Show: On The Town Station: KNCO File: 10:26.mp3 Air date: 2026-10-26 Source: OpenAI whisper-1 · shrunk from 26.9 MB to 5.4 MB --- transcript --- I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom for me and you. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. It is 1137 and 60 degrees, and that is, speaking of baseball, that is Carol Schofield's walk-up music. Hey, welcome, welcome, Carol. Are you thinking I'm going to do some baseball? I think it's going to be a high drive to left field. All right, it's a deal. Okay. Thanks, my friend. Yeah, welcome aboard. Welcome, everyone. Here we are again at It's a Wonderful World, and I am truly honored and pleasured and excited to be sharing this morning with you. My guest today is Glorianne Bryant. Before we get moving too fast, maybe I should talk about who we are in the studio here so that you know why. Glorianne is in the studio with me today. How's that? So anyway, the coming of this show is just a belief system by not just by me, but a lot of people in this community that, you know, it is a wonderful world. And is it perfect? No. Does it always work? No. Would we like it to? Maybe. I don't know. It's kind of exciting when it doesn't work and you figure it out. The purpose of this show is to remind all of us that no matter where we are in our lives, we can go looking about and find something that really does make us feel good. And this just happens to be one of my favorite songs in the universe, and it was my daddy's favorite song, so it seemed to be a good partnership. So I'm excited to share with you today a woman I've known for some period of time, and I'm going to let her do what she does actually in just a few minutes. But I would describe her to anybody who meets her as the most organized human being I know, which is sort of funny because I'm the most disorganized person I know, and I can get you people who sign up for that one. So, Gloriane, thank you so much for being here today and taking the time. I know you're in the middle of a project, and thank you for taking some time. My pleasure. I'm glad to be here. All right. So let's talk about Gloriane. That's what I said to her. I said, this is about you, my friend. So were you born here? Did you begin here? No, I was not originally from California and was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. When I was nine years old, my family came to California, the United States, on green cards and for better employment opportunity. My father was a house painter and was unemployed a lot. So for better economic reasons, we transitioned to originally San Mateo, California, for two years, and then to Fremont, California, where we settled in and both my parents worked when I was young. And then fast forward, I stayed there until ten years ago and moved here to Grass Valley out of the Bay Area, which many in this community do, to find a little bit slower pace, quieter trees, more nature-focused community, which we have found here. So I've lived here now ten years. So Grass Valley was it. I mean, there is Northern California, but you picked Grass Valley. Yeah. A specific reason? Well, the nature aspect was a big one. The opportunity to have a smaller community that we could network with and be close to was another key area. My husband and I visited the area for almost five years before we decided to move up here when we were thinking in our late 50s, where are we going to go when we retire? Are we going to stay in the Bay Area? Are we going to move someplace else? And both of us had a dream of moving to an area that had lots of trees, which we do have here, lots of nature, smaller community, still had the types of amenities that we were looking for. There was a golf course nearby. There was a hospital nearby. There was nice churches. Don't we sound wonderful? Yeah. Just a very nice community and loved the historic aspects to Grass Valley, Nevada City area. We chose of the two, we chose Grass Valley to be our location. So we bought five acres and built a home, which we moved into ten years ago this month. And so since then, we've been here full time and just loving it up here in this community and the atmosphere and the history. I just love all the activities. Love the fact that we are at the county seat and have our county fairgrounds, something that we, before we moved here, would come up and spend a whole week here when the fair was on just because it was so quaint and wonderful. I love it. So when you think about the journey up here, was there a specific, I can't even talk today, specific place you had of why you were coming? Yeah, we were originally looking for something that was more foresty as far as land and area, but we didn't want to be too much in the snow. As moving into our senior years and thinking retirement, we didn't want to have to work with the snow. So we're at that elevation where at 2,400 feet, that just fits perfect with what we were looking at with the deer that are around and nice. And we have fox in our property. We have, of course, wild rabbits and that kind of thing. The nature aspect of it was just so pleasing to us. That's great. That's great. So now you're here. And so we know what drawled you here. So what are you doing here, girl? Well, since retiring, semi-retiring as some of my friends say, as far as some of the work I did in health care originally, I branched out and do now expert witness work in health care fraud area. And I do that from my home, occasionally in a little transportation someplace in the U.S., but most of it is done from home with the Internet the way it is. And then we branched