Listed below are some of the most recent interviews conducted by Clint. You can listen to The Morning Show every morning Monday-Friday from 6:00am-9:00am on WBGU FM 88.1. Be sure to follow The Morning Show on Facebook to stay up to date.

We met with several wonderful folks at this year's Middleton Township Community Safety Day, one in particular had a remarkable story of courage moving forward after a terrible tragedy hit her family.
Listen here to the story of Cindy Hildebrand whose daughter, Julie, was killed in the deadly 47-car pileup on the Ohio Turnpike on Dec. 23, 2022. In the chaos of the accident, first responders couldn’t find identification for her or her two young children. It took nine hours for officials to inform the family that Julie had been killed and which hospital was treating her son and daughter.
Just a few months after the tragic accident, the Julie Roth Memorial Foundation was formed, and the Roth ID Tag Emergency Identification System was created to aid first responders identify victims and survivors in the aftermath of an accident.

Great way to start another week here on The Morning Show BG, sharing some laughs and memories with the long time "Voice of BG and BGSU" Dave Horger.
Dave is hosting a talk the next three Wednesdays at the Wood County Committee On Aging focusing on the long and unusual history of Baseball. Register early for the 2 p.m. talks starting Sept. 18th with "Baseballs most controversial and colorful 30 game winners". Sept. 25th it's "The Catcher was a Spy-the strange and mysterious life of Moe Berg," then on Oct. 2nd Dave will present "Baseball Stars as Movie Stars".

The Women's Club of Bowling Green, Ohio has several important events coming up in the next few weeks and Kim Roessner, the President, and Joann Amos stopped by to give us the details on the latest initiatives from this 104-year-old organization.
Listen here to learn more about a drive-thru collection event on Saturday, Sept. 28th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in conjunction with Danberry Real Estate.
Club members will set up open SUVs in the parking lot surrounding the building located at 311 S. Main St. to collect donations for the club’s ongoing causes, specifically including The Cocoon, BG Christian Food Pantry, and Brown Bag Food Project.

The BGSU Falcon Marching Band, more than doubling in size over the past two years, is now the second largest in the nation and the largest in university history with 425 members! The Band along with the spirit teams from Bowling Green State University, entertained a large crowd this afternoon at the Rally BG on Main 2024 event.
We had some comments from the Director of the Falcon Marching Band, Jon Waters, on Monday's show, listen to Clint's interview with Jon here!

Listen here to Clint's interview with Terry Burton, co-director of the Wood County Board of Elections. Terry shared details with us about the new rules for ballot drop boxes in Ohio that put restrictions on who can use them.

Lots to talk with City of Bowling Green, Ohio Communications Director Amanda Gamby about this morning. Her discussion with Clint ranged from the ongoing brush collection in the city to tonight's "Glow Roll" bike event, and they touched on Saturdays 4th annual "Rally BG on Main" event. Listen to the visit here.

Theresa Pollick from the Northwestern Water & Sewer District told Clint on Friday's show that the award of the SR 582 Dunbridge Sewer and Water project was tabled Thursday to allow more time to ensure the schedule and budgets are correct. Bids were under the engineering estimate.
Listen here as Theresa also updated Clint on the upcoming Portage waterline replacement project and Wood County lead service line project too. They also talked about the closure of State Route 582 to build a roundabout in support of the Data Center scheduled to be built in the area.

BGSU Men's Rugby has a couple of huge games this weekend, hosting the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Roger Mazzarella Field. With a 1st game at 1:00, Roger told us the 2nd game (B-side) should start around 2:30.
Listen here as Clint heard about the wins over University of Cincinnati and University of Michigan already this season, and a little history about the championship program that's been built here at Bowling Green State University.

Wendy Manning and Lona Leck stopped by the studio this morning to invite dog lovers to stop by Saturday's "Dog Day Afternoon" pop-up dog park.
Listen here to details from Wendy and Lona on this latest outreach from the Citizens for BG Dog Parks, and you'll learn more about the 1st off leash park opening late this year or early 2025 at the Ridge St. Park.

We're very excited about a new initiative here on the show that was the brainchild of Matthew Reger, Wood County Common Pleas Judge. With the help of a BGSU intern Aiden Creager, we'll be able to follow criminal cases we report on as they make their way through the court system.
Listen here as Judge Reger and Aiden talked about this new feature starting soon on The Morning Show.

