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TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS Ask Raven Raven will answer your questions about problems associated with alco hol, tobacco, and other drugs. Look for boxes in tribal offices with Raven’s pic ture. You can leave your questions for Raven in these boxes. Those questions suitable for Siletz News will be an swered here. If you want a confidential answer to a question, please leave an address and Raven will contact you. Dear community members: Gee! It sure is quiet out there - no questions again this month! But we Ravens are a talkative bunch and we like to pass on wise words. So this month, I will pass on some of the wise words I hear as I fly over your communities. • • • • • • • • • • One step at a time may seem slow some days, but it gives me a chance to see where I am going and in creases my chances of getting there in one piece. Letting go of old hurts makes room for new joys. Change is necessary sometimes. It can be difficult, but do not be afraid. If you follow your heart and think of others, the change will improve your life. Your happiness is largely depen dent on the way you view yourself and the world around you. We are happier when we learn to see the other’s point of view. Happiness is like a butterfly - try to catch it and it flees; sit quietly and it will light on your shoulder. When I used alcohol and drugs, I used people. The process of recovery is a heal ing of old wounds and the begin ning of a new life. Forgiveness begins with myself. Sometimes our enthusiasm for change depends on our willingness to take a chance on tomorrow by risking what we have today. Perfection is a long way off, but improvement can be made to hap pen every day. If you have any wise words that you want me to repeat, please put them in one of the Raven boxes. Fondly, Raven 10 • Siletz News • Siletz Tribal Alcohol & Drug Programs Prevention, Outpatient Treatment, and Women’s Transitional Siletz: 1-800-600-5599 or 541-444-8286 Eugene: 541-484-4234 Announcements If you think your child may be at risk for alcohol, tobacco, or other drug problems and/or juvenile delinquency behaviors, please call Delina or Crista at I-800-600-5599 or 541-444-8286. One of them will talk with you about risk factors and those things that help protect your child from developing those problems. They will help you develop a prevention plan that will support you as a parent and provide your child with support for making good choices. Salem: 503-390-9494 Portland: 503-238-1512 Clear Rules and Consequences All Year Long Travel back in your heart to when you were a kid. Is there any other time when it was clearer to you (or any child) if you had been “naughty or nice” than at Christmas time? So a timely question to parents, caretakers and guard Meth Task Force Meeting ians - Do you know (and how) what Jan. 5, 2005 - Noon your lovely little gifts from above have Siletz Tribal Housing been up to this past year? If you do Department Conference Room know, it’s likely that your home, spiri tual, and school communities are act ing as those extra pairs of eyes and ears Male Volunteers Needed that have kept you in the loop. Men, we need you to volunteer, We all like to be noticed and rec even once a year, to chaperone a youth ognized for our efforts and feel appre prevention activity. ciated when we are working hard and We currently have only one male giving our goodness to others as we do staff person who chaperones. Without to ourselves. Remember the class more help, we will have to limit over night activities for boys and young men. clowns and troublemakers in class? We will be glad to talk with you Maybe you were one of them? (Good about the kinds of activities you are or bad, attention is still attention and willing to chaperone. All volunteers we all need it!) need to have a criminal background As adults, we know Christmas time check, so please contact us now if you • is about more than just presents; it’s have any interest! about enjoying and celebrating time with your family and friends. Celebrate Area Office Services well and celebrate sober! Parents: Take a minute to think A vacancy currently exists in one about how your kids might answer the of the two counselor positions that serves the area offices. If you have any following questions and guess for your questions about services, please call the self - “naughty or nice.” Building more Siletz office at 1-800-600-5599. assets in your child’s life is the biggest gift you could ever give them and it comes back to you. We here at Prevention want to help you do that. Please call us and let us find a way to gift you all year long with a plan to increase your assets. See our contact information at right. Youth: This is your chance to get your parents’ attention and earn some points for being good. Hope you had a great break and we hope to see you in local and area office prevention activi ties this year. Come play with us in 2005 - we’re actually a pretty fun bunch! • • • • • • My family has clear rules and con sequences (curfew? where I am? who with?). My school has clear rules about how to behave and fair conse quences when I don’t. My neighbors share the responsi bility to help my parents monitor my behavior. My parents/caretakers and other adults I know well model positive responsible behavior. My best friends model positive responsible behavior. My guardians/parents and teachers encourage and expect me to do well. Delina John and Crista Whittington ATOD Prevention Program Staff CTSI Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Prevention Programs 1-800-600-5599 or direct at 541-444-8286 Open Your Home to a Tribal Child The Siletz Indian Child Welfare Program needs good homes for tribal children within the 11-county service area. Foster homes as well as relative foster homes are necessary to provide January 2005 children in need with the parental care and nurturing that promotes the growth and development that our tribal children deserve. If you are thinking of becoming a foster parent, relative placement, or just have questions, please contact Bekki Johns at 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1338, or 541-444-8338. Please call Bekki for an application or if you w ould like to learn more about available programs that pro vide specialized foster parent training.
