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Speaker 2:Good morning, Juno. This is Kevin Allen. Woah. I'm here, and I'm here with Justin Miller. Hello, Kevin.
Speaker 3:Hey. Welcome back to KINY.
Speaker 2:Well, isn't this interesting? I'm here with my 1986 KINY hat. I'm a little late for Golden North Salmon Derby, but I'm here. So thank you. Of course, 586-1800.
Speaker 2:Oh, is this green button mean we got a call? We got a call already. It means we got a call. Let's go. Hello.
Speaker 2:You're on Problem Corner. Oh, Did I do that? Did I do that right, Justin? Oh, this is a great start. I see.
Speaker 2:And that and okay. Now, are you on?
Speaker 4:Yeah. Good morning. Good
Speaker 2:morning. What do you what do you want?
Speaker 4:Oh, let me actually, I still have very old coins. I have collector's comics, a lot of stuff.
Speaker 2:Coins and comics. Alright. That all?
Speaker 4:Well, I was looking at I don't know how to market these things like they did in the past.
Speaker 2:Well, I'm sure someone would still be interested. I mean
Speaker 4:Well, I have a lot I have Indian head coins of very rare coins, and they'd be willing to share the wealth with somebody that could help get rid of them.
Speaker 2:Alright. Well, what number could they come to?
Speaker 4:I would even be willing to give a feel well, actually, I do three-dimensional artwork also.
Speaker 2:Nice. Coins, comics, three d art. Anything else?
Speaker 4:Old comic books, a lot of old antiques.
Speaker 2:Do you know what kind of year we're looking for on the comics? Or
Speaker 4:Well, I well, no. It depends on what people want, sir. If you wanna look at them, if you wanna add, be more than willing to give some away.
Speaker 2:Awesome.
Speaker 4:I don't care about money. I care about you homeless people. Who cares? Know? Problem
Speaker 2:Corner cares about you. We also wanna hear that number when you
Speaker 5:got it.
Speaker 4:Right now. Cool.
Speaker 1:So we got old coins.
Speaker 4:Look at these comic book old coins if we want some. I have a bamboo bench with a 100 pounds of pennies on there. Come on, guys.
Speaker 2:Come on, guys. He's got a good old swap meet going on.
Speaker 4:Help me get rid of some of this stuff. 713-5568.
Speaker 3:5568. Alright. Alright. We got your info down. We'll throw that out throughout the program and see if we could get that stuff off your hands.
Speaker 4:That. I'm not do that. If you wanna make money, I can help you get some. Let's give it away. Be kind to people out there.
Speaker 4:Who knows whenever you hit the wrong end.
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 4:Right. Maybe somebody will give you a hand up.
Speaker 2:That's right. Well, thank you very much for calling in. That's the first call. I saw somebody trying to somebody else trying to call in too, but if you try again, we might be able to try again. Just wanna start off by saying shout out to CCFR, our capital city fire and rescue.
Speaker 2:They had a July at the glance on their Facebook responded to five five hundred fifty three emergency incidents, 440 EMS and rescue incidents since and the list goes on. I know during the flooding, they responded to multiple different incidences too.
Speaker 3:So So that that list that you just read out, that's over that's kind of what for 2026?
Speaker 2:Well, it was there July monthly report. July at a glance. Wow. So we're we're yeah. Good good clarification.
Speaker 2:That's some active listening there. But, yes, over there. And I do we got a call? No. We don't.
Speaker 2:And so, also, I know the last time I was on here, not to totally switch gears, but when you were hosting Justin, I think it was a couple months ago, I called in and you were asking about defunct businesses.
Speaker 3:Yes. I I remember that episode that program. That episode.
Speaker 2:That episode. Famous episode, you know, in the Arnold the annals of the archives. Yeah. So what I what I brought up there was the party zone. Party zone.
Speaker 2:And at that time, I wasn't as educated on this, on this business as I am now. I I went to, newspapers.com, and that's just the thing. Anyone out there listening, Juno, Southeast, it's cheaper than Netflix. Just go to a newspaper, go to an archive, and just find a thread to go down. Like like when did the bowling coals open in the valley, you know, at the Menenhall Mall?
Speaker 2:When did it move from the Menenhall Mall? You know, just go down threads like that. It's fun. So this is the thread I went down today. Starting in 2004, there was the party zone, which was that laser tag place over by the overpass there in Lemon Creek.
