WWW.ABERCAP.COM >> COMING UP ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT," WE INTERVIEW ARTISTS JUSTIN MAXON AND MICHELLE VASSEL ABOUT THEIR WORK TO EMPOWER PEOPLE IN RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND HELP OTHERS FIND THEIR OWN PATH AND MAKE IT OWN.

TO ACCURATELY REMEMBER THE PAST OF THE CHINESE EXPULSION IS REACHING CRITICAL MASS THIS WEEKEND.

WE HAVE AN UPDATE.

COMING UP NOW ON "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT."

FROM THE TOP OF HUMBOLDT HILL, THIS IS "HEADLINE HUMBOLDT," I'M JAMES FAULK.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THE LONG LIST OF AMERICAN CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, WHETHER IT BE SLAVERY, NATIVE AMERICAN GENOCIDE OR CHINESE REMOVAL IS SOMETHING MANY OF US WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO FORGET.

IT HAS BECOME A POLITICAL HOT POTATO.

ENTIRE STATESES ARE SAYING SCHOOLS SHOULD GLOSS OVER OUR HISTORY, COATING SLAVERY IN A HAZE AND PRESENTING THE FALSE NOTION OF OUR INFALLIBILITY.

FOR A NATION OR PEOPLE TO FULLY LEARN FROM THE PAST AND PREVENT THE REPEAT OF HORRIFIC MISTAKES THAT LEFT VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS ALIKE TRAUMATIZED AND ALIENATED, IT IS IMPORTANT TO FACE UP TO THE TRUTH.

IT IS A MARK OF FWROEING UP AND EMBRACING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ADULTHOOD.

EUREKA MASSACRED THE NATIVE AMERICANS AT SEVERAL SITES AND SHIPPED THEM OFF TO HOLDING PENS UP AND DOWN THE STATE.

WE, PELLED A RESIDENT IN CHINESE THRIVING POPULATION FOR WHAT AMOUNTS TO GREED AND RACIAL HATRED.

WHAT EUREKA HAS GOTTEN RIGHT IN RECENT YEARS IS THE POWER OF CONTRITION.

CERTAINLY BEING SORRY FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED 100 YEARS AGO IS NO REMEDY TO AMELIORATE THOSE CRIMES.

BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE HOW AWFUL THAT BEHAVIOR TRULY WAS AND WE ARE DETERMINED NEVER TO REPEAT THAT HUMANITY.

CONSIDER THE EFFORT BY FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR THE VICTIMS OF THE EXPULSION OF THE CHINESE AND PLACE A MARKER IN A PROMINENT OLD TOWN LOCATION.

DOING SO WILL EDUCATE FOLKS ON THE PAST AND DEMONSTRATE OUR COLLECTIVE MORAL EVOLUTION.

WE WANT TO BE BETTER THAN THESE HISTORIC CRIMES AND SUCH EFFORTS PROVIDE THE PROOF.

THE GUESTS FOR TONIGHT ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO HELP FOLKS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TO LEAD BETTER LIVES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

JUSTIN MAXON AND MICHELLE M MILLER.

>> YES.

>> YOU ARE GOING HAVE AN ART SHOWING AT THE MORRIS GRAIFS MUSEUM STARTING TOMORROW.

LET'S TALK FIRST ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY THE SHOWING IS.

IT IS CALLED FIELD GUIDE TO A CRISIS, STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL FOR PEOPLE IN RECOVERY.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND HOW DID THE IDEA COME ABOUT?

>> YEAH, SO, A FIELD GUIDE TO A CRISIS IS A SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART PROJECT THAT WAS CO-CONCEPTUALIZED WITH MY PARTNER MARINA LOPEZ AND FUNCTIONS AS A TEACHER'S TRAINING TOOL, BASICALLY HELPING FOLKS IN RECOVERY, HELPING THEM BE EDUCATORS IN RESILL YEN SI USING THE SKILLS THEY LEARNED IN RECOVERY.

IT REPOSITIONS PEOPLE IN RECOVERY AS EXPERTS IN NAVIGATING CRISIS.

>> YEAH.

>> THE WAY IT CAME ABOUT DURING COVID AS A GLOBAL SOCIETY WE WERE FACING EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> SOCIAL ISOLATION.

