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Here’s what the rest of 2017 looks like on That's Life:

Oct 26 = Mel Russell continues the series on WWI “Lest We Forget”

Nov 2 = Scott Love, "The Modern LIBRARY -- What it offers and how to access things"

Nov 9 = Alison Borkowska returns!

Nov 16 = John McNerney (City of Davis), "Parks to Enjoy" and an urban critter update

Nov 23 = station closed for turkey day!

Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14  = GONE (no live show)

Dec 21  = Chris DeWees' new book is out!

Dec 28  = CLOSED (no live show)

AND .. Here’s what the summer/fall programs were [archives at https://kdrt.org/programs/thats-life ]:

July 6 and 13th replayed “Bats”

July 20 = "Yolo Hospice” (Micah and Craig)

July 27 = Ken Bradford and I'Talia McCarthy from "Davis Food Coop”

Aug 3 = Betty Berteaux and Sally Besser "Yolo County Fair, Friends of Art, and a Silent Auction to benefit local schools' art programs”

Aug 10 = Anne Cowles “Astrology: What It Is and How it Works"

Ryan McBride's stellar guitar music charms his toddler students as they learn to appreciate music through singing, dancing, and playing fun, wacky instruments! All parents with their children ages 2 - 5 are invited to his singing group on Saturdays, 10-11 AM at the Partners In Learning Tutoring Center. Visit them at https://www.facebook.com/TutoringDavis/

Ryan is also part of the band THE BIG POPPIES which is gaining a lot of attention in Northern California.

For those outside the listening area this show is streamed live on www.kdrt.org

Western Music Association 2017 Award Nominees.  The WMA awards are like the Grammys, but for Western music. On this episode, Nancy will play songs from musicians who have been nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Duo/Group of the Year and Traditional Western Music Album.

Route 66 is known as America's Mother Road. As one of the first highways, it was the gateway to the west.  Dust Bowl migrants of Texas and Oklahoma in the 1930s and easterners in the 1940s relied on the road to take them to new lives in the west. In the 1950s, the highway was packed with station wagons of vacationing families headed for California.  Route 66 is a symbol of American freedom, opportunity, adventure and the promise of the open road. This week's program features western songs about Route 66, towns along the route, the call of the road and the travel spirit.

Where was YOUR family a hundred years ago?

What would YOU have been doing if you had lived here then?

Former Yolo County Archivist Mel Russell will give us a 100-year-old NEW FLASH on 'That's Life' on 26 October 2017 (Thursday @ 1pm, Friday @ 3pm)! Her second talk in the series 'Lest We Forget' will cover the second six months of World War I as experienced by residents of Yolo County: On the home front there is extensive activity by the Red Cross, YMCA, various schools, and the newly formed ultra-patriotic 'Liberty Leagues'.  Young draftees are disbursed to training camps throughout the nation. 'Enemy Aliens' now have to register with the government. Some Yolo boys are on the troop ship 'Tuscania' that sinks in the Irish sea killing 210 men, while others finally make it 'Over There'. Now we get word of our very first causalities of the war. And also of our first medal for bravery -- when the French 'Croix de Guerre' is awarded to ambulance driver Herbert Hope, a volunteer from Yolo County.
100 Years Ago Today = Still at War!