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Speaker 2:Mary Paltola is not owned
Speaker 3:Right. There we go. Okay. We do have a call. Good morning.
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Speaker 4:Good morning. I hope this is Problem Corner. I'm not sure. I can't
Speaker 5:hear Yeah.
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Speaker 4:Call 713-5568.
Speaker 3:Okay. Alright. Thanks for calling. If you're interested in any of those items, you can call (907) 713-5568. Well, folks, I'll give you a welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 3:This is your host, Katie Bosler for Thursdays. It is just about 11:14 here on kinyradio.com, broadcasting from the Gold Belt Studio here. And I one of the things I'm thinking about now that we're we're fully into summer, right? Summer as we have it. I mean, I'll take, you know, one summer thing at a time, right?
Speaker 3:I don't know about you as far as one summer day. We had a gorgeous summer day on Monday. And my friend Renee and I actually hit the new Jumbo Trail. Not the whole thing, not to the top of Jumbo, but for those of you who haven't heard, Trail Mix has been doing some fantastic work on the Jumbo Trail over the last couple of years, couple of summer, seasons. And so it's been rerouted.
Speaker 3:So if you want to hike the first part or any part of the Mount Jumbo Trail, you want to get on the the Treadwell Loop Trail, which of course is just right there at Sandy Beach, Sabaco Park. And you walk up like halfway as if you're going to the glory hole and the new trailhead is on your right. And we were met by some great volunteers, a lot of retired people and also a lot of young people who are hired by trail mix this summer. And they are hardening and rerouting the trail so you don't have to walk up the scary stairs or deal with swamps or roots. And it's just a beautiful literal walk in the park and a good workout up the Jumbo Trail.
Speaker 3:And then the thing I love about that trail is you start in the rainforest, but then and then you go across, of course, the bridge that's they've got, you know, new rails on the bridge by regulation with the Forest Service. But you're in the forest, but then you get to the waterfalls, then you get to the babbling brook and you get to the stream under the bridge. It's just really idyllic. And then you get up to the Treadwell Ditch proper, crossover, go to the left and you open up in this Alpine meadow looking right up at Mount Jumbo and McDonough and you just feel like you're in the Alps
Speaker 6:or something, especially on a sunny day like we had Monday. Sunny and in the seventies, the dream weather here in Southeast Alaska. What have you been up to this summer? Have you lived any summer dreams
Speaker 3:or non dreams? How's your garden growing? I'd love to hear from you. Give us a call at (907) 586-1800 or you can always email us at air@kinyradio.com. Air@kinyradio.com.
Speaker 3:So we'd love to hear from you. Again, (907) 586-1800. You can also text us at that number. And you know what? There's a lot going on actually in the capital city always.
Speaker 3:And what's really helpful is the folks here at K and Y keep track of all that stuff. So I want to let you know that this week, July 20 to the twenty sixth, there's a Story Path at Overstreet Park. So what you can do if you go to Overstreet Park, and I think that starts at the whale, you can take a tray a stroll and read a children's book. This sounds great for the kids displayed on the seawalk railing. Now the Story Path this time features Lucky Hairs and Itchy Bears written by Susan Ewing and illustrated by Yvonne Zerbetz.
Speaker 3:Other month of play events, this is another month of play event. You can enter a drawing to win a month of play at Story Path. And there's a QR code there to fill out a form and the staff can complete your ticket, add it to the drawing. So that sounds like a fun thing to do. There's walk with your kids on the seawalk downtown that starts at the whale and you can read Itchy Bears and Lucky Hairs by Susan Ewing and illustrated by Yvonne Zerbets.
Speaker 3:And we do have a call. Good morning. You're
Speaker 4:on Problem.
Speaker 3:I guess we don't have a call. Get that? Anyway, if you wanna give us a call again, it's (907) 586-1800 or you can email us@airatkinyradio.com. You can also text us. And we do have a call.
Speaker 3:Good morning. You're on Problem Corner.
Speaker 6:Hello?
Speaker 3:Hello? You're on Problem Corner.
