| Program Number |
Program Date |
Program Title |
Program Description |
Tape Available? |
| 210 |
Sept. 25,
2002 |
Exercise
Programs for Seniors |
Kathy
foote of the Portland YMCA talks about the "Y" program to help seniors maintain
their physical well being. |
Yes |
| 211 |
Oct.
2, 2002 |
Sudden
Cardiac Arrest |
Blair
Jones, a dad who personally experienced sudden cardiac arrest (known as
LQT) talks about one of the causes of this condition. He will also talk
about the use of portable defibrillators. |
Yes |
| 212 |
Oct.9,
2002 |
Show Stoppers |
Members
of the Northwest Senior Theater provide a great musical show. |
Yes |
| 213 |
Oct. 16,
2002 |
unknown |
Unknown |
No |
| 214 |
Oct. 23,
2002 |
What are
Intentional Communities? |
Sandra
Sonksen, a local sustainability activities talks about her experiences at
Findhorn Park, Scotland. |
No |
| 215 |
Oct. 30,
2002 |
Bonneville
Environmental Foundation |
Angust
Duncan, the Executive Director, of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation
spoke about the variety of ways his organization promotes sustainable energy.
Also he spoke about the ways the consumers can support sustainable power
options. |
Yes |
| 216 |
Nov. 6,
2002 |
Talented,
Blind Singer creates great music |
Burke
Harris, a young man from the Seattle area talks about how he got into music
and what inspired him. |
Yes |
| 217 |
Nov. 13,
2002 |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Yes |
| 218 |
Nov. 20,
2002 |
Employment
Challenges for the blind. |
Claude
Garvin speaks about his experience in going through High School and College
and describes how he started teaching. |
Yes |
| 219 |
Nov. 27,
2002 |
Personal
Growth at Findhorn Park, Scotland |
Kay Kay,
the de facto mayor of Findhorn Park, Scotland, tells about how she developed
her leadership skills. She described the challenges of being a leader at
Findhorn Park, an Intentional Community. |
Yes |
| 220 |
Dec. 4,
2002 |
The Winter
Olympics 2002 in Utah |
Norma
Remmington, a teacher in the Utah school system shares her memories of the
2002 Olympics and Para Olympics. |
Yes |
| 221 |
Dec. 11,
2002 |
Growing
Your Own Money |
David
Hoyle, the manager of a store in Findhorn Park, Scotland, describes how
the community established a community currency that could be spent in the
community and also be used to encourage investment of Scottish Pounds. |
Yes |
| 222 |
Dec.
18, 2002 |
Modern
European Hostelry |
Two women
hostellers in London and Edinburgh talk about what it is like to manage
a facility in these two British Cities. |
Yes |
| --- |
Dec. 25,
2002 |
Preempted |
No show
Christmas Day Evening |
No |
| --- |
Jan. 1,
2003 |
Preempted |
No show-
New Year's Day Evening |
No |
| 223 |
Dec. Jan.8,
2003 |
Trees
of Life |
An interview
of Robert Mcauley, Fund Raiser, for Trees of Life, a non-profit Scottish
organization, committed to planting 1000,s of trees in the Scottish Highlands
where there had not been trees for hundreds of years. |
Yes |
| 224 |
Jan. 15,
2003 |
Raising
Human Consciousness |
Steve
Vaile, a musician and promoter, talked about how he his music talks about
the possibility of change. He also shared stories about how he played for
the whales and they sang back to him. |
Yes |
| 225 |
Jan. 22,
2003 |
Artists
for the Arts |
Valerie
Day talks about her past as a professional singer. She and Vickie Poppen
described how they have organized a concert with the "Knights of Swing".
The organization will release a great jazz program to raise money for Oregon's
schools. The money will be used to help students play and enjoy music. |
Yes |
| 226 |
Jan.
29, 2003 |
Humorous
Stories by Toastmaster Members |
Fred Dickey,
David Clapp, Jennie Jaeger and Barb Gionos told personal, interesting and
, funny stories. These speakers had all participated in a variety of speaking
contests and had been chosen top speakers. |
Yes |
| 227 |
Feb. 5,
2003 |
Seniors
and Drinking |
Dr. Roland
Atkinson and Dr. Sahana Misra who are affiliated with the Oregon Health
Sciences University provided background on a variety of drug addictions.
