Bear
Facts
Radio
Show

"The Bear Facts" is a weekly radio program produced by the
students of Bishop Garrigan High School. The show is
produced under the umbrella of the BGHS Gifted and Talented
Program, with Mr. David Burrow as its faculty producer.
"The Bear Facts" airs each Saturday at about 8:45am on KLGA Radio in Algona, Iowa, USA. Station frequencies are 1600
AM and 92.7 FM.
This site archives scripts of recent and milestone "Bear
Facts" broadcasts. The archives are located on the Tripod®
web server.
Please note that the
archived scripts are snapshots in time. As such, they may contain outdated
links.
- May 10, 2008 -
Audio download available in our audio
archive
- Class of 2008 Farewell Show, Large Group Music Honors, Regional Math,
Katrina Even Breaks School Record
- May 3, 2008 -
Audio download available in our audio
archive
- Seniors' Last Week, Large Group Music Contest, Go the Distance Day,
Grandparents Day, Student Council Elections, Knowledge Master, Website
- April 26, 2008 -
Audio download available in our audio
archive
- Speech & Drama Awards, Quiz Bowl, Alex Hamilton Qualifies for Regional
Math Competition in Kansas, All-Intramural Team, Student Council Elections (CORRECTION:
AFTER THIS SHOW WAS RECORDED, THE CANDIDATES WERE FINALIZED AS FOLLOWS--Megan
Hilbert & Joe Straub, Ethan Gisch & Josh Berte, Ashley Beisch &
Rebecca Brosnan, and Alec Boeckholt & Vinnie Humble.)
- April 19, 2008
- Stewardship Day, Adopt-a-Highway, Intramural Championships, Quiz Bowl
Competes at ISU, Knowledge Master, Golf Preview
- April 12, 2008
- Prom 2008: Hollywood Nights, Gala Re-Cap, North Central Conference Art
Show, Track Preview
- April 5, 2008
- Mr. Stillman Dies, Danz Squad Wins Nationals, Quiz Bowl Success, Gala
2008: The Greatest Show on Earth
- March 29, 2008
- National Dance, Spring Play, Quiz Bowl, Peer Helper Visits Prison,
Intramural Playoffs, Compatibility Project
- March 15, 2008
- Speech Earns 13 I's at State, State HOSA, Danz Squad Prepars for Nationals,
Intramural Basketball Finishes Regular Season, Spring Play: The Great
All-American Musical Disaster
- March 8, 2008
- Waffle Breakfast, State Speech Preview, Quiz Bowl Think-a-Thon, Blood Drive,
Gala
- March 1, 2008
- Steph Kollasch to Travel on Mission Trip to Honduras, District Speech
Results, Girls Basketball Awards, Intramural Basketball Update, All-Iowa Honor
Drill Team
- February 23, 2008
- District Speech Contest at Garrigan, Danz Squad to Perform at State
Basketball and Compete at Nationals, Math Team Results, Winter Weather
Policies
- February 16, 2008
- BGHS Hosts Math Competition, Results of AMC-12 Math Exam, Pops Concert
Preview, Spring Play
- February 9, 2008 -
Audio download available in our audio
archive
- Episode #650, Benefit for Chuck Stillman, Gala 2008: The Greatest Show
on Earth, Garrigan's Fiftieth Anniversary
- February 2, 2008
- State Speech Preview, Snow Storm Strands Students at School, Intramural
Basketball, Basketball Playoffs, Four New Students at Garrigan
- January 26, 2008
- Catholic Schools Week: Catholic Schools Light the Way, District Speech
Results, Senior Retreat, Website, Basketball Cheer Squad
- January 19, 2008
- More Quiz Bowl Success, Math Team Does Well at Iowa Falls Tournament,
District Large Group Speech
- January 12, 2008
- Quiz Bowl Wins Two First Place Awards & Qualifies for Nationals, Math
Team, Intramural Basketball Preview
Fall 2007 Episodes
- December 22, 2007-
Audio download available in our audio
archive
- Quiz Bowl, Christmas Survey Results
- December 15, 2007
- Christmas Service Projects, Quiz Bowl Wins Another Tournament, Large-Group
Speech Preview
- December 8, 2007
- Danz Squad Wins Judge's Choice at State, Quiz Bowl Competes in Knowledge
Master, Math Team Preview, Winter Weather Policies, Scrip
- December 1, 2007
- Freshman/Sophomore Quiz Bowl Team Wins Championship, More Quiz Bowl News,
Magazine Drive Wrap-Up, State Dance, Memorial Mass, Thanksgiving Hunger Meal
- November 17, 2007
- New Drinking Fountains, National Honor Society Induction, State Dance
Preview, Quiz Bowl
- November 10, 2007
- State Quarterfinal Football, Football Re-Cap, Girls Basketball Preview,
Kayla Schiltz Earns Division I in Solo Dance, Magazine Drive
- November 3, 2007
- Garrigan Advances to Second Round of Football Playoffs, Quiz Bowl, Fall
Musical, Website
- October 27, 2007
- Katrina Even Qualifies for State Cross-Country, Quiz Bowl at Ankeny,
Football Play-Offs, Advanced Biology Halloween Presentation, Art Field Trip,
Musical: Bye Bye Birdie
- October 20, 2007
- Homecoming Wrap-Up, All-State Music
- October 13, 2007
