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Inland Journal/On the Record2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001Dec. 31, 2001 A documentary about the work local citizens are doing to create a Spokane River Gorge Park from Riverfront Park west. Dec. 12, 2001 a look at tight
economic times for the state (interview with Spokane State Senator Lisa
Brown), and concerns about what will happen as a result (interviews with
Spokane School Superintendent Brian Benzel and city of Spokane legislative
lobbyist Tom Parker). Dec. 10, 2001 David Lauriski
from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration talks about making
mines safer places to work. Perry Pendley from the Mountain States Legal
Foundation talks about mining in the new Bush Administration and land
use lawsuits his organization is involved with. Dec. 7, 2001 interviews about
how Initiative 728, approved by Washington voters last year, has worked
in its first year. 728 takes money from the state general fund, that can't
be spent because of the state spending limits, and funnels it to school
districts for strictly academic purposes, lowering class sizes, among
others. Also, an excerpt from Idaho Senator Larry Craig, speaking about
mining issues to delegates at the Northwest Mining Association Convention
in Spokane last week. Dec. 5, 2001 a look at teaching
college students how to write, specifically, the Washington State University
"Writing Across the Curriculum" program. Dec. 4, 2001 a half-hour version
of our chat with National Public Radio's Vice President of Cultural Programming,
Murray Horwitz. Dec. 3, 2001 an interview about
how we measure poverty and one about the West Central neighborhood's new
Meth Action Plan. We talk with Don Higgins, the Executive Director at
the West Central Community Center. Also, we talk with Spokane County Health
Officer Dr. Kim Thorburn and Mike LaScuola from the Regional Health District's
Environmental Health department. Nov. 30, 2001 an aural tour
of the new Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, which will open on Wednesday,
Dec. 5, 2001. Nov. 27, 2001 part two of the
writing series. We talk about the WASL writing test for fourth graders
and how it's scored. We also talk with a Chewelah fourth grade teacher
who went to Arizona earlier this year and helped to score those tests. Nov. 26, 2001 a program about
four Spokane-area elementary schools that have greatly improved their
fourth grade writing scores on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning,
or WASL. This is the first program in a series I'm planning on how we
teach writing. Nov. 23, 2001 another segment
of Washington state School Superintendent Terry Bergeson's "State of Education"
address (see Nov. 19 show), given 11/16 in Spokane. It also features a
Tom Banse report about Costco's new warehouse store in Japan. Nov. 22, 2001 a discussion about
epilepsy, with Spokane neurologist/epileptologist Dr. Tim Powell and Chana
Martinez, a young Spokane woman who has epilepsy and whose symptoms have
mostly disappeared since having part of her brain surgically removed.
We also featured a Tom Banse report about a shrine to Seattle Mariner
outfielder Ichiro Suzuki in his hometown in Japan. Nov. 21, 2001 an interview about
a decision by Washington Governor Gary Locke to allow several hundred
welfare recipients to continue to collect benefits even after their five-year
"lifetime" benefits period runs out. Also, we talk with a University of
Washington professor who's analyzing how well welfare recipients are doing
in Washington. Nov. 20, 2001 excerpts from
a hearing on a federal plan to cleanup the Coeur d'Alene River Basin,
held Monday night in Spokane, and a conversation about the second phase
of the North Spokane Corridor, the part that would connect the North-South
Freeway with Interstate 90. Nov. 19, 2001 excerpts from
a "State of the Schools" address by Washington state School Superintendent
Terry Bergeson, given last Friday in Spokane. Nov. 16, 2001 a panel discussion
about charitable giving and how the September 11th event and slowing economy
could affect that. There's also an interview with the meat director from
Yoke's Foods about that supermarket chain raising its own cows to provide
the grocery stores with beef. Nov. 14, 2001 featuring this
month's Spokane City Forum speech. The speaker is David Rawson, former
U.S. Ambassador to Mali and Rwanda during the Clinton Administration. Nov. 13, 2001 opinions about
the newly released Coeur d'Alene Basin clean-up plan. Nov. 12, 2001 "Dying and
Remembering," a conversation with "Chaz", Charlie Schlesinger, as
he stood at "Ground Zero", near the World Trade Center attack site. Also,
we hear a poem about war and surviving by Spokane poet Richard Lancaster
and Verne Windham's 1989 piece on the late novelist Ken Kesey's appearance
at the Festival at Sandpoint. Nov. 7, 2001 2001 Election
Wrap-Up, featuring short stories and audio clips from candidates and
initiative campaigns. There are also short segments from our previous
interviews with the two clear city council winners, Cherie Rodgers and
Al French. Nov. 6, 2001 a conversation
about a new study on public schools by the University of Washington's
Center on Reinventing Public Education. It features three women who worked
that study. Oct. 31, 2001 a conversation
with Jim Armstrong about the Conservation District's project to build
two new strawbale homes and an upcoming project to build a refinery to
create biodiesel fuel out of cooking oil, among other things. Also, we
