Turkey and all the leftovers are not far away now.
Our week on The Exchange includes antibiotic usage, suing over lynx protection, and end-of-life care, among other subjects.
Plus, for the first time in years, we're subbing a different program for The Exchange on the holidays Thursday and Friday.
Here's the full list...
Monday, November 24, 2014/8:00 Oregon Leads In NOT Over-prescribing Antibiotics
There are ways in which you do NOT want your state to be on the bottom of the list nationally. But Oregon is last in one category, and state health officials are quite proud of it. The rate of unnecessary antibiotic use in Oregon is the lowest in the country. The state's Public Health Division keeps track of the numbers and encourages doctors to keep them low. We hear the strategies and the benefits involved.
https://public.health.oregon.gov/Pages/Home.aspx
Monday, November 24, 2014/8:30 I Hear That Train A-coming...
There's an old connection between trains and the holidays. Think of all the pictures you've seen of model trains running around Christmas trees. In the Rogue Valley, Thanksgiving is the holiday associated with trains. Because Thanksgiving weekend is the time the Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club and other train groups present the Rogue Valley Railroad Show at the Medford Armory. This is the 37th edition of the show; one of the organizers joins us.
http://rvmrc.railfan.net/
Monday, November 24, 2014/9:00 Bread As Currency
Remember when people called money "bread"? Author/baker Malin Elmlid might singlehandedly revive the use of the term. Because she's been trading her loaves of homemade bread--actual baked bread--for goods, and services, and even stories. She tells about the process in her book "The Bread Exchange." She visits the Jefferson Exchange to tell us about it.
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/the-bread-exchange.html
Tuesday, November 25, 2014/8:00 Why So Many Homeless Students
The most recent numbers show more Oregon students are homeless than a year earlier. 737 more students, to be exact… more than the populations of most elementary schools. Medford's Maslow Project is an organization dedicated to fulfilling at least some of the needs of homeless young people. Executive Director Mary Ferrell joins us with stories of what leads to child homelessness.
http://www.maslowproject.org/
Tuesday, November 25, 2014/8:30 Taking People To Court Over Lynxes
Somebody must keep a running total of court cases against federal agencies. We'd guess the Fish & Wildlife service is certainly up there with the most-sued agencies. Witness the recent filing of a suit by the Western Environmental Law Center over the Canada Lynx. The groups suing want Fish & Wildlife to expand the amount of critical habitat for the big cat. A WELC rep explains the issues.
http://www.westernlaw.org/
Tuesday, November 25, 2014/9:00 End Of Life Care: "Bringing Bubbe Home"
When we allow ourselves to think about death, we often choose to think about relatively happy circumstances: dying at a ripe old age, at home, in bed, surrounded by family. In real life, it's seldom that way. 80 percent of Americans die in hospitals or nursing homes. Debra Zaslow did not want that fate for her grandmother, her bubbe. So she brought the 103-year-old woman home, to live out her final days there. The poignant story is told in Zaslow's book "Bringing Bubbe Home." Debra Zaslow visits our studio with the story.
http://www.whitecloudpress.com/bringing-bubbe-home.html
Wednesday, November 26, 2014/8:00 Oregon Employment Takes Off
The last time Oregon's employment shot up this high, Bill Clinton was president, and "Waterworld" was in movie theatres. Figures from the state Employment Department show October of this year adding nearly 10,000 to Oregon payrolls. Several sectors of the economy performed better than economists expected. The Employment Department's David Cook visits to explain what happened.
http://www.oregon.gov/EMPLOY/pages/index.aspx
Wednesday, November 26, 2014/8:30 VENTSday: What You're Thankful For
Break out the list of things you're thankful for; we know that will be ONE of the topics in this week's VENTSday segment. VENTSday is our weekly "opinion swarm"… we throw a pair of topics on the table, and let listeners vent--politely--on those topics. They can range from the global to the hyper-local, and all responsible opinions are welcome. We bring the topics, you bring the opinions. It's VENTSday on The Jefferson Exchange, and you participate by calling 1-800-838-3760 or emailing JX@jeffnet.org.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014/9:00 Extreme Novel-Writing Explained
You can apply the term "extreme" to just about anything. Witness "extreme sports" and "extreme couponing." But "extreme noveling?" Yep. Chris Baty invented the practice, known through National Novel Writing Month. His tips on the practice are contained in his own non-fiction book, "No Plot? No Problem! Revised: A Low-stress, High-velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days." Chris Baty pays us a visit; maybe we'll finish a chapter during the hour.
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/no-plot-no-problem-revised.html
Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday Our Substitute: "Five Farms"
We wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at The Jefferson Exchange and JPR. We are especially thankful for a couple of days off, and we'll replace the Exchange for Thursday and Friday with holiday specials. The public radio documentary "Five Farms: Stories From American Farm Families" will take our place, both daytime and evening. We invite you to enjoy the stories of the people who grow America's food, and invite you to join us for fresh editions of The Exchange starting Monday, December 1.
http://fivefarms.org/about.html