Spiíyay Tyrooo, Warrn Springs, Oregon
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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. Or email:
mtuckta@kahneeta.com
Or to Rebecca Gandy,
Festival of Nations, PO
Box 487, C orbett, OR
97019.
Or
em ail:
rebgandy@comcast.net
C all 541-419-2382.
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