehouse
through the tribe’s Work Experience (WEX) program as a warehouse aide. We’re
real happy to have him here.
If you would like to find out if you’re eligible to receive USDA commodities,
please call us at 1-800-922-1399 or 541-444-2532 and ask to speak to Kitti Hostler,
USDA director, or Joyce Retherford, USDA clerk.
Happy meals! We hope you’re eating nutritious and well-balanced meals.
Join an ONABEN Workshop
Artists in Business Bread-and-
Butter Basics - You’ll learn how to
project income from your business, set
up a business calendar to meet your
financial goals, define your market,
design basic markets materials (how
and whys), find networking resources,
and do basic financial bookkeeping
for artists.
Colville, Wash. - April 24, 2004;
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Contact Ted Piccolo at The Colville
Tribes Small Business Resource
Center, 509-634-2624
Siletz, Ore. - March 31, 2004;
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Contact Lisa Norton, 541-444-8255
or 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1255
Umatilla, Ore. - March 11, 2004;
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Contact Kathleen Flanagan,
541-966-1917
Artists in Business Developing a
Market for Your Work - You’ll plan a
three-year strategy to develop and expand
your business clients and relationships.
Colville, Wash. - June 2004
Contact Ted Piccolo at The Colville
Tribes Small Business Resource
Center, 509-634-2624
To register, call your nearest
location. These workshops can be
requested by any tribal/Native
American organization in the
Northwest. Workshop
classrooms are located at:
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Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde - Kristi Bums, 503-968-1500
or kristi@onaben.org
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
-Trudy Brunoe, 541-553-3592
Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians of Oregon - Lisa Norton,
1-800-922-1399, ext. 1255, or
541-444-8255
Confederated Tribes of Umatilla -
Kathleen Flanagan, 541-966-1917
ONABEN Central Office in Tigard,
Ore. - Kristi Bums, 503-968-1500
or kristi@onaben.org
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The computers purchased by the
tribe have a three-year warranty on
them. If you experience problems
with your computer, please contact
the Gateway Technical Support
Team at 1-800-846-2303.
The tribe does not have a networked
services system. If you change
your address with a program or the
clinic, it does not get changed with
the entire tribe. Therefore, you also
should contact the Enrollment
Department at 1-800-922-1399,
ext. 1258, or 541-444-8258. Many
other departments get their address
corrections from the Enrollment
staff.
The tribe has many fine gift items
for sale, some with the tribe’s logo
on them. Stop by the front desk in
the admin building or view them
in the display case in the lobby.
CHS Changes
On Jan. 1, 2004, Contract Health
Services (CHS) changed the separation
of the alphabet for authorization and
claims processing:
Rhonda Attridge - A to G (out of area)
Danise Barker - H to O (registration
updates)
Shelly Macrae - P to Z
Jennifer Metcalf - Pequot Pharmacy
benefits and check processing
You can reach CHS at 541 -444-1236
or 1-800-628-5720.
Nu’-wee-ya’
(our words)
Introduction to the
Athabaskan Language
Open to tribal members
of all ages
Siletz
Siletz Tribal Community Center
March 8-6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
April 5-6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Portland
Portland Area Office
March 11-6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
April 8-6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Salem
Salem Area Office
March 16 - 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
April 14-6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Eugene
Eugene Area Office
March 4-6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
April 7-6 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.
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TLC Attitudes of Gratitude
The TLC welcomes new
volunteer Alice McCain. Alice is a
Siletz-area resident who has been
active with past TLC functions. She
is already at work.
Other volunteers to recognize this
month are Selene Rilatos, Joan
Hartung, Janice Cameron, Linda
Tough, and Jackie Ashley. Thanks to
all of you for your dedication and
commitment to the success of the
TLC and its residents.
We send much appreciation to
some other folks, too, for their
donations of items for TLC residents.
Thank you to Frank and Teresa
Simmons for clothing items; to Lisa
Brown for silverware; to Amy Gibson
and other Friends of the Siletz Library
for clothing, puzzles, paper products,
and several miscellaneous items; and
to Karen Carlsen for paper products,
muffin tins, Karen’s Crunch, and
miscellaneous kitchen items.
We also appreciate Sunshine
Keck’s donation of new bath towels,
hand towels, and washcloths, plus
paper products. Kathy Stewart donated
some food items, Debbie Fawver gave
Tupperware canisters, Sue Eatherly
provided homemade soaps and other
toiletry items, and an anonymous
donor left food items on the front
stoop. Each and every one of you is
appreciated for your caring generosity.
We also appreciate the daily on
going support of the Siletz A&D staff.
The TLC is still in need of bath
towels, new or good used ones. We
always need laundry soap, large trash
bags, and toilet paper. Other cleaning
supplies are appreciated.
If you can help out, contact Lynn
Whitlow at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1238,
or 541-444-8238.
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Siletz News
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