Speaker 2:I found an article here. It says new business offers laser tag other games at old gas station, and the grand opening was that weekend in December 2004. It was the owner used to own a few arcade machines when she owned House of Gifts. That was that was at the Nugget Mall. Oh, wow.
Speaker 2:And apparently, that evolved to the party zone because House of Gifts got into the party supply business.
Speaker 6:And
Speaker 2:so into the course, armed with phasers, use a combination of radio frequency laser and fiber optic technology. Course is a dimly lit maze with high-tech music, strobe lights, and fog. I mean, that's You can see it. You get it.
Speaker 3:I feel like a lot of us either had a went to birthday parties there. Like, our like, obviously, we're kinda
Speaker 2:we were kids with twenty sixteen grads over here talking like we're old. I know. But
Speaker 5:it was
Speaker 3:like, yeah, I had a birthday party there and that laser tag zone was awesome. That fog, it's like gives you that typical laser tag vibe with the fog. You put the vests on and all the things and the neon lights and the darkness.
Speaker 2:Like, I wanna know who designed that. They're way ahead of their time. Like, I remember that.
Speaker 3:Honestly, being kids, that space looked seemed like huge, but, obviously, if we were to revisit that area, was probably like, oh, this what this had laser tag in it. How could it fit us this all in there?
Speaker 2:And then there was the prizes too. I remember there being a prize counter, but I never got anything.
Speaker 7:Yeah. I
Speaker 3:I I don't remember going off to the because it was the two sides. It was laser tag and the right side was kinda all the arcade games prizes and all that. I don't have any memory of going to the other side. I had memory of the laser tag, but not the other side of the party games and all that.
Speaker 2:Yeah. I I there was apparently karaoke there. Back in 2006, I found this. Somebody a band named Dan's a dead man. They played toxicity by system of down.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Now that's now that's some karaoke. It was also kind of funny in 2005, they, K two actually had a radio auction. Now, I've never heard of this. It's probably before our time, but you would like they would play like a air radio segment.
Speaker 2:It was a contest, and then you would call in from certain time and say, hey. I wanna make a bid on catalog number so and so. Oh. One of the catalog numbers was five games of laser tag for $25. Nice.
Speaker 2:Oh my goodness. But, no, it kinda it looks like here, 2007, it seems to be the year it closed, unfortunately. So it was only open
Speaker 3:for three years. 2004 would open and then closed in 2007.
Speaker 2:We only had, such a short time. It was such an interesting time too because reading the rest of the article, this is the same time like Home Depot, Walmart, the Lemon Creek Breezin, those were all newer things happening. So you had this laser tag along with it. It's actually kind of funny. There's this 2007 article, Heather Yawn by Carrie Corey Keeker.
Speaker 2:He said, but not all is well in this new multi zone garden of discounts. We no longer have a venue to shoot laser beams at each other. Know. Oh, no. But yeah.
Speaker 7:It'd be
Speaker 3:really cool to see if a community member or someone within the town to be able to make a space like that again, whether it be just a straight up laser tag zone. Like, we used to, like, I remember dredge like, over at the Dredge Lake area, that used to be open for paintball and airsoft shooting, and then that should stop doing that. So there's really no place safe place that people could go safely and shoot things, I guess, in a fun setting, not gun not real guns, but
Speaker 2:Right. Right. Right. Family friendly fun here. Family friendly fun.
Speaker 2:But, yeah, the and then another thing would be nice if someone knows the mystery to this because in 2009, there were some ads put in the paper. It said party zones, laser tag equipment now available, great business opportunity, $48,500. That's how much they're trying
Speaker 3:to sell a business for?
Speaker 2:Well, the the equip oh,
Speaker 5:they're no. Equipment. No.
Speaker 3:It's like, dang. 48,000? Someone could somebody easily could have bought any Right
Speaker 2:after the 2008 crash? Oh, so it's just no. So that's the last we see of that ever mentioned in the in the newspapers, not even a look back. So and it was kind of interesting because around that time it was closing, 2007 was actually when construction began on the overpass over there. Cause I was looking at Google Street View of 2007 and I didn't even realize that that wall's not even there yet.
Speaker 2:The whole overpass drive under, you know. And I I saw and it's actually the bids went out to build that overpass in September 2006. And so construction was in 2007, and it was complete in 2008. So I was just like, why do I have such random memories of that being built? And probably because when I was a kid, I was right next to there.
Speaker 2:Yeah. We got a call. Hey. Problem Corner. This is us.
