Kiki Carter
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Kiki Carter born Kimberli Wilson (b. November 21, 1957 in Gainesville, Florida
) is an environmental activist, organizer, musician, songwriter, and columnist.
at age 16, where she majored in music performance and music education.
While in Los Angeles, in May 1984, Carter married first husband Rick Carter, over her manager's strong protests. She had only known him for one month when they eloped to Las Vegas. They returned to Gainesville, and their son Richard was born in 1986.
In February 1998, Carter married singer/songwriter, Greg Webb, the lead singer of the Gainesville, Florida based Rhythm and Blues Revue, changing her name to Kiki Webb. They began collaborating musically and formed the acoustic duo, dancing Light (Sunblossom Records). The name dancing Light came from a song of the same title, written about a vision Carter (then Kimberli Wilson) had after a near-death experience.
Carter and Webb moved to his family's property on Leech Lake in northern Minnesota in 2000.
student at the University of Florida
Carter won the Sigma Alpha Iota "Outstanding Freshman Musician Award" for the 1974-75 year. Throughout her college years, Carter performed in various ensembles, symphonic bands and wind ensembles as principal/solo euphoniumist.
In the summer of 1976, Carter traveled to Ruston Louisiana to study with euphonium soloist, Raymond Young, then head of the Department of Music at Louisiana Tech University. She completed her junior year of college in Ruston, majoring in euphonium and minoring on piano, before returning to the University of Florida in the fall of 1978.
In 1979, University of Florida Music Department Chairman Budd Udell included a euphonium solo written for Carter in Forces One, the first movement of his Symphony for Band. The Symphony was premiered at the Music Educators National Conference convention in Miami Beach on April 9, 1980 with Carter performing the solo. The same year, Carter was one of eight national finalists in the Tubist Universal Brotherhood Association's national collegiate solo contest for euphonium.
Carter graduated from the University of Florida in March 1981 and briefly did post-baccalaureate work as a theater major, before leaving to audition for euphonium jobs in Washington D.C. military service bands. She started studying with Brian Bowman, euphonium soloist of the United States Air Force Band in Washington DC. During her studies in DC, Carter worked as a governess for Washington Post publisher, Donald Graham
and his wife, Mary,.
While in Washington, DC, Carter began playing guitar and writing songs. She became disillusioned with the prospect of a professional military band career and returned to Gainesville in February 1982. Through a mutual friend, Carter met Michele Marino, who began managing Carter's career. Marino booked Carter's first television appearances a solo performer on The Kim Edstrom Show . Carter started playing in area clubs in the clubs, often accompanied by pianist and singer, Sidney Bertisch.
In 1984, Carter and Marino travelled to Los Angeles, California, where Carter won the weekly music contest at the Palomino Club
in North Hollywood
The contest brought her to the attention of Capitol Records VP Joe McFadden who gave her his business card and suggested she contact him. Through manager, Michele, Carter came to the attention of Robert L. "Bumps" Blackwell
, songwriter, record producer, and manager of Little Richard
. Bumps arranged for Carter to sing with a group appearing in a 1983 Los Angeles television show with Billy Preston
. Robert Blackwell
managed Carter until his passing in March 1985.
During those years, Carter made several trips from Gainesville to Nashville to meet with Capitol Records. Before a deal was struck, Capitol Records
experienced a major restructuring and her contacts had been replaced.
She and her husband,Greg Webb, later began touring Minnesota, as the acoustic duo, Dancing Light. As Dancing Light, they released their first full-length CD, Meadowdance in 1993.
Carter and Webb co-founded independent record label, Sunblossom Records, and she is founder of music publishing company, Shebreana Music (BMI) They started Saturday Cafe Concert Series, a weekly Concert series in Northern Minnesota. They continued to perform at benefit concerts.
Greenwood shared the news with Carter. In early 1987, Carter called the local television station, ABC affiliate WCJB-TV to alert them to plans by the United States Department of Energy
and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to build a food irradiation
facility in Gainesville, Florida, using radioactive caesium-137
. This project was part of the United States Department of Energy's By-Products Utilization Program (BUP). The BUP was born out of a Congressional mandate to find uses for by-products of plutonium
production.
