Spiiy^y Tymoo, Wgrm Springs, Oregon
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August 10, 2011
Funeral Arrangements
Encouraging youth to stay in school
B y S u e M a tte rs
f o r the Spilyay
KWSO has recently been
working on a Community En
gagement project with the help
of the National Federation of
Community Broadcasters and
the National Center for Media
Engagement.
The project has centered
around the statistic that three
out of every ten students in
America’s public schools fail to
finish high school.
KWSO was one of six com
munity radio stations to pilot this
effort. The other stations are in:
Montgomery, Alabama; Hous
ton, Texas; Albuquerque, New
Mexico; Visalia, California; and
Mancos, Colorado.
The project has involved cre
ating broadcast content and
events in partnership with young
people and community organi
zations that are focused on so
lutions.
KW SO first approached
school counselors and adminis
trators about why kids struggle
with staying in school.
A survey was developed to
also get input from the commu
nity, to see if education is val
ued.
The survey was done at the
Pi-Ume-Sha Health Fair, and
results were tallied by KWSO
Sue Matters photo.
Media center youth worker Elyse Bagley with student t-shirt.
summer youth workers Rosey
Suppah, Neal Morningowl and
Elyse Bagley.
O verw helm in gly, the re
sponse in d icated an u n d er
standing of how com pleting
high school was key to having
more employment opportuni
ties, and to pursuing college.
Com pleting high school was
seen as an accom plishm ent
providing basic knowledge and
skills for living.
The KWSO youth workers
and project coordinator Liz
Smith then created a series of
public service announcements
sharing this information.
The youth also interviewed
Jefferson County 509-J school
district superintendent Rick
Molitor.
The interview, and the result
ing Warm Springs program that
was broadcast, demonstrated
the need for students to be able
to ask questions and get an
swers.
Superintendent Molitor was
more than happy to share infor
mation, and he had a few ques
tions of his own for the stu
dents.
The interview was a great
beginning for what KWSO hopes
might be a quarterly program
featuring students and school
district administrators interact
ing.
Through interviews and con
versations, during the initial
phase o f this project, many
people have talked about how,
in the past, tribal leaders and the
community as a whole encour
aged youth in their pursuit of
education.
Former Warm Springs tribal
secretary-treasurer atwai Vernon
Jackson was mentioned several
times as someone who would
interact with youth urging them
to go to college.
The KWSO “D rop Out
Project” now expands to asking
the community to be more pro
active in encouraging our youth
to stay in school and get their
education.
To help build pride and kick
off this effort, youth are invited
to stop by KWSO and pick up
a back to school Native Student
t-shirt. Dream, Believe, Succeed:
That’s the message and together
the help of family, friends and
community members, kids can
make it happen.
To family and friends, fu
neral arrangements for Herb
Graybael are as follows:
T hursday, A ugust 11,
leave B el-A ir at 2 p.m. to
Warm Springs Presbyterian
Church. Overnight Services.
Friday, August 12, leave
Warm Springs Presbyterian
Church at 9 a.m.
B u rial at 10 a.m . at
Mount Jefferson Memorial
Park Cemetery, in Madras.
Potluck meal to follow at
1 p.m. at the Warm Springs
Presbyterian Church.
Diabetes prevention events
These are the upcoming
diabetes prevention activities
in Warm Springs:
Tuesday, August 16: Dia
betes Awareness Dinner, 5-7
p.m. at the Seniors building.
Education topic: Linda Porer
on food safety. M enu:
Shrimp salad in pita pockets;
honeydew m elons, w ater
melon and blueberries.
Tuesday, August 23: Dia
betes Healthy Breakfast, 9-
9:45 a.m. at the clinic. Edu
cation: Loraine Williams on
blood sugar monitoring.
Community screening:
Thursday, August 11 at the
Post Office, 1:30-3 p.m.
Kah-Nee-Ta water fit
ness classes with Jeri Kollen
and Edmund Francis from
9:15-10:15 a.m.:
Wednesday, August 17;
and Wednesday, August 24.
Wedding A nnouncement
Keepseagle settlement claims filing period open
N ative A m erican farm ers
and ranchers are reminded that
the period to file a claim in the
Keepseagle class action settle
ment has opened. (See related ar
ticle on page 1.)
“Now that the claims process
is open, Native American farm
ers and ranchers who believe
they are entitled to funds under
the Keepseagle settlement must
file a claim within 180 days in
order to have a chance to re
ceive a cash payment or loan
forgiveness,” said Janie Hipp,
senior tribal relations adviser to
A gricu ltu re S ecretary Tom
Vilsack.
“Tribal leaders may want to
consider advising tribal mem
bers of the requirement to ob
tain and submit a completed
claims package if they wish to
participate in the Keepseagle
claims process.”
K eepseagle v. V ilsack was a
lawsuit alleging that USDA dis
crim in ated again st N ative
American farmers and ranchers
in the way it operated its farm
loan program.
The lawsuit was settled late
last year and the settlement has
been approved by the court.
The filing period opened
June 29 and continues for 180
days, until December 27, 2011.
Claimant services represen
tatives can be reached through
calling 888-233-5506.
Claimants must register for
a claims package, by calling the
number or visiting the website:
IndianFarmClass.com
Barney charged in shooting
Driver in crash pleads guilty
Ted L. Barney Jr., 23, was
arraigned in U.S. D istrict
Court in Portland on charges
o f second-degree m urder
and using a firearm during a
crime of violence. He will be
held at Multnomah County,
and his trial date is set for
October 4.
At 2:10 p.m. on July 26,
Delmar Davis, 25, was shot
and killed in front o f his
Janna Julia Jackson, 19,
has pled guilty in federal
court to involuntary man
slaughter. Sentencing has
been set for January 9, 2012.
Last O ctober, Jackson
was driving a vehicle which
crashed on the reservation,
killing Rodney T. Estimo.
There were three passen
gers in the vehicle at the time
when Jackson asked a pas-
home in Greeley Heights.
He was holding his son, 2.
Davis was transported to
M ountain View H ospital,
where he was pronounced
dead. His son was uninjured.
Barney turned him self
in just before 6 p.m. The
driver of Barney’s vehicle
was also arrested, but later
released under her own re
cognizance.
senger to take the wheel
while she looked for a CD.
Jackson’s blood alcohol
content was 0.189. It was
found that she was driving
48 mph in a 35 mph zone.
A cco rd in g to the US
Attorney’s Office, the maxi
mum sentence Jack so n
could receive is eight years
in prison and a $250,000
fine.
A ngela R. Polk and M aurice P. Sm ith Sr. request the
honor o f y o u r p resen ce a t their m arriage to be h eld on Satur
day, A u gu st 13, 2011 a t three o ’clock in the afternoon a t the
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