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KNAU Insider prEview – July 13th, 2018

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Celebration Of Life For Longtime Arizona Daily Sun Editor

Celebration of life being held for Randy Wilson next Monday, July 16th at 5:30 p.m. at the CCC Lone Tree Campus.

This week’s Poetry Friday honors the life of Randy Wilson, longtime editor of the Arizona Daily Sun newspaper. He died Saturday at the age of 65. Daily Sun photographer Jake Bacon, who worked with Wilson for 23 years, performs a powerful reading of Thomas Mordant’s ‘The Call’, as a tribute to his mentor, editor and friend. Today during Morning Edition at 6:45AM and 8:45AM and during All Things Considered this afternoon at 4:44.”

Brain Food: Mars Rover Digs Up Organic Material

Mars Rover Curiosity has dug up organic material in rocks just below the surface of what’s believed to be an ancient Martian lake bed. Learn more at KNAU.org.

Earth Notes: The Southwest Wine Center

Students at Yavapai College’s Verde Valley campus have a very different kind of college experience. They’re learning how to grow grapes and make wine in the Southwest Wine Center’s Viticulture and Enology Program. Learn more at KNAU.org.

Navajo Nation Urges Expansion of Radiation Exposure Law

From the end of World War II to the mid-1980s, about 30 million ton of uranium ore were extracted from lands belonging to the nation’s largest American Indian reservation. Today, across the Navajo Nation, sit dozens of abandoned uranium mines and the high risk to residents of contamination exposure. Learn more at KNAU.org.

Mare’s Milk For Health? Europeans Look To Horses For Ancient Remedy

Goat’s milk. Sheep’s milk. Soy milk. Almond milk. The grocery store shelves these days are filled with alternatives to dairy from cows. But in Europe, interest is growing in milk from a surprising source: horses. Learn more at NPR’s food blog, The Salt.

Ex-Clerk Gets Prison For Stealing $32K From Pinetop-Lakeside

A former town clerk of Pinetop-Lakeside who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $32,000 from the eastern Arizona town has been sentenced to one year in prison. Learn more at KNAU.org.