Capitol Chat It's been nearly a
week since California lawmakers sent the upcoming year's spending
plan to Governor Jerry Brown, but the saga of the budget drama
continues as the legislature approves lingering trailer bills. In our weekly Capitol
Chat we'll discuss this and everything else of interest happening
at the California Capitol over the past few days with the
Sacramento Bee's state budget and politics reporter Kevin
Yamamura.
2012 Olympic Hopefuls
West Sacramento runner Kim Conley graduated from UC Davis three years
ago as a fast competitor, but wasn't fast enough for anyone to
offer financial support to train full-time. She took a
coaching job at UC Davis and her coach, Drew Wartenburg, encouraged
her to keep training in case circumstances changed. Last
fall, they did. With help from a few sources, including the
Sacramento Running Association, Kim stopped coaching, trained and
competed well and now has a chance to make the US Olympic
team. She will compete at the Olympic Track & Field
Trials which start today in Eugene, Oregon, hoping to qualify in
the Women's 5000 meters.
The Readers of Homer The Readers of Homer (TROH) is a non-profit,
tax exempt, organization that provides a method for reading Homer's
epics aloud, in a continuous and smooth audience participation
format with people of all ages and backgrounds reading their
pre-assigned passages, all day or all night long, in venues both
humble and sublime, in the US and abroad. We'll speak with Sac
State Professor Emeritus Kathryn Hohlwein, the founder of TROH and
Jeff Jenkins one of the readers in the program. The
Readers of Homer will be at Fairytale Town from dusk till dawn; 200 people,
including children, veterans, poets and teachers, will read aloud
pre-assigned passages from Homer's great epic, The
Odyssey. The all-night, non-stop
reading, presented by Fairytale Town and TROH, will take place on
the Mother Goose stage. There will be music and other effects
to complement and add to the magic of the reading.
Sound Advice: Record Sale Capital Public
Radio's annual record sale is coming up and people can still make
donations. Capital Public Radio Jazz Host, Dennis Newhall will play
some random selections that you can find at the sale and we'll talk
about the different kinds of music that will be available at the
sale.