Carter was invited to appear live in the studio with the WCJB anchors. Soon a grassroots movement was galvanizing with Carter and her mother at the epicenter.
Carter and her mother founded the organization Citizens Against a Radioactive Environment (C.A.R.E.) to oppose the use of Department of Energy
stores of radioactive caesium-137
in a demonstration food irradiation facility. The caesium-137
was slated to be used at six different demonstration irradiators through the country, one of which was proposed for Gainesville, Florida
. After a groundswell of public opposition, public debates, and public forums, the caesium-137
was never used in the facility.
Carter organized a state-wide coalition of concerned citizens called the Florida Coalition to Stop Food Irradiation in response to plans for another irradiator in Plant City, FL. and national TV and helping to organize fledgling groups in other communities.
Working as an environmental activist expanded Carter's awareness of other environmental and social justice issues. She helped wherever she could, appearing at public meetings and performing at benefit concerts. She became active in helping to raise awareness of radon
issues in Alachua County and helped provide free test kits to residents. Her pet projects included the I.C.E.S. fruition project, where she organized plantings of fruit trees in Habitat for Humanity
homesites, and promoting the use of reusable bags in grocery stores.
Carter was an independent candidate in 1988 for the Alachua County Commission, losing to wildlife artist Kate Barnes.
In 1992, Carter wrote a weekly column for the Marion/Alachua edition of the Tampa Tribune called Environmentally Speaking.
Carter often used her musical talents and connections to organize and participate in fundraising concerts for her environmental causes, including a 1996 concert at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts featuring world-renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
and the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra. Carter also composed songs and produced regional television commercials for the United Way.
She became active in the Leech Lake Head Start program on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation where she chaired the parent committee of her son's Head Start program and was elected to chair the policy council of the Leech Lake Head Start program.
In the fall of 2005 Carter and her husband helped organize the Great Gala for the Gulf, a benefit concert for survivors of Hurricane Katrina, held at the Moondance Jam
site in Northern Minnesota
.
raising over $5,000 for relief to survivors.
Carter is currently a vocal proponent of the campaign to establish a United States Department of Peace
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
) is an environmental activist, organizer, musician, songwriter, and columnist.
Personal life
She was the first of four children, born to a father of British descent, Harold Wilson, and an Italian mother, Priscilla Normandy (Patti Greenwood). She attended 12 different schools before graduating from Gainesville High School in 1974. She entered the University of FloridaUniversity of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
at age 16, where she majored in music performance and music education.
While in Los Angeles, in May 1984, Carter married first husband Rick Carter, over her manager's strong protests. She had only known him for one month when they eloped to Las Vegas. They returned to Gainesville, and their son Richard was born in 1986.
In February 1998, Carter married singer/songwriter, Greg Webb, the lead singer of the Gainesville, Florida based Rhythm and Blues Revue, changing her name to Kiki Webb. They began collaborating musically and formed the acoustic duo, dancing Light (Sunblossom Records). The name dancing Light came from a song of the same title, written about a vision Carter (then Kimberli Wilson) had after a near-death experience.
Carter and Webb moved to his family's property on Leech Lake in northern Minnesota in 2000.
Musical career
As a euphoniumEuphonium
The euphonium is a conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument. It derives its name from the Greek word euphonos, meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced"...
student at the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
Carter won the Sigma Alpha Iota "Outstanding Freshman Musician Award" for the 1974-75 year. Throughout her college years, Carter performed in various ensembles, symphonic bands and wind ensembles as principal/solo euphoniumist.
In the summer of 1976, Carter traveled to Ruston Louisiana to study with euphonium soloist, Raymond Young, then head of the Department of Music at Louisiana Tech University. She completed her junior year of college in Ruston, majoring in euphonium and minoring on piano, before returning to the University of Florida in the fall of 1978.
In 1979, University of Florida Music Department Chairman Budd Udell included a euphonium solo written for Carter in Forces One, the first movement of his Symphony for Band. The Symphony was premiered at the Music Educators National Conference convention in Miami Beach on April 9, 1980 with Carter performing the solo. The same year, Carter was one of eight national finalists in the Tubist Universal Brotherhood Association's national collegiate solo contest for euphonium.
