In a tribute (Patricia Lenzi) wrote about her uncle and shared with Indian Country Today Media Network, Lenzi said that Talley volunteered at KBOO. When asked why he refused to get paid, he replied, “People say, ‘Well, why do you do that for no money?’ And I say, ‘Because people need the communications. They need the service.’ And that’s my gift to the community.”
Very sad news, everybody. Avid KBOO supporter and volunteer, Rachel Studer, passed away March 26 of this year.
Rachel's memorial will be at St. Andrews Catholic Church, 806 NE Alberta, Portland, OR 97211, on May 12th at 11 am. There will be a reception following at noon. All KBOO people are invited.
Memorial and Celebration of Life for our friend and relative
John Talley
1931-2012
Friday May 25, 2012
2:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Native American Student and Community Center at PSU 710 SW Jackson, Portland, Oregon
The family of John Talley invite you to share in this tribute to his life, and the formidable mark he made with his radio show Indian World on KBOO since 1975. His legendary voice supported the Native community as well as musicians, poets and storytellers from all walks of life.
Pacifica Radio journalist and Flashpoints host Dennis Bernstein reads from his new collection of poetry - Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom - drawn from his experiences as a special education teacher in an inner city New York public school.
We at KBOO would like to pay tribute to former KBOO program host John Talley, who died on Sunday, March 25th. John was the longtime host of the show “Indian World” which aired on KBOO from 1975 until a few years ago, when John retired from the show because of health issues.
Indian World, the first Indian program in the Portland area, featured coverage of Native activities and interests with music, news, interviews, legends, poetry and a calendar of events.
Many of us will always remember a moving segment of Indian World in which John would call out the names of the Native American tribes. John himself was Mohawk, born in New York State.
I have not been modeling good blogging skills, I know. So with the new year, I've resolved to write more frequently... and have those entries be shorter. We'll see how this goes.
New Office Hours!
Yes, I have new office hours. I am now here from 11am to 2:30 pm on weekdays KBOO time. So if you'd like to drop in, I should be a little bit easier to find. And if you'd like to make an appointment or share your thoughts, you can do that at web@kboo.org.
New Ads!
Yes, we finally have advertisements. It's pretty exciting.
This month's selection has books on domestic abuse, Native Americans, women, parenting, business, corporate marketing, psychology, sociology, law, religion, philosophy, labor, and not a small amount of politics and US history. With your Multnomah County Library card in hand, you can check to see if these are on the shelf at a library near you, or put them on hold. Most titles listed have few or no holds on them, so you can get them quickly for near instant gratification.
In a tribute (Patricia Lenzi) wrote about her uncle and shared with Indian Country Today Media Network, Lenzi said that Talley volunteered at KBOO. When asked why he refused to get paid, he replied, “People say, ‘Well, why do you do that for no money?’ And I say, ‘Because people need the communications. They need the service.’ And that’s my gift to the community.”
KBOO is proud to be a media partner with the Soul'd Out Music Festival
