Makai Amari Anderson
Steven Anderson and Ticey Casey
(Mason) would like to announce
the birth of their son, Makai Amari
Anderson.
Makai was born June 13, 2009,
at 6:15 a.m. He weighed 4 pounds,
1 ounce and was 19 inches long.
He joins his brothers Devonte and
Terrell Casey. Makai’s grandparents
are Pamela Rilatos and the late Daniel
Payne of Siletz, Ore., and Danielle
Raines and Steven Randolph of Port
land, Ore. His great-grandma is the late
Madge Mason.
Downey Assists Detroit Ranger
District Fisheries Program, Earns
Scholarship
DETROIT, Ore. - Georgia Downey, a 2009 graduate of Santiam High School and
member of the Siletz Tribe from Mill City, Ore., has been chosen as one of 35 students
to participate in the 2009 Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology Program, an innovative
education program sponsored by the American Fisheries Society (AFS).
Downey is being mentored by Fisheries Biologist Darren Cross at the Willamette Na
tional Forest Detroit Ranger District and will receive a $3,000 scholarship from AFS.
Downey’s work includes hands-on experience with the Detroit Ranger District's
aquatics crew on pre-project monitoring and design, stream surveys, temperature
monitoring and Respect the River riparian restoration.
Downey is helping with fish rescue for the Salmon River estuary project at Tamara
Quays and will spend a couple of days at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Minto collection facility, handling spring Chinook salmon and summer steelhead. Next
year, Downey will attend Oregon State University in its natural resource program.
“Georgia is a fine representative of the program and an excellent candidate for our
Student Career Experience Program, said Cross. Downey also has had the opportunity
to attend Forest Service meetings and learn about other U.S. Forest Service program
areas, including wildlife and timber/silviculture.
The principal goal of the Hutton Program is to stimulate interest in careers in
fisheries science and management among groups underrepresented in the fisheries
professions, including minorities and women. Application to the program is open to
all junior and senior high school students regardless of race, creed or gender.
Because the program seeks to increase diversity within the fisheries professions,
preference is given to qualified women and minority applicants. This year, the program
received 161 applicants and selected 35.
For most students, the Hutton Program is their first exposure to a professional work
setting where they learn the necessary qualities to be successful in that environment
and the importance of working as part of a team.
The students gain an awareness of conservation issues and the importance of
healthy aquatic systems; participate in projects that benefit habitat restoration, pro
tection and management; and gain an understanding of what is involved in being a
fisheries biologist and of the career opportunities available in the field.
For information on the American Fisheries Society and the Hutton Junior Fisheries
Biology Program, please visit the AFS website at www.fisheries.org or contact Kathryn
Winkler, Hutton Program/CE Coordinator, American Fisheries Society, 301-897-8616,
ext. 213, or hutton@fisheries.org.
Most Often Requested Numbers
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
800-922-1399
Salem Area Office
503-390-9494
Salem Finance Office
888-870-9051
Portland Area Office
503-238-1512
Eugene Area Office
541-484-4234
Contract Health Services (CHS)
800-628-5720
Siletz Community Health Clinic
800-648-0449
Siletz Alcohol and Drug
800-600-5599
Chinook Winds Casino Resort
888-244-6665
Chemawa Health Clinic
800-452-7823
Bureau of Indian Affairs
800-323-8517
Website
www.ctsi.nsn.us
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Graduates!
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Matthew King
Univ, of Notre Dame
Ada Ball
Matthew Arthur King of Greenville,
Pa., graduated cum laude on May 17
from the University of Notre Dame Law
School.
South Umpqua HS
He is a graduate of Greenville High
School and earned his bachelor’s degree
from the University of Southern Califor
nia in Los Angeles.
Matthew is the son of Dr. and Mrs.
David (Judy Grabert) King of Green
ville. His grandmother is Mary Grabert
of Greenville.
While residing in San Diego,
Matthew prepared for the California Bar
Association exam in July 2009.
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Ada Ball graduated from South
Umpqua High School (SUHS) in Myrtle
Creek, Ore., on June 5, 2009.
Ada and her sister, Amber (class of
2011), are Siletz Tribal members who re
ceived high school credit for taking Siletz
Dee-ni through the Siletz Tribal Language
Program for the past two years. This ful
filled their two-year language requirement
for their high school diploma.
Ada received an honor cord (orange)
from SUHS for completing her two-year
language requirement in Siletz Dee-ni as
well as honor cords for drama (purple) and
band (teal). She also wore a special necklace
made of nah set shells during the graduation
ceremony in honor of the old ones.
Ada will attend Umpqua Community
College in Roseburg, Ore., in the fall.
Ada is the daughter of Kelly Strickler
LaChance (Dakubetede/Shasta) and Mi
chael Ball (Klamath/Modoc). She is the
granddaughter of Charlotte Downey Noble
(Dakubetede/Shasta) and the late Darrell
Strickler and the great-granddaughter of
the late Mae Adams Downey (Dakubetede/
Shasta) and the late Roy Downey Sr.
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