The Northwestern Water and Sewer District (The District) has been awarded the Wood County Economic Development Commission’s (WCEDC) Corporate Citizen of the Year Award for 2022. This award is given every year to a business or organization that has made valuable contributions to the community.
President of the NWWSD Jerry Greiner and Wood County Commissioner Craig LaHote join me live this morning to talk about this prestigious award and the mission of the District moving forward.
According to Wade Gottschalk, Executive Director of the Wood County Economic Development Commission, “The award recognizes the achievements of The District and its vital role in economic development in Wood County. Their cooperation in building solid, reliable infrastructure in Wood County and our region has led to the growth of so many businesses and industries.”
“Not many realize the impact of our underground network,” said Jerry Greiner, District President. “Our whole team is proud to have laid the foundation for the area’s economic success and tomorrow’s prosperity.”

Clint got an update on the ongoing repairs at the Wood County Museum recently from Director Annette Wells. Listen as Marissa Muniz Kolhoff also joined the conversation to tell about programming that is still taking place both inside the Museum and on the beautiful grounds.

Kylie Schmehl and Nicholas Yates share the lead role of Christopher in the latest production from the Black Swamp Players, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, based on the novel by Mark Haddon. The play won the 2015 Tony for Best Play.
Listen to Clint's visit in studio with Kylie and Christopher before the show opened last weekend. Dr. Heath Diehl, who plays Christopher's father, also called in to the show.
Set in Swindon and London, the story concerns 15-year-old Christopher John Francis Boone, a mathematical genius with an unspecified autism spectrum disorder, although his condition is never explicitly stated in the play. The titular curious incident is the mystery surrounding the death of Wellington, his neighbor Mrs. Shears’ poodle, after Christopher finds the dog speared with a garden fork.
Tickets for this weekend's shows are still available online or at the door.

We had a wonderful time visiting with Director Alice Walters (8th grader, stage manager Marin Howard (8th grade) and cast members Aidan Thomas (8th gr.), Adelyn Davis (6th gr.), Sophia Milks (6th gr.) and Claire Nelson (6th gr.) this morning. All are part of a very entertaining production, "Bedtime stories as Told by Our Dad Who Messed Them All Up" Listen for details on how you can watch these young people in action at the PAC center Friday and Saturday night and you'll also get to hear a portion of the show acted out by our guests!

We've got at winner! Listen as Rotary Club of Bowling Green President Trevor Jesse gave John Dippery the great news this morning that he was the winner of 2 tickets to Friday night's Piano Wars Fundraiser at the Veteran Building. If you didn't win tickets, you can still get them by going online to http://www.rotarybg.org/. See you and John there!!

Clint talked on the air this morning with Zach Migura, Wood County Veterans Service Office Director about this important program being put on this Friday morning for our area veterans.
Zach told us it's not to late to register for Friday's Veterans' Pact Act Event in Bowling Green! Best case scenario would be to register, but if you can't register, come out and see us!

Ever wonder about the process of becoming a Habitat for Humanity of Wood County homeowner and what Habitat does (and does not) do?
Listen to Clint's visit this morning with AJ Fuller who shared details on the next 4 homes already scheduled to be built in Wood County in the next 18 months plus ways people can help Habitat, not only in building homes but also in finding homeowners.

Less than 2 weeks now before the long anticipated opening of the new Culver's in Bowling Green. Listen as franchisees Ben and Dan stopped by to give us some goodies to give away on the show and introduce us to Robert Domagala, who will be the GM of the local store plus some of his key management team.

Sarah Heldmann is an occupational therapy assistant and is the lead of an assistive technology Fair coming up April 21st at Owens Community College. The State of Ohio is looking at how persons with disabilities can be more independent and this initiative called "Technology First" is a partnership with the Department of Developmental Disabilities and will be at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts from 8:30-4:30. All are welcome!

Melissa Coe, Family and Children First Council Coordinator, gave Clint details on this morning's show on the "Spring Fling" Family Friendly event happening Wednesday.

Kyle Clark from the Wood County Educational Service Center stopped by to explain a recent collaboration with the Wood County Sheriff's Office titled "In Plain Sight". The program helps parents and guardians identify signs that your youngsters may be vaping or involved in other high risk behavior. Kyle also gave Clint an update on over $20,000 in Drug-free Communities Grant Funding plus a junior teen institute retreat recap!

Listen to an update from BGSU Women's Soccer coach Jimmy Walker as his team wraps up their spring schedule with an alumni game this weekend on the heels of a big win over Louisville last Saturday at Cochrane Field!

BGSU Men's Soccer took down the University of Michigan by a score of 6-2 over the weekend. Eli Shope had 4 goals and Taylor Dyson, & Ryan Sanborn scored as well. Listen to Clint's visit this morning with Coach Eric Nichols as the Falcons now finish the 2023 College Spring League schedule with a match against Marshall Thundering Herd Men's Soccer Saturday at 5 in Columbus at the Historic Crew Stadium.

