Johnson family wins top 10 national workplace safety award for Sert-A-Plug
J3 Group LLC is proud to announce
that its patented Sert-A-Plug received
its first safety award as a top 10 finalist
in the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)/National Insti-
tute of Occupational Safety & Health
(NIOSH)/Mine Safety and Health
Administration(MSHA) 2016 Hear And
Now Noise Safety Challenge Awards held
in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 27, 2016.
This event provided opportunities for
10 inventors, selected from 28 submis-
sions, to travel from all over the country
and Canada to pitch their solutions for
reducing hearing loss from workplace
exposure.
Civil servants from partnering federal
government agencies worked with the
entrepreneurial community to launch the
‘Hear and Now – Noise Safety Challenge’
on Aug. 1, 2016, with the dual goals of
inspiring creative ideas and raising busi-
ness awareness of the market for work-
place safety innovation.
On Oct. 7, they selected the top 10
solutions from 28 submissions to chal-
lenge.gov. These solutions were selected
because they show potential for better
protecting the 22 million workers exposed
to hazardous noise every day.
NIOSH will feature Sert-A-Plug with
John Johnson and his two sons, Shawn and
Joshua Johnson, for The NIOSH Science
Blog (45,000 subscribers). NIOSH and
OSHA officials were impressed with Sert-
A-Plug. This is Sert-A-Plug’s first feature
in an industry forum.
J3 Group LLC is majority owned and
operated by Siletz Tribal members (55 per-
cent ownership). John M. Johnson is the
acting manager member. John is a proud
direct descendant of Chetco and Ella Ben.
J3 Group LLC founders John M. John-
son, Shawn Johnson (Siletz) and Joshua
Johnson (Siletz) invented the Sert-A-Plug
and own two U.S. patents.
If you would like more information,
visit sertaplug.com or email John Johnson
at John@sertaplug.com.
For more information about the safety
challenge, visit the DOL Hear and Now
webpage at dol.gov/featured/hearing/.
Sert-A-Plug:
Because it is loud out there.
Courtesy photo
CTSI Kenpo Karate/Kung Fu Class
Sifu (Teacher) James Williams says he had a successful kids’ Kenpo Karate/Kung Fu
class this summer that ended on Nov. 17. He hopes to continue classes around the
first of January. Students and instructors (left to right) include Williams, Madison
McAfee (yellow belt), Khayman Cole (yellow belt), Jordan Taylor, Shataha Beggs,
Cienna Cole, guest, Peyton Grove, Julian Grove and Jace Williams, assistant instructor.
Missing Moccasins
What is a “Missing Moccasin”? This
is a Tribal member who has an invalid
address on file with the Siletz Enrollment
Department. The Enrollment Depart-
ment or another department has received
returned mail for the Tribal member
marked as undeliverable.
Enrollment staff will attempt to
contact the Tribal member at the most
recently provided phone number. Once
it is determined there is no way to get a
message to the Tribal member, he/she will
be added to the “Missing Moccasin” list
for publication in Siletz News.
In order to receive any mail from the
Tribal administration building, including
per capita checks, 1099-Misc tax form,
Tribal election information and Siletz
News, the Tribal member must submit
his/her address change on the Enrollment
Department’s Address and Contact Infor-
mation Update form. For security reasons,
address changes are no longer accepted
over the phone.
As of Nov. 10, 2016, there are 56
ADULTS and 94 CHILDREN who are
Missing Moccasins. If you are on the list
of adult Missing Moccasins below, please
update immediately.
If you are not receiving the quarterly
statement of your child’s trust account,
they may have an invalid address on
file. Children’s names are not published
publicly.
If you know someone on this list,
please ask them to contact the Enrollment
Department to have a form sent to them.
The form is also available on the Tribal
website at ctsi.nsn.us under Government,
then select Enrollment and the second tab
has all of the Enrollment forms; or get one
at any of the four Tribal offices.
If you have any questions, contact
Enrollment staff at 800-922-1399, ext.
1258, or 541-444-8258.
