Join host Jack Perkins each month as he highlights the people and places that make Sarasota and west central Florida such a rich and varied community.

Catch all of Jack's fun, foibles and friends every Thursday at 8 p.m. as WEDU Presents encores of the first & second season of the Journal! Log on to watch the most recent A Gulf Coast Journal right here! Or, tune in the last Thursday of every month for a brand new episode. Repeats: Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

April 2008

We will meet bird watcher Owen Comora who uses electronic bird songs to beckon feathered friends. We will also meet the Herrmann family who raise and train Lipizzaner Stallions, among the most majestic and powerful horses on earth. And some passionate woodwind musicians are moving to the Gulf Coast. more...

	Jack Perkins is the Host of WEDU-TV’s A Gulf Coast Journal. more...
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Coming Up...May 2008

Southeastern Guide Dogs offer the blind and visually impaired a chance at independence. In this episode we will meet the volunteers who open their hearts to these puppies to raise them. We will also meet the keeper of the Ca d'Zan or "House of John", Ron McCarty, which was the residence of John Ringling and his wife Mable. And finally thanks to a growing program headquartered in Sarasota, people who cannot walk can now enjoy a game of golf.

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