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Speaker 2:And good morning, Juno KINY eight hundred ninety four point nine FM. Happy Friday, y'all. We have made it through the glacier upper's flood, and definitely wanna kind of steer that direction with the program today. So if you need help cleaning up or any assistance or anything, if your water if water got into your home, give me a call, (907) 586-1800, and we do have some calls. Let's jump right to it.
Speaker 2:Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 3:Well, good morning. Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:Good morning. How are you doing today?
Speaker 3:Not too bad considering the time training. Wow.
Speaker 4:I know.
Speaker 3:It's been come out.
Speaker 2:It's been feeling like one last ditch effort of summertime before, like, we get to
Speaker 3:the fall season. Call it Indian summer here in Truneau.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah.
Speaker 3:Well, anyways, I was wondering if anybody out there was looking for soap berries. I know that's a native thing for ladies to go out there and make jam and stuff like that. Yeah. I have a lot of them. They can call (907) 713-5568 for soap berries.
Speaker 2:68. Soap berries, like s o a p soap.
Speaker 3:Joaquin soap.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay. Gotcha. Gotcha. Alright. 90
Speaker 5:berries. Yes.
Speaker 2:Cool. Let's see if you got if anyone's interested in those. Again, the nine number is (907) 713-5568 if you're interested in some soap berries. But, yeah, it's been a beautiful Juno week with lots of sunshine, warmth. It's definitely been feeling like the Lower 48.
Speaker 2:Like, waking up this morning, it was like, wow. It feels like Washington State here today. It's got that, like, nice little crispness in the air, but it's, like, warm and dry. So if you have anything going on this weekend, garage sales or any sort of event that you wanna throw out there, feel free to give me a call. (907) 586-1800, or you could shoot me a text message.
Speaker 2:Same number. And we also have our email option. I do see we got an email. Oh, that's not for us. Let's look.
Speaker 2:Since we missed a couple days of Problem Corner, let me go back in the emails and see if there's any submissions that I wanna that folks wanna cover. Well, we had the glacier upwards flood. I'm glad it was very moderate this year. Like, I know the estimated crest was higher than it actually was, so that's really great. The Hesco Barriers did their job.
Speaker 2:The pumps did their job. Everyone was on their toes and ready to get out there and help. So I wanna throw that out there again. If you need any assistance for cleanup or anything along those lines, especially with their home, feel free to give me a call. We could get you connected with some folks that might be able to help you.
Speaker 2:And there's a lot of stuff going on here in the capital city over the weekend. Tomorrow, there is the beat the odds cancer race with Cancer Connections. So there's a 10 k or five k race and two mile walk, which is happening at the UAS campus. I know they've last year, they usually do that around Thunder Mountain Field, but, obviously, with all the Hesco barriers around there, they wanna have a little more open space. So, again, that's going on tomorrow.
Speaker 2:It is a CASET event. You can register at cancerconnectionak.org. I myself will be there tomorrow morning. And so if you hear my voice and recognize my voice, feel free to stop by and say hi. And another thing that's going on tomorrow, which is a car wash, a community car wash fundraiser for Aldersgate UMC, which is happening at Cinema Drive, 9161 Cinema Drive.
Speaker 2:The teams will be out there. There's gonna be multiple washing stations, so perfect timing, beautiful weather. If your car's been a little dusty and got some pollen all over it, then that might be your sign to swing on over Cinema Drive tomorrow between ten and 2PM to get your car washed, and it's all for a great cause with Aldersgate UMC. Another great thing that's been happening, I've been plugging this on the radio for quite a few weeks, is the Indian Independence Day with Spice Indian Cuisine. That is going to happen at Elizabeth Pratavich Plaza from five to 07:30.
Speaker 2:It's their Bollywood performance, Indian national anthem, and music, dancing, all are welcome. We do have a call. Let's jump right to it. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:You're live and on the air.
Speaker 6:Hi. I'm gonna take and Leon Denver and for assisting me when I fell down, not having a stroke. And I appreciate people could remember when people are laying down on the street, they would call ambulance to be okay. I had a major stroke, and it took me weeks to recover. I just wanted to say that.
