Mary Heers
Volunteer ProducerMary got hooked on oral histories while visiting Ellis Island and hearing the recorded voices of immigrants that had passed through. StoryCorps drew her to UPR. After she retired from teaching at Preston High, she walked into the station and said she wanted to help. Kerry put her to work taking the best 3 minutes out of the 30 minute interviews recorded in Vernal. Passion kicked in. Mary went on to collect more and more stories and return them to the community on UPR's radio waves. Major credits to date: Utah Works, One Small Step, and the award winning documentary Ride the Rails.
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Kay and Arnold Martinez talk about his background and their shared experiences in Germany as father and daughter and the ways their life on the go shaped Kay's own way of life. -
Jeannie Schroeder, a participant in the Turn program for disabled individuals, discusses her independent living and the support she receives from the program with her friend Brittnee Goldsberry. -
Kim Lake and her son Justin Tuft share how their lives both changed after Justin's traumatic brain injury, and what it looks like twenty years later. -
In northern Utah we don't get to see very many sheep grazing on our hillsides. But we can see plenty of working sheep dogs at the International Sheep Dog Competition held every Memorial Day at Soldier Hollow outside Midway, Utah. -
Laura Hirschi and Fred Walker talk infusing their work together with fun, and how they believe relationships are at the heart of doing business in Southern Utah. -
Ed Andrechak and Karen Goodfellow came to the West with other plans, but quickly became advocates and activists for responsible water use. -
Charlotte Williams relates how she met her husband of seventy-five years, and how her love of learning revealed additional gifts after rearing her family. -
Morgan and Micah Barrick share their own journeys discovering their queer identities, leaving their religion, and finding a safe haven together. -
When I moved to Mendon in 1980 a neighbor asked me if I'd like to go along with her to feed calves at a local dairy farm. I jumped into her car and off we went. -
Melissa Julien grew up deaf without sign language. Together, she and her friend Cassie Riding share experiences introducing deaf children to the powerful impacts of sign language.
