Four Corners Storytelling Festival: Susan O'Halloran

Susan O'Halloran, one of the tellers at this year's Four Corners Storytelling Festival, and Farmington Public Library Program Coordinator Jenny Lee Ryan, discuss this year's festival: Oct. 9-10 at Berg Park.  Evening events:Friday: 5:30pm: Bedtime Stories, Totah TheaterFriday: 6:30pm: Ghost Stories, Totah Theater Saturday: 6:30pm: Grand Finale, Totah Theater

Save-A-Buck Thursday

Darrin Church, Citizens Trust & Investment Company, discusses the recently improving stock market, somewhat higher oil prices and lower jobless claims.  He also discusses how the federal Reserve is coming under increasing pressure to raise U.S. interest rates.

Aztec Schools

Aztec Schools Superintendent Kirk Carpenter and Deputy Superintendent Tania Prokop discuss enrollment numbers, the regional teacher shortage, and the newly announced Early College High School for students in San Juan County.

San Juan Smart Talk Wednesday: Agreement

Communications Professor Dr. Mike Hattabaugh discusses the problems of Communication Agreement: When people avoid talking about negative information despite everyone agreeing about what's happening (if they're honest).  Listen to hear what to do.

A Review Too Far - The Intern

This week our cinema geeks review Zucker Brothers' spy/surf movie spoof, Top Secret, the "find yourself" film Camp Takota, and out in theaters now, The Intern.Top Secret! stars Val Kilmer as the American pop star, Nick Rivers, who is thrust into the middle of a Cold War conspiracy. After a chance meeting with a woman on the run from the Secret Police, Nick goes on a roundabout adventure to stop the East German government from using a secret weapon to destroy NATO's navy. Campy and fun, Top Secret! shows that you don't have to make a perfect movie, just an enjoyable one.Camp Takota is a late-bloomer's film about a disenchanted young writer who loses both her job and her fiance on the same day. Distraught and more than a little hungover, she hitches a ride to her childhood summer camp and gets a job as a counselor where she reconnects with old friends, tries to forget her troubles, and is wooed by the attractive young farmer from down the county road. More a Lifetime-movie-of-the-week than anything else, Camp Takota is filled with feel-good cliches and terribly convenient plot twists, but still manages to get a good line or two in... occasionally.The Intern is yet another feel-good click in which Robert De Niro plays a retired executive who is bored with his life an needs a change. He finds that in the experimental "Senior Intern Program" at a hip dotcom sales firm headed by Anne Hathaway. The two bond, share experiences, and lean on each other in the sweetest ways... though, to be fair, most of the leaning is done by Anne's character, Jules, as she absorbs the wealth of knowledge and confidence that De Niro's Ben can offer. The film is sweet and endearing, but suffers from the fact that Ben is just too perfect and the conflicts he miraculously solves with style and class are as forced as can be.

2015 San Juan County Discovery Festival

Christine Garcia, Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Juan County, and Krista McWilliams, Discovery Festival Chair and co-owner of Diamond Derrick Engineering, discuss this year's Festival: Oct. 16-17, 9am-4pm at McGee Park.  The event is designed to present STEM-H (science, technology, engineering, math and health) careers to elementary, middle and high school students.  Students will attend field trips to the festival on Friday, and everyone is welcome on Saturday.  The Discovery Festival is free.  Find out more online.

Adopt-A-Pet

October is Adopt-A-Shelter Dog Month and we have lots of dogs and puppies looking for homes. In honor of this celebration our adult dogs will be $50 to adopt all month long and puppies are $75 (normally $80 and $100). All animals are spayed, neutered and microchipped prior to going home.Daffy, 4 years oldEmilioJacque, 1 year old

Clothes for Kids - Rio del Sol Kiwanis

Rio del Sol Kiwanis club members Brian Turner & Bob Brooks discuss the "Clothes for Kids" and "Coats for Kids" campaign.  Monetary donations are being accepted to help buy clothes for needy kids in San Juan County school districts.  New or gently used coats will be given away to needy school children and their families this Fall. Teachers and principals identify students who will be helped by these programs.

San Juan College Etiquette Dinner

Jordan Eckstein, Career Center Coordinator at San Juan College, discusses the 2nd Annual Etiquette Dinner, Nov. 5, 2015.  Designed to help teach the do's and don't's of business etiquette during a five course meal.  

Friday Spotlight: Blake Richardson, San Juan Symphony

A longer interview with San Juan Symphony guest conductor Blake Richardson.  He discusses this weekend's opening concerts: Sat. Oct. 3, 7:30pm, Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College and Sun. Oct. 4, 3pm Montezuma-Cortez H.S.  Richardson is one of 3 finalists being considered to become the San Juan Symphony's permanent Music Director.