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ARAMARK signs 10-year lease for space in Tribal office building in Salem The Siletz Tribal Business Corporation food services, facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and other businesses around the world. ARAMARK utilizes the building in Salem as a distribution hub for its laundry services up and down the 1-5 corridor. is pleased to announce that ARAMARK Uniform Services LLC, after signing a |0-year lease to occupy 55 percent of the Salem Flex Office Building, has officially : noved into its space. ARAMARK is a leader in profes sional services, providing award-winning “Signing a stable tenant to occupy over half of the Salem Flex Building in a down economy was a great coup for STBC and the deal will generate well over $1 million in revenue,” said Michael Phillips, STBC enterprise specialist and a principal architect for the new lease. STBC will continue to market the rest of the available space to prospective tenants and hopes to continue to build these long-term relationships with world class clients. “We are extremely happy to land a long-term tenant who will provide revenue for the corporation and the Tribe and hope to have the rest of the facility rented out soon,” said Stephen Larrabee, STBC manager. Photos by Natasha Kavanaugh Mary Ellen Volansky checks the teeth of children at the Tenas Illahee Childcare Center, a service the Tribal Dental Department provides on an annual basis. Tooth Talk: ‘You only have to By Mary Ellen Volansky, RDH, MS Have you ever heard the saying, “You only have to the brush the teeth you want to keep!” Sometimes the phrase goes like this - “You only have to floss the teeth you want to keep!” The second phrase is my favorite because it stresses the importance of doing something most of us don’t do or don’t like to do. This tooth-conscious phrase first came to my attention when I worked for a dentist in Eugene. And mind you, I’d been working in this field for 10 years at that point. Now, thanks to Dr. Saxton, there is a sign in my operatory with just those words on it. How do you convince someone to do something you know is “good for them?” Parents have a great opportunity to build good oral health skills, most any skills find the reasons to brush and floss daily really, in their children. Ask yourself how easy was it for you to develop the “habit” of flossing every day. Are you still work ing on it? My parents get the credit for my habit of brush daily, morning and night. Floss and flossing were known back in those ol’ days, but I didn’t know anyone who did it. Crest (“Look mom, no cavities!”) was about selling toothpaste with fluoride, not about floss. I learned to floss and to floss daily in college. Standing elbow-to-elbow with other dental hygiene students flossing their teeth in the locker room can have quite an impact on whether one flosses or not - a resounding positive use of peer pressure. What cemented flossing as a daily habit for me, as I have said before, is you. So what am I getting at? As parents, you have an advantage you probably didn’t have growing up. You can give your children the flossing habit by role modeling what it takes to have good oral health - brush twice a day and floss at least once a day. How will that help? Children will model what their parents do. They are more likely to do what their parents do than what their parents tell them to do. This is especially true of younger children. So even though children this young do not have the manual dexterity to floss thoroughly, they can build the habit with your gentle nudging each morning and evening. As a child gets older, he or she will slowly gain skill and get used to hav ing a clean-feeling mouth twice each day. Floss holders are a great way to start children flossing. They are colorful and easier than regular floss. Children will love to have the fancy colorful floss hold ers made just for them until they reach about age 9. Then you can let them have the plain old white or green ones you use. Another tool for flossing, for children or adults, is making a loop with floss. Take about 14-16 inches (length depends on the size of your hands, longer for bigger hands, just not a lot longer) of floss and tie the ends together in a knot (sometimes two knots are best). Then grab the loop with your hands, point your index fingers upward or your thumb and index finger onto the loop of floss. These are the two fingers that enter your mouth and they work the floss up and down along the sides of your teeth. If this is not clear, come into the clinic and I’ll show you how easy it can be to floss with a loop. Applications due for board of new Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society The Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society (STAHS) is a newly incorporated non-profit corporation whose mission is to: 1. 2. 3. Develop resources for the construc tion and implementation of a cultural center and museum where Tribal artifacts and representation of Tribal history and culture can be maintained. Oversee the day-to-day activities and administration of the cultural center/ museum. In cooperation with the Cultural staff employed by the Siletz Tribe, to: Promote programs that encour age the revitalization and practice of Tribal cultural and religious • 4 * Siletz News * May 2011 ment of the Tribe through tradi tional arts and crafts and other culturally appropriate methods. activities and the restoration of Tribal religious and cultural sites and locations. Provide a variety of outreach, educational and training pro grams, both locally and through- out the region, related to the culture and traditions of the Siletz and other indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. Promote programs that will encourage economic develop- Tribal member status is not required for all positions on the board. Any individual interested in serving on the board of STAHS must fill out an application form and return it by June 8. Applications and job descriptions are available from the Executive Secretary to Tribal Council, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380-0549; fax: 541-444-8325. Tribal Council will review applica tions and approve appointments at its regular meeting in June 2011. If you have any questions about the application process, please call 541 -444- 8203 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1203.
