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TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS June USDA Distribution Dates Elders’ Council Meeting by Joyce Retherford Salem Siletz June 14, 2008« 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Chinook Winds Casino Resort For more information, please contact Angela Ramirez at 800-922-1399, ext. 1225; 541-444-8225; or angelar@ctsi.nsn.us CTSI Jobs CTSI Employment Job Line - 541-444-8296 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1296 Visit our Web site at www.ctsi.nsn.us Note: “Open Until Filled” vacancies may close at any time. The Tribe’s Indian Preference policy will apply. Tribal government will not discriminate in selection because of race, creed, age, sex, color, national origin, physical handicap, marital status, politics, membership or non-membership in an employee organization. Monday, June 2 Tuesday, June 3 Wednesday, June 4 Thursday, June 5 Friday, June 6 9 9 9 9 9 a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. - - - - - 3 3 3 3 3 p.m p.m p.m p.m p.m If you have not had a chance to come by the new Siletz warehouse, please take the time to do so. It’s very impressive and I am proud of it. It took a lot of time to move all the Rxxl. equipment and offices, but it’s beau tiful. Roger Rilatos. temp clerk, and I were exhausted for a few weeks while we were moving, but it’s so worth it. I want to thank my son, Coby Retherford, and husband. Kurk, for their help, and also the Maintenance Department: Bristo, Sammy, Lenny and Tony for their help. Also, Lawrence Navarro. Woody Muschamp and Jerry 1:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Monday, June 16 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 17 Wednesday, June 18 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Howell for volunteering their weekend to strip, wax and seal the tile floors. They are so beautiful. Happy Meals! Joyce Retherford Acting FDP Director 541-444-8279 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1393 Walt’s Words of Wit and Wisdom Applications are due no later than June 20, 2008. Pre-registration is required to participate in this year’s Culture Camp. This is a day camp only, unless you are traveling from the Eugene, Salem, or Portland areas or outside of the service area. Parents/Guardians are welcome to attend and are responsible for dropping off and picking up children at appro priate times. Children age 10 or younger must be accompanied by an adult. Name:_____________________________________________________________ Age: Roll #: (If pre-registering your family, submit all names, birthdates, and roll numbers.) Mailing Address:___________________________________________________ Telephone #:_______________________________________________________ Parent/Guardian's Name:____________________________________________ Parent/Home #:Work #: Emergency Contact Person:__________________________________________ Emergency Phone #: Does participant have any allergies? If so, list below: If participant is from outside the Siletz area, please call 800-922-1399, ext. 1246, to reserve a tipi or camping space (limited number available). Chaperone’s Name: Chaperone’s Phone #:(Chaperones must be 18 or older) Classes will be pre-scheduled based on your selection. Please select the five classes you are interested in from the following. Prioritize your se lections by using I, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Siletz basket weaving Earrings and necklaces Moccasins Shell necklaces Storytelling Flint knapping _____ Brain tanning demonstration _____ Cedar bark weaving Soapstone carving _____ Drum sticks _____ Bear grass braiding Beadwork Bow-making demonstration Date Parent/Guardian's Signature Please return registration form to your nearest Tribal office or send it to Cultural Program. CTSI. P.O. Box 549. Siletz. OR 97380-0549. 8 • Siletz News • June 2008 by Walt Klamath Here it is almost summer and the frost is on the ground, No punkins though, so can't be frost on the punkins today anyway. Been looking at the jail roster and the DUII arrests or cited in the News-Times. Every week or so there is quite a list of people driving under the influence. Some say they are taking prescription medications. Well, that just doesn't cut it. Read the label and it says do not drive or do any type of work that is hazardous. A person does not have to be drinking alcohol to get a DUII. One can even be cited for driving while tired. Anything that dulls one’s senses is a danger to driving or doing dangerous work. With as much publicity as there is about driving under the influence, it's surprising, in a way, that so many still do. One faces the loss of the vehicle and will most likely lose their driving privileges for 30 to 360 days or more. In rural communities, it’s difficult to get around without a driver’s license, so one drives anyway? Well, that can be a hefty fine on top of the existing fine for driving in the first place. The three DUIls in a lifetime, I am not sure about that but three is a magic number. After three DUIls - that is the loss of the license for life. One can apply after l() years. At this time, I don’t know what the success rate is for reinstatement. Whatever the case, it’s time to think about alternatives to drinking and driving. One thing - the most important - is don’t drink, period. If one does not drink alcohol or use other mind-altering drugs, one cannot get a DUII. Well, suppose we do drink - then what? There seems to be magic in the bottle and the keys to a car, they do attract. The safe thing then is have someone take care of the car keys. This also has its drawbacks. When one gets to a certain point and wants to go somewhere else there is going to be an argument about the keys, maybe even become violent - that too can be a cause to become locked up. Then there is the designated driver. That seems to work on the holidays, so it should work at other times too. Have a designated driver, preferably one who does not drink. Of course, I also have heard of the one most sober is the desig nated driver. That is not the preferred way to go either. One could be stranded out in nowhere and chances are one doesn’t know how they got there anyway. The magic number is .08 to be intoxicated, but that is not so. One drink, one ounce, does cause a slowdown of reflexes. Some are intoxicated at .05. One never knows how drugs are going to affect them. Alcohol for sure is unpredictable. When one’s body starts slowing down, it thinks the mind is doing OK and one continues to drink or use and drive. Now one is in command of a 2,(XX)- or 3,000-pound missile and is very dangerous to others as well as to oneself. One forgets that those mind-altering chemicals affect judgment. The first to go, one does not have it. if so it’s several miles behind and takes a while to catch up, if ever. Is the risk worth it? I think not. Wake up in jail? What for? Hospital, what happened? Anybody injured? I don't know. Where is the car? No, drinking and driving is not worth the chance of accident, injury, jail, loss of driver’s license, loss of employment, and possible prison. All this is hy pothetical till it happens to someone. Then the “if’s” don't count. Don't drink, use, smoke pot or any mind-altering chemical or combination and drive. Hope everybody is around next month, free.
