With his white van full of cat supplies, local Travis Garcia looks out for community cats living in and around the Walnut Lane trailer park. He feels for these animals, especially those who have suffered from disease or infection. “As I get older, I sympathize with everything a little bit better, you know? I got a real tender heart.” Today on the news, we have an audio portrait of Garcia, also known as ‘Cat Daddy.’

// Plus, the Weekly News Reel! Doug McMurdo of The Times-Independent discusses last week’s big monsoonal storm, road work along Highway 191 and a local judge suppressing evidence in a drug case after finding an officer did not properly get consent for a search. Alison Harford of the Moab Sun News discusses soon-to-be-filled historic uranium mines in San Juan County, the results of the latest USU wellbeing study and the upcoming Moab Music Festival.

// Show Notes:

// Photo: Travis ‘Cat Daddy’ Garcia cares for the community cats living in and around Walnut Lane. “I just love animals,” he says. “And I just can’t stand to see them suffering.”

// Want to help or have ideas? Contact Travis Garcia at 435-260-9428

// If you think there’s someone or somewhere we should profile with an audio portrait, please reach out to [email protected]

// Humane Society of Moab Valley: Community Cats

https://moabpets.org/what-we-do/programs/community-cats.html

// Alley Cat Allies: Community Cats

https://www.alleycat.org/resources/how-to-help-community-cats-a-step-by-step-guide-to-trap-neuter-return/

// Sounds In Today’s Audio Portrait: 407747_170048-virtualwindo-co-za_cat-eating, 632414_jkata_catmoanspurrs, 33657_tim-kahn_meow, 268778_yurkobb_cats-eating, 345983_philllchabb_cat-licking-water-in-cup

// Music in Today’s Audio Portrait: Theatre of Being by Siddartha Corsus, Save The Cat by One Man Book, Me And God by HoliznaCC)

// Weekly News Reel Mentions

// The Times-Independent: A postmortem on Moab’s Aug. 11 storm

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/a-postmortem-on-moabs-aug-11-storm/

// The Times-Independent: Washed out at Church Rock

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/washed-out-at-church-rock/

// The Times-Independent: Storms delay UDOT repaving

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/storms-delay-udot-repaving/

// The Times-Independent: Judge finds officer had no right to search suspect

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/judge-finds-officer-had-no-right-to-search-suspect/

// Moab Sun News: BLM to fill in 74 mines in Kane Creek area

https://moabsunnews.com/2022/08/18/blm-to-fill-in-mines/

// Moab Sun News: Analyzing results from the USU Wellbeing Survey

https://moabsunnews.com/2022/08/18/usu-wellbeing-survey/

// Moab Sun News: Moab Music Festival celebrates 30 years

https://moabsunnews.com/2022/08/18/moab-music-festival-celebrates-30-years/