Speaker 2:Welcome. Oh,
Speaker 4:no problem corner. I have a question for you.
Speaker 2:Answer. I got one. We can
Speaker 4:answer truthfully.
Speaker 2:Alright.
Speaker 4:I just have a question for you. Do you believe in angels?
Speaker 2:Believe in angels. Well, I think when I can all be an angel once in a while.
Speaker 4:Believe in angels.
Speaker 2:Well, what spurs the question, sir?
Speaker 4:Do you or you believe in the Bible? I'm just asking a question.
Speaker 2:I mean, don't really religiously go to church. I go sometimes, like, for Christmas and Easter and once in a while. So I'd say I believe in something.
Speaker 4:Asking, like, simple questions.
Speaker 2:Well, my answer is I believe in something.
Speaker 4:Well
Speaker 2:Anything you're looking to sell? Or Alright.
Speaker 4:Well, I'm honestly you're you're talking to one.
Speaker 2:Talking to an angel?
Speaker 4:Yes, you are.
Speaker 2:Yes, you are, sir. So yes, I I believe in angels now. Thank thank you for calling.
Speaker 4:Don't think you do because you are talking to one.
Speaker 3:Keeps keep spreading your your good positivity and appreciate the call. And, yeah, I feel like we all have that kind of entity that comes into our life and kind of spreads that positivity. And yeah, you, mister, keep spreading that positivity, you share that love and keep doing what you're doing. Appreciate the call.
Speaker 2:Everyone finds their everyone finds their path in time. Yeah. It just takes time and a bit of patience. Problem wrong problem oh, no. Problem Corner, go.
Speaker 2:Hey.
Speaker 7:How are doing
Speaker 2:today? Hi. Awesome.
Speaker 7:Wanted to make a quick announcement. Angels are real and so are the drug and alcohol problem in our in our community society. But I am selling a 2005 Subaru motor and transmission paired together. So the hard part's already done for somebody. Motor and transmission, ready to drop in anything from a 2,004 to a 2,008, I believe.
Speaker 7:That can be a Subaru Forester. Pretty sure it'll go into an Impreza, maybe even an Outback, but somebody shopping for a motor is already gonna know those things. So I've got a motor that came out of a o five Forester with the transmission and looking to sell it for $500. It's been on couple times already just spreading the word.
Speaker 3:And what's a good phone number for you?
Speaker 7:(907) 419-7011.
Speaker 3:And 7011.
Speaker 7:You know, $500 is negotiable. It's got a 100,000 miles on it, timing belt, head gaskets, water pump. Everything was done on it around 80,000 miles, and I have documentation of that. Motor ran like a top. The car rotted out around it.
Speaker 7:So Oh, I believe so. Kind of get it. Yeah. It's they're great cars, though, if you just keep them from doing that and keep oiling them.
Speaker 2:Almost seems like a cheaper alternative to buying a whole new car. Just plop a new engine in it.
Speaker 5:Five
Speaker 7:Yeah. I mean, there's a lot of motors, and there's a lot of cars I see for sale in Juneau right now that this could go in. I just have I have other projects that I'm I'm working on and was fortunate enough to find another vehicle with a good motor transmission. So I'm just trying to get this one on to somebody who could use it, and it being made into the transmission is kind of a bonus. There's nothing wrong with with motor or transmission.
Speaker 2:Great. Probably goes without saying, is that stick or auto, the transmission?
Speaker 7:Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah. It's an auto it's an automatic. So we'll do one more time with the automatic Subaru motor out of a 2005 Subaru Forester, and just kinda ready to ready to go if somebody's looking for one or needs one, has a blown up motor. I gotta get my kiddo out of the car now.
Speaker 7:We're we're home, and I appreciate you.
Speaker 2:Of course.
Speaker 5:Appreciate your
Speaker 2:call. Appreciate you too.
Speaker 7:Thank you.
Speaker 2:Thank you. Uh-huh. One sec. Oh, no. Well, Justin hit that with us one more time.
Speaker 3:Alright. So that 2005 Subaru Motor and transmission for $500 has got some I think you said 80,000 miles on it. Yeah. Four one nine seven zero one one. It is 29.
Speaker 3:It is time to take our first commercial break, but we will come back with more Problem Corner here on KINY.