Speaker 2:So you're I missed a little bit part of the beginning part. So are saying thank you for the folks that assisted you while you were having a stroke?
Speaker 6:Yes.
Speaker 2:Oh, man. I'm so sorry that happened. I'm glad you're okay. And, yes, that's a big thankful for the folks that stopped to help you. You should all that's a great reminder if you even though people might not know you, the fact that they're willing to stop and help you and make sure you're okay, that is awesome.
Speaker 2:So the folks that helped you out, big thank you from you and here on Problem Corner.
Speaker 6:Thank you.
Speaker 2:Of course. You have a good one, and I hope the best for your recovery. And feel free to call back anytime.
Speaker 6:Have a good day.
Speaker 2:Alright. Have a good one as well. Wow. That is a great thank you. I missed it.
Speaker 2:I think he threw out names. I'm so sorry. I didn't catch the names. But if you help this gentleman who was suffering from a stroke recently, he is thanking you tremendously, and he's in recovery. So I'm glad I hope the best for him, and thank you community members that stopped to assist him.
Speaker 2:Yes. That's a great reminder and love about this community that a lot of us are willing to stop and help those that are, visibly in need. So big thank you for those folks that stopped to help. No new text messages yet. So feel free if you wanna text instead of call, that's always an option, (907) 586-1800.
Speaker 2:I was doing this a little bit in the beginning, but if you don't wanna call on the phone, I could also play a voice memo. So if you wanna text, like, a little voice memo, I could also play that on air if it wants if you just wanna be short and brief on the airwaves. Have a couple more minutes before we had to take our first commercial break. So if you have a call or anything you wanna throw out there, feel free to pop on in or shoot me an email. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Being nice and sunny out today, I was expecting some final garage sales or items being sold. Hopefully, you guys have some good, nice, warm summer plans. I know Oak Lake's been pretty busy the past few days, so just keep in mind, I wanna re echo with, Oak Lake rules. Obviously, the big tower kind of pillar buoys, those are the watermarks for any motorized vehicle. So if you're out there on a jet ski, small boat, you cannot pass those cylinder pillars, especially because there's gonna be swimmers and people in the water around the edge of the lake.
Speaker 2:So just please keep in mind of those barriers. If you are doing any sort of inner tubing, have some sort of flagger, whether you're on a sit down jet ski, have the second have a second person on the jet ski with you, be their be the flagger even if that means you have to sit backwards and hold on to the back of the seat so you could flip that flag up just to alert anyone that might be dumped in the water. And we do have a call. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:You're live and on the air.
Speaker 6:Yeah. Just calling in to watch the news.
Speaker 2:What's going on in the news lately?
Speaker 6:Bad. Well, it's pretty bad. It will ask for us to 1,700 jobs on our federal government. Instead of majority of that jobs are in Southeast. So that's pretty bad if Dan Sullivan and Nick Baker don't talk for jobs.
Speaker 6:That's a lot of jobs. They said that's 1,700 jobs in Alaska, and that's
Speaker 7:pretty bad.
Speaker 2:Jobs. Yeah.
Speaker 6:Be careful. I think we need to get get our United States back from Trump and just vote Democrat.
Speaker 2:And it's kinda convenient too because we got the government governor elections going on at the moment. So, also, a big reminder to folks to get out there and vote.
Speaker 6:Yeah. Because there's some that are still saying, y'all sit down with Trump. Someone who's running for governor, so be careful how you vote.
Speaker 2:Mhmm. We can't
Speaker 6:be in the same situation. We gotta look what our governor is doing now, putting our legislation against '22 saying, well, the state's gonna have to pay money if they don't approve this gas line, and that's the same what the government is doing. Is they getting paid for someone or taking some money for somebody to try to really push it? But if our state gets starts getting penalized and pay money to those ones that wanna come in to build the pipeline. That's the same for them taking money from the state of Alaska.
Speaker 6:Mhmm. So we gotta be careful how we vote.
Speaker 2:Yes. We do.
