 A program guide for members of Prairie Public Broadcasting August 2017
August Prime Time Television Programs Visit www.prairiepublic.org for the most up-to-date schedules, including Prairie Public’s multicast schedules. Programming may change with little or no notice. Programs are listed in Central Time. Prairie Public local television productions are highlighted in blue.
1 Tuesday 7:00 Queen Victoria and the Crippled Kaiser ⁄ 8:00 Rare—Creatures of the Photo Ark (part 3 of 3) ⁄ 9:00 Frontline 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
2 Wednesday 7:00 Ireland’s Wild Coast ⁄ 9:00 NOVA Secrets of the Sky Tombs ⁄ 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
3 Thursday 7:00 Ask This Old House fi 7:30 Ask This Old House fi 8:00 Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece (part 5 of 6) ⁄ 9:00 Father Brown ⁄ 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
4 Friday 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Prairie Pulse CCRI of Moorhead Development Director Jody Hudson fi 8:00 The Great British Baking Show Patisserie (part 9 of 10) fi 9:00 The Great British Baking Show The Final (part 10 of 10) fi 10:00 Magic Moments—The Best of ’50s Pop (My Music) fi
The Power of Music fi 8:30 Emmylou Harris—At the Ryman fi 10:00 ’60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music) fi
6 Sunday 1:00 pm Be Your Own Health Hero with Dr. Nandi fi 2:30 Mindfulness Goes Mainstream fi 3:30 Rock Rewind 1967 (My Music) fi 4:00 Rick Steves’ Europe: Great German Cities fi 6:00 PBS Previews: The Vietnam War ™ 7:00 Daniel O’Donnell: Back Home Again fi 8:30 Under the Streetlamp: Rockin’ Round the Clock fi 10:00 The American Epic Sessions fl
7 Monday 7:00 Celtic Thunder Legacy fi 9:00 Joe Bonamassa: Live at Carnegie Hall— An Acoustic Evening fi 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
8 Tuesday 7:00 Under the Streetlamp: Rockin’ Round the Clock fi 8:30 Ethan Bortnick: Generations of Music fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
9 Wednesday 7:00 Joe Bonamassa: Live at Carnegie Hall— An Acoustic Evening fi 8:30 Daniel O’Donnell: Back Home Again fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
10 Thursday 7:00 Ethan Bortnick: Generations of Music fi 8:30 Doc Martin—Seven Grumpy Seasons ⁄ 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
5 Saturday
11 Friday
9:00 am Sara’s Weeknight Meals fi Noon Market to Market 12:30 Almanac 1:30 A World Without Cancer: The Real Promise of Prevention with Margaret I. Cuomo, MD fi 3:00 Forever Painless with Miranda Esmonde-White fi 4:30 Rick Steves’ Tasty Europe fi 5:00 The Forever Wisdom of Dr. Wayne Dyer fi 7:00 Ethan Bortnick Live in Concert:
7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Daniel O’Donnell: Back Home Again fi 9:00 Folk Legends: Isn’t This a Time! fi 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
12 Saturday 9:00 am America’s Home Cooking: Eat Your Veggies! fi 11:00 America’s Home Cooking: B is for Bacon fi
Noon Market to Market 12:30 Almanac 1:30 Moneytrack: Money for Life fi 3:00 Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller fi 5:00 Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy fi 7:00 The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum fi 8:30 Roy Orbison: Black & White Night 30 fi 10:00 The Bee Gees: One Night Only fi 11:30 Rock Rewind 1968 (My Music) fi
13 Sunday 1:00 pm Play the Ukelele with the Atomic Sharks fi 2:00 Bob Ross: The Happy Painter fi 3:30 PBS Previews: The Vietnam War ™ 4:30 The Best of Trains Around North America fi 6:30 Rock Rewind 1969 (My Music) fi 7:00 The Texas Tenors: Rise fi 8:30 Daniel O’Donnell: Back Home Again fi 10:00 Rick Steves’ Viva Espana! fi