They also spoke about the causes of these addictions and described the effects
on seniors. |
Yes |
| 228 |
Feb. 12,
2003 |
Oregon
Midwifery |
Carol
Howe of OHSU and Nancy Sullivan, a practicing mid-wife, speak about how
Midwifery came to the United States, to Oregon and how it practices have
changed and grown. |
Yes |
| 229 |
Feb. 19,
2003 |
Maintaining
the Peace |
Professor
Thomas Hastings of Conflict Resolution program at Portland State University
talks about the importance and place of public dissent about public decisions. |
Yes |
| 230 |
Feb. 26,
2003 |
The Importance
and Practice of Story Telling |
Will Hornyak
explains what contempory role story telling has in business and other settings.
In addition, he provided examples of popular stories that he tells. |
Yes |
| 231 |
March 5,
2003 |
Tidepool,
the Environmental E-Magazine |
Ed Hunt,
Chief Editor of Tidepool, explains the role of this E-magazine and describes
how he chooses the various stories that he adds to this daily magazine.
He starts the day in the very early morning hours by reading a large selection
of web magazines and newspapers. Then he chooses important environmental
events for the day's edition. |
Yes |
| 232 |
March 12,
2002 |
In Celebration
of St. Patrick's Day |
Meet Jennifer
Pratt-Walter and Valarie Blessley and hear them play a variety of Celtic
music on their harps and other celtic instruments. |
Yes |
| 233 |
March
19, 2003 |
Dragon
Boat Team |
Patricia
Keple, Ayla Montgomery, Steve Brown and Charlene Cook describe how they
started dragon boat racing in Portland. All the team members are blind.
They have competed in the Rose Festival Dragon Boat races as well as traveling
to other cities to compete. |
Yes |
| 234 |
March 26,
2003 |
Adaptive
Gardening |
Patrick
Rogers, a 20 year veteran of the Master Gardener's program, confined to
a wheelchair, talks about techniques he uses to make create gardens and
carry out gardening tasks easier. |
Yes |
| 235 |
April 2,
2003 |
Poetry
Reading by Seniors Studies Institute Members |
Norm Grant,
Aileen Clark, Nancy Goldberg, Stanley Johnson and Marge Bernhard read favorite
poetry that they had used during classes at the PCC Senior Studies Institute. |
Yes |
| 236 |
April 9,
2003 |
What do
you do when you think you are having a stroke? |
Dr. Ted
Lowenkopf, Medical Director, Providence Stroke Center at Providence, St.
Vincent Medical Center talks about some of the causes of strokes and effective
ways of coping with them. |
Yes |
| 237 |
April 16,
2003 |
Acupuncture
and Chinese Medicine |
JoWanna
Harman Stever, licensed acupuncturist and Registered Nurse,talks about the
history of Chinese Medicine and how Acupuncture, one of the techniques for
treating disorders, can be used to deal with a wide range of conditions. |
Yes |
| 238 |
April 23,
2003 |
Paralyzed
Veterans of America - Oregon |
Jerry
Ryan, Hospital Liaison for the PVA,tells about how members support one another
in Veterans centers in Oregon and the Veterans spinal injury center in Washington.
|
Yes |
| 239 |
April 30,
2003 |
Remembering
the Million Mom March |
Jean
DeMasters, the Executive Director of the YWCA of Greater Portland and Casandara
Garrison, a Policy Advocate for the Oregon Food Bank define the causes of
and problems created by homelessness among woman and children. |
Yes |
| 240 |
May 7,
2003 |
Showstoppers
& the NW Senior Theatre |
Members
of the cast and the Theatre's Artistic Director, Wanda Nichols, sing and
talk their way into the hearts of all listeners by singing solos, duets,
full cast numbers of both familiar and not-so familiar songs. |
Yes |
| 241 |
May 14,
2003 |
"The
Typist" |
Irene
and JT Peterson, Arden Benson and Verna Russell provide us with a story
of unrequited love. |
Yes |
| 242 |
May 21,
2003 |
Reducing
Fossil Fuel Use So We Can Live More Healthy & Better Lives |
Ed Hunt,
Managing Editor of Tidepool, an environmental web site, Kevin Downing of
Oregon's Clean Air Program (Dept. of Environmental Quality) and Christopher
Dymond from Oregon's Office of Energy talks about the availability of fossil
fuel and the variety of effective fuel options open to Americans. |
Yes |
| 243 |
May 28,
2003 |
Genetically
Engineered Foods |
Dr. Terry
Lomax of the Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University
will talk about the public perceptions and concerns that people have about
genetically engineered foods. |
Yes |
| 244 |
June 4,
2003 |
Insects
Make a Difference |
Matthew
Shepherd, the Native Pollinator -Conservation Program Director of the Xerces
Society tells us how his organization is helping maintain habitat for the
insect population. He also share his views about the importance of insects
