WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives

Producer/Host: Sara Trunzo and John Zavodny Engineer: Amy Browne Issue: people, events, and ideas in Mid-Coast, Maine Program Topic: Waldo County Trails Coalition and the Hills to Sea Trail Key Discussion Points: 1. What is the mission of the Waldo County Trails Coalition (WCTC)? 2. How are different organizations and individuals involved with the development and use of the cross-county trail system? 3. How has the National Park Service offered assistance to this effort? Guests: a. Jean English: writer, editor, educator, and MOFGA rep to WCTC. b. Cloe Chunn: naturalist, author, and Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition secretary. For More Information: http://www.waldotrails.org/ http://www.belfastbaywatershed.org/ http://www.mofga.org/

Producer/Host: Rob McCall Studio Engineer: Denis Howard “Christmas”

Producer/Host: Jim Bahoosh Solstice

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell We’ve all heard that there are common sense rules to live by, but does not removing the label from a mattress we’ve bought count as such a rule? These and other rules we run into every day are the subject of Maureen Farr’s reflections on this edition of Hear Again.

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Part 2 of 4 Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison has called theTrans-Pacific Partnership (or TPP) trade agreement “the largest corporate power grab you never heard of.” And if you HAVE heard of it, and want more information about it, you would have to rely on sections of the agreement that have been leaked by Wikileaks. The agreement is being negotiated in such extreme secrecy that even legislators are relying on the leaked materials for information. If enacted, the TPP would cover at least 12 countries, with a combined gross domestic product totally 40% of the world’s economy, earning it the label “NAFTA on steroids”. The Maine Citizens Trade Policy Commission, held a public hearing in Belfast on December 12th. The committee’s co-chairs, Senator Troy Jackson and Representative Sharon Treat held the the meeting to learn about the potential impacts of the TPP on food safety, farming and the seafood industry. We’re going to cover that hearing in several parts here on the WERU News Report this week and next. You’ll hear the concerns expressed by farmers, lobster fishermen and other community members. You’ll also hear some very candid open frustration from state legislators serving on the committee, who have had to rely on wikileaks to learn specifics about what is proposed in the TPP, and the potential impacts on Maine. The CTPC was est’d by the legislature in 2004 to track trade agreements and their impacts on Maine, and make recommendations to the legislature. The members include legislators, reps from state agencies, and other interested parties. Commission members who were present at the meeting in Belfast were: Linda Pistner, Chief Deputy Attorney General; Stephen Cole Representing Economic Development Organizations; Mike Karagiannes Maine Dept of Environmental Protection (DEP); Jay Wadleigh International Assoc. Machinists, Representing Organized Labor; Sen. John L. Patrick of Rumford; Sen. Troy D. Jackson of Allagash, Co- Chair; Rep. Sharon Anglin Treat of Hallowell – Co-Chair; Rep. Jeff M. McCabe of Skowhegan; Michael Herz, appointed to represent Nonprofit Environmental Organizations, and John Palmer, Representing Small Business FMI http://www.maine.gov/legis/opla/citpol.htm

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger A Routine Feature

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Engineer: Allison Watters

Producer/Host: Kathleen March This is Kathleen March with WERU’s US-El Salvador Report. This week’s topic is the Honduran presidental election. The report has been prepared in collaboration with Radio Sumpul and US-El Salvador Sister Cities. El Secretario de Estado, John Kerry, dijo al derechista Juan Orlando Hernández, que el miércoles fue confirmado como presidente electo de Honduras: “De parte del presidente Obama y el pueblo de Estados Unidos, extiendo mi cálida congratulación a Juan Hernández por su elección como presidente de la República de Honduras”. También felicitó a Tegucigalpa por un proceso electoral que fue “generalmente transparente, pacífico y reflejó la voluntad del pueblo hondureño”. Hernández, del gobernante Partido Nacional, se impuso en las elecciones de noviembre a la izquierdista Xiomara Castro, esposa del presidente derrocado Manuel Zelaya. El partido de Castro – Libertad y Refundación (LIBRE – brazo político del Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular) presentó ante el Tribunal Supremo Electoral un recurso de “nulidad por fraude” en las elecciones presidenciales. Las 116 impugnaciones exigen el recuento de las actas de cierre, y debe responder el tribunal electoral el 17 de diciembre. Mientras tanto, hay actos públicos y denuncias del “fraude de Estado” y la “continuidad del Golpe de Estado que derrocó al Presidente Manuel Zelaya en 2009”. Mientras el oficialismo ocupa el poder, la oposición construye un plan de lucha nacional para revertir el fraude electoral y el hostigamiento de los opositores. Hace poco fueron asesinados los militantes de LIBRE Juan Carlos Argeñal y la profesora Graciela Lazo, por “escuadrones de la muerte”, según organizaciones civiles como el Comité de Derechos Humanos de Honduras (CODEH), que afirma que “estos grupos de sicarios” actúan desde 2009. Honduras tiene un promedio de 24 asesinatos al día, algunos por motivos políticos, según CODEH. Más de 30 periodistas han sido asesinados. Estados Unidos, que mantiene sus intereses en el país, apoya a Juan Orlando Hernández, el candidato de la derecha que declaró que promovería una nueva política de relanzamiento de los proyectos económicos de los Estados Unidos. Washington reconoció inmediatamente el triunfo del Partido Nacional. Según el portavoz del Departamento de Estado, Jen Psaki: “Estamos conscientes de que el candidato Juan Orlando Hernández tiene una ventaja irreversible…” Sin terminar la votación y con acusaciones públicas de irregularidades, Estados Unidos respaldó al partido por los intereses geopolíticos y económicos. La zona es foco de la geopolítica militar de los Estados Unidos para el continente. Es la sede del Plan Martillo, que busca controlar aguas territoriales de El Caribe y el Pacífico. Es asiento de la Base Militar Soto Cano, en Palmerola, controlada por el Comando Sur. Un radar de alta tecnología controla la plataforma continental, exploración energética, aguas profundas y minerales en el subsuelo y vigila la fibra óptica instalada en toda América. Se relanza la supercarretera del Canal Seco como unión con la base militar de Palmerola y los puertos en el Pacífico y en el Atlántico. Permitirá las acciones rápidas de tropas: Honduras es una gran base de operaciones geoestratégicas de los Estados Unidos. Se ha hablado de un “renovado protectorado”de los intereses militares en el continente americano. El relanzamiento imperial se debe al alejamiento de las políticas estadounidenses en Sudamérica y a la consolidación de una región con menos influencia de los Estados Unidos. Washington busca controlar los recursos naturales centroamericanos y caribeños. Patrocina el Diálogo y Concertación de Tuxtla en que 9 países suscribieron la Declaración de Villahermosa, que presenta el “Proyecto de Integración y Desarrollo de Mesoamérica” o Proyecto Mesoamérica. El proyecto pertenece a la Iniciativa Mérida sobre Seguridad Regional Norteamericana y a lo que en [...]

