SOARRING Foundation, Rockome Gardens, Crosswinds Equine Rescue, Virginia Theatre
Episode number: 603
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WILL meets Joseph Standing Bear, learns about the SOARRING Foundation and attends a Pow Wow; we travel to Douglas County and see the beauty of Rockome Gardens; we travel to Crosswinds Equine Rescue and see how they rehabilitate old, unwanted, and sometimes abused horses; we learn about the renovation of the Virginia Theatre in Champaign
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Lincoln Circuit Markers, Lincoln Convention, and Edwards Place
Episode number: 602
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Prairie Fire takes viewers on the circuit where Abraham Lincoln made his rounds as a lawyer. We also present a story from 1995 about the National Convention of Lincoln Presenters. Finally, we visit Edwards Place in Springfield.
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Triathlon, Orange Krush, Tim Nugent
Episode number: 601
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Triathlon racing, the Orange Krush, and wheelchair sports round out our sports-themed first episode of the 15th season of Prairie Fire.
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Yoga, Catsup Watertower, Japanese-American Spends WWII in Internment Camp
Episode number: 708
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Prairie Fire looks at why so many people in central Illinois are getting health benefits from yoga. Then the show goes to Collinsville where a group of people came together to save the world's largest catsup bottle. Then producer Denise La Grassa profiles Yuki Llewellyn of Champaign, whose childhood photograph came to symbolize the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
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40 north/88 west, Vintage Baseball, John O'Connor
Episode number: 707
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Find out how the arts organization 40 north/88 west nurtures local artists. Come along to a vintage baseball game played by the Rock Springs Ground Squirrels. And learn about the World War II experiences of Champaign's John O'Connor, who flew missions on the B-24 and also put his skills as trumpeter to use.
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UI Students in China, Preserving Kenyan Wildlife, Wartime Decatur
Episode number: 706
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Prairie Fire follows a group of University of Illinois journalism students as they head to China. Then the show travels to Kenya with U of I professor Nancy Benson and others who learned that the preservation of Kenyan wildlife comes at a high cost to people. And producer Denise La Grassa looks at World War II in Decatur, Ill.
