Tuesday, July 10 – News director Dave Thompson starts us off with a discussion of the severe storm that hit the Watford City area last night. ~~~ Say the words alternative school and you might picture kids in trouble with the law, but alternative schools help a variety of students who might otherwise get lost in the shuffle of traditional education. In an excerpt from the Cutting Ed podcast, host Tom Gerhardt speaks with Grand Forks Community School teacher Eileen Zygarlicke. ~~~ Storycorps is currently open for business in Bismarck, recording conversations for posterity. Today we share a clip as Dina Butcher (77) talks with her daughter, Marnie Piehl (48), and grandson, Owen Piehl (17), about her political leanings and their family history as Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Germany in 1939. ~~~ Questions have kept coming in for horticulturist Ron Smith. He stops by to answer some listener emails.
Watford City Storm ~ Community School Alternative ~ Dina Butcher Storycorps Visit ~ Ron Smith