Producer/Host: Sarah O’Malley La Luna Part 4: Moon rise mystery

Producer/Host: Anu Dudley Sowilo, Rune of Conscious Self

Producer/Host: Ron Beard, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic: Connecting youth to out of school experiences to support Science, Math, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education Key Discussion Points: • What do we know about the ways in which young people make lasting connections to the knowledge base and applications of science, technology, engineering and mathematics? • What happens in school and what happens out of school that helps develop curiosity about STEM subjects? What gets in the way of taking natural curiosity in these subjects toward STEM literacy or mastery? • Not that pursuit of post secondary education and higher income is everything, but what do we know about the r relationship between interest and success in STEM subjects in K-12 schooling and the likelihood of a college degree and income levels? • Are there any other organizations helping you with this project? • How is MMSA developing the STEM Guide initiative in the two current Hubs, in the Blue Hill/Deer Isle area and in the Dexter-Dover area? • What do you or will you and other guides do week-to-week to stimulate and nurture student curiosity and learning outside of the classroom? What is the role of STEM guides – how does one find them? • Even though you’re only in the early stages of your STEM Guide project, what are some examples of ways in which your work as STEM Guides has helped youth in your hubs? • How do you connect your own background to the interests of students? • What words of advice or encouragement can you offer to others who might want to serve as resources for local youth in the same way that you have? • What are the personal rewards, from your point of view, of helping young people in this way? Guests: Tom Keller, Maine Math and Science Alliance Alyson Saunders, STEM Guide, Dexter-Dover Hub Judy Mathewson, STEM Guide, Blue Hill-Deer Isle Hub Bill Shaw, former STEM Guide, retired biochemist, Stonington Micheal Senter-Zapata- student at Harvard, graduate of George Stevens

Producer/Host: Tim Hagney Buckwheat

Producer/Host: Amy Browne Segment 1: An update today on the re-write of Maine’s mining regulations. As we reported last week, the Board of Environmental Protection met to discuss further changes to the proposed rules they will be presenting to the legislature when they reconvene. The changes are considered substantive and therefore must be put out for further public comment. Lindsay Newland Bowker, Environmental Risk Manager with Bowker Associates joins us again today, with her thoughts about the meeting, and the proposed changes. Includes excerpts from a video of the meeting, shot by Eric Tuttle. Watch the meeting here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkInaDIkP7M&feature=youtu.be Segment 2: Local residents will have an opportunity to learn more about the TPP, and voice their opinions, at a public hearing with the Maine Citizens Trade Policy Commission, in Belfast tomorrow. The committee’s co-chairs, Senator Troy Jackson and Representative Sharon Treat say that the meeting will “broadly focus on the topics of food and seafood safety, specific impacts on Maine agriculture and such food policy issues such as buying local and GMO and other food labeling policies as they pertain to the TransPacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).” Here to tell us more, is Ridgely Fuller, who describes herself as “Simply a Very Concerned Belfast Resident” FMI: http://www.maine.gov/legis/opla/citpol.htm

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic: Key Discussion Points: a)no shrimp, no whales, no good b) history of cold weather fishing clothing c) high tech clothing Guests: A)Tim Garrity Mt. Desert Island Historical Society B) by phone Jerry Richards Gill NA

Producer/Host: Larry Dansinger Alphabetism