The Pawnee Nation
Employees Club went through minor changes in 2003 from changing the Employee of the Month (EOTM) award from $25.00 to $30.00
and anyone who receives a payroll check from the Pawnee Nation would be eligible for EOTM.
The 2003 officers were James Rice, President; Randy Tiger, Vice-President; and David Kanuho, Treasurer, and Cecelia
Hawkins as the Secretary.
The Clubs Employee
of the Month award through the 2003 year; each recipient was awarded a $30.00 gift certificate from Clicks Steakhouse and
makes him or her eligible for the Employee of the Year award. Those who were
chosen by their peers were:
January, Marilyn Nuttle;
July, Frankie Carson;
February, Lily Harms;
August, Phammie Littlesun;
March, Janna Stiles;
September, Randy Tiger;
April, Floyd Williams;
October, James Rice;
May, Lisa Tiger;
November, Lesley Rice;
June, Cecelia Hawkins;
December, Dorothy Moore.
The 2003 Employee
of the Year is Cecelia Hawkins. Her peers have given her distinguished honor
of being the second Employee of the Year award. The Club awarded her with $100.00,
just in time for Christmas. She will be given a plaque with a tribal seal, the
words Pawnee Nation Employee of the Year Cecelia Bonnie Hawkins 2003 and her name will be displayed on a plaque in the Administration
Building along with 2002 Employee of the Year Donna Wilde.
The Employee Club
held several activities and donated to several organizations throughout the year. Some
of the events were an Easter egg hunt for all ages; roses were handed out to all of the mothers on Mothers Day; we cooked
and served for the Heritage Day festivities held at the Pawnee Tribal Roundhouse; we hosted a farewell party for Nina Fields
and family with pizza at the Pawnee Nation Firehouse conference room; we cooked for the Title VI Dance held at the Pawnee
Public School gymnasium; we co-hosted a Thanksgiving Dinner with the Elders; and held our annual banquet at Sirloin Stockade
in Stillwater.
In addition, the
Club and the Elderly Meals Program sponsored the Employee Day and Halloween party. A
costume contest that was judged by Dina Rowton and Kris Venable of the Pawnee True Value Lumber and William Howell of the
Pawnee Chief. The Club sponsored the contest with three categories: Elder Men
and Women (55 years young and older), Adult Men (18 54 years old), Adult Women (18 54 years old) and the young ones (baby
to 17 years old). The winners of each category were as follows: Elders Marie
Realrider as Good Morning America, 1st place, Virgil Cook as The Lone Ranger, 2nd place and Sandra Moore
as OU Fan Trying To Make It To The Game, 3rd place. We hope Marie
finally got around to changing channels, boy howdy did the Lone Ranger have a scrawny horse or WHAT and we hope Sandra made
it to the OU game GO Sooners. The Adult Men David Pickering as Dark Chocolate
Kiss, 1st place, Amon Leroy as Gandalf the Grey, 2nd place and Donnie Swartz as the Chatickstakaw, 3rd
place. We all know what happened to the big kiss hinnit Suzy, MY! Gandalf made
his comeback and how about Mr. Swartz or was it Mrs. Swartz who comes up with the IDEA of Chatickstakaw he shore made a goot
one. The Adult Women Mia Peck as Model Employee, 1st place, Marcella
Johnson as Scary Witch, 2nd place and Dolly Gonzales as the Shrouded Spirit, 3rd place. Did you see
that girl with a knife in her back? We hope shes all right we hope they fixed her back too; boy, that scary witch could shore
dance and the shrouded spirit enough said.
Finally, yet importantly,
we recognized employees with service awards along with a special recognition at the Employee Day and Halloween Party. Those who have five years of service are: Lesley Rice, Pamela Cook, Donna Wilde, Melvin
Dislodge, Lyle Fields, Marilyn Nuttle and Jimmy Kanuho. Those who have ten years
of service are Barbara Attocknie and Lily Harms. One with twenty years of service
is Keith Lyons. The special recognition comes, as no surprise for having twenty-five
years of service is Phyllis Soxie.
The 2004 officers are James Rice, President; Randy Ledford, Vice-President; Charles Wilde, Treasurer; and Cecelia Hawkins,
Secretary.
