Interview with Sharon Ball, January 24, 2007

Partial Transcript: Okay, this is Dale Johnson with PRIDE.

Segment Synopsis: Ball details her childhood, as well as the PRIDE club and its projects at an elementary school in Corbin, Kentucky.

Keywords: Air conditioning; Bicycles; California; City sewer; Fathers; Garbage; Gardens; Heating; Houses; PRIDE clubs; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Plumbers; Recycling centers; Roller skating; Sinks; South Elementary School; Streams; Styrofoam; Swimming pools; Tires; Trash; Waste

Subjects: Childhood; Corbin (Ky.); Environmental education.; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Knox County (Ky.); Louisville (Ky.); Recreation; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Refuse and refuse disposal.; Schools

Partial Transcript: Um, how has Corbin changed over time? Has it gotten cleaner or dirtier, or?

Segment Synopsis: Ball considers the changes Corbin has undergone throughout the years, in terms of littering and recycling. The impact of the PRIDE club is also examined.

Keywords: Aluminum cans; Clean-ups; Dirtier; Dishwashers; Highways; Kentucky; Lunchrooms; Paper; South Elementary School; Styrofoam

Subjects: Corbin (Ky.); Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Litter (Trash); Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Pollution.; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Refuse and refuse disposal.

Partial Transcript: Um, where did you get your household water, and was it good water?

Segment Synopsis: Ball talks of the water quality in Corbin. PRIDE and its work with the local schools is also mentioned.

Keywords: Canoeing; Central office; Clean water; Clean-ups; Corbin High School; County water; Cumberland River; E. coli contamination; Environmental awareness; Federal funding; Future; Grants; Information; Municipal water; PRIDE clubs; Parents; Posters; Projects; Recycling centers; Research; Septic systems; Straight pipes; Students; Trash; Water monitoring

Subjects: Corbin (Ky.); Drinking water; Education; Environment; Environmental education.; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Plumbing.; Pollution.; Refuse and refuse disposal.; Sewerage.

Partial Transcript: Um, have you been any major PRIDE, um, projects?

Segment Synopsis: PRIDE projects that Ball has been involved with are explored. The outcomes of these projects are also considered.

Keywords: Cameras; Clean streams; Dump sites; Enforcement; Health; Impacts; Incentives; Jails; Littering; Littering fines; Organisms; Oxygen; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Police; Processes; Teachers; Tickets; Union College; Water; Water monitoring; pH

Subjects: Barbourville (Ky.); Environmental law.; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Litter (Trash); Plumbing.; Pollution.; Refuse and refuse disposal.; Sewerage.; Waste disposal sites

Partial Transcript: Um, at the school you work at, um, how many times does the garbage get picked up?

Segment Synopsis: Ball illustrates the waste procedures at the elementary school she works at. Initiatives at the school concerning environmental education are then discussed.

Keywords: "Care for Earth"; Campus; Clean-ups; Garbage; Impacts; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); South Elementary School; Styrofoam

Subjects: Children; Corbin (Ky.); Environmental education.; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Litter (Trash); Pollution.; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Refuse and refuse disposal.; Students; Teachers

Partial Transcript: And, um, do you think the middle school's involved enough in PRIDE?

Segment Synopsis: Ball assesses the PRIDE club at Corbin Middle School, and gives her opinion on various projects the club has undertaken. These efforts are then compared with those of the PRIDE club in nearby Whitley County. Additionally, the PRIDE club at Corbin High School and its respective projects are detailed.

Keywords: Animals; Archives; Birds; Clean streams; Comparisons; Corbin High School; Corbin Middle School; Curriculum; Environment; Environmental appreciation; Grants; Greenhouses; Money; Nature walkways; Outdoor classrooms; PRIDE clubs; Parents; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Plant growth; Plant material; Recycling centers; Responsibility; Trust; Water tables; Wetland agriculture; Wildlife

Subjects: Corbin (Ky.); Environmental education.; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Schools; Students; Whitley County (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: What kind of impact do you think PRIDE has on the water, the waterways?

Segment Synopsis: PRIDE and its impact upon the cleanliness of drinking water is described. How children are involved with cleaning drinking water is then explained. Ball also talks of PRIDE and how it is integrated into her daily life. PRIDE and its relation to animals is considered as well.

Keywords: Animals; Appreciation; Clean streams; Clean water; Contamination; Corbin High School; Drinking water; Environment; Family; Habitats; Jobs; Littering; Natural resources; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Projects; Rich soil; Straight pipes; Teaching; Union College; Water contamination; Water monitoring; Water tables

Subjects: Barbourville (Ky.); Corbin (Ky.); Environmental education.; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Litter (Trash); Plumbing.; Pollution.; Refuse and refuse disposal.; Sewerage.; Water quality.

Partial Transcript: Uh, do you think that, um, littering affects the animals...

Segment Synopsis: Ball explains the consequences of littering upon the Earth. A comparison of Kentucky and its environmental tendencies in the past and currently is articulated. The impact of PRIDE in terms of reduction in littering, and environmental education in Kentucky is also mentioned.

Keywords: Apple cores; Children; Cigarette smoking; Cigarettes; Comparisons; Environment; Husbands; Kentucky; Littering; Paint products; Parents; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Poison; Publicity; Radio; Science; Septic systems; Sons; Straight pipes; Television; Websites

Subjects: Environmental education.; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Litter (Trash); Plumbing.; Pollution.; Refuse and refuse disposal.; Sewerage.; Water--Pollution

Partial Transcript: Well, is there anything else that you'd like to tell us about PRIDE that we haven't--

Segment Synopsis: Ball gives her final thoughts on the PRIDE program within the Eastern Kentucky region.

Keywords: Education; Environmental issues; Grants; Hal Rogers; Loans; PRIDE clubs; Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE); Presidents; Roadside pollution; Rogers, Hal; Septic systems; States

Subjects: Environmental education.; Environmental protection; Environmentalism; Plumbing.; Pollution.; Rogers, Harold Dallas, 1937-; Sewerage.