Speaker 8:Ten years in the army and army reserves. Two combat tours as an infantryman in Iraq and Afghanistan. Alaska veteran, Joel Dolphin. I know the cost of war because I've seen it up close. But the prices we're paying right now, $9 a gallon for gas and propane at Dillingham, $9 for a pound of ground beef in Anchorage.
Speaker 8:That's not the cost of living. That's the cost of senator Dan Sullivan's votes. Dan Sullivan's voted a dozen times for this war in Iraq, billions of our tax dollars sent overseas, while Alaskans get socked in the wallet every time we fill up the tank or pick up groceries. Look, veterans like me, we understand the cost of war. But everyday Alaskans just trying to make ends meet, we're just tapped out.
Speaker 8:Call Dan Sullivan at (907) 271-5915. Tell him enough. Stop voting to raise our costs.
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Speaker 1:You're listening to Problem Corner on KINY, bringing neighbors together for generations. From the days of Dennis Egan to today, we're proud to continue the tradition of lively debates, community insights, and local connections here on KINY.
Speaker 4:Well, well, well,
Speaker 2:hello. We're back with a call. Good morning, Problem Corner.
Speaker 7:Good morning. Hey. This isn't a child. I'm not stoned or drunk. I I just maybe just remember one day of call.
Speaker 7:If he's really sound like he's out of it, probably should say, hey, man. Call back when you sober up. That's that's my 2¢ for today. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Okay. Well, thank you. I appreciate it. Alright. And so what else is going on in Juneau?
Speaker 2:Well, I talked my head off about Party Zone, and you know what inspired me a little bit about that is I also saw Skateland in Anchorage. It's closing. Yep. Over there since 1981. Looks like I got a Facebook post here.
Speaker 2:Almost 4,000,000 for the building. Wow. Right?
Speaker 3:That's like a skating rink, like a
Speaker 4:think roller
Speaker 6:I don't
Speaker 2:know who's the last one here in town. Okay. Got some calls. First one, you're on.
Speaker 4:I'm on Problem Corner.
Speaker 3:Yes. Live and on the air. Okay.
Speaker 4:Alaskan Alaskan people, three persons. Alaskan waters, we need to outlaw the trawlers or get rid of the trawlers here in Alaska. We need to provide our fish to let it grow. I can imagine how much fish they drag, calibrating all in one drag. Okay.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 4:We need to shut them down, get rid of them all the way down to California.
Speaker 11:Wow. Right.
Speaker 3:Yeah. We definitely jumped on that. Well, appreciate the call and bringing that topic. And we definitely jumped I jumped heavy on that yesterday and talked quite a bit about the trolling issues in Alaska. Big topic.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Now the next topic, caller, you're on. Welcome Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 4:See, I appreciate that again, and I was wondering. Hold on a minute.
Speaker 2:I'll I'll need
Speaker 11:you to
Speaker 2:be brief because I got some other folks wanting to call too, and I know you hit light at the
Speaker 11:apple. Not
Speaker 4:drunk, but let me tell you
Speaker 2:Alright.
Speaker 4:You are you don't believe anything, and I don't care what the people out there are saying, but I told you the truth. I am not drunk. Why don't you bully you?
Speaker 3:Well, we're not assuming anything along those lines. And, obviously, people could hear other calls and sometimes, obviously, you're not trying to jump to assumptions, but Yeah. Yeah. People pick up tones and think differently. So we're not we're not trying to bash you at all in any way or as part of the program or this this is your guys' program.
Speaker 3:This is your ability to call in and voice your opinions and what's on your mind, but do greatly appreciate your call and clarifying that up.
Speaker 2:Alright. More calls. Oh, not that one. Hello, Problem Corner.
Speaker 11:Hello.
Speaker 2:Good morning.
Speaker 3:Morning. What's going on today?
Speaker 6:Well, I hate to know Dan Sullivan's getting money from the line up there as far as helping the trawlers get rid of all the fish that are going up the stream.
Speaker 3:We're we're listening. You can if you if you got more. Yeah. Yeah. We're not we're not trying to overstep or talk over you if you got more things you wanna say on that.
Speaker 3:But, yes, the trolling and I've talked about that yesterday. It's definitely what what would happen if we just totally shut down trolling or commercial fishing. It's like, yeah, we we wanna help revitalize our fish habitat, but also
Speaker 6:Yeah. We need to keep our fish because that's what we all live on and the world lives on and the crawler to catch all the fish before they hit the stream.
Speaker 2:No. I mean, it's
Speaker 6:find out there what's gonna happen. I need to get rid of Dan Sullivan.
