Alaskan Efforts to Reduce Childhood Obesity
Increased intake of calories from food accompanied by less physical activity to burn off calories has been associated with a dramatic rise in obesity. Recognition of this problem has led to efforts to control the problem. On this edition of Line One we will discuss some of the efforts to prevent childhood obesity in Alaska and review the evidence for their success.
KSKA: Monday 8/19 at 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm
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Hollis French Considers Gubernatorial Run; And The Mat-Su Ferry Is Back In The News
Anchorage State Senate Hollis French ponders a run for governor. Exploring life and politics in rural Alaska. The Mat-Su Borough is weary of the cost of mothballing its idle $80 million ferry. The Democratic Party files suit against the state’s redistricting board.
KSKA: Friday, 8/16 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 8/17 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 8/16 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 8/17 at 5:00pm
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Local Harvest Feast at the Botanical Gardens
You are invited to the inaugural Anchorage Food Mosaic Local Harvest Feast at the beautiful Alaska Botanical Garden.
Alaska’s rich abundance of fish and game, diverse people, wild edible greens, plump berries, and anything and everything your near-Arctic garden can grow are worth talking about – and eating – amongst friends new and old.
More details. Alaska News Nightly: August 15, 2013
Alaska Republicans Worry Of Shutdown Fallout; ‘Navigators’ To Help Alaskans Learn To Use Health Care Marketplaces; Unalaska Women Miss Out On Mammograms; Rare ‘Red Lightning’ Garners National Attention; Medevac Insurer May Get License Back; Tenakee Residents Search For Way To Reopen School; Bethel Tundra Tram Project Is Complete
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Miss Witherspoon at Cyrano’s Theatre Company
Ever wonder where "Bardo" is and what it has to do with one of America's most outrageous playwrights? Join Director Krista M. Schwarting and Actor Tamar Shai as they come to Stage Talk to talk about Tony and Obie award winning playwright Christopher Durang's most thought provoking comedy Miss Witherspoon being presented by Cyrano's Theatre Company August 16 through September 8.
KSKA: Friday 8/16 at 2:45pm
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Surfing on St. George Island
Alaska Teen Media Institute's Mario Davis and Robert Stormo were in St. George at Seabird Camp 2013 to teach students how to shoot and make a movie about what they learned during camp. They were scheduled to be on the island July 28-July 31, but ended up staying until August 7 because of weather.
So, they learned to surf.
Traveling Music: August 25, 2013
Traveling Music
8-25-13
Format:
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Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
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Lilja
Bara Grimsdottir / traditional Icelandic
Nordic Women
www.grappa.no
3:40
(Love At First Sight) Ast Vid Fyrstu Syn
Pall Oskar & Monika / Magnus...
Alaska News Nightly: August 14, 2013
French Considers Run For Governor; Democrats Sue Redistricting Board Over New Map; Dinosaur Hunters Return For Field Season; Eight People Rescued After Separate Sinkings; No Timetable Set For ‘Fate Hunter’ Salvage; No Rain Means Burn Ban For Wrangell Residents; Job Growth Likely To Accompany Warming Arctic Climate; Anchorage Teachers Reach Agreement With District; South Denali Visitor Center To Expand; Renewable Energy Fair Explores Alaska’s Options
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Second Growth Structures
With support from the National Forest Foundation’s Community Capacity and Land Stewardship Program, Sitka Conservation Society has initiated projects with local partners that build community assets using locally milled timber products.
These projects promote sustainable harvesting of second growth timber and micro timber sales that support small, local mills.
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Alaska News Nightly: August 13, 2013
Congress Shows No Urgency On Voting Rights Act; Petersburg Concerned With Future of USCG In Community; FBI Tapes Indicate Keyes Victims In Washington; With Arctic Growth Looming, Airlines Put Off Planning; Ft. Wainwright Helicopters To Conduct Night-Flying Training; Mississippi Fire Continues To Grow; Hass Reels In Juneau Derby’s Biggest Fish; State Fails To Meet Yukon Chinook Escapement Into Canada; Skagway Sees Abundance Of Kings
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How to filet a Halibut
A nice demonstration of how to filet a Halibut by long-time Alaska resident Don Sheets. The fish was caught on Kachemak Bay near Bear Cove, Alaska on June 30th, 2013.
Warning: video contains fish guts.
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Alaska News Nightly: August 12, 2013
Man Charged In Deaths Of 2 Anchorage Teens; Begich Sees Galena Flood Damage; Audit Finds Botched Oversight, Bad Cost Estimates In Port Of Anchorage Project; State Officials Gather For ‘Federal Overreach’ Summit; Caribou Creek Fire Adds To Complex Wildfire Season; In Unalaska, Crossed Wires Trip Up Air Travelers; Kivalina Finally Begins Filling Water Tanks Again; Dillingham All-Tide Dock Partially Reopened; New Teachers Learn About Native Culture Before School Starts
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Night Music August 10, 2013
Here’s the music playlist from Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
Duration
Be...
Night Music: July 27, 2013
Here’s the music playlist from Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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Artist / Composer
CD Title
Label
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Just...
Rock Island Line: August 11, 2013
Here’s the music playlist from Rock Island Line with Steve Grabacki and Marianne Kerr. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
Song...
I Am A Midnight Russian Dumpling Slinger
In Juneau, Pelmeni is a household word. It is both the name of a restaurant, and the small Russian dumpling served there.
Nicholas Haws is one of the crew of locals that tends the pelmeni pots.
AK: Doves
One of the most rapid and successful invasions of a continent did not happen in any war. It’s happening now – maybe right outside your window. The Eurasian collared dove first came to North America in Florida in 1982, and was seen in Alaska as early as 2009. Experts say the dove represents no threat to the environment or native species. But it is changing how Alaska sounds.
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Alaska News Nightly: August 9, 2013
Japan Looks To Revitalize Nuclear Program; Southeast Divers Must Travel Far For Emergency Care; Details Released On Seward Prison Disturbance; Wildfires Grow Across Interior; Interior Dry Spell Continues; Alaska Native Cultural Charter School Gets New Building; AK: Doves; 300 Villages: Dillingham
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Off The Grid Life
A cabin off the grid is a private place in the wilderness where the noisy world is far away and the soul of Alaska close at hand. On the next Outdoor Explorer, our host comes to you from his own off-the-grid cabin on Kachemak Bay. Guest Donna Massay will join us from the Trapper Creek area. And we’ll learn about the power, water and communication technology that makes off the grid life easier to do these days.
KSKA: Thursday 8/15, at 2:00 and 9:00 pm
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Majority Rules: Power, Popularity and Politics
This week Arctic Entries radio hour will feature stories on the theme “Majority Rules.” We’ll bring folks to the stage to tell of how popularity shapes opinion, how power changes lives, and how the world of politics can seem so large, yet be so small. All of these stories were originally told in November 2012 - an election month - at the Snow Goose Theatre in Anchorage.
KSKA: Tuesday 8/13 at 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm
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