Speaker 7:I'm hearing.
Speaker 3:Hi. You're you're Hi. Hi. Go ahead.
Speaker 7:I'm calling about gardens.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 7:My garden was doing really, really good, and then we got the plummet of rain, and a bunch of our gardens that were in those hanging baskets got, you know, even though they're in the coconut grass stuff Uh-huh. Looked like they were, you know, feeding swamp thing. So we had to, you know, kinda do the fizz thing, like you're draining potatoes and stuff, but they're still not, you know, they're very slow in doing anything now.
Speaker 8:How how
Speaker 7:did how did we spend a lot of money on seeds and stuff, and the rooted things, they're they're not. So Yeah. Oh, hopefully, we can get something, you know, because buying a tree at Home Depot is, you know, pretty much like $200 and, you know, I'll just wait till they go on.
Speaker 3:Gardening can be really hit and miss around here, can It's going great and all of a sudden it's like, what? How did you when you talk about draining, your hand baskets just got too much water?
Speaker 7:Yeah. It it was like a deluge of water, and they just
Speaker 3:where
Speaker 7:they were at got water. I had some hanging from big giant tree branches, and then I had some hanging from a covered patio. Yes. Yes. And they were in shaded areas, and they still got, you know, just inundated with water.
Speaker 7:And it when I mean, rotted the seeds. It was pretty bad.
Speaker 3:Oh, sorry about that.
Speaker 7:Yeah. And I had a bunch of the rooted peony and other stuff that I had bought from Home Depot to plant in the big whiskey barrels and stuff that has always done well, and they didn't do nothing.
Speaker 3:Wow. Yeah. It's hard to know, isn't it? But I guess maybe next time when it's raining, maybe try to get them out of that rain. Maybe kind
Speaker 7:of put them
Speaker 3:under the house or something. Looks like we got a little feedback here. Okay. Well, all the best with the rest of the summer. Okay.
Speaker 3:Wow. Does anybody have any solutions for this lady? Her plants got really inundated with water, her hanging baskets, and just aren't doing so well. Know it's a fine balance here in the rainforest, right? So for example, I have kind of petunias in hanging baskets that are under an awning.
Speaker 3:So that actually protects them from the rain and then I have to water them every so often. I had this dream to have there goes my water bottle. To have cascading nasturtiums from the garden boxes on the top deck. And I very carefully harvested the nasturtium seeds last year from a hanging basket that had those cascading nasturtiums, planted them, and this is a big deal for me, in a greenhouse in March or was it April? So really got on it this year, got some great starts and planted my nasturtiums in the boxes and then covered them with white cloth to protect them from getting stolen by the blue jays and successfully did that.
Speaker 3:And then had these really healthy, it looked like starts all along the deck and thought, okay, it's gonna happen. I'm gonna have like the cascading nasturtiums falling like a colorful waterfall from my deck. Beggars can't be choosers. The nasturtiums are in the process of blooming and they look bright and nice, but they are nowhere near cascading and they're not going to do that. They're actually growing the opposite direction.
Speaker 3:So go figure, right? The best laid plans with gardening around here can be hit and miss. And when it hits, it's a hit. And when it misses, oh, does it miss. If you have any gardening tips or woes or joys, give us a call (907) 586-1800.
Speaker 3:You can also text us at that number or you can email us at air@kinyradio.com. This is Katie Bosley, your Thursday host of Problem Corner. And what else is happening this week? Well, Friday the twenty fourth, that's tomorrow night, there's a murder mystery dinner show. Who knew?
Speaker 3:At Northside Table at Frontier Suites at 08:00. So that's where you can enjoy a delicious dinner, live music from songstress Erica Lee. Erica Lee used to live in Juneau and she doesn't live here anymore, but I think she's here for a little bit this summer. And there's plenty of audience participation here as you help solve the mystery. Seating is very limited.
Speaker 3:So call today, reserve your table for a night to remember with the Northside Tables Dinner and a Show series. And I'm gonna have to look up that number for you because I don't see it here. Saturday, July 25 is a fresh air market at the Jack. That's from eleven to 1PM, and that features dozens of vendors, artists, makers, food, and more in the parking lot at the Juno Arts and Culture Center downtown. Folks, you are listening to Problem Corner here on KINY.
