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Problem Corner is an iconic radio show that has become a vibrant community hub. Callers engage in a wide array of discussions, ranging from local political debates to community commentary and casual advertisements for listeners looking to buy, sell, or trade personal items.
The show's rich history is marked by its association with several prominent local figures. Notably, Dennis Egan, a former mayor of Juneau, was a key personality in shaping the show's direction in the 1980s.
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Speaker 2:And good morning, Juno, KINY, ninety four point nine FM and always 800. It is Friday problem corner, and I'm Justin Miller hanging out with y'all from the GoBell Tramp studio. And as I was teasing yesterday, I also have?
Speaker 3:Kenny Solomon Gross. How are doing, Justin?
Speaker 2:I'm doing great. I'm glad that you were able to join me on this Friday and you must have brought the nice weather back with you after the torrential pours that we just got this winter.
Speaker 3:Torture rains. Yeah. So if you had any roof work, now's a good time to make sure that it all held.
Speaker 2:Actually, as you speak of it, my roof is being worked on at the moment. And luckily they got it was during the nice weather. They laid all the like the membrane over first. They didn't put the shingles over it. At least I have a waterproof roof at the moment.
Speaker 3:We did some targeted roof maintenance on one of our buildings and it pretty much held. There's a couple of areas that we called and get some work done, but it pretty much held very nicely.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Well, you just came back from a trip and tell us a little bit about that.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Well, I'm very fortunate this past weekend. We left on Saturday, my wife and I, and we're joined by Eric and his wife, Tracy. And Sunday, we went to the Seahawks game, which was the first game of the year against the 49ers. The outcome wasn't great, but it was a great game, and I think the team's gonna do some good.
Speaker 3:We got to spend the whole weekend in Seattle. We spend down there Saturday. My wife, just my wife and I, and Sunday, Eric and Tracy joined us, and then Monday and Tuesday, we went to Mariners game. Nice. We had a we on Tuesday, we got a a private box, so it was awesome to see the the game in a different perspective up there in that private box.
Speaker 3:Was so cool. Right over home plate.
Speaker 2:Oh, awesome.
Speaker 3:Got to see everything. I'm a huge baseball fan, so it was just like I
Speaker 5:was very happy.
Speaker 2:Oh, good. Yeah, those press not the press boxes, but those kind of sweet boxes. Those are pretty nice. You don't have to feel like you're bumping elbows with anyone. You have your own space.
Speaker 2:You can have your own, like snacks and beverages. So that sounds like a great
Speaker 5:time.
Speaker 3:It really great.
Speaker 6:I also got
Speaker 3:to go to the state fair.
Speaker 7:Oh, perfect.
Speaker 3:My wife and I were able to do that, and I just love the animals at the state fair. Have been to Washington State Fair?
Speaker 2:I have. When I was living down there for the brief time, was, I was only there for almost a year before COVID hit, and then I pulled the plug and came back to Juneau. But I was able to get and check out the fair, and that was a great time. Scones, man,
Speaker 4:the scone
Speaker 2:stand, I had hooked up my whole family, he's like, I need to get the scones and the jam and the legit, like, yeah, it was great.
Speaker 3:I tell you, I definitely had to have the scones. So we had the scones and then I love the corn.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah.
Speaker 3:You know, so my wife and I, we got corn and the scones. That was our that was our fair junk food.
Speaker 2:Oh, perfect.
Speaker 3:It was great.
Speaker 8:Looks like we do got a call. Let's get them on. That's great.
Speaker 2:Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 9:Oh, hi. Yeah. Good morning. I just wanna let me turn my radio down. I'm sorry.
Speaker 9:I was No
Speaker 2:worries.
Speaker 9:There you go. I wanna speak about something important. I called in the other day, and after I called in, there was another caller that misregarding police department that, we have a great in her terms, a great police department. But I wanted to speak from my personal experience and why I was calling in, and that was on May 13. I got off a plane in from Petersburg in in Juneau, and I had went to long term parking to get my vehicle.
Speaker 9:And I got stopped in the middle of a pedestrian intersection and made a spectacle out of my surrounded by four police cars with overhead lights and the five cops, four cars, bikes in the middle of the intersection of head pedestrian crosswalk, and was and they jumped out of the car and surrounded me and said, you know, take your hands out of your pocket. And I said, you know, what what's going on? And so the point is, like, I basically was made a spec lot of in the middle of the intersection and then by my bank, by my garage where I was parked my car. And and I I kept asking, what are the descriptors of whom you're looking for? And they wouldn't tell me, and they finally said they had someone that pulled a gun on somebody and then says it wasn't me.
Speaker 9:I just got off the plane. What are the descriptors? And the bottom line is they I don't I think it's everybody's everybody that's listening is important to understand their constitutional rights. And on a Terry stop, you can do external frisking. There has to be reasonable suspicion you committed a crime.
Speaker 9:And I I then they they wanted to go through my backpack, and I didn't I'd wanna stand out and and be a spectacle anymore. And I walked to the sidewalk, and they asked to look in my backpack. So I said, well, okay. And then I unzipped it, and then the cop pulls it out of my hand and started going through my bag, which is, to me, illegal search at that point. They exceeded the Terry stop restrictions, and it was base a felony stopped.