Speaker 6:I think it's time we we stopped this stopped this president from doing what he's doing.
Speaker 2:And keeping everything internally.
Speaker 6:And let you guys know.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Appreciate you calling in, voicing your opinion on the matters that we're dealing with our state at the moment. And, yes, get out there, invoke folks, do your research on your on the folk that you wanna possibly see as governor for Alaska, and, yeah, get out there.
Speaker 7:I
Speaker 2:need to figure out that beeping section so when people hang up or disconnect from the phone, it's not a big jarring beep. It is 11:21. It is time to take our first commercial break. We'll be right back with more Problem Corner here on KINY.
Speaker 8:True in.
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Speaker 2:And welcome back to the program, Problem Corner here on KINY. I'm Jess Miller hanging out with you, filling in for Nano on this Friday. Hopefully, you're out there enjoying some sunshine, cruising around town, listening to Problem Corner, or you're at work hanging out. Glad to be filling in your 11:00 to noon hour. Yes.
Speaker 2:Before we start the program, big thank you to all the community members and CBJ facility members and faculty for their extensive work, research, and just maintaining for the Glacier Outburst flood this year. Could not have done it without everyone's support, so big thank you to all that were involved. And, of course, if you have any assistance needs, you're more than welcome to call the program. If you need some help cleaning up, moving sandbags, or anything like that, I'd love to link you up with some folks that could help you out in that need. I did get a text over the break about Dan Sullivan.
Speaker 2:They're saying, do you think that Dan Sullivan should stop helping Washington Troller and help build the West Coast from the hurricane when Huna burned up in 1944 to army corps of engineers went to Huna and build a house for everyone because the town burned down. I think they should build houses up there for everyone that lost their homes. So that was in 1944, but they're saying that they should go back there to build some homes And about Dan Sullivan helping the Washington Trawler, I'm not too knowledgeable about that, so I will not dive into that topic at the moment. I had to do some research. It's been a while since I've hosted the program, so I'm a little out of information.
Speaker 2:So if you have anything you wanna throw out there, feel free to give me a call, text, or an email. Did get a so we had a lot of meetings during the week with CBJ that filled in our Problem Corner time, which is totally okay. We need that time to make sure everyone's informed. But this one was from Wednesday from Tom. There seems to be a particular campaign for a candidate for governor who has been sticking their signs in illegal places.
Speaker 2:Seems to tell me they think they are better than everyone else because they don't have to follow the law. Signs on people's fences are a wonderful expression of the First Amendment. Right? Legal signs stuck in easements and public spaces show basic disrespect to the community. I don't know too much about that law as far as, like, putting fences or the signs around.
Speaker 2:Obviously, yes, like the person Tom was saying, putting them on your fence, on your own property is totally fine. But, obviously, if you're part of the campaign and you're just kinda putting them down in areas without any sort of permission from the property owner or the business owner or even from the city to be able to place these signs, yes, I feel like those will either just get ripped out by someone else or yeah. So I don't know too much about that. So if you have more knowledge on that, about where people could put those campaign signs, feel free to give me a text, call, or email, and we'll get you on the program. Looking at other events going on here in the capital city, we also have summer Southeast Summerfest going on at the Jack tomorrow from eleven to three.
Speaker 2:This is an all age event. There's gonna be music, art, food, and, of course, community. So starting the daytime festival with live music, Alaska Seaplane Stage, local artists and vendors, food, and plenty of reasons to hang out for the day. Music will be featuring Taylor Viddick, Joel Fourlines, Ocean View, and Dude Mounds. So two Juno locals and then two folks from Ketchikan coming up for that.
Speaker 2:So definitely don't wanna miss out. Swing on by, check out some live music, and support our local arts. You can get tickets and more information at the JAACS website. That's jahc.org. And all the proceeds for Southeast Summerfest support the JAACS council in programs, events, and opportunities that they provide throughout the year.
Speaker 2:So very cool stuff. We do have a call. Let's jump right to it. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:You're live and on the air. Okay. Sorry. Sorry. I had my channel go down.