Speaker 3:It's 11:25. I'm your Thursday host, Katie Bosler, and we do have a call. Good morning. You're on Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:Good morning. Can you hear me?
Speaker 3:I can. Go ahead.
Speaker 8:Hello.
Speaker 3:Hello. Yeah. You're coming in loud and clear.
Speaker 2:Yeah. I can't hear you, but I guess you can hear me.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 2:Well, I just turned my radio down so that we wouldn't get any interference there. Okay. I'm calling because I was just recently informed of a situation that's causing me a great deal of distress.
Speaker 3:I'm sorry.
Speaker 2:For some folks, I don't know if they're aware that an old field called Juno Hydro Power has for years now been moving forward on a project to constrict, construct a hydroelectric facility down on Sweetheart Lake.
Speaker 7:This
Speaker 2:site was actually set aside this whole area was set aside by congress to be a hydroelectric project. It's it's an ideal site. It actually if it's built, will actually be beneficial to the stream. It'll be beneficial to the sockeye run that happens down there because it'll eliminate the flashiness in the stream. There there's absolutely no downside to constructing this hydro plant.
Speaker 2:And one of the major upsides to it is it will take the Kensington Mine come off diesel power. It will eliminate the burning of millions and millions of gallons of diesel every year, dramatically lower our carbon footprint. There's no good reason not to build the Sweetheart Lake project. It will actually lower the cost of electricity to the Juno ratepayer because they have to pay ALNP a fee every year to send power through their lines on out to the end of the road. So this will actually it won't be a lot, but it'll actually be a a slight reduction to our to our cost of electricity versus their claim that AAL and P's claim that it will it'll add costs.
Speaker 2:What I just recently was informed of is that our city manager happens to be, I believe, the board chair for Southeast Conference
Speaker 7:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:Who is heavily influenced by AELMP. And she signed a letter to the regulatory commission, asked them not to renew or extend their permit to build the project. And there is no good reason not to build the Sweetheart Lake project. It's only good for Juneau.
Speaker 3:And
Speaker 2:yet our city manager signed a letter asking the RCA not to let the project go forward. And I think everybody should ask the city manager why she thought it was appropriate to do that.
Speaker 3:Yeah this is an ongoing thing, right? The backers of the Sweetheart's Lake Project versus ALMP for quite
Speaker 6:a while.
Speaker 2:I'm sorry, I can't hear you. If I turn my radio up it creates feedback.
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 2:Is there any way you can speak into the phone or something so I can hear your question?
Speaker 3:Okay, can you hear me now?
Speaker 9:I can.
Speaker 3:Okay, I'm Sorry about that. You know what? We are in a new facility here for me, so there's new buttons to press. My apologies. I've got it now.
Speaker 3:No. Yeah. So this is how long has this been going on? I know I've heard about this Sweetheart Lake project for years now.
Speaker 2:Fifteen years I believe.
Speaker 3:Fifteen years, okay. So and who is behind the Sweetheart Lake project?
Speaker 2:Well, the director of the project is a gentleman by the name of Duff Mitchell. He's lived here forever.
Speaker 8:And
Speaker 2:there's a couple other shareholder parties in it. But the project is pretty well all ready to go. All the engineering is done. All the permits are in place. Yeah.
Speaker 2:The the it's a it's a shovel ready project. They're just they're filling out some last little details. I think there's one permit needed because for some reason, they need to provide a certification that this power pole that they're gonna set out at Echo Ranch won't interfere with the high tide. I mean, it's just it's one of these ludicrous little things that, you know, when you're dealing with the government, you'll always find little things like this where, oh, we have something constructed here. We have to we have to have a level study to make sure this isn't gonna interfere.
Speaker 2:Yeah. It's it's pretty silly. That that's an incidentally, that's another added benefit is they've got their permits, their right of way, and everything to run the power line through the Echo Ranch property, and it's gonna enable Echo Ranch to have electric power out there finally. They won't have to run generators. Pretty cool.
