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NOTICES
Come to Lincoln City for
Dedication of American Indian
Historical Marker
A dedication ceremony for the
placement of the first roadside histori­
cal marker honoring coastal American
Indian tribes in Oregon - and describ­
ing the great tsunami of 1700 A.D. -
is scheduled for Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. at
the Schooner Creek Wayside in Lin­
coln City.
This unique roadside historical
marker will tell the story of the great
earthquake and tsunami that struck on
Jan. 26, 1700, destroying American
Indian villages all along the Pacific
Northwest coast.
The historical marker will over­
look that portion of Siletz Bay where
ancestors of the Confederated Tribes
of Siletz Indians once had a village that
was lost to the events of 305 years ago.
Oral traditions have survived from
these events and make up part of the
evidence that led scientists to their rec­
ognition of the danger posed by the
680-mile long Cascadia Subduction
Zone fault
Some of the organizations in­
volved in the placement of the histori­
cal marker - and the organization of
the dedication ceremony - include the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians,
Chinook Winds Casino Resort, the
Oregon Department of Geology and
Mineral Industries, Oregon Emergency
Management, the Travel Information
Council, and the Oregon Department
of Transportation.
More details will be forthcoming
in local media, but please mark your
calendars so you can join us for the
dedication on Nov. 20, 2 p.m., at the
Schooner Creek Wayside at the south
end of Lincoln City.
Chinook Winds now has a huge hill board (44 feet by 87 feet) in Portland
on Third and East Burnside.
KCUP Joins Coast Radio Market
NEWPORT, Ore. - Owner Cheryl
Harle kicked off KCUP, a new news/talk
radio station, this summer. KCUP can be
found at 1230 AM.
KCUP features a three-hour local
news/weather/information format with a
two-person news team of Shannon O'Neil
and Dan Buckout, plus 10 local talk show
hosts from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday
through Friday.
O' Neil has more than 18 years of broad­
cast and news experience. As the host and
anchor of the new KCUP “Lifestyles on
the Oregon Coast” program, he helps
broadcast news, information, and inter­
views with local residents each morning.
Buckout is a local resident who is new
to the radio industry, but his knowledge
of the community and its residents adds
to the blended news/talk format.
In addition to the news block with
O'Neil and Buckout. local residents host
weekly half-hour lifestyle programs that
are aired between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.
Other news talk programs on KCUP
include national FOX News Radio up­
dates as well as syndicated talk radio hosts
Ray Lucia, Dave Ramsey, Sean Hannity,
the Don and Mike Show, Phil Hendrie,
George Noory, and Art Bell.
Weekends feature lifestyle programs
like scuba diving, taking care of pets, travel,
Kim Komando, and Tom Leykis, as well
as Jazzy Sunday mornings and evenings.
KCUP's sister station, KPPT
100.7FM THE BOSS, is owned and op­
erated by Agpal Broadcasting Inc. for the
past 15 years. Harle’s husband. Andrew,
passed away in 2003 but was a well-
known on-air personality who operated
the radio station with his wife. They also
owned two other radio stations in
Pendleton. Ore., for more than 20 years.
Local residents can find out more
about the station at www.kcup.net. Con­
tact KCUP for local news and informa­
tion at 541-265-KCUP (5287) or
talk@kcup.net.
SVS Receives Grant to Bolster
American Indian Education
The Siletz Valley School was selected
by Antioch University Seattle to receive
an early college high school grant award.
A planning grant of $82,000 has been
allocated to the school. Once the planning
phase is completed, additional funding
will be available for the implementation
phase.
Siletz Valley School is working closely
with the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians, Oregon State University, Oregon
Coast Community College, and Antioch
to create an early college high school.
Early colleges are high schools that
blend high school diploma and associate’s
of arts degree requirements so students
earn diplomas and associate of arts de­
grees concurrently. While Siletz Tribal
member children are the focus of this
grant, other enrolled
students also can ac­
cess this program.
The goal of
Antioch’s
grant
award is to better
serve American In­
dian students, stu­
dents who unfortu­
nately have the high­
est dropout and low­
est college comple­
tion rates of any eth­
nic group in the coun­
try. Only about half of
American Indian students graduate from
high school; of these, less than 4 per­
cent will earn a bachelor's degree.
The Siletz Tribe believes educating
its youth is a top priority and as a result
wants to increase the high school and
graduation rates of its youth. This grant
will help realize that goal.
Siletz Valley School currently is a K-8
school and is in the third year as a Lincoln
County School District charter school. It
has its own five-member school board and
is responsible for providing an academic
program that is still within the framework
of district and state policy and guidelines.
Siletz Valley School joins eight other
groups in this groundbreaking work to es­
tablish early college high schools. The
other grantees are Klamath River Early
College in Klamath, Calif., and the rest
so far are in Washington state.
They include Medicine Wheel Acad­
emy in Spokane, Ferndale High School,
Tulalip Heritage School in Marysville, the
Suquamish Tribe on the Suquamish Res­
ervation. Wellpinit High School on the
Spokane Indian Reservation. LaConner
High School, and Shelton High School.
Antioch will identify about 10 addi­
tional sites for a total of 18 schools to serve
predominantly American Indian students.
“Our early college high schools for
Native American youth plan to boost aca­
demic success through a multifaceted
approach,” explains Linda Campbell,
Ph.D., who directs the Early College
Consortium for Native Youth at Antioch
University Seattle. “Each school will fea­
ture culturally relevant curriculum, inte­
grate high school diploma and associate
of arts degree requirements, promote fam­
ily and community engagement, and pro­
vide academic advising. In addition, the
schools will provide these services to stu­
dents in their local communities, which
should increase their chance of success.”
A major component of the Siletz
program will include online learning,
with courses provided by the University
of Oregon and Oregon Coast Commu­
nity College.
Antioch chose its sites based on a
written grant application and site visit.
Each site demonstrated strengths that sug­
gest future success at implementing early
college programs,
including:
•
Small school
size and personalized
student support
•
Academic pro­
grams that integrate
local Native culture
•
Extensive fam­
ily and community
outreach
•
Partnerships with
one or more colleges
The schools are part of a $140 mil­
lion initiative funded by the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation, the Carnegie Corp,
of New York, and the Ford Foundation to
create or redesign 180 early college high
schools for underserved and low-income
young people across the nation.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Founda­
tion identified Antioch University Seattle
in March 2002 to participate in the Early
College High School Initiative.
Antioch University Seattle is one of
five campuses of Antioch University,
founded in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio,
and has a 150-year history of increasing
educational access for historically
underserved populations.
Primary responsibility for designing
and operating the 180 early college high
schools across the nation rests with nine
partner organizations, coordinated by
Jobs for the Future.
In addition to Antioch University Se­
attle. they are the Foundation for Califor­
nia Community Colleges, Knowledge
Works Foundation. Middle College Na­
tional Consortium. National Council of
La Raza. Portland Community College,
Utah Partnership Foundation. Woodrow
Wilson National Fellowship Foundation,
and SECME. Inc.
For more information about these
partners and the Early College High Sch<K>l
Initiative, visit www.earlycolleges.org.
November 2005
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