Speaker 2:Repeat that.
Speaker 7:How are you doing today?
Speaker 2:I'm doing alright. How are you today?
Speaker 7:Alright. Nice day.
Speaker 2:It is beautiful.
Speaker 7:Couple items today. I have the jogging stroller. It's compact. It folds flat. Wheels detached.
Speaker 7:I also have a set of 19 inch tires. They're two thirty five fifty r nineteens, and they're Fred's really good condition, like, 80 to 90%.
Speaker 2:Oh, nice.
Speaker 7:And then I gotta set it at two zero five fifty five r sixteens, the old fit of Subaru. So if you're running sixteens.
Speaker 2:16 inch tires.
Speaker 7:Yeah. So yeah. Just I have those items, and then the number for that is 9075011471.
Speaker 2:1471. Alright. I'll throw out those tires and the jogging stroller.
Speaker 7:See if you have a good day.
Speaker 2:You as well. Enjoy that sunshine.
Speaker 7:Okay. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Alright. Bye bye. Alright. I got some items for sale. So we'll recap.
Speaker 2:We have a couple more minutes before I have to take another commercial break or ABC and commercial break in weather report. So we had the soap berries. If anyone's in need of those, you could call (907) 713-5568. And then we had the jogging stroller, the 19 inch tires, pretty good tread condition, and then the 16 inch tires that would fit a Subaru. If you're interested in any of those, you could call (907) 501-1471.
Speaker 2:Alright. No new text mail. Let's check the handy dandy emails. No new emails at the moment. That's totally alright.
Speaker 2:It's a beautiful sunny day, and everyone's probably not everyone's out enjoying the sunshine. And, yeah, I wish I was out there with you on this beautiful day. It's supposed to be beautiful all weekend long, so hopefully you have some weekend plans, garage sales. It is nearing almost school time. We literally have one more week, and then school is back in session for the Juneau School District.
Speaker 2:If you have a new student going into high school or middle school and you wanna give them a little shout out on the radio, I would love to do that for you as well. You could give us a call, (907) 586-1800. In the meantime, I will let you guys think of what you wanna throw out on the program. We'll be right back with more Problem Corner here on KINY.
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Speaker 14:ABC News. I'm Brian Clark. Some family members of crew aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln say they're worried about their health and safety. The aircraft carrier has spent a record nine months deployed amid the war in Iran. President Trump today downplayed those concerns.
Speaker 4:That ship is moving right now or very shortly, and it's being replaced with another very similar ship.
Speaker 9:Deployment's gone on too long before
Speaker 4:No. No. No. Not nearly long enough.
Speaker 14:Today, the president asked the Supreme Court to allow construction on his White House ballroom to continue while it appeals the lower court's order halting construction. Luigi Mangione admitted to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City almost two years ago as he pleaded guilty to two federal charges he faces life in prison when he sentenced in December. His attorneys are seeking the dismissal of state murder charges, saying it would be unconstitutional to try Mangione again. That trial is due to begin next month. This is ABC News.
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Speaker 16:Juno weather. With a clear sky this morning, it's gonna be sunny and very warm today with a high 77. Officially, a heat advisory is in effect through 07:00 this evening. Mostly clear tonight, Terlo near 60, then sunny, quiet weather ahead for the rest of the weekend with a high 75 tomorrow. Saturday night's low fifty eight and seventy likely on Sunday afternoon.
Speaker 16:Our next weather update is in less than thirty minutes. This is Juno Media Center meteorologist Anne Holiday.
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Speaker 12: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. I help coach football.
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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 welcome back to Problem Corner on your Friday. I'm Jess Miller hanging out, filling in for Nano Brooks, and we do have a call. Let's jump right to it. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:You're live and on the air.
Speaker 6:Hey, Jeff.
Speaker 2:How's it going? How's going?
Speaker 7:It's it's going pretty good. I gotta turn this radio off.
Speaker 2:No worries.
Speaker 7:Jeff, I'm persistent, and I know when the call ends this time, they I get the voice mail.
