Community Conversations

The ballot question reads, Recognition of Marriage Solely Between One Man and One Woman. Yes or No.  If the measure passes, the language added to the state Constitution will read: “Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota.”
 
The Minnesota Marriage Constitutional Amendment was the topic of the latest WTIP Forum.  Jay Andersen and a panel of guests on Oct. 25 held an informative discussion of this controversial and timely issue.
 
The guests included ministers Dale McIntire and EvaLyn Carlson and attorneys Leigh Mathison and Elizabeth Pierce.
 
The Minnesota Marriage Constitutional Amendment -- Only on WTIP North Shore Community Radio.
 
 
 

Beryl Singleton Bissell left the monastery to marry a former priest. Soon tragedies followed one after the other and those ensuing years eventually became part of “The Scent of God” – a memoir about love and loss…and hope.

WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with Beryl for the September edition of Third Thursday Community Conversation.

After moving to the North Shore her second book, “A View of the Lake,” told a far different story. She became “a pilgrim.”
 “An Hour with Beryl Singleton Bissell” – September’s Third Thursday Community Conversation. Only on WTIP North Shore Community Radio.

Do your kids talk to you? Bring their concerns home? Do you listen? If so, that’s good news. If not, why not?

Join WTIP’s Jay Andersen  for “Building Assets for Kids,” The September edition of First Thursday Community Conversation. In-studio guests were Dr. Dean Grace, North Shore Collaborative, Rita Plourde, Sawtooth Mountain Clinic and Cook County Probation Officer Steve Borud.

What about peers, friends and after school activities? How adequate are our community resources for young people?

“Building Assets for Kids” -- this month’s First Thursday Community Conversation. Only on WTIP North Shore Community Radio.

It's high summer on the North Shore, and there's plenty going on in our woods and waters. Young birds and animals are getting used to their surroundings, many plants are in full bloom and the biting bugs are becoming less ferocious. But those of us who live here or frequently visit seem to find something to like about every season, and that's what this month's First Thursday Community Conversation is all about: The Nature of the North Shore.

During our North Shore Sights and Sounds membership drive , we brought you lots of sounds you could not have heard before April of 1998. On July 5 we looked back fourteen years to talk about the beginning of WTIP.

Join Jay Andersen and guests for “Starting a Community Radio Station” -- the July special Sights and Sounds member drive edition of First Thursday Community Conversation.

Whose idea was it in the first place? How did WTIP start? What makes it work? We’ll ask some of the station’s founders these questions and more.

Our guests included Mary and Peter Igoe, Mike Raymond, Jeff Nemitz and Bill Burkhart.

“Starting a Community Radio Station” the July  special Sights and Sounds member drive edition of First Thursday Community Conversation. Only on WTIP North Shore Community Radio.

In 1985 Lloyd K. Johnson sold 178 acres of the land adjoining High and Middle Falls on the Pigeon River to the state and donated an additional 129 acres. Finally, in the fall of 1994, Grand Portage State Park was open for business.

Join Jay Andersen for an interesting and informative interview with Grand Portage State Park Manager Rick Novitsky and Park Naturalist Anna Deschampe – on WTIP’s June Third Thursday Community Conversation.

Rick and Anna talk about the traditions, history and culture of Grand Portage, the state park and what the community means to them personally.

Rick Novitsky and Anna Deschampe, the June edition of Third Thursday Community Conversation…only on WTIP North Shore Community radio.

Years ago he moved to Cook County to build birch bark canoes. He stayed to build one of the most vibrant and important non-profit organizations in Minnesota – North House Folk School.

Join  Jay Andersen for a lively interview with Mark Hansen on this month’s Third Thursday Community Conversation.

When he wasn’t building North House, Mark was camping on the Canadian ice counting caribou, ski jouring throughout the northland and continuing to build canoes -- as well as his reputation as a one-of-a-kind innovator.
Mark Hansen on Third Thursday Community Conversation…only on WTIP North Shore Community radio.

The ISD166 school board has voted to try a different calendar for the 2012-13 school year. Cook County Schools – and consequently students at Great Expectations – will experience longer days, a number of four-day weeks and some combined additional vacation times. 

The administration says the move saves money and improves instruction. If you have kids in school, what do you think?
Join Jay Andersen with WTIP’s First Thursday Community Conversation for the May 3rd broadcast of “Hybridizing the School Year.”

Each month we choose a topic for discussion, invite guests into the studio and invite you to join in the conversation. This month our guests include Superintendent Beth Schwarz, Great Expectation’s Administrator Peter James and teacher Jane Gellner.

“Hybridizing the School Year” -- First Thursday Community Conversation, only on WTIP North Shore Community Radio.

Join WTIP’s Jay Andersen for “Scott Harrison – the business of Cook County business” -- this month’s Third Thursday Community Conversation.

Each month we sit down with interesting guests for an in-depth exchange of thoughts and ideas, opinions and points of view – professional and personal.

Scott Harrison is uniquely qualified to discuss business in Cook County. He’s on the EDA board, is one of the movers for a county-wide Chamber of Commerce, runs the iconic Lutsen Resort and much more.

“Scott Harrison – the business of Cook County business” -- this month’s Third Thursday Community Conversation, originally aired 6 to 7 p.m., April 19.

Only on WTIP North Shore Community Radio.

In response to the dramatic rise in local courthouse violence across the nation, Minnesota’s U.S. Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar have introduced the Local Courthouse Safety Act. The legislation is a reaction to a shooting in December at the Cook County Courthouse in Grand Marais during which a prosecutor and witness were wounded.

Join WTIP’s Jay Andersen for “Courthouse Security: public safety in public spaces,” -- the Apriledition of First Thursday Community Conversation.

This month studio guests include Cook County Sheriff Mark Falk, County Attorney Tim Scannell, Commissioner Jim Johnson and Steven K. Swensen, Director of the Center for Judicial and Executive Security.

“Courthouse Security: public safety in public spaces,” First Thursday Community Conversation, only on WTIP North Shore Community Radio.