Rhonda McBride

Last Friday on Juneau Afternoon, you heard from “Protect Juneau’s Future,” a group fighting three separate cruise ship initiatives.

On Monday’s program you’ll hear from Juneau Cruise Control, the group that wants you to sign their petitions to limit cruise ship traffic.

Also on Monday:

• Results from an extensive survey of seniors. Some surprising trends compared to a decade ago.
• Assessing property values in the city and borough of Juneau.

Catch some conversations with Rhonda McBride, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at KTOO.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.

 

 

 

Listen to the entire show.

Part 1. Juneau Senior Needs Survey.  Guests: Paul Douglas, Juneau Commission on Aging. James Cheng, Juneau Economic Development Council Researcher. 

Part 2. Wanted: Volunteers to hear property value assessment appeals. Guest: Rorie Watt, manager of the City and Borough of Juneau. 

Part 3. Juneau Cruise Control’s efforts to pass three initiatives to curb cruise ship traffic. Guests: Karla Hart and Sue Schrader, Juneau Cruise Control organizers. 

Monday’s interview with “Protect Juneau’s Future.” Guests: Former Juneau Mayor Bruce Botelho and Laura Martinson, Owner of Caribou Crossings. 

 

Along with the tourism season this year comes a battle over initiatives that would limit cruise ship traffic. On Juneau Afternoon today, we’ll have an introductory conversation on this complicated issue – and it won’t be the last.

We’ll hear first from a group called “Protect Juneau’s Future,” which formed to fight the initiatives. Then on Monday, we’ll hear the other side.

Also today:

• A preview of virtual performances from the Juneau Dance Theatre and the Juneau Symphony.

• And all about Greater Yellowlegs, Kingfishers and the Townsend Warbler. They’re tourists too, but of the feathered variety.

Listen to the entire show:

Part 1. A group called, “Protecting Juneau’s Future” fights cruise ship initiatives. Guests: Bruce Botelho, Former Juneau Mayor and Laura Martinson, owner of Caribou Crossings. 

Listen to Monday’s interview with Juneau Cruise Control organizers Karla Hart and Sue Schrader:

Part 2.  Juneau Dance Theatre. Guests: Bridget Lujan, Executive Director, Zachary Hench, Artistic Director. 

Part 3. Juneau Symphony. Guests: Charlotte Truitt, Executive Director. Franz Felkl, Concertmaster and Artistic Director. 

Part 4. Spring Bird Watch. Guest: Brenda Wright, Juneau Audubon Society. 

 

Catch some conversation on Friday’s Juneau Afternoon with Rhonda McBride, starting at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at KTOO.org and airing again at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.

 

It’s throwback Thursday on Juneau Afternoon, with a rebroadcast of a program produced last August on the importance of Black literature in schools.

Join co-hosts Christina Michelle Patterson and Sarita Knull for a conversation with Nikitia Wilson about how students can find inspiration and hope from African American writers.

 

On Thursdays, Juneau Afternoon is produced by the Black Awareness Association of Juneau — live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at KTOO.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.

MacBeth like you’ve never seen it before. Performed live and in several different outdoor locations, a completely new theatre experience for Juneau.

On Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, we’ll hear from three actors about how Theater Alaska plans to pull this off.  Guests: Natalia Spengler, Enrique Bravo and Flordelino Lagundino. 

Also:

• The City and Borough of Juneau lowers its COVID risk status. Robert Barr, CBJ’s Emergency Operations Center Planning Chief, also talks about plans to hold vaccine clinics at middle and high schools. Barr recommends that parents and students with questions about youth vaccinations watch a teen panel on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit the Facebook event: Teen panel of COVID vaccines

• The Juneau Public Library’s summer reading program and a book club aimed at promoting mental health awareness. Guest: Kate Enge, Marketing Director. 

Listen to the entire show.

Part 1. COVID-19 risk level lowered.

Part 2. Theater Alaska brings MacBeth to Juneau.

Part 3. Juneau Library summer reading program.

 

Join Rhonda McBride today at 3:00 p.m. – live on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at KTOO.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.

Brian Douglas and Wythe Dornan were a young Juneau couple with a passion for community service – a legacy that lives on, long after they were killed in a car crash in 1993. Since the Douglas-Dornan Foundation was established in their memory, it has given out about a half million dollars in charitable donations.

On this Tuesday’s Juneau afternoon, Brian’s father, Paul Douglas, will talk about how the foundation awards small grants to both individuals and organizations, donations that range from $200 to a couple thousand.

Also, on today’s show, meet:

• One of the winners in the Alaska Science and Engineering Fair. Guests: Annabella Williams, junior at Thunder Mountain High School and Clay Good, Renewable Alaska Energy Project. 

• A mother-daughter writing team, with a mission to put a copy of their book on suicide prevention in every library. Guests: Sonja Wasden and Rachael Siddoway, co-authors of Impossible Life. 

Sheli DeLaney hosts this Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at KTOO.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.

An exhibit, 30 years in the making, opened this weekend at the Alaska State Museum.

On this Monday’s Juneau Afternoon, what makes the “Spirit Wraps Around You” collection of Northwest Coast Native weaving a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Also:

• • Two Alaskan playwrights share their new work.

• And the Metcalfe family of Juneau: Inspiration and advice from Kim, Peter and Mac Metcalfe, the oldest of nine kids, who refuse to let age stop them from running and walking.

 

Sheli DeLaney hosts today’s show, which airs live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at KTOO.org, and repeated at 4:00 p.m. on KRNN 102.7.