Speaker 3:Well, hopefully, everyone got out there and voted and voiced their opinions on that because, yes, with the voting did just close, what, Tuesday on Iowa. On governor elections.
Speaker 2:Well, I think we've got 98% of the vote. I'm looking at some unofficial results here. Of course, the state division of elections have got some of that if you wanna go to their web site. But, yep, it looks like at least the report I'm reading, 98% precincts reported, and we've got Mary, Dan, and a few other folks. But we got a call.
Speaker 2:Hello. Welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 11:Yeah. This is Mel, and I thought I'd give you a call today about a a vital issue.
Speaker 2:Go ahead, man.
Speaker 11:Pertaining to the trawlers and the the effect of what has happened on our our main rivers in in Alaska. Alaska. I'm thinking of one in in particular, but I used to drive along the Elliott Highway and the the Yukon River Mhmm. Was bridal and there was a lot of activity on it. The it was so busy, and it really just the fish was plentiful, and people were making a living.
Speaker 11:Don Young, his color ful personality was because he that that area was Don Young's livelihood, and then he came into politics. And he's one of the Republicans I always supported. The the rivers are are kinda dead. Mhmm. Mhmm.
Speaker 11:We we don't know what what is next. Where do we go from here? That's I'm throwing that out. I I just wanted to hear from others about the is there any way for it to come back? It won't come back in my life time.
Speaker 11:I'm gonna be 86 pretty quick.
Speaker 2:It kinda makes sense.
Speaker 11:You guys.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Of course.
Speaker 2:So thank you.
Speaker 11:You're running a
Speaker 12:pretty good show.
Speaker 3:Thanks, Mel.
Speaker 11:Appreciate it.
Speaker 3:Appreciate your input always on program.
Speaker 2:Have a good one. You know, it's like stuff like that that just makes me think about, like, even fifty years ago, or was that seventy now, when we were voting to become a state. Yeah. I I was watching some stuff about that, and it's how do we get people out to come out to the ballot to vote for statehood? Not even just to vote for it, but how just come to the ballot box.
Speaker 2:Mhmm. And one of them was the fish traps. Oh. You know? Like in the in the sixties, there were the fish traps, fifties and even earlier.
Speaker 2:And no. Even earlier than that, there was always the fish traps. And how do you regulate that? Now it seems like we're talking about trawlers. So it's only fish and politics.
Speaker 2:Very
Speaker 3:Well, that's a huge part of our state. Like, obviously, mining. Like, I was Mining. Yeah. Mining, tourism, natural gases, seafood industry.
Speaker 3:It's a huge part of our state's livelihood and it's in a lot of the community's livelihood, like all of our callers have been saying. And like some of our some of our outlying communities rely on the ability to go out and fish and provide for their family and be able to stock up the smokehouse or the freezer and just
Speaker 2:And just go at it.
Speaker 3:Yeah. It's a huge issue. And yeah. Do we have a call?
Speaker 2:Well, we do have a call. Hello. Hello. Welcome.
Speaker 13:Just listening to the commentary here, and you have a very, very powerful soapbox here. And I was wondering if people are aware of the difference between the word troll, t r o l l, and the word trawl, t r a w l. They're two distinct fisheries. They're not the same, and I just heard somebody mentioned one of those words for the other word. Huge distinction.
Speaker 2:That's right. 100%. Thank you for making that distinction a very important one. Yes. Trawler, troller, two different things entirely.
Speaker 14:I've been writing
Speaker 3:down the other spelling even though we've been meaning the other trolley. Oh,
Speaker 2:but but yeah. That, I mean, even when I first started radio, it's like you get a call immediately if you say Valdez. It's Valdes. Yes. Get your words right.
Speaker 2:Good morning. You're on Problem Corner.
Speaker 15:Hey. I would like to know why k I n y is not covering the ferry story in Skagway and how that's affecting everybody that is traveling. They the ferry dock sun could had other issues. I've read in the Anchorage Daily News that it could be the cruise ships that are causing too much water, you know, current that caused the ferry dock to crack in places. It could have been a busted water pipe.
Speaker 15:It could have been an engineering issue, but you have not covered this at all.
Speaker 2:Well, apologies for that, but, I I have heard of what you're talking about. I saw the photos on Facebook. There's a big crack in that concrete over there in, the terminal there. So there's a lot going on. So our our apologies for not catching that one.
