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Full episode of WYSO Weekend for June 12, 2011 containing the following stories:

-Emily McCord speaks with Dayton Public School superintendent Lori Ward about the elimination of nearly 300 positions in effort to balance the budget for next year.

-This week's installment of PoliticsOhio: Senate Budget Plan Changes JobsOhio

-Sarah Buckingham interviews Angela Birdsong about Juneteeth celebrations in the Miami Valley

On Tuesday, Living on Earth featured a rebroadcast of a profile of Meira Warshauer's symphony Living Breathing Earth by Yellow Springs based producer Aileen LeBlanc. The symphony is out on CD, and earlier this week Juliet Fromholt sat down with LeBlanc to talk about the music and a local connection with the Dayton Philharmonic.

In this week's edition of PoliticsOhio, Emily McCord speaks with Martin Gottlieb from the Dayton Daily News to discuss the change in the Senate version of the state budget regarding the JobsOhio Plan, public response to Senate Bill 5 and controversial early voting legislation taking place at the statehouse.

The Redtone Sixes have been doing some traveling since their last visit to the WYSO studios.  The group has been doing some regional touring since the release of their album, Pleasure Box.  At the same time, they've been hard at work recording a follow-up album. 

The Redtone Sixes returned to Kaleidoscope for a live set and to talk about what's next for them as far as touring and recording. 

Julie Moore reads Cathy Esinger's poem, "Patching the Sky."