out into our local community church and decided we wanted to get very involved in their outreach to the community. Again, giving back to the community, which we've been doing, and myself being very involved in what we call the Victorian Fair, which is a community event that's put on every November here in Grass Valley that's open to the public. And we welcome everyone to come with a variety of positive holiday spirit as well as crafts and items that are both old and new that can be purchased. And we also have a cafe with yummy food that can be purchased while you shop. And the money goes back into our community with 10 different nonprofits locally here that we support. And during the year, we've had those nonprofits come and talk to us at the church to tell us about what they're doing, which is why we support them so much. That's wonderful. And from my perspective also, I would say that as a community, the nonprofits and fulfilling need is really high priority. It is a real priority. And today's society, no matter big or small, small town such as here or a big city in the Bay Area, yes, we need more outreach to our community. And this is one of those ways that my husband and I, particularly myself, can do and give back to the community and share our knowledge, our expertise, our organizational skills, and putting on events that help them. So as you look around, because you've been here how long now? 10 years. 10 years. Full time. Different from when you got here to how it is now? Not so much. I mean, we've seen some, we went through COVID in those 10 years. So I can, yes, that definitely made a difference in the way Grass Valley looks downtown and with the street closure and the whole revamping of that. It's beautiful and beautiful walking area which people use. So it's wonderful. And new homes have been building and there's new home communities. So there's a little expansion, but the same community-ness, the hometown, small town is still there. Yes, I would say that that's kind of the draw for all of us. Well, we're going to take a break. And when we come back, we'll find out more about this woman and her plans, not of the past now. We kind of talked past. Let's talk about the future. Okay. I see them blue for me and you. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. When you're shopping for insurance, you might say, what? I'm so over this. But what you really need to say is something that could actually help. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. When you get a local State Farm agent, they can help make it easy and help you choose the coverage you need. Plus, they're available online, over the phone, or even in person. I'm so into this. Call State Farm agent Mike Bratton in Grass Valley at 530-273-0521. Dad, have you seen how outdated our window treatments are? Yeah, we definitely need to do something about that. 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And because we came from Canada, a lot of the relatives are still in Canada, so don't have a lot of close-by relatives here. But friends, and that's a wonderful network, is to have a strong network of friends. I still meet and talk with my junior high friends from the days when you were younger in Fremont and high school and college. Speaking of college, I pursued college. First, I was thinking, yes, medical. I wanted to go into the medical field. And then I thought, well, what else in medicine, besides hands-on medicine, is there? And I found that there was health information, meaning even back in the 70s, that the medical record document from the patient's encounter or visit or hospitalization has to be managed, has to be organized, has to be structured in a certain way. I told you. And it all starts from that organizational skill. Imagine the patient comes to, say, the emergency room, and you have lab reports, and you have X-ray reports, and you have the physician notes and documentation. You have the nursing notes. All of that has to be organized in a certain way and put. And we were in paper back in those days, and the volume of paper that we had to deal with. Of course, now everything's transitioned to be an electronic health record. So I have continued with that type of work, looking on the medical record for completeness and accuracy and truthfulness. I used to do audits. I used to have an audit team, a company I worked for. And we would do audits on medical records. I used to come to Grass Valley to our little hospital here and perform audits. And that's when I really got my hands around the community that was here, because I'd spend three and four days at a time and just loved it here when I came for work. That expanded eventually when people asked me to public speak, to write about what I was seeing and finding. And then eventually I was approached to do some expert witness in some legal cases. For example, a case back east that I participated in was a case where a physician was charged with fraud on what we call up-coding of procedures on cardiac procedures. And I had to review the medical record documentation and review the diagnostic codes and procedure codes to validate that they were accurate or not at the time, and then testify in court and be questioned in court about the case. A recent case I was involved in involved being an expert witness and actually participating as a relator in a fraud case that took 10 years to come to fruition. Wow. Yeah, 10 years of talking to the FBI, the Department of Justice, the Office of the Inspector General about potential fraud that occurred at a health care system here in northern California. And then I