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First Quarter Incentive Awards Employee of the Quarter Cherity Bloom-Miller Employee Suggestion/Invention Alissa Lane Jeff Sweet Performance Bonus Midge Gilbert Andrew Johanson Danelle Smith Wylie Stokes Rose Stone Special Acts or Services DeAnn Brown Dawn Cornejo Cecelia DeAnda Jeffrey Fuller Gregg Gubuan Karli Jay Alicia Keene Jenifer Metcalf Will Metcalf Marci Muschamp Darin Rilatos Selina Rilatos Kimberlee Thomas Photos by Diane Rodriquez First quarter award winners include (front row) Kathy Kentta, Beverly Rector, Selina Rilatos, Dawn Cornejo, Cecelia DeAnda, Verdene McGuire, Kimberlee Thomas, Midge Gilbert, Rose Stone (kneeling), Shyla Simmons and Sammy Bayya; (back row) Nick Sixkiller, Trudy Rector, Will Metcalf, Misty Reed, Cecilia Tolentino, Karli Jay, Elke Johnson, Laura Bremner, Jeff Sweet, Alicia Keene, Wylie Stokes, Danelle Smith, Andrew Johanson, Adrienne Crookes, Jeffrey Fuller, William Fisher and Darin Rilatos. Lunch Certificate Sara Bell-Tellez Cherity Bloom-Miller Laura Bremner Dawn Cornejo Joyce Dukes William Fisher Extra Effort Sammy Bayya Adrienne Crookes Andrew Johanson Kathy Kentta Maggie McAfee Verdene McGuire Marci Muschamp Misty Reed Shyla Simmons Nick Sixkiller Cecilia Tolentino Jeffrey Fuller Karli Jay Elke Johnson Beverly Rector Trudy Rector Selina Rilatos Lisa Taylor Stewart Tufts Incentive Awards Committee Dana Burden-Rodriguez Isaac DeAnda Cheryl Duprau Sharon Edenfield Denise Garrett Second Quarter Incentive Awards Employee of the Quarter Laura Bremner Special Acts or Services Sherry Addis Kevin Barker Charlie Butler Randy Christensen Max Hoover Jeremy Mason Marcos Muniz-Strong Marci Simmons Robert Smith Lisa Taylor Alfred Warren James Williams Nora Williams-Wood Tracey Worman Second quarter award winners include (front row) Sherry Addis, Tamra Russell, Patti McKinney, Verdene McGuire, Nora Williams-Wood, Rose Stone, Michael Gallagher, Lisa Taylor and Marcos Muniz-Strong; (back row) Anna Renville, Charlie Butler, Andrew Johanson, Laura Bremner, Max Hoover, Stuart Whitehead, James Williams, Tracey Worman, Robert Smith, Randy Christensen, Kevin Barker and Jeremy Mason. Invitation from Oregon Chapter of Northwest Indian Storytellers Association The Northwest Indian Storytellers Association (NISA) and Wisdom of the Elders Inc. welcome all American Indians throughout Oregon to become members of the Northwest Indian Storytellers Asso- ciation (NISA) and learn the art and craft of Tribal storytelling. Extra Effort Michael Gallagher Rose Stone Stuart Whitehead 8 Lunch Certificate During 2016 and 2017, registration and membership is free. Portland Area Office – Sherry Addis, Katy Holland, Andrew Johanson, Verdene McGuire, Patti McKinney, Anna Renville, Tamra Russell and Andulia WhiteElk Whether you are a polished storyteller or just beginning your journey of keeping our stories alive, you are invited to join NISA. Emerging Tribal storytellers will have opportunities to tell stories from your • Siletz News • October 2016 Tribal heritage with the encouragement and support of region’s finest elder story- tellers who also serve as NISA advisory council members. For the past 11 years, they have passed down the wisdom of their many years through their stories, many of which are threatened and endangered. In the process, emerging storytellers have been able to learn from them and then are able to help to save and share threatened and endangered traditional stories from their own Tribal heritage. As a member of NISA, you will be invited to join us at this year’s 12 th annual American Indian storytelling events and workshops held in the winter in Port- land. You also will be invited to attend our annual NISA storytelling retreat and gathering in Seattle the spring of 2017. To become a NISA member, visit wisdomoftheelders.org/nisa-membership- form/. Photos from October 2015 are at wisdo- moftheelders.org/nisa-photos-2015-10/. For more information or if you have questions, e-mail NISA’s Oregon Coordi- nator Janessa Colina (Cherokee) at nisa@ wisdomoftheelders.org.
