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Kentta, from Logsden, Ore., was re-elected with 422 votes; ship cruise from australia queensland Butler, from Siletz, Ore., was re-elected with 365 votes; and Retasket, also from Siletz, was re-elected with 365 votes. Six candidates ran for the three open positions and the three who received the most votes were elected.
These individuals will serve with Reggie Butler Sr. and Sharon Edenfield, both of Siletz, and Jessie Davis of Keizer, Ore., whose terms expire in 2012; and with Alfred "Bud" Lane III and Lillie ship cruise from australia queensland Butler, both of Siletz, and Delores Pigsley, also of Keizer, whose terms expire in 2013. Term of office is three years for each position on the nine-member council.
Seven hundred four ballots were returned and accepted. Enrolled members of the Siletz Tribe who are age 18 or older are eligible to vote in Tribal elections. The Tribe has more than 4,700 enrolled members.
Pigsley currently has served ship cruise from australia queensland 25.5 years as Tribal ship cruise from australia queensland chairman out of 32 years on the council, while Davis has served 22 years on the Tribal Council; Lillie Butler has served 19; Reggie Butler, 14; Lane, 13; Kentta and Loraine Butler, six each; Retasket, three; and Edenfield less than two years.
The Siletz Tribe has spent the last 33 years rebuilding its government and economic structure. The signing of Public Law 95-195 in 1977, which restored government-to-government relations between the Siletz Tribe and the federal government, started this process. The Siletz Tribe was the second in the nation – and the first in Oregon ship cruise from australia queensland – to achieve restoration.
ship cruise from australia queensland The Siletz Tribe was among the first to become a self-governance Tribe, giving Tribal government more control over services provided to Tribal members. Under self-governance, the U.S. government provides general funding to the Tribe (rather than to specific programs), then Tribal employees and the Tribal Council decide how funds will be spent.
Significant Tribal accomplishments since 1977 include opening the original Siletz Community Health Clinic in 1991 and the new, much-larger clinic in May 2010; building more than 100 homes and multiple dwellings for Tribal members, including new apartments in Siletz ship cruise from australia queensland and Lincoln City; completing the Siletz Dance House in 1996; opening the Tenas Illahee Childcare Center in Siletz in 2003; and opening the Tillicum Fitness Center, a new gymnasium and a new USDA food distribution warehouse, all in Siletz, in 2008.
The Siletz Tribal Business Corporation (STBC) was formed to develop business ventures on behalf of the Tribe. Through STBC, the Tribe opened the Siletz Gas Mini-Mart ship cruise from australia queensland in Siletz in 2003, the Logan Road RV Park in Lincoln City in 2004, the Hee Hee Illahee RV Resort in Salem in 2006 and Northwest Maritime Industrial in 2007, which now is based in Toledo. The Tribe purchased the Imprints printing business in Lincoln City in 2008 and opened Siletz Technologies, a software testing company in Lincoln City, in 2010.
Chinook Winds Casino in Lincoln City opened in May 1995. In 2004, the Siletz Tribe purchased the former Shilo Inn adjacent to the casino and opened Chinook Winds Casino Resort. Chinook Winds Golf Resort opened in 2005 when the Tribe purchased the former Lakeside Golf and Fitness Center in Lincoln City. The combination of Tribal employees and those at Chinook Winds Casino Resort has allowed the Siletz Tribe to become the largest employer in Lincoln County.
The Tribe has honored its tradition of sharing within the community by distributing more than $8.7 million through the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund and other Tribal ship cruise from australia queensland resources. Chinook Winds has donated more than $1.8 million in cash and fund-raising items since 1995. It also provides in-kind donations of convention space for various fund-raisers as well as technical ship cruise from australia queensland support, advertising and manpower for events.
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