Speaker 9:And I went and got the body cam video and filed the internal affairs complaint. Nothing has happened. The so that that I'm I'm thinking from speaking from personal experience at the end in the other day when the caller called back and after me and said so my goal in this is bias free policing. I got the report. The report said the guy was the alleged perpetrator was five foot six, Caucasian, long white hair.
Speaker 9:I wear glasses all my life, and I'm not Caucasian. And I have long black hair. And so I didn't fit the descriptors whatsoever. And so I got the body cam videos, dashcam videos, and it was like Keystone Cops watching the bowl carved dash cams. It was just zooming around the valley area looking for somebody.
Speaker 9:They didn't know whom. And at the onset, after the body cam videos, the complainant within that report said that the manager knew the perpetrator. And if that was the case, why did I get profiled? And so my my goal in this is to state the problem within the department and looking I'm looking for a bias free policing, and I think they should implement internal accountability processes. And with all uses of force, all Terry stops, arrest, and bias allegations be documented, reviewed, and evaluated.
Speaker 9:Plus, increased transparency, meaning it's not to your discretion. It's not an elective. You are required to wear your body cam and have them on functional.
Speaker 3:So I so I I I I wanna just jump in here real quick here. I agree with you that it should be biased, free policing. Do know the majority of the police officers in town here, and I do know that the majority of them, at least the ones that I know, are good, not just good officers, but they're good people. And, you know, sometimes, unfortunately, there's mistakes made. And I think that the chief boss, it's very important to him that we're able to correct those mistakes.
Speaker 3:Sir, thank you for your call. We'll keep talking about this offline here real quick.
Speaker 6:But thank you. Thank you for your call.
Speaker 3:And I do appreciate how we started off the call, Justin, by saying that that, you know, he knows that Juno has a good police department. And in general, we have a really good police department. We have we have really good officers. They do a lot of geo policing Mhmm. Which means that that it's, you know, a lot of the officers are in the same area, so they get to know the neighborhood, the people, the people that they're policing, the people that they're watching out for.
Speaker 3:And and how he called it cherry stops in the in the airport. It's an unfortunate incident that happened to that man. I I I feel bad that that happened to him. And and I hope that I I don't know what the the particulars on that. But I hope that him, by bringing that to JPD's attention, to Chief Boss and to the Internal Affairs Which
Speaker 2:he has.
Speaker 3:Yeah, which he has, that maybe that they can take this opportunity and make it a teaching opportunity to make sure that this doesn't happen again, or that when this does happen, that they make sure that they are doing the right things.
Speaker 2:You
Speaker 3:know, if they really thought that the gentleman was a suspect and the gentleman did have a gun, and he did point it on somebody, did they handle it right or wrong? Know, I don't know how you can answer that. One point that the gentleman made that I really agree with is that it's so important to have your body cams on, that our officers have their body cams on. We've been able to see so much with body cam footage that's happened in our police department.
Speaker 2:And I thought that was a correct me if I'm wrong I thought that was a general standard across a lot of police departments that you are required to have your body cam on pretty much majority of the time, right?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I was talking with you before we came on the air today. My son is a police officer in Las Vegas. And I believe that he's required to have his body cam on all the time. And, you know, not only for the citizens protection, but also for his protection Well, too as
Speaker 2:nowadays everyone's got their own body cams on them. All got
Speaker 8:our cell phones
Speaker 2:and everyone's kind of already set to that like, hey, if you're unsure about your safety or others, you could flip that camera on and have that as kind of a backup. You
Speaker 3:don't know what's gonna happen. Right. You just don't know what's gonna happen.
Speaker 8:And we do have another call. That's great.
Speaker 2:Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 10:Well, I'm surprised it's not just more people in line for this. Hi, Justin.
Speaker 11:Hi. And
Speaker 10:thank you for being fair.
Speaker 2:Of course.
Speaker 12:Now
Speaker 10:who's the gentleman sitting there with you today?
Speaker 3:It's Kenny. Kenny Solomon Gross. How are you?
Speaker 10:Oh, you're in the theaters.
Speaker 3:That's right. Yeah.
Speaker 10:Yeah. Well, good to hear you again, I think.
Speaker 3:Oh, thank you. Yeah. I'm with Justin usually on Tuesdays, but he invited me to come in today. So thank you, Justin.
Speaker 10:Well, that's good. He he likes to have backup.
Speaker 3:Yep.
Speaker 10:Well, listen. I don't think you still cut the young man off. Oh. And then you you talked twice as long as he did. You need to hear him out.
Speaker 10:Now I understand your son is an officer, and that's great. But, you know, there are things that go on.
Speaker 9:Right.
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 10:And I'm a spectator. I've never had any incidents with your police, but I have seen stuff that, you know, wasn't right, and you encourage the person to go talk to somebody at the police department. Well, you know, it needs to be looked at. And please don't cut somebody off that's trying to tell a story that maybe needed to get out there. And then you talked longer than he did.
Speaker 10:So that's all I got to say on this funny Friday.