PEOPLE IN RECOVERY, WITH SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES IS A LINE OF QUESTIONING.

HOW CAN WE LOOK TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ALREADY?

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM?

>> MICHELLE, I DON'T WANT TO OUT ANYBODY, BUT WE ARE ALL IN RECOVERY.

I'M SIX YEARS OUT OF HEROIN ADDICTION.

I THINK IT RELEASES SOME OF THE STIGMA.

YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 12 STEPS PRIOR TO THE SHOW STARTING.

IT SEEMS TO ME WHAT THIS THING DOES IS PUTS PEOPLE, 10, 11, AND 12, THE LAST THREE STEPS WHERE YOU ARE REPEATING YOUR PROGRAM TO KEEP IT FRESH AND REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE AND BECOMING PART OF THE SOLUTION.

DOES THAT STRIKE YOU WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> YEAH.

I FIND RECOVERY, OUR CLASSIC NA/AA TENDS TO DWELL ON WHAT WE USED TO DO AND WHAT WE DID AND HOW WE GOT WHERE WE WERE.

IT DOESN'T SPEND MUCH TIME ABOUT HOW YOU CLIMB OUT OF THAT HOLE >> YEAH.

>> I LIKE THE NOTION THAT WE DO BECOME EXPERTS AT SURVIVAL BECAUSE WE HAVE FACED ADVERSITIES THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVEN'T HAD TO DEAL WITH.

>> YEAH.

>> ADVERSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.

>> YEAH.

IT SEEMS TO ME, TALKING FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE HERE AND NO ONE ELSE'S.

YOU NEVER GET CLOSER TO HELL THAN WHEN YOU ARE ADDICTED AND YOU HAVE A NEED FOR SOMETHING THAT TOTALLY DOMINATED AND CONTROLS YOUR LIFE.

WHEN YOU OVERCOME THAT, IT GIVES YOU A HUMILITY THAT A LOT OF THE WORLD IS LACKING.

NOT TO SAY, TO BE JUDGMENTAL IN THAT WAY.

BUT WHY EUREKA?

YOU MENTION THIS ON YOUR WEBSITE A LITTLE BIT.

WE ALL KNOW THAT EUREKA IS SORT OF THE GROUND ZERO FOR A MAJOR ADDICTION ISSUE.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHOSE EUREKA AND WHY IT IS SO APPROPRIATE TO THIS PROJECT?

>> YES.

LIKE YOU MENTIONED, I HAVE A HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE USE, I'M A HEROIN ADDICT.

I GREW UP HERE.

I STARTED USING ON THE STREETS OF EUREKA.

SO IT WAS PERSONAL TO ME.

MY RECOVERY PROCESS IS CONNECTED TO A MAN, WHO PASSED AWAY.

HE USED TO WORK AT ARCADA REMEMBER.

>> THE HOMELESS FACILITY.

>> HE WAS A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL MAN.

HE BECAME MY ADOPTED FATHER.

I FELT CONNECTED TO THIS SPACE AND RETURN THAT MENTORSHIP FAVOR, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> SO IT CARRIES HIS LEGACY FORWARD.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE MENTORSHIP IS THE ROOT OF WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND PREPARING PEOPLE TO BE TEACHERS THEMSELVES.

>> EXACTLY.

I THINK MENTORSHIP IS A RADICAL FORM OF TRUST.

IT REQUIRES VULNERABILITY, REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, JUST INTIMACY, IT REQUIRES ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR BUILDING SOLIDARITY WITHIN A SOCIETY, RIGHT?

>> NOW SO THE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND LOOKING AT THE MATERIALS, THERE IS A LIST OF, LIKE, LESSONS OR WHAT ARE THEY CALLED?

IS THAT RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

EXERCISES.

>> YEAH.

EXERCISES.

MICHELLE, WHICH DO YOU FIND FOR YOURSELF IS MOST USEFUL AND ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT AND WHAT MIGHT WE SAY?

>> ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS >> YES FROM THE PROGRAM.

>> I LIKE AARON'S TAKING CARE OF STUFF BEFORE IT BUILDS UP.

IT IS EASY TO GET OVERWHELMED WITH YOUR OWN SURROUNDINGS.

