Interactive Communications Manager, Host of Local Exposure
Jim is a Northern Kentucky native and a father of three. In his spare time, Jim likes to read, play ice hockey and watch foreign films. He currently resides with his family on the East side of town.
While visiting the Cincinnati Zoo this year, I struck up a conversation with a few of the young people working at the zoo and was amazed to find out that they were both graduates of Zoo Academy – a school inside the zoo.
Started in 1975, Zoo Academy is part of the Cincinnati Public School District and its part-time, vocational program became a four-year, college preparatory magnet school in 1995.
On January 11, 2013, Agriculture Commissioner James Comer addressed the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors regarding the development of industrial hemp.
Last May we spoke with Beach, the owner and operator of Hemptations in O'Bryonville. Hemptations is the region's largest proprietor of hemp-based products which include clothing, paper, lotions, soaps, thread and many other products for everyday use.
Local musician, competitive beard grower and owner of Failure Bikes, Matt Bischoff will be among the 20 contestants in the next season of CBS's long-running reality show, Survivor.
Below is an archived interview I did with Matt for Local Exposure in December, 2011.
Dean Regas is the Outreach Astronomer for The Cincinnati Observatory in Mt. Lookout. The observatory is home to, among other things, the oldest telescope in the United States which is still in use on a daily basis.
