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S iletz Kg N ews
Vol. 33, No. 10 October 2005
ated Tribes of Siletz Indians
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A Chinook Winds banner is on display in Afghanistan.
Returning Veterans Honored at
Reggie Butler Sr. carries the eagle staff at the start of Run to Rogue XI as Head
Start students and staff, plus other children, parents, and elders get ready to
IA/Î
Early in Novemt
rant Officer Janet M
National Guard based in Salem, Ore., con
tacted Teresa Simmons, community rela
tions manager for Chinook Winds Casino
Resort. She and her husband. Jack, are both
members of the Oregon National Guard.
Janet is a career soldier. Jack, a Viet
nam vet, re-enlisted in the military after
9/11. Jack was coming home on leave in
November and returning to Camp Black
horse, the U.S. compound located inside
the Afghan Pol-e-charkhi military base in
Afghanistan in December. Her unit was
to follow in January, also to Afghanistan.
Jack and Janet have grown children
and are grandparents. Janet related to
Teresa that the one place Jack definitely
wanted to go on his leave was Chinook
Winds Casino.
Chinook Winds treated the Martins
to a dinner for two in the Rogue River
Restaurant, Williams & Ree concert tick
ets, and assistance in finding accommo
dations while in Lincoln City. They were
introduced to the rest of the audience at
the concert by Williams & Ree, and to
Delores Pigsley, chairman of the Siletz
Tribe. Following the concert, members of
follow him on the first mile. See more photos on page 11.
Chinook Winds sent T-shirts and hats
with Jack for the men and women in his
unit. Also among his gear was a Chinook
Winds banner that he promised to proudly
display on the hillsides of Afghanistan.
During the first week in February,
Teresa received an e-mail from Jack's unit
along with a newsletter attached. She also
received a note from Major Dean Perez,
personnel officer for the 2nd Brigade Em
bedded Training Team, establishing a
contact for correspondence between the
soldiers in Afghanistan and Lincoln City
that continued throughout the year.
A few days later, LTC David Enyeart.
also a member of the 76lh Infantry Bri
gade Combat Team, Task Force Phoenix
at Camp Blackhorse, stopped by the Mar
keting Department. LTC Enyeart, whose
home is in Newport, returned the Chinook
Winds banner previously sent with SSG
Martin and promised to e-mail photos
of the banner when it was on display
in Afghanistan.
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The employees of the Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians and tribal mem
donations up to $5,000. Once the word
was out. donations came pouring in.
bers have raised more than $5,000 to aid
“The generosity of tribal employees
the victims of Hurricane Katrina. With a
is always evident when a family or a group
matching gift from other Siletz Tribal re
is in need, whether it’s someone local,
sources, combined checks for more than
across the state, or across the country,"
$10,000 have been sent to the American
said Delores Pigsley, chairman of the
Red Cross.
Tribal members and employees do
Siletz Tribe, of the initial $3,000 that was
raised in one afternoon. “What was espe
nated with cash and checks, and employ
cially heart-warming this time was the
ees also were able to donate through pay
speed with which people responded. We
roll deduction in September. The tribe
raised this initial amount of money in
agreed to match employee/tribal member
about three hours."
Siletz. News
Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380-0549
Delores Pigsley,
Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner,
General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief
See Veterans on page 18.
What’s; Inside
Letters to the Editor
Chairman’s Report
Tribal Program News
Elk Tag Drawing
Tribal Member News
Tribe Raises $10,000 for Hurricane
Katrina Victims
Notices
Tribal Council Timesheets
Siletz Clinic
Chinook Winds
Passages
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