WHEN YOU LIVE IN A MESS, YOUR HEAD IS A MESS.

STAYING ON TOP OF THINGS IS A BIG HELP.

MY FAVORITE IS RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS.

>> YEAH.

>> IT CAME FROM THE BIG BOOK OF AA.

YOU WANT TO GET OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF >> WHICH IS THE BLUE BOOK OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS.

>> YEAH.

DOING STUFF FOR OTHERS DOES A LOT FOR YOU AT THE SAME TIME.

>> YOU HAVE MADE THAT YOUR SIGNATURE MOVE.

>> EUREKA PEOPLE COME LOOKING TO YOU FOR BLANKETS?

>> I AM THE SOCIAL HUG FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED STUFF.

I HAPPEN TO HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO SHARE AND GIVE AND I GIVE A LOT >> IS THAT PART OF YOUR RECOVERY, WOULD YOU SAY?

>> I'M SURE IT IS.

YES.

>> WE ALL FIND WAYS TO STAY CONNECTED AND ALL THAT.

>> MM-HMM.

>> SHOULD I EXPLAIN HOW THE PROJECT IS STRUCTURED?

>> YES.

>> SO ESSENTIALLY PARTICIPANTS, THERE IS USUALLY A COHORT OF 10.

THEY JOIN THE PROJECT AND ARE LED THROUGH A SERIES OF EXERCISES THAT KIND OF BUILD THEIR -- HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR ACCUMULATED SKILLS ARE.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY PICK ONE SKILL THEY WANT INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT AND THEY DIVE DEEP.

ONCE THEY HAVE VISUALIZED THEIR SKILL THEY HAVE A LESSON PLAN WITH A SERIES OF ASSIGNMENTS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO TRY ON THAT PERSON'S SKILL.

>> SO IT IS NOT A FIXED LIST OF -- >> NO.

>> IT IS DEPENDENT ON WHO IS INVOLVED AT THE TIME?

>> IT IS FLUID.

>> ULTIMATELY, THERE IS REAL OWNERSHIP.

IF PEOPLE ARE SHAPING THE CURRICULUM, IT IS THEIRS AND EVERYONE ELSE'S?

>> YEAH.

>> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT NA AND AA, THE PRESCRIBED PROGRAM, THE 12 STEPS YOU FOLLOW, THIS SEEMS MUCH MORE ORGANIC IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO SHAPE WHAT YOU YOURSELF THINK YOU NEED FOR STAYING SOBER OR CLEAN.

>> YEAH.

>> IT IS NICE TO HAVE THE CAMARADERIE AND THE NETWORK.

>> YEAH.

>> TO PULL FROM.

WITHOUT HAVING TO SIT IN THE ROOM AND HI, I'M SO AND SO AND I'M A LOSER.

YEAH.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THAT FEELS.

THERE IS A SOCIAL STIGMA TO RECOVERY.

THIS REALLY MAKES PEOPLE FEEL SMALL.

IT IS A HORRIBLE PLACE TO BE.

>> YEAH.

>> IT IS NICE TO BE PART OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE PRODUCTIVE AND REACHING, RATHER THAN WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO THEM, WE ARE REACHING OUT.

>> THE CREATIVITY THAT HAS TO BE INVOLVED IS HELPFUL IN THAT REGARD AS WELL, RIGHT?

IS THAT PART OF YOUR THINKING WHEN YOU DEVELOPED THE PROGRAM?

>> CERTAINLY.

FOR SURE.

HAVE IT BE CENTERED AND THE CONTEXT OF AN ART PROJECT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

>> YEAH.

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN AN ART PROJECT.

PEOPLE CAN ENTER INTO A CREATIVE SPACE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN THEM, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK THERE IS MORE POSSIBLE IN INVITING SPACE, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> AND THEN ALSO THE FACT IT IS AN ART PROJECT ALLOWS FOR AN AUDIENCE TO ENGAGE WITH IT, RIGHT?

>> MM-HMM.

>> IT IS ALREADY EMBEDDED, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> I LOVE THAT ART HAS NO RIGHT AND WRONG.

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> YOU CAN EXPRESS YOURSELF AND IT IS FREE.

YOU CAN PUT YOUR EMOTIONS IN PAINT OR CARVE THEM OUT OF WOOD OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO TO IT.