featured a second Tom Banse feature about Washington Initiative 747 and
Steve Jackson's report on a debate among the two Coeur d'Alene mayoral
candidates. Oct. 29, 2001 six election-related
features, the first half by Doug Nadvornick on the three Spokane City
Council races and the second half by Tom Banse on Washington Initiatives
747 (property tax limitation), 773 (cigarette tax increase) and 775 (regarding
home health care workers). Oct. 25, 2001 excerpts from
a Tuesday energy forum in Coeur d'Alene. The speakers talk about the need
to expand the region's energy transmission system and about how one company
is expanding its ability to pipe more natural gas where it's needed. Oct. 24, 2001 an interview with Dick Martindale from the Environmental Protection Agency about the EPA's new Coeur d'Alene Basin cleanup plan. It also features a conversation with Liz Arnold from the Shoshone Natural Resource Coalition about why folks in the Silver Valley may react negatively to the plan. Oct. 19, 2001 a short feature
by Tom Banse about Washington Initiative 775, which is aimed at improving
wages and benefits for the state's health care workers. The bulk of the
program is Phyllis Silver's interview with poet Jim McAuley, formerly
at Eastern Washington University, now retired and living in Ireland with
his wife and young son. They talk about poetry in this post-September
11th attack world. McAuley reads a couple of his poems. Oct. 12, 2001 Steve Jackson
interviews an Israeli woman who lives in Spokane. She spoke about what
it's like to live in a society where terrorism is an everyday worry. Also,
producer Kevin Kniestedt follows up with four recent Spokane high school
graduates who have just started college. Oct. 11, 2001 a 50-minute program
that features excerpts from a recent panel discussion about welfare reform
and whether it's working in Spokane. Oct. 10, 2001 Spokane Regional
Health Officer Kim Thorburn talks about the county being ready for a biological
attack. 2. Dr. Allen Spiegel from the National Institute of Health talks
about turning biotechnology research into useful products (excerpts from
a Spokane speech). 3. Jim Armstrong from the Spokane County Conservation
District shows us two new straw bale homes that are being built in the
Valley. Oct. 9, 2001 This hour-long
documentary comes as the Environmental Protection Agency prepares to release
its plan for the long-term cleanup of the Coeur d'Alene-Spokane River
Basin. The program explores the range of opinions about the cleanup within
the basin, from the people who have lived with a Superfund site in the
Silver Valley for 18 years to the downstream interests in Coeur d'Alene
and Spokane. It also looks at a few of the major themes that run through
the regional debate. Oct. 5, 2001 a Tom Banse feature
about Washington Initiative 747, which would limit annual local property
tax increases to one-percent, unless local voters approved a bigger increase.
We also talk with Berkeley astronomer Ken Croswell about the things in
the night sky that amateur astronomers should look for. Oct. 4, 2001 interviews with two sisters from the Sisters of Providence province in Spokane about the beatification of Mother Emilie Gamelin, one of the founders of the Sisters of Providence. We learn about Mother Gamelin's life and about the process of making someone a saint. Also, we hear part of a speech by Kim Pearman-Gillman, the former CEO of the Inland Northwest Technology Education Center and now the Economic Development Advisor for the city of Spokane. It was given at Wednesday night's Launchpad 2.0 event for local technology professional people. Sep. 21, 2001 an interview with
Spokane School Superintendent Brian Benzel about the district's WASL (the
state achievement test for fourth, seventh and tenth graders) scores.
Marty Demarest interviews artist Francesco Bellini about art in the Italian
Renaissance (previewing a series of lectures at the Spokane Art School). Sep. 17, 2001 About the Information
Technology Academy, or high tech high school, which opened today in the
Holley Mason building. Also, interviews about two straw bale houses going
up in the Spokane valley. Sep. 14, 2001 Congressman George
Nethercutt on how the administration is handling the investigation into
Tuesday's attack; Spokane Valley social commentator Michael Poulin on
Tuesday's attack and the start of a new downtown coffeehouse for people
of "progressive" political persuasions Sep. 13, 2001 Ross Hesseltine
from "Fire Safe Spokane" talks about making homes in the woods safe from
wildfire; Lisa Woodard from Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority
talks about "reading" wood smoke; WSU Engineering Professor Candis Claiborn
talks about a new study of the health effects of smoke from woodstoves,
field burning and wildfires. Sep. 11, 2001 local follow-up
on the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks with comments from Congressman
George Nethercutt Sep. 7, 2001 a conversation about
the night sky and astronomy with astronomer Ken Croswell Sep. 6, 2001 an interview with
National Public Radio's gardening expert Ketzel Levine, a.k.a. the “Doyenne
of Dirt" Sep. 5, 2001 an interview with Barbara Richardson, one of the candidates
for Spokane school board; an interview with WSU Spokane Technology Management
Professor Martin Hoegl about teamwork within businesses; and an interview
with clinical psychologist Dr. Robert Karen about forgiveness Sep. 4, 2001: Candidates for
one Spokane School Board seat Aug. 31, 2001: City Council Candidates,