Anderson, Daniel William
Baker Jr., Jon Christian
Beals, Kyle Carl
Bremner, Brian Gene
Buchanan, Darby Michelle
Butler, Jesse Two Birds
Carmichael, Nathan James
Case, Kevin Kelly
Cochran, Maria Rose
Cortez Jr., Ruben Edward
Cronin, Cheyann Elizabeth
Dugan, Nathan Jon Rosario
Fernandez, Toniette Leigh
Fish, Alan Craig
Ghan, Shawn Anthony
Gongloff, Tyler Matthew
Green, Cynthia Rene
Hartt, Elliot Donald
Hartt, Jackellen Danielle
Holmes, Shatara Rosemarie
Hoover, Brant Miles
Hull, Sarah Dawn
John, Otto Clark
Kaiser, Samantha Leigh
Lane, Dennis
Lee, Paul Ward
Lee Jr., Kirk John
Logan, Kendall John
Logan, Todd Anthony
Logsden, Robert Vernon
Lund, Chad Oliver
Napoleon, Josephine Irene
Nickel, Brandon Robert
Prather, Bradford Robert
Rabideau, Angela
Redfern, Christine Rene
Richardson, Charles Eugene
Richardson, Robert Carl
Rilatos, Dara Chantell
Service, Diane Lee
Severson, Cole Martin
Shanks, Ashton Michael
Simmons, Ulysses
Spalding, Rayshal Lee
Torrez, Jason Scott
Walker, Amanda Kathern
Wallace, Sondra Colleen
Warren, Naida Janene
Washington Jr, Derek Kirk
Wertin, Peter Michael
Williams, Merica Mae
Williams, Sheena Lyn
Woods, Wyatt Carl
Wooten, Joseph Lee
Young, Brandie Desiraee
Zigler, Travis Ryan
Siletz Tribal identification
(ID) cards
You can NOW request your Tribal ID
card at an area office! If you are unable
to make it to the administration building
in Siletz to obtain or replace your Siletz
Tribal ID card, you are now able to request
one at of the three area offices in Eugene,
Salem and Portland.
They will take your photo and obtain
your signature, then send it to the Enroll-
ment Department in Siletz. Your Tribal ID
will then be mailed by CERTIFIED mail
to your address on file or to the area office
where you made your request.
You can request your Tribal ID
online! If you do not live in the 11-county
service area or are not able to make it to a
Tribal office during work hours, there is a
form on the Tribal website under Govern-
ment Listings > Enrollment and the tab
marked Enrollment Forms.
Tribal members can print the form titled
Siletz Tribal Identification (ID) Request and
follow the directions regarding the digital
photo specifications, identity verification
and signature verification, then mail the
form to the Enrollment Department.
The Tribal ID machine is based in
Siletz at the administration building.
Staff is available Monday through Friday
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to issue a Tribal
ID card on site.
There are times when the ID machine
is out of the office traveling to other offices
and this information is in Siletz News as
well as the front desk knows when the ID
machine is not available.
Sample of Siletz Tribal ID card using
our local school’s mascot and some
fictitious information.
If you have not updated or replaced
your Tribal ID card since April 1, 2016,
there is a new two-sided format with
additional information that makes it more
acceptable as a form of identification (see
sample below). The expiration date is 10
years from the issue date. Once we have
issued the new two-sided ID card to you,
we can mail you an updated card when you
change your address when you request one.
Once you have received the new Tribal
ID card after April 1, 2016, if you need
to replace your card with no changes (for
example, an address or name) within the
same calendar year it was issued, there is
a $5 replacement fee (per Tribal Resolu-
tion #2016-087). You can obtain up to
one new Tribal ID card per calendar year
at no charge.
Call the Enrollment Department at
800 922-1399, ext. 1258, or 541-444-8258
if you have questions about this fee.
Enrollment Committee vacancy
Are you interested in your family
history and how in many ways We Are
All Related? Have you considered vol-
unteering your time for a Tribal Standing
Committee? There is a vacancy on the
Enrollment Committee.
Meetings are once per month from
January through November, generally on
Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. in Siletz. Mile-
age (with a limited distance per the Stand-
ing Committee Ordinance) and a meeting
per diem is paid for attendance.
Contact the Tribal Council office to get
an application to apply for the committee.
Back of ID card
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