Talk of the Rock

Slugs. The bane of Kodiak gardeners. There are those who think the only thing worse than finding a slug in their garden or flower bed is to find one in a salmonberry they just bit into. Yuck! You may have thought they dried up and died during that recent stretch of dry, sunny weather. Wrong. Kodiak master gardener Marion Owen …

  Today our guest is Nora Weisz who is this summer’s naturalist at Fort Abercrombie State Park. Weisz shares what she’s learned as a local naturalists and provides information on special programs at Ft. Abercrombie, including speakers every Saturday evening in July.  

We talk with Library Director Laurie Madsen and Library Youth Specialist (or children’s librarian), Roy Thomas. The library has tons of great programs for people of all ages this summer. A special emphasis is on space to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Land on the Moon. Also STEM kits to check out to make it fun for kids (and …

  Our guests this week are mental health professionalss who specialize in helping Kodiak children in the schools: Susan Philo, a clinician at Providence Kodiak Island Hospital who is the Team lead for the school district’s clinician program, and Kris Foster, the clinician at the Middle School.   We talk about many things related to the mental health of Koodiak’s …

  Crab Festival Midway. Crab Fest opens Thursday at noon. File photo courtesy Kodiak Chamber of Commerce Facebook page.

Our guests this week are Patrick Saltonstall and Molly Odell from the Alutiiq Museum. They talk about archaeological surveys around Kodiak, primarily about looking for previously unknown sites. We also learn how the historic record can change as new sites and new information is learned. 2018 Dig Group. Crew begins excavations at the Qikr’tangcut (Little Island) site in 2018. (Photo …

KMXT’s news team talks with Penny Lampl from Kodiak Women’s Resource and Crisis Center and Joanna McFarlin with KANA’s Child Advocacy Services. Pinwheels represent the children involved in child abuse investigations in Kodiak. KMXT photo by Kavitha George    

  Our guest is Sarah Phillips from the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. She says forms for booth requests and other info is ready to go. Don’t wait, now that spring is here things will move quickly. Also highlights from what to expect this year. And a sneak preview of next week’s ComFish event. Be sure to listen to Tuesday’s Talk …

KMXT’s Pam Foreman talked with local students who are cadets in the Kodiak Civil Air Patrol. The students recently won the Color Guard Cadet Competition in Alaska and will be representing Alaska in the Pacific Region Cadet Competition on March 30, 2019.

This week on Talk of the Rock we speak with a group of actors and others involved with the production of “Newsies” which opens this weekend. We discuss the show, the actors, and the interesting history of New York City newspaper sellers during the late 1890s.   Some of the cast and others involved with Newsies join KMXT’s Maggie Wall …