Courtesy photos by Siletz Tribal Head Start staff
Students at the Siletz Tribal Head Start in Portland visit a local fire station for a
firsthand look at the equipment firefighters use to fight fires and save lives.
Simone Carter, coordinator ot Trauma Prevention and Community Education at
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, shares a display about helmet safety at the Head
Start Resource Fair in Portland, Ore., in November.
Head Start Policy Council ready to go, planning begins for annual raffle
By Lori Jay-Linstrom, Parent
Involvement Coordinator
Happy New Year!
On Jan 3, all of our Head Start Cen
ters will resume classes from the Christ
mas break. It is almost like starting a
new school year after the summer break.
Everyone is well-rested and ready to get
back down to school business.
We had our Policy Council train
ing at the Salem center on Dec. 3. The
parents who are representing their Head
Start centers include George Blacketer,
Jesse Cordova and Angela Muschamp
for Lincoln City; Stephanie Chamberlin
Pay attention
to winter
safety issues
By Dave Lapof, Chief of the
Siletz Valley Fire District
and Alison Noble (her second term) for
Siletz/Tenas; Peche Barteaux, Annamarie
Nuss and Jamie Bokuro for Portland; and
Beth Van Paten (her second term), Jalaine
Whitehorse and Rosa Hernandez-Chavez
for Salem.
and Lincoln City and Siletz/Tenas will be
on Jan. 26.
One topic of discussion will be our
annual Head Start raffle. If anyone is
interested in donating items to the raffle,
please contact classroom staff/parents or
call me at 800-922-1399, ext. 1376, or
541-444-8376. We will post more infor
mation in the upcoming months.
During our meeting, the Policy
Council voted in Jason Werth and
Nicole Barney as community representa
tives. Our next Policy Council meeting is
Jan. 11 at the Salem center.
All centers will be closed for the
Martin Luther King Holiday on Jan. 16.
This month, we will have our Parent
Committee meetings as follows: Portland
will be on Jan. 12, Salem will be on Jan. 19
Head Start would like to thank
everyone who comes into our program to
provide services in many different ways,
including Mary Ellen Volansky with Siletz
Dental; Beth Finnson with Chemawa
Dental; and Cecilia Tolentino, Sharon
Mason, Verdene McGuire and Adrienne
Crookes, the community health advocates
from the area offices who helped with our
health screening requirements.
Child Care Assistance Program: If
you are a working family with enrolled
Siletz Tribal children and live within the
11 -county service area, you might be eli
gible for childcare assistance. Please call
800-922-1399, ext 1363, or 541 -444-8363
for more information or an application.
Siletz veterans office open daily
Note from our veterans coordinator
Tony Molina is available for all Siletz Tribal veter
ans. He is in the Tribal administration building in Siletz
on Monday-Friday to help you get information for your
VA benefits. Additionally, he needs your help to update
our veterans’ roster, especially for those currently serving.
Call Tony at 541 -444-8330 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1330.
By Tony Molina
All of our veterans and families can call me 24/7 at home
at 541-444-2828 or on my cell at 541-272-2818. This will
help since I’m only in the office part-time. My office number
is 541 -444-8330 or 800-922-1399, ext. 1330.1 thank all of our
veterans for their service to our nation.Thank you!
It’s that time of year again
when the roads are slick and the
woodstoves are getting fired up.
Everyone needs to pay extra atten
tion to winter safety issues.
Please take your time driving.
The defrosters haven’t warmed up
the windows and your visibility is
limited. Lots of roads are in the
shadows of trees and never get
warmed up. Lots of slick sections
are out there and with school in
progress, many of our children are
walking to school on these same
roads. Please be careful.
With woodstoves doing what
they do best, chasing out the
winter cold, flue fires are an ever
present threat. Pay extra attention
to your chimneys and burn dry
seasoned wood.
We also ask you to make sure
you have a working smoke and car
bon monoxide detector. Check your
batteries and keep these lifesaving
devices working properly.
Januaiy 28, 2012
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