14 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Cincinnati, Hour One fi 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Cincinnati, Hour Two fi 9:00 Prairie Mosaic Interstate Park; Fiber Artist Aliza Nocacek-Olson; the NPL; Music from Anthony Miltich fi 9:30 Prairie Musicians Jazz Arts Group of Fargo-Moorhead fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
9:00 Father Brown ⁄ 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
18 Friday 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Prairie Pulse Kind Foundation Director Jodi Rae fi 8:00 Great Performances Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2017 fi 9:30 Malcolm Frager: American Pianist fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
19 Saturday 7:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 7:30 Moone Boy › 8:00 Waiting For God › 8:30 To the Manor Born › 9:00 Austin City Limits Don Henley ⁄ 10:00 Front and Center CMA Songwriter Series with Jennifer Nettles fi 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
20 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Great Entertainers fi 8:00 Secrets of the Six Wives Divorced (part 1 of 3) ⁄ 9:00 Endeavour Season 4 on Masterpiece Game (part 1 of 4) ™ 10:30 PBS Previews: The Vietnam War ™ 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
15 Tuesday
21 Monday
7:00 The Bomb Œ 9:00 Frontline 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
7:00 Antiques Roadshow Cincinnati, Hour Three fi 8:00 NOVA Eclipse Over America ⁄ 9:00 Prairie Mosaic Jon Offutt’s Glassblowing Studio in Fargo; Grass Roots Minnesota Politics; Music from Elisa Korenne; Music from the Mary Marshall Quintet fi 9:30 Prairie Musicians Brenda Weiler fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
16 Wednesday 7:00 India—Nature’s Wonderland (part 1 of 2) ⁄ 8:00 India—Nature’s Wonderland (part 2 of 2) ⁄ 9:00 Secrets of the Dead The Real Trojan Horse Œ 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
17 Thursday 7:00 Ask This Old House fi 7:30 Ask This Old House fi 8:00 Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece (part 6 of 6) ⁄
22 Tuesday 7:00 Diana ⁄ 8:30 Secrets of Althorp—The Spencers fi 9:00 Frontline 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
23 Wednesday 7:00 NOVA Eclipse Over America ⁄
8:00 The Farthest Voyager in Space ⁄ 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
24 Thursday 7:00 Ask This Old House fi 7:30 Ask This Old House fi 8:00 The Tunnel: Sabotage (part 1 of 8) 9:00 Father Brown ⁄ 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
25 Friday 7:00 Washington Week 7:30 Prairie Pulse Fargo poet and author of “Devotions,” Tim Murphy fi 8:00 Great Performances at the Met La Traviata ⁄ 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
26 Saturday 7:00 Keeping Up Appearances › 7:30 Moone Boy › 8:00 Waiting For God › 8:30 To the Manor Born › 9:00 Austin City Limits Foals/Alejandro Escovedo ⁄ 10:00 Infinity Hall Live The Revivalists fi 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
27 Sunday 7:00 Lawrence Welk Show Lawrence Welk’s Premiere Show 1955 fi 8:00 Secrets of the Six Wives Beheaded, Died (part 2 of 3) ⁄ 9:00 Endeavour Season 4 on Masterpiece Canticle (part 2 of 4) ™ 10:30 Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote fi 11:00 EastEnders › 11:30 EastEnders ›
28 Monday 7:00 Antiques Roadshow Rapid City, Hour One fi 8:00 Antiques Roadshow Rapid City, Hour Two fi 9:00 Prairie Mosaic Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion; Duet by Pop Wagner and Bob Bovee; Lawrence Welk’s Legacy; The Pipe Organ of Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead fi 9:30 Prairie Musicians Just Friends fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
