Thursday, July 31, 2008

Amy Maurer. The edible plants of Bexley. Purslane.



Purslane

(Portulaca oleracea)



A weed, common in our community. Except for roots, this plant is entirely edible. The leaves and stems are really delicious.

The leaves taste very much like a Bibb lettuce and the stems are reminiscent of young beet greens.

Just make sure no one has treated your purslane harvest with weed killer!

Sauteed Purslane

Pick the purslane. Use everything but the roots.

Wash in cold water. If not to be used immediately, let the purslane soak in a bowl of water until you are ready to prepare it.

When ready to cook, drain the purslane, pat dry and sauté in a little butter.

I like a little salt on it too.

Alternately, purslane may be eaten raw, tossed into a mixed green salad or diced small in a potato salad.

Use your imagination. Once you know what purslane tastes like, you’ll come up with other ideas also. Omelets? Quiche?

The August 2008 issue of Gourmet The Magazine of Good Living has a photo of purslane and also a recipe for a purslane and parsley salad. Excellent.

The photo is on page 82. The recipe is on page 107.

Amy Maurer, Noontime Gardener
11:00 a.m. to noon
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, 98.3 FM
Bexley Public Radio

Bexley Public Radio Foundation broadcasting as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
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Columbus, OH 43209
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

POSITION OPENING. MOST SENSITIVE MAN IN BEXLEY.

Editorial position vacancy.

POSITION IS FILLED AUGUST 7, 2008

Resumes or c.v. are requested for an editorial position vacancy on the Bexley LPFM community radio station.

Position produces an occasional feature titled “The Most Sensitive Man in Bexley.” The word “man” in the feature is used in its traditional gender-neutral sense and females are included in the invitation to submit resumes or c.v.

The position is responsible for producing editorial material that presents a sympathetic point of view on local events and personalities. When appropriate, the material must be in sharp contrast to the points of view expressed by the radio station’s editorial collective and its staff human rights activist.

The position is for a volunteer and is not compensated. No expense budget or expense account is provided. The volunteer selected is required to be active in fund-raising solicitations. Other forms of compensation are available and will be discussed with eligible candidates during the interview process.

Position reports to programming chairwoman.

Resumes and c.v. may be submitted by email to wcrxlp@yahoo.com.

Resumes may also be mailed to Bexley Public Radio Foundation at 2700 E. Main St., Suite 208, Columbus, OH 43209.

Disabled veterans and minorities are encouraged to apply. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Current residence in Bexley is preferred.

Bexley Public Radio Foundation broadcasting as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com

Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.

Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM adopts green policy.

Bexley Public Radio Foundation Green Policy for its WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM radio broadcast operations.


GREEN LABELS

WCRX-LP on-air personalities are encouraged to use regularly the following labels:

Green 102.1 FM

Green WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM

Green Bexley Public Radio

Radio for a green community

Radio for Bexley, a green community

Public radio for green Bexley

Green radio for Bexley


GREEN EDITORIAL POLICIES

Encourage landscaping and gardening in Bexley and surrounding neighborhoods

Support legislation authorizing assignment of convicts to re-cycling project

Balance scientific and engineering aspects of green initiatives with aesthetic and financial considerations

Report news about the generation of electricity

Report news about powering of motor vehicles

Report news about rail passenger service


GREEN PRACTICES

Publicize local cultural events, local markets, local educational events and local religious observances

Recognize conservation practices of radio station volunteers

Publicize practical information about gardening and landscaping

Broadcast information that makes markets more efficient

Broadcast information that assists consumers to make effective decisions


Promulgated Summer, 2008.

Bexley Public Radio Foundation broadcasting as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com

Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.

Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.

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Monday, July 14, 2008

In memoriam. John Joseph Manning III.

John Joseph Manning III died Thursday, June 25th, 2008.

John was the founding station general manager of WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, the broadcast radio service of Bexley Public Radio Foundation. His approach to scheduling and production of program content laid a solid foundation for the orderly growth of WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM. As station general manager, John worked closely with the station’s program chairwoman and the officers of Bexley Public Radio Foundation. He provided intelligent and reliable service to the broadcast operations of WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.

John also hosted the John Manning Morning Show on WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM. His morning show provided a comfortable mix of Bexley weather, astronomical data and editorial information from The Old Farmer’s Almanac and other resources.

During the hour-long morning show, John also provided updates on local Bexley news from The New Standard, The Eastside Messenger, Bexley News, The Catholic Times and The Bexley High School Torch. On his show, John also high-lighted information from the New York Times, The Financial Times and The Christian Science Monitor.

His favorite newspaper was The New York Times and each morning, even before John arrived at the radio studio, he had read his copy of The New York Times. John was a calm and intelligent interviewer of studio guests. Some of John’s memorable interviews included district politicians, faculty from Ohio State University, Ohio Dominican University, Capital University and Trinity Seminary.

He was also a regular participant in discussions with stock broker Frank Ingwersen and investment adviser Kevin Kale on the mid-morning Wall Street update. John was also a regular participant with gardening questions on Amy Maurer’s Noontime Gardener Show.

John was active in promoting rail passenger service for central Ohio. He was a longtime member of All Aboard Ohio and lobbied for public finance of passenger rail service. He regularly provided his radio listeners with information about developments in rail passenger service.

John Manning’s contributions to establishing a public radio service for the Bexley community were enormous and he is missed by his radio station colleagues and regular listeners to WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.

Contact us.

Bexley Public Radio Foundation broadcasting as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com

Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.

Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.

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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Facing the elements in Homer, Alaska.

Friday, July 11, 2008. Writer Joanna Tornes telephoned her exclusive Homer, Alaska culture dispatch to the WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM studio for Friday afternoon broadcast.

