Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 20, 2019
KWSO survey seeks input
on NPR news broadcasting
Heritage Month continues at COCC
KWSO 91.9 FM is conducting
a listener survey. The survey is to
hear feedback about adding five-
minute National Public Radio
(NPR) newscasts weekday morn-
ings.
Currently, KWSO does six lo-
cal newscasts during the Morning
Routine from 6 to 9 a.m.
KWSO News and the Commu-
nity Calendar are focused on lo-
cal, statewide, northwest, and Na-
tive news and information. The
Pew Research Center published an
article in September that stated:
“In 2018, thirty-four percent of
U.S. adults said they preferred to
get news online, whether through
websites, apps or social media.
That’s compared with 28 percent
in 2016.”
Television remains the most
popular source of news, with 44-
percent of Americans citing a pref-
erence for TV. The article also
shared that:
“Americans are skeptical of the
information they see on social
media. Even as they regularly turn
to social media for news, a major-
ity of those who often get news
on social media—57 percent—say
they expect the news they see on
these platforms to be largely inac-
curate.
“Concerns about the inaccura-
cies in news on social media are
prevalent even among those who
say they prefer to get their news
there.”
The Warm Springs community
has limited access to free broad-
cast TV in favor of satellite TV or
increasingly, TV ser vices via
internet connection. Access, how-
ever, is dependent on ability to pay.
KWSO is interested in filling the
gap in the availability of national
and world news for the Warm
Springs community, and the station
is looking for your feedback.
There is an online survey that
you can access by going to kwso.org
Or you can complete this paper
survey and return it to KWSO at
the Warm Springs Media Center.
Here are the survey questions:
Where do you typically get na-
tional/world news? (check as many
as applies):
Radio. TV. Online. Social Me-
dia. Newspaper. Nowhere.
Question: On a scale of 1-5
(1 being low and 5 being high) how
interested are you in keeping up
on national and world news?
Question: Should KWSO add
a 5-minute NPR newscast week-
day mornings?
Question: If KWSO offered
a 5-minute NPR newscast in the
morning, What time should it be?
6 a.m. 7 a.m. 8 a.m. or 9 a.m.
Cans for Coins holiday drive
Indian Head Ca-
sino is partnering with
the War m Springs
Food Bank for the
Annual Holiday Cans for
Coins drive.
The Warm Springs Presby-
terian operates the War m
Springs Food Bank.
The three-tons-of-food
Cans for Coins goal would be
the equivalent of providing
6,000 meals for those in need.
Indian Head Casino for sev-
eral years has helped the Food
Bank during the holiday sea-
son.
For this year’s Cans for
To students
Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs tribal schol-
arship guidelines require
all students to submit
Free Application for Fed-
eral Student Aid (FAFSA),
and at least five other
scholarships. In the guide-
lines, see page 3: “Fed-
eral Financial Assistance/
Other Scholarships to
supplement the Tribal
Scholarship.”
Apply for FAFSA by
March 1. If your eligible for
the Pell grant, you may be
eligible for the Oregon
Opportunity State need
grants. Their deadline is
June 1.
Send you questions to:
carroll.dick@wstribes.org
Or call Higher Educa-
tion at 541-553-3311.
If you are experiencing issues
with your War m Springs
Telecom services, please call
them at 541-615-0555.
Coins drive: Guests at
the casino who bring in
10 cans of food earn
$10 in Bonus Slot Play
every Monday through Thurs-
day through December 19.
Canned goods must be a
minimum size of 10 ounces,
with an expiration date of be-
yond six months.
Other partners are the Or-
egon Hunger Prevention Coa-
lition, Oregon Food Bank and
Neighbor Impact. Indian Head
Casino plans to deliver all do-
nated canned goods to the Food
Bank in both late November
and in December.
There are 400 Native
American students enrolled at
Central Oregon Community
College. Celebrating these stu-
dents— the diversity and all
they bring to the school—
COCC has hosted a number of
events in November honoring
Native American Heritage
Month.
This month there were
screenings—at COCC Madras
and the COCC Bend cam-
pus—of the acclaimed docu-
mentary Navajo Code Talkers of
World War II. Then Clem
Picard of Warm Springs gave
Native flute performances at
COCC Madras and Bend.
Events continue this Friday,
Page 5
November 22 with a performance
by Warm Springs performer Blue
Flamez.
Scott ‘Blue Flamez’ Kalama will
perform Friday at 6 p.m. at the
COCC Bend campus, at Willie
Hall. The event is free and open
to the public.
Scott is an award-winning mu-
sic performer. He also now works
as Prevention Specialist with the
Warm Springs Behavioral Health
program. Mr. Kalama is a Certi-
fied Prevention Specialist in the
State of Oregon.
Anyone interested in higher
education opportunities at Central
Oregon Community College,
please contact Carroll Dick at
Warm Springs Education, 541-
553-3311. Her email is:
carroll.dick@wstribes.org
She can share information on
scholarship opportunities, and
how to get started with enroll-
ment.
Or talk with Michelle Cary,
coordinator of the COCC Na-
tive American Student program.
You can reach Michelle at 541-
318-3782. Or email:
mcary@cocc.edu
You can then set up an ap-
pointment to meet with
Michelle, at the Madras campus
if that is most convenient. The
Native American Student pro-
gram and First Nations Student
Union are support networks for
tribal member students.