- 17th Annual BGHS Quiz Bowl Tournament, Football Team Beats 4th Top 10 Team,
Homecoming 2007: Road Trip
- October 6, 2007
- State Marching Band Competition, Catholic Choral Festival, Quiz Bowl,
Speaker on Stem Cells and Cloning, Exchange Student: Gui Klein,
Kindergartner Wins $5000 and a Computer
- September 29, 2007- Audio download available in our audio
archive
- Football Team Gets Huge Win over West Hancock, Volleyball Beats Eagle Grove
in Three Straight, Katrina Even Sets Cross-Country Record, Dance Squad Qualifies
Six for All-Iowa Honors, Algona Band Day
- September 22, 2007
- Calendar Drive Re-Cap, Homecoming Royal Court Named, Teacher Inservice:
Annual Progress Report, Scrip
- September 15, 2007
- Student Council plans Homecoming, Leadership Conference, College Credit
Courses, Advanced Biology Trip, Freshman Football
- September 8, 2007
- CYO Cross-Country, Updated Computer Lab, Technology Changes, Website,
Announcement of Garrigan's 50th Anniversary, Fall Musical: Bye Bye,
Birdie, Freshman Student Council Election
- September 1, 2007
- Fall Sports Preview: Football, Spirit Squad, Volleyball,
Cross-Country, Marching Band, Calendar Drive
- August 25, 2007
- Girls Golf Repeats as State Champions, Baseball and Softball Wrap-Ups, Danz
Squad Camp, Trip to Spain, New Football Bleachers, New Faculty
Spring 2007 Episodes
- May 19, 2007- Audio download available in our audio
archive
- Last Show of Year, Graduation Awards, State Track Qualifiers, State Girls
Golf, Trip to Spain
- May 12, 2007
- Class of 2007, District Track
- May 5, 2007
- Student Council Election Results, Tony Rouse Qualifies for Midwest Regional
Math Competition, Quiz Bowl and "Bear Facts" Letterwinners,
Stewardship Day, Grandparents Day, Departing Faculty Members
- April 28, 2007
- Prom 2007: Jungle Fever, Confirmation, Intramural Basketball
Championship, All-Intramural Team, Student Council Elections
- April 21, 2007
- Gala Takes in $220,000, State Math Tournament, Intramural Basketball
Championship, Speech Awards, North Central Conference Art Show Winners, Canoe
Trip
- April 14, 2007
- Gala 2007: Gala Down Under
- March 31, 2007
- State Solo & Ensemble Music Contest, Quiz Bowl, Danz Squad Tryouts,
Envirothon, ILCC Business Competition, Boys Basketball Awards, North Central
Conference Art Show, Gala Down Under
- March 24, 2007
- Audio download available in our audio
archive
- Dylan Freking Qualifies for All-State Speech, State Speech Results,
Intramural Basketball Wrap-Up, Spring Play, Golf Preview
- March 17, 2007
- Academic Banquet, Math Awards, Girls Basketball Awards, Computer Match Compatibility
Results
- March 10, 2007
- JoAnn Kirsch Wins World Food Prize Internship in China, Boys Win District
Championship in Basketball, Individual Speech Wins 13 I's at District
Contest, Track Preview
- March 3, 2007
- District Individual Speech, Math Competition, Pops Concert, Boys Basketball
Playoffs, All-Iowa Honor Drill Team, Danz Squad Performs at State Basketball
Tournament
- February 24, 2007
- Girls Win District Championship in Basketball, Intramural Basketball,
All-Intramural Voting, BGHS Website, Christian Leadership Service Projects,
District Speech Contest
- February 17, 2007
- Math Team Wins Home Tournament, Basketball Playoffs, Individual Speech
Preview, Pops Concert Cast
- February 10, 2007
- Garrigan Hosts Math Competition, AMC-12 National Mathematics Examination,
State Speech Results, Spring Play Cast
- February 3, 2007
- State Large-Group Speech, Danz Squad on TV, Relay for Life Cupcakes,
Intramural Basketball, Scrip Passes $2 Million
- January 27, 2007
- Catholic Schools Week: The Good News in Education -- Our Children, Our
Faith, Our Future, All Speech Students Qualify for State, Honor Band,
Community Theatre Production, Meals on Wheels
- January 20, 2007
- Quiz Bowl, District Large-Group Speech Contest, First Musical Theatre
Competitors, Math Team Success, Intramurals
- January 13, 2007
- Two Quiz Bowl Teams Make Playoffs, Intramural Basketball Preview, How Many Licks Does It Take to Get to the Center
of a Tootsie Pop?
- January 6, 2007
- Audio download available in our audio
archive
- Interesting Class Activities, Semester Tests, Speech Preview, Quiz Bowl,
Football Sportsmanship Among Top 10% in State
- Bishop Garrigan High School Home Page
Audio downloads for the current show and selected past shows
are available in our audio
archive.
Some broadcasts are streamed live from KLGA on myinfocentral.com.
bghs@garrigan.pvt.k12.ia.us
Bishop Garrigan High School
1224 N. McCoy
Algona, Iowa 50511
United States
Phone = 515/295-3521
Fax = 515/295-7739