Segment 1, beginning at 3:56: Middle and high school fine arts programs are grappling with coronavirus risk and safety.
Social distancing, mask protocols, and programming changes are all being implemented to accommodate the safety of band and choir students this fall. “There is a certain amount of responsibility you have regardless of what the climate is," choir director Brian Hartman said.
- Damian Johnson, director of bands at Eudora Middle and High School
- Brian Hartman, choir director and Performing Arts Department chair at Liberty North High School
Segment 2, beginning at 33:58: The U.S. has lost 3 billion birds since the 1970s. Kansas has seen the decline of key species.
Birders and farmers have for years reported seeing fewer and fewer birds, but what's to blame for the decrease? Climate change, wind turbines and outdoor cats all play a part. Longtime bird watcher Chuck Otte said Kansas' state bird, the western meadowlark, isn't migrating to new places — "they're just disappearing."
- Chuck Otte, Geary County extension agent for K-State Research and Extension, and secretary of the Kansas Bird Records Committee