Listen as Dr. Jennifer Percival, the Dean of the Schmidthorst College of Business, visited the studio this morning to preview E-Week which starts today!
Entrepreneurship Week (E-Week) at BGSU is the most significant annual event for the Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst College of Business. Each April, the college hosts entrepreneurial leaders from around the world to share their experience and expertise through presentations and other events including The Hatch, the Paul J. Hooker Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Hall of Fame and the Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship. Several E-Week events are open to the general public.

We learned at last week's Bowling Green Economic Development luncheon of a new breed pharmaceutical and medical supply distributor that is locating in Bowling Green. Listen to Clint's weekly talk with Stan Korducki, President of the Wood County Hospital, who shared the role that Premier Mid-America will have in lowering costs and increasing reimbursement by working directly with hospitals, pharmacies and medical groups and why the WCH was a joint sponsor in this project.
Mr. Korducki and Clint also talked about the recently completed expansion of the Rehab Center's "Ready Program" for children between the ages of 3-5 that facilitate's learning and readiness skills for successful transition into a kindergarten classroom.

Laura Schutze form the League of Women Voters Bowling Green called the show this morning to talk about a new "Crisis Stabalization Unit" that has opened on W. Poe Rd. in Bowling Green.
Listen as Laura talks about how this initiative started with a need of law-enforcement that was articulated to the LWV study committee, and eventually found to be a need in common with other agencies in our community. One of our committee members in the early days of planning, Erin Hachtel, because of her job, was aware of the potential plans which led us to talking with Jen Emahiser, director of intensive services at UNISON Behavioral Health.

Trevor Jessee, Betty Kahlenberg, and "Lucy" shared their excitement Friday morning about the upcoming Rotary Club of Bowling Green, OH "Piano Wars" fundraiser. Listen to the audio from their visit with Clint.
It's back! Piano Wars, Rotary Club of Bowling Green's annual fundraising event, returns April 21 with all of the proceeds donated to local and global causes. The fun-filled evening at the city park's Veteran's Memorial Building begins at 6 p.m. with great food, drinks, and dueling pianos as entertainment throughout the evening.
"We've hosted this fun event for 11 years, and the audience continues to grow as the word spreads that this is a good time and supports worthy causes," says Trevor Jessee, president of the BG Rotary Club. " Last year, for example, the event raised money to help build the new inclusive playground in Carter Park. This year, in
addition to the monthly contributions Rotary makes to the Brown Bag Food Project, and other food pantry’s, we understand the need for food assistance is greater than ever, and we want to do more. Piano Wars will make that possible."
The evening is casual, both in dress and the program. There will be many unique silent auction items for guests to bid on throughout the evening, as well as some special items auctioned off by WTOL's Ryan Wichman. The dual pianos, performed by the nationally known tour company out of Detroit, will provide music from a variety of styles and eras, many of which the audience will know the words to and can sing along. (https://pianowars.com)
The dinner is being catered by Beckett's restaurant, a local favorite. The menu's theme is Italian and the buffet includes Italian sausage, marinated chicken, vegetarian lasagna, rotini pasta, marsala sauce, meat sauce, mixed vegetables medley, Caesar salad, bread sticks and dessert. Drinks will be served throughout the evening.
Tickets are $75 per person and can be purchased from any Rotarian or online at www.rotarybg.org.

Bobcat lax’ers leave Columbus unbeaten with wins over West Geauga 21-7 and Buckeye Valley 19-4. Next week back at home with JV and varsity Tuesday and Thursday. Go Cats!!
Listen to Clint's interview last Friday with Goaltender Hunter Sockman and Attacker Evan Brandt plus coach Connor Rogowski before they headed to Columbus this past weekend and got 2 more wins!

The Director of The Cocoon, Kathy Mull, stopped by the studio early this morning to share the many outreach programs that are happening during April which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Listen as Kathy talked about Programs like "What Were You Wearing", the "Clothesline Project" and other at Bowling Green State University plus the Cocoon's Community Conversations happening online via Zoom.

Great having Brent Baer, Superintendent of Wood Lane - Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities in studio this morning to recap the many events held across the county in March as part of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and the many events like the Spring Family Faair and the Community Awards Banquet.

With April being Child Abuse Awareness Month, the staff of Wood County Children Services will hold their annual Pinwheel for Prevention events on Wednesday, April 12.
Listen to this morning's visit with Brandi Laux from the Wood County Department of Job and Family Services who told us the day will begin at 9 a.m. with the planting of 969 pinwheels, an increase of over 100 cases from 2022, in the front lawn at First United Methodist Church, 1528 E. Wooster St., Bowling Green. The 969 pinwheels represent the number of child abuse, neglect and dependency investigations completed and families assisted in 2022.
Following the pinwheel planting, a luncheon and silent auction will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Wood County Courthouse, Alvin L. Perkins Atrium, One Courthouse Square, Bowling Green. Food and beverages will be available for purchase, along with silent auction basket raffles.

Three Bowling Green Firefighters were sworn in as Lieutenants at tonight's City Council meeting. Congratulations to Brian Elling, Phil Foos and Brandon Westerman and thank you for your service to our community!

Clint had the opportunity to talk with BGSU Athletics Director Derek van der Merwe this weekend about Women's Basketball coach Robyn Fralick leaving to lead the Michigan State Spartans program and the search that he said was already underway.