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Pinwheels represent National Child Abuse Prevention Month BY BREE LAUGHLIN The World
Bright and colorful pinwheels adorn the property the Kids’ Hope Center throughout the month of April. This year, 306 pinwheels were placed into the ground at the Children’s Hope Center. Each pinwheels is a symbol of support for a child who has experienced abuse or severe neglect. Community members and employees from local agencies came together for the pinwheel planting ceremony on Wednesday, April 5 to rec-
ognize that child abuse and neglect exists in Coos County, and to support the work of the Children’s Hope Center. Bay Area Hospital President and CEO Brian Moore addressed the audience during the ceremony. “April is a month when Kids’ Hope Center raises awareness about National Child Abuse Prevention Month,” he said. “Thank you for joining us today to help bring awareness to these issues and to support care in our local comMore Kids Hope on page 2
Julie Marshall, Interim program Director at the Kids' Hope Center, decorates the Kids Hope Center property with colorful pinwheels in support of National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Kids’ Hope Center exists to reduce child abuse through community awareness, intervention, and to provide support for healing and victim justice.
Coos Bay graduate using her voice to win awards BY BREE LAUGHLIN The World
Coos Bay graduate Glenda Villamar is winning awards for her work on a sci-fi fiction podcast. The 1997 graduate of Marshfield High School just won Best Storyteller in a New Production and her podcast won Best New Storytelling Production in the 2022 Audio Verse Awards. Villamar said her podcast, ‘Glenda Blasts Your Ear Off’ was chosen out of thousands of nominations for the award. The Audio Verse Awards are an annual celebration dedicated to the greatest people and productions in immersive audio fiction around the world.
Villamar’s “flash fiction” stories have gained a huge following and are available on major podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast and Amazon Music and iHeartRadio. The podcast also has its’ own website and YouTube channel. “Through all the different platforms that it’s available, people really seem to be enjoying it,” Villamar said. Voice artist Villamar narrates and produces the podcast with writer Josh Busch. They started collaborating together last May after working together on a separate project. “Josh knew that I was also a narrator and training in narration at the time. He said, ‘If I write these crazy sci-fi short stories would you be interested in narrating them and doing it as a podcast?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, that sounds like a lot of fun.’” The team incorporates sound design and engineering into their work. “We like to throw music and sound effects into the production as I’m narrating the story to make it more immersive,” the narrator said. They also try to limit their podcasts to about 15 minutes, so it’s convenient to listen to even on a work or school break. This style of podcast is similar, in a way, to old-time radio shows, Villamar said. The first ‘Glenda Blasts Your Ear Off’ episode, ‘Waiting,’ starts with what seems a normal trip to the grocery store that ends with a warrior woman buying a pair of monsters a bag of meat. Each of the nearly 20 More Award on page 3
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The Kingston Trio kicks off Oregon tour in Bandon BY BREE LAUGHLIN The World
The Kingston Trio – a universally-popular band withstanding the test of time – are now embarking on a tour through Oregon. They kicked it all off in Bandon on Tuesday, April 11, at the Sprague Theater. The Kingston Trio was one of the most prominent groups of the era's pop-folk boom that started in 1958. Since its’ inception, the Kingston Trio has released 19 albums that made Billboard's Top 100, 14 of which ranked in the top 10, and five of which hit the number 1 spot. The Kingston Trio had the audience up and dancing at their show at the Sprague Theater. They performed hit songs, “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” and “Tom Dooley,” among others. “Anybody who sees the show can see we are having a good time and we make it a point to have a good time,” said Mike Marvin, who performs in the Kingston Trio alongside fellow musicians Tim Gorelangton and Buddy Woodward. “For two solid hours everyone in the room is having fun. The more fun the audience is having, the more fun we have – so it builds on itself. There’s
no question about that,” he said. The band continues to carry on the tradition occupying a unique, preeminent position in American musical history. Their ‘Keep the Music Playing’ Nationtour marks 60-plus years playing music together. More Kingston Trio on page 3
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