October’s Around Our Schools program continues our interests in the Tongue Point Job Corps Program. We interview Kris Saulsbury, Career and Technical Trades Manager, and Cisco Martinez, a current Job Corps student. Kris will explain how career and technical trade training work and he will describe what a week in the trades looks like for…
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On the next Story Told, as Columbus Day now gets eclipsed by Indigenous People’s Day, Michael McCusker reads an original screed, “Hello Columbus,” and to elucidate the continual oppression of Native Americans, from John Mohawk, “Native Americans and the Right to Survive.”
Abigail Scott Duniway, Jesse Applegate and Richard Neuberger each helped to shape the Oregon we know today. We get to know them in Eminent Oregonians, a new book published by long time Daily Astorian editor and publisher Steve Forrester.
This week Mac & Alana spend some time chatting with Leah Griffith, who comes from a long line of candy-makers in Clatsop County and whose grandfather was the Seaside Police Chief. Somehow, hand-crank phones, Scott Bakula, Jimmy Carter, and Saturday Night Live all work their way into the conversation.
Friday, October 8th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Benz and Chang with “Islands”, psychological portraits in watercolor, at the RiverSea Gallery for Astoria Art Walk. Dave Ambrose on the Netel Grange celebration and fun/fundraiser; plus ACCC happenings. Local artists Sally Lackaff & Roger Hayes on life…
Administrators from Clatsop County school districts weighed in at a press conference Wednesday about what seems to be a successful school year so far, as COVID-19 continues to define how adults and children interact outside of home. Joanne Rideout reports. [Scroll down to listen] “I think the community needs to understand the details that we…
On the next Story Told, a biased and skewed chronicle of human devolution by Michael McCusker titled “Homo Evolvianus.” Also, from David Horrowitz, “History and Critical Theory.” And to end the program, from the late poet-laureate Howard Nemerov, “Magnitudes.”
Host Donna Quinn interviews Will Caplinger, an ISA Certified Arborist who studied Classical Bonsai with the master Yuji Yoshimura and holds a master’s degree in Plant Geography from the University of California at Davis.
Teresa Retzlaff interviews local journalist Katie Frankowicz about her journey as a fledgling gardener in Astoria over the past few years, and the joys and lessons it has brought to her.
Barred Owl.
Mourning the passing of summer produce Is it Bratwurst or Briquets? Thank you’s for Pledge Drive. Something new about leeks.
Stop, Drop and Roll! Mac & Alana kick off Fire Prevention Week with a look at the 150 year old Astoria Fire Department.
Friday, October 1st at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Director Karen Bain on “The Weir” with Danyelle Tinker, executive director of The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria. Steve Forrester, Jane Kirkpatrick & R. Gregory Nokes, authors of “Eminent Oregonians: Three Who Matter” on their respective subjects, Richard Neuberger,…
On the next Story Told, Michael considers whether or not former president Trump is guilty of the high crime of sedition. Additionally, following last program’s mention of Helen Patti Hill, Michael shares something he wrote about her titled “The Right to Know Who You Are,” and also something she wrote herself: “A Treatise on Adoption.”
Make a batch of “Hard TacK” and join Mac & Alana as they discuss what gold prospectors ate. Plus, Mac has difficulty with book matches.
Friday, September 24th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Kristine Torset, Judith Altruda & Earl Davis on “Eugene Landry: An Artist, a Time & a Tribute” an exhibit at the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Heritage Museum. The Clatskanie Arts Commission founders & chairs Dee & Elsa Wooley on the…
The superintendents of schools in Clatsop County are all giving an upbeat assessment of the start of the school year despite the increase in COVID cases. Meanwhile new data show Clatsop with the state’s lowest COVID infection rate among kids. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has details: [Scroll down to listen]: Despite fears that an upsurge in COVID…
On the next Story Told, Michael expounds the values of community radio in “Mediacrity Galore,” whilst Dr. Robert Brake claims “We Have No Right To Vote.”
Parker Slough Trail.
Merianne and Linda talk smoothies gone wrong and bugs for dinner.
Super volunteer Laura Freedman from Cannon Beach is on hand to share her enthusiasm for Rotary and local theater.
Friday, September 17th at 3 pm, ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Author and activist Judith Arcana on her latest book “Hello. This is Jane.”, much of it based on the pre-Roe underground history of the Abortion Counseling Service of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union. Cambium Gallery Abstract Artist Kirista Trask and Sparrow…
Health officials in Clatsop County held a press conference Wednesday, to give an update on the status of the pandemic locally. Here’s that story. On hand for the zoom meeting were Margo Lalich, Clatsop County Interim Health Director, Julie Geiger, Vice President of Patient Services at Columbia Memorial in Astoria, and Jason Plamonden, Chief Nursing…
Officials at both Columbia Memorial Hospital and Providence Seaside are worried about the impact of a state requirement that requires all health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement takes effect next month. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin has details: [Scroll down to listen] At Columbia Memorial, vice president for patient services Judy Geiger says…
On the next Story Told, Michael McCusker delivers an original rant on the subject of America’s delicate and imperfect constitutional democracy. And from David Horowitz, in self explanatory fashion: “Vietnam Anti-war Protests and the Legacy of Social Movements.”
Moons.
Join us for the next Around Our Schools program as we continue to learn about a local gem — the Tongue Point Job Corps Center. During this interview we speak with Amanda Lamb, Group Life Manager, Heidi Sather, Academic Manager, and Jon DeCourt, a current Job Corps student.
Please take your seats. . .class is about to start. Dan Gaffney, retired Seaside educator and principal, school Mac & Alana on the big show. Guess who gets an “A” and who gets detention?