During new BGSU Hockey coach Dennis (Willie) Williams' presentation to the Bowling Green Kiwanis Club the fire alarm went off at the Slater Family Ice Arena. We'll that didn't stop us, we just headed outside for some Q&A with the coach as he readies his team for the new season, now only 4 weeks away!
Listen here to the audio of Clint's visit with Coach Williams.

Did you know that there's a thriving club that's now grown to almost 100 members in BG that are focused on beekeeping? Bowling Green Beekeeping Club President Harrison Jacob visited this morning to give all the details and goals of this rapidly growing and very active group and how you can be a part of it. Listen to Clint's visit here!

Middleton Township Fire Department Chief Steve Asmus and MTEMS Captain John Marcson joined Clint this morning to invite everyone to this year's Middleton Township Safety Day this Saturday.
Listen to their visit here and learn all about the family friendly informative and FREE events that are scheduled from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

On Wednesday, students and staff of the criminal justice and firefighter programs at the Penta Career Center in Perrysburg township conducted a Patriot Day Ceremony.
Listen here to Clint's visit Thursday morning with Jada Parker and Cyrus Higham, who helped put on this year's student led event. You'll also hear from a proud instructor, Paul Perry, who shared some of the history of this solemn event.

The State report card come out this Friday for schools across Ohio and Bowling Green City Schools is expecting to see improving metrics, according to Superintendent Dr. Ted Haselman.
The report cards were just one of the topics they discussed this morning, topics that included a recap of Haselman's first coffee chat, the "Pass it on Challenge" now under way at the high school, and much more. Listen to Clint's visit here!

Marissa from the Wood County Museum stopped in Tuesday morning to remind us the last "Music at the Museum" event is coming up September 19th at 6 and will feature 3 bands: GRUBS • Trip-Lettes • Corduroy Road!
Hear the audio from Clint's visit here as Marissa also previewed a very special exhibit coming to the museum in 2025. We also talked about "Peaches" birthday party coming up in a couple of weeks 😄

Congratulations to Chris and Belinda Bates at Bates Recycling, who celebrated the expansion of their business with a ribbon cutting thanks to the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce. We had the opportunity to visit with Chris and Matt Hittle from Rudolph Libbe Inc, who helped with the construction of the new facilities. Listen here!

Turns out even the President of the Wood County Hospital, Stan Korducki, found time this past weekend to get downtown and enjoy the Black Swamp Arts Festival. Listen here to this morning's visit while Stan and Clint recapped a busy weekend and looked forward to a couple of important dates, including the Community Health Fair and Dr. Carlos Gomez, orthopedic surgeon with Wood County Advanced Orthopaedics specializing in knee and hip replacement, hosting a free joint replacement seminar so you can learn more about the advanced hip or knee replacement options at Wood County Hospital.

The 2024 Black Swamp Arts Festival is pleased to announce the winners of the Juried Art Show. This year’s Best in Show is Ellen Smith, a wood artist from Bowling Green, Ohio being awarded $2,000. When Clint talked with Ellen on Sunday, she still couldn't believe she had been picked for "Best in Show"; listen here!

Clint had 3 interviews in the last 2 days about a remarkable young man, Tyler Boice. Listen here as Bowling Green Bobcat Football coach Shaun Kiss was previewing tonight's game with Anthony Wayne when the topic turned to tonight's "purple out" event at the game. Clint also had Bowling Green High School Principal Dan Black talk about the Bowling Green City Schools community (and surrounding communities) support of Tyler and his family, and Karen Walters shared her family's personal perspective on this special young man's battle.
Everyone attending the home football game tonight from students to adults, including both BG AND AW fans, are invited to wear purple to participate in the “PURPLE OUT” to show your support for Tyler Boice, a BGHS Senior and member of the BG Bobcat Bands Marching Band, who is undergoing treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. BGHS StuCrew will sell purple ribbons at the game, with all proceeds going to Tyler and his family to support his fight. #TylerStrong

Cole Christensen and Tim Concannon, Black Swamp Arts Festival Performing Arts Co-Chairs, gave us a rundown on all the musical acts that will hit the main stage starting tonight at 5. Not sure what you'll hear with each of these fantastic performers? Listen here!

As we look forward to Direct Support Professional (DSP) week Sept 8-14th, Clint asked Jeremy Buchhop, Provider Relations Specialist from the Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities and Amy Dauer, Wood Lane Residential Services, to join him this morning. Of course, we we're most excited that Chris was able to join us today as well! Listen here!