Speaker 15:And to have an indefinite timeline on the ferry, you know, situation is really hard for the people. I know they can get barge goods barged up there, and they have a highway to Whitehorse. So, I mean, they're not completely cut off, but this really affects people that are traveling. We have to go through pain
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 15:And go way out of our way to get down to Washington State. So, anyway, just thought I'd put it out there.
Speaker 2:That's important. Thank you for putting it
Speaker 5:out there.
Speaker 12:Thank you.
Speaker 2:Thank you.
Speaker 15:Thank you for listening.
Speaker 3:Of course.
Speaker 2:It's all good. Frustrating stuff. That's just Just seems
Speaker 3:like the Up North ferry area has just been getting didn't Haynes just have an issue with their dock not
Speaker 2:that long ago? Oh, goodness. I
Speaker 5:can't remember.
Speaker 2:I thought
Speaker 3:that was a year or two ago where Haynes' ferry dock was having issues and now Skaggley was having issues. Yeah. A lot of our communities rely on, especially if you're traveling up north to do whatever medical needs or just a trip visit. That's our only way in and up and down is to be able to or like she was saying, Hanes or Skagway to be able to make that traverse up north or even down south. Yeah, our communities rely on it, that's a huge part of the Alaska Marine Highway System and all the issues that we had.
Speaker 3:Now I'm opening another can of worms talking about the ferry system.
Speaker 2:Oh, we could talk about
Speaker 7:it all.
Speaker 2:From the from the from ferries helping kids around town to go to championships, to helping during big cultural events throughout Southeast, making sure ferries run for the we could we could keep going, but I think folks are aware. What we need to do now, though, is take a break. Alright. We're going to.
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Speaker 19:Juno weather. Mostly cloudy this morning with areas of rain gradually spreading in. Temperatures will be in the mid fifties by lunchtime, 61 for the high this afternoon. Occasional rain through tonight, yellow 54, then more widespread showers again on Friday with a high 62. Rain persist again Friday night down to 53.
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Speaker 20:Hi. Yeah. I'm Emil Mackie. I'm the country financial insurance agent here in Juneau, Alaska. Yeah.
Speaker 20:We offer all kinds of services, home, auto, life, boat. I can broker all kinds of business insurance. I even have a couple airplanes that that we insure around the state. I think it's important for insurance purposes to have a local agent because we have a claim. You need somebody local you can talk to.
Speaker 20:Otherwise, you're talking often time to a to a claims agent that's outside the state. They're not here to serve you. Your agent is. And having a local agent that can help you through the claims process can really help you with a lot of heartache avoidance later. Also, you know, we give to our local community.
Speaker 20:I help coach football. I give to the football and basketball and and wrestling clubs and the swim club. And having a local agent helps you. It helps the community, and it really helps you maximize what you're getting back from your insurance company. So, yeah, look local first.
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Speaker 1:You're listening to Problem Corner on KINY, bringing neighbors together for generations. From the days of Dennis Egan to today, we're proud to continue the tradition of lively debates, community insights, and local connections here on KINY.
Speaker 2:And we're back. We've got a local connection right now. Caller, go ahead. You're on.
Speaker 19:Yes. Hello. Thank you for taking my call.
Speaker 18:I think that lady, the one that was just really upset from or wherever, she I think she's wrong because I don't have any other communication other than my AM and FM radio. I don't have television. And I heard that twice already about the at least twice about Skagway and having to close the the, you know, the little terminal there. So I you know, maybe she's not listening at the same time as me, but may you know, I could have been on the FM station, the ninety four, but I always listen to k I n y AM station. So I just wanted you guys to know, don't be too hard on yourself.
Speaker 2:Oh, goodness.
Speaker 18:You were you were apologizing for something that
Speaker 12:you guys didn't do because
Speaker 2:Well, we weren't a
Speaker 3:100% sure if news covered it or not because we're we're not really in the news department sometimes. And Grace do and we know Grace Dewens does a great job doing the research on a lot of the news stories, and she's always switching it up each day. So she could have recovered it earlier in the week or when And like
Speaker 2:I said, it's it's all frustrating stuff. You know? I mean, at the end of the day, gosh darn it. My dock is shut down and skag I mean, that'll inconvenience anyone. I would be I would be upset.
Speaker 2:You know?
Speaker 18:Sure. Oh, absolutely. But at least they have other alternative routes, like she said, even though they have to go out of their way. But, like and she maybe is right about the ferry, the big cruise ships coming in and and too many waves and that sort of thing. I I don't know.