Speaker 2:Yeah. We do have a voice mail set up now for Problem Corner. So, like, if we ever miss miss anything, you're more than welcome to leave a voice mail, and we'll always listen back to it. But, anyway, I'm glad that we got you through.
Speaker 7:Okay.
Speaker 6:First of all,
Speaker 7:I'm after living in my apartment, I I moved in when it was brand new, Trillium Landing, And I got a big wind thing going on on my window and one in the bedroom, and it's seven to eight. And I finally decided I'm gonna go to Costco and see if they have a air conditioner Yeah. Without, you know, being uncomfortable. I can't cool cool it down. It's it's like seven to eight right outside right now.
Speaker 7:Right?
Speaker 2:Yeah. I know it's kinda crazy that, like, with this heat that we're getting, it's just like, oh, jeez. People even opening your windows is not enough. Like, even at the radio station, we had to get an AC unit in here yesterday, and I was like, yeah. We need to cool this space down.
Speaker 7:Yeah. I I remember one of the guys that was there working with a combo janitor maintenance, and he said, Mel, you're just bringing in the warm air, and that's what I'm doing now. So
Speaker 2:Mhmm.
Speaker 7:I'm defeating my purpose. But, also, I I wanna thank everybody involved. Lincoln and Hyatt are too many to remember my KTOO and and their their coverage.
Speaker 4:I know. I don't wanna go
Speaker 7:on and on. I'm I'm glad it worked out. I if there was damage, I hope it was very minimal.
Speaker 2:I think so. From what the reports I was getting with, like, damage was mainly minimal water. Like, not damage damage, but things got wet, essentially. Nothing really got broken, but things got wet.
Speaker 7:Yeah. And and then globally, we we have a aircraft carrier, and the guys are are just totally out of it because they've been over there, I'll just say, because of the Iran war.
Speaker 2:Mhmm.
Speaker 7:And one had jumped overboard.
Speaker 2:Oh, wow.
Speaker 7:They they wanna go home. They've been on that ship for a long time.
Speaker 2:And where's this aircraft carrier located at, like, outside Iran?
Speaker 7:The the the critical area.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay.
Speaker 7:Anyway, it's it's not a authorized war. And
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 7:I'm I I'm just wondering now. It's it's very troubling, but enough of that. I I just wanna say thank you for for your program.
Speaker 2:Of course. And thank you for always calling in. And wait. Real quick. You never answer you never finished if you got the AC unit or not.
Speaker 2:Did you get it?
Speaker 7:No. I'm I'm going to go out to Costco and and check. And if they don't have one, then I'll I'll go to Fred Meyer's Kroger and check, and I should be able to get one.
Speaker 2:Oh, good.
Speaker 7:Finally, it it drove it's driving me out of my apartment and being retired, I I decided I'd just put the bucks out and and be comfortable. I wanna thank you for your time.
Speaker 2:Of course. I appreciate calling in, and I hope you get that AC unit, cool yourself down, and enjoy your rest of your weekend in a nice AC department.
Speaker 7:Right.
Speaker 6:Okay.
Speaker 2:Alrighty. You have a good one, mister. Thanks for calling.
Speaker 7:Yeah. Bye.
Speaker 2:Alrighty. Bye bye. I know. Not everyone's prepared for the heat. Like, right now in the studio, it's getting a little toasty.
Speaker 2:Obviously, can't open windows in here and but, yeah, and the studio is closest to the outside wall, and the heat is going through the wall. So it's a little toasty in the KINY room right now, but no problem there. It is 11:42. I have a few more minutes before I have to take my last commercial break. So if you have an email, text you wanna throw out there or get a call in, you're more than welcome.
Speaker 2:(907) 586-1800. And real quick, we will recap some of the items that folks were trying to get rid of. We have the soap berries for just I think to give away if anyone was interested in those, could call (907) 713-5568. And then we had the jogging stroller, the nine the 19 inch tires with good tread, and then the 16 inch tires that could fit a Subaru. I believe those are also good treads on them.