in maintaining our food supply. |
Yes |
| 245 |
June 11,
2003 |
The power
to deal with ALS - Lou Gherig's Disease |
Cindy
Burdel speaks about the loss of her brother, a well known trumpeter, to
ALS and shares her experiences in establishing ALS-Oregon. |
Yes |
| 246 |
June 18,
2003 |
New Opportunities
for Senior and Disabled Artists |
Bonne
Vornberg of Art Age Publications, Kim Ruthart of ORCA, and Frederick and
Casey Lee James share information indicating that there is new interest
and commitment to various art forms. |
Yes/CD |
| 247 |
June 25,2003 |
Sound
Music |
Digital
sounds and music fill the air from the Whitney Museum's exhibit "BitStreams" |
Yes |
| 248 |
July 2,
2003 |
The Joy
of Passenger Rail |
Joe Walsh,
Tri-Met Project Manager, tells about the proposed Washington County, Beaverton
to Wilsonville Commuter Train that will be running in 2006. |
Yes |
| 249 |
July 9,
2003 |
unknown |
unknown |
No |
| 250 |
July 16,
2003 |
Retirement
Life Styles |
George
Golson, Jim Allgaier and Marjorie Meyer talk about their varying experiences
with retirement. |
Yes |
| 251 |
July 23,
2003 |
Student
Views on the Environment |
Andrew
Mason, teacher, and Carol Burford-Blackman, Katie Roland, and Michael Hoover
talk about their summer activities in the Open Meadow Corps restoring the
Urban Environment. Open Meadows is an "alternative" school in
the Portland, Oregon. |
Yes |
| 252 |
July 30,
2003 |
Changing
Face of the City of Astoria, OR and the Lewis & Clark Explorer Train
|
Ed Immel
of the ODOT, Rail Division, tells about the new rail service between Portland
and Astoria, Oregon during the summer of 2003. Also, Chester Terabucco,
owner of the Astoria - Elliot Hotel talks about the economic development
in Astoria tied to the Lewis and Clark Bicentenial. |
Yes |
| 253 |
August
6, 2003 |
Potential
Changes to the National Head Start Program |
Cynthia
Wells, Director of the Early Head Start Center in Portland, OR tells us
about potential federal legislation that could dramatically change the Head
Start Program. |
Yes |
| 254 |
August
13, 2003 |
Meet Irene
Soderberg |
Irene
Soderberg talks about how she became a professional singer. She also told
us about her commitment to helping individuals with AIDs. |
Yes |
| 255 |
August
20, 2003 |
Eco village
Primer |
John Talbot,
owner and manager of a Scottish contracting firms tells us about how his
eco village development in Findhorn Village located near Findhorn, Scotland.
Also, Elizabeth Bishoff, a resident of a home in the eco village, tells
us about why she came there and what she likes about living in the Village.
|
Yes |
| 256 |
August
27, 2003 |
"Why
are Forests So Important?" |
Spencer
Bebee, Executive Director of Ecotrust, a Portland, OR based environmental
organization, explains why forest are so important to our existence. Also,
Robert McCalley, Development Director of Trees for Life, a Scottish nonprofit,
whose primary vision is, "... is to restore a wild forest, which is
there for its own sake, as a home for wildlife and to fulfil the ecological
functions necessary for the wellbeing of the land itself." You'll hear
about the organization's role in the reforestation of the Caledonian forest. |
No |
| 257 |
September
3, 2003 |
Is there
a Potential NW Power Grid Failure in our Future? |
Bob Jenks,
Executive Director of the Oregon Citizens Utility Board, CUB, talks about
the Western Power Grid. He talks about the steps that have been taken to
limit or reduce the problem with NW blackouts. |
Yes |
| 258 |
September
10, 2003 |
Oregon
Women in Business |
Gloria
Vargas, Mary Jo Galick, and Nancy Wheeler share their stories about how
they started their two food sales businesses, and what they are doing to
remain successful. |
Yes |
| 259 |
September
17, 2003 |
What the
Lewis & Clark Bicentenial Can Mean to You. |
Doug Erickson,
President of the the Lewis and Clark Heritage Foundation, tells the story
of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803-1806 with a series of stories
about the travelers. Also, Elizabeth Grossman, explains what type of sight-seeing
could one enjoy along various areas of the Lewis and Clark trail. She provides
insight into the wilderness areas that still retain the pioneer character
obvious in 1803-1806. |
Yes |
The
Nenana river is located immediately adjacent to Denali National Park and
Preserve and passes by the McKinley Village where the Host had an overnight
stay. The river is glacier fed. There was a sign saying that a Grizzly
bear had recently been seen immediately by this property. This river and
the surrounding territory is both beautiful and dangerous.