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Dear Friend
of KNOM, Thank you,
thank you! It takes a huge
amount of work, and a huge amount of enthusiastic support, to maintain
this most active inspirational and educational radio station. During the
summer, we are especially needed, as families leave their villages for
even more remote points to fish, hunt and gather berries and other
tundra plants to put food on the table for winter.
For thousands of folks in these incredibly isolated spots, a
battery radio playing KNOM is their only contact with the outside world. For your
friendship, your help and your prayers, we honor you.
We pray for you, those you love and your intentions every day.
May God grant you His peace, strength and many, many blessings. HE’S BACK! (left) 2005-07 volunteer news reporter Jesse Zink returned to KNOM in July to help out for the summer. For the
past two years, he has volunteered at a medical mission in Mthatha,
South Africa. By virtue
of his skin color and perceived wealth, in Mthaha, he always stood out.
“Now,” Jesse says, “I am just
part of the crowd, which has been a relatively easy adjustment to make.”
Next month, Jesse moves on to study theology at Yale University.
Thank you, Jesse!
39TH YEAR: July 14th at 4:30 PM, KNOM began the mission’s 39th year. In that time, we’ve endured financial crises, fires, our tower nearly destroyed by an airplane and repeatedly by ice and120 MPH winds, blizzard after blizzard, two “hundred year” floods, frequent autumn storms with the intensity of hurricanes, the list is almost endless. Thanks to a dedicated, hardworking staff, and especially thanks to good people like you, KNOM’s managed to always be there for our listeners, with messages of hope and encouragement and prayer. May the station enjoy many, many more. (Left, July 14, 1971, Bishop Robert Whelan, SJ, pushes the tape recorder's remote PLAY button, starting KNOM's first program. The prerecorded hour-long show is produced by volunteer Tom Busch. It's announcer is deep voiced volunteer Leo Kehs (left). From Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Leo hosts the weekday KNOM evening program.
Thank you for joining us at www.knom.org, and thank you for playing an important role in the work of the oldest Catholic radio station in the United States. |
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INSPIRATIONAL SPOT:
Work as though everything depended
on you. Pray as though
everything depended on God. |
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INSPIRATIONAL SPOT:
Saint Augustine once said:
“Find out how much God has given you and from it, take what you
need. The remainder which
you do not require is needed by others.
“The superfluities of the
rich are the necessities of the poor.
Those who retain what is superfluous possess the goods of
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INSPIRATIONAL SPOT:
Father James Keller, MM, founder of the
Christophers, once wrote:
“Hope looks for the good in people instead
of harping on the worst.
“Hope opens doors where despair closes
them.
“Hope discovers what can be done instead of
grumbling about what cannot be done.
“Hope draws its power from a deep trust in
God and the basic goodness of human nature.
“Hope regards problems, large or small, as
opportunities.
“Hope is a good loser because it has the
divine assurance of final victory.” |
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MONTAGE:
(left) Business manager Lynette Schmidt checks figures in the upstairs
office. Behind Lynette, you can see a collection of photos of KNOM contributors and their families. Originally
from Fall River, Massachusetts, and then Bainbridge Island, Washington,
Lynette was a KNOM volunteer from 1982 to 1985. She was
attracted to the KNOM mission by her older brother, Normand Berger, a
Brother of Christian Instruction who was the mission’s chief engineer.
Initially, she produced spots, then served as news director for
two years. She married
1984-85 volunteer Ric Schmidt.
They left Nome, before Ric returned as program director in 1995,
becoming general manager in 2005.
Like
several others on the KNOM staff, she is an amateur radio operator, with
the call sign KLØWC. Today,
Lynette is on the front lines of KNOM’s finances, and processes many of
your contributions that keep the mission’s signal strong.
ELECTRONIC:
If you prefer receiving thank you notes for your gifts
by e-mail, please contact Lynette at knombusiness@gmail.com.
Thank you! A HAPPY OCCASION: Following two years of volunteer service, Laura Davis is leaving KNOM, but after a brief vacation, she will be returning to Nome. This is the
first year in memory, perhaps the first year in the mission’s history,
that we are not saying goodbye to anyone on the staff.
You can imagine our joy!
46,000:
That’s how many inspirational and educational spots we’ve
broadcast so far in 2009. |
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INSPIRATIONAL SPOT:
Love is like the five loaves and two fishes.
It doesn’t start to multiply until you give it away. |
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