Staff and Volunteer Biographies

Staff

A native Washingtonian, Mary graduated from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, and first traveled to Alaska to work on a fish-processing barge in Bristol Bay in the summer of 1990. Discovered Haines on a solo junket through Southeast in ‘92, and converted to public radio-ism shortly thereafter. Early cultural influences include “The King Biscuit Flour Hour” and “Country Gold Saturday Night”.

Scarrott first fell in love with music as a small child listening to his dad's Herb Alpert and Caterina Valente records, which led to the purchase of his first Partridge Family album. After losing fights with the coronet and guitar in grade school he turned to radio and record stores becoming a fan of a wide variety of musical styles. Then Punk Rock saved his life. As an adult he played in several bands and wasted even more time collecting used records and frequenting seedy nightclubs. At long last a lifelong obsession is being put to some constructive use.

I was raised in the heart of the Midwest, Lafayette, IN, where I finished an undergraduate degree in 1992. Originally from Denver, I've been in Alaska 10 years. Love the outdoors and sometimes wintering in a Mexican hacienda (a few weeks at a time). I'm training my cat to snowshoe (just kidding). She hates getting her paws cold. Love new, old, traditional, alternative, bluegrass, but especially jam band Country music. Author of Alaska Journal -- A Cyclist's Adventure Tour in SE Alaska (1993).

Georgia and her husband moved to Haines the summer of 2003, wanting to return to a rural environment again and feel like Haines is one of the most beautiful places ever. She grew up in New Jersey and then lived in Southern Maryland for over 20 years. Although working in radio is new, listening to radio is not - many commuting hours were spent with the car radio on. She enjoys many genres of music from church hymns and classical to progressive and classic rock. Favorite song is U2's "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For."

John began broadcasting in 1975 with a year-long course in Radio/Television. He moved to Haines in 1989 to sing at a wedding, and stayed for 7 years. Worked a variety of KHNS positions during that time, producing many programs including a national uplink of the SE Fair. Founding member of Lunchmeat and the Pimentos. John has worked in broadband around the US. He returned to Haines, and KHNS, in 2006.

Born 1956. Status: still alive. Reborn in the spring of my 48th year when I came home to Haines, Alaska for the first time. Happily married (so I am told) since before I can remember. Lover, warrior, poet, D.J.
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Volunteers

Self declared segue junkie. He can't listen to a song without searching for the perfect tune to follow it. His weekly Wednesday morning shows are rambling, eclectic assemblages of sound which, on a good day, fit together seamlessly. He also gets to emcee the Safety Talk, which puts him under pressure to not burn his house down carelessly.

Born in OH10 colony of low 4D8 1972, loves wild creatures, weird weather, great music, and most people. Dedicated to saving the world through public radio. Currently residing in a miniature castle where the wild things are with no escape plan.

Having spent the better part of her life making a living as an artist while listening to music (and rarely doing one without the other), she came to Haines several years ago and almost immediately began producing and hosting Sunday afternoon's World Music show, Terra Incognita. She now regularly enjoys astral traveling to various countries around the globe, and has occasionally been seen flying in between the mountain tops that surround this rare, remote haven of wild, incomparable beauty.

Chuck grew up listening to 70's AM radio and never recuperated. He started scratching at the young age of three with his new plastic record player and a stack of Peter Pan 45s. That was only the beginning of a great vinyl love affair. His next DJ gig came at Moonlight Rock-n-Bowl which ended soon after he found out he had to pick up all of the bowling balls and empty beers. After years in back room bars spinning between punk bands, and the famous Christmas party where he hijacked the DJ Booth (it was 1 disc on random!) he finds himself in beautiful Haines, Alaska. Chuck likes to hang out at KHNS, sorting albums donated by listeners and meeting great friends, while contemplating his return to the DJ Booth. Chuck never solved Rubik's cube, dislikes Pina Coladas but never minded getting caught in the rain.

He arrived in Haines via a VW bus, via a Ferry, via a tow truck over a dozen years ago. He vowed to find a way to live here after attending the Haines Beer Festival where the skies were blue, the beers dark, the dogs abounded and the grateful dead filled the air. He and his lovely wife Mandy and dog Wonder are living the dream. Don't wake him, but tune in to his Sunday night Salmon Berry Jam show.

I carry in my frontal cortex a parade of memories from my 25 years of playing with KHNS. However, I've been advised by Homeland Security not to disclose any of them. What I can tell you is that KHNS is a remarkable resource for our Lynn Canal communities and that I am pleased to be a part of all that. I've DJ'ed every program on the roster and am currently hosting Thursday morning Sound Waves. Very few reasonable humans lay claim to being frontier rhetoricians, but I will confess to my obsession with wild places and the manner in which people interact with each other about the fate of frontier land. That's why Haines is such an exciting place to study. And that's part of the reason that I need KHNS for a nonrhetorical distraction. Here's to another 25 years of fiddling at the control board!