Speaker 3:But it sounds like there's been opposition from ALNP all along the way.
Speaker 2:There has. Okay. It's very sad, but yes, they've opposed it from the very start. They just don't seem to want any competition in any shape, way, shape or form in the Juneau area. And and the hydropower folks are not allowed to sell electricity in AELMP's operating area.
Speaker 2:I mean, it's it's very strict. They're not allowed to do that. If AELMP decides they wanna buy power from Juno Hydropower, they can certainly do that, like if they wanna meet demand for the cruise ships because they currently can't if they electrified all the docks, they couldn't meet the demand. Yeah. But they could do it if they wanted to by buying from hydropower.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 2:But yeah, in my mind, this was, you know, I'm not gonna get into the battle between ADL and P and Juno hydropower at all, but I think it's entirely inappropriate that the city manager signed that letter opposing the project.
Speaker 3:And that letter was to the federal government, is that correct?
Speaker 2:It went to the regulatory commission.
Speaker 3:The regulatory commission. Okay. Right. Is
Speaker 2:the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
Speaker 3:Commission of Alaska. Okay. All right.
Speaker 2:That's entirely inappropriate.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 2:You know, there's been a lot of things coming out of our office down there lately. Mean shutting down the city museum sure didn't make me very happy.
Speaker 3:Correct. Correct. Didn't make a lot of people happy yet. Last week, we had Dave Noon from the board of the Friends of the Museum on talking about that. Well, thank you so much for calling and for getting your message out today.
Speaker 3:Well, anybody who has thoughts on this issue on Juno Hydropower getting very close to their Sweetheart Late project completion. But now the city manager has signed a letter to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to try to put a stop to it. Do you have any thoughts on
Speaker 5:thinking Yeah. About
Speaker 2:think the word needs to get out about things like this.
Speaker 3:Well, thank you so I much for do have another call.
Speaker 5:Yeah. Take care. Bye.
Speaker 3:Good morning. Well, looks like we didn't get that call. Didn't get in. Sorry about that. Let's try again.
Speaker 3:Good morning. You're on Problem Corner. Hello?
Speaker 4:Good morning.
Speaker 3:Good morning.
Speaker 4:Hey. I need some help. I've been trying to get ahold of DMV there in Juneau. I've called information. I've called the police department.
Speaker 4:I'm not having any luck. And how do I get ahold of I even called their express place there, and they're not open right now. They're out road testing or whatever. Okay. For some reason, every time I call the DMV, they say they're that that they're no longer in service.
Speaker 3:That is that on No. No. On a recorded message, it says they're no longer in service? The Department of Motor Medical?
Speaker 4:Yes. And I can't get ahold of them. I've been trying for days. And
Speaker 3:Have do you have
Speaker 4:gotten gotten I've gotten Ketchikan, Petersburg, Anchorage, California, and through information they've given me different numbers to different states and different cities.
Speaker 3:And do you have the ability or the means to stop by by any chance?
Speaker 4:Well, if somebody will pay my way over on the ferry with my vehicle.
Speaker 3:Okay. I'm in You're in Huna. Okay. Wow. So folks, if anybody has any information for this gentleman, Department of Motor Vehicles Juno, how do you get in touch with them?
Speaker 3:Please give us a call (907) 586-1800 or you can also text us.
Speaker 4:All right. Well, thank you very much.
Speaker 3:Sir, I wish you all the best with that. Okay, take care. Bye bye.
Speaker 4:Okay. Have a good day.
Speaker 3:You too. Bye.
Speaker 10:Bye. All
Speaker 3:right. So if you know how this gentleman in Yuna can actually talk to a human being at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Juneau, please give us a call (907) 586-1800. You can also text us or email us at air@kinyradio.com. It is just about 11:35 here on Problem Corner. This is your Thursday host, Katie Bosler.
Speaker 3:And it looks like this might be we're kind of over the halfway point here in the show. Maybe a good time to go to the news.
