Clementine Mae (Connie) Hartt – 1933-2015
Clementine Mae (Connie) Hartt;
April 14, 1933 – Nov. 9, 2015. Connie
passed away quietly in her sleep at her
home in Colton, Ore.
Connie was the youngest daughter of
Clayborne W. and Jessie P. Arden. They
lived in Siletz, Ore., for several years, then
moved to the Willamette Valley and settled
in Buena Vista, Ore.
Connie is preceded in death by her
husband Fred Hartt of 47 years; her par-
ents; brother Amos Arden; sister Minnie
Hartt; and daughter Kathy Porter.
She is survived by her daughter,
Barbara Watson (Dave); son Elliott Hartt
(Suzette); sisters Jessie Davis and Janie
Kaiser; brother Oscar Hatfield; and several
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces
and nephews.
Connie had a lot of love and was
“grandma,” “mom,” “sister” and best
friend to many.
Connie always had a smile and was a
very caring person. She had a great sense
of humor and was a very hard worker.
For more than 20 years she managed
the Clothes Basket, a laundromat and
dry cleaner in Molalla, Ore. At the same
time, on weekends, she set up a tipi and
sold fry bread and fry bread tacos at the
Molalla Buckaroo and the Timber Festival
in Estacada.
She met a lot of venders who she talked
into coming to Siletz to participate in the
Nesika Illahee Pow-Wow Committee for
10 years. During that time she baked the
salmon outside on Sunday, at no cost. She
taught others how to prepare the salmon.
She loved being involved and partici-
pating with the Elders as a treasurer and
as a member. She enjoyed their meetings
and the gatherings.
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Tribal Maternal, Infant, & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
Naytlh - ‘a “We Carry the Children”
Our home visiting program provides parenting and life skills for successful and positive parenting.
We serve Native families that are either expecting or have infants under the age of 12 months,
continuing through the child’s third birthday. We travel throughout the 11-county service area of
the Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians. The model and curriculum we provide is called Family
Spirit and was developed by the John Hopkins Center for American Indian Health. We are funded
by the Tribal Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (TMIECHV).
Family Spirit is evidence-based and culturally sensitive to Native families. Parents gain knowledge
and skills for their developing infant through 36 months of age. We also focus on goals and
healthy living for parents as a support system for the family as a whole. The program consists of
63 lessons over a 39-month period and is divided into six modules. The modules are broken into
these categories: Prenatal care (9 lessons), infant care (16 lessons), your growing child (11
lessons), toddler care (9 lessons), my family and me (6 lessons) and healthy living (12 lessons).
While this may seem like a big commitment, the lessons vary from 30 minutes to 90 minutes and
some can be combined together as we work with your schedule. Family Spirit suggests we
deliverer at least 32 lessons to our families in order for families to benefit from the evidence-
based curriculum. For the full benefits of the program, we would like to provide all 63 to our
families. As a thank you for participating in our program, we offer some incentives that we will be
happy to share with you upon enrollment in our program.
During your participation, if you feel like the timeline of lessons is too often, we can adjust the
home visits to accommodate your schedule while still keeping the programs timeline in mind. We
are a voluntary program that delivers home visits in the comfort of the homes of our families. If
you would like to get more information and or meet our home visiting staff, we would love to
schedule a home visit to give you a full overview of the program.
C ONTACT I NFORMATION
201 SE Swan Ave., Siletz, Oregon (covering Siletz and the coastal range)
Danelle Smith, Home Visitor: 541-444-9603 or 541-270-1027
2468 W 11 th Ave., Eugene, Oregon (covering the Willamette Valley area)
Jessica Phillips, Program Coordinator/Home Visitor: 541-484-4234 or 541-222-9503
We thank Connie for her sense of
humor, loving smile, the great times we
had and loving memories. She will always
live on in our hearts.
The family would like to thank the
Siletz Tribe for all it did for the Celebra-
tion of Life and would like to thank all
who were able to attend.
New year brings
new clean air
rules for work
environments
New regulations for the Oregon
Indoor Clean Air Act, also known as the
Smokefree Workplace Law, went into
effect Jan. 1.
These include restrictions on all types of
“inhalants” (nicotine, marijuana or any other
substance that enters a person’s respiratory
system) and “inhalant delivery systems.”
Inhalant delivery systems are devices
that make nicotine, cannabinoids and
other substances into a vapor or aerosol.
These include e-cigarettes, vape pens,
e-hookahs and other devices.
Under the new regulations, businesses:
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Cannot allow nicotine delivery
devices within 10 feet of entrances,
exits, accessibility ramps that lead to
or from an entrance or exit, windows
that open or air-intake vents at any
indoor workplace or public place
Must post “No smoking within 10 feet”
signs at all building entrances and exits
Must label all tables, outdoor seat-
ing or dining areas within 10 feet of
entrances as nonsmoking
Must remove ashtrays and other recep-
tacles for smoking debris from outdoor
locations within 10 feet of entrances
Smoking in or near workplaces has
been banned in Oregon since Jan. 1, 2009,
after the original bill was signed into
law during the 2007 legislative session.
E-cigarette use, however, increased by 150
percent from 2011 to 2013.
Studies have identified chemicals in
the secondhand vapors of e-cigarettes,
which cause cancer and birth defects, that
are similar to those found in traditional
cigarettes. These new regulations aim
to prevent the use of tobacco with these
newer electronic products and create a
healthier environment for the workforce
and community.
Lincoln County Health & Human Ser-
vices is eager to support the new law and
make the transition easy for businesses.
Contact Samantha Schafer, Tobacco Pre-
vention and Education Program coordina-
tor (see details below), to receive technical
assistance, decals and additional informa-
tion on the new rules.
To learn more about the new regula-
tions, visit healthoregon.org/morefreshair
or contact Schafer at sschafer@co.lincoln.
or.us or 541-265-6611, ext. 3281.
To get help quitting the use of tobacco,
call the Oregon Tobacco Quit Line toll-
free at 800-QUIT-NOW (800-784-8669)
or 855-DEJELO-YA (855-335356-92).
February 2016
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