Bexley Public Radio, WCRX-LP, raffles two tickets to Columbus Jazz Orchestra performance in March or April.

Win two tickets to any one performance of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra at the Southern Theatre.

Choose any one of the CJO performances scheduled during March or April, 2013.

Bexley Public Radio, WCRX-LP, "Jazz on 102.1 FM" was the highest bidder for the CJO tickets in a silent auction that raised funds for TWIG 88.  And now, Bexley Public Radio is offering the two tickets to its listeners at "Jazz on 102.1 FM."

If you are the raffle winner, redeem your award promptly.   

Make your reservation as soon as possible.

The CJO performances for March and April are:

  Vocalist Debbie Gravitte.

March 14-17, 2013.  CGO presents “Big Band on Broadway” with vocalist Debbie Gravitte.

The song-list will feature music from Hello Dolly!, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and The Wiz.

Curtain times are Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday – Saturday 8:00 p.m., Sunday 3:00 p.m.

April 11-14, 2013.  “Piano Men: The Music of Billy Joel, Elton John & Stevie Wonder.”  Guest artists are vocalist Chester Gregory and Dave Powers on the keyboard.

Keyboard musician Dave Powers.  

The audience will hear selections including “Piano Man,” “Just the Way You Are,” “Your Song,” “Rocket Man,” “Sir Duke,” and “Isn’t She Lovely.”

Vocalist Chester Gregory

Curtain times are Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday – Saturday 8:00 p.m., Sunday 3:00 p.m.  

The "Jazz on 102.1 FM" raffle.

To enter the raffle, you must send an email to wcrxlp@yahoo.com and identify three central Ohio venues where live jazz is performed regularly.  To identify the locations, you must provide the organization or establishment’s name, street address, telephone number and the schedule of performances for the months of March and April.  You also must include your own telephone number and mailing address. 

Contest entry is by email to wcrxlp@yahoo.com.   

Anyone can enter the contest and multiple entries are permitted provided that each email entry contains all of the information listed above and provided also that the three live jazz venues in each email from the same person do not provide duplicate information about local jazz venues.  Station volunteers, officers and trustees are permitted to enter the raffle provided their volunteer service has been approved by the WCRX-LP Community Programming Advisory Committee and that they supply the same information required of all raffle participants.

Deadline for entries is midnight Friday March 1, 2013.   

The drawing to determine the winner will be held Saturday March 2 and the name of the winner will be posted on the Bexley Public Radio blog at agentofcurrency.blogspot.com (google the three words agent of currency to link to the blog).
 

Noontime Gardener Year In Review. Amy Maurer for Bexley Public Radio

Now that the days are getting longer, the Noontime Gardener is emerging from a semi-dormant state and looking toward sun and warmth and all those things that start the annual recycling of plant life. The seed catalogs arrive in January!



I feel the need to decide which plant to pick for the 2010 "Plants You Should Get to Know" observation. In 2007 we followed the paw paws as they grew, flowered, fruited, and senesced in golden splendor in the Fall. In 2008 a north Bexley Ziziphus jujuba got a similar review. 2009 wasn't quite so exciting. We're all familiar with mulberries. They grow up in the most inconvenient spots from seeds dropped by passing birds and rummaging rodents. They become gnarly pests in the alleys and hedgerows of our neighborhoods, and if I were to draw a haunted house I would surely place a mulberry tree in the picture. But, if the wildlife love them so much that they persistently keep them growing, perhaps we are missing something. If I had found some lower branching trees I would have baked these fruits into a delicious pie, but picking them up off the ground doesn't work well. Mulberries are so fragile - the goodness is too easily dissolved in the water and washed away. So, alas, no goodies came to the studio this year. Any suggestions for 2010?

Three fairly new books became part of my personal library this year. Now that the Bexley Public Library levy has passed, they should find their way onto the shelves and be read by more people. Niall Edworthy's typically tongue-in-cheek British humor makes The Curious Gardener's Almanac appealing to everyone, but remember that central Ohio and the English countryside do have significant differences. I cite page 29: "No matter how severe a summer drought, no one's lawn has ever died from lack of water. It can survive up to eight months without rain." Don't follow this advice. I guarantee your lawn will die here in central Ohio. As for the book, no garden experience necessary, and it's already in the Bexley Library.

My husband patiently caters to my chlorophyll-induced cravings and gifted me with The Teeth of the Lion by Anita Sanchez for my birthday. It's everything you could ever want to know about the lowly and much maligned dandelion, whose commonality makes it one of the lowliest of the plants we relegate to "weed" status. Again, a garden book even a non-gardener can enjoy.

Wicked Plants, subtitled The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart is a wake-up call for anyone who might be delusional enough to think that if it's natural, it can't hurt me. Yes, there are a great many plants which should never appear on the dinner table, with graphic accounts of what could happen if they did, and some with historical biographies to illustrate the point. Not a book for those with paranoid tendencies, but perhaps a good alternative for ghost stories around a campfire. The pen-and-ink illustrations are almost as exciting as the text.

The station management (not I) instituted the first annual tomato growing contest. It sounded like a great idea at first, but my excitement has succumbed to a vision some years hence when we have been so successful at promoting this activity, that I have to visit and interview more gardens than there are daylight hours to do it all in. I might develop a real aversion to tomatoes - perhaps even break out in hives when I see one. Or, more practically, I may have to train the management on the fine art of tomato judging and spread the burden of finding Bexley's best fruits.

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WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
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Columbus, OH 43209
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Winners announced for 2009 "Best of Bexley" tomato contest.