Carter graduated from the University of Florida in March 1981 and briefly did post-baccalaureate work as a theater major, before leaving to audition for euphonium jobs in Washington D.C. military service bands. She started studying with Brian Bowman, euphonium soloist of the United States Air Force Band in Washington DC. During her studies in DC, Carter worked as a governess for Washington Post publisher, Donald Graham
Donald Graham
Donald Graham may refer to:* Donald Graham , politician in British Columbia, Canada* Donald E. Graham , chairman of the Washington Post Company, 2000–present, publisher of Washington Post* Donald W...
and his wife, Mary,.
While in Washington, DC, Carter began playing guitar and writing songs. She became disillusioned with the prospect of a professional military band career and returned to Gainesville in February 1982. Through a mutual friend, Carter met Michele Marino, who began managing Carter's career. Marino booked Carter's first television appearances a solo performer on The Kim Edstrom Show . Carter started playing in area clubs in the clubs, often accompanied by pianist and singer, Sidney Bertisch.
In 1984, Carter and Marino travelled to Los Angeles, California, where Carter won the weekly music contest at the Palomino Club
Palomino Club (North Hollywood)
The Palomino Club was a music venue in North Hollywood, called "Country Music's most important West Coast club" by the Los Angeles Times. It featured such performers as Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, Buck Owens, Patsy Cline, Delaney Bramlett, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Johnny Carver, Hoyt Axton,...
in North Hollywood
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, along the Tujunga Wash. It is bounded on the south by Moorpark Street and the Ventura Freeway, on the southwest by Burbank Blvd...
The contest brought her to the attention of Capitol Records VP Joe McFadden who gave her his business card and suggested she contact him. Through manager, Michele, Carter came to the attention of Robert L. "Bumps" Blackwell
Robert Blackwell
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Lloyd Price, Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Larry Williams, and Sly and the Family Stone at the start of...
, songwriter, record producer, and manager of Little Richard
Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...
. Bumps arranged for Carter to sing with a group appearing in a 1983 Los Angeles television show with Billy Preston
Billy Preston
William Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...
. Robert Blackwell
Robert Blackwell
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Lloyd Price, Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Larry Williams, and Sly and the Family Stone at the start of...
managed Carter until his passing in March 1985.
During those years, Carter made several trips from Gainesville to Nashville to meet with Capitol Records. Before a deal was struck, Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
experienced a major restructuring and her contacts had been replaced.
She and her husband,Greg Webb, later began touring Minnesota, as the acoustic duo, Dancing Light. As Dancing Light, they released their first full-length CD, Meadowdance in 1993.
Carter and Webb co-founded independent record label, Sunblossom Records, and she is founder of music publishing company, Shebreana Music (BMI) They started Saturday Cafe Concert Series, a weekly Concert series in Northern Minnesota. They continued to perform at benefit concerts.
Activism
At the end of 1986, Carter's mother, author Patti Greenwood learned of the US Department of Energy's plans to build a demonstration irradiation facility in Gainesville, Florida.Greenwood shared the news with Carter. In early 1987, Carter called the local television station, ABC affiliate WCJB-TV to alert them to plans by the United States Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to build a food irradiation
Food irradiation
Food irradiation is the process of exposing food to ionizing radiation to destroy microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, or insects that might be present in the food. Further applications include sprout inhibition, delay of ripening, increase of juice yield, and improvement of re-hydration...
facility in Gainesville, Florida, using radioactive caesium-137
Caesium-137
Caesium-137 is a radioactive isotope of caesium which is formed as a fission product by nuclear fission.It has a half-life of about 30.17 years, and decays by beta emission to a metastable nuclear isomer of barium-137: barium-137m . Caesium-137 is a radioactive isotope of caesium which is formed...
. This project was part of the United States Department of Energy's By-Products Utilization Program (BUP). The BUP was born out of a Congressional mandate to find uses for by-products of plutonium
Plutonium
Plutonium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-gray appearance that tarnishes when exposed to air, forming a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four oxidation...
production.
Carter was invited to appear live in the studio with the WCJB anchors. Soon a grassroots movement was galvanizing with Carter and her mother at the epicenter.