>> YEAH.

>> IT IS OPEN TO INTERPRETATION, OF COURSE, BUT IT IS A VERY WONDERFUL WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF AND PUT YOUR FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS OUT THERE AND SHARE THEM WITH OTHERS.

>> IT SEEMS TO ME, THIS IS GOING MAYBE BE A LITTLE CRYPTIC.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BLUE BOOK, AT LEAST SOME VERSIONS, THERE IS AN ESSAY BY CARL JUNG HE TALKS ABOUT HAVING TO HAVE A SPIRITUAL FORMATION TO GET RECOVERY.

YOU HAVE TO OPEN YOURSELF UP TO A TRANSFORMATION TO WHAT YOU WERE TO WHAT YOU ARE GOING BE AND IT IS A RENEWAL.

I THINK BEING IN THAT CREATIVE SPACE, THAT ARTISTIC SPACE ENABLES THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD, ANYWAY.

YOU WOULD BE MORE WILLING TO TRY THINGS THAT MAKE YOU VULNERABLE, BUT CREATIVE AT THE SAME TIME AND HELP YOU CONNECT WITH OTHERS.

>> AND IT IS NICE WHEN YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR OWN WORK AND SEE WHERE YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE DOING CERTAIN THINGS.

I REMEMBER WHEN I MADE THAT.

THAT WAS A HARD PLACE TO BE AND LOOK WHERE I AM NOW.

>> YEAH.

EXACTLY.

>> YOU CAN SEE YOUR OWN TRANSFORMATION AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR BODY OF WORK FROM THE PAST.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID IN THE BEGINNING IS THIS ISN'T RECOVERY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SOBER OR CLEAN TO NECESSARILY TAKE PART.

CAN YOU TELL ME THE VALUE OF THAT APPROACH?

>> YEAH.

I THINK THAT WHEN YOU CONNECT A RECOVERY COMMUNITY WITH A NON-RECOVERY COMMUNITY AND FIND PLACES TO RELATE TO EACH OTHER, ALL THESE LESSONS CAN APPLY TO PEOPLE NOT IN RECOVERY.

>> EXACTLY.

THEY ARE LESSONS ON LIVING.

>> EXACTLY.

>> IT BRING TO AT TIMES OPPOSITIONAL COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> IN A CONNECTED SPACE.

I THINK THAT, TO ME, WHAT IS MISSING IN A LOT OF -- IN OUR AREA.

THERE IS SO MUCH VITRIOL PROJECTED AT PEOPLE CONSIDERED ADDICTS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> IF WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THOSE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AND SAY, WE HAVE A LOT MORE IN COMMON THAN WE THINK, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

ONE THING PEOPLE SEEM TO LACK BEFORE THEY GET INTO RECOVERY IS HOPE.

DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE OF BEING ON THIS SIDE OF IT.

WE ALL KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO SORT OF CROSS THAT BRIDGE, BUT WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO FOLKS WHO STILL MAY BE SUFFERING?

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU OFFER?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

>> THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO THE CLASSIC NA/AA.

NOT THAT I'M POINTING -- THAT IS A BAD THING.

>> IF THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU -- >> IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYBODY.

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET TOGETHER AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO TALK ABOUT RECOVERY.

WE KNOW WE HAVE THAT IN COMMON, WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.

IT IS A RELIEF TO NOT HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT SOMETIMES.

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

SOMETIMES THE NA/AA MEETINGS TURN INTO GLORIFYING A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

>> IT SETS PEOPLE OUT, TRIGGERS AND THEY WANT TO USE AFTER THEY LEAVE A MEETING RATHER THAN CREATE A PIECE OF ART.

>> AND YOU?

>> I THINK ABOUT THAT QUESTION, WHAT COMES TO MIND IS WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE.

WE HAVE SOME UNIQUE THING.

THE REASON I USED IS I DIDN'T HAVE CONFIDENCE, I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN MYSELF, I DIDN'T HAVE VALUE.

EVENTUALLY I HAD IT.

I DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE 12 STEPS.

I DID THIS WORK CAMP.

>> YEAH.

>> I WAS YOUNG.

I DID THIS WORK CAMP.