29 Tuesday
7:00 Walt Disney: American Experience (part 1 of 2) ⁄ 9:00 Frontline 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
30 Wednesday 7:00 Chaplin: The Legend of the Century ⁄ 8:30 Do Not Go Gently fi 9:30 Crisis of Faith fi 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
31 Thursday 7:00 Ask This Old House fi 7:30 Ask This Old House fi 8:00 The Tunnel (part 2 of 8) 9:00 Father Brown 10:00 As Time Goes By › 10:30 Nightly Business Report 11:00 Charlie Rose
Overnight Schedule Programs are listed in Central Time. ’60s Pop, Rock & Soul (My Music) 8/7, 4 am The American Epic Sessions 8/13, 4:30 am American Forum Sundays, Midnight Antiques Roadshow 8/2, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30, 1 am; 8/16, 8/30, 2 am Articulate with Jim Cotter 8/9, 8/27, 4:30 am Asia Insight Wednesdays, 12:30 am Ask This Old House Saturdays, 1 am, 1:30 am, except 8/12 Austin City Limits Mondays, 8/21, 8/28, 3 am The Bee Gees: One Night Only 8/14, 4 am The Bomb 8/17, 1 am Celtic Thunder Legacy 8/9, 1 am Charlie Rose—The Week 8/20, 8/27, 6:30 am Daniel O’Donnell: Back Home Again 8/8, 1 am; 8/11, 8/15, 2:30 am; 8/13, 1:30 am The David Rubenstein Show 8/20, 8/27, 5:30 am Diana 8/24, 1 am Doc Martin—Seven Grumpy Seasons 8/12, 2:30 am Emmylou Harris—At the Ryman 8/7, 2:30 am Endeavour Season 4 on Masterpiece 8/22, 8/29, 2 am Ethan Bortnick: Generations of Music 8/10, 2:30 am; 8/12, 1 am Ethan Bortnick Live in Concert: The Power of Music 8/7, 1 am The Farthest Voyager in Space 8/25, 2 am
Father Brown Saturdays, 3 am, except 8/12 Focus on Europe Thursdays, 12:30 am Folk Legends: Isn’t This a Time! 8/13, 3 am Front and Center 8/21, 4 am Frontline Thursdays, 3 am, except 8/10 Globe Trekker 8/20, 4 am Grantchester Season 3 on Masterpiece 8/1, 3 am The Great British Baking Show 8/6, 2 am, 3 am Great Performances Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2017 8/20, 2 am Great Performances at the Met La Traviata 8/27, 2 am The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum 8/14, 1 am Home Fires Season 2 on Masterpiece 8/5, 8/19, 2 am India—Nature’s Wonderland 8/18, 1 am, 2 am Infinity Hall Live 8/28, 4 am Ireland’s Wild Coast 8/4, 1 am Joe Bonamassa: Live at Carnegie Hall—An Acoustic Evening 8/9, 3 am; 8/11, 1 am Keeping Up Appearances 8/21, 8/28, 1 am Lawrence Welk Show 8/1, 2 am; 8/22, 8/29, 1 am Magic Moments—The Best of ’50s Pop (My Music) 8/6, 4 am Malcolm Frager: American Pianist 8/20, 3:30 am Mindfulness Goes Mainstream 8/6, 6 am Moone Boy 8/21, 8/28, 1:30 am Nightly Business Report Saturdays, 5 am NOVA 8/4, 3 am; 8/23, 2 am; 8/25, 1 am The Open Mind Mondays, Midnight; Tuesdays, 12:30 am Overheard with Evan Smith Mondays, 12:30 am
PBS NewsHour Tuesday through Saturday, 4 am, except 8/9 PBS NewsHour Weekend 8/20, 8/27, 6 am PBS Previews: The Vietnam War 8/22, 3:30 am Perfect 36: When Women Won the Vote 8/29, 3:30 am Prairie Mosaic Wednesdays, 3 am, except 8/9 Prairie Musicians Wednesdays, 3:30 am, except 8/9 Prairie Pulse Sundays, 1:30 am, except 8/13; Sundays, 8/20, 8/27, 5 am Queen Victoria and the Crippled Kaiser 8/3, 1 am Rare—Creatures of the Photo Ark 8/3, 2 am Rock Rewind 1967 (My Music) 8/13, 6:30 am Roy Orbison: Black & White Night 30 8/14, 2:30 am The Royal Good Guys 8/2, 2 am Scully/The World Show Fridays, 12:30 am Secrets of Althop—The Spencers 8/24, 2 am Secrets of the Dead 8/18, 3 am Tavis Smiley Tuesday through Saturday, Midnight; Saturdays, 5:30 am The Texas Tenors: Rise 8/15, 1 am To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Saturdays, 12:30 am To the Manor Born 8/21, 8/28, 2:30 am The Tunnel: Sabotage 8/26, 2 am Under the Streetlamp: Rockin’ Round the Clock 8/8, 2:30 am; 8/10, 1 am Washington Week Sundays, 1 am Waiting For God 8/21, 8/28, 2 am Walt Disney: American Experience 8/31, 1 am Well Read Sundays, 12:30 am Wild Alaska Live 8/1, 1 am
