Head Start keeps busy schedule with families as end of school year nears
By Lori Jay-Linstrom, Parent
Involvement Coordinator
It is a busy time of year for the Siletz
Tribal Head Start program as we near
the end of the program year and get
ready to recruit for the new school year
of 2013-2014.
We have Head Start centers in Salem,
Portland, Lincoln City and Siletz.
If you have a child who will be age
3 or 4 by Sept. 1, 2013, please call 800-
922-1399, ext. 1376, or 541-444-8376 and
ask for the 2013-2014 application to be
sent to you. Please tell your friends and
other family members whose children
will be old enough to attend to call for an
application too. It is never too early to fill
out an application and send it in.
The parents have been gathering raffle
items and selling tickets for the fourth
annual Head Start raffle. If you would
Courtesy photo
Head Start families in Portland enjoy a dip at a local pool.
like tickets, please contact any Head Start
parent or classroom. If you would like to
donate an item for the raffle, please call
800-922-1399 or 541-444-2532 and ask
for Stephanie Chamberlin or Alicia Keene
to find out how you can donate.
The families have enjoyed some awe-
some field trips and family fun nights.
Families went swimming and bowling and
visited libraries and aquariums. Wonder-
ful community professionals presented
nutrition, literacy activities and cultural
activities. Our Family Fun Nights just
keep getting better.
In closing, I would like to thank our
teachers and support staff for another year
of hard work and being part of the Head
Start program.
We encourage volunteers to partici-
pate in our Head Start program. Volun-
teers make a meaningful difference for
students. Each day in every classroom,
volunteers support and encourage staff
and students and have a powerful role in
helping every student achieve.
If you would like to be a volunteer,
please contact the classroom teacher and
ask for a volunteer packet or call 800-922-
1399, ext, 1376, or 541-444-8376 and ask
for a packet to be sent to you.
Two firewood areas now open, get your wood before summer fire season
The Natural Resources Department
now has two areas open for Tribal member
personal use firewood cutting.
In addition to the Rock Creek #2 unit
(12 miles from Siletz) that reopened last
fall, we also have reopened the South Fork
#3 unit (16½ miles from Siletz) with more
landings available for firewood cutting.
Both units will be open until summer
fire season heats up, depending on how
dry it gets, so now is the time to get your
firewood for next season.
Permits are required and can be
obtained at the Tribal Natural Resources
office in the Tribal administration build-
ing in Siletz from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on
weekdays. Maps and directions also are
available at the same location.
Permits will be issued to Siletz
Tribal members only, who will need to
show their Tribal ID card and provide
the license number of the vehicle they
will use to haul the wood. Woodcutters
who are out of the Siletz area can call
the numbers below to have a permit
mailed to them.
The permits are for Tribal member
woodcutting for personal use only.
This firewood cannot be sold. The
person named on the permit must be pres-
ent when cutting and hauling the firewood.
Tribal members wishing to cut wood
for Tribal Elders must present a signed
note from the Elder stating that the indi-
vidual is authorized to cut firewood on his
or her behalf when requesting a permit.
The note must include the Elder’s Tribal
ID number.
Permits are good for two weeks and
allow up to two cords of wood to be cut
on each permit. Each Tribal member is
allowed up to five cords total per year
from Tribal firewood units.
For more information, stop by
the Natural Resources office or call
Natural Resources Manager Mike
Kennedy at 800-922-1399, ext. 1232,
or 541-444-8232.
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Regular physical activity reduces
the risk of many adverse health
outcomes.
For most health outcomes, additional
benefits occur as the amount of physi-
cal activity increases through higher
intensity, greater frequency and/or
longer duration.
Some physical activity is better
than none.
Most health benefits occur with at
least 150 minutes a week of moderate-
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intensity physical activity, such as
brisk walking. Additional benefits
occur with more physical activity.
Both aerobic (endurance) and muscle-
strengthening (resistance) physical
activity are beneficial.
Health benefits occur for children and
adolescents, young and middle-aged
adults and those in every studied
racial and ethnic group.
The health benefits of physical
activity occur for people with
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The benefits of physical activity
far outweigh the possibility of
adverse outcomes.
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place where I feel second-most comfortable
and I think about it all of the time.”
The museum board also honored
Stephen Wright, recently retired CEO
of the Bonneville Power Administration,
with the organizations’ Lifetime Achieve-
ment Award, which recognizes the con-
tributions of individuals and groups who
support the arts and heritage of Oregon’s
American Indian communities.
Wrights’ tenure as CEO is the second-
longest for an administrator in BPA’s his-
tory. He was recognized for his “strategic
vision, dedication, leadership and passion.”
The Siletz Tribe received the Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2011.
The Honor Dinner is a fundraising
event that helps support the mission of the
Museum at Warm Springs, the educational
institution of this Tribe.
The museum’s mission is to preserve,
advance and share the knowledge of the
cultural, traditional and artistic heritage
of the Warm Springs Tribe. The museum
achieves this through educational exhibi-
tions and programs that raise awareness
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541-444-1030 or 800-648-0449,
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Charles Wilkinson, center, and his sons, David (left) and Seth (right)
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May 2013
For more information, visit museum-
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