Speaker 3:Well, thank you so much for calling. I I I know I've talked to you before. I I think we gave him see, I think he got his whole story out too and he did talk for about four minutes and and we pretty much talked and tried to answer him and and and
Speaker 10:Alright. So listen, I'm going to hang up and listen to you on the air.
Speaker 5:Thank you.
Speaker 8:Thank you.
Speaker 3:Thank you, man for calling. And and you know, I I really appreciate when people call and and feel like maybe we didn't give the guy enough time, but, you know, we did let him talk for about four minutes, and we didn't talk twice as long as him. But anyhow, ma'am, thank you so much for your call.
Speaker 2:Yeah. We do have another one. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 11:Hey. Hello. Happy Friday, everybody in Juneau and surrounding communities.
Speaker 3:Happy Friday to you.
Speaker 11:Yeah. Hey. So I just I got something quick to say. It's like, I am I'm kinda with the lady who just called. Mhmm.
Speaker 11:I'm glad she called. It's like this this program started so people could call and do their thing. And, you know, it's cool to hear you guys every once in a while do your commentary and stuff, but, just like her. Let people talk and let people call in. Give you know?
Speaker 2:Yeah. We all yeah.
Speaker 11:We we love the serve we love the service that the radio is providing this way, but yeah.
Speaker 3:Well, this is I agree with you, ma'am. This is your show, and, you know, if
Speaker 11:That's right. You're gonna cut people off and and say, see you later, then you guys go carry on like the woman said. It's like, you know what I'm saying? Kinda taking away from the public, but that's just me.
Speaker 2:No. We hear you. And we're we're always we're always trying to do our best. And, yeah, we we could have done a better, like, kind of trade off with that last with that first gentleman there. It's like, we me and Kenny usually
Speaker 11:feel pretty good about that. Yeah. Hear this every week. So I just wanted to kinda do my thing and say, remember what you're doing there.
Speaker 5:Okay?
Speaker 2:Yep. We appreciate your calling in with that. Yeah. Thank you that in mind.
Speaker 3:Thank you very much for your input, ma'am. Appreciate it. And, you know, if the gentleman feels like he didn't get enough time, please call back.
Speaker 2:Yeah. We're we're welcome to take you back on and Exactly. A little bit more.
Speaker 3:Exactly.
Speaker 2:And we do have another call. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 5:Yeah. I agree. I'm out of town, but I agree with those last two calls. You know? This is Problem Corner.
Speaker 5:My guy wants to state his opinion on things like this going on in your community. You shouldn't be backing up your police department. Some guys are good, some guys are bad. I'm an elderly man, I'm a next cop. And I know that they were wrong and what they did to that guy.
Speaker 2:Mhmm.
Speaker 5:So you guys need to listen to them. This is a pound corner for people to state their full opinion, not to cut them off like you guys been doing. It's a shame how you treat people. You guys have to have more respect for people. Thank you for your program.
Speaker 2:Of course.
Speaker 3:Thank thank you, sir, for your for your comments. You know, again, if we felt like we cut the gentleman off, let us know. We did let him speak for about four minutes. Mhmm. And we didn't really interrupt him at all either.
Speaker 3:But, you know, again, Problem Corner is your program and we are just the hosts.
Speaker 2:And speaking of, he actually is calling us back right now.
Speaker 3:Oh, that's great.
Speaker 2:Let's get him on. Hello. Welcome back to Problem Corner.
Speaker 3:Thank you for calling back, sir.
Speaker 9:Thank you. Yes. It's me again, and I'll just try to be succinct. And my final thank you for the other callers that supported my position and my feelings after I was cut off. But to expedite this, one last point that I wanted to make was they need to expand community engagement, creating neighborhood listening sessions that give residents a stronger voice in policing and conduct an annual poll to access the public's opinions on safety and trust in the general police department.
Speaker 9:That's my last comment. So thank you giving me that extra time.
Speaker 3:Well, if you thought we if we if you thought that we cut you off, I'm I'm really apologize for that, but we tried not to cut you off. We just we're gonna answer your your comments offline like we do with a lot of callers. But thank you for calling back and getting out what you said. And, you know, what you're saying is very important. It's very important for our community, not just Juno, but all of our, know, all of them, you know, the VPSOs out there and the and the everybody that's in law enforcement.
Speaker 3:It's very important that we get what you're saying out, sir. So we appreciate your call. Appreciate your story. Appreciate you calling us back.
Speaker 9:Thank you. I've been in public safety majority of my career also, by the way.
Speaker 5:Oh, wow.
Speaker 3:That's great.
Speaker 9:That's great. That's great. But just to say, I'm speaking from experience. Yep. Yep.
Speaker 9:Alright. Thank you.
Speaker 3:Thank you, sir.
Speaker 2:Of course. Well, I'm right there with him as far as public comment. I don't really hear much as far as that goes for, like like like, almost treat it like an assembly meeting where it gives you an open forum with the police department and the chief and be able to have it can almost be laid out like an assembly meeting where you have your kind of topics you want to bring up and you have a set amount of time and you can communicate that with the police department. And I'm right there with them with that idea.