Speaker 2:You call (907) 501-1471. Again, 501-1471 if you're interested in those tires. And then also that gentleman that called earlier that recently suffered from a stroke, and he was throwing out thanks to the folks that stopped to help him. That is the beauty of our Juno community a lot of the times. Folks are willing to stop and help you if you're in need.
Speaker 2:So I'm glad that those folks were able to help that gentleman in especially such a scary time and scary moment. I can't imagine what it would be like in that moment for this gentleman to suffer from that, and luckily, bystanders or folks stopped and helped him. Alright. Well, we'll take our last commercial break. We'll be right back with more Problem Corner on KINY.
Speaker 2:Your city,
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Speaker 20:was governor, Donna and I didn't just work in Juneau. We made it our home. Randy Hoffbeck did too. While serving as a commissioner of revenue, he chose to live aboard his boat in Harris Harbor and became part of the community even serving as a substitute pastor in a local church. We didn't just come to Southeast during campaign season.
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Speaker 1:Now back to Problem Corner where our community meets to talk, trade, and share.
Speaker 2:And welcome back to Problem Corner on your Friday. I'm Jess Miller hanging out with you from the Gold Ball Tram studio, and we do have a call. Let's jump right to it. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 2:You're live and on the air.
Speaker 5:I was wondering about the the elections. Mhmm. The I I'm so I just dislike election year when it comes around because they spend lots of money to on TV to put down their opponents. Mhmm. And some of them campaign for them.
Speaker 5:Some of them campaign against them. I don't care what your opponent's doing. I don't care what he or she doesn't do or doesn't say or whatever. I'm interested in what you're gonna do in office if I vote for you.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 5:That's that's the bottom line. I I gripe about this every election. It still never changes. It's so disgusting between Portola and Sullivan. The money that they spend to put down their opponents is outrageous.
Speaker 5:Spend some money and tell them tell me what you're gonna do if I vote for you. That's all I got to say. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Of course. I appreciate your call, and that's I'll continue on this topic a little bit more, but, yeah, I appreciate your call and bringing that up.
Speaker 5:Thank you. You have a good day.
Speaker 2:You too. Enjoy that sunshine.
Speaker 5:I will.
Speaker 2:Thank Bye bye. Yes. Political season is always an interesting time, especially like she was saying that different candidates kinda bash each other a little bit, and it's such a crazy tool to use to kinda do that because not everyone is willing to do their own, inform like, look into the information or do their own research about certain candidates. And sometimes folks, and I know it's sad to say, but folks go off the advertisement sometimes. And so if you're not if you're unsure, always do your own research.
Speaker 2:And, yes, the political bashing is it gets old, but we're almost at the tail end of the advertisement time. So just hang in there a little bit longer and remember, get out there and vote. We have a voting station literally right outside the front of the radio station here at the Minnow Hall Mall. You can swing on by in the annex and do your voting right there. Super easy.
Speaker 2:And, yeah, do your research. Make sure you know what each candidate is bringing to the table. And let's see if we got any new emails. No new emails at the moment, so I wanted to throw out some events. I know fellow muse Juno musician, Tyler Campbell, he grew up here in Juno.
Speaker 2:If you know of him, you know he's in a band or start he's has a band that's based in Washington Washington at the moment, but they are gonna be coming to Juno for an album release. So Knot is the name of the band with Tyler Campbell and Julia who's his drummer. It's a two person band. It's pretty cool. I've seen I saw not perform when I was living in Seattle.
Speaker 2:Digital rig is pretty cool backing tracks. He's got quite the production. It is pretty heavy music. So if you're not a fan of the screaming music or anything like that, that's okay. But, definitely, I'm looking forward to sitting down with Tyler Campbell and Julia for Southeast Sounds.
Speaker 2:And if you know about Southeast Sounds, it's our local program and ours highlight here on our radio stations that we help elevate and celebrate our local musicians here in Southeast Alaska. Whether you grew up starting music here in Juneau or you're still actively playing music here in Juneau, we definitely wanna hear from you. You can submit your music easily by going to kinyradio.com, and you could fill out a little bio, your artist name or your name, band members, all that great stuff, and then just add a track of your music. It's gotta be clean for radio play. So if it's not clean edit, make sure you make it a clean edit and it's appropriate for play, but we'd love to check it out.