Carter and her mother founded the organization Citizens Against a Radioactive Environment (C.A.R.E.) to oppose the use of Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
stores of radioactive caesium-137
Caesium-137
Caesium-137 is a radioactive isotope of caesium which is formed as a fission product by nuclear fission.It has a half-life of about 30.17 years, and decays by beta emission to a metastable nuclear isomer of barium-137: barium-137m . Caesium-137 is a radioactive isotope of caesium which is formed...
in a demonstration food irradiation facility. The caesium-137
Caesium-137
Caesium-137 is a radioactive isotope of caesium which is formed as a fission product by nuclear fission.It has a half-life of about 30.17 years, and decays by beta emission to a metastable nuclear isomer of barium-137: barium-137m . Caesium-137 is a radioactive isotope of caesium which is formed...
was slated to be used at six different demonstration irradiators through the country, one of which was proposed for Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
. After a groundswell of public opposition, public debates, and public forums, the caesium-137
Caesium-137
Caesium-137 is a radioactive isotope of caesium which is formed as a fission product by nuclear fission.It has a half-life of about 30.17 years, and decays by beta emission to a metastable nuclear isomer of barium-137: barium-137m . Caesium-137 is a radioactive isotope of caesium which is formed...
was never used in the facility.
Carter organized a state-wide coalition of concerned citizens called the Florida Coalition to Stop Food Irradiation in response to plans for another irradiator in Plant City, FL. and national TV and helping to organize fledgling groups in other communities.
Working as an environmental activist expanded Carter's awareness of other environmental and social justice issues. She helped wherever she could, appearing at public meetings and performing at benefit concerts. She became active in helping to raise awareness of radon
Radon
Radon is a chemical element with symbol Rn and atomic number 86. It is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas, occurring naturally as the decay product of uranium or thorium. Its most stable isotope, 222Rn, has a half-life of 3.8 days...
issues in Alachua County and helped provide free test kits to residents. Her pet projects included the I.C.E.S. fruition project, where she organized plantings of fruit trees in Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat For Humanity International , generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or simply Habitat, is an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization devoted to building "simple, decent, and affordable" housing, a self-described "Christian housing ministry." The international...
homesites, and promoting the use of reusable bags in grocery stores.
Carter was an independent candidate in 1988 for the Alachua County Commission, losing to wildlife artist Kate Barnes.
In 1992, Carter wrote a weekly column for the Marion/Alachua edition of the Tampa Tribune called Environmentally Speaking.
Carter often used her musical talents and connections to organize and participate in fundraising concerts for her environmental causes, including a 1996 concert at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts featuring world-renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Nadja Rose Catherine Salerno-Sonnenberg is an Italian-born classical violinist, author, and teacher. She is a United States citizen.-Career:...
and the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra. Carter also composed songs and produced regional television commercials for the United Way.
She became active in the Leech Lake Head Start program on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation where she chaired the parent committee of her son's Head Start program and was elected to chair the policy council of the Leech Lake Head Start program.
In the fall of 2005 Carter and her husband helped organize the Great Gala for the Gulf, a benefit concert for survivors of Hurricane Katrina, held at the Moondance Jam
Moondance Jam
Moondance Jam is an annual rock and classic rock festival held in mid-July in the Leech Lake/Chippewa National Forest Area near Walker, Minnesota. It is recognized as Minnesota's largest rock festival and the premier classic rock festival in the United States...
site in Northern Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
.
raising over $5,000 for relief to survivors.
Carter is currently a vocal proponent of the campaign to establish a United States Department of Peace
Feature articles about Kiki Carter
- DeYoung, Bill: "Kiki Carter Comes Home to Sing", page 7. Scene Magazine, The Gainesville Sun, February 22, 1985
- Galen Moses: "Carter: performer and persuasive crusader", The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, page 1, August 10, 1987 - Barber, John: "Glowing Concerns", Eating Well, pages 37–43.Eating Well: The Magazine of Food & Health, February 1992
- Joyce Slaton: "Little Steps To Big Solutions," , Moon Magazine, December 92/January 93
Articles mention or quote Kiki Carter
- "More money is asked for education, fighting crime," Merrily Helgeson, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, April 4, 1987 - "Gainesville residents protest plan to irradiate food," Andrea Blaugrund, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, April 7, 1987 - "Irradiation and information," Editorial, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, April 8, 1987 - "Food for thought," by-line missing, The Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida Alligator is the daily student newspaper of the University of Florida. The Alligator is the largest student-run newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 35,000 and readership of over 52,000...
