Episode 33: Oso to opioids with Shari Ireton and the Sheriff’s Office
Jul 26, 2019
Usually, the phrase is, “Baptism by fire.”
For Shari Ireton, Director of Communications for the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, her introduction to emergency management was baptism by mud.
It was March 22, 2014, a Saturday, and Ireton was out with the family shopping for science fair supplies when she got a...
Episode 32: Summer fun and Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation
Jul 20, 2019
Chapter 1
Did you know that July 17 is Yellow Pig’s Day?
Podcast co-host Paul Pitkin didn’t know either when he brought it up, but you will now.
According to a not-quite exhaustive online search, two Princeton math students - David C. Kelly and Michael Spivak – began in the early 1960s celebrating July 17 as...
Episode 31: Behind the business and communications of Sno-Isle Libraries
Jul 13, 2019
First thoughts of a library likely evoke mental images of librarians and shelves full of books.
This episode of “Check It Out!” looks at two positions that might not spring to mind when imagining libraries, but play critical roles in managing the business aspects and communications needs of a large public...
Episode 30: Third-graders Part 2, a community hero and book notes
Jul 5, 2019
Chapter 1 – Third-Grade Reading Challenge, Part 2
There is so much going on with the "Sno-Isle Libraries Mega-Fun, Biblio-Trivia, Rockem-Sockem Third-Grade Reading Challenge" that it takes two segments to get it all in.
This literary trivia program for students enrolled in public schools throughout Snohomish and...