KGLP Podcasts

Gallup's Westminster Presbyterian Accepts LGBTQ folk, w/ Rev. Kay

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with the Reverend Lorelei Kay of Gallup's Westminster Presbyterian Church about recent congregation acceptance of LGBTQ folk in services and other aspects of church life.

Prof. Steve Buggie talks KGLP, Music, UNMG, prospecting, & more

Professor Stephen "Tropical Steve" Buggie, former host of "Tropical Reggae" on KGLP and recently retired from his teaching career at the University of New Mexico Gallup branch campus, speaks with KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub about music, his time at KGLP and UNMG, prospecting, and more.

December 2017 Christmas Carol, recorded at Gallup's El Morro Theatre

A Christmas Carol, from an adaptation by Orson Welles
 Produced at El Morro Theatre by Gallup Repertory
 On Dec. 8, 9, and 10 of 2017

 

ACTORS:

 

Announcer – Eva Prieto
Narrator – Erik Pederson
Ebenezer Scrooge – Terence Gurley
Bob Cratchit – Patrick Moore
Caroler/Goose Girl – Elysia Choudrie
Nephew Fred/Man on Street – Noah Saucedo
Charity Collector – Daya Choudrie
Jacob Marley – Jake Garrity
Ghost of Christmas Past – Juliana Rich
Fezziwig/Caller – Kelly Akeson
Young Ebenezer – Keanu Yazzie
Belle – Caroline Lisko
Belle's Husband - Zachary Yale
Ghost of Christmas Present – Brinn King
Mrs. Cratchit – Alicia Yale/Eva Prieto
Martha Cratchit – Teena Teran
Belinda Cratchit – Leslie Norton
Cratchit Children/Chorus – Becca Faber,
                                           Sofia Kiefer,
                                           Molly Arsenault
Tiny Tim – Kabren King
Woman on Street – Kelli Teran

 

FOLEY/SOUND EFFECTS:

Iliana Andrade
Maddie Arsenault
Therese Boucher
Kelly Akeson
Madison Kiefer
Brielle King
Tyniesha Thompson

 

CHORUS:

Molly Arsenault
Daya Choudrie
Elysia Choudrie
Becca Faber
Jake Garrity
Sofia Kiefer
Brinn King
Kabren King
Caroline Lisko
Leslie Norton
Eva Prieto
Juliana Rich
Noah Saucedo
Kelli Teran
Teena Teran
Alicia Yale
Zachary Yale
Keanu Yazzie

 

DIRECTED by Suzanne Hammons

Gallup Cultural Center plans Exhibit of City & area history - Shorty Sandoval and GCC directors

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Shorty Sandoval and the incoming and outgoing directors of the Gallup Cultural Center about plans for an exhibit about Gallup area history.  A kickoff fundraiser and party will be held at the Cultural Center beginning at 6pm on Friday, December 22, 2017, to get the project started.

BLM Methane Rule delayed - Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter's Camilla Feibelman

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Camilla Feibelman, director of the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club, about the delay of the Bureau of Land Management's Methane Rule, which would have helped minimize impacts of gas release from mining activities.

Details of Sierra Club activites at https://www.sierraclub.org/?_ga=2.114587969.759114568.1513366566-1494606556.1513366566

Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund response to the Trump Administration’s Delay of BLM Methane Rule

 

Albuquerque, N.M. – December 7, 2017 - Today, the Trump administration finalized a delay on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) methane rule until January 2019. This impacts New Mexicans directly due to the Four Corner’s “hot spot,” a cloud of methane the size of Delaware, hanging over the San Juan Basin. Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund Program Director Molly Sanders released the following statement:

 

“Earlier this year, a bipartisan group of members of Congress rejected the type of special interest pandering that the Trump administration put on display today,” says Molly Sanders, CVNM Education Fund Program director. “The Trump administration continues to demonstrate a dangerous disregard for the health and wellbeing of New Mexicans and today’s reckless action to allow the oil and gas industry to release methane into the air we breathe unchecked directly impacts our communities. In light of these dangerous actions at the federal level, we urge action at the state level to address methane pollution and protect the health of our families.”

