As of Friday, May 10, 2024, the people of the Parkland Community Association in Parkland, Washington have successfully saved Parkland School and are turning it into a community center in the center of the community.

To celebrate, Feliks Banel's guests on this encore episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY – originally broadcast LIVE across the street from Parkland School - include Wendy Freeman and Phil Edlund, organizers with the group Save Our Historic Parkland School; James Hester, member of the final sixth grade class at the school who spoke out as an 11-year-old in 1981 in favor of saving the school; Tono Sablan of BlueZones Parkland-Spanaway; Nick Biermann of Save The Ryan House (in nearby Sumner, WA); local performer Gunnar Johnson; and musical guests Murdre of Crowes, featuring Elizabeth Johnson on vocals and Tim Hatch on guitar and vocals. Audience members Ruth, Dave and Pierce County Councilmember Jani Hitchen also spoke during the program.

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, January 28, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from Thompson Hall at Trinity Lutheran Church in Parkland, Washington.

To contribute to the ongoing campaign to pay off the $2.1 million loan from PLU for Parkland School and for additional funds to restore the building:
sites.google.com/view/savethehist…ol/how-to-donate

Ep. 64: Encore of ‘LIVE with Save Our Historic Parkland School’

CASCADE OF HISTORY is the only LIVE radio show presenting news and stories about people doing cool things with and for history in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. We talk about people, artifacts, books, maps, photos, places, landmarks, public lands, state and national parks, trails, highways, and the historic events that can bring us all together.

The show is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time on SPACE 101.1 FM (and streaming via http://www.space101fm.org ) from studios located on the shores of Lake Washington in historic Magnuson Park in Seattle, former site of Sand Point Naval Air Station (though sometimes CASCADE OF HISTORY originates from remote locations around the region). The podcast feed consists of the weekly broadcast, plus frequent bonus episodes with timely and topical interviews, vintage local audio or other Pacific Northwest history-related content - and sometimes even BREAKING NEWS.

Producer and host Feliks Banel is an Emmy-winning and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning broadcaster, and former deputy director of Seattle's Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI).

Send your questions, comments, guest suggestions, news tips and other correspondence to cascadeofhistory@gmail.com.

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