Wake-Up Call With Bill Lundun & Gerry Snyder

Gary Conley - Conley Capitol

Honor Flight - Spooktacular Dinner & Auction

October 26, 2024 - 5:00p - 9:30p
Food & Drink - Live & Silent Auction - Best Costume
Contact Misti Crowson 541-228-1489
Buy tickets: www.swvhonorflight.com
Emerald Square Dance Center
2095 Yolanda Ave., Springfield, Oregon

Kevin Grange - Grizzy Confidential 101024

Promoting:  upcoming book titled, Grizzly Confidential: An Astonishing Journey into theSecret Life of North America’s Most Fearsome Predator 
 
.In Grizzly Confidential, author Kevin Grange—formerparamedic and park ranger at Yellowstone and Grand Teton—comes face-to-facewith North America’s most fearsome predator, Ursus Arctos.
Hisquest takes him from his home in the Tetons to an eerie, mist-shrouded islandof gigantic bruins; from the Bear Center at Washington State University—wherescientists believe the secrets of hibernation might help treat diabetes, heartdisease, and obesity in humans—to the dark underbelly of for-profit wildlifeparks, illegal animal trade and black markets hawking bear bile.
Along the way, he meetsfascinating biologists and activists and discovers that everything he knewabout grizzlies was wrong. Ultimately, his odyssey leads him to find answers ona remote corner of the Alaskan Peninsula where, for the last fifty years,humans have coexisted peacefully alongside the largest gathering of brown bearson the planet.
Grizzly Confidential is about bears but also the inspiring people who lookafter them. This is a fast-paced, gripping story that educates, entertains, andgives a sneak peek into the secret life of a well-known species. Part science,part travelogue, and a passionate plea for bear conservation, Grizzly Confidential isa lively account for anyone who loves the outdoors and learning about thenatural world.

Michaerl Anderson & Alice Blankenship - Music of Prokofiev

Michael Anderson and microphilharmonic open the 2024-25 season with the music of Russian-Soviet composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): the Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op.94a (1943); the Quintet in G minor Op. 39 (1924); and the Overture on Hebrew Themes Op. 34 (1919). Each of these works represents a different aspect of Prokofiev’s musical character: the Violin Sonata is Classical in nature, with the structure and musical language deriving from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. The Quintet is Modernist…more dissonant, using Prokofiev’s so-called “wrong-note” style. The Overture on Hebrew Themes shows Prokofiev’s interest in folk music using themes based on the character of Russian Jewish styles like klezmer.
Michael writes of the program:
“The program will open with Prokofiev’s Violin Sonata No. 2, a very “classical” work that opens with a movement in sonata form, then a scherzo, a slow movement and a heroic finale, that Prokofiev said he “wanted to write in a gentle, flowing, classical style.”  Alice Blankenship, violin and Hung-yun Chu, piano will perform.
The second work is the Quintet in G Minor for boe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass. This is one of Prokofiev’s most radical “modernist” scores, filled with clashing – even polygonal –harmonies, as well as irregular rhythms. The first movement opens with what is sometimes called Prokofiev’s “wrong note” style, with an oboe solo filled with“wrong” sounding notes. Originally conceived as a ballet score about circus life, titled “Trapeze”, it was too difficult for the dancers, so the composer reworked it into the Quintet. Oboist Tom Nugent, clarinetist Michael Anderson,violinist Lisa McWhorter, violist Arnaud Ghillebaert, and bassist Jason Schooler will perform.
We will close the program with the Overture on Hebrew Themes for clarinet, string quartet, and piano, composed in 1919 while Prokofiev was in the United States. It was commissioned by the Zimro Ensemble, who gave Prokofiev a notebook of Jewish folk songs, although the themes have never been traced to any authentic folk music sources. We assume that Prokofiev or possibly the group’s leader, clarinetist Simeon Bellison, composed them in the Jewish style. This work is very evocative of the klezmer style and contrasts high and low registers, dynamic shifts,and jumpy festive rhythms followed by sweet melodies.  Michael Anderson, Alice Blankenship, Lisa McWhorter, Arnaud Ghillebaert, cellist Kathryn Brunhaver, and Hung-yun Chu will perform.

Brittany Barbieri - Lost Monster Files

“LostMonster Files” is the riveting new series which reopens the recently unearthedcase files of renowned cryptozoologist Ivan Sanderson for the first time inover 50 years.  A team of experts, including Ufologist and cryptozoologistBrittany Barbieri, reinvestigate some of  Sanderson’s most prominentcryptid case studies, utilizing his extensive archive of research. The teamfocuses on present day sightings such as the Abominable Snowman and Chupacabrato determine if modern science and technology can bring them closer to answersfor these mysterious creatures.  Applying long-hidden insights and cluesfrom Sanderson’s physical specimens, journals and audio recordings, they’llcarry each case forward to new field investigations, using tools and evidencenot available in Sanderson’s day. Premieres October 9th @ 10pmET/9pm CT on Discovery Channel.

Finn John - Off Beat Oregon

Dave Moss - Eugene Symphony

Pet of the Week - Lucky Paws

REMINDER ADOPTIONS TODAY
Where? PETSMART ON WILLAMETTE
When? Saturday 10-5 from 11-3
Please, if you plan to adopt a dog, make sure all family members are present, including other dogs.
Landlord approval is a must if you plan to adopt any animal. If you own your home proof of ownership (mortgage statement or any other way to prove you own your home)
Read more about each animal and apply at the link provided below
https://www.wagtopia.com/search/org?id=135749&page=1
If you can't adopt, please share and help these amazing animals find their forever home

Mary Ann Reilly - Springfield Fun

Greg Ryan - AI May Not Steal Jobs

Imagine a customer-service center that speaks your language, no matter what it is.  Alorica, a company in Irvine, California, that runs customer-service centers around the world, has introduced an artificial intelligence translation tool that lets its representatives talk with customers who speak 200 different languages and 75 dialects.  So an Alorica representative who speaks, say, only Spanish can field a complaint about a balky printer or an incorrect bank statement from a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. Alorica wouldn’t need to hire a rep who speaks Cantonese.  Such is the power of AI. And, potentially, the threat: Perhaps companies won’t need as many employees — and will slash some jobs — if chatbots can handle the workload instead. But the thing is, Alorica isn’t cutting jobs. It’s still hiring aggressively.  The experience at Alorica — and at other companies, including furniture retailer IKEA — suggests that AI may not prove to be the job killer that many people fear. Instead, the technology might turn out to be more like breakthroughs of the past — the steam engine, electricity, the internet: That is, eliminate some jobs while creating others. And probably making workers more productive in general, to the eventual benefit of themselves, their employers and the economy. Greg is an AI expert dedicated to saving lives by leveraging GPT technologies to optimize and improve the sales of AI-based solutions for top Fortune 100 tech companies, driving innovation and safety across industries