Speaker 3:And I would love for Chief Boss do something like that and to get the public to do that. Know that in Las Vegas, have like a citizen advisory committee or excuse me, citizens that if there is a complaint, that the citizens hear that, you know, and it's not just internal, it's also external too. So I think it's very important that so I'm really glad the guy called back.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Me too. And we do have another call. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:You're live and on the air.
Speaker 9:As I still have my items for sale.
Speaker 2:Alright. Alright. And
Speaker 9:and and people who just been gone by, and it's negative. There's still got quite a
Speaker 7:few
Speaker 9:left. And still got some VHS for those that like to go and do a retro. You know? And I have
Speaker 7:my bike for sale.
Speaker 9:I have a car vacuum and few more items. You can call me at 09:07 nine five seven one six seven three.
Speaker 2:Alrighty.
Speaker 3:Oh, great.
Speaker 7:What is the
Speaker 9:topic today?
Speaker 2:We've kind of been a little over the place, but I guess our main topic right now is Juneau Police Department.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Because our first call of the day kind of set it off a a good tone as far as him being profiled as a possible suspect, and he got surrounded by multiple police officers, he got searched, and he fell in, yeah, he wants folks to be accountable and transparency within the police department, and for the folks of Juno to be able to publicly voice their comments towards the department.
Speaker 3:And then I also thought that we got a lot phone calls from a few people afterwards saying that just reminding Juno and us as hosts that this is Juno's program. You know, this is the people's program. It's not our program. It's the people's program. And that's one thing that I really love about Problem Corner is it's it's
Speaker 9:Well, I like it because you you can agree to disagree on a lot of subjects. And, you know, the I I my my hats off to the the police department. They have a hard job to do.
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 9:We're not out doing it. They have to do it. And, you know, not not everything you know, like they say, nothing ever goes according to plan. You know?
Speaker 3:Mhmm. That's true.
Speaker 9:So just just take it with a grain of salt and say, you know, hey. They're trying, you know. You know, try to be transparent and, you know, and, you know,
Speaker 2:Exactly.
Speaker 9:Just just just, you know, everybody try to get along, you know.
Speaker 3:It's a it's a tough job being a police officer or any anybody in public safety. It's a tough job and mistakes are made and you know, hopefully that there's not one bad apple ruining it for the rest of them but in general, police appointments are very good.
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker 9:I heard that the one officer that that guy to the ground, he resigned.
Speaker 3:He did.
Speaker 9:And I don't know. It it you have to have a certain temperament to do it. I I know.
Speaker 3:That is that is so true, sir. I believe you have to have a certain personality and a certain temperament to be able to do that because, you know, not only that, but a lot of these officer well, all of the officers have lives outside of being a police officer. So you have to be able to turn that off and go home to your family and your kids. My son, like I say, my son's a police officer and he has two very young kids and he has to go home and be a loving husband and father and Yeah. Turn off what he's seen.
Speaker 3:So
Speaker 9:And that that's also a given too because lot of the youngsters, they some of them, you know, not all them, but a few of them, they go bad, and then they're on the opposite of side of the law. And and that's never good, you you know, for someone the force to say, you know, they get a, you know let's say he gets a call and says, yeah. Yeah. We neglected to inform you that the there was a auto shooting. He picked up your son, and he's sitting at Lumber Creek Jail right now.
Speaker 9:You know?
Speaker 7:Yep.
Speaker 9:And, you know, we hope that that doesn't happen, but, you know, a lot of times the kids, they, you know, they they branch out into bad decisions. So
Speaker 3:Okay.
Speaker 9:But, yeah, if they could be more like officer Hanson and Ben Cornell and and anyone knows officer Hanson, he was he was a very nice officer.
Speaker 5:You know. If
Speaker 9:he could diffuse the situation, he would. You know, he said, I don't like paperwork. So, you know.
Speaker 5:Yeah. So, he was he was
Speaker 9:really a nice man.
Speaker 3:I I I think that the a lot of the officers that we have right now are are really good, caring people.
Speaker 9:Right.
Speaker 3:And it's just a a tough job. It just really is a tough job. And and sir, you hit it right on the head. You have to have the temperament for the job.
Speaker 9:Yep. And to realize that, you know, when people are, you know, they're out there and they're breaking the law, a lot of them are not in the right mind because that fentanyl is messed and whatever.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 9:They lose their faculties and, you know, then, you know, putting them all in jail is not really the answer. They need some type of treatment for them to try to get them to, you know, to beat the, you know, the the drugs that they're on.
Speaker 3:Right. Absolutely.
Speaker 9:You know, you can't lock everybody up.
Speaker 7:You know?
Speaker 2:True. No. We cannot. Alright, sir. Well, thank
Speaker 3:you so much for your We're gonna try to get your stuff sold for you too, and we appreciate your comments.
Speaker 9:Thank you for your time.
Speaker 2:Have a good weekend. As well.
Speaker 9:Bye bye.
Speaker 2:Alright. Bye bye. Looks like we it's time to take our quick commercial break. Do see we have a call, but we'll be back with more problem corner here in a couple minutes on KINY.
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Speaker 1:Now back to problem corner where our community meets to talk, trade, share.
Speaker 2:And welcome back to Problem Corner here on KINY. I'm Justin Miller coming at you from the Goldwater Tram Studio. And today, am joined by
Speaker 3:Kenny Solomon Gross.
