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Medicare drug coverage, wood
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Foreigner, wood carvers,
Apprentice slots
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S iletz
ederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Vol. 34, No. 1
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January 2006
Computers Again to Come
from Gateway
by Tina Retasket
Last month I reported that the tribe
had contracted with an Indian-owned
firm, Lakota Office & Technology, to
purchase desktop and laptop computers
for tribal members. Unfortunately, after
we placed our first order we discovered
that Lakota - without our prior knowl
edge or approval - substituted what we
considered to be inferior computers.
After several weeks of discussion
with Lakota staff members, we were un
able to reach an agreement and have ter
minated the contract with them. Currently,
we are working with tribal members who
received computers from Lakota to get
them returned. Once they are returned, we
are ordering new computers for those
eligible tribal members.
Tribal Council approved awarding the
contract to our second-place bidder -
Gateway Computers. Gateway agreed
to honor its original bid from several
months ago and we already have placed
our first order.
As you may recall, we ordered from
Gateway the previous three years and we
are pleased to be working with this com
pany again. It has provided excellent
service to us in the past.
If you would like an application, please
call me at I-800-922-1399, ext. 1210, or
541-444-8210. Please leave your name,
telephone number, and mailing address.
Please speak slowly and indicate if you
are seeking an application for a desktop
(tribal member households), NIC appli
cation (desktop for non-tribal custodial
parents), or laptop (college-level students).
Tech Support
If you received a computer in 2002
from Gateway, the three-year warranty
has expired.
You still can receive technical support
by calling Gateway’s toll-free number
below. Tech support is available 24/7:
1-800-846-2303
Is Your Computer Slowing Down?
by Tina Retasket
If you find your computer slowing
down, there can be many causes. The first
thing you should do is call Gateway Tech
nical Support for assistance.
If you (or your friends, family, children,
etc.) download games, music, or pro
grams onto your computer, the operating
system may become slow. Here are some
things you can do at home that might help:
Defragment - When you add and
delete files, gaps are created by your com
puter files. To help the operating system
work more smoothly and quickly, you
should defragment the files. This causes
the gaps to be filled in and more memory
to be available to you. You can perform
this maintenance task by going to the fol
lowing - Start, Programs, Accessories,
System Tools.
Temporary Files - When working on
your computer and when downloading
information from the Internet, your com
puter automatically creates temporary
files. These temporary files do not go
away once you have finished with the file
or saved it permanently, and take up valu
able space on your computer.
You can delete these temporary files
by looking under “My Computer” on your
desktop and clicking on Control Panel,
Internet Options, Delete Cookies and
Delete Temporary Files.
Upgrade Memory - Computers over
the years have developed and increased
their capacity. Older computers (from
2002 and 2003), however, may be due for
a memory upgrade.
To find out what type and capacity
your computer can increase to, locate the
serial number on the back of it and con-
Debbie Williams
Williams Named Employee of
the Year
Debbie Williams was named Em
ployee of the Year for the Siletz Tribe at
the all-staff meeting in December.
Debbie was nominated by Sue
Langstaff, who wrote: “This year I have
undergone major illness. Debbie was there
for me each and every day. She answered
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questions, reminded me of dates, came
by to see me, and worked with the vari
ous people towards my well-being. Many
of the things Debbie had done were above
and beyond her job duties, taking personal
time to stop by, to e-mail a funny joke or
touching story, or offering a kind word."
Delores Pigsley,
Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner,
General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief
See Computers on page 5.
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