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INFORMATION ABOUT 'ON THE AIR' TOPICS Tune in this Saturday
from 12-1 pm for Nancy's special guest!
FINANCIAL
TIPS AND ADVICE
Mary Barker will be with us every week giving us financial
tips and helping us be better prepared as we do income taxes. Mary is not an income tax preparer but
rather an outstanding personal financial adviser. Mary has been named by Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine a ‘5 Star Wealth
Manager’ for the past 3 consecutive years. If you need financial or
wealth management guidance and advisement, Mary can be reached at: Ph:
952.835.8180 Email: mary.3.barker@ampf.com website: ameriprise.com/marybarker ADOPT AN ANIMAL The HUMANE SOCIETY located in Golden Valley cares for 40,000 animals a year, and
they cover St. Paul, Golden Valley, Buffalo, Coon Rapids, and Woodbury. Thousands upon thousands of animals are put to sleep every year because there aren’t enough homes for them.
If you have the time and space and finances and love for a creature, by adopting at the Humane Society, you could save a life. Be sure you remember that adopting an
animal is a commitment to this living creature for their lifetime. Choose carefully, be sure size and temperament fit
your life style and needs. Living with and loving an animal is one of the great joys in life. ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY 5 TWIN CITIES LOCATIONS Visit www.mnhumane.org for more information on where to go, how to adopt, and to view pictures of all the darling animals that need a loving
home. SATURDAY, July 10th: Nancy and JOHNNY COMMAND discuss documentaries SATURDAY, July 3rd: Nancy and JOHNNY COMMAND discuss INDEPENDENCE DAY HISTORY, MUSIC and HISTORICAL and PERSONAL
TRADITIONS SATURDAY, June 26th: JOHNNY COMMAND SATURDAY, June 19th: JOHNNY COMMAND, FATHERS DAY HISTORY and special guest, Nancy's father, WILLIE NELSON SATURDAY, June 12th: NANCY and friends; JOHNNY COMMAND, LOIS TRAVELENA, DOROTHY BENHAM, KAREN SHARGG and JILLIAN
BAKER discuss everything from BROADWAY to NATURE CONSERVATION and the BILL CARLSON MEMORIAL WATERFALL GARDEN dedication. SATURDAY, June 5th: DR.
HARRY BURY discusses his perspective on Israel, Palestine and the blockade of the Gaza Strip. SATURDAY, May 29th: MEMORIAL DAY and WWII history and thoughts with special guest, WILLIS
NELSON, Nancy's father. SATURDAY, May 22nd: Nancy, screenwriter and actor PAT PROFT and DUDLEY RIGGS, founder of BRAVE NEW WORKSHOP
discuss the Twin Cities theater scene! SATURDAY, May 15th: NANCY and JOHNNY COMMAND together again! Sharing hilarious
stories about the entertainment world and their history together! SATURDAY, May 8th: CURRENT EVENTS and conversation about what we all can do to MAKE A DIFFERENCE SATURDAY, May 1st: SPOKE WITH KAREN SHRAGG of the WOODLAKE NATURE CENTER about the BILL CARLSON WATERFALL
MEMORIAL GARDEN to be dedicated on JUNE 13th, 2010. SATURDAY, APRIL 24th: SPOKE WITH LOIS TRAVALENA about the road to the BROADWAY MUSICAL and the show
her husband, famous LAS VEGAS IMPRESSIONIST FRED TRAVALENA, wrote about the life of FRANK SINATRA SATURDAY, APRIL 17th: SPOKE WITH FATHER HARRY BURY, PH.D. about living a life in gratitute and creating a
peaceful world SATURDAY, APRIL 10th: SPECIAL GUEST KAREN SHRAGG
of the WOODLAKE NATURE CENTER and PHIL JENNI of the WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER talk about Minnesota wildlife
and what you can do to help in the protection and preservation of our state's animal population. SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd: THE HEALTH CARE REFORM DISCUSSION CONTINUES!
THE PHONE LINES WILL BE OPEN SPOKE WITH LONGTIME FRIEND and
MINNESOTA NATIVE, COMEDIAN
LOUIE ANDERSON! March
is National Kidney Month. 26 million Americans—1 in 9 adults—have chronic kidney
disease, and most don’t know it. In honor of National Kidney Month, the National Kidney Foundation urges everyone to
learn the risk factors and get their kidneys checked out. For more information please
visit the Kidney Foundation website: www.kidnry.org SATURDAY, MARCH 20th:
SPOKE WITH JOHHNY COMMAND ABOUT THE MINNESOTA THEATER SCENE AND LISTENERS WEIGHED IN ON AMERICAN HEALTH
CARE REFORM SATURDAY, MARCH 13th:
WE SPOKE WITH DON STOLZ ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE THEATER AND HIS FASCINATING STORY
AS THE FOUNDER OF THE BELOVED AND FAMOUS OLD LOG THEATER
BOOK NANCY RECOMMENDS . .
