Keeping Kurrent

Two men, Stuart Kaplan and Marcus Riley, got together to discuss how they understood what it meant to mature and grow older. With year’s of experience in interacting with individuals who, by the world’s standards, were considered old and were expected to take life easier. They concluded that the definition of aging did not adequately define how people should live their life. So, they collaborated...

CC Clerk Christine McMullen - final copy by Wayne Potter

CC Clerk Christine McMullen - final copy by Wayne Potter

The Japanese American Experiece remade 2026 by Wayne Potter

Nancy Watts Mongolian Quilting remake 2026 by Wayne Potter

Abraham Lincoln Marathon by Wayne Potter

Meet Diana Jackson who spins stories about her great-great grandfather’s traveling from Beloit, Wisconsim to the California gold fields and the world with her notebook and frying pan in the other.

Learn about the importance of writing a personal biography for yourself, your family, your city or business. Meet Julie Zander, Personal Historian and find out how you can record and publish your own memoir. Perhaps you might even consider utilizing her knowledge and skills to develop an outstanding record of you, your business or community. You can find her at www,chaptersoflife.com. Your family...

Chef Danny Corsun discovered how his unique ability to cook was able to be used to educate children in special education. The uniqueness of this method drew children from the general school population. He also discovered how it could be used in Senior Centers, the broader k-12 school system, with adults in non-profit organizations and even fund raising organizations. I would urge you to take a lis...

BBH Ukraine - Full Recording by Wayne Potter

This picture depicts the hazards that Ukrainian first responders face every time a Russian missle tears into a home, commercial buildiing or uitility. First responders are now being offerred safety glasses that will protect their eyes from schapnel thrown from these bombings. The BBH Eye Foundation is now developing a way to send 1,000’s of safety glasses can be provided to them. Jack Blacks, one...

Marion Van Namen - has chosen her future. by Wayne Potter

Community Theatre is a marvelous way to spend time together. Residents meet other residents, parents watch kids, theatre discussion takes place. Listen to Eliazabeth Goebel and Ellen Spitaleni share there experiences in organizing the New Century Players in Oak Grove and Milwaukie, Oregon. You’ll find out how you can assist these two leaders build on their 20 successful years in play production.

This episode of Keeping Kurrent attempts to answer the question, “Does training a dog and the dog’s owner help create positive community attitudes?" Kelly Wheeler, owner of Dog3 Training outlines the strong benefits to training your dog to have high esteem and create positive dog to human interation in the community. If you’d like to learn more about this you can contact Dog3 Training at https://d...

“A Midsummer Nights Dream in Prison”, a movie produced by the "Open Hearts Open Minds” non-profit provides the opportunity for Josh Underhill and Carla Grant, both leaders involved in "Open Hearts Open Minds” to talk about how the prison arts programs are helping Oregon prison inmates gain self understanding, self esteem, and pride by their involvement in a theatre production available in the Oreg...

Shannon Zellerhoff - professional mariner by Wayne Potter

Listen to Shannon Zellerhoff as she shares her personal experience as a professional mariner who has served on fishing boats and huge ships plying the waters around the world. She shares her experience as a relatively new poet and writer who lives in Washington state. She has found a unique balance in the way she lives her life.

Jimmy Huston, owner of Cosworth Publishing, has clearly demonstrated that children, even though they might be considered handicapped, have great potential and use their unique abilities to benefit society. His company produces books for children that have dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, OCD. In addition, he helps children read, learn math, cuss, and cope with bad dreams, to name a few. If yo...

Writes poetry and displays it in special books he creates.

Henri Cross talks about his experience as an African American who was born in Georgia, moved to New York, other areas and ended up in Portland Oregon. He describes how he lived with Chinese and African family members. He experienced significant racial discrimination and yet believes in “One Humanity’. He is a Bahai and promotes that belief in that value. He encourages us to be faithful in meeting...

How do public services in cities and unincorporated urban areas get established. An example of how this happened in Clackamas County Oregon helps us understand the motivation and public views that create service districts like the Oak Lodge Water Services District in Clackamas County. You’ll meet Thelma Haggenmiller, 92 year old resident of Oak Grove, Oregon who explains her experiences in develop...

You will meet Jack Blanks, the Executive Director of the BBH Eye Foundation. This relatively new foundation provides eye care including surgery in Nepal, Bangladesh and Mayanmar. Learn about 63% increase in blindness, cataracts, and general need for glasses and medications between 2024 and 2050. What countries are having the greatest problem in solving these problems and what ones are doing the be...

On this episode of Keeping Kurrent you’ll learn more about Gena Renaud as she describes how she learned Japanese art history and techniques. She tells us how she expanded on her skills back in the United States and how an accident caused her to change her artistic focus. You’ll learn more about the many different wagashi sweets and how Gena is marketing these sweets in Portland and around the coun...

On this episode of Keeping Kurrent, you’ll meet Gena Renaud, an artist and designer. She has an outstanding life experience that began in a rural village in South Korea, moved to Japan and to the United States. She lived in Japan for an extended period to learn the many aspects of Japanese art. Eventually, and she moved to the United States, gained extensive in graphic design with large corporate...

The Magic Of Quilting With Peggy Gelbrich by Wayne Potter