 

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11/19/17 Red Rock Strings Concert audio

                                      Red Rock String Ensemble
                                    Sunday, November 19, 2017
                                    First United Methodist Church
                                         Gallup, New Mexico

 

Escena Andaluza....................................................................Joaquin Turina
                                                                                                (1882 - 1949)
        Crepuscule du soir - Serenata - Habanera
        A la fenetre:  Andantino Mosso - Allegro moderato

 

                     Erin Rolan, viola
                     Jordan Yazzie, piano

 

 

Trumpet Concerto in E flat...................................................Johann Hummel
                                                                                                (1778 - 1837)
      Allegro con spiritu
      Andante
      Rondo

 

                   Julian Iralu, trumpet

 

 

String Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5........................Ludwig van Beethoven
                                                                                                (1770 - 1827)
      Allegro
      Menuetto
      Andante cantabile
      Allegro

 

                  Justin Pollak, violin
                  Kimberly Robinson Hayes, violin
                  Bill Krzymowski, viola
                  Ian Brody, cello

                                             

 

                                                    Ensemble

 

Violin         Kimberly Robinson Hayes          Flute         Felicia Sanchez
                   Esther Koops
                   Justin Pollak                           Oboe        Carolyn Mazarakis
                   Sarah Jones                                           Kristen Cochrane
                   Bill Krzymowski
                   Elizabeth Ketner                     Clarinet     Antoinette Neff
                   Emmanuel Lalunio                                  Nicholas Louis
                   Charlsie Ashbrook
                                                                Bassoon    Megan Wilcox
Viola           Christopher Dyer                                     John Mezoff
                    Erin Rolan
                    Maria Gutierrez                      Horn         Victoria McNamee
                                                                                Sharon Wilkins
Cello           Ian Brody
                    Han Freuden                         Timpani     Patrick Neff

 

Bass             Erika Schwaner                      Conductor  Samuel Pemberton

 

                                                          Friends

 

Julian Iralu is from Gallup, and is a trumpet major at Arizona State in Tempe.

 

Erin Rolan plays professionally in Albuquerque.

 

Jordan Yazzie received his degree in piano performance from Calvin College.

 

Justin Pollak plays in the New Mexico Philharmonic in Albuquerque.

 

Ian Brody plays professionally in Albuquerque.

 

Carolyn Mazarakis, Kristen Cochrane, and Megan Wilcox are from Albuquerque.

 

Erika Schawner is a graduate student at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

 

                          This concert was made possible by support from

 

                                  The Gallup Independent, and

                     Rehoboth McKinley Christian Healthcare Services

 

Recording and mixing by Rachel Kaub, KGLP Station Manager, Gallup Public Radio.

Megafires: Causes and Solutions, with NWF's Collin O'Mara

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Collin O'Mara, CEO for the National Wildlife Federation, on MegaFires, an escalating problem in the age of climate change and ineffective policies.

New report from National Wildlife Federation just released:

“Megafires: The Growing Risk to America’s Forests, Communities, and Wildlife.”

 

Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, is available for interviews

 

With 2017 on pace to be America’s worst fire season on record and as California is still reeling from its deadliest wildfire disaster ever, the National Wildlife Federation released a new report on Oct. 19--“Megafires: The Growing Risk to America’s Forests, Communities, and Wildlife.” It’s available here: nwf.org/megafires-report

 

In addition to the six large fires that have recently scorched parts of California, firefighters have battled blazes in Montana, Oregon, Texas and West Virginia, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. While the number of fires is down this year, the acres burned per fire has soared, pointing to global warming’s effect on intensifying blazes.

 

“Megafires” details what’s making fires worse, including increasing development in wild areas, poor forest management, and global warming. It also prescribes what Congress can do now to help federal agencies, states and communities deal with the growing risk by solving the wildfire funding crisis, prioritizing forest restoration, advancing outcome-driven wildfire management practices, and cutting climate-disrupting carbon pollution.

 

Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of National Wildlife Federation, is available for radio interviews to discuss the ongoing megafires, the new report and his recent testimony before Congress urging bipartisan support. He’s appeared on NBC News, ABC News, National Public Radio, MSNBC, the Weather Channel, and many other outlets.

