This week is a huge celebration in Nome. The 21st of June is when the sun is out the longest, creating approximately 22 hours of daylight. Nome holds a week of events to celebrate this event. Most of the events take place on the weekend and consist of folk music, gold digging, a 5K race, and a polar bear plunge
Monday was a great workday. I got to learn more about NexGen and I created my first spot on drive-in movies. This was a quick fact for our listeners to hear about trends throughout the decades. This is a trends and fads are a topic I need to cover in my spots. In addition, I got to deejay my shift with my supervisor, Kelly Brabec. One of my housemate's friends came to visit. With Jessica, Danielle's friend, and a man who came from the "Lower 48" to work on out NexGen system, the KNOM community house is full. You'd think it would be crazy with so many people under this roof but it's the same as it's always been. The house typically has house guests for dinner so we are used to having random people over. In fact, we had the principal of one of the schools come over for dinner. It is interesting to see how age doesn't factor into social circles. Everyone hangs out with everyone in a small town. Carl, the principal, has come to the house on numorous occasions to hang out. He was telling me that he has a daughter my age and a son who is older than me and works on cruises. After dinner, David and I went on a walk and ran into a unique site.
There is a man in town who rescued a baby reindeer who's mother died. After taking care of the reindeer till it was able to go back to the tundra, the man tried to release the reindeer back in the wild. It didn't want to go so now the reindeer asks like a dog and rides around town in the back of the man's truck. David and I saw this truck drive by. The picture above is my attempt at taking a picture of the reindeer in the truck.
I created my second spot today about alcohol awareness. Alaskan islands close to Nome are alcohol free. Despite this fact, it is a huge problem. People smuggle alcohol on the islands and sell it to the islanders. The going rate to a fifth of liquor on the island is approximately $300 (according to an article I read).
In addition to my spot, I completed my first solo deejay shift. I felt so proud!
After work, I took a bike ride. I learned a valuable lesson from the ride, never ride a bike by the sea when the wind is at 26 miles an hour. It took me about an hour to get back from my trip because the wind was so strong and cars kept going by and blowing dirt in my eyes.
After my bike ride, one of my roomates and I decided to go to the Midnight Sun's Barn Dance. It reminded me of North Carolina. We learned various square dancing moves and then performed them while a band of string instruments played in the background.
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