In addition to the efforts of individual donors and volunteers,
we also gained support this March Fundraiser from several regional
businesses who contributed gifts for donors, food for volunteers
and matching monies through our Corporate Challenge Program.
We especially thank the following businesses who provided matching
grants:
A Green House Recycling,
Murray
Artisan Kitchen,
Paducah
Barkley Regional Airport
Serving the Four Rivers Region
C-Plant Federal Credit Union,
Ballard, Livingston, Graves & McCracken County
Dr. Pamela Hodges,
OB/GYN, Paducah
Falwell Construction Company, Murray
Fidalgo Bay
Coffee, Murray
First United Bank
& Trust Company, Madisonville & Earlington
FNB Bank, Mayfield, Farmington,
Wingo, Paducah & Lone Oak
Johanna Fox CPA, Inc., Mayfield
JS Gwinn Jewelers, Paducah
Marshall
County Health Department
The Murray Bank
Murray
Woman's Clinic
Paducah Power System
Purchase
District Health Department
Paducah Yoga Center
Roof Brothers Wine &
Spirits, Paducah
St.
John's Episcopal Church, Murray
Pictured above from left to right: Longtime WKMS
on-air guest and commentator Patience Renzulli, the lovable
pooch "Sam I Am," and Tracy Ross; Collin, Don, Robin
and Bryan Oakley in WKMS Studio B with the guitar the Oakley’s
won in the Front Porch fundraiser drawing; and longtime
fundraiser volunteer and honorary Kentucky Colonel George Patmor
with a Sri Lankan statue of “The Colonel.” Phyllis Patmor, also
a longtime volunteer, says “Kentucky Fried” deviled wings are
a favorite when they visit their kids who live there.
WKMS
Newsroom's Nicole Erwin
Receives Hearst Broadcast Award
Today the William Randolph Hearst Foundation announced the
student radio and television broadcast finalists selected
in the January Journalism Awards Program broadcast competition.
This particular category - Competition Two - involved News.
The top five winners in both radio and television were selected
from among 26 radio and 54 television entries submitted. Among
the top five radio finalists was our very own Nicole Erwin
of the WKMS Newsroom. As a semifinalist, Erwin will submit
an additional tape for a semifinal round of judging where
five students in radio and five in television will be chosen
to compete in the program's national broadcast news championships
in San Francisco.
Nicknamed "Sparky" by station staff because of her
energy and quick-wittedness, Erwin's been a solid member of
the WKMS Newsroom team for close to two years now. We look
forward to cheering her on as she heads attempts to compete
in the championship round.
Here's looking at you Sparky! Congrats and thanks for all
your excellent work and dedication.
Heard Any Good Books
Lately?
For
nearly 45 years Radio Reader host Dick Estell
has brought literature books into the homes and automobiles
of people throughout the nation. And thankfully so, as in our
busy day-to-day lives we've rarely the time to sit down and
escape into the pages of a great novel. All is not lost however.
I've good news-for you book lovers out there. If you tune your
radio to
WKMS every weeknight at 6:30, you can enjoy 30 minutes of newly-published,
award winning literature while you do what you must.
On March 6, Estell began Michael White's 2007 bestseller Soul
Catcher - the pre-civil war story of a scarred and troubled
American bounty hunter who while in search of people who don't
want to be found, finds himself. This reading carries through
April 23, and will be followed by another popular work, yet
to be announced. As soon as I know what that work is, I'll let
you know!
Catch Radio Reader on WKMS Monday
through Friday at 6:30 p.m.
For more on Radio Reader and all WKMS programming,
visit wkms.org.
"Her
Stories" - A Women’s History Month Special From
Hearing Voices
is a series based on a variety of themes and composed of broadcasts
and podcasts; audio archives; the web's best stories, sound-portraits,
slam poets, docs, radio dramas, features, and found-sound. In
honor of Women's History Month, WKMS presents the latest Hearing
Voices series - "Her Stories" with host Dmae Roberts.
The special airs Friday, March 21 at Noon.
You can learn more about all
the programming you hear on WKMS at wkms.org.
