Talk of the Towns 2/13/09

Producer/Host: Ron Beard

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Turning It Around: Teens talk about relationships, fitting in, and communication about sex, and engage in skits to demonstrate the concepts

Guests:  Jonesport/Beals High School Students (Kenneth, Robbie, Sid, Sarah, Chris, Jessica)  Don Ficker, teacher

Writers Forum 2/12/09

Producer/Host: Joan Clemons

Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Topic: Writing, prose, memoirs

Local writers read from their work and a discussion follows: How to begin a writing project?  Is publishing the only reason to write?  Is there a particular time and place to write?

Guests: Ellie O’Leary, ellieoleary@gmail.com, www.WritingThruIt.blogspot.com;  Jennifer Skiff, Editor, God Stories: Inspiring Encounters With the Divine, www.GodStories.com;  Linda Tatelbaum, “Women Who Speaks Tree: Confessions of a Tree Hugger”, www.colby.edu/~ltatelb , 207-785-4634

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 2/12/09

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Looking for some good news about personal privacy in cyberspace? Well, finally, there is some. On Data Privacy Day 2009, the Dutch metasearch engine www.ixquick.com announced that the search engine would no longer record users’ IP addresses. This is a big deal: here’s why.