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PIONEER PREVIEW MAY/JUNE 2020 Broadcast Premiere Sunday, May 17 at 6 p.m. Nonprofit U.S. Periodical Postage Paid Granite Falls, MN Paid Granite U.S. Periodical Postage Nonprofit 2 | PIONEER NEWS May - June 2020 About the Cover: THE HORSE RELATIVE Broadcast Premiere Sunday, May 17 at 6 p.m. Additional Broadcasts Thursday, May 21 at 11:30 a.m | Saturday, May 23 at 7 p.m. In this new original Pioneer PBS documentary, take a ride out to the Badlands of South Dakota as the Oglala Lakota tribe share stories of their past and present lives with the sacred horse. Experience the historic art of horse regalia come to life in the modern world and discover the beauty behind its origins. Follow the difficult path Native people and their horse relatives traversed settling the surrounding lands. Then find yourself with the strong tribal youth of today from Dakota Wicohan of Morton who are keeping their cultural identity thriving. A Letter from Interim Pioneer President & GM Pioneer PBS to Lift Up Regional Voices Jon Panzer Please Tell Us Your Story Hello Fellow Pioneer PBS Members, Alexandria I hope this issue of the Pioneer Preview finds you healthy Diamond Willow Advance Care and well. These are certainly challenging times. Working Assisted Living from home, social distancing, closed schools, home Explore Alexandria learning, daily reports from our government and “stay- at-home” orders have all become the new “normal.” Appleton Western Minnesota Prairie Waters What will the future hold? How long will this last? Pioneer Tourism PBS is here for you. We’ll get through this together. Baltic, SD Our staff is committed to doing the work that keeps Pioneer PBS running Hefty Seed smoothly. I want to thank the frontline staff operating master control, because our priority is to bring you the very best in news, information, Baxter entertainment and lifelong learning programming without interruption. Pioneer PBS is launching a series of initiatives designed to discover and lift Diamond Willow Advance Care up the stories of everyday people in our viewing area. The Southwest Min- Assisted Living We continue to provide a safe haven for kids with more than seven hours nesota Story Share project has been launched in collaboration with the of quality, educational kids programming daily as well as our 24/7 PBS Kids Beaver Creek Southwest Initiative Foundation. The goal of this project is to increase theMinnwest Bank channel that can also be streamed online. Pioneer PBS World offers at- prospects of national television distribution of stories from rural America. home learning programming for grades 6-12 each weekday from 11 a.m. to We held our first successful Story Share gathering in Worthington February 27. 4 p.m. We want to continue to help parents and teachers in this new home- Bellingham ACIRA learning environment. Musical specials are available on air and online from You can view some of the stories we collected at that event on our web site Great Performances with the Andrea Bocelli: Music for Hope concert to local at www.pioneer.org/swmnss/worthington. The COVID-19 crisis has necessi-Belview musicians performing on our Facebook page. Watch for more on this. tated that we retool our approach to gathering stories -- so if you have a ru-Minnwest Bank ral America story idea that you think we should pursue or you have an idea During the COVID-19 outbreak we have continued to bring you the latest for a story for Postcards, Prairie Yard & Garden, Prairie Sportsman or Compass, Benson news through PBS NewsHour, Frontline and NOVA and local programs like please call us at 1-800-726-3178. State Bank of Danvers Your Legislators and Almanac. We’ve worked hard to bring you local stories on Compass related to how the COVID-19 outbreak is impacting farmers Another collaboration with PBS stations across Minnesota is a history initia-Buffalo and agriculture in our area, Native communities, our local businesses tive called Moving Lives Minnesota: Stories of Origin and Immigration. This Wright County SWCD and educators. We have carried live press conferences from our elected project seeks to deepen understanding of our state’s origins and immigra- officials and live legislative sessions on the MN Channel. With our partners tion history. Pioneer PBS is looking for people in western and southwestern Chanhassen Chanhassen Dinner Theaters at other Minnesota PBS stations, we’ve produced local COVID-19 specials to Minnesota to share their stories of immigration to Minnesota and stories get you the information you need. of what it means to be a Minnesotan and/or an indigenous resident of thisChokio state. Our upcoming documentaries The Horse Relative (airing May 17 at 6ACIRA We cannot do any of this without your support. Members of Pioneer PBS p.m.) and Sympathetic Strings: The Hardanger Fiddle in Minnesota (airing May can access Pioneer PBS Passport, a members-only streaming service. We 28 at 7 p.m.) are part of this initiative. If you have a story of origin or immi- thank our corporate sponsors that continue to provide support, even during Clara City gration you would like us to share, give us a call at 1-800-726-3178. Citizens Alliance Bank this difficult time. We are committed to fulfilling our public media mission and hope you will continue to rely on us for trusted coverage and content. Finally, we are redesigning our Compass public affairs program to include Clarkfield We’re here with you throughout this crisis. You can count on Pioneer PBS! more Skype interviews with thought leaders, government workers and news Yellow Medicine Soil and Water media professionals in our region to add a rural perspective to the COVID-19 Conservation District All the best, response. If you have topics you’d like to see covered, contact Amanda An- derson at 1-800-726-3178 or [email protected]. Cloguet Jon Panzer Diamond Willow Advance Care Assisted Living The Pioneer Preview Editor: Patrick Moore 1-800-726-3178 [email protected] | Pioneer Preview designer: Chelsea Lund Colman, SD POSTMASTER: Send address changes to PIONEER PREVIEW at 1 Pioneer Dr., Granite Falls, MN 56241 Sioux Valley Energy The Pioneer Preview: May - June 2020: Volume 51, No. 3. The Pioneer Preview is the official program listing for Pioneer PBS. The Pioneer Preview is published six times a year by West Central Minnesota Educational Television Company, a nonprofit organization, (ISSN 1081-7298). 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