The cash prize winners in the 2009 Amy Maurer "Best of Bexley" Tomato Contest were announced today.

Two hundred dollars in prize money was split among four winners.

First and second place winner in the general gardening category are:

First place goes to Jacob Martin. Jacob is a kindergarten student at Montrose Elementary School. He is the grandson of Mary Zeier. Jacob raised his prize-winning tomato in his grandmother’s garden. His prize is one hundred dollars.

"Jacob has an innate sense when it comes to plants and gardening. It is unusual to see such a ‘green thumb’ in someone so young and it is wonderful that his Grandparents have given him the opportunity to explore his gift" says Amy Maurer.

Second place is taken by Ann Geldis with a sixty dollar prize. Ann is a first time tomato grower who plans to continue growing tomatoes next year. She recently retired from teaching and we hope that gardening will become an enjoyable pastime for her and her new granddaughter. She is also a regular listener to Bexley Pubic Radio.

Ann Geldis and Jacob Martin both grew tremendous tomato plants without the aid of commercial fertilizers or pesticides. They were so good in fact, that a local groundhog became a regular visitor to Ann’s garden and managed to make off with a considerable number of the fruits.

Winner in the novice category is Ann Greenball. Ann is a resident of Worthington and has never entered a tomato contest before. She grew her tomatoes in a barrel. Her prize is twenty-five dollars.

Winner for the conceptual gardener category is Jim Risenberger. Jim is an artist whose work is regularly displayed at Bexley’s Art Access Gallery. He receives a fifteen dollar prize.

Judging was conducted by Amy Maurer (left) and Remo Stirpe.

Amy is hostess of the Noontime Gardener Show on Bexley Public Radio, WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.

The show is presented each Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00 a.m. to noon.

Remo Stirpe is general manager of Bexley Monk.

Contact: Amy Maurer (614) 253-8373.

WCRX-LP Editorial Collective.

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WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
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Bexley Public Radio Foundation 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 or WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM.

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Parsnips. Arbitron and Meta-Arbitron.

For Arbitron the question is “How many WCRX-LP listeners are out there?”

In the November reporting period, WCRX-LP did not reach the minimum ten entries in Arbitron listener journals.

Despite this, Bexley Public Radio has listeners.

For listeners, the question is “How useful is the information that Bexley Public Radio provides?”

We offer the following anecdote as a Meta-Arbitron listener report.

On her Thursday December 11 Noontime Gardener program, Amy Maurer discussed parsnips and described it as a vegetable that can be grown during late autumn, early winter and in the early spring.

Amy also said that Bexley Natural Foods is currently offering parsnips in the fresh produce department.

On the following Saturday, Amy went to Bexley Natural Foods for some weekend shopping. A neighbor was also shopping and told Amy that she had heard Amy’s radio discussion and was at the store to buy some parsnips.

The important message in this Meta-Arbitron listener report is that accurate information was provided to a listener.

The information was heard.

The information prompted consumer action.

Bexley commerce increased.

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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
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Amy Maurer. Noontime Gardener. The edible plants of Bexley. Ziziphus or Jujube fruit.

Each year, Amy Maurer, the noontime gardener on Bexley Public Radio offers a weekly report on the development of an edible plant growing in Bexley.

This year, Amy followed the growth and development of the Ziziphus fruit. The Zizphus tree featured in Amy's report grows on Maryland Avenue Ave. in North Bexley.

Amy gathered and selected the ripe fruit during late November. Egle Weiland prepared and served the Ziziphus as part of a dried fruit stuffing in pork tenderloin for an entree. Egle also prepared the Ziziphus as a dessert for after the meal.

The dessert recipe is as follows:

Ziziphus Dessert Recipe:

This is a dessert made from Bexley grown Ziziphus fruit. The fruit is also called the Jujube fruit or the Chinese fig.

For about a cup or two of fruit dessert:

Cut open about two cups of Ziziphus fruit and remove the seed.

Juice of one lemon

Three Tbsp of brown sugar

Handful of raisins

Red wine, enough to soak fruit

Bake at 350 degrees until fruit is soft

Additional ingredients that can be added or substituted include dried or fresh fruit or nuts.

Can be served with ice cream, cheesecake, or served plain with whipped cream.

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 broadcasting 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.

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Bexley, Ohio. WCRX-LP’s Amy Maurer interviews professional rain-catcher Jonathan Meier on her “Noontime Gardener” Show.

Amy Maurer’s guest on her October 9 show was Jonathan Meier a professional rain-catcher.

Meier provides homeowners and renters with the ability to collect rainwater for use on lawns and gardens.

Meier and his business partner reconfigure used fifty-five gallon food-grade plastic drums from the food industry and transform them into barrels for collecting rain water.

When it rains, roof run-off usually empties into storm sewers and escapes into the rivers and streams.

The run-off water completely misses the lawns and gardens that need it. Meier helps people save this rainwater and put it to good use.

One rain shower can fill a barrel, then keep the water available for use on a lawn and garden.

Meier and his business partner have been in business since July. They operate as Rain Brothers.

The product that they sell is the reconfigured barrels and the barrels will be delivered to Columbus customers. Beginning next Spring delivery will be on bicycles specially equiped to carry the fifty-five gallon drums.

The sight of these young men bicycling with fifty-five gallon drums pulled behind their bicycles is all of the advertising that these two budding entrepreneurs will need.

Amy didn’t ask whether the barrels will have a distinctive logo displayed on them.

www.rainbrothers.com

Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
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

Copyright 2007. Amy Maurer, Bexley, Ohio.