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Film, con’t from page 1 movies,” she said. “For these kids to step up and take care of this, it’s amazing.” A highlight of the event was Leatha Lynch, pharmacist at the Siletz Community Health Clinic, who spoke extensively about problems with prescription drug abuse and the risks and dangers of alcohol abuse. Lynch said several different types - opiates used as pain medications, like Vicodin and Norco, and stronger ones like oxycodone, morphine and methadone - are ripe for abuse. She said she gives a good solid consultation each time she dispenses opiates. “I feel like people may get tired of hearing me say the same things over and over again, but I feel education is key,” she said. “So the more I say it, the more everyone hears it and the more everyone thinks about it.” Lynch answered several questions from the audience in addition to discuss ing take back programs to dispose of unused drugs. If you are unable to take them to a site for disposal, an option would be to mix them with wet coffee grounds and put them in the garbage right before garbage day. “Coffee grounds neutralize the PH and also it’s less likely that someone will try and dig it out of your garbage to sell it on the streets,” she said. Benzodiazepines - anti-anxiety medications such as Zanax - are a central nervous system depressant with “a very high risk at this time of abuse. I think it is the next high riser that we are probably going to see. Opiates is the big buzz thing right now, but benzodiazepines are kind of sneaking in there and in the next 3-5 years we’ll see an increase in benzodiazepine abuse,” said Lynch. She focuses on educating her com munity and patients so “the less likely there is for accidental abuse to occur and the more aware you all can be to make sure that purposeful abuse doesn’t occur within your household or outside with your loved ones,” said Lynch. Stimulants - Adderall, Concerta and Ritalin - which have a high street value as well as high addiction properties, and sedative hypnotics - Ambien and Lunesta - which can cause hallucinations, also can pose problems. “As a pharmacist in this community, I really just wanted to extend myself. I also want to let anybody know that if they ever have any questions about any medications - abuse-wise, controlled-wise, otherwise - they can always give me a call, even if it’s an over-the-counter. There’s a lot of over-the-counter medications that can be used and abused as well, typically Robi- tussin,” said Lynch. Photo by Natasha Kavanaugh Students talk about their project Joe Bostwick, a student at SVS, spoke about the importance of making the mov ies and clips and the message involved. As a director, he handled motivating the actors, camera angles, lighting and sound. “It’s pretty fun if you know what you’re doing,” he said. “The filming class is an opportunity for future freshmen. Filmmaking is get ting a sense of operating equipment, like professionals do. The purpose of film making was to convince young adults and encourage them not to start using prescription drugs,” said Scott Lundy, another SVS student. “The reason why us students narrated is because young adults won’t listen to adults when they say, ‘Don’t do drugs.’ But if it were to be a classmate, maybe they might listen to them a little bit more. I’d rather listen to me than another adult TRIBAL COURT OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF SILETZ INDIANS OF OREGON Leatha Lynch, pharmacist at the Siletz Clinic, discusses the hazards of prescription drug abuse. telling me. No offense, but that’s just the way things operate,” said Lundy. Cyndee Druba, Tribal SPF coordina tor in the Behavioral Health Department, spoke about CEDARR and thanked the attendees “for showing up to honor these kids. They worked really, really hard.” “Solutions are among the community and what we are trying to do is focusing on the positive. We all hear about the negative things kids do or people in the community do and we don’t really hear much about the positive things going on,” said Druba. “The norm in the community is most kids don’t do drugs and most kids don’t drink. It’s not all the kids in the community use and drink. They don’t. And that’s what we’re really focusing on.” Andy Blumbaugh, a professional film Notice of Pending Litigation Court Address P.O. Box 549 201 SE Swan Ave. Siletz, OR 97380 CTSI Jobs May 8,2012 Court telephone no. 800-922-1399 541-444-8228 These matters came before the Court on review and the court being fully informed finds as follows: FINDING OF FACT 2. This court has jurisdiction to review this matter as the respondents are members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (CTSI). Petitioner filed a Notice to Offset Tribal Per Capita in the Siletz Tribal Court. ORDER The following Tribal members have a lien filed against their per capita and do not have a valid mailing address: Mark Bremer Jr. Daryllynne Carey Henry Cole Everett Hartwell Monique Jackson Otto John Randall McCollam Patrick Olson Joshua Scott Tribal employment information is available at ctsi.nsn.us. Note: “Open Until Filled” vacan cies may close at any time. The In the matter of: Siletz Tribal Per Capita Distribution 1. director, has been actively involved since the beginning. He has directed films for seven years, which helped him create a spark in the kids and teach them how to make a film from beginning to end. Freshman class participants include (Siletz Tribal members in italic): Joseph Bostwick, Jesse Cadwallader, Morgan Crawford, Windy Hill, Brittney Jordan- Goodell, Valentina Knott, Scott Lundy, Samantha Messer, Koty One Feather, Angie Orellana, Devon Reed, Tirzah Rilatos, Britany Robertson, Forrest Ross, April Sied, Kai Skidmore, Misti Warren and Robert Williams. In closing, the students were pre sented with beaded necklaces made by Tina Retasket and Margo Hudson of Dee-Ne Gifts, a local business in Siletz. Hearing Date: Hearing Date: Hearing Date: Hearing Date: Hearing Date: Hearing Date: Hearing Date: Hearing Date: Hearing Date: 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. July 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. July 9, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. July 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. July 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. July 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. July 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. July 9, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. July 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. July 10, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. If the above-mentioned people do not show for their hearing date, an Order of Default will be entered against them. retired, a homemaker or a student SO ORDERED this 8lh day of May 2012. and are looking for temporary work CTSI constantly is looking for temporary employees to cover vacancy, vacations, maternity leave and extended sick leave. If you are that can last from two weeks to 12 Calvin E. Gantenbein, Chief Judge Siletz Tribal Court weeks, please submit a temporary application for the temp pool. June 2012 • Siletz News • 5