THE OLD LOG THEATER & ME by Don Stolz Over sixty years running the beloved OLD LOG THEATER, Don Stolz has written a histoy unparalled in
American theater. Charming, fascinating...as much a history of Minnesota and our love for theater as it is about the
Old Log....a MUST MUST MUST READ.
. THOSE
GOOD OLD DAYS – THEY WERE TERRIBLE by Otto L. Bettman Published by Random House
1974 Bettman explores the period from the Civil War to
the early 1900’s, describing life for the average citizen as a life of unremitting hardship. Child labor, no protective
or work condition requirements, no hospitalization or medical help for the masses, lack of plumbing, water, energy conveniences…..Bettman
gives a voice to those who lived through hard times that knew only a privileged few and suffering masses. His historic
knowledge and presentation gives us a clearer picture of what our ancestors had to go through and endure, for us to be where
we are today.
NANCY’S MOVIE SUGGESTIONS OF THE WEEK . Were
going to discuss these impressive movies the week of the 27th, the last week of BLACK HISTORY MONTH, but ran out of time.
THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN – Starring Cicely Tyson as a woman who was once
a slave, and lived long enough to see the Civil Rights Movement ALI – Starring Will Smith
brilliantly portraying the great Muhammad Ali LADY SINGS THE BLUES – Starring Diana Ross as the remarkable
and tragic singer Billie Holiday CORRINA, CORRINA – Starrying Whoopi Goldberg and Ray Liotta
as two people who cross paths in the 1950’s when Black and White simply should not romantically exist RAY – Starring Jamie
Foxx in his Academy Award winning portrayal of the great Ray Charles AMISTAD –
Starring Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins and Matthew McConaughey in the true story of a court case in which a group of enslaved
Africans overtake their captor’s ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. For this they are charged
with murder and find themselves in an American court ANTWONE FISHER – Starring and directed by Denzel Washington in a true store about this young sailor who is ordered
to see a naval psychiatrist about his temper. Together this young many and his doctor embark on a powerful emotional
journey. TUSKEGEE AIRMEN –
Starring Laurence Fishburne, based on the true story of the 332nd Fighter Squadron in WWII. These pilots
were instrumental in American triumph in the war, even though most could see only their color, not their bravery, ability
or patriotism. THE LONG WALK HOME – Starring Sissy Spacek and Whoppi Goldberg as a woman and her housekeeper who find themselves in the
middle of the controversary of the 1955 bus boycott led by Martin Luther King in Montgomery, Alabama. Their decency
and courage are remarkable to see in this impressive movie.
SATURDAY, MARCH 6th:
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WE
TALKED ABOUT MOVIES AND THE 82nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS WITH SCREEN WRITER AND ACTOR PAT PROFT
and JOHNNY COMMAND
. . BOOK NANCY RECOMMENDS Since tomorrow is the presentation of the 2009 Academy Awards, I thought this
would be the perfect book for movie lovers
THE ACADEMY AWARDS –
The Complete History of Oscar By Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza Published 2002 by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers For the movie lover, this is a fabulous book. Beginning with the first awards in 1927 and through 2001,
it has photos of the major winners, a complete list of all of the nominees in the major categories, and commentary about the
event itself and the people who accepted the awards. It is a wonderful history of Hollywood and the people who, through
the decades, have made it the factory of dreams. . . NANCY’S
MOVIE SUGGESTION OF THE WEEK BOFFO! - Tinseltown’s Bombs & Blockbusters
The best words to describe this are fun and fascinating. Hollywood greats talk about making
movies, loving movies, soaring with the successes, and suffering the failures. Listening to these folks talk about the
movies that are very much the fiber of American movie culture is like going to a delightful history class on Hollywood.
