July 2006 Show Archives
Week 1 Show 0627
First Wave Aviation Co.
Hit hard with a plant closing in 2004, Bristow was at risk of losing residents when First Wave, an expanding Tulsa company, came to town bringing several hundred jobs. First Wave President Ed Clark, local banker Bob Wyatt, and Central Technology Center Assistant Superintendent Ron Dyer talk about the big impact being made on this small Oklahoma town.
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Oklahoma's Aeronautical Commission
Director Vic Bird discusses the future of aviation in Oklahoma.
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Grow Your Own Aviation Jobs
In partnership with Southwest Technology Center, Altus Air Force Base trains its own future workforce, as the need for new workers swells in Oklahoma's aviation industry. Sam Kinnamon, George Standard, Ramiro Solis, and Brandy Mitchell tell of the value of learning and work experiences through the Grow Your Own Mechanic program.
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Aviation Training
Brent Wall overcame many obstacles in the pursuit of his aviation dreams. Metro Technology Centers students and instructors Brea Boris, Brett Cunningham, John Gharet, Kim Nickerson, Rick DeRenaux and Karen Baker join Brent in sharing their experiences in the aviation program and plans for the future.
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Aviation History
An aviation history lesson at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City.
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Week 2 Show 0628
Bob Funk
He's been a driving force behind professional sports in Oklahoma, and as the owner of one of the world's largest personnel companies, Bob Funk is one of our state's most successful businessmen.
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Haskell Cudd
One of the oldest active CEO's in America, 98 year old Haskell Cudd of Stillwater, still goes into the office everyday. He talks about his experiences in the milling industry over his lifetime.
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Paul Jackson
Few in the state know more or care about the wheat industry the 71 year old Paul Jackson. Recently inducted into the Ag Hall of Fame, he talks about the changing world of farming.
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Sean Marsee
James Brigance, a retired educator did not retire from teaching young people about the health risk of using smokeless tobacco. A promise he made to a dying student several years ago.
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Tracy Kelly
At 84, Tracy Kelly knows a lot about banking, and even more about the role it plays in building small towns like Bristow.
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Week 3 Show 0629
Jennifer Rye- Health Career Cluster
At 17 years of age, Jennifer Rye not only graduated from high school, she also earned six certifications in the health care field at Central Technology Center in Drumright. With plans to become a Registered Nurse, she is already a Certified Nursing Assistant at Cushing Regional Hospital.
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Career Clusters Overview
An interview with Robin Schott, Oklahoma CareerTech, explaining how Career Clusters work in Oklahoma.
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Wildfire Relief
Oklahomans hit hardest by this spring's wildfires are getting some assistance thanks to country music stars Blake Shelton, from Ada, Andy Griggs, Keith Anderson and Bill Mast.
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Interview with Mark Goeller
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry talks about the spring's wildfires, the continuing drought and how Oklahomans can protect their personal property.
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Made In Oklahoma
Christmas comes early for the Made In Oklahoma program. Merry Lee Nafus shares examples of Made in Oklahoma gift baskets and souvenirs while Julie Fitzgerald tells of the Territorial Christmas event held in July.
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Sundowner Trailers
The small southern Oklahoma town of Coleman, with a population of 200, has become a hub of economic activity led by the Shipman brothers and their nationally recognized company.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Elizabeth Kirkland leads a group of Oklahoma young people north to Chicago to learn how financial markets impact their lives at home. Richard Jelinek, Colin Lowe and Tyler Powell where are they from? talk about their experience and what they learned at the Chicago Board of Trade.
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Week 4 Show 0630
Food Coop
It's a concept seemingly impossible in today's changing agricultural landscape, producing custom-made food and agricultural products that go directly from the hands of the producer into the hands of the consumer. While still fairly new, Oklahoma's Food Co-op now serves over 700 customers.
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Interview with Bob Waldrop
Bob Waldrop, president of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative established in 2003.
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Water Woes
In northeast Oklahoma David Holcombe raises chickens, lots of chickens. Inside just one of his poultry houses, you’ll find nearly 10,000 birds, and with such a concentration, comes a challenge, how to properly dispose of their waste.
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Runoff
It happens every time it rains, storm water running down the street into the sewer. In fact, the amount of chemicals that farmers use often pales in comparison to what homeowners apply to their front lawns.
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Capitol Insight
A weekly analysis of Oklahoma's 2006 legislative session with Capitol Reporter Rachel Hubbard.
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El Sueno Enterprises
He's a gardener and cook at heart, and is essentially using these two hobbies, in what has become a very profitable 12-year business. But for Richard Ortez, El Sueno Enterprises is more than just a successful business, it's a dream come true.
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Wheat Value Added Products
A group of farmers from around the town of Alva decided they wanted to not just grow wheat, but produce the food products made from wheat. Called appropriately, Value Added Products, workers here area turning Oklahoma grain into pizza dough.
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Week 5 Show 0631
Aloe Vera Farmer
From the dust bowl days in Oklahoma through the soup lines of the depressions, Edna Hennessee has seen the good times and the bad. And she has done so with an attitude of I don't have to, I get to, which is the attitude that helped her launch her own line of cosmetics.
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Elephant Care
The Endangered Ark Animal Sanctuary in Hugo, Oklahoma is home to several Asian and African elephants. From its beginnings in 2003, the sanctuary has sought to preserve not only the extremely endangered Asian elephant, but also endangered and threatened animals of all types.
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Red Dirt Painter
Carolyn Mathews, Oklahoma Conservation Commission Employee and Blue Thumb Ambassador, teaches the value of soil and the wise use of natural resources in a very hands-on way, painting with Oklahoma soils.
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Warden Millicent Newton-Embry
She is the first African-American woman ever appointed as warden of a maximum security prison in the state of Oklahoma. As warden of Mable-Bassett Correctional Center, she is dedicated to restoring hundreds of misguided and incarcerated women, and getting them back on their feet.
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Women in Agriculture
Women have always been involved in agriculture, but now more women are becoming the primary operators and owners of farms all over the U.S.
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Women in Agriculture Conference
Larry Wright and Jeanetta Clark talk about the third annual conference and the opportunities available to participants.
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