See a live show with Prairie Public! Tune in this month to learn how you can support your favorite television station and get tickets as our ‘thank-you’ gift! Daniel O’Donnell in Winnipeg at the Centennial Concert Hall on September 17 at 7 pm Celtic Thunder in Minot at Hostfest on September 27 at 7:30 pm Joe Bonamassa in Winnipeg at the Pantages Theatre on September 29 at 8 pm Ethan Bortnick in Bismarck at the Belle Mehus Auditorum on October 15 at 7:30 pm—includes a post-show meet and greet. Under the Streetlamp in Bismarck at the Belle Mehus Auditorium on May 3, 2018. Under the Streetlamp in Fargo at the Fargo Theatre on May 4, 2018.
August Daytime Television Programs Saturdays 6:00 am Charlie Rose 7:00 To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe 7:30 Focus on Europe 8:00 Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack 8:30 The David Rubenstein Show 9:00 America’s Test Kitchen from Cook’s Illustrated fi 9:30 Simply Ming fi 10:00 Martha Bakes fi 10:30 New Scandinavian Cooking fi 11:00 Lidia’s Kitchen fi 11:30 Steven Raichlen’s Project Smoke fi Noon Market to Market 12:30 Almanac 1:30 P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home fi 2:00 Sewing with Nancy fi 2:30 Quilting Arts fi 3:00 For Your Home fi 3:30 Painting with Paulson fi 4:00 Destination Craft with Jim West fi 4:30 Ask This Old House fi 5:00 Prairie Pulse fi 5:30 Scully/The World Show 6:00 PBS NewsHour Weekend 6:30 Charlie Rose-The Week Sundays 7:00 am Sesame Street æ 7:30 1001 Nights æ 8:00 Bob the Builder æ 8:30 Splash and Bubbles æ 9:00 WordGirl Æ 9:30 Thomas & Friends æ 10:00 Martha Speaks æ 10:30 DragonflyTV fi 11:00 Curious Crew fi 11:30 SciGirls fi Noon Odd Squad æ except 8/20 Noon Great Performances at the Met Eugene Onegin ⁄ (8/20) (3 hrs) 12:30 Age Wise fi (8/6, 8/13) (½ hr) 12:30 Elder Abuse and Exploitation fi (8/27) (½ hr) 1:00 POV The War Show § (8/27) (1½ hrs) 2:30 Joseph Rosendo’s TravelScope fi (8/27) 3:00 Globe Trekker ⁄ 4:00 Doc Martin › 5:00 Antiques Roadshow fi 6:00 Antiques Roadshow fi Weekdays 5:00 am Various Public Affairs Programs 6:30 Maya & Miguel æ 7:00 WordWorld æ 7:30 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! æ 8:00 Clifford the Big Red Dog æ 8:30 Thomas & Friends æ 9:00 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood æ 9:30 Biz Kid$ æ (8/1-3, 8/18, 8/21-24) 9:30 SciGirls æ (8/4, 8/7-11, 8/14-17, 8/25, 8/28-31)
10:00 Dinosaur Train æ 10:30 Peg + Cat æ 11:00 Sesame Street æ 11:30 Super WHY! æ Noon Splash and Bubbles æ 12:30 Martha Speaks æ 1:00 Curious George æ except 8/7, 8/9, 8/11 1:00 Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle æ (8/7, 8/9, 8/11) (1½ hrs) 1:30 WordGirl Æ except 8/7, 8/9, 8/11 2:00 Sid the Science Kid æ except 8/7, 8/9, 8/11 2:30 Nature Cat æ 3:00 Ready Jet Go! æ except 8/14, 8/16, 8/18 3:00 Ready Jet Go!: Back to Bortron 7 Æ (8/14, 8/16, 8/18) (1 hr) 3:30 Arthur æ except 8/14, 8/16, 8/18 4:00 Wild Kratts æ 4:30 Odd Squad æ 5:00 BBC World News America 5:30 PBS NewsHour 6:30 As Time Goes By › Symbol Key fi General audience æ Suitable for all children Æ Directed to children age 7 and older ⁄ Parental guidance suggested due to moderate violence (V), some sexual situations (S), infrequent coarse language (L), or some suggestive dialogue (D).