Author Jim Kristofic, who grew up in Ganado, AZ, about new Native story interpretations

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Ganado, AZ - raised Jim Kristofic, who has a new book of stories told from a Navajo perspective.  He will be speaking and reading from his book at Gallup's Octavia Fellin Library Children's branch at 6pm on Thursday, November 30, 2017.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Sheep-White-Other-Windmill/dp/0826358195

 

Health Exchange Enrollment deadline is 12/15/17

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with New Mexico Superintendent of
Insurance John G. Franchini, discussing the December 15, 2017 deadline for enrollment in Healthcare plans for 2018 coverage.

---- Details of Health Plan Comparison Tools and enrollment ---

New Tool Makes Smart Health Plan Choices Easier for New Mexicans

Comparison Tool to Help Consumers Choose Plans – On- and Off-Exchange

Santa Fe, NM – Each year, consumers enroll or renew their individual health insurance plans and often have lingering questions such as how to choose which plan is right for them, will they get to keep their doctors, will the plan cover my medications, and the ultimate question for many, how much will the plan cost. The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance (OSI) has partnered with Consumers’ Checkbook, a nonprofit organization with 40 years of experience helping consumers choose health plans, doctors, hospitals, and other providers, and has developed a plan comparison tool which will help address just these questions.

“With the shorter enrollment period this year, it is even more imperative that consumers, and agents and enrollment counselors assisting consumers, use every resource available to enable educated decision-making,” said Superintendent John G. Franchini.

The plan comparison tool available at OSIcomparehealthplans.org allows consumers to compare plans available in their area providing details on the following factors:

• Estimate of average monthly and yearly total cost based on an actuarial estimate of premium and out-of-pocket costs for a consumer with the same family size, ages, health status, and other characteristics, which also factors in the potential for subsidies to help pay costs (about 70% of New Mexicans shopping on the Marketplace receive subsidies);
• Cost of plan in a high-use year, which estimates out-of-pocket costs if the consumer needs to make frequent use of the plan and the likelihood of that occurring based on health status and other characteristics disclosed;
• Doctor availability, which allows consumers to enter the names of their physicians to see which are in-network for each plan;
• Prescription Drug Formulary availability, which allows consumers to enter prescription drugs that they take to check if they are covered in a plan’s formulary.

The tool features information for plans available both On-Exchange (beWellnm.com or www.Healthcare.gov) and Off-Exchange directly through the health insurance companies. This feature will be particularly useful for people who don’t qualify for subsidies to reduce their costs. By using this new website, they can easily find out if a lower-cost plan is available to them off-exchange. Consumers are also able to narrow their choices to compare certain options side by side.

“Finding the best plan for your needs can be confusing, but this new, easy-to-use tool will give you a one-stop, full view of the details of plans and how their differences may impact yearly costs and access to care,” said Franchini.

The OSI encourages all consumers to stop, shop, and enroll this year in the health coverage that best fits your needs. Although changes may come in the future, the need for health care will not. Be sure to check your eligibility for subsidies, and if you are ineligible for subsidies, be sure to shop and compare both On- and Off-Exchange plans.

“We are proud to partner with Consumers’ Checkbook and illustrate that this type of plan comparison tool, with On- and Off-Exchange plans and enabling New Mexicans to compare all plans available in a market, demonstrates a model that could exist, even if the Affordable Care Act were to see major changes,” said Franchini.

The plan comparison tool launches to the public on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at OSIcomparehealthplans.org. Additional information on consumer assistance departments within OSI may be found here. Additional information for in-person assistance from an agent, broker, or enrollment counselor may be found at beWellnm.com.

For more information on Consumers’ Checkbook, visit Checkbook.org.

 

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Author Daniel Vandever discusses "Fall in Line Holden"

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Daniel Vandever, author of a children's book, "Fall in Line Holden!", which features a Navajo student in a BIA-type school, discusses his writing and plans for a presentation at Gallup's children's branch library at 2pm Mountain on Saturday, November 18, 2017.

More information on the book at:

https://www.salinabookshelf.com/product/fall-in-line-holden/