SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2017
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As evidence, he points to the
way in which community
members contribute to the local
feel of the station, with the
shows local DJs share with the
community.
“We have about 20 locally
produced shows now, and some
run more regularly than oth-
ers,” Ulrich said. “We have a
bluegrass show hosted by
Montana Maggie that is really
popular ... and Friday is an
excellent night to listen to
locally produced music shows.
A.J. does ‘Out of the Fog’ and
we have a new show, ‘Looking
at Motown,’ which is focused
on the Motown sound and the
bands that made the great
music that came out of Detroit
in the sixties and seventies.”
The program guide for
KXCR shows there is more
than just music to listen to.
KXCR broadcasts a wide
variety of shows that are pro-
duced by other non-commer-
cial stations across the country
and then shared with public and
volunteer-based stations. Some
of these shows are political in
nature, and others are focused
on the environment or health,
news and the arts.
“It’s not just music shows
that we broadcast,” Ulrich said.
“We have a show called
‘Community
Connections’
that’s been on the air since the
start. We’ve had the mayor and
other community movers and
shakers on the show, sharing
their views with the public.”
A highlight of the first cou-
ple of years of local program-
ming for Ulrich was a story that
was produced here and found a
much larger audience that
anticipated.
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shows is the ‘City Club of
Florence.’ After we recorded
one episode about community
rights in Lane County, we were
able to distribute that show
through our network of other
community radio stations to a
worldwide audience, so news
from Florence is going out
around the world,” Ulrich stat-
ed.
One major area that differen-
tiates KXCR from commercial
stations is the revenue stream
that pays the bills. For-profit
stations count on advertiser
dollars to run their business.
That is not the way KXCR
operates.
“We depend primarily on
donations and volunteers. We
recently received a grant from
the Western Lane Community
Foundation which has to be
used for equipment. So we are
going to get a new studio con-
sole in case of a breakdown.
And we have fundraisers that
feature music and speakers that
come in, and we ask for dona-
tions on a sliding scale for that
sort of thing.”
Ulrich is also working on
adding some new programming
once they acquire one particu-
lar piece of gear.
“We are going to try to get a
delay so that we can start hav-
ing a live call-in show without
having to worry about getting
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company that lists Michael S.
Buckwald as the agent of
record, the board took a second
vote during the Dec. 21 meet-
ing.
At that meeting, Buckwald
declared a conflict of interest
and did not vote. Commission-
ers Caputo, Duman and
Huntington voted to approve
Coast Insurance Services again
as insurance agent of record for
the port. Rickard voted no.
In a letter dated Jan. 19, the
attorney for Abel Insurance list-
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Rich Ulrich, new president of the radio station KXCR
Board of Directors, is looking forward to offering listen-
ers a live call-in show in the future.
a fine from the FCC because power’ thing,” he said.
somebody said one of those
To find out how you can
‘bad’ words,” he said.
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Ulrich spent much of his call 541-997-5252 or stop by
life in education, on the front the station on Saturday, April
lines of the battle against igno- 22.
rance, and it is no surprise that
Since the station’s anniver-
he feels strongly about that sary coincides with Earth Day,
element of the station’s mis- it gives KXCR the opportunity
sion statement.
to reinforce its deep concern
“Education is the way to regarding climate change and
solve problems. The more ecological degradation.
people know about the prob-
Join the community at the
lems and challenges in the station, across from the
world, the better they can Siuslaw Public Library, at
understand what’s going on. I noon to share in a potluck and
guess it’s a ‘knowledge is music to mark the occasion.
ed four reasons for the protest.
In part, the letter said, “In the
latter part of 2016, the Port
engaged in a process to deter-
mine the appointment of the
new Insurance Agent of Record
for the Port of Siuslaw. During
that process, the Port violated
my client’s legal rights in the
following manner:
1. By selecting a less quali-
fied Agent than Abel;
2. Changing the require-
ments for the Request for
Proposal after sending the
Request;
3. Made an unsupported con-
clusion that ‘all aspects of a
given purchase are essentially
equal,’ when the experience of
my client was far superior to the
other potential agents; and
4. Misinterpreted the ‘Buy
Local’ program to inappropri-
ately exclude local based com-
panies.”
Later in the April 19 meeting,
former moorage tenant Gordon
Owen again shared his feelings
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with the commissioners about
how he felt he was unfairly
treated by port staff and man-
agement.
According to port records,
Owen was habitually late in
making moorage lease pay-
ments. Because of this and his
inability to provide proof of
insurance or to document that
his 40-foot sailing vessel
Tenacious was seaworthy, both
requirements for lease discount
rates, he was charged the daily
transient rate.
Caputo said, “If you have a
complaint, and I think you do
have a valid complaint, if you
want to write something up and
put down a dollar figure that
you think you were cheated out
of, send it to the port and I will
be happy to look that over.”
Port of Siuslaw commission-
ers held the meeting at the
Mapleton High School library
as part of the port’s ongoing
effort to hold meetings through-
out the port district.
Volunteers
from 1A
attending the buffet provid-
ed by Pavilion Catering.
The Siuslaw High School
Cheerleaders led off the
luncheon with a volunteer
inspired cheer and keynote
speaker Ron Green spoke
about the importance of vol-
unteering with a spirit of
service.
The FACC then presented
Siuslaw High School’s
Destinie Tatum with a schol-
arship acknowledging her
academic and volunteer
activities, which include
organizing a successful
blood drive at the school.
The FACC is always
interested in accepting new
volunteers and organiza-
tions to the group said
Earshaw.
“We invite the community
to attend our general meet-
ings held the first Friday of
each month at the Bromley
Room of the Siuslaw
Library. The first step in
supporting FACC is to listen
to some of the information
shared at our meetings and
forums. Membership is min-
imal and the networking
possibilities alone are worth
it,” she said.
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PeaceHealth
Director
Marcy Marshall said, “We
continue to bargain in good
faith to reach a fair and equi-
table agreement that supports
our skilled and dedicated
nurses. We are looking for-
ward to our next meeting on
April 26.”
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