Speaker 2:And I always appreciate hanging out with Kenny here on Problem Corner. I did see we have a couple calls. Oh, we do got that callback. So let's jump right to the phones. Hi.
Speaker 2:Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 5:Hey. Good morning. I'd just like to give you the status on my watch.
Speaker 7:Oh, yeah.
Speaker 5:It's going to be fixed.
Speaker 2:Oh, good.
Speaker 5:So it turned out to be a little bit of a disagreement the first time, but I went to check on it. So I'm gonna go up and tell him it was a misunderstanding, which wish it would have been but sometimes you gotta do things the hard way.
Speaker 2:So how'd you how'd that work out? Because I remember you telling us Yeah.
Speaker 5:It's gonna be fixed. So I don't know what the business better business there on or just a misunderstanding and Okay. Everything's cool now.
Speaker 3:Well, that's cool.
Speaker 5:And I'd like to say, I'd like all my friends, thank you for standing up. I mean, I've been sober for two weeks now.
Speaker 3:Oh, congratulations, Charles. That's great.
Speaker 5:And I'm more focused. And like I said, I'm I'm gonna go up and let them know that everything's cool about the watch.
Speaker 7:A nice
Speaker 5:day. Oh.
Speaker 2:Anything else on your mind or you just wanted to update us on
Speaker 5:Oh, no. I was wondering if anybody out there needed moss cleared from the roof. Help one person. You don't moss is really bad for a roof.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 5:I had to help my moss replace it. It it doesn't look bad. Take my word for it, but once you get up there, you could fall through in some places. Yeah. Don't let that go.
Speaker 5:It can cost you a arm and a leg. But if somebody needs their gutters cleaned, moth cleared, call (907) 419-5262.
Speaker 2:Alrighty.
Speaker 5:I'd be more than glad, get it now before it's too late. Take my word for it.
Speaker 3:Alright. That's cool.
Speaker 8:Alright, mister. We'll see. Alright.
Speaker 5:Thank you, for your program.
Speaker 3:Of course.
Speaker 2:Thanks for calling.
Speaker 3:So get some moss cleared off your roof and your gutters clean.
Speaker 2:It's kinda the right time to do it now as as before we get into winter. You don't want soft spots in your roof to get pushed down on with snow.
Speaker 3:I'm so happy to hear about a sobriety, too.
Speaker 2:Yeah. It's always great when folks call in about their sobriety and their journey and yeah. Big old congratulations, two weeks sober. I know, especially if you've been stuck on it for a while, it's so hard. It's so hard to even get to that two week mark.
Speaker 2:But as soon as you get past that, it's kind of you start clear out and clean clean up and you start feeling more energized and cognitively clear.
Speaker 3:I'm looking forward to him calling us Tuesday and hearing he completed another weekend of Alright.
Speaker 2:We got some more calls. Let's get them on. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 5:Hey. Good morning. Hey. I was one
Speaker 7:of those that got cut off the other day, and I was talking about our ferry service week. Our ferry is up and running. We're all happy. And
Speaker 2:Oh, good.
Speaker 7:I, you know, I didn't you know, that without our ferrys in Southeast, you know, that's it it's pretty tough all for all of our all of our villages to to to get by. We come there all the time and shop. But the one thing I will say is that, you know, problem corner is for everybody, And and a lot of people call you guys, you know, unfortunately, you have some that call you every single day, you know, it's it's like, you know, give, you know, give us, you know, give us a break, and let's hear from other people that wanna get on there. Because when they do get on there, nothing against them. It's just they talk for five, ten minutes at a time when you have people that are trying to get on, trying to talk, trying to sell, whatever.
Speaker 7:It you know, some of these, like myself,
Speaker 9:you know, give other people a break and
Speaker 7:and let them get on problem quota and and and vent or whatever they gotta do. And we don't need to hear some of the same people over and over again, you know, the, you know, that that that get on here all the time. I don't know how they do it, but they do. Anyway, thank you for your time and and problem corner. I'm glad it's back, and I'm glad our ferry system's running and working, and and we're over here shopping.
Speaker 7:Thank you
Speaker 9:very much.
Speaker 6:That's great. Well, thank you for your call.
Speaker 3:It's great to hear that and and you know, sometimes, you know, trying to balance, you know, how much time do you give somebody when, you know, our both our lines are going right now. We got lots of phone calls. So, we'll go right to our next call.
Speaker 2:Alright. Let's get them on. Alright. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 7:Yeah. I have to say some congratulations to my my grand nephew. His name is Robert Jared Lewis. He now works over at, the Sportsman's Warehouse. And if it wasn't for that kid, he saved my life so many times.
Speaker 7:I don't know why there are so many crazy drivers out here by Costco. Boy, they speed around the corner at 75, 85, 95 miles an hour. What are they in such a hurry about? I
Speaker 5:mean, this is a this
Speaker 7:is a basically, still a small town, And that that Robert Jared Lewis saved my life so many times. He he pushed me across the street, hurry up, get out of the way. Here comes another crazy driver.
Speaker 3:Oh, boy. Wow.
