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SEPTEMBER 10 & 12 OUTWEST LIVE! BROADCASTS
Enjoy radio show interviews on Thursday on the Equestrian Legacy Radio Network! Our guest on Campfire Cafe is LORI BETH BROOKE, we enjoy chatting with Lori Beth and listening to music from her newly released CD, TEXAS STAR. Thursday night on The Writer's Block Radio Show we chat with GINGER GAFFNEY, author of the memorable HALF BROKE, about her time spent at a prison re-sentencing ranch in New Mexico working with the horses and the residents. Tune into the OutWest Hour for something a little different - interview and music - with JIM JONES. Jim shares the back stories of the songs on The Cowboy Way's new soon-to-be-released album, DOIN' WHAT WE DO.
RENDEZVOUS WITH A WRITER: INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY
WITH SCHOOL RESUMING during this extraordinary year, let’s remember that learning to read and write takes place under many circumstances and at any age. Literacy is a matter of dignity and human rights according to UNESCO, which established September 8 as INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY more than fifty years ago. To celebrate literacy OutWest Book Guide, Wendy, hand selected four stories with you in mind. Read about two priviledged women who traveled west in 1916 to become teachers in Colorado. Enter the Steamboat School founded by teacher Reverend John Berry Meachum to teach free and enslaved Black students in 1847, Missouri. Meet Mary Walker, who learned to read and write at 114 years old! Is there a teacher who made a difference in your life? Read the tribute to Mr. Falker, the teacher who helped a student learn to read after years of undiagnosed dyslexia.May You Turn Pages Everyday!
Contributed by Book Guide Wendy
HOIST A COLD ONE! IT'S NATIONAL BEER DAY!
HOIST A COLD ONE! IT'S NATIONAL BEER DAY!
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and BEER." —Abraham Lincoln
From shirts to books, we've got great suggestions on tap at OutWest Shop for the beer enthusiast.
RENDEZVOUS WITH A WRITER: LET'S READ A BOOK!
HOORAY! IT’S READ A BOOK DAY! If you need an excuse to climb into a hammock, flop on the couch, or draw a bath, you’ve got it. I've got a few "top picks" for you to consider. I'm reading CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS by Isabel Wilkerson right now. Other recommendations are THE LOST AND FOUND BOOK SHOP by Susan Wiggs and from our "For the Writer and Reader List" THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE by Sherl Shah. From our "Children's Fiction" list is INDIAN NO MORE winner of the 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award for Middle Grade Fiction."The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go."
----Children's author and illustrator, Dr. Seuss
RENDEZVOUS WITH A WRITER: DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR LIBRARY CARD IS?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR LIBRARY CARD IS? Mine is in my head! Today, more than ever, our library cards are valuable. During the pandemic, libraries have expanded their online services for all ages - building their digital collections of ebooks, e-audiobooks, and magazines; and providing free streaming of music and movies. Most libraries have online database resources that enable you to take a course, study a language, explore genealogy, and conduct research in a range of fields. SEPTEMBER is LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH. If you don’t have a card, visit your library’s website and see how to get cards for all of your family. I have been using my library more than ever. To prepare for these posts I’ve checked out ebooks and searched the catalog. Lately, I’ve been placing holds and picking them up. Right now I am surrounded by 63 books! Here are a few that celebrate the library.
"COWBOYS OF THE SKY" HONORED ON NATIONAL SKYSCRAPER DAY
HOW TALL IS THE TALLEST BUILDING IN YOUR TOWN? Ours is four stories. To be considered a skyscraper today, a building has to be at least forty stories tall! Today, September 3 is National Skyscraper Day. Let’s set our imaginations soaring with books celebrating these engineering feats and those who build them. Experience the construction of the Empire State Building through the eyes of a young boy in SKY BOYS. “Cowboys of the Sky” was a name given to generations of Mohawks who built bridges and skyscrapers in Canada and the United States. SKYWALKERS is their dramatic story.
TURN YOUR RADIO ON! KUPR 30 DAYS OF SEPTEMBER FUNDRAISER
Announcing OutWest Shop's KUPR 30 DAYS OF SEPTEMBER FUNDRAISER. KUPR low power radio is home of a wide variety of multi-cultural radio programs, like the OutWest Hour, all are hosted by talented and passionate DJs. Due to COVID all planned fundraising live events are cancelled, help us raise funds they need! Shop the HERO COLLECTION and AMERICAN WEST HANDBAGS this month, 20% of all these purchases support KUPR. But WAIT! There's more! Keep reading for details of the HERO Contest!
