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hammer out a script or fi gure
out their questions if they are
having a guest.
“The whole process might
take 10 to 15 hours between
the two of us for one hour of
radio,” Nevue said.
Throughout the hour,
Nevue and McBride also try
to provide information about
the artists they feature or the
region where they are from.
In June, the pair trekked up to
Beaverton to attend Gymanfa
Ganu, a Welsh hymn-singing
festival, at Bryn Seion Welsh
Church, the last active Welsh
church on the Pacifi c Coast,
and recorded parts of their
show on site.
Nevue said there are still
moments when she and
McBride wonder if anyone is
listening when their show airs,
but “we look at each other and
say it doesn't matter because we
get so much enjoyment out of
it.”
For Mick Hickman, who
produces and hosts the show
Northwest Notes, wondering
who was going to be listening
got the better of him before he
sat down at the mic the fi rst
time.
“It was terrifying. The fi rst
day I was on there by myself,
I was stooped over the garbage
can in the alley before the show
because I was so nervous,”
Hickman said. “I'm a musician
and I was okay with the sound
boards, but it was the terror of
public speaking. It turned out
okay, though, and now it's a
breeze.”
Northwest Notes features
music by artists from the Pacifi c
Northwest in as many genres as
Hickman can cobble together
in the two-hour program that
airs Sundays at 4 p.m.
From the outset, Hickman
wanted to be talking with
regional musicians and it's one
There are different age
groups for the contest and
Storms was watching one of
the earlier contests with cur-
rent mayor Cathy Clark when
she casually mentioned there
should be a KFD vs. KPD con-
test.
“She said we had enough
pies,” Storms said of Clark’s re-
action. “So I talked to Andrew.
We had about 15 minutes of
prep time. The prep was fi nd-
ing garbage bags. It was spur of
the moment. For those of us in
emergency services, that’s the
story of our lives. We’re good at
taking things on as they hap-
pen.”
Storms didn’t spend much
time fi guring out her strategy
last year.
“My strategy was also spur
of the moment,” she said.
“They said the person with the
least amount of pie left would
be the winner. So I decided if
I fl ung it to Copeland’s side, it
would be his problem. What
I did not anticipate is that he
would fl ing a whole blackberry
pie at my head. That stuff is su-
per sticky. Every time I washed
my hair for the next week, I
found a blackberry seed.”
Since hands can’t be used,
Storms quickly scooped out
a big mouthful of her pie and
heaved it onto Copeland’s plate.
Copeland retaliated by picking
up his entire pie by his teeth.
Storms had a split-second no-
tice and tried dodging the fl y-
ing fruity projectile. Her efforts
were partially successful, but
her blond hair still got some
lovely dark red accents.
While two members each of
the KFD and KPD were at the
table, two representatives from
Keizer CERT (Community
Emergency Response Team)
were next to the fi refi ghters.
When Storms ducked, a good
portion of the pie ending up
going down the back of CERT
member Jerry Wade, who was
focused on eating his pie and
was thus unaware of the com-
motion brewing next to him.
KEIZERTIMES/Lyndon A. Zaitz
Clockwise from top: Tara Hathaway in the studio. Beth Nevue
(left) and co-host Ann McBride. Mick Hickman at the mic.
part that's gotten easier.
“It was really a matter of
going to shows and that was
something I already did. It's
easier now because some of
them have even heard the show
and are asking if they can come
on,” Hickman said.
Like Nevue, Hickman
spends most of his time poring
through his music collection
for the songs he wants to play
and then listening again to
make sure that all the lyrics
are Federal Communications
Commission-friendly.
“I have a bit of a formula. I
try to play every genre and I try
to make sure I have something
there from before the 1990s
and then something brand
new, something ultra local
and somebody world famous,”
Hickman said.
Some of his recent favorites
emerging from the Salem
area are the band Yaquina Bay
and singer/songwriters Kylie
Burbank and Natalie Laswell.
“The Northwest music
scene has a great feel and its
always has. If you go back and
listen to The Kingsmen and
The Sonics and Paul Revere
and the Raiders it’s always had
its own unique sound here and
I wanted to make sure everyone
can see the connection. If
The Kingsmen and Sonics
hadn't happened, then Heart
may not have happened and
Blitzen Trapper may not have
happened,” Hickman said. “It's
a progression and it's all there
if you know how it evolved. I
enjoy letting people know their
neighbors are making great
music and they always have.”
The one thing Hathaway
and Nevue and Hickman all
agreed on was that KMUZ is
a family, and the deejays draw
as much upon each other as the
listeners.
“Everyone there is there be-
cause they are passionate about
what they are doing. We have a
jazz and poetry show, a Russian
rock show and everything in
between,” Hickman said.
Other Keizerites involved
in KMUZ are Pete Tosi, who
produces Jazz and Stuff airing
Wednesdays at 5 p.m., and Stel-
la Schaffer, who edits The Fo-
rum, which airs Fridays at noon.
“I really didn’t notice. I was
occupied,” Wade said. “I just
know someone, maybe Anne-
Marie, fl ung a pretty good
chunk of it my way. It rolled
down my back throughout the
course of the event.”
Storms was initially declared
the winner, but judges later de-
cided the spirit of the rules had
been broken and thus Wade
took the crown.
Fast forward a year and only
one of last year’s protagonists
has committed to trying to win
this year.
“From what I hear Andrew
is bailing out on this year’s
event due to the fear of be-
ing beaten by a girl…again,”
Storms said with a laugh.
“Even with Andrew bailing on
the community I will compete
with no excuses, unless I don’t
like the pie options.”
Copeland confi rmed his ab-
sence.
“I am coaching a Hoopla
team this year, so I do not think
I am going to be able to make
the RIVERfair,” he said. “And
of course, I am defi nitely scared
of being beaten by Anne-Ma-
rie.”
Storms will be on hand and
is trying to arrange the match
of all matches.
“I’m trying to get the fi re
chief to participate,” she said of
her boss, Jeff Cowan. “Imagine
the mayor, the fi re chief and
police chief (John Teague) all
at once.”
Copeland said Tuesday night
he’d heard Cowan was down
with the idea, but didn’t expect
his boss to necessarily go along.
That wouldn’t be surpris-
ing, based on Teague’s reac-
tion at Monday’s Keizer City
Council meeting when asked if
he would be in the pie-eating
contest.
“I feel like getting into a car
wreck that day,” Teague joked.
Wade feels there should be
some kind of crown to give to
the winner each year. He also
said he’s trying to talk a CERT
couple into representing the
organization. For sure, CERT
will be represented by some-
one.
“Maybe I’ll step into the
splash zone again, who knows,”
Wade quipped.
Storms can’t wait to try
again, though she realizes the
target – and possibly up to fi ve
pies – will be on her back after
last year’s antics.
As long as the pies don’t
have sticky seeds, she’s fi ne
with that.
“We made a mess but we
had a good time,” Storms said.
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