I FOUND OUT I WAS GOOD AT SOMETHING AND THAT GAVE ME SOME SENSE OF BELIEF IN MYSELF.

>> YEAH.

>> SOME SENSE OF PURPOSE AND THAT PURPOSE BUILT, RIGHT?

AND IT SLOWLY KIND OF BECAME WHAT IT IS NOW, SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SOCIETY, THERE IS A LOT OF OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF SHAME DIRECTED AT PEOPLE THAT ARE USING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WITH THAT SHAME COMES JUST A WHOLE LOT OF SELF-DOUBT.

>> YEAH.

>> SO IF YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING YOU ARE GOOD AT, ONE THING AND BUILD ON THAT.

>> AND EVERYBODY IS GOOD AT SOMETHING.

>> EXACTLY.

EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> AND THE TOOLS TO CLIMB OUT OF THAT HOLE, YOU BUILD SKILLS THAT WORK THROUGHOUT OTHER AVENUES OF YOUR LIFE.

FOR PEOPLE THAT AREN'T IN RECOVERY, THEY CAN USE THOSE TOOLS, TOO.

>> YEAH.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LED ME INTO ADDICTION IS A LACK OF COPING SKILLS.

THAT IS ONE THING THESE PROGRAMS AND SOUNDS LIKE YOURS AS WELL DEAL WITH.

>> YEAH.

>> HOW DO YOU HANDLE ANXIETY AND SENSE OF SHAME OF THINGS YOU DID IN THE PAST.

HOW DO YOU HANDLE RELATIONSHIPS THAT MAY BE BROKEN.

>> THERE ARE SKILLS IN THE PROGRAM THAT DO THAT.

SARA CALM AGAINST THE STORM.

SHE PRAYS EVERY MORNING WHEN SHE WAS LIVING IN THE SOBER HOUSE.

>> AND SOMETIMES PUTTING YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS INTO WORDS.

>> THAT IS SARA WELKE RIGHT THERE.

>> COOL.

THAT IS HER.

>> WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE WORDS TO EXPRESS OURSELVES, SO DOING SOMETHING VISUAL, CREATING SOMETHING TO EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS.

>> YEAH.

>> AND SEE YOUR EMOTIONS.

>> YEAH.

>> IF YOU CAN'T PUT WORDS TO THEM IT IS NICE TO PUT THEM ON THE CANVAS OR SCULPTURE.

>> A LOT OF TIMES I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M FEELS UNTIL I WRITE IT DOWN AND SEE IT PHYSICALIZED IN SOME FORM.

THE WEBSITE IS -- I WROTE IT DOWN.

>> GUIDE TO A CRISIS.COM.

IT STARTS TOMORROW AND THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY AT THE MORRIS GRAIFS MUSEUM.

IS THAT RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> WE WILL HAVE AN ORAL PRESENTATION AT 4:00.

>> WE HAVE 15 SECONDS.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD?

>> COME OUT.

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU >> THERE IS HOPE THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE.

>> THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO END IT.

I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE PART.

IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT.

>> YEAH.

LET'S DO IT.

>> WE'LL BE BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> THE STOKE IS HIGH FOR BMX CYCLIST.

McKINNELLIVILLE WILL HOST THE SECOND RACETRACK.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT APPROVED THE THREE ACRE STATE GRANTD FUNDED $2.3 MILLION PARK HERE AT THE CORNER OF SCHOOL ROAD AND WASHINGTON AVENUE.

BASKETBALL AND PICKLE BALL COURTS AND A PLAYGROUND WILL ACCOMPANY THE TRACK WHOSE SURFACE WILL RESEMBLE A TENS COURT.

>> THERE IS NO PARKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF McKINLIVILLE RIGHT NOW.

HOPEFULLY THIS GETS OFF THE COUCH, OUTSIDE AND INTERACTING.

MOUNTAIN BIKING AND CYCLING GOT BIG DURING COVID.

WE HOLD STATE QUALIFIERS.

PEOPLE COME UP AND STAY AT OUR HOTELS.

>> COMING UP, IN THE TURN NUMBER TWO, HE HOLDS HIS LINE.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GUYS.

BRADSHAW TRYING TO GET -- >> A LOCAL IS ON A NATIONALLY RANKED TEAM, IN THE TOP FIVE FOR HIS AGE GROUP IN THE COUNTRY.