Speaker 2:I see what you mean.
Speaker 18:Anyways, the engineers are are on it, and hopefully, they'll get it taken care of real quick, and so it won't be an inconvenience too much longer for everybody. So thank you for your your show, and I really enjoy listening to y'all.
Speaker 2:Oh, well, thank you so much for listening. Thank you for your call. Yeah. Like we said, infrastructure. I think even when I was here, like, two, three years ago was the big big infrastructure bill.
Speaker 2:What was that called? I can't. Now I can't remember Goldfish memory. Anyway, I'm looking at a text message here and it says new all weather tires. They only have 10 miles on them.
Speaker 2:Size two twenty five sixty r eighteen. Asking $500. Call (907) 723-9734. If you were listening today, you could buy a motor and some tires. We could build a whole car.
Speaker 2:Pretty much. Good morning. Oh, that's a tone. Good morning. You're on Problem Corner.
Speaker 11:Good morning.
Speaker 2:Hello. How are
Speaker 3:you doing today?
Speaker 12:Hi. Good morning. It didn't sit far enough away from my radio.
Speaker 2:That'd be appreciated.
Speaker 3:Think you're okay.
Speaker 12:I I was just wondering, did I? I'm outside. I have a one bedroom apartment, and I have to go all the way outside to make these calls.
Speaker 3:Terrible seltzer or terra
Speaker 12:terrible recession. Okay?
Speaker 2:Yep. Yeah. You're coming in great. What what can we help you with?
Speaker 12:Well, thank you for the program, and you guys are all doing a great job.
Speaker 3:Thank you.
Speaker 19:I mean, I love listening to the news.
Speaker 12:I listen to the radio every day, and I figured maybe over thirteen hours, I listen to the radio.
Speaker 3:Oh, nice.
Speaker 12:I go back and forth from 106 to I like country loud and proud, but I'm always listening to this channel.
Speaker 2:Well, what can we do for you, a super listener?
Speaker 12:Every day. And I think everybody is just doing a great job of calling in and voicing their opinions. And and, you know, even if they don't have everything right, that's what Problem Corner is here for is, you know, we can we should, you know, give them more information.
Speaker 3:That's one thing I love about the program too. One person might throw in some info facts. Another caller might call in and it's like, back up those facts or kinda give other viewpoint on it. That's the beauty of the program.
Speaker 12:And you guys are just doing great.
Speaker 3:Thank you.
Speaker 2:Appreciate that.
Speaker 12:Because it was just my birthday the other day.
Speaker 2:Oh, happy. Oh, well, happy belated.
Speaker 12:Well, thank you. But I'm I'm still I've been looking for projectors for, like, maybe a half a year now.
Speaker 3:Uh-huh. I remember. Yes. I remember you calling in looking for that projector.
Speaker 5:What kind of found one? Yeah.
Speaker 2:What kind of projector are we talking? Like, one that you plug in a computer to? Old projector?
Speaker 12:No. Just the, you know, just like the old school projectors, like, you know, where you can put images up on a wall or something and do, like, tracing?
Speaker 2:Oh, I haven't heard about that kind of stuff. That's cool. You, like, project a a design on a wall and you trace it?
Speaker 19:Yeah.
Speaker 2:That's cool.
Speaker 12:Yeah. I have a projector thing in my bedroom. It's just a small thing, but it's it's cool. It has all the stars and the, you know, everything like that. It's it's I mean, it's just a little tiny thing I got from the imagination.
Speaker 12:So
Speaker 2:Oh, so you're looking for something serious, though? We want some bigger
Speaker 12:I'm looking for one of the bigger ones, and there's even projectors now where you can watch movies on.
Speaker 5:Mhmm. Okay.
Speaker 12:But I can't afford a $400. Last time I was on Problem Corner, I asked somebody how to projector, and we were talking for a minute, it was, like, 300, $400.
Speaker 5:Oh, gee. Well
Speaker 12:And I was like, I can get a car.
Speaker 2:Yeah. We we could get a set of tires.
Speaker 12:Tires. The engine that, you know, is the person selling them.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 12:But I'm just I'm just saying, anybody has a projector that's kinda just gathering dust or they don't use. I would really love to put a Bronco on my ceiling because I'm a Bronco fan.
Speaker 2:Very cool. Hey. What phone number should they call?
Speaker 12:That number is (907) 209-6819.
