TRIBAL MEMBER NEWS
Jose Paez, Jr.
retires in September
from the Veterans
Administration in
Los Angeles. He
worked therefor 29
years as a recre
ational therapist.
He is the son of
Theresa and Jose
Paez Sr, grandson
of Augusta Evans
Alicante and
Marcos M.
Alicante, and the
nephew of Maria
A. Westervelt.
Congratulations,
Jose! You have
done an excellent
job. (photo by
Maria Westervelt)
New Web Site Helps Prevent
Hazard Trees
The trees in your landscape are an
asset to your home, but a variety of situ
ations and circumstances can create
hazard trees, including human influ
ences, disease, and weather. As a result
of improper care, neglect, or damaging
construction work, your trees can be
come a liability instead of an asset.
A new Web site helps address this
problem. The “Hazard Tree Prevention”
Web site is helping spread the word
about tree care and how to keep trees
from becoming hazardous.
The site was created jointly by the
Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Inter
national Society of Arboriculture and
the Oregon Department of Forestry,
with a grant from Oregon Emergency
Management and Federal Emergency
Management agency. The Web site for
this new resource is www.pnwisa.org/
htp/index.html.
Prevent Hazard Trees from
Developing
So what is a “hazard tree”? When
a tree becomes hazardous, it often fails,
which means a limb falls out of the
tree’s canopy, the trunk splits and falls
to the ground, or the entire tree becomes
uprooted. People often are injured and
property is damaged or destroyed when
this occurs.
Tips for Preventing Hazard Trees
How can you prevent a tree on your
property from developing into a haz
ardous one? Fortunately, most hazard
trees can be prevented through proper
tree care. Examples include:
Properly planting the right tree in
the right place. When you first look
at a potential planting site, exam
ine at the broad array of tree spe
cies available and determine which
ones are best suited to that spot.
© Giving trees proper arboricultural
care. If you have a tree that you think
may already be hazardous, consider
hiring a certified arborist to conduct
a tree hazard assessment.
© Protecting trees from damage. Dam
age to roots is a major cause of de
cline, death, or physical failure. Roots
can be injured by soil compaction,
soil removal, severed roots, fill soil
placed over roots, flooding, ch -drought
©
Caring for Trees Pays Big Dividends
Growing and caring for trees on
your property yields numerous benefits.
Trees produce oxygen and clean the air
of carbon dioxide. They can reduce
home heating costs by as much as 30
percent and air conditioning costs by
more than 15 percent.
SVS Students Receive Awards
On the first Monday of each month
at our morning assembly, we present
our students in grades K-8 with awards
for attendance, academic achievements,
citizenship, and positive behavior.
Based on performance during Septem
ber 2004, the classroom teachers nomi
nated the following students:
K: Shania Trapala-Driver, Joanna
Lindstrom, Rudy Flores
1st grade: Dylan Bisson, Daniel
Lindstrom, Kateri Whitehead
2nd grade: Nicole Wilson, Morgan
Crawford
3rd grade: Kai Skidmore, Savannah
Worm an
4,h grade: Morgan Woltring, Steven
Lindstrom
5th grade: Eli Grove, Angelia Lamadrid
6th grade: Kayla Stokes, James Kirk
7th grade: Josh Sutherland, Lindsey Grove
8lh grade: Chelsey Stewart, Dillon
Blacketer
PE
K: Joanna Lindstrom, Rudy Flores
1st grade: Clarinda Black, Daniel
Lindstrom
2nd grade: Morgan Crawford, Robert
Williams
3rd grade: Savannah Worman, San Poil
Whitehead
4,h grade: Kellie Kaiser, Steven
Lindstrom
5,h grade: Sophia Hendrix, Eli Grove
6,h grade: Kayla Stokes, Casee Case
7"' grade: Lindsey Grove, Tim Lindstrom
8,h grade: Kalee Abbas, Dillon
Blacketer
We would like to thank Darla Grove
and Candy Spelbrink for volunteering
to be our v.olunteer coordinators.
Thanks also go to Kris Whitehead and
Tiffany Haynes for volunteering numer
ous hours to help our classes during
September and the rest of our volun
teers for making the start of this year a
success. We had 72 volunteers and they
devoted 242 hours to the school.
We also would like to thank Judy
Johnson from Siletz Gas & Mini-Mart
for donating three certificates for a free
hot dog and drink.
Thank you for your donations and
your time invested in the school. It’s in
dividuals like yourself who will make
Siletz Valley an outstanding school.
Important Dates for 2004 Elections
from Oregon votes. orgZdates04.htm
Nov. 2
Election Day: statewide
general election
Dec. 2
Last day for secretary of state
to declare election of general
candidates and governor to
In an effort to improve voter
education, voter turnout and the dis
semination of elections information -
particularly details about when, where,
and how to vote and how to obtain a
replacement ballot - Secretary of State
Bill Bradbury has developed a toll-free
voter information line and Web site.
The voter information resources are:
Call: 1-866-ORE-VOTES
(1-866-673-8683), se habla espanol
TTY: 1-866-350-0596 (for the hearing
impaired)
Visit: www.OregonVotes.org
Dec. 20
declare passage of general
measures
Electors of president and vice
president convene at Capitol
Voting Web
Sites of Interest
www.nativevote.org
www.nationalvoice.org
http://www.
navajonationcouncil.org/
GetOutVote.htm
httpy/www.
rockthenativevote.com/
http y/www. n wnati vei nf o. com/
index.htm
November 2004
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