>> MY GOAL IS TO BE NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD.

JUST TO BE FAST.

YOU HAVE TO BE SCARED ALL AROUND.

EVENTUALLY AFTER A LOT OF TIME RIDING YOU GET USED TO IT, BEING IN REALLY BIG JUMPS, A LOT OF FUN, A LOT OF RUSH.

EVERY DAY IS TIRING.

AFTER YOU GET OFF THE TRACK, SORENESS, YOU WANT TO CHILL, GET IN A NICE HOT BATH.

THE NEXT THING I'M DOING IS GOING SCOTLAND.

>> THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS BEING AWARDED NEXT YEAR AND THE TRACK AND PARK SHOULD OPEN IN 2024.

THE NEW MARKER HONORING AND ME MORALLIZING THE HUNDREDS OF CHINESE PEOPLE ROUNDED UP AND REMOVED FROM HUMBOLDT COUNTY IN 1885 WILL BE PLACED ON E AND FIRST STREET.

OVERLOOKING HUMBOLDT BAY WHERE THE CHINESE PEOPLE WERE HELD IN WET WEATHER BEFORE BEING SHIPPED OUT WAS A MINIATURE PARK.

THE EUREKA CHINATOWN PROJECT DESCRIBED THE EVENTS FOR THIS SATURDAY, MAY 6.

>> THIS IS UNFORTUNATE HISTORY OF EUREKA'S PAST.

SOME PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T.

ONE OF OUR ECP MEMBERS HAVE SAID, SHERRY WOO, EVERY FIVE YEARS SOMEBODY BRINGS UP THE FACT, DID YOU KNOW THAT EUREKA HAD A CHINATOWN?

NO.

WHERE IS IT?

WHAT HAPPENED TO IT.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JEANY FELZER HAS HELPED TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND ESPECIALLY CALIFORNIA ABOUT ALL THE DISCRIMINATION THAT HAPPENED IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES UP AND DOWN THE WEST COAST.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ASIAN HATE INCIDENCES COMING FROM THE WHOLE COVID ISSUE AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM THAT.

ESPECIALLY TO SHARE IT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.

>> CALIFORNIA HISTORY AND AMERICAN HISTORY IS UNCOMFORTABLE HISTORY.

AND WE'RE WATCHING HISTORY BEING ERASED FORMIDABLY, DELIBERATELY RERACED FROM MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS -- ERASED FROM MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FROM MANY UNIVERSITIES.

I BELIEVE WE CAN'T HAVE A FAIR AND MORE OPEN WORLD UNLESS WE UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAME FROM.

AND I THINK THIS MONUMENT, THIS AMAZING MONUMENT THAT'S BEEN TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING IS VERY MUCH A PART OF TELLING A HISTORY OF THE PURGE.

WE'LL HAVE THE EUREKA CHINATOWN PROJECT, YEAR OF THE RABBIT CELEBRATION.

IT'S NOT WHEN THE LUNAR YEAR ACTUALLY BEGINS, BUT IT IS OUR CELEBRATION.

AND LIKE JEANY SAID, THERE WAS A CELEBRATION THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN WITH EXPULSION BACK IN 1885.

SO A CELEBRATION HERE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND IT IS GOING COINCIDE WITH ARTS ALIVE.

BUT BEFORE THAT, THERE'S GOING BE A BLESSING OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 P.M.

INCLUDING THIS SITE IS GOING BE BLESSED AT 5:30.

AND IN FRONT OF THE CLARK HISTORICAL MUSEUM, THERE ARE GOING BE DANCERS AND HIP-HOP, K-POP DANCERS AND LAU DANCERS AND TYCO DRUMMING AND IT IS GOING BE EXCITING WITH FOOD AND BOOTHS.

SO IT WILL BE A REAL CELEBRATION.

>> KEET TV NEEDS YOUR HELP.

WE ARE SEEKING IDEAS AND PARTICIPANTS FOR THE THIRD SEASON OF "WHAT'S ON YOUR BUCKET LIST."

THE PREVIOUS TWO SEASONS AND WHY SHE IS STILL IN LOVE WITH THE CONCEPT.

