AK Rundown: October 20th & 21st, 2007
“On the Bottom”
Host: Rebecca Sheir
Intro/Newscast/Credits
Diving to the Bottom. The Juneau Artificial Reef Society started Alaska's first planned artificial reef in 2003. Four years later, AK's Scott Burton tagged along when Dave Streeter and Annette Smith dove down to check it out. Pkg. 4:30 (5:03 with intro)
Golfing in the Bering Sea. In this poem, Mike Burwell recalls a diving expedition on “The Big Valley” with Gary Edwards. The ship later sank – on January 15th, 2005, and Edwards was never found. 3:20 (3:34 with intro)
Chronicling Wrecks. Mike Burwell works for the Minerals Management Service, and maintains a database of more than 4,000 records of shipwrecks off the Alaska coast. He speaks with host Rebecca Sheir. 2-way. 2:47 (3:24 with intro)
Break #1: “Bell Bottom Blues” performed by Pickin’ On Series from Pickin' On Eric Clapton, Vol. 2: Pick Yourself Up from the Ground - A Bluegrass Tribute
Pebble Mine. Northern Dynasty and Anglo American’s proposed Pebble Mine would be the world’s second-largest open-pit mine. As Anne Hillman tells us, at the bottom of the mine is gold, copper, molybdenum… and a heap of controversy. Pkg. 5:18 (5:38 with intro)
300 Villages. AK’s weekly attempt to put every community in Alaska on the radio. This week, we hear from Diomede and Aniak. 3:19
Top of the Food Chain. Across Alaska, hunters are stocking their freezers for winter. In this essay, Eagle River writer Adrienne Lindholm talks about her first time hunting. 3:50 (4:02 with intro)
Music Button: “The Hunt” by Louis XIV from Louis XIV
Bottom of the Barrell. The spike in horse-cruelty cases in the Matanuska Valley has caused many equines to hit the bottom of the barrell. Lucky for them, the Mat-Su Borough Animal Shelter and Alaska Equine Rescue are here to help. AK's Ellen Lockyer has the story. 4:36 (4:52 with intro)
Break #2: “Wild Horses” performed by Pickin’ On Series from Pickin' On the Rolling Stones
Bottom of a Mystery. For decades, scientists have struggled to get to the bottom of a mystery on St. Paul Island. Starting in the 1950s, the fur seal population began a slow decline -- one that continued even after commercial seal harvesting was banned in the 1980s. APRN’s Annie Feidt visited the island to find out more. Pkg. 4:43 (5:15 with intro)
Music Button: “We’re Gonna Make It” by Devotchka from Little Miss Sunshine Original Soundtrack
Cave Man. For some, climbing to the bottom of a cave is an out-of-this-world – or, under-this-world? – experience. In Alaska, just one natural cavern is regularly open to the public: El Capitan Cave, in northern Prince of Wales Island. CoastAlaska’s Ed Schoenfeld climbed down to bring us this story. Pkg. 5:32 (5:53 with intro)
Calendar of Events. AK’s weekly look at upcoming events around the state. (Song: “Fat Bottomed Girls” from A Guitar Tribute to Queen)
Around the Bottom in Homer. Though the hula hoopla subsided in the 1960s, 40 years later, “hooping” is hot again. A pioneer of the Alaska hooping movement is Kammi Matson. Rebecca Sheir went to Homer to check out Cosmic Hoops, Mattson’s hoop-making and hoop-teaching business. Pkg. 5:00
Close: “You Sexy Thing” from Karaoke Ladies Only - The R&B Collection, Pt. 2