Meet Diana Jackson who spins stories about her great-great grandfather’s traveling from Beloit, Wisconsim to the California gold fields and the world with her notebook and frying pan in the other.

Learn about the importance of writing a personal biography for yourself, your family, your city or business. Meet Julie Zander, Personal Historian and find out how you can record and publish your own memoir. Perhaps you might even consider utilizing her knowledge and skills to develop an outstanding record of you, your business or community. You can find her at www,chaptersoflife.com. Your family and community will be happy you learned about this important record.

Chef Danny Corsun discovered how his unique ability to cook was able to be used to educate children in special education. The uniqueness of this method drew children from the general school population. He also discovered how it could be used in Senior Centers, the broader k-12 school system, with adults in non-profit organizations and even fund raising organizations. I would urge you to take a listen to his explain this experience directly to you.

BBH Ukraine - Full Recording by Wayne Potter

This picture depicts the hazards that Ukrainian first responders face every time a Russian missle tears into a home, commercial buildiing or uitility. First responders are now being offerred safety glasses that will protect their eyes from schapnel thrown from these bombings. The BBH Eye Foundation is now developing a way to send 1,000’s of safety glasses can be provided to them. Jack Blacks, one of the founders of this foundation describes how these glasses are now being sent there. These founders are providing a beacon of hope and example of what it takes to cope with dictators who want to take over the lives of people living in a democratic socierty.

Marion Van Namen - has chosen her future. by Wayne Potter

Community Theatre is a marvelous way to spend time together. Residents meet other residents, parents watch kids, theatre discussion takes place. Listen to Eliazabeth Goebel and Ellen Spitaleni share there experiences in organizing the New Century Players in Oak Grove and Milwaukie, Oregon. You’ll find out how you can assist these two leaders build on their 20 successful years in play production.

This episode of Keeping Kurrent attempts to answer the question, “Does training a dog and the dog’s owner help create positive community attitudes?" Kelly Wheeler, owner of Dog3 Training outlines the strong benefits to training your dog to have high esteem and create positive dog to human interation in the community. If you’d like to learn more about this you can contact Dog3 Training at https://dog3training.com/. Share your opinion with Keeping Kurrent on Facebook.

“A Midsummer Nights Dream in Prison”, a movie produced by the "Open Hearts Open Minds” non-profit provides the opportunity for Josh Underhill and Carla Grant, both leaders involved in "Open Hearts Open Minds” to talk about how the prison arts programs are helping Oregon prison inmates gain self understanding, self esteem, and pride by their involvement in a theatre production available in the Oregon prison system. You can learn more about OMOH at www.OpenHeartsOpenMinds.org. Listeners can organize a showing to learn more about the rehabilitation of prison inmatres.

Shannon Zellerhoff - professional mariner by Wayne Potter