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Juneau Afternoon

Friday, February 11th, 2022: Nick Jans remembers Romeo, Juneau’s friendly wolf. Juneau Nordic Ski Club’s “Romeo Trot.” Coppa ice cream featured on Foodie Friday. Jessica Hood, a veteran Wearable Arts Show designer.

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One of Nick Jans’ favorite photos of Romeo.

Nick Jans says his book, “A Wolf Called Romeo,” was one of the most difficult books he’s ever written — a tale of wonder, but also at the end of Romeo’s life, a tale of  woe.

Jans is also one of the organizers of the Orpheus Project, a month-long tribute to Romeo, as well as a guest on this Friday’s  Juneau Afternoon.  Jens will talk about his experiences with a wolf,  friendly to both the people and pets he encountered at Mendenhall Glacier, until he was killed by poachers.

Also, today:

  • Juneau Nordic Ski Club’s inaugural “Romeo Race.”
  • Foodie Friday: New ice cream flavors at Coppa
  • Veteran Wearable Arts Show designer Jessica Hood talks about her “Forever Dress.”

Listen to the whole show:

Andy Kline hosts today’s program.  You can catch Juneau Afternoon, Tuesday through Friday, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3.  The rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO. You can also listen online at ktoo.org.

Part 1: Why Romeo is more than just a wolf

Guests: Nick Jans, Writer
Nick Jans believes the story of Romeo and his  relationship with Juneau is one of the great human and wild animal interactions in history, the quintessential Alaskan Story.

Although Romeo was a wild wolf, he enjoyed playing with dogs he met at Mendenhall Glacier. (Photo by Kim Elton, courtesy of Orpheus Project)

Part 2: Inaugural Romeo Trot

Guests: Jordan Tanguay, Juneau Nordic Ski Club board member and ski team coach and coordinator.
In collaboration with the Orpheus Project, the Juneau Nordic Ski Club is launching its first ever Romeo Trot.

Part 3: Foodie Friday: Coppa's new ice cream flavors

Guests: Marc Wheeler, Owner of Coppa
On  Juneau Afternoon’s Foodie Friday feature, Marc Wheeler talks about two new flavors of ice cream he’s created — Cardamom with orange-honey caramel and Bergamot with Ceylon Assam caramel.

Andy Kline. a volunteer host for Juneau Afternoon, tried out the Vanilla Bean and Deep Chocolate ice cream.

 

 

Part 4: Jessica Hood's nine years in Juneau's Wearable Art Extravaganza

Guests: Jessica Hood, Wearable Arts Designer
Every dress at Juneau’s annual Wearable Arts Extravaganza has a story — and after nine years designing outfits for the show, Jessica Hood has many stories to tell. This year’s dress weighs about forty pounds and is made from trash bags, to bring awareness about plastic pollution in the oceans.

 

 

This is Jessica Hood’s 9th year as a designer for Juneau’s Annual Wearable Arts Extravaganza. This year’s piece is called “Forever Dress,” made entirely out of plastic garbage bags. She estimates that it weighs about 45 pounds. Hood said she had a lot of bags on hand, because her family always takes them on their hikes and fishing trips, to pick up trash as they explore (Photo courtesy of Jessica Hood).

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