Among the legends who talk on this DVD are: George Clooney, Danny DeVito, Peter Bogdanovich, Steven Spielberg, Sydney
Pollack, Jodi Foster, Pierce Brosnan, and more. 75 minutes long, and well worth your time.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27:
WE TALKED WITH OUR OWN MISS MINNESOTA, MISS AMERICA
1977, DOROTHY BENHAM You can contact Dorothy to speak or sing for your group or convention. She
has four recorded CD’s which you may want to purchase. Go to her website: www.dkbenham@aol.com
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VIKING GREAT, THE LEGENDARY #70, JIM
MARSHALL There are so many websites that reference Jim Marshall, from his career statistics to personal
data and biographical information, to the drive to get Jim named to the Football Hall of Fame. Go to www.google.com, and search JIM MARSHALL.
BOOK NANCY RECOMMENDS MAN
OF THE HOUSE The life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill, Published by Random House 1987 This
book is an amazing and fascinating journey through fifty years of American history. It combines O’Neill’s
colorful past with much of our nation’s past as well. Politics was very different when O’Neill entered it
in 1936. He worked with every president from FDR to Reagan, the Warren commission on the Kennedy assassination, Nixon
and Watergate, Johnson and Vietnam. This is an extraordinary and candid discussion of fifty years of political life,
and politics as it was. I recommend it very highly.
NANCY’S MOVIE SUGGESTION OF THE WEEK REMEMBER THE TITANS Produced
2000, Starring Denzel Washington The true story of High School Football Coach, Herman Boone. In 1971 he was hired to coach
at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. He proceeds to do the impossible and the nearly unforgivable….he
puts his white and black players together as a TEAM in training camp, insisting they room together, eat together, and play
together…crossing many color barriers for the first time. Along the way there is controversy, anger, hatred,
and enlightenment. This is a story of tremendous hope and feel good. A movie truly worth seeing. I think
it is fine family viewing for anyone 10 and over. . .
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13:
MOVIES
NANCY RECOMMENDS These movies are, I believe,
very special. They are ultimately uplifting in their message, and since February is BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I think they
are especially important to watch. THE GREAT DEBATERS is a true story that takes place at all-Black Wylie College in Marshall, Texas, in 1935. Professor
Melvin Tolson raises his debate team of three men and one woman to extraordinary levels, and ultimately achieves the impossible
when the greatest debate team in America, all-white Harvard, agrees to a debate. So historic is a debate between
whites and blacks that it is aired on the radio across the nation. The journey to this extraordinary event takes them
through unimaginable challenges in the segregated and bigoted south of 1935. Everything about this movie is spectacular. Starring Academy Award Winners Denzel Washington and Forrest Whitaker,
is it also directed by Denzel, and produced in 2007 by Oprah Winfrey. Good viewing for ages 12 and above. There is no bad language, there is a love scene
between two students but no nudity, there is a brief moment of a lynching by a KKK mob. Somewhat disturbing in its reality,
but ultimately hopeful and uplifting. I
believe THE GREAT DEBATERS is a MUST.
A FAMILY THING was written by the unusual Billy Bob Thorton, once married to Angelina Jolie, and Academy Award winner for his screen
play SLING BLADE. This extraordinary movie runs head on into the face of bigotry in one of the most unusual ways I have
ever seen.
Starring the brilliant Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones the story takes us through heartbreak,
shock, hatred, anger, new found awareness and enlightenment. Robert Duvall is a real Arkansas Southern cracker, James
Earl Jones is a Chicago Cop. When Duvall’s mother dies she leaves a letter for him, telling him the truth about
himself. She tells him that she did not give birth to him. Rather he was born to a black woman, a lady she loved
who used to work for her. Turns out his father raped the woman. She gave birth to this little boy who was absolutely
white. She died in child birth, and Duvall’s mother, or the woman he thought was his mother, took him home and
raised him. She wants him to know that he has a brother in Chicago, and she wants him to go and meet his real family.
Stunned to learn that he is half black…he does as his mother asked, he drives to Chicago and his journey of discovery
begins. These two astonishing actors make
this movie funny, sad, beautiful…… Irma P. Hall plays the lovable Aunt T……. Good for ages 12 and up, there is no bad language or sex scenes. I think this is one of the most impressive movies ever made. I can’t recommend it highly enough. BOOK
NANCY RECOMMENDS PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED
STATES, by Elizabeth Andrews is a wonderful book, especially for anyone who loves history. 127 pages long, there are several
pages of text and pictures of every president from George Washington to Barack Obama. Many of the things written about
are new historic tidbits making it great fun. But the really unusual thing about this book is that you can listen to
recordings of segments from various speeches each of the presidents has made. Over 50 recordings. This book
is a real treasure. The history buff will love it, and it is especially nice to be able to share this with a young person
you would like to have an appreciation for history. Published in September 2009 by Publishers International.
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