>> THIS IS A SHOW DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE OVER 60.

YOU HAVE TO BE AN OLDER PERSON TO EXPLORE AN ACTIVITY, A SKILL, AN EXPERIENCE, A PLACE THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT BUT FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS HAVE NEVER MADE IT HAPPEN FOR THEMSELVES.

SO WE TAKE PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS COUNTY DOING A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> OKAY.

SO HOW DID THE SHOW COME TO ME?

I MEAN, WAS THIS A DREAM YOU HAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR HOW DID THAT -- >> ALMOST.

ALMOST.

I HAD DONE A LITTLE SHOW WITH KEET YEARS AGO CALLED CONVERSATIONS, LIFE IN THE SECOND HALF.

SAM GREENE, WHO IS DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DOWN HERE.

>> WHO IS THAT?

>> THAT GUY.

THAT GUY.

AND MY FRIEND WHO HAD BEEN A PRODUCER.

WE HAD LUNCH AND SAID WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.

I WANTED TO GET SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE STUDIO AND DO SOMETHING EXPERIENCE BASED.

COULDN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING AND WE WERE LEAVING THE RESTAURANT AND IT WAS AN EPIPHANY.

WHAT'S ON YOUR BUCKET LIST?

WHAT COULD BE MORE FUN AND THAT IS WHAT IT HAS PROVEN TO BE.

>> IT IS NOT A SHOW ABOUT MISADVENTURES, IT IS ABOUT LIVING LIFE.

>> EXACTLY.

>> FINDING THINGS YOU WANT TO DO AND TAKING TIME OUT TO GET IT DONE.

THAT IS A HUGE PART OF LIVING A SATISFIED LIFE.

>> RIGHT.

I NEVER THOUGHT AT 71 I WOULD BE PRODUCING AND HOSTING TELEVISION.

I WAS A THERAPIST FOR 45 YEARS.

>> THERE SHOULD BE MORE THERAPISTS IN TV.

>> BUT MY -- I SPECIALIZE IN AGING ISSUES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS WITH AGE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THERE ARE SO MANY MYTHS ABOUT THE AGING PROCESS.

I JUST REPEATEDLY WOULD SEE PEOPLE BUYING INTO THEM AND THEIR LIVES WERE GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER BELIEVING THE HYPE.

THERE ARE OTHER CONSTRAINTS.

FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS.

LOTS OF THINGS HAPPEN.

I PRACTICE WHAT I PREACH AND I REALLY BELIEVE STAYING ENGAGED IN LIFE IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO FOR POSITIVE AGING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I JUST READ IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" OVER THE WEEKEND THE SURGEON GENERAL IS GOING START A NEW CAMPAIGN AROUND LONELINESS AND ISOLATION BECAUSE THEY ARE RECOGNIZING IT AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS FOR PEOPLE MAY AGE AND OLDER.

>> DECREASING VITALITY AND CONNECTION.

>> IT DIRECTLY RELATES TO A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF PHYSICAL AILMENTS.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS.

>> YEAH.

>> THE SHOW JUST REALLY GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE OUT INTO THE WORLD, DISPEL SOME OF THOSE MYTHS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR AUDIENCES AND HAVE A BALL WHILE WE ARE DOING IT.

>> THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC.

YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AS MANY APPLICANTS AS YOU CAN GET?

>> WELL, WE ARE LOOKING FOR 12 APPLICANTS.

WE HAVE DONE SO MANY SEGMENTES NOW.

WE HAVE DONE 23 DIFFERENT SEGMENTS.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR VARIETY.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE JUMPING OUT OF AN AIRPLANE.

I THINK THAT IS THE OTHER THING ABOUT BUCKET LISTS IT HAS TO BE THIS WILD THING.

IT IS A STRETCH.

GET OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A TOTAL OF 12.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND WILL UNTIL THE 12th OF MAY.

VERY SIMPLE FORM ONLINE AT KEET.ORG, ONE PAGE.

>> THERE IS A PHONE NUMBER.

IT IS 497-5052.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP YOU GET SOME APPLICANTS AND GET THE NEXT SEASON UNDERWAY.

FASCINATING TELEVISION.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> YEAH.

NO PROBLEM.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

>> STAY INFORMED, THANKS FOR WATCHING.