participated in some smaller cases that involved litigation on auto accidents, and again, the potential fraud of billing for those health care services. So looking to make sure they're accurate, and that's something I always talk about is for seniors and community people to really look at their billing that they get from their medical provider. If they have questions, they should ask about those. And if they're not sure about how that is being paid, if they think something's not accurate, they should, again, ask questions and pursue someone in the office originally at that entity to ask questions about, well, why is this being charged this way? And so on, because the money that's flowing back to that entity, we want to make sure is truthful and accurate at all times. Wow. How busy does that keep you? I mean, is it still happening that you're asked to do those kind of things? Yeah, I'm still asked to do those kinds of things. I had two of these large cases, one located in the Midwest that was regarding a malnutrition diagnosis, the one I pursued for 10 years. Both of those ended this year, but now I'm doing other consulting work in addition. Oh, that is really fascinating kinds of stuff. Yeah. When you look back over the journey from where you started and where you are today, what would you change if you could or do you need to? One of the things I have found that I might have changed is getting more involved in my professional organizations sooner than I did. I was in my late 40s, early 50s when I started doing public speaking and writing and volunteering to be an officer. I was the president of the California Health Information Association at one time, which is a three-year stint that you participate in as organizing all kinds of things throughout the state. I would have pursued that sooner because it's so rewarding to give to your profession or to give to the public. It's just so heart-expanding to make that an example to others, young people, and to others of your own age group, and to those that even in retirement you can still do some very proactive things, work, and that's very rewarding. Moving forward, what's still on your checklist that needs to be done or explored? Well, right now I'm involved in a big project locally looking at restoration of stained glass windows at Emanuel Episcopal Church, which is a huge project. I'm helping with that and helping with the organization of that project, which is a multi-year project. And so I'll be very much looking at fundraising, talking to community experts and leaders and speakers to, again, emphasize the history and the community we have here, which is so wonderful and heartwarming. Okay, let's circle back now to the Victorian Fair. Sure. Because that is the circle. Yes. Because the Victorian Fair is going to support the project you write on now in some way or another. Yes, the Victorian Fair has been going on in our community, and I don't want to say just at Emanuel Church because it's the community. It's open to the public, and the involvement of the community is significant. So the Victorian Christmas Fair that is being put on is over 100 years old. It dates back so far. And as you all know about our wonderful Gold Rush era history here, it's just so heartwarming to see something continue for generation after generation and giving back year after year to the community nonprofits to help with young people, to help at the Booth Center Salvation Army, to help with Interfaith Food Ministry, Hospitality House. Those are all things that we reach out to to try and help support them in our community. Okay, let's give them some info because I think we're going to get to that place where they're going to go. Done. So how about dates, times, how they could get involved? Do you need some people to help, or are you good on that? So dates and times, November 6th, Friday, November 7th, Saturday from 10 to 4 p.m. It's open to the public. It's on South Church Street, Emanuel Church at the Buck Hall that's listed there. You'll see lots of signage on the street, so you can't really miss it. And it was volunteers from the church participate in putting up and decorating and making items for the event. So right now, volunteers are always welcome as drop-ins, and they can see me, Gloria Ann Bryant, if they'd like to do that. I'd be happy to have them work a table on one of our selling tables or help with the food delivery. Great. So are you going home, or are you now just at Buck Hall for the duration? I will be going back to Buck Hall this afternoon, actually. We do what's called pricing of items. So all of the donations, which we've been getting since April of this year, donations and storing, now will be priced for the fair, and we'll be doing that this week. So I'll be starting this afternoon with organizing. There's that word, organization. Organizing the different items that will be jewelry items, what we call soft goods, children's items. We have old and new vintage items, and those will all be organized and priced in this coming week. So I'll be going back to the – yes, to do some work this afternoon. And so as you think about all that that's going on, let's give them again, because we've got this little window. Sure. Day and time. Yeah, November 6th and 7th from 10 to 4 p.m. on South Church Street, Emanuel Church, Buck Hall. So I welcome you all and hope you'll come by. Absolutely. It is a beautiful event, and hopefully we'll all see you there. And thank you so much for coming today. My pleasure. And thank you to KNCO for letting me have some fun. Have a great day. Thank you. --- end of transcript ---