Around Noon: May 2000

On the Road at Oberlin College
Originally aired Friday, May 19
Our intrepid band of "Around Noon" staffers-Host and Producer Dee Perry, Assistant Producer Dave DeOreo, and Technical Producer/Engineer Jeff Carlton, pulled into the Finney Chapel parking lot at Oberlin College, ready to begin another "on the road" adventure. The idea behind these occasional excursions is to reach out to the show's existing audience (wherever they may be), to discover new listeners in the process, and to get out into the sunshine whenever possible!

The Church of the SubGenius
Originally aired Wednesday, May 24
This year, the cofounder of a very unusual religion set up shop in Cleveland. The Church of the SubGenius has had a following around town for years-nationwide its members number in the thousands. But this church is less about spirit than satire. The Reverend Ivan Stang preaches a message of salvation for the sluggish. (Some call it heresy! Others call it–funny!) Often you'll find him performing with the Church's Un-Official House Band, Einstein's Secret Orchestra. 90.3's April Baer has this profile of Reverend Stang and his do-it-yourself approach to salvation.

The Memorial Oaks: Maintaining the Memorial, Memories
Originally aired Friday, May 26
Since the founding of the state of Israel in 1948, the practice of planting trees as gesture of remembering those who have died remains to this day. Trees are seen as a renewal and continuation of life. Decades prior to the beginning of the Jewish state though, the city of Cleveland embarked on tree planting unlike any other. In 1919, some 850 oak trees were planted in memory of those killed in World War I. The plantings began by what is now Gordon Park, at the beginning of Martin Luther King Blvd., and wind up in Shaker Heights.