LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
To the editor:
We wanted to express our gratitude
to the tribe for our down payment gift.
We are so happy in our new home.
It’s our first house ever and we love it!
We had no idea we'd be able to get a house
this soon or this nice, and we couldn’t
have done it without the tribe’s help.
Our cute little three-bedroom in a nice
neighborhood is perfect for us. It truly is
a blessing.
Thank, you,
Welo and Jennifer Watson
To the editor:
I would like to take this opportunity
to thank Angela and whoever else was
responsible for putting together the “el
ders” bottom-fishing trip, which took
place in Depoe Bay on the 5lh of August.
I might add that I had a wonderful
time and 1 believe everyone else did too.
“It was a great day at sea.”
Thank you again,
Speaks out loud
George F. Siniscal
To the editor:
I would like to say thank you to Cre
ator for a wonderful bunch of youth put
ting on their first basketball tournament
on July 29-31.
In a very short time, we formed a
youth committee with six youth - Tasha
Rilatos, Sam Lynch, Tristan “T-Man”
Metcalf, Che Butler, Eddie Avila, and
Mariah Garza. Siletz Tribal Youth Living
Empowered held a meeting Aug. 9 to
discuss further activities and introduce
new youth to be involved.
The committee held three meetings
in July, the planning started July 1. The
adults were Jenifer Metcalf, Selene
Rilatos, Charlie Butler. Eddie Ehret,
Laura Bremner, and Heather Hunt.
Nick Sixkiller is totally awesome! He
emceed the tournament. Thank you, Nick!
Siletz Tribal Youth Prevention and our
Empowered youth made this tournament
possible. Thank you, Delina.
The tournament went great; little mis
haps here and there, yet it was a great
success. I will not ever do the awards
again - I’ll leave that for the youth (ha ha).
Our future generation did a wonderful job.
It was an honor to watch.
Tasha and Sam with their great lead
ership, these two magnificent women did
a lot of hard work. I encourage all our
youth to be involved. So many activities
are out there for the youth, although none
are put on by our youth. We need to be
more youth-driven and this type of event
allows them the opportunity to be the voice.
There were many helpers at the tour
nament. I would like to say thank you to
Wazzy Case for helping me figure out the
bracket when Charlie got tired of me, Lori
Case for running the clock the whole
weekend, and Apollonia Lane for doing
the official book. You guys are great.
Thank you Kiesha Metcalf and Zak
Bremner for all your hard work in the con
cession stand and all the other youth who
helped in there. Chinook Winds, thank
you for the donation with no hesitation.
You stepped up and donated to our youth.
Big thanks to Kent Strickler and
Quanna Pigsley from Silez Gas & Mini-
Mart for all the donations. You saved the
day. SYAA, thank you for letting us use
your clock and the concession stand.
I really enjoyed all the kids at the
tournament; they were so funny.
Tasha and Sam, you did a wonderful
job in this tournament and for this tour
nament. You went above and beyond, you
have great power. I hope you continue
to utilize your ability to coordinate and
organize.
Thanks to Sage Butler and Tasha
Rilatos for our logo. Yep, Sage, I bet you
didn’t even know that. The last thank you
I have is to our kids - thank you for be
ing you!
Jen Metcalf
To the editor:
I would like to take this opportunity
to announce that 1 will be running for a
position on Tribal Council in the 2006
election. I feel that I am a very qualified
candidate for Tribal Council and that I can
make a difference.
Please feel free to call me with any
questions that you may have or just to find
out a little more about me. My home
phone is 541-996-4972. If you reach my
recording, leave me a message and I will
return your call.
Sincerely,
Speaks out loud
George F. Siniscal
Judge Calvin Gantenbein of the Siletz Tribal Court congratulates Perry Johnson
after Perry is sworn in as a Siletz Tribal Police reserve officer. In June, Perry
graduated from the Lincoln Combined Reserve Training Academy, along with Jon
Duarte, Jack McCord 111, and Jason Kurtz, all of whom also are reserves with the
Siletz Tribal Police Department.
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Editor: Diane Rodriquez
Assistant: Natasha Kavanaugh
September 2005
To the editor:
Dear tribal members,
I. Holly John, would like to apolo
gize for my actions the past couple of
days. I realize that I have disgraced my
tribe, community, family, and myself.
I realize that I did sign a contract stat
ing that I would not be under the influ
ence of drugs or alcohol. I obviously
made some wrong decisions at the wrong
times that I am ashamed of. There is no
amount of apologizing that 1 can give to
make you understand how sincerely sorry
I am.
I personally would like to thank the
community and tribal members for the
support they have given to the royalty
throughout the year and I hope that the
community and tribal members will con
tinue to support the royalty throughout the
upcoming years.
Holly John
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