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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:
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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.
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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
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