Last week, Charlottesville blogger and photographer Bill Emory wrote about a recent meeting of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority. On March 13, Bob Wichser, the authority’s director of Water and Wastewater Operations, listened to hear Woolen Mills residents’ concerns over smells from a composting facility in the area. Some have linked health conditions with the smells including nausea, headaches, sore throats, and asthma. Vice-Mayor Kevin Lynch and neighbors from the Belmont/Carlton neighborhood also attended. Bill sent us the audio, and CPN Volunteer Dan Daniels put it together for this podcast.
John F. Kennedy signed the Peace Corps into existence by executive order on March 1, 1961. Since then, the University of Virginia has sent over 800 volunteers to all corners of the globe. Since 2000, over 400 U.Va graduates have gone overseas to honor and sustain Kennedy’s vision of an agency that works for world peace through coexistence and understanding. Last week, U.Va celebrated its special role in the Peace Corps in a day-long series of conversations and musical performances.
We spoke with three volunteers about what they learned. Charlottesville resident Bob Vernon served in Venezuela in the 1970’s. Curry School graduate Sara Johnston served in Namibia and the Gambia from 1998 through the end of 2000. Matt Hural is the current on-Grounds recruiter for the Peace Corps. Their remarks are book-ended by comments by deputy director Jody Olsen in this 27-minute podcast.
Spring is here, and what better way to celebrate the annual renewal of our area’s agriculture with a discussion of Virginia wine? Pete Ronayne sits in for a vacationing Rick Moore for a talk with Tim Gorman, the vineyard manager of Cardinal Point Winery. Gorman gives the vineyard’s history and talks a bit about the science of vitaculture.
Voters in Charlottesville will go to the polls this may to elect two city councilors and three members of the school board. Council has always been elected, but this is the first time in several decades that the electorate has a chance to decide who will govern the city’s schools. Though the elections are non-partisan, Charlottesville city Democrats held the first of many candidates forums on Saturday, March 18, with all six candidates in attendance. The event moderated by Sean O’Brien of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, who now takes over our recording.
(00:00 – 03:13) – Introductions (03:13 – 05:56) – Vance High’s opening statement (05:56 – 08:16) – Sue Lewis’s opening statement (08:16 – 11:56) – Juandiego Wade’s opening statement (11:56 – 15:30) – Leah Puryear’s opening statement (15:30 – 18:08) – Charlie Kollmansperger’s opening statement (18:08 – 21:15) – Ned Michie’s opening statement (21:15 – 29:19) – Q1: What is the candidate’s definition of achievement? (29:19 – 39:53) – Q2: How can the school system help at-risk students? Would a charter school be an answer worth considering? (39:53 – 50:32) – Q3: What do you think about school uniforms and single sex education? (50:32 – 1:20:10) – Questions from the audience, addressed to a single candidate (1:20:10 – 1:21:58) – Charlie Kollmansperger’s closing statement (1:21:58 – 1:24:43) – Ned Michie’s closing statement (1:24:43 – 1:27:29) – Vance High’s closing statement (1:27:29 – 1:29:52) – Sue Lewis’s closing statement (1:29:52 – 1:32:14) – Juandiego Wade’s closing statement (1:32:14 -1:34:43) – Leah Puryear’s closing statement and the end
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More than 650,000 Virginians have sought assistance from a food bank in the last five years, according to a new study from America’s Second Harvest called Hunger in America 2006. Charlottesville is served by the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network. Marty White is the agency’s CEO, and he spoke to reporters today about the region’s hunger problems. CPN presents a recording of the press conference.
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On March 13, the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice co-sponsored a Town Forum on the War in Iraq to mark the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. CPN now presents a slightly edited version of the three hour event as a public service. Thanks to CPN Volunteer Sean McCord for gathering the sound.
(00:00 – 00:30) – CPN Intro
(00:30 – 01:40) – Sue Chase, Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice
(01:40 – 08:00) – Bill Anderson, CCPJ Co-Chair
(08:00 – 20:00) – Al Weed, candidate for Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District
(20:00 – 21:00) – Sue Chase introduces David Swanson introduced as moderator
(21:00 – 35:30) – David Swanson of Progressive Democrats of America and Impeach.PAC
(35:30 – 52:00) – Ray McGovern, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
(52:00 – 1:03:00) – Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, Office of the Secretary of
Defense on Near East South Asia Policy
(1:03:00 – 1:12:00) – Tia Steele, Gold Star Families Speak Out
(1:12:00 – 1:29:00) – Eman Ahmad Khamas, Woman’s rights activist from Baghdad
The two houses of the Virginia General Assembly adjourned yesterday without reaching an agreement over the state’s budget. Governor Tim Kaine has called legislators back to Richmond for a special session to convene on March 27th. Daily Progress political writer Bob Gibson dropped by WNRN to explain what’s going on in the March 12th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call. Gibson predicts a deal won’t be made until May.
Reba Childress instructs a nurse using Sim-Man (photo credit: Tom Cogill)
The U.S. Department of Labor estimates the nation will need a million new nurses by 2012. Nursing schools across the country are looking for new ways to increase the number of graduates, but are also struggling to fill faculty positions. Increasingly, they’re turning to advanced simulation models to help bridge the gap. Sean Tubbs recently visited the first-ever Virginia-wide conference at the University of Virginia’s School of Nursing.
It’s Oscar night, and that means the moment everyone’s been waiting for all year. It’s WNRN’s annual Oscar program on the Wake-Up Call. Rick Moore speaks with the 91 Seconds on Film team about this year’s batch of entries. Tom Dumontier, Kim Lo and Ben Nuckols make their predictions.
In the monologue, Rick rails against the practice of giving celebrity presenters gift bags filled with such trinkets as Lasic surgery coupons and work-out sessions with Joe Frazier.
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Virginia’s not the only red state with recent experience with a popular Democratic governor. Brian Schweitzer has been Montana’s chief executive since January 2005, and has a 69 percent approval rating according to Wikipedia. Schweitzer spoke on March 1 in the Rotunda as the guest of University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. He’s introduced by Center director Larry Sabato and speaks for about seventy minutes including a Q&A session.
Thanks to CPN Volunteer Sean McCord for recording the sound.
Growth seems to be on everyone’s minds in Central Virginia. Will our community become even more ridden by sprawl and property tax increases? That’s what happened in Loudoun County, according to Jim Burton of the county’s Board of Supervisors. He’s an advocate of slow growth, and in this February 28 presentation to the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, he describes why and how Loudoun’s population grew from 57,427 in 1980 to nearly 270,000 today. If you want to skip the introduction by Jack Marshall of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population, fast forward to 4:00 to get right to Burton’s comments, followed by a question and answer period.
A Virginia House committee voted down a bill to ban smoking in Virginia’s restaurants this week, but the topic is not going to go away. It’s been done all over Europe, and Britain will prohibit indoor smoking in all public places at the end of the year. Lisa McCade represents area smokers who are opposed to the ban. Andy McClure is one of the two owners of the Virginian and West Main.
Rick Moore says he’s a guest on this show, representing area residents who don’t smoke.
In the monologue, Rick wonders what all the fuss is over restless leg syndrome, and wonders if anyone is paying attention to other diseases that plague society.