The Black Swamp Arts Festival is back this weekend in Downtown Bowling Green SID for the 31st year!
This all volunteer-run event is once again looking for folks to help make this year's festival the biggest and best yet. Emily Keegan and Anne McLaughlin are co-chairs of the Volunteer committee again this year, and they stopped by this morning to tell us all how we can sign up this year. Listen here!

Listen here to Clint's visit with Bowling Green Fire Division Chief Bill Moorman and Bowling Green Police Division Deputy Chief Major Justin White after their presentation to Bowling Green City Council Tuesday on possible future improvements to the Fire and Police facilities.
A study, financed by the city, is ongoing now and community presentations are underway to garner feedback on what citizens would like to see in possibly new or renovated buildings. Some of the challenges with the existing buildings were shown during last night's presentation.

Deanna Vatan & Doug Cubberly are co-chairs of the Site & Logistics committee again this year for the Black Swamp Arts Festival and Clint had the opportunity to talk with them both this morning. Listen here to the latest in this week's interviews as we preview this year's festival, which opens Friday in Downtown Bowling Green.

The Director of the Wood County Emergency Management Agency Jeff Klein and the Deputy Director Erin Konecky stopped by the studio this morning to talk about September being National Preparedness Month and they also discussed last week's storms and heavy winds.
Listen here as Bowling Green Fire Division Chief Bill Moorman stopped in during their visit, and Clint got to "connect community voices" and discuss the fire response to Cooper Standard last Friday as well.

In the 1st of the series of interviews focusing on the 2024 Black Swamp Arts Festival, Clint talked this morning with the co-chair of the marketing and PR committee, Carmen Cano. Listen here!

Listen here to Clint's visit with the long-time President of Bowling Green Youth Baseball, Tim Dunn, about a great new partnership with Bowling Green State University.
Announced this week was the return of the 50/50 raffle, which benefits the Ziggy Collective and BG Baseball, at BGSU athletics events. All proceeds that go to the Ziggy Collective will be allocated for NIL opportunities for BGSU female student-athletes. BGSU Athletics Director Derek van der Merwe said "This initiative is a collaboration between two organizations committed to the growth and development of student-athletes and the youth in our community. Half of the proceeds will go to the winner, while the other half in addition to benefiting NIL opportunities for BGSU female student-athletes, will also benefit the Bowling Green Youth Baseball Program."

Marissa Muniz Kolhoff had lots to share with us on her visit to the studio this week!
Coming up at the Wood County Museum it's another FREE First Friday on September 6th, plus another "Music at the Museum" event outdoors on the porch September 19th, and there's even a birthday paw-ty for "Peaches" the barn cat on the 26th in partnership with the For the Love of Cats folks.

Bowling Green City Schools Superintendent Dr. Ted Haselman called the show this morning for his bi-monthly update. Listen to their visit here! This morning's topics included District Financial Reports & Transparency, the upcoming operating Levy, and Listen & Learn: Scheduled Superintendent's Coffee Chats.

Clint welcomed Todd Underwood, Strategic Marketing Manager for CIFT (Center for Innovative Food Technology), into the studio for the 1st time this morning.
Listen to their visit here. Todd said that as the Northwest Ohio Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) partner, and with the Northwest Ohio Cooperative Kitchen (NOCK) Facility located right here in Bowling Green, he believes they have a lot to offer, particularly to small and medium manufacturers and food processors in the region.

Strong storms moved through Bowling City of Bowling Green, Ohio and Wood County Tuesday night. We had 2 reports on this morning's news. At 7:00 this morning Wood County Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn called to update us on outages across the county. Listen here!

We also got an update from Brian O’Connell, Director of Public Infrastructure and Utilities for Bowling Green, who told us "We had most back on at 10:15 last night after we cleared a tree that took out a circuit from the Gypsy Lane sub. Worked on the smaller outages until 3am. Only one or two out now, but damage is on their property and will need an electrician first."

During our monthly update from City of Bowling Green, Ohio Mayor Mike Aspacher this morning, topics ranged from the possibility of hiring an animal control officer, the ongoing negotiations for a new lease for the Bowling Green Country Club, the administrations goals for 2025, and much more. Listen to their visit here!