Speaker 3:6819. And I've I have
Speaker 2:some folks calling in, but I appreciate your call. I hope someone gets you that projector. Program.
Speaker 12:Alright. Thank you for the programming. Y'all are doing a great job.
Speaker 2:Thank you for calling. Bye bye. Before I take this next one, a little advice for folks. Free piles. Great resource sometimes.
Speaker 2:Oh, no. I lost the coal.
Speaker 3:It's okay.
Speaker 5:We got
Speaker 2:That better not be eighteen forty. I'm so sorry.
Speaker 3:Oh, you don't like Tucker with eighteen forty? I didn't say
Speaker 5:that. He's
Speaker 3:gambling. I know. He's he's always a good guy when he calls in.
Speaker 2:But but you know what? We got four minutes left. There's one more thing, and then I'm gonna have Justin read some numbers. Okay. Okay.
Speaker 2:Actually, one more call.
Speaker 4:Alright.
Speaker 2:But you you better be working with me because we only got four minutes. I wanna take, like, two more. So welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 13:You guys are doing a great job. Appreciate the show. Two things. I do have
Speaker 12:a
Speaker 13:projector based upon what your previous caller was asking for, and I would give it away for free. My number is (907) 321-7077. Again, that's (907) 321-7077. The second thing, very quickly listening to the trawl conversation of the day, if you go to House Bill, it it piqued my interest. If you go to to akleg.gov Mhmm.
Speaker 13:House bill s b one sixty one last year says the legislation prohibits use of trawl and dreads fishing that makes substantial bottom contact with the seafloor, and then it continues to go on and on. I do not know if that passed. But in a two minute quick lookup, that would be where I would go to see what the actual law is right now because the official website for that kind of thing is a kleg.gov. And with all of this political nonsense, regardless of what side you're on, it's nice to know what the actual law is.
Speaker 2:And they're they're out of session now, or at least they're probably on their fourth or fifth special. I it's probably fair to say that legislation's done. Like, I don't it's probably not coming back. I
Speaker 13:agree. But that's the provision I'm reading currently, the one I just listed, says it's supposed to go into effect 01/01/2028. Whether that passed or not, I don't know because I did a two minute dive.
Speaker 2:We we do a lot of those. You got anything else to share?
Speaker 13:No. You guys are doing a great job. Appreciate you. Feel free to give that caller my information for their free projector. I've got not the overhead old school thing where you write on the plastic, but, like, one that she could hook up to her computer.
Speaker 13:I have one that's just collecting dust, and I'd just be happy to give it away.
Speaker 2:And I think that's what she's looking for. Well, I believe in angels and one just called Problem Corner looking to give away a projector. So thank you, sir.
Speaker 13:Alright. You have a good day, and keep up the good work.
Speaker 2:Oh, thank you. Alright. Okay. So calls, no more, please. We've got only a minute now.
Speaker 2:I just wanna also mention to the parents out there, today is school start for grades one through 12. Kindergarten, though, look out on the twenty fifth. That's when kindergarten starts and pre k starts on the twenty seventh. You can go to the Juno School's website for that information. They got a nice little button there with all that.
Speaker 2:And, Justin, if you could take us through some of the calls we've had today with some of the products.
Speaker 3:Alright. Alright. So first call of the day, we had the old coins, comics, some three d artwork, a bench. If you're interested in any of those or being willing to, like, help them out or praise some of those items, (907) 713-5568. Then we had the 2005 Subaru motor and transmission with about 80,000 miles.
Speaker 3:It's an automatic engine asking 500 for that. That's $907,419,701.01. And then we linked up the projector people. So call her if you're listening still, the number to call for the free projector, hopefully he hangs on to it just for you, (907) 321-7077 to get that projector. And then if the person, the gentleman with the projector might want to give her a call (907) 209-6819.
Speaker 3:Kevin, it's been a pleasure hosting with the program with you back in the hot seat. It's been a while to share that. Well, actually, when you were with the radio station full time, I wasn't really on air as often that as I was nowadays. So it's cool that we get to share the microphone and we'll be back at it next Thursday.
Speaker 2:That's right. And the magic of Problem Corner, I saw a few folks trying to call is that we'll be right here back tomorrow, same place, same time, different host. Might be Nano. Yeah. But we'll be Nano tomorrow.
Speaker 2:And but next week, hey. You could talk to me on Thursday, and I'll be right here waiting for you. This is Kevin Allen for Problem Corner. Have a good
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