Speaker 1:Now back to Problem Corner where our community meets to talk, trade, and share.
Speaker 6:Well, I
Speaker 3:guess I'm back. So much for the news. Okay. Anyhoo, this is Katie Bosler. You are listening to Problem Corner for Thursday.
Speaker 3:And we we did have an interesting call. We have this ongoing Sweetheart Lake project. Oh, and we do have a call. Good morning. You're on Problem Corner.
Speaker 9:Hi. Hey. I just have one thing to say. I think that if our city manager is sitting on the board of AELMP, that's definite conflict of interest and doesn't serve our community well. Not
Speaker 3:the board of AELMP as she's on the board of the Southeast, gosh, what is it? It's the Southeast, it's not coming to me right now, but Southeast Conference.
Speaker 9:Economic development?
Speaker 3:I think it's Southeast Conference is what the gentleman who called said.
Speaker 9:Well, nonetheless, I think that sitting on the board of anything is a conflict of interest. She's not I don't see the downside of Sweetheart Lake at all, and, you know, it just angers me greatly that she would even find a way that she could justify writing that letter. So that's all I have to say. I support that guy and I hope everybody gets on board. Anything that's going to reduce our costs.
Speaker 3:Okay, well thank And also, as he mentioned, you could definitely write a letter to the city manager.
Speaker 9:Yeah, right. I've written many in the past and I've never gotten any responses. They don't pay any attention to what we have to say, so they march at a different drummer than I do for sure.
Speaker 6:Okay, talk to you later. Bye.
Speaker 3:Thanks for calling. Bye bye. All right, folks. So again, we did have a call from a person who's been involved with the Sweetheart Lake project for Juneau hydropower. It's been going on for about fifteen years.
Speaker 3:They see a lot of benefits to this project that it could take the Kensington Mine off diesel power. For example, it could actually provide power to Echo Ranch among other things. But apparently, AEL and P sees that as competition. And the city manager recently signed a letter to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to not renew the project. And we did have a supporter of that project call in saying this is not okay.
Speaker 3:If you have any thoughts on this, you can give us a call, (907) 586-1800, and we do have a call. Good morning. You're on Problem Corner.
Speaker 6:Hello? Yes. That gentleman's question is about the Juno DMV?
Speaker 3:Yes. Okay.
Speaker 6:If you go online, maybe he can't get online, but the the answer is it's open Monday through Friday, 8AM to 04:30.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 6:And it's closed the first Tuesday of each month from 8AM to 09:30AM and closed for state holidays.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 6:And if he needs a road test, you have to have an appoint get an appointment.
Speaker 3:Mhmm.
Speaker 6:Knowledge test, you can get those there, and vehicle inspections, you can get them there.
Speaker 3:Okay. Right.
Speaker 6:But all that's on the internet under Alaska DMV.
Speaker 3:And I wonder if you need a road test to get an appointment, do you have to call or can you do that online?
Speaker 6:No clue. It doesn't say it has to be
Speaker 3:Interesting.
Speaker 6:Scheduled on oh, wait. Appointment required, schedule online.
Speaker 3:Okay, there you go.
Speaker 6:But don't see how you do that online. But it does have a phone number, (907) 269-5551.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 6:And when I was there for my ID research, they had only had three people working, and I don't know what they have in the little office there, probably one person on the side. So, you know, they are pretty limited, and they're busy off you know, they're busy, but not I think at various times, they might be busy more than others. They're moving all the time.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yes. Well, thank you so much for looking into that for this gentleman in Huna.
Speaker 3:Really appreciate that. Thank you for calling. Sure.
Speaker 6:I was taking a walk when I heard that and when we got home I looked that up right away online.
Speaker 3:All right. Great. Solving problems on Problem Corner. Takes a village.
Speaker 7:It does.
Speaker 3:Thanks so much.
Speaker 6:You're welcome.
Speaker 3:Bye bye. Bye. All right. Again, (907) 269-5551 is the Juno DMV number. And we do have another call.
Speaker 3:Good morning. You're on Problem Corner.
