WNRN’s Weekly Public Affairs Program
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Host Rick Moore speaks with Christine Nardi (Executive director of Center for nonprofit excellence) about the things the Center for Nonprofit Excellence does, the differences between a charity and a nonprofit, and more. CNE is a regional organization that helps provide resources for nonprofit organizations. Don’t miss CNE’s Summer Open House on Tuesday, July 26 at Cville Coffee from 5:30-7:30!
Host Rick Moore speaks with Courteney Stuart (Senior editor of The Hook) about current events. Topics covered include: death of a local teacher by a motored vehicle, the latest with Morgan Harrington, lyme disease, and more!
Host Rick Moore speaks with Lindsay Ideson (Branch manager at the Jefferson Madison Regional Library (JMRL) of Northside), Meredith Dickens (Branch manager at JMRL Gordon Avenue Library), Patrick Kilmer (Reference Specialist at JMRL Central Library), and Sandy McAdams (owner of Daedalus Used Books in Charlottesville) about summer reading and some great book suggestions. Some suggestions are: The Women Jefferson Loved by Virginia Scharff, All That Is Bitter & Sweet by Ashley Judd, Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, Bossypants by Tina Fey, The Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling, The Jack Reacher series by Arthur Lee Child, books by Michael Scott, books by Kurt Vonnegut, books by David Sedaris, and The Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini. For the kids: Hank The Cowdog, The Strange Case of Oragami Yoda, The Beverly Cleary books, The Berenstain Bears books and much more!
Host Rick Moore speaks with Mayor Dave Norris of Charlottesville about local politics and politics in general. Topics covered include: the western bypass, federal budget, free speech monument, and more.
Host Sean McCord (also known for being one of the producers) speaks with Joel Slezak (Free Union Grass Farm) and Erica Hellen (Free Union Grass Farm) about the local food movement. Slezak and Hellen decided to start their own farm specializing in pastured chicken and duck, 100% grass-fed beef, and free-range eggs because global industrial production of food causes concern about food-borne bacterial infection. One of the appeals of local food is that “you know where the food is coming from.”
Host Rick Moore speaks with Don Crosby (above knee amputee; Vietnam War Veteran), Dawn Cornell (below knee amputee; fork lift accident), Judy Martin (below knee amputee; medical, diabetic/vascular) and Mary Grant (Orthopedic Surgery Prosthetics [Limbs on the Go support group]) about their stories, the problems that come with being an amputee, and more.
Rick Moore speaks with Cale Jaffe (Senior Attorney at Southern Environmental Law Center) about uranium mining and the negative aspects of mining in Virgina. Uranium mining was banned in 1982 by the Virginia general assembly. Uranium is radioactive and can be very dangerous, especially to bodies of water during major storms, and it has been linked to cancer.
Rick Moore speaks with professor RK Ramazani (UVA professor of government and foreign affairs and spiritual father of the international center of Jefferson Studies at Monticello) about Osama Bin Laden’s death and how it will effect America’s relationships with the Middle East.
Host Rick Moore speaks with Cartie Lominack (executive director for the shelter), Mark Humbertson (design house committee), Moyanne Harding (designer), Ami Smith (designer), and Michelle Willis Adams (designer) about the purpose of the shelter for help in emergency and the design house fundraiser. The shelter helps people that are victims of domestic violence, finds safe shelters for people, has a 24 hour hot line, provides counseling and children’s programs, etc. The design house fundraiser benefits the shelter and starts on May 6 with the top hat gala from 7-10 PM.
Rick Moore speaks with Rusty Cempre (Price Automotive), and Steve Bullock (Price Automotive) about things you should pay attention to with your cars. Rusty and Steve also answers callers’ questions about their cars that could answer your questions too.