She discussed cultural events in her Alaska community with WCRX-LP, 102.1 host and Bexley resident Lee Edmondson.

Tornes, former Bexley resident, reported on a natural materials art exhibition near the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska. Artists have been assembling their works for the last several weeks along a trail in the area of the museum. The artists are using rocks, branches, twigs seaweed, moss and leaves as the material for their art pieces.

The art work is displayed under the titles “Reflections” and “Facing the Elements.”

The museum forest trail has number tags marking the art works. An exhibition brochure identifies the art works and lists the names of the artists. A separate printed guide describes the flora and other aspects of the natural area where the exhibit is located.

Some of the pieces of art are the work of area students. The material the students used included driftwood and smooth beach stones.

Artists in this year’s exhibition include, Marie Walls Alexson , Michael Armstrong, Katie Beasley, Ellen Chambers, Rika Mouw, Mavis Muller, Stuart Schmidt, Eric Van Oss, Susanne Ratcliffe Wilson and Dylan Wylde.

The WCRX-LP culture correspondent then reported on the local halibut fishing contest.

For this week, the first place one thousand dollar prize went to John Calvert of Stafford, Virginia. His winning catch weighed in at a 279.6 pound. Calvert was fishing from the F/V Ashtikan operated by Captan B’s “Alaska C Adventures.

Also, Edmondson and Tornes discussed Alaska population statistics briefly and Tornes told a joke making the rounds of Homer, Alaska nightspots.

Question: How do you tell the difference between a fisherman and a malamute puppy?

Answer: One of them stops whining after six weeks.

Contact us.

Bexley Public Radio Foundation broadcasting as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com

Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.

Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Human rights activist scolds Ohio Ethics Commission.

In a major report released today, the WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM human rights activist accused the Ohio Ethics Commission of violating the human rights of the children of Bexley Mayor John Brennan.

Additionally, the activist charged the ethics commission with violating other human rights of the mayor and his wife.

Among the several human rights violations listed in the report, the WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM activist identifies the most outrageous as the action of the Ohio Ethics Commission in using public resources to investigate allegations made in an unsigned anonymous letter.

The WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM human rights activist report labels the commission’s conduct as giving weight to “Stalinist-like secret allegations.”

The human rights activist report charged the commission with “basic disregard and contempt for the human rights” listed in the 1948 universal declaration of human rights made by the United Nations.

The report also labels the state ethics commission’s conduct as “an outrage to the conscience of mankind.”

Two of the mayor’s children applied for part-time summer jobs at the Bexley recreation department. They were both employed as counselors and had just begun work when secret charges were made.

The commission’s use of public funds to give life to an anonymous letter is “outrageous.”

The children were employed at the hourly rates of $7.00 and $7.25 per hour. A city official said the pay range for the counselor jobs was $7.00 to $10.00 per hour.

Recreation director Doug Jackson confirmed that the mayor’s children received no preferential treatment. They were placed on a waiting list like other applicants. Hiring from the waiting list was conducted in its usual fashion for part-time summer city employees.

After the irresponsible conduct of the Ohio Ethics Commission came to light, a spokesman for the commission said that it is lawful for a public official’s family members to be employed by a public agency.

Despite the lawful arrangement, and more importantly, despite the presumption of lawful behavior required by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ethics commission took official action based on anonymous allegations.

Compounding the violations of human rights, the spokesman for the ethics commission asserted that Ohio law entitles a parent to the pay that a minor receives.

An anonymous attorney with years of practice in juvenile law, commented that the ethics commission spokesman was misstating basic principles of Ohio law. “Children are not slaves of their parents” the lawyer said. “Whoever says otherwise is ignorant of Ohio law.”

The WCRX-LP, 102.1 human rights activist’s report is a scathing rebuke of the conduct of the Ohio Ethics Commission. The activist’s report lists ten specific human rights violations by the Ohio Ethics Commission in the report. As identified in the report, the violations are:

“Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”

Children of public officials do not lose their eligibility for public employment. In acting on anonymous allegations, the Ohio Ethics Commission is creating a special hurdle for employment for the children of public employees.

“Article 2. A person’s rights and freedoms cannot be limited because of “political or other opinion, … social origin, … birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs…”

The fact that a person is the child of a public official cannot be the basis for any penalty, disqualification or disability to public employment.

“Article 7: All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.”

In using public resources to investigate anonymous allegations, the ethics commission is inciting discrimination against the mayor, his wife and children.

By investigating anonymous allegations, the Ohio Ethics Commission acted arbitrarily and improperly precipitated the employment resignations of the mayor’s children.

“Article 9. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile” and “Article 10. Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.”

“Article 11. Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defense.”

Article 12. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Employment is also a basic human right and the Ohio Ethics Commission improperly interfered with the summer jobs of these two persons.

The ethics commission has violated the human rights identified in Articles 21, 22 and 23.

“Article 21… Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.”

“Article 22. Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.”

“Article 23. Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.”

The WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM human rights activist also cited the Bexley mayor, city attorney and city council as complicit in these human rights violations for not resisting the scandalous action of the Ohio Ethics Commission.

The activist’s report praises the Bexley city staff. They are complimented for their firm respect for the human rights of the mayor’s children throughout this affair.

Copies of the report of the WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM human rights activist are available for $65.00 by first class mail from:

Office of the Human Rights Activist
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209

Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective, Office of Human Rights Activist
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com

Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM is exempt from federal taxes under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Donations are deductible from federal income taxes for individuals who itemize. Checks may identify the payee as Bexley Public Radio Foundation WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.

Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. Bexley Public Radio Foundation.

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