Speaker 7:Can you hear me?
Speaker 3:I can hear you. Yes.
Speaker 5:Okay. So I understand that you're having a little bit of a discussion about power supply to the Kensington Mine. Isn't that correct?
Speaker 3:Well, that's actually kind of the part of the overall Juneau hydropower case for the Sweetheart Lake project. They say that that would help take Kensington Mine off diesel power.
Speaker 5:Well, I think that's the principal purpose of the project is to supply power to that mine
Speaker 7:and
Speaker 5:possibly other mines that are not within the service area of AELP.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 5:But I I this outfit called Southeast Conference is a collection of various communities around Southeast to represent the interests of Southeast. Mhmm. And the borough of Juneau is appropriately a member of it. And I believe it's I believe it's true to say that our city manager is is the chairman of the board of that organization. Okay?
Speaker 5:And I'm not sure it's true to say that that she signed a letter that might have been the executive director, but then again, position of chairman of the board of that organization is a is a influential position. And I think that the borough of Juno needs to be careful about how it projects itself out there with with when opinions are being thrown around, political opinions. Now let's be clear. The the Kensington Mine is one of the one of the two largest property taxpayers in Juneau. The borough here, everybody in this borough benefits greatly from their property cash contributions.
Speaker 5:And I I believe it's it's reasonable to say that anyone who is trying to shut down a project to help them be feasible going forward with energy and to reduce the amount of diesel they use, which is an astronomical amount of diesel, they use more diesel every year. They consume more more energy in in that mine, electric energy, than the city of Haines and Skagway combined in a year. That's how much diesel they use, like shiploads of it. And for that for that project to be opposed, anybody opposing that project has no right to say they support mining in this region. Those are oxymorons.
Speaker 5:They're they're totally contradictory positions. And I would think the borough of Juneau should be very careful about how it projects itself in these matters because we survive on that mine, the the borough is. The reason Eagle Crest can stay open is because of the share that's coming from these mines and property taxes. Alright? That's the way it's been for years.
Speaker 5:So we we gotta be careful about being hypocritical and inaccurate in the way we project our position out here. And I I would just advise that to anybody serving in the city government. Be very careful about how they how they comment or what they do or how their name is used. Don't allow your name to be used in some political manner that could be contrary to the best interests of this community. Does that make sense to you, ma'am?
Speaker 3:Sure. It makes sense on the surface, yes. Definitely.
Speaker 5:Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 5:I would ask anybody out there to kindly check my facts because like the host just said, on the surface, it sounds right. But you're right, host. It does have to be confirmed with facts. I thank you for the opportunity to say things.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Thank you so much for calling. Appreciate it.
Speaker 5:All right.
Speaker 3:Have a good day. Bye bye.
Speaker 4:All right. Yeah. So, it looks like
Speaker 3:we got some discussion going on here. We had a person call who is a backer of what's called the Sweetheart Lake Project, Juno Hydro Power, and they're it's getting very close to being able to provide an additional source of hydropower to the city and borough of Juneau. But according to the caller, the city manager has signed a letter to not renew the project, the regulatory commission of Alaska. This would be, I think, good story for a news department to look into to see what everybody has to say about this. But right now, we have what people calling Problem Corner have to say.
Speaker 3:We do have another call. Good morning. You're on Problem Corner. Hello.
Speaker 8:Hello.
Speaker 3:Hi. You're on Problem Corner. What do you got what do you got for us this morning?
Speaker 10:Yeah. I never knew. You guys never lead with that. I'd have to ask. But I have my sale going on, if and I know you know anyone that's looking for a good 21 speed mountain bike, you can call me at (907) 957-1673.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 10:And I have a few other items for sale. And let let let let people that are interested in the bikes, the the front brakes need some work, but everything else got a brand new seat on it and it's good to go. So
Speaker 3:Okay. Thank you so much for calling.
Speaker 10:Thank you.
Speaker 3:Bye Bye bye. All right. If you're interested in a 21 speed mountain bike among other things, you can call (907) 957-1673. And we do have another call. Good morning.
