Scott Burton, KTOO

Childbirth during a pandemic, and National Nurses Week

Scott Burton hosts on Monday, May 11, 2020.

We’ll speak with health care professionals about child birth during a pandemic, and celebrate Nurses Week.

SHI will outline this year’s virtual Celebration and how we can participate.

And City Manager Rorie Watt will continue our COVID-19 related updates.

That’s Juneau Afternoon on Monday at 3 p.m. on KTOO 104.3 FM or KTOO.org, and repeated at 4 p.m. on KRNN 102.7 FM or KRNN.org.
Monday evening at 6:00 p.m., tune in to KTOO for a special assembly meeting of the City and Borough of Juneau.

Community Connection: Mistee St. Clair

Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times.

Mistee St. Clair was born and raised in Alaska, but has been in Juneau for only about 5 years. She has been hunkering down with two teenage sons and is finding she really enjoys their company.

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Community Connection: MaryLee Hayes and Maria Talasz

An Eagle River moose by Maria Talasz. (Image courtesy of MaryLee Hayes)

Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times.

MaryLee Hayes is a freelance writer and member of 49 Writers, and occasionally collaborates her poetry with artist Maria Talasz of Equilux.com.

MaryLee’s poem, “The Overseer,” goes naturally with Maria’s photo art of an Eagle River moose. As neighborhood friends who both appreciate Alaska’s wildlife, they cope with mandatory stay-at-home orders by writing or creating art.

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Community Connection: Summer Koester

Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times.

Summer Koester is currently learning how to homeschool her own children while teaching middle school Spanish over a digital platform. Her work has appeared in Motherwell Magazine, Lowestoft Chronicle, Third Wednesday, Front Porch Review, and Tidal Echoes, among others. You can visit her work at prosegarden.blog.

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