, April 9, 1987 - "A fight is unfolding over plans for an irradiator," Galen Moses, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, April 11, 1987 - "Irradiation: Debate Rages after 30 years," Galen Moses, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, April 19, 1987 - "Gainesville Irradiation Plant Opposed," Thornton Hartley, Florida Times-Union, April 19, 1987
- "Irradiation facility agreement expected to be signed soon," Galen Moses, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, April 23, 1987 - "Plant worries Gainesville Residents," Associated Press, Florida TodayFlorida TodayFlorida Today is the major daily newspaper serving Brevard County. The Gannett corporation bought the paper in 1966.In addition to its regular daily publication, Florida Today publishes four weekly and eight biweekly community newspapers which are tailored for distinct neighborhoods within Brevard...
, April 25, 1987 - "Irradiation facility foes march at proposed site," Galen Moses, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, May 7, 1987 - "Marchers protest plans for food irradiation plant," Thornton Hartley, Florida Times-Union, May 7, 1987
- "While you were gone: glowing protest," Alligator staff report, The Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida Alligator is the daily student newspaper of the University of Florida. The Alligator is the largest student-run newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 35,000 and readership of over 52,000...
, May 12, 1987 - "County to seek halt to irradiator," Sara Hamilton, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, May 13, 1987 - "Irradiation plant may be delayed," Susan Lewis, The Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida Alligator is the daily student newspaper of the University of Florida. The Alligator is the largest student-run newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 35,000 and readership of over 52,000...
, May 14, 1987 - "Irradiator debate intensifies," Colin Whitworth,The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, May 27, 1987 - "Musicians line up for benefit," Scene Magazine, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, May 29, 1987 - "Irradiation Plant to be debated," Galen Moses, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, June 2, 1987 (front page headline) - "Citizens argue against irradiation plant," Galen Moses, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, June 4, 1987 - "Irradiation facility debate draws overflow crowd," Susan Lewis, The Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida Alligator is the daily student newspaper of the University of Florida. The Alligator is the largest student-run newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 35,000 and readership of over 52,000...
, June 4, 1987, Vol 80 Number 159 - "Irradiation debated in Gainesville," Thornton Hartley, Florida Times-Union, June 5, 1987
- "Irradiation debate makes few converts," Galen Moses, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, June 6, 1987 - "Funding for irradiator's planning OK'd" Galen Moses, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, June 26, 1987 - "Record is clear on history of irradited food," Pete Packett, The Tallahassee Democrat, June 29, 1987
- "Radiating with controversy," Warren Epstein,The Tampa TribuneThe Tampa TribuneThe Tampa Tribune, published in Tampa, Florida, is one of two major newspapers published in the Tampa Bay area, second in circulation and readership to the St. Petersburg Times. The paper's tagline is "Life...
, July 3, 1987 - "Panel wants more extensive study on irradiation plant," Sara Hamilton, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, July 9, 1987 - "Brown Bag talk to concentrate on irradiation plant," Mike Mason, The Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida Alligator is the daily student newspaper of the University of Florida. The Alligator is the largest student-run newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 35,000 and readership of over 52,000...
, September 9, 1987 - "Brown Bag guest to warn against irradiation plant," Alissa Algarin, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, September 15, 1987 - "Activist speaks out against irradiation," Dorothy Lerman, The Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida Alligator is the daily student newspaper of the University of Florida. The Alligator is the largest student-run newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 35,000 and readership of over 52,000...
, September 17, 1987 - "Group seeks law to halt irradiation: Signatures could put issue on ballot," Barbara Beyer, The Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida Alligator is the daily student newspaper of the University of Florida. The Alligator is the largest student-run newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 35,000 and readership of over 52,000...
, September 25, 1987 - "Campaign against food irradiation launched," Galen Moses, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, September 26, 1987 - "Signs point way to pure produce," Mary Murphy, The Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida Alligator is the daily student newspaper of the University of Florida. The Alligator is the largest student-run newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 35,000 and readership of over 52,000...