Speaker 7:There were so many times that I almost got ran over, but that kid is the hero of my my old grand nephew. He saved my life so many times. That's funny. So many crazy drivers in this
Speaker 2:Well, great when we have family members in our lives like that that are constantly looking out for us and each other. And yeah, it sounds like you have a great grand nephew. It sounds like he's doing good at his job, yeah, he's got a good support system with you in his life.
Speaker 7:I, you know, I actually have neighbors that are jealous because they see my little grand nephew coming over to visit me all the time, and they tell me, geez, their grand nephew doesn't even visit them on their birthday or Christmas.
Speaker 3:That's you're so lucky, sir. You know, families like like Justin was saying really so important and just to have the support of of you for him and him for you, it's just great.
Speaker 7:But a big shout out. I mean, my old grand nephew is just the most awesome grand nephew ever, ever.
Speaker 2:Well, I hope he's listening and hearing your kind words towards him right now. Or he could listen to our podcast
Speaker 7:Sportsman's Warehouse.
Speaker 3:That's great.
Speaker 7:You'll know him, he always wears camouflage.
Speaker 2:All right. Well, if I'm in Sportsman's Warehouse and I come across him, I'm gonna tell
Speaker 7:him I am so proud of him. He's just an amazing kid. I literally, I don't know how I'd survive. I I'm too scared to go to Costco even though it only it only it's only, like, a few blocks away from me because of the crazy drivers in this neighborhood. I I can't go there and until my until my grandnap who shows up because he's young and he's fast.
Speaker 3:Genuine fast.
Speaker 2:Well, mister, is there anything else you wanna get out there on the airwaves or just a big shout out to your
Speaker 9:great friends?
Speaker 7:That's the most important thing. Alright. I don't wanna take up too much time
Speaker 10:because I
Speaker 7:know there's other people that are that wanna call you up. Elle, I love hearing everybody's voice. I I I recognize everybody basically who calls her Problem Corner. Oh, good.
Speaker 3:Well, thank you, sir, for your call. We appreciate it and a great shout
Speaker 11:out to you.
Speaker 7:Problem Corner. Problem Corner. I actually went into a deep depression one day. They canceled it for a couple of months.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that was a tough time.
Speaker 7:I didn't realize how important it was until it was gone.
Speaker 2:Well, it's not going anywhere for a long time. I can tell you
Speaker 3:that. We're back and running strong.
Speaker 7:Thank God it's back on the air.
Speaker 2:Oh yes.
Speaker 7:I love listening to it because I could hear all the familiar voices.
Speaker 3:Well, thank you for sir, for your call. Alright.
Speaker 5:He saw it. He said it.
Speaker 7:Else is gonna try and call up, so I don't wanna take up all
Speaker 9:your time.
Speaker 2:Oh, we got a call right now coming up. I appreciate you calling in. You have a great day and a great weekend.
Speaker 3:What a great call.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Nice little shout out to his grand nephew. And yeah, before I take this next call, check-in with the family. Since he says he's got neighbors that are jealous of his family because his grand nephew checks in, call your grandma, text your grandma. Grandma, if you're listening, you usually do.
Speaker 2:I love you. I'm gonna check-in with you soon, and I hope you have a great Friday. And we'll get to these calls. Alright. Welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:You're live and on the air.
Speaker 9:Hey. Good morning.
Speaker 2:Morning. Morning.
Speaker 9:What's hop sing. And if there's a Mary Riley, I think that's her name. Mary Riley.
Speaker 7:Mary
Speaker 9:Riley. No. Amy. Amy Riley.
Speaker 2:Amy Riley.
Speaker 11:Can call
Speaker 9:me at 907 call me at (907) 723-1399 ASAP.
Speaker 2:+1 399. Alright. We'll see if we can get Amy Riley to give you a call.
Speaker 9:Yes. Thank you.
Speaker 3:Thank you, sir. No problem. Get Amy Riley to call him ASAP.
Speaker 2:Hopsing. So, yeah, he wants to get in contact with Amy. So again, his number to call is (907) 723-1399. And we got some more calls. Let's get them on.
Speaker 2:Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 12:Good afternoon. I just wanna wish
Speaker 11:Ed Boone a happy birthday.
Speaker 2:Ed Boone.
Speaker 11:Ed Boone, if you're if you're out there, I just wanna say happy birthday, brother.
Speaker 2:Alright. Big happy birthday to Ed from you and Problem Corner. Happy birthday, Of course. You have a great
Speaker 3:day. So, Justin, did the fry bread lady show up on Tuesday?
Speaker 2:She did not.
Speaker 3:She did not.
Speaker 2:She did not. So maybe we got to have a little shindig with the fry bread lady this next Tuesday.
Speaker 3:Maybe she's going to give a call out right now. Maybe the fry bread lady is one of the calls here.
Speaker 2:Oh, let's see. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air. Hey.
Speaker 4:Hey, Kenny. You should have cut the guy off about his grand grand his nephew there or whatever.
Speaker 3:You can't win from his interview, sir.
Speaker 4:About the tenth time. But, hey, because I'm being facetious. But, hey. I'm I got something different here.
