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Students, athletes, reunions, poetry, fund-raisers Pages 10-12 । Food labels, health conference, 5-A-Day, new Dental hours Pages 15-16 Gladys Knight, Cheap Trick, job fair, Mentor/Protege Program Pages 18-19 । I | Pow-wow, prevention, NARCH, SCA cultural center OrColl Pages 5-9 I L I________________ I---------------- 1--------------- .06 S523 V. 34 no. 4 Apri 1 2006 | । I | N ews S iletz Vol. 34, No. 4 April 2006 erated Tribes of Siletz Indians Tribe Purchases Timberland Tryna Luton and Bill McCaughan from OSU, Brenda Bremner from the Siletz Tribe, and Kris Whitehead, Van Peters, and Katie Lindstrom from Siletz Valley School at the SVS-OSU signing ceremony SVS Adds Partnerships for High School, Extends Charter February was quite a month for Siletz Valley School and the future looks bright for this nearly three-year- old institution. First, representatives from Siletz Valley School signed an agreement with Oregon State University for OSU to assist in creating the Siletz Valley Early College Academy. OSU’s Extended Campus and its P-12 Outreach pro grams will develop and deliver online high school courses to help fulfill the academy’s curricular requirements. “In a small high school, you’re lim ited in what you can offer,” said Katie Lindstrom, president of the SVS School Board and a parent with four children at SVS, the oldest of which is in the eighth grade. “There are so many more opportunities we can offer online.” The academy will provide a blended high school and post second- ary curriculum. Students can earn a high school diploma and up to two years of transferable college credits at the same time. “If you really use this program, you could earn an AA degree at the end of four years,” said Van Peters, school administrator at SVS, during the sign ing ceremony. As part of an initiative administered by Antioch University in Seattle (Siletz News, November 2005), Siletz Academy will be one of 10 early colleges to serve Native youth and community members in Oregon. Washington, and California. Additional partners include Oregon Coast Community College, Lincoln County School District, and Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. At the end of February, the com munity received some good news about both of its educational programs. What’s Inside Letters to the Editor Chairman’s Report Tribal Program News Tribal Member News Notices 3 5 10 13 Tribal Council Timesheets Siletz Clinic Chinook Winds Passages 1 4 1 5 1 7 19 The LCSD board of directors voted to extend the SVS charter for another five years. Additionally, Siletz Acad emy received the three-year charter its representatives had requested. “Our goal on behalf of tribal mem bers has been to raise the retention rate for high school kids,” said Brenda Bremner, general manager of the Siletz Tribe, at the SVS/OSU signing cer emony. But her comments reflect on all of the recent success and growth of education in the Siletz area. “We’re pleased with the efforts here and what’s going on with the kids.” Siletz News Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians P.O. Box 549 Siletz, OR 973X0-0549 The Siletz Tribe increased its timber land base by approximately 2 percent recently when it purchased an 8()-acre parcel approximately 1.5 miles south of the city of Siletz in late December 2005. The owner of the parcel offered the property on a right-of-first-refusal ba sis to the tribe instead of advertising it on the open market. The new parcel consists mostly of 15- and 25-year-old Douglas fir, with small scattered amounts of merchantable fir. hemlock, and spruce. Access is good via a loop road through the property. The tribe will grow the timber on this property until it reaches the tribe's 60-year-old rotation age. Commercial thinnings may be possible prior to that time. Money for the cash purchase of this property came from excess pledge revenue funds. The tribe continues to search for available timber properties for pur chase. It has secured a line of credit from Key Bank for future purchases. Ideally, the tribe would like to find parcels with 25- to 45-year-old timber on them in order to fill in a gap in that size timber within its current land holdings. j Attention Siletz [ Tribal Veterans Any veteran who is interested in | performing Honor Guard ceremonies | for various events at Chinook Winds | Casino Resort and pow-wows, etc., | should contact Clay Arden at the | Portland Area Office, 503-238-1512 | or 1-800-922-1399, ext. 1419. A stipend will be given to those | who participate, k_________________________________ > Delores Pigsley, Tribal Chairman Brenda Bremner, General Manager and Editor-in-Chief PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 178 SALEM, OR University of Oreg on Library Received on: 03-31-06 Siletz news (Silet z, Or. 1998)