, October 12, 1987 - "State wants assessment on irradiation plant," Galen Moses, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, October 15, 1987 - "Group wants food with irradiated contents taken off store shelves," Jim Sams, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, December 19, 1987 - "Cesium-137 won't be used in irradiator," Galen Moses, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, January 14, 1988 (headline) - "Irradiation change relieves some fears: New treatment is safer for aquifer," John Lester, The Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida Alligator is the daily student newspaper of the University of Florida. The Alligator is the largest student-run newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 35,000 and readership of over 52,000...
, January 15, 1987 - "Change in irradiator has many relieved," Andrea Blaugrund,The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, January 15, 1988 - "A sigh of relief," Editorial, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, January 15, 1988 - "Confusion mounting over radon," Andrea Blaugrund, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, April 9, 1988 - "Will Salerno-Sonnenberg return to Gainesville?" David M. Grundy, The Gainesville Sun, August 7, 1992
- "New Environmental Group Wants to Address All Issues," Lisa Lauer, The The Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida AlligatorThe Independent Florida Alligator is the daily student newspaper of the University of Florida. The Alligator is the largest student-run newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 35,000 and readership of over 52,000...
, August 24, 1992 - "Risks with Irradiated Foods Outweigh Their Benefits" Kiki Carter, The Gainesville Sun, op-ed September 6, 1992
- "Kids First! Planting Seeds for Their Future," Unknown author, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, Scene Magazine, September 11, 1992 - "Songs For the Earth," Leigh Glenn, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, September 14, 1992 - "Consultants Mull How To Sell Irradiation To Public," Lillian Guecara-Castro, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, November 19, 1992 - "Tree program sprouts," Gary Kirkland, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, December 18, 1992 - "City, County want help choosing recycling logo," Florida A. Bridgewater, The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, January 17, 1995
Articles written by Kiki Carter
- "Family Lives the Environmentalist Life," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, May 9, 1992
- "Greens Take Root in Florida," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, May 16, 1992
- "Expert Finds Some Ways to Save Money on Energy," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, May 23, 1992
- "Retiree is concerned for environment," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, May 30, 1992
- "Researcher giving time to planet he loves," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, June 8, 1992
- "Clay Pipe Along Creek Should be Monitored," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, June 13, 1992
- "Garden Mirrors Man's Philosophy," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, June 20, 1992
- "Poe Springs Popular for Swimming," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, June 27, 1992
- "We are Dependent Creatures," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, July 4, 1992
- "Environmental Activist Launched Idea Exchange," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, July 11, 1992
- "Earth May Have 'Energy Points'," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, July 25, 1992
- "Man Credits Diet With Improving Life," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, August 1, 1992
- "We're Burying Ourselves in Garbage," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, August 8, 1992
- "Alachua Candidates Answer Environmental Questions," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, August 18, 1992
- "Candidates Face Environmental Issues," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, August 22, 1992
- "EPA Suggests Testing for Radon," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, August 29, 1992
- "Scorecard Rates Lawmakers on Environmental Action," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, September 5, 1992
- "Musicians Passionate About Trees," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, September 12, 1992
- "Wildlife Corridor Faces Extinction," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, September 19, 1992
- "Irradiation Fears Go Beyond Food Safety," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, September 27, 1992
- "Photographer Crusades To Preserve Nature," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, October 3, 1992
- "Greens Hold Party to Celebrate Possibilities for Next 500 Years," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, October 10, 1992
- "Compost Benefits States Sandy Soil," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, October 25, 1992
- "Stewards of the Land on the Lookout For Pollution," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, November 8, 1992
- "Solar/electric Chevy truck charges into Gainesville," Kiki Carter, The Tampa Tribune, December 6, 1992
External links
- Kiki Carter: official band website of the band, dancing Light http://dancinglight.us
- The Gainesville Sun index: catalogued by the Alachua County Library http://cs-lewis.acld.lib.fl.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/0/55/1182/X
- Minnesota Public Radio, Minnewiki, The Minnesota Music Encyclopedia http://minnewiki.publicradio.org/index.php/Dancing_Light
- Campaign to create a US Department of Peace http://www.thepeacealliance.org/