Speaker 3:What can I
Speaker 4:I have a 2002 Chevy Astro van, all wheel drive? It runs runs fantastic. It's a five passenger. Doesn't have the other set of seats in it. I'm asking 3,500, which is below Blue Book on it.
Speaker 4:It only had a 102,000, like I said, on it. It it runs great. I was thinking of going to business, you know, at one of these shuttle deals or whatever, but it's for Lyft or Uber's too old. But, anyway, give me a call at (907) 988-5100. And before I forget, you know, I know you've got a little some people upset about you cutting people off, but I think it came back because of the former announcer that was here a lot a lot longer.
Speaker 4:I got in trouble during the pandemic where we're just cutting people off because they don't like their opinions. Because they're they're these are supposed to be opinions to them, and you can't just cut anyway, I I don't wanna get into it. So, anyway, I have I have that van, so give me a coffee. Thanks.
Speaker 3:Great.
Speaker 6:Bye. Thank you thank you for
Speaker 3:the call. I had to tell Eric about that van. Eric's always looking for cars for his employees.
Speaker 2:He's got a 2002 Chevy
Speaker 3:Astro van. Five passenger, low mileage, 102,000 for a 02/2002.
Speaker 2:That's pretty good. Must be a long time Alaska car, Juno car probably for having that
Speaker 5:kind of mileage.
Speaker 3:A little mileage on that too.
Speaker 2:All right. We got another call. This person's been patient. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:You're live and on the air.
Speaker 7:Hey. How's it going today?
Speaker 2:Good. How are you?
Speaker 7:Good. I just wanted to bring up the crosswalks downtown. And mainly the the crosswalk that I talked about before, I was misrepresenting thinking it was the Woodier Crosswalk, but it's actually the Willoughby where they've got a a crosswalk that shoots across Eagan Drive, and then it crosses over from, the hotel to Centennial. And I think, when I was talking before about it, they were saying, well, we've got crossing guards. We've got people warning people not to walk on that side of the street.
Speaker 7:But to be honest, I think that place right there is what's causing all the back and traffic. And when tourists just walk out from the hotel crossing over to Centennial Hall and there's nobody slowing them down or keeping them so traffic could keep moving, it it brings everything to a stop there, exiting out of town and then coming into town. And they just jet out in front of people all the time, and and I'm waiting for there to be an accident there. And I think the city sees it every day. Every police officer has to drive through it.
Speaker 7:Every ambulance that has to go through there or fire department when it gets backed up like that is very dangerous for our community. And on top of that, it sounded like they weren't even looking at that as an issue.
Speaker 3:So you're talking about the area where they're doing the construction right across from, like, Centennial Hall and and the Ramada there, that that area there. So there's actually no sidewalk there on the other side, on the Seawalk side. Is that what you're talking about?
Speaker 7:Yeah. Yeah. Well, I'm not talking about that sidewalk. I'm talking about the intersection where people just cut out from in front of the hotel going across the tree, the
Speaker 5:heat, or
Speaker 7:else just cutting out and going straight across over to Centennial. And without anybody controlling that, every time someone one person walks out, it stops traffic instead of, like, downtown where they come and they build up four or five people, and then they let the traffic move through, and somebody's controlling it. But at this point, that's the chokehold when you're coming into town. And I've seen it backed up all the way to the bridge because of that, and it's on a busy day when there's five ships in. And I brought up the fact that even though they they say that, you know, the Hunotoda project isn't gonna contribute to that because they're gonna be able to pull right out of there, I believe it's gonna cause more backup.
Speaker 7:I mean, I've seen buses trying to pull out of there now. And unless they reconfigure that intersection, they're gonna have the same trouble pulling out of that intersection. So, you know, it's just the I'm hoping that the city is looking at this for the next year and and figuring where they really need to have somebody doing the crosswalk part.
Speaker 2:I feel like that's definitely a good spot that you're proposing because you're right. There is no crossing guard there. It's always kinda more in the heart of town. So I think having someone there right at the start of you getting into the main part of downtown to kind of make sure drivers are aware and people actually know there's you got to cross here to make it safely across rather than just darting across like Almost you're
Speaker 3:on both sides, Justin, of where the fences are, you know. It is dangerous. It's extremely dangerous. And I agree, there is a pretty good chokehold in that area there. It's taken me ten minutes to get through that area before.
Speaker 3:I work downtown, so I I deal with it almost every day.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Is there anything else on your mind, mister?
Speaker 9:No. No. It was just that
Speaker 7:when Wade was on and I was talking about it, he made it sound like that wasn't an issue. And I wanna correct myself by saying I meant the intersection there at Willoughby, not at down by the state museum.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Because the the Whittier one has a has a good crosswalk and a good, you know, a good sign and and actually a signal.
Speaker 2:Well, that one's at the traffic light too. Right? Right there. So
Speaker 3:So the the one the one by the Centennial Hall there is is just it's not good. It's not it's not
Speaker 9:It's it's kinda like a
Speaker 7:free for all, and it just totally stops traffic. So you would think the city would have seen that and and put some guards there or the downtown business, you know, the the tourism agency, you know, would have thought about that because it's causing their buses to slow down and have to come to a stop there and wait forever to go. So, anyways, that's my 2¢. I wanted to throw that out there. Hopefully, next year, they get it together and they plan a little better.
