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Spiíyay Tyrooo, Warrn Springs, Oregon Page 5 February 9, 2011 To dancers and cooks Happy birthday Happy 6th birthday, Avan John Garcia. From Mom, Dad, Brothers, Sisters, Grammas, and Grampas. We love you little cowboy. The next deadline to sub mit items fo r publication is Friday, Feb. 18. Thank you ! Courtesy photo. Carlos Tsumpti (at right) won the Men’s Traditional Dance contest at the Third Annual Gatheirng of Nations Powwow at Salem. Carlos won the men’s traditional dance at Westside Powwow. C heck out the Spilyay Web site: The argument for funding public media have lost more than 1,500 jobs since 2008. In Akron, Ohio, for example, The Washington Post the lone local newspaper is snug (Note: KWSO participates in the gling and only one commercial Corporation fo r Public Broadcast broadcaster provides local news. ing Community Service Grant Pro The pu blic radio station in nearby Kent helps fill the void gram.) by focusing on local and regional Federal funding for public reporting. media has once again become a Stations in places as varied target in the debate about fiscal as O klahom a C ity; S eattle; prudence. Ames, Iowa; and throughout Attempts last fall to defund W iscon sin are u sin g blogs, the C o rpo ratio n for P ublic podcasts and other new tech B ro ad castin g w ere defeated nologies in addition to their along party lines. broadcasts to educate and in CPB provides financial sup form their communities. port for locally owned and op In rural states such as Alaska, erated public radio and televi CPB support enables stations to sion stations, and acts as a jour provide information and com nalistic firewall between the gov munication services in areas that ernm ent that provides this are so isolated and sparsely funding and the public media populated that few commercial journalism it funds. b ro ad casters reach them . When the new Congress con KNBA in Anchorage, an Alaska vened last month, legislation was Native public radio station, of once again introduced in the. fers such shows as “N ative House. If there is to be a battle America Calling” and “National about the funding o f public Native News.” media, we should all know how Some public stations offer a it works and what is at stake. daily message service to inform The CPB’s federal appropria people who lack telephones tion this fiscal year is $430 mil about planes to be met, pack lion— about $1.39 per Ameri ages and supplies to be picked up, or the whereabouts of hunt can. More than 70 percent of that ers, trappers and fishermen who funding goes to local stations haven't checked in recently. around the country, accounting Some will argue that public for, on average, nearly 16 per b roadcastin g should not be cent of their annual budgets. funded by the government it For some, such as New York needs to hold accountable. But Public Radio, CPB funding is a C P B ’s ro le as a b u ffer has smaller—although important— worked remarkably well. The part of the operating budget be Pew study found that 72 per cause their audience size and ur cent o f A m ericans feel that ban location enable them to rely “most news sources are biased on a mix of membership, foun in their coverage.” But they don't dation and underwriting support. feel that way about public broad For stations in rural or eco casting - among the most trusted nom ically hard-hit areas that news sources anywhere. Others rightly argue that pub aren’t able to attract as much other support, CPB funding is lic media could and should cut costs to operate more efficiendy. their lifeblood. Most of the rest goes to pro Stations should be given incen ducers of content, including sta tives to streamline back-office tion-based producers, indepen costs and share services to use dents and national entities such resources more efficiently. This would enable more sta as PBS and NPR. This funding is critical to pro tions to provide critical services, grams such as “PBS NewsHour,” as KETC did in St. Louis by de “Nova,” “Frontline” and “On the veloping Web resources to help Media,” as well as to local pro hundreds of people deal with gramming, and has been used to mortgage foreclosures and how leverage millions of additional D etro it's W DET, w hich dollars from other non-govern partnered with the nationally mental sources. Without the CPB, distributed public radio news these programs simply might not program “The Takeaway,” did in revealing how a Latino neigh exist. Public radio and television borhood adjacent to the single stations are important sources busiest border crossing in North of information in their commu America was being destroyed by nities. This is* all the more sig large commercial tractor-trailers. Some steps have been taken. nificant given the contraction in journalism . A ccording to the In 2010, the CPB launched the 2010 Pew Project for Excellence Local Journalism Centers initia in Journalism, print newsrooms tive, a regional program in seven nationally have shrunk 25 per areas, to hire an estimated 51 cent in the past three years; simi journalists to report in-depth on larly, local television stations issues such as immigration, edu By Laura R. Walker and Jaclyn Sallee