Special membership drive programs air August 5-13. See the prime time schedule for details!
Tune in Sunday, August 13, at 1 pm CT to learn to play the uke in no time flat with Play the Ukelele with the Atomic Sharks. Kris Hensler and Kenny Taylor help first-timers get started fast!
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Radio Highlights A farewell to Car Talk As you may know, Car Talk is leaving the airwaves in late September. We’re all unhappy about it, and will let Ray have the last word:
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August Television Highlights Celebrate 125 years of live entertainment with Emmylou Harris— At the Ryman. Harris and her acoustic band, the Nash Ramblers, have re-created their mesmerizing 1991 concert, which helped spearhead efforts to refurbish the century-old home of the Grand Ole Opry. New! Saturday, August 5, 8:30 pm CT Tune in to learn how you can see Ethan perform live in Bismarck on October 15. Ethan Bortnick Live in Concert: The Power of Music puts the spotlight on the 120-member Kids Choir, and Ethan Bortnick: Generations of Music features guests Peter Yarrow, Bethany Yarrow, and cellist Rufus Cappadocia. New! Saturday, August 5, 7 pm; Tuesday, August 8, 8:30 pm CT ; Thursday, August 10, 7 pm CT
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Emmy-winning wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson is on an authored journey along Ireland’s rugged Atlantic coast! The two-hour special Ireland’s Wild Coast provides insights into the wild animals and wild places of the island he calls home. New! Wednesday, August 2, 7 pm CT The Diana story has moved from an extraordinary episode in our immediate past to one beginning to resemble history. In 2017 it will be 20 years since Princess Diana’s death, and her story remains incomplete. The new film Diana is full of fresh material including new statements from Diana’s bodyguard Ken Wharfe and her Private Secretary Patrick Jephson. New! Tuesday, August 22, 7 pm CT Great Performances at the Met presents Sonya Yoncheva as the tragic courtesan Violetta in Verdi’s classic La Traviata, with Michael Fabiano as her ardent lover Alfredo and Thomas Hampson as his disapproving father Germont, in a revival of Willy Decker’s staging conducted by Nicola Luisotti. New! Friday, August 25, 8 pm CT
August Television Highlights Gaze into space with us as NOVA explores the Eclipse over America, then tune in to The Farthest: Voyager in Space to learn how NASA’s epic Voyager missions launched in 1977 revolutionized our understanding of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and their dazzling moons and rings. New! Wednesday, August 23, 7 pm CT Queen Victoria And The Crippled Kaiser is the fascinating story of a royal family marred by shame and cruelty. Featuring a long-hidden cache of intimate family letters, this gripping historical documentary examines the complex dynamic between the young future Kaiser and his mother, the eldest child of Queen Victoria of England. New! Tuesday, August 1, 7 pm CT Under The Streetlamp: Rockin’ Round The Clock celebrates the American Radio Songbook of the 1950s-1970s. Starring recent leading cast members of the Tony Award-winning musical “Jersey Boys,” the show features tight harmonies and slick dance moves that harken back to an era of sharkskin suits, flashy cars, and martini shakers. Sunday, August 6, 8:30 pm, or Tuesday, August 8, 7 pm CT Join wildlife biologist Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto, and mountaineer Jon Gupta to explore India’s natural wonders in India—Nature’s Wonderland. From tigers and gibbons to elephants and rhinos, the sacred Ganges to tea plantations, experience the subcontinent’s marvels. New! Wednesday, August 16, 7 pm CT Travel with historian Lucy Worsley back to the Tudor court to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of Henry VIII’s six wives, each of whom found a method of exerting influence. The three-part program Secrets of the Six Wives—with episodes titled Divorced and Beheaded, Died—combines drama with historical comment. Sundays at 8 pm CT beginning August 20 Many Prairie Public local television productions are funded in part by the following: Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the voters on November 4, 2008, North Dakota Council on the Arts, North Dakota Humanities Council, and by the members of Prairie Public. Thank you!