Paul Perry was selected last week by the Wood County Fair to be the President of the Sr. Fair Board. Clint visited with Paul on the show and had him recap this year's fair, talk about the collaboration with the National Tractor Pulling Championships, share his excitement over October's 4x4 Fest coming to the Fairgrounds in October. Plus, he gave a shout out to the community to attend a future meeting of the Sr. Fair Board and get more involved. Listen here!

Pat Peterson, the first coach in BGSU volleyball history, was one of many supporters on hand at the Dream Big fundraiser Saturday night. In her honor, Bowling Green State University Volleyball created the Patricia Peterson Academic Achievement awards, given to any volleyball player who earned a 4.0 grade point average for a semester. Peterson coached the team from 1976-79, compiling a record of 58-41-3 in the early stages of the program.
Listen here to hear Clint's visit with Pat as she talked about the job that Danijela has done taking the program to championship heights.

Greg and Heather Shepherd purchased Trotters Tavern in Downtown Bowling Green around 8 months ago and have been hard at work expanding the hours of the local landmark as well as expanding the menu.
Listen here to Clint's visit with Greg who said don't worry, the famous "Little Brown Jug Steak" isn't going anywhere, but stop by now for lunch! With over 30 years of making memories the future is bright for this local favorite.

Just 2 days away from the SOLD OUT Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce annual Golf Scramble, Chamber Executive Director Mary Hinkelman stopped by the show this morning to recap a very busy August and preview exciting events happening In September.
Listen here as Mary talked about Tuesday's first New Investor Breakfast since 2020 because of the Covid pandemic. You'll also hear about a special meeting of Wood County Safety Council, a BB&b with the Wood County District Public Library, a ribbon cutting at Bates Recycling and lots more. Call the Chamber office at 419-353-7945 to join this impactful and very busy organization!

Listen here as Rachael Thayer London gives us an update on the 1st, of what we hope will become an annual, 4x4 Fest!
This event allows 4x4 drivers to test their skill and the power of their vehicle to pull a weighted sled down our track. Created from a partnership between Thayer Family Dealers, Wood County Fairgrounds, VisitBG, and the National Tractor Pulling Championships, BG 4x4 Fest will provide a fun family day of 4x4 events on Saturday, October 5, 2024.
BG 4x4 Fest is a free event, but if you would like to participate in our BG 4x4 Fest Sled Pull, BG 4x4 Fest 4x4 Convoy or BG 4x4 Fest Park & Shine you can register for a spot.

What are you doing Saturday? How about finding some treasures and supporting First Christian Church raise funds to support many different initiatives in our community. Earlene Kilpatrick told us more about this year's Rummage Sale and what projects will benefit from your generosity this morning; listen here!

Perrysburg High School Yellow Jacket Football coach Dirk Conner called the show this morning to preview the new season. Listen to their visit here! The former BG Bobcat head coach is in his 4th season at the helm in Perrysburg and is coming off an 8-win season that included a 1st round playoff win over Whitmer.

The City of Bowling Green, Ohio is administering funds for several different projects this year that are helping hundreds of homeowner's repair their homes. Projects ranging from ARPA Home Repairs, CDBG Home Repairs, CDBG Business Loans for Job Creation, Housing for the Homeless (Salvation Army is the sub-recipient), BG Transit and CHIP Home Rehab Partnership, to name a few.
Community Development Administrator Matt Snow told Clint this morning over 1 million dollars in funding is flowing into our community from several Federal and regional sources. How can you find out more? Listen to their visit here!

Matt Feasel, CFO and Treasurer for Bowling Green City Schools, gave his first monthly report on the school's finances at Wednesday night's Board meeting.
Listen to Clint's visit with the treasurer after the meeting here, when they talked about his goals for transparency and better communications about the financial outlook for the schools and the regular publication of the schools "Checkbook".

City of Bowling Green, Ohio's Transportation and Safety Committee held the first of at least 2 meetings to discuss "Animal Control options to increase Resident Safety."
Listen here to the chair of the committee, Councilman Bill Herald, who discussed with Clint the reason behind this proposed legislation and when the next discussion will take place after Monday night's 50+ minute listening session with community members.

1Book BG is back for Bowling Green City Schools elementary students again this year and it's early in 2024. Co-chairs Michelle Thomas and Stacey Higgins, from Crim Elementary made the announcement at Wednesday's School Board meeting. Listen here!

Lane Montz, President/CEO of the Better Business Bureau and Better Business Bureau Ethics Foundation, made his first visit to The Morning Show BG studio this morning to introduce himself and talk about the mission of the Better Business Bureau plus the many services