This week on the Forum, two of the three candidates for the open Position three seat on the Marion County Commission will talk about their campaigns and supporters, wildfires, county health, and other issues facing candidates for the general election next month in a Zoom conference that was hosted by the Salem City Club. See their website at salemcityclub.com for details on how to join these free online panels and hear their programs.

This week on the Forum a seat held in the Oregon senate that was held by a Republican for over a decade and a half might be “flipped” in the upcoming election. Well known GOP statehouse veteran Jackie Winters died in June 2019, and we’ll hear from the three people who’d like to be elected to that post. They are Republican *Denyc Boles (who was appointed to fill that seat temporarily), Democratic contender Deb Patterson, and Libertarian candidate Taylor Rickey. The Forum: Friday, October 9th at 1:00 PM again Sunday, October 11th at 8:00 AM   *(Denyc - is correct, though her name is pronounced the regular way as duh-NEESE)

Jeff Mapes, Jim Moore, and Bill Lunch, three veteran analysts on issues, candidates, and Oregon elections.

Union Gospel Mission is growing, even as pandemic concerns temporarily curtail services. This week on the Forum we learn about some big expansion going on at Union Gospel Mission, even while their services are curtailed by the pandemic.

Construction update via virtual ZOOM-fueled presentation

In the second of two programs this week, a special edition of The Forum on Sunday will introduce you to the two Republican candidates who are on the ballot for the spring primary for the important post of Oregon Secretary of State. We’ll hear in that program from Dave Stauffer (STOW-fur) and from Kim Thatcher.  KMUZ Would like to thank Capital Community Television Media for carrying these interviews with the candidates, which you can find in our Forum archive and also watch the video interviews, done with responsible social distancing via video from the offices and homes of all participants, which are all on the publicly available CCTV YouTube Channel.   Remember to vote, because your vote counts!

The three Democratic candidates for Oregon Secretary of State introduce themselves and tell compelling stories about their backgrounds, experience, and goals for the job. After former secretary of state Dennis Richardson died last year, the position was filled by the appointment of the veteran lawmaker and public servant Bev Clarno, and part of that arrangement was that she would hold the position temporarily and not run for the office once she'd served out Richardson's term.  In the first of our programs, obtained with the help of Salem's CCTV, we'll hear from Shemia Fagan, Mark Hass, and Jamie Mcleod-Skinner.

Brooke Jackson Chuck Bennett In addition to state and national partisan races, this is the election where voters in the City of Salem choose their mayor and city council candidates.  This episode of The Forum is an interview with the two Salem mayoral candidates - incumbent Chuck Bennett and challenger Brooke Jackson.

The speaker at this 2009 Straub Environmental Lecture Series explains bio-mimicry and how to use it to help us succeed in our quest to become a sustainable species on a bio-diverse planet.

Speech Trek 2020 is an annual event sponsored by the American Association of University Women.  This year, 8 young women were selected to compete from 7 area high schools.  The theme of their talk was based on Salem Library Foundation's "Salem Reads" book, "Piecing Me Together" by Renee Watson.