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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.
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Program Schedule &
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| 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 | Angus 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 hoteliers 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 | Jan. 8, 2003 | Trees of Life | An interview of Robert Mcauley, Fund Raiser, for Trees of Life, a nonprofit 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 midwife, 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 contemporary 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. | Q1 |
| 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 Theater | Members of the cast and the Theater'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 | Bonnie 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 Bicentennial. | 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. | No |
| 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 fulfill the ecological functions necessary for the well beling of the land itself." You'll hear about the organization's role in the reforestation of the Caledonian forest. | Yes |
| 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 Bicentennial 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 |
Page last revised on Dec. 8, 2008