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.
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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
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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!
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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.