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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.
Host Rick Moore speaks with Margie Howell (Facilitator of Survivors of Suicide/Charlottesville Chapter and mother of a victim of suicide), Nat Howell (father of a victim of suicide), Mary O’Leary (mother of a victim of suicide), and Jenny Oliver (former director of Mental Heath America ) about suicide, how it effects people after the occurrence, and ways to prevent it. About 90 Americans commit suicide daily. For more information you can call Margie Howell at (434) 974-9314. The national suicide hot line # is 1-800-273-8255.Veteran’s Support in Charlottesville can be reached at 434-409-8246and Region Ten Emergency at 434-972-1800.
On the April 03 edition of the Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Rebecca Tippett of UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center regarding a study she has written about the approximately 30% of families in the area who, should disaster strike, do not have enough assets to live three months at the federal poverty line.
It’s WNRN’s Spring Fund Drive! Host Rick Moore and special guest host, Rick’s 7-year-old nephew Wren, interview Dayton Haugh of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad.
Host Rick Moore speaks with author, Barbara Nordin, about Pat Collin’s mystery. In 1986, Pat Collins was a graduate student who disappeared from UVA. UVA tried to prove that Collins left UVA voluntarily. What happened to Pat Collins is still unknown today.
On the March 13 Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with Joyce Martin about regional Adult Protective Services.
Host Rick Moore speaks with Keith Drake (Chairman of ATTA), and Chuck Lebo (Lebo Comm Properties, Alb. Co. Architectural Review Board) about national issues and tax issues in Albemarle. Some problems in Charlottesville and Albemarle are balancing the school budgets, and the amount of money tax payers pay. People all around the nation are taking steps to save money in this financial crisis.
Substitute host (and producer), Sean McCord, talks about the 2011 Oscars by predicting winners and commenting on the films with: Jody Kielbasa (Director of the Virginia Film Festival), Joe Babarsky (Event Coordinator for the Virginia Film Festival), Tom DuMontier (coordinator and film reviewer for WNRN’s 91 seconds on film), Adam Greenbaum (owner of Visulite Cinema in Staunton and the Vinegar Hill in Charlottesville), Ben Nuckols (associated press writer and film reviewer for WNRN’s 91 seconds on film), Kim Low (WNRN’s 91 seconds on film), and Will Smith (WNRN’s 91 seconds on film).
On the Feb. 20 Wake-Up Call, the topic is how small business may be helped or harmed by government oversights. Host Rick Moore talks with Kurt Gray, owner of Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream and Treatery in Hollymead Town Center; with former Republican congressional candidate Laurence Verga and Bill Hay of the Small Business Freedom PAC.
Host Rick Moore speaks with R k Ramazani (Professor Emeritus, UVA Government & Foreign Affairs Professor, author, has advised President Jimmy Carter, etc.) about the recent events in Egypt. The president of Egypt, Honsi Mubarak, stepped down from his position earlier this week after serving many years in office. They talk about things such as how the role of Egypt’s military could change, how change to Egypt’s government can take a long time, and how the new role of government may not be what the people want.
Hawes Spencer, Editor of The Hook, talks with host Rick Moore about the controversy surrounding Biscuit Run.
Host Rick Moore talks with JW Randolph (Appalachian Voices Legislation associate) (in the studio) and Austin Hall (on the phone) (National Field Organizer) about mountain top removal. This practice has harmful effects on things such as the environment and human health. The process takes off tops of mountains to retrieve coal.During this process the material goes into bodies of water and pollutes them. However, many people argue that coal has been used for many things throughout the years and thus support mountain top removal.