Speaker 2:So if you know of an artist that should come on Southeast Sounds, definitely reach out to us. We'd love to get them on the program or even just on the highlight. And let's see if I got new emails. I thought I saw an email pop up. Nope.
Speaker 2:That's not an email. So feel free to give me a call at (907) 586-1800. The few calls that we had today for items, again, the Berries, (907) 713-5568. And then we had the jogging stroller, the 19 inch tires with good tread, and then the 16 inch tires for a possible Subaru. If you're interested in any of those, (907) 501-1471.
Speaker 2:And, yeah, also, I wanna throw out there again that if your house was affected by the flood, need some help cleaning up or moving sandbags, we would love to get you connected or even get your information out there that someone's, I'm sure folks are cruising around town, willing to help. I believe CBJ usually does a drive by, make sure everyone's okay, especially folks on View Drive. You know, I gotta go I I need to go help my grandma soon and move her sandbags. So if you are like anyone with sandbags or need cleanup, feel free to give me a call or a text message, and we could get you linked up. Alright.
Speaker 2:More. So a lot of stuff has happened this weekend. We got the Southeast Summerfest at the Jack. We got beat the odds with cancer connection. We got the community car wash.
Speaker 2:We have Indian Independence Day. There's so much going on here in the capital city this weekend. So a lot of fun to be had after the stressful week we just had on beautiful weather, though, but the flood one made it a little stressful. We didn't know what was gonna happen. The crest the peak crest and what was gonna water was gonna go, but the Heska Barriers did their job.
Speaker 2:The pumps did their job. Everyone worked really, really hard to make sure minimal damage was done this year. So I wanna throw another big thank you. I know Mel earlier called in and thanked Clinton and Haida and all the folks for the media coverage, all of our media partners here in town for doing the live streams, the webcams, and all that. It was definitely very helpful for folks to stay up to date and not have to drive around and look at the river.
Speaker 2:I love that the webcams really gave you a good visual of what the water was doing, so you didn't have to cause traffic buildup in any way near the water. So I like that. We had it queued up here at the radio station, so we're just kinda watching it in the station, and it was definitely handy to be able to report on so we knew the water level, what was gonna happen. So, again, cannot thank the folks enough for all that everyone did this glacier outburst flood season. And next year, we'll have it definitely more tightened up.
Speaker 2:It's just gonna get more efficient each year as we have seen this year. I have a few more minutes left of the program. So if you have anything you wanna say, sell, get off your chest, feel free to give me a call. (907) 586-1800 will get you on the program. As always, you could shoot shoot a text or an email, and we could get it read on the air.
Speaker 2:And, let's see what else is going on. Well, with KINY, we still have backyard barbecue underway that's going on till about Labor Day, I believe. So submit that photo of your backyard patio or deck to kimliveradio.com for your chance to win some great prizes in a potential backyard or a brand new barbecue. We do gotta call. Let's jump right to it.
Speaker 2:Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 6:Yeah. I just thought I'd call in. They got into my food stamp card. Left me 58¢ on there.
Speaker 3:Oh.
Speaker 6:So people be careful with your food stamp card.
Speaker 2:Like someone stole
Speaker 6:your have a credit card. They said it's better if you tap it rather than run it through your machine. So I just thought I'd call that in and let people know, be careful with your food stamp card.
Speaker 2:Uh-oh. I'm sorry that happened
Speaker 6:to you. It off mine.
Speaker 2:Oh, jeez.
Speaker 6:At least you left me 56¢.
Speaker 2:Holy cow. That's not cool.
Speaker 6:Okay. Thank you for your program.
Speaker 2:Of course. Appreciate the call and spreading awareness towards that. Yeah. It's scary. I don't think we have a whole lot of, like, scalp machines, like, you know, when they put, like, the device on top of a card reader and then they're able to scalp your information.
Speaker 2:I've never really came across that here in Juneau, but it's not impossible. We do got we do have more calls. Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 25:Good morning.
