DJ the DJ talks tattoos on Between You and Me

Tune in tomorrow (6/11) for Between You and Me from 10-noon.... DJ will be taking your stories of your tats. What's the story behind yours? A love affair? A big birthday? A brother who is a tattoo artist? Call or email 218-326-1234.

More Variety Than A Chinese Buffet

Cindy Davis was in to host music On the River (see side image of Cindy performing the "Frozen Swimmer") - it had been many years since she came in on a weekday to serenade the Northland (and beyond). From St. Peter and in the middle of a loooong migration to Backus, she played an excellent mix of music including April Stevens, Broken Bells, MN's Gary Louris & more. Volunteers from all over MN make the variety mix so amazing; over 80% of our music programming is done by volunteers! If you're interested in learning to be a programmer on KAXE, we have classes coming up - read more here!

The Dead Set

Kick off your shoes, or put on your dancing shoes... longtime KAXE volunteer Steve Ross is in with The Dead Set starting tonight at 8 featuring music and news of the Grateful Dead and related bands. Plus, Dead Head Cheese - call in with the correct answer to win a fabulous prize!!! Steve will be playing from the newly remastered series of recordings from the deads achive. Being Phil Lesh's birthday next week he'll also play some Phil and Friends. The last hour is Grateful Dead Road Trips, The Wall of Sound!!

Thanks Brian for hosting On the River!

Brian Anderson was in this morning hosting on the River, and rocking out with his daughter Opal. Thankfully Mark Tarner had the chance to chat with Opal about her future at KAXE.

"Maybe a Saturday On the River from 12-4 would be good for you Opal. Can I pencil you in the calendar?"

Joe Gnoza's Bread Recipes

Joe Gnoza is a KAXE member and volunteer from Hibbing. He sent us these recipes for bread:

Joes Cracked Wheat Bread

(Revised from Cold Spring, MN Bakery Recipe)

4 cups Homestead Mills cracked wheat

9 to 10 cups bread or all purpose, unbleached flour

3 tbsp. salt

1/2 cup shortening such as margarine or Crisco

3 tbsp. instant dry yeast

4 tbsp. honey

6 tbsp. sugar

5-1/2 cups warm water

Bake at 385 degrees 35 minutes

Makes eight one-pound loaves

Joe Gnoza's Basic White Bread

(Mom's Old Family Recipe)

13 to 14 cups bread or all purpose, unbleached flour

6-1/2 cups water

3 tbsp. salt

3 tbsp. instant dry yeast

Bake at 425 degrees first 20 minutes; 375 degrees

final 15 to 20 minutes

Makes eight one-pound loaves

I set and bake eight one-pound loaves at a time because they're great to give as gifts or you can double bag them in plastic and freeze them for as long as six months. If frozen, thaw (or "unthaw" as some Rangers say) your bread at room temperature and then warm it up in a 350-degree oven for five minutes. The homemade loaf will come out fresh as can be with a crispy crust.

Volunteer opportunies for the Biathlon World Team Trials at Mt. Itasca

Amy Dettmer stopped by the Sports Page today and talked about a BIG event happening at Mt. Itasca this month.... the World Team Trials for Biathlon. They are looking for more volunteers!

Biathlon is an exciting sport where athletes ski a loop 2km-3.5 km and shoot 5 bullets between each loop skied. When a skier misses a shot, a penalty loop has to be skied. The races in December at Mt. Itasca are called the World Team Trials. There will be junior athletes trying to make the World Juniors team and senior athletes trying to make the Olympic team. There will be athletes from across the United States competing!

The jobs we need volunteers for are listed below with a short explanation of each. There will be an explanation of how to do each job at a prerace meeting.

> Puller After an athlete shoots the 5 bullets in the clip, the targets need to be reset. This requires pulling a cord to reset the targets.

> Primary scorer Each time an athlete shoots a bullet, the result needs to be recorded on a sheet of paper.

> Backup scorer Does the same as the primary scorer. It is called backup scorer because the results are looked at in comparison to the primary scorer.

> Course Control Stand at a fixed point on the course and mark on a sheet of paper the athlete's bib number as they pass by. Course control is done in groups of 2.

> Penalty loop For each shot an athlete misses they have to ski a penalty loop. Work in groups of two. One person calls the bib number and the other checks off on a sheet when they pass by.

> Timing This work is done inside a building. Duties include calling off and recording numbers as skiers approach the finish.

Every volunteer gets a t-shirt!!!


I'd like volunteers to report a half hour before the scheduled start for a pre race meeting. Plan on spending 3 hours for a volunteer session. For instance, if you choose a day when the race starts at 11am you should getthere at 10:30am. You will be finished around 1:30.

Saturday December 12 11am start 10:30am meeting at timing building in middle of the stadium

Sunday December 13 11am start 10:30am meeting at timing building

Saturday December 19 11am start 10:30am meeting at timing building

Sunday December 20 11am start 10:30am meeting at timing building

Tuesday December 22 10am start 9:30am meeting at timing building


IF YOU ARE INTERESTED YOU CAN EMAIL AMY at adettmer@arrowhead.lib.mn.us

KAXE Volunteer Training Classes

by Maggie Montgomery

Two or three times a year, we hold classes for new, on-air volunteers at KAXE. Usually about a dozen people attend, and now and then some current volunteers come back for a “refresher.” This spring the classes are on three Tuesday nights in April: the 14th, 21st and 28th.

KAXE program director, Mark Tarner, and I teach the first two classes. KAXE engineer Dan Houg finishes the class training with a technical introduction to the on-air studios. After the classes, everything happens at the volunteer’s own pace. The “grads” sign up to observe a staff member or volunteer as many times as they wish before practicing in the studio. They can practice in a studio as often as they wish too, before their first, partial airshift under supervision. Completion of that supervised airshift is usually the last step before they go on the air on their own!

Going into that first class, we always wonder what will happen. Who will be there? What preconceptions will people bring with them? How familiar are they with KAXE’s programming? Why are they volunteering? What are their hopes and fears?

We hope we can gently introduce the class to audience-centered programming concepts that impose some rules on what they do and still keep them “jazzed” about the opportunities and creative processes of radio program production!

By the end of the first class, we trainers are the ones who are jazzed!! The classes are invariably impressive!

Class sessions are a good way to train new volunteers because new people coming into the station do so knowing other new people from the class—a built-in support group! And if some trainees don’t follow through it’s ok. It’s a low-pressure environment, and a great learning experience for anyone.

If you’d like to sign up for volunteer training there are 2 things required:
1) Be a member in good standing of KAXE
2) Register for the class by calling 218/326-1234 or emailing comments@kaxe.org, or responding to the Facebook event on the KAXE Northern Community Radio Facebook page.