TRIBAL MEMBER NEWS
The Journey
Respectfully, Eva E. Clayton
Healy Transport's new truck for their new long-haul trucking business
Healy Transport - A NewTribal Business
Priceless adventures full of loop
holes, hurdles, and character-building
blocks. Is there any doubt the impor
tance of culture camp?
We have many manipulating fin
gers in the big pie in the sky.
Dress up and attend the many func
tions that hopefully bring out the best
in our social skills. Work hard to
strengthen relationships that benefit the
causes of whatever.
Wine and dine potential allies.
Show and tell our support in all the
maybe possibilities.
Make that all-important photo
shoot, a remembrance of been there,
done that. Chase behind a schedule we
can’t quite catch.
When weary or a might downtrod
den by an overload of I think 1 can, I
think 1 can, delegating is the connect
ing link. Knock, usually one receives
an invitation to enter.
The important connection - people.
Tribal families, friends are a valuable
resource. Monetary values are second
ary if our baskets have no bottoms.
The hub of our tribal wheel must be
our family. If not. then we are just a share
holding corporation with a steel heart.
I hear laughter; I feel the spin of
the circle, sparkle of the gathering.
Here we go again and again. What if
there was no again and again?
Our descendant children (all of
them), precious elders (all of them), sur
vivor families (all of them), a melting
pot of who we truly are again and again.
I am going to review my past, play
in the present, and dream up my fu
ture. See you at culture camp.
by Rosie Sufficool, STBC Business Information Counselor
For Siletz Tribal member Jenera
Healy and her husband, Daniel, the op
portunity to start their own long-haul
trucking business recently became a
reality with the help of the Siletz Small
Business Loan Program.
Healy Transport will provide long-
haul trucking services for a variety of
companies.
Before receiving the loan, the
Healys developed a business plan and
met other program qualifications re
quired by the Small Business Program.
It was a busy time for the Healys.
In addition to buying a truck and start
ing their own business, they were await
ing the birth of their first child, a son,
who arrived shortly after they received
the loan (Siletz News, April 2006).
Daniel Healy, who has several years
of experience in long-haul trucking, will
do the driving while Jenera will take
care of the financial part of the business.
“The loan enabled us to get a truck
and be in business for ourselves,”
Jenera Healy said. “We appreciate the
opportunity the Siletz Tribe has given us."
Jenera Healy prepared a business
plan for the loan application, provided
other supporting documents, and partici
pated in one-on-one business counseling.
If you are a Siletz Tribal member
and are interested in becoming an en
trepreneur. contact me at 541-994-2142
or 1-877-564-7298 (toll free).
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Logan Family
and Friends
Reunion
The Logan family and friends reunion
will begin July 22, 2(X)6, at 10 a.m. with
introductions and sharing family history.
A potluck will begin at 1 p.m., followed
by baseball (bring your ball equipment),
bingo (please bring a small inexpensive
item for a prize), and other activities.
A family tree is being developed
and if you have information you would
like to share, contact Jim McCormick
at 503-838-3783.
Please mail in family history if you
are unable to attend and other history
that you would like to share.
Others who can be contacted are
Elaine Thomas at 503-623-6253 (in the
evening); Claudia Leno at 971-241-2031;
Donna Holmes at 541-444-2578; or
Lillie Butler at 541-444-2448, e-mail
lebutler2@hotmail.com or send a letter
to Lillie at P.O. Box 26. Siletz, OR 97380.
Please leave a message with your
phone number on the answering ma
chines. Please call or w rite if you plan
to attend the reunion.
Above: Little Miss Siletz, Clarinda
Black, with Miss Native American
2006, ReaDawn Skeets, at the
Gathering of Nations Pow-Wow
in Albuquerque, N.M.
Right: The girls from Siletz enter
“The Pit” at the Gathering of
Nations Pow- (Vow.
June 2006
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