Speaker 2:Good morning. How are you today?
Speaker 25:Reminder, it's a beautiful day, and plenty of people are already out there walking their dogs. And a reminder, there's no poop fairies in Juneau, so pick up the doggy bags full of the experiment, the poop, crap, whatever you wanna call it. Mhmm. People call it different things. There's nobody that's gonna bring it home for you.
Speaker 25:Bring a store bag, put it in it, then you can remind your own self to bring it home. And, you know, nobody has to bring it for you.
Speaker 2:That's a great reminder to clean up your dog poop.
Speaker 25:Exactly. Thank you.
Speaker 2:Of course, I appreciate the reminder to our community. Clean up after your animal. And, yeah, any major walkways, sidewalks, anything, please just carry a bag with you. And I try really hard with my own dog to always have a bag ready to go. We do have another call.
Speaker 2:Hi. Welcome to Problem Corner. You're live and on the air.
Speaker 26:Yeah. I got on the radio a couple times. I needed help moving my stuff to a storage room. This guy called and said he was gonna help. He never showed up, but that's okay.
Speaker 26:You know, I I had a lot of help. But and then another thing, I'm just looking for a small TV, a small smart TV.
Speaker 7:Windows
Speaker 26:my landlord hired somebody to move my stuff to my apartment. And when they moved the stuff to my apartment, they messed up my TV. So I'm just looking for a small smart TV. My number is 419-8420 if anybody has one, and thanks for your program.
Speaker 2:Of course. So, again, the number is 419-8420. Oh, my bad. I think luckily, I I can write pretty fast. So they are looking for a small smart TV.
Speaker 2:I can't remember if they so I believe she needed help moving stuff out of the unit now. So if you're willing to help her and have a small TV, you're willing to either sell or give it to her. (907) 419-8420. And another recap, the tires, nineteen sixteen inch in the jogging stroller, that's at (907) 501-1471, and then we had the Berries at (907) 713-5568. And I oh, I gotta got one call.
Speaker 2:Gotta make it real quick. Okay? Yeah. Alright. Welcome to Problem Corner.
Speaker 27:Good afternoon on this sunny day.
Speaker 2:It is a beautiful sunny day. Hopefully, you're taking advantage of it.
Speaker 27:I am I'm doing some I'm clearing out some stuff. I've got three vehicles, and they gotta go. Three cars. Yep, I've got a 2002 PT Cruiser. Wow.
Speaker 27:It's a limited edition. It's been grogged its whole life. It's only got a 109,000 miles on it.
Speaker 2:Oh, wow.
Speaker 27:Yeah. Great shape. It's already got some special special things additions on it and Sirius radio installed. So I'm looking to get rid of that for $6,200.
Speaker 2:Alright. And the other two?
Speaker 27:And I've got a 2001 Chevy Astro van, and I only want $2,000 for it. It's a seven passenger. Everything runs. Brand new battery. Everything works.
Speaker 27:And I've got a 1987 Chevy Caprice. I love the car. I just don't have any room for it anymore. It's a classic, and it's got a brand new battery in it as well. Couple of new things.
Speaker 27:Oh, and the the Astro has brand new calipers and brakes on the front. Just put those on.
Speaker 2:Oh, nice.
Speaker 27:But the Chevy, I have not come up with a price yet. I'm not gonna go any lower than $4,500. I will take an offer on it, but I really don't wanna go any lower than $4,500 on the 1987 Chevy Caprice. It's got a three fifty police engine in it, and it's a really nice car.
Speaker 2:Oh, nice. What's a good phone number to reach out to you with?
Speaker 27:907 321-2329.
Speaker 2:2329. Alright. Your call takes us to the end of our program. So I I think you did a really good description of all your cars. Again, the number is 9073212329.
Speaker 2:I hope you have a good rest of your Friday and a good weekend.
Speaker 27:Bye bye.
Speaker 2:Alright. Bye bye. Alright. That should do it for Problem Corner on this Friday. I'm Jess Miller, and I will catch you next time here on KINY.
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