S District--Phil Kiver, Dean Lynch, Lonnil Eachus. Aug. 30, 2001: City Council Candidates,
NW District--Jeff Colliton, Cherie Rodgers, Barbara Lampert. Aug. 29, 2001: John Vlahovich
chats about Spokane about bringing in a facilitator to talk with the City
Council about negotiating over the River Park Square project. Also, we
talked with Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed about efforts in Congress
to abolish voting-by-mail, including the absentee ballots so many of us
like to cast. Finally, we chatted with Merry Armstrong from the Intercollegiate
College of Nursing about taking nursing students out into the community
to teach them about addiction. Aug. 28, 2001: A program about
two cool downtown spaces: Jim Kolva's new loft apartments (believed to
be the first in Spokane, soon to open) and the library at the new Lewis
and Clark High School. Aug. 27, 2001: Former Spokane
resident Charlotte Akin tells us about her family's experience dealing
with her mother's Alzheimer's Disease. Aug. 24, 2001: A short tour of
the new Lewis and Clark High School, and a chat with new Spokane school
superintendent Brian Benzel. Aug. 23, 2001: Applying for college
and financial aid with college counselors Grace Leaf from Spokane Community
College and Brian Spraggins from Eastern Washington University. Aug. 22, 2001: The potential
cleanup of the Coeur d'Alene-Spokane River basin, following last night's
EPA cleanup meeting in Spokane. Aug. 21, 2001: Food allergies
with Ann Munoz-Furlong of the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, one
of the recipients of this week's Spokane School District agreement with
the family of a boy who died from his peanut allergy on a school field
trip last spring. Also, two interviews about the value of before-and-after
school programs for children. Aug. 20, 2001: a conversation
with investigative journalists Tim Connor and Larry Shook about their
latest article about River Park Square on www.camasmagazine.com. Aug. 14, 2001: Preventing wildfires
in the West, excerpts from discussions held this week at the Western Governors'
Association conference in Coeur d'Alene. Aug. 13, 2001: A conversation
with Frank Ignazzitto from Avista Labs about Avista's hydrogen fuel cells,
little self-contained power plants that are now being marketed to businesses
around the country. Aug. 1, 2001 - Afternoon: Washington
State Governor Gary Locke live from the KSFC studio. Aug. 1, 2001 - Morning: an interview
about the preferred plan to improve north-south in the Monroe-Lincoln
corridor area north of the Monroe Street Bridge; also, Mayor John Powers
announces Tuesday's veto of the loan for the Parking Public Development
Authority. July 31, 2001: a mini-documentary
about the City Council debate about whether to loan money to the Parking
Public Development Authority. July 27, 2001: A mini-debate
about the cleanup of the Coeur d'Alene and Spokane River basins with Judith
Gilmore and Dave Moershel from the Lands Council and Bret Bowers from
Community Leaders for EPA Accountability Now (CLEAN). July 26, 2001: The Spokane Police
Department's new racial profiling policy with Police Chief Roger Bragdon,
and a chat about food labeling with Ann Munoz-Furlong of the Food Allergy
and Anaphylaxis Network. July 25, 2001: Food allergies
with Spokane allergist Michael Kraemer. July 23, 2001: A one-hour speech by former Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas about the politics of public land management, given recently in Priest River June 27, 2001: How Spokane's
West Central neighborhood is addressing the problems created by the making
of methamphetamine. June 26, 2001: Creating a third
community college in Spokane; a study about how school administrators
view the public involvement part of their jobs. June 25, 2001: Kidney disease
and how patients deal with it. June 21, 2001: Groundbreaking
of the new Pacific Northwest Technology Park on the West Plains and an
interview about Spokane's growing high tech industry with Elizabeth Byrd
from "It's Our World." June 20, 2001: Making health
care more available to low-income asthmatics, outgoing School District
81 Superintendent Gary Livingston gives his farewells, and Spokane County
issues with John Vlahovich. June 19, 2001: A recent graduate
of Lews and Clark High School and a school district area director talk
about graduating seniors' feedback on their school experience. Also, a
short interview with the head of the new Boys' and Girls' Club in Spokane. June 18, 2001: Is the Bonneville
Power Administration trying to run aluminum companies out of the region?
Doug talks with BPA and Kaiser officials. June 8, 2001: Greg Green, the
President of Avista Communications, talking about the competitive nature
of today's telecommunications industry; Marty Demarest with a story about
a new award given to Selkirk High School in northern Pend Oreille County
for its music education efforts. June 6, 2001: in the wake of
an accident near Wallace yesterday,a discussion of mine safety; a conversation
I had last January with Elaine Cullen from the Spokane Research Laboratory
of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health June 5, 2001: The superintendent's
job is offered to former Mead Superintendent Brian Benzel; the future
of Washington State University Spokane with the campus dean, Bill Gray June 4, 2001: The two candidates
for Spokane School Superintendent June 1, 2001: The end-of-life
forum; also hear additional audio
not featured on the air May 30, 2001 Work First Art Week series:
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