Archive for the ‘Family Radio Forum’ Category

Family Radio Forum 5/11/07

Friday, May 11th, 2007

Producer/host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Topic: Nutrition in Local Schools--Shrinking the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do Guests: Dustin Eirdosh, Youth Advocacy Council, Union 98; Maria Donahue, School Health Coordinator, Union 98; Linda Hartkropf, School Health Coordinator, Belfast; Steve Tanguay, Mr. Thurston and several student employees ...

Family Radio Forum 4/13/07

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Producer/host: Ron Beard Topic: Teens, Sex and Safety Guests: Andrea Gabel-Richards, Social Worker, Private Practice, Linda Robinson, Nurse-Midwife, MDI  Hospital Women’s  Health  Center, David Painter, Physician, Mount Desert Island Hospital

Family Radio Forum 3/9/07

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Producer/host: Ron Beard Topic: Media and our connections to our home on Earth Guests:  Read Mercer Schuchardt, NewForest Institute, Brooks, Maine, 66 Monroe Hwy, Brooks, ME 04921, 207-722-3639, info@newforestinstitute.org; Colleen O'Connell, Faculty, Audubon Expedition Institute at Lesley University and co-founder of the Maine Earth Institute, oconnell@Lesley.edu; Catherine Elliot, Wildlife Specialist, UM Cooperative Extension, celliot@umext.maine.edu, ...

Family Radio Forum 2/9/07

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Producer/host: Ron Beard Topic: Teens, Underage drinking and dating violence What resources do teens have if they want to deal with underage drinking and dating abuse? What is "abuse"? How do teens feel about these issues? Guests: Alexis Priestly, Carma Durkee, Amanda Chandler, Billy Church, Katie Todd, Sarah Milliken, Don ...

Family Radio Forum 1/12/07

Friday, January 12th, 2007

Producer/host: Ron Beard Topic: Project based learning at Liberty School: What is project based learning? How does project based learning prepare students for life in the 21st century? What is needed to make project based learning work in alternative and traditional schools? Guests: Arnold Greenburg, Brian Crockett, Cerri Aker ...

Family Radio Forum 12/08/06

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Producer/host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Topic: Poverty In Maine Guests: Tim King, Executive Director, Washington-Hancock Community Agency Dean Crocker, Maine Children’s Alliance Poverty in Maine—the 2006 report- what are the highlights? Are the rich getting richer and the poor, poorer? Is ...

Family Radio Forum 11/10/06

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Producer/host: Ron Beard Topic: Families, Farms and Local Schools Why is there new attention to linking farms and schools? What is happening across Maine and locally? What are the challenges to introducing more local products to school lunch programs? Guests: Heather Albert-Knopp, Healthy Acadia Coalition; Tim Fuller, Healthy ...

Family Radio Forum 10/13/06

Friday, October 13th, 2006

Producer/host: Ron Beard Guests: Jane Freeman, Healthy Peninsula; Corinne Pert, Principal, Brooksville School; Bec Poole, Brooksville community member; Peter Sly, Brookin Topic: Building a Healthy Community in Brooksville What is Healthy Peninsula?; How does it relate to the state network?; How is it related to a vision of creating healthy communities?