Member News Investors Circle Support
We extend our appreciation to new and renewing members of Investors Circle. These donors have demonstrated significant annual support for public broadcasting in our region. In this issue of WAVES, we recognize gifts received April 1, 2017–June 30, 2017. Gold Investors $5,000 to $9,999 Juliette and John Cooper Silver Investors $2,500 to $4,999 Jane Dynes Dr. David R. Field and Mrs. Sherri Field John Goossen Dennis and Anita Rohde Gary and Martha Sorenson Alan D. and Phyllis Ann Thoren Fund through The Winnipeg Foundation Jack Trueman Bronze Investors $1,000 to $2,499 Anonymous (15) Jennifer, Cindy and Jay Anderson, Lloyd E. Anderson Ltd Partnership
Tributes Margaret-Lynne and Jim Astwood MacDonald and Taylor Barnes Rodney and Anne Biggs David and Ruth Borlaug Ken Bull and Ann Klassen Dr. Yvonne C. Condell Oliver, Adeline and Allan Denton Fund through The Winnipeg Foundation Dr. Walter and Carolyn Frank Edward Glass and Ann Buettner Glass Rev. Carl Hansen John E. Harris III Dr. Jonathan and Maniphone Haug Cameron and Sally Inglis Ruth Iversen Michael and Debra Jensen Rita Kelly John Klai Carol Jean Larsen Joe Mocnik Andrew Moffat Jerry and Jean Newborg Pastor John and Cheryl Nilsen Tim and Claudette Peterson Barbara Schaffer James J. and Darlene Schwartz Larry and Lois Signalness Lois Sliworsky Dale Summers Ron Wasfaret Herbert Wildeman Kenneth and Pat Zealand
Prairie Public recognizes gifts in memory and in honor of others. This month, we gratefully acknowledge the following: Candace Allen In memory of Don Geiken Rod and Audrey Angstman Robert L. Gerke CM and Marjorie Hanson Patricia Hinze and Howard Anderson Lori Holden Edwin and Maxine Kallander Debra Kemmer Timothy Kessler James and Pauline Litch Gerald and Arlys Ohe Ronald and Lynette Pederson Ron Wasfaret Roger and Dorothea West Wood Specialists In memory of Annette Wasfaret Valerie Holler In honor of Stephanie Blumhagen and Robert Tolar’s marriage Mary McQueen In honor of Ken Zealand
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Families, friends, and
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nerds from all walks of life are gathering .support public television. for Prairie Public’s PBS Nerd Walks. •Earn PBS Nerd. Have you registered yet? .t-shirts and hoodies. Join us September 23 in Fargo or •Get a free Nerd Swag Bag! September 24 in Bismarck to celebrate your •Tour our television. nerdness while raising funds to .and radio studios. support •Meet Clifford the Big Red Dog. public television—you can earn your •Gnosh on free pizza. own PBS Nerd t-shirt or PBS Nerd hoodie. Visit prairiepublic.org/nerdwalk .and root beer. to register •Enjoy music and nerdy games. for these .for kids and grownups. super nerdy events!