Speaker 3:You're on Problem Corner.
Speaker 8:Good morning. My name is Mel.
Speaker 3:Hi, Mel. How are doing?
Speaker 8:I'm doing fine. I just picked up my paper on Thursday, and I'd like to mention what what is going on. I I've been staying away from Washington news because of just taking care of things going on in Alaska, but I wanna talk about Trump's speech that he's already talking about fraudulent elections, and ABC and NBC refused to carry the July 16 speech on election interrogate. They were not telling any reformer. They were declining to broadcast a sitting president's blueprint to prejustifying suppression in the twenty twenty six midterm.
Speaker 8:And that's all I'm gonna add. I'm a indigenous. My skin is brown. I call it like it is. I don't mince words.
Speaker 8:And
Speaker 3:What what do you
Speaker 8:I'm under the protection of tribal entities, and he's starting his baloney. I had to soften that up. So I I I'm putting that out there. I'm Yeah. I am a democrat.
Speaker 8:Thank you, Katie.
Speaker 3:Okay. Well, Mel, it sounds like you're you just wanna point out that we're our president is still beating what's really a dead horse and the fact that major media won't even carry the these words that we heard repeatedly, you wanna let people know that.
Speaker 8:Yes. That's all I wanted to do.
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 8:I don't wanna bad mouth anybody. It's just facts that I I picked up on the paper. Shorten it up and thank you for your program, Katie.
Speaker 3:Okay. Thank you so much for calling, Mel. Always good to hear from you.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 3:Have a great day. Bye bye. All right, folks. We have about ten minutes left of Thursday Problem Corner here. I am your Thursday host, Katie Bosler, taking your calls.
Speaker 3:If you have anything to say or sell anything, give us a call. (907) 586-1800. And looking back at what is happening this week in the capital city, well, Saturday on the twenty fifth of July, heads up Douglas. It's the Juneau Marathon and Half Marathon on Douglas Island. Now this is a rolling certified course on Douglas And North Douglas Highways.
Speaker 3:Roads are not closed to vehicle traffic, but be aware, you're gonna see a lot of runners on the other side of the white line where there is one. So runners rules must run on the shoulder of the road, bicycle lane or on the sidewalk when available. Both out and back courses are on the upland side of the road for both directions. The minimum age for either the marathon or the half marathon is 13. The marathon that would be 26 miles, right?
Speaker 3:Starts at 7AM and the half marathon, that'd be 13 miles, starts at 9AM. Maybe there's some 13 year olds running their first half marathon, who knows? In any case, there are no limits for either the marathon or the half marathon. The course does not close at a specific time and the finish line does not shut down until the last runner's in. So that means all day Saturday, you will see some determined people running or walking along the side of Douglas Highway.
Speaker 3:So heads up everybody. There is free others, of course, parking freak close to the finish and start area. Sports staffs will be timing the event with ankle strap chip timers. Wow. Wow.
Speaker 3:High-tech. Follow the live results of the Juno Douglas half marathon and marathon at sportsstats.one. There's also a sports stack trapper sports stats tracker apps that you can get. So you can download that. All right.
Speaker 3:What else is happening this weekend? Since it's Thursday, we might as well talk about the weekend, right? Also on Saturday, July 25, there is a free swim at the Diamond Park Aquatic Center. That's part of the City and Borough of Juneau Public Parks and Recreation Department's month of play. Session one of this free swim will be 12:30 to 2PM.
Speaker 3:Session two will be from 02:30 to 4PM. And it says wristbanding will begin thirty minutes before each session. So it sounds like there might be a line. Maximum capacity is for 150 swimmers. So that's happening also on Saturday.
Speaker 3:Folks, you're listening to Problem Corner. You can give us a call if you have anything to sell or say about anything. Give us a call (907) 586-1800. You can also text us or email us at airkinyradio dot com. And I kind of started out the day for Problem Corner today asking how's your summer going?
