Siletz News captures 7 awards in media contest sponsored by NAJA
The Siletz Tribe is pleased to
announce that its monthly newspaper,
Siletz News, received seven awards in
the 2012 Native American Journalists
Association media contest.
In the Division 5 (circulation of less
than 5,000) monthly/bimonthly category,
the newspaper staff received the following
awards for its work in 2011 :
General Excellence - second place
Best Layout - second place
Best Feature Story - Natasha Kava
naugh, second place, Siletz women
bear traditional 111 marks on their
chins (July)
Best Photo/News - Natasha Kava
naugh, second place, Fancy dancers
(September)
Best Photo/Feature - Natasha Kava
naugh, second place, Youth (October)
Associate/News Story (Print) - Diane
Rodriquez, third place, Wilkinson
draws crowd to discussion of The
People Are Dancing Again (April)
Associate/Photo — Diane Rodriquez,
second place, Second-graders salute
veterans (December)
In 2011, Siletz News received six
awards, including a first place award in
Best Photo/News for
Kavanaugh. This
was the first year
that categories were
broken out by circulation.
In 2010, the newspaper received a
third place award for General Excellence.
Photos by Diane Rodriquez
Incentive award recipients for the
first quarter of 2012 include
(1 to r) Reggie Butler Jr., Lori Jay-
Linstrom, Debbie Herres, Stuart
Whitehead, Clint Muschamp.
Sunshine Keck, Verdene
McGuire, Heidi Lussier, Anna
Renville, Cheryl Lane, Lisa
Rilatos, Katy Holland, Jamie
Bokuro, Kyanna Fisher, Jenifer
Most and Misty Moceikis.
1st Quarter
Incentive
Awards
Employee Suggestion/lnvention
Special Acts or Service Award
Lori Jay-Linstrom
Heidi Lussier
Verdene McGuire
Anna Renville
Jenifer Most
Anna Renville
Lisa Rilatos
Norma Trefren
Extra Effort Award
Spot Award
Kurtis Barker
Jamie Bokuro
Kyanna Fisher
Cheryl Lane
Misty Moceikis
Charlie Butler
Leatha Lynch
Yvonne Messmer
Misty Moceikis
Jenifer Most
Norma Trefren
Performance Bonuses
(Outstanding Performance)
Reggie Butler Jr.
Debbie Herres
Sunshine Keck
Clint Muschamp
Stuart Whitehead
Employee of the Quarter
Katy Holland
Incentive award recipients for the
second quarter of 2012 include
(1 to r) Bonnie Petersen, Cathem
Tufts, Vai Hibdon, Stephanie
Chamberlin, Celesta Lee, Wendi
Schamp, Poppa Williams, Tami
Miner, Tracey Worman, Sonya
Moody-Jurado, Rosie Williams
and Alicia Keene.
2nd Quarter
Incentive
Awards
6
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Siletz News
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Special Acts or Service Award
August 2012
Sammy Bayya
Darlene Carkhuff
Kelley Ellis
Celesta Lee
Val Hibdon
Tami Miner
Sonya Moody-Jurado
Wendi Schamp
Bonnie Petersen
Cathem Tufts
Poppa Williams
Rosie Williams
Tracey Worman
Extra Effort Award
Karen Bell
Stephanie Chamberlin
Alicia Keene
Chris Murphy
Spot Award
Rhonda Attridge
Stuart Whitehead
Incentive Award Committee
Heather Butler
Debbie Herres
Alicia Keene
Bonnie Petersen
Nora Williams