L cation, agribusiness and health. The resulting w ork is being shared across public radio and television, including on some nationally syndicated shows. CPB funding to the nation’s 1,300 locally owned public ra dio and TV stations is also in dispensable to cultural and edu cational programs, whether it is Acadian country fiddling shared by communities in Maine and Louisiana; the independent mu sic scenes in Seattle, Minneapo lis and Philadelphia; or classical stations that would have long ago disappeared from the airwaves were it not for public radio. E very m onth, m ore than 170 million Americans use pub lic radio, television and online services for news, education, arts and cultural content. That’s a majority of the country. At its core, public broadcast ing belongs to the American people; it stands as a testament to our generosity and curiosity. In the midst of cynicism, public media organizations firmly be lieve that learning is a lifelong and joyful pursuit. Democrats, Republicans and independents must consider all of this when trying to determ ine whether public media's unique commit ment to local communities and learning is worth the cost. (Laura R. Walker is president and chief executive o f New York Public Budio. Jaclyn Sallee is presi dent and chief executive o f Officer Kohanic Broadcast Corp. in Anchor age.) wsnews.org Kah-Nee-Ta will be hold ing two meetings to discuss the 2011 schedule for it-s sum mer salmon bakes. The resort is asking tribal members in terested in cooking and danc ing to attend one of the two meetings. The meetings are set as follows in the HeHe Room at Kah-Nee-Ta: Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 10 a.m.; and Saturday, Feb. 19 Diabetes education topics for 2011 Diabetes prevention special ists have scheduled dinner meet ings for 2011. The meetings will be at the Warm Springs Senior Center from 5-6:30 p.m. on the third Tuesdays of each month. No meetings scheduled in F ebru ary and D ecem ber, though the Heart Smart Dinner will be on Feb. 15. Dinner is served along with good information and the op portunity to t.alk with others who are managing their diabe- My parents did not teach me to tip the bottle. My parents showed me their love within. My parents showed me a healthier way to get by. My parents did not teach me violence or betrayal... I picked up on their kind spirit. My par ents did not teach me to steal... I picked up on their long days and honest dollar. My parents did not teach me to lie ... I picked up on their honesty and integrity. My parents knew best, not to allow me to run around. I didn’t take heed—now my life’s upside down. My parents did not teach me how to be bad. Now I’m in jail and feeling sad. M y parents raised me better than this. I tried to be bad ever since the eighth grade, then and now, it’s a masquerade. High school graduate and an honorable vet eran, now a criminal who drinks and drugs. I’ve got to straighten out my life and give my parents my love, kisses and hugs. Although I can not take away the pain, sorrow and sleepless nights, I’ll work the tes or caring for diabetic family members.- H ere is the sched ule o f speakers and topics for this year’s diabetes awareness and support group dinner and edu cation meetings: February 15: Heart Smart dinner. M arch 15: E rin R essler, “Supplements, vitamins, etc.” April 19: Edmund Francis and Ron Berry, “Fitness at all levels and how exercise affects diabetes.” Festival art contest More Letters My parents at 9 a.m. There are chances to dis cuss the 2011 salmon bake season, and to fill out all nec essary paperwork. In order to be on the 2011 salmon bake roster, individuals must at tend one of these meetings. Refreshments provided. For more information, please call Heather Cody, convention services coordinator at 541 - 553-1112, ext. 3436. steps of recovery in an attempt to set things right. I have let them down— and m yself too. It’ll be a struggle— I’ll do my best to stay true. I love you and thank you, Dad (dedicated and devoted). I love you and thank you, Mom (my own miracle). Hester Lynn Scott-Taylor. Lost items C ash R ew ard for “Lost” Items: 3x4 inch beaded zipper wallet, all cut beads; black background. T riangular designs, multi colors. Cen ter of the design has each of the colors in the middle row. Above and below of middle row are gray beads, three to four rows. Gray beads are the start of the triangular design. Sam sung G alaxy S touch phone. Ed Hardy perfum e “Love K ills Slowly.” Last seen in E lliott H eights. Festival of Nations, an arts and culture festival co-h osted by W arm Springs and the city of Cascade Locks, w ill be held in Cascade Locks this September. The festival is seeking poster designs by tribal youth. This year’s theme is: “W hat Does the Gorge Mean to You?” The winner will win a $50 gift card, two ski lift tickets for Mt. H ood Meadows and a framed copy of their poster. The deadline is next Friday, Feb. 18. To enter, send a hard and e le c tro n ic copy, along w ith your nam e, age, grade, tribe, and a short narrative of your entry, to either M argie Tuckta, Festival of N a tio n s, P.O. Box 1240, W arm S p rin g s, OR 97761. 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