Speaker 3:How's your garden growing? Have you had a highlight of summer yet or are you still anticipating that? And I know at this point I've accepted living in the largest coniferous rainforest in the world that sometimes summer just comes one day at a time, one sunny day in the seventies at a time. That day apparently this week was Monday. And I hope those of you who are listening were able to make the most of it.
Speaker 3:I know I did in the morning. Went on a hike with my friend up the new and improved Jumbo Trail, not to the top of the mountain, but just to the end of the meadow, which was just wonderful. But still kicking myself for not doing something in the evening, right? Because in the land of the midnight sun, if you have the energy, you can really make two days out of that sunny day. It's also this sort of weird pressure, right?
Speaker 3:Like maybe I don't want to go outside right now, but it's sunny. I have to. There's definitely a little bit of anxiety that can come with sunny days around here. If you have any thoughts on summer, now that we have reached the July 23, my sister's birthday as a matter of fact, she lives in Kansas City. If you have any thoughts on summer, our goals for summer, give us a call (907) 586-1800.
Speaker 3:So what else do we have happening? We have a very thorough list here and I really appreciate whoever puts this together here at KINY Radio. So on Sunday, there is a fairy house workshop at the Valley Library. This sounds wonderful for kids. This is the fourth annual Fairy House Workshop weekend.
Speaker 3:So, oh gosh, it's for both adults and kids. So this is to make fairy houses for kids, think. So it's actually for 18 plus. You can drop in one to 4PM and they have fairy house templates and craft supplies provided. So no registration required.
Speaker 3:You can just know, if it's a rainy afternoon, that's kind of a nice thing to do, right? You can stop by the Valley Library at one anytime between one and four and you can this all the supplies will be there to create a fairy house for a little person. Sounds really nice. Oh my gosh. And if you play Celtic music every Sunday, 03:30 to 05:30, There's a Celtic jam on flute, fiddle, baudrillon, tenor banjo, mandolin, A nice Irish session.
Speaker 3:That's nice to listen to or to be a part of. We are just in the last five minutes of the show here on Problem Corner on KINY. There's also something, a play happening that sounds really interesting. I know a lot of people actually who are having their first babies in town and they might be interested if you can get away from the baby for a couple hours for a play entitled Cry It Out. This actually opens today.
Speaker 3:It starts today. This is a Theater Alaska production. And the thing that's really cool about Theater Alaska is they make their theater accessible to anyone. It's just pay as you want or can tickets. Now this play is actually going to be taking place at McFeeders Hall.
Speaker 3:It opens tonight at 7PM and then it runs actually straight through the weekend, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Friday, Friday and Saturday at 7PM, then Sunday the twenty sixth at 3PM. Then it'll also run next weekend, Thursday the thirtieth at 7PM, Friday the thirty first 7PM, and then Saturday the first at 7PM, and Sunday August 2 at 3PM. So the next two weekends pretty much, Thursday through Sunday, you can see this cry it out play, which is about I think the joys and challenges of having little tiny babies. And these are there's also going to be some community performances in the month of August. And those will be anywhere from the Juneau Family Birth Center to the UAS Pavilion, Jensen Olson Arboretum, also the Mendenhall Valley Public Library.
Speaker 3:To get more information and see this schedule about this play, you can just go to theateralaska.org. Theateralaska.org. And we're getting into the last couple minutes of the show here, Thursday Problem Corner with Katie Bosler. Tomorrow, to my knowledge, Nico will be here and Nano, I mean. Sorry.
Speaker 3:Nano will be in for Friday Problem Corner. Usually, one of the things that he kind of tries to keep track of are garage sales. Yes, the garage sales that could be cropping up over the weekend. There's a lot of that this time of year. And of course, hopefully, it won't be raining too hard for your garage sale.
Speaker 3:But you know what you can do? You can always email us at air@kinyradio.com. All the information about your garage sale and then Nano could read it on Problem Corner tomorrow. All right. I think that's gonna do it for Problem Corner for today.
Speaker 3:This has been your host, Katie Bosler. Always my pleasure to try to be part of solving some problems with you, our listeners on Problem Corner. Have a great rest of your day and a great weekend. It's twelve noon here on KINY Radio.
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