Speaker 3:Well, thanks for calling back and clearing that up, sir, and have a great weekend.
Speaker 7:Okay. Talk to
Speaker 9:you later, Kenny.
Speaker 3:Bye. Thanks.
Speaker 8:Bye bye.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's been a topic before on the crosswalks downtown. Like, some are manned by a crossing guard, some are not. And then like, as all Juno locals have probably experienced, especially if you're a driver, you're driving downtown and all of a sudden you have to have your head on a swivel, especially during this time of the year, because you don't know when someone's just going to step off the sidewalk and try to cross the street as you're driving through.
Speaker 3:And with those fences in that area there, there is really no sidewalk on that side over there, you know, by the armory or anything. There's nothing there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you're either hugging that fence and being that's being dangerous because you're in the road at that point, or you're having to cross the street there with traffic coming through with no disregard of cars going around you and all that. So we got a few more minutes left of the program. Let's see if we can get another call in before we have to reiterate some of our calls today. Hi, welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 12:Yeah, I was sitting here holding my breath. I think my dough fell flat. How
Speaker 7:are you doing today?
Speaker 12:It's great. It's great to be Friday. It's great to be here in Problem Corner. I love it all. I have a lot of opinions, but I don't have time to share them.
Speaker 12:I am gonna be coming on Tuesday. I had a informal date with somebody that wasn't gonna be there last Tuesday. I took that as a hint. Don't come until I'm there. So don't tell my husband.
Speaker 3:I will be there on Tuesday. Justin and I will be here Tuesday.
Speaker 12:I also have a proposition for you guys, but I have to talk to one of your salespersons and, just hey. You guys are doing great, and I just I love just like one of the persons that called in, there was a depression when problem corner went off the air. Mhmm. We really depend on this. I guess we you call this codependent.
Speaker 12:We get to reach out to other people, other family members, and friends, not just in Juneau, but in Ingoon. Give it up. Haines. Places, Kuna.
Speaker 3:Sister-in-law and Haines.
Speaker 12:Yeah. All these people, they're they're they're the very fabric that make our knits come together.
Speaker 3:It's such a
Speaker 12:And I and I and I I miss a voice when I don't hear it.
Speaker 3:Sure. That's great.
Speaker 12:But I'll be there on Tuesday with my fry bread.
Speaker 3:Awesome.
Speaker 12:And we'll keep it on the hush flow.
Speaker 2:Alright. Well, we'll to we're gonna have
Speaker 10:to throw
Speaker 2:you in the studio when you show up here and put you on a microphone.
Speaker 3:Yeah. We'll have to come and come and join us for a segment.
Speaker 12:I actually have somebody that wants to come and join us for a segment. I'm gonna
Speaker 10:be burning mad, but that's
Speaker 12:a that's another tale for another tomorrow.
Speaker 3:Alrighty. That's great.
Speaker 2:Well, us a call. Our main line is 586-3630 to get in contact with the sales rep to possibly get an ad rolling for you.
Speaker 12:Yes. Thank you so much.
Speaker 3:Of Thank you. We'll see you Tuesday.
Speaker 10:Yes. Bye.
Speaker 3:All right,
Speaker 9:bye bye.
Speaker 22:All right, this is a fast show
Speaker 3:today, Justin.
Speaker 2:It was a fast show. We're down to our last minute, sadly. I won't be able to get to that last call today, but yeah, a lot of different topics. I know I don't want to cut people off or anything. Know we've had the topic of like, why don't you time people?
Speaker 2:Also, don't want to limit time. So it's either if we hear you repeating or whatnot, do we segue out of it or whatnot? So, yeah, we're all people. We want to give you guys your time and all that.
Speaker 3:And every time we come on, Justin, I know it's very important for me to say that Problem Corner is the people's show. It
Speaker 2:is your show.
Speaker 3:And it's your show, it's not our show. I'm glad to be on here on the days that I get to come in here. To take as many phone calls as we possibly can, it's great. Sometimes we feel like we cut people short. Sorry.
Speaker 3:Yep, sorry.
Speaker 2:So real quick before we wrap up the show, this items that we've got calls for sale. We had the movie guy with his typical items, movies, VHS, a bike. Stuff. (907) 957-1673. Then we had Charles with not volunteering.
Speaker 2:He's asking to do some work for you for moss clearing on your roofs. The number to call him at is (907) 419-5262.
Speaker 3:And if you see Charles around town, pat him on the back and tell him good job and just encourage him to keep Keep
Speaker 2:at it, Charles. And then we had Hopsing looking out for Mary Riley. Give him a call at (907) 723-1399. Then we had the 2,002 Chevy Astro van five seater. He's asking 3,500 for that.
Speaker 2:It's only got a 100,000 102,000 miles. The number to call is (907) 988-5100. And that should do for today's Problem Corner. I appreciate you as always, Kenny, and joining me here in the studio.
Speaker 3:Thank you, Justin, and have a great weekend.
Speaker 2:Yes. You all have a great weekend, and you guys will see you on Monday here on Problem Corner.
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