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S iletz
Vol. 35, No. 1
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
January 2007
Van Noy Named
2006 Employee
of the Year
Marlene Van Noy was named Em
ployee of the Year at the Winter All
Staff meeting for the employees of the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
She is the QI coordinator for the
Siletz Community Health Clinic. She
was nominated for her work in coordi
nating the clinic staff’s efforts to ob
tain accreditation from the Accredita
tion Association for Ambulatory Health
Care. Inc. (AAAHC).
Although accreditation is an
organization-wide achievement,
Marlene Van Noy pulled every
piece together in the months
leading to the survey dates
of July 13 and 14.
Her nomination included the fol
lowing information:
Although accreditation is an orga
nization-wide achievement, Marlene
Van Noy pulled every piece together
in the months leading to the survey
dates of July 13 and 14.
Marlene “rallied the troops” to
complete their policies and procedures,
quality improvement studies and files
to prepare for the survey.
Accreditation is granted based on
evidence that an organization meets,
and will continue to meet, nationally
accepted standards in 24 areas of per
formance. Our recent survey achieved
substantial compliance in all applicable
areas. A full three-year accreditation
was granted, the highest score possible.
The entire clinic staff is to be
complimented; however Marlene de
serves special recognition for her un
tiring efforts.
Trading at the River, a conference sponsored by the Oregon Native American Business Entrepreneur Setwork
(ONA BEN), featured several Siletz Tribal business owners. The conference focused on helping American Indian
entrepreneurs and business owners become successful. Representing the Siletz Tribe were (left to right) Greg and Helen
Higgins of American Grounding Systems and Findyourwaybackhome.com, Loraine Butler of Coastal Native Arts, and
LaVonne Butler of Siletz Valley Builders, LLC.
ONABEN Conference Features Siletz Business Owners
Several Siletz business owners
were featured panelists at Trading at the
River, a conference sponsored by the
Oregon Native American Business
Entrepreneur Network (ONABEN) re
cently in Portland, Ore.
The workshop “Becoming an
Indianpreneur” was attended by more
than 50 people and focused on how to
start your own business.
Rosie Sufficool, business informa
tion counselor and Siletz Tribal Action
Network (S.T.A.N.) coordinator, facili
tated the workshop.
Representing the Siletz Tribal busi
nesses were owners:
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See other employee awards
on page 4.
Helen and Greg Higgins, American
Grounding Systems and Findyour
waybackhomc.com
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Loraine Butler, Coastal Native Arts
LaVonne Butler, Siletz Valley
Builders, LLC
“It was a great opportunity for
those attending the workshop to learn
what it is really like to be in business
from established business owners,”
Sufficool said. “Our panel members
were great and shared their experiences
with the audience and answered many
questions. I was so proud of them!
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"We were all very honored to be
asked to present this workshop for
ONABEN. “she said. “It is the first time
someone from the Siletz Tribe has been
asked to present a conference work
shop at Trading at the River."
See a schedule of S.T.A.N.
classes and other business
information on page 6.
Delores Pigsley,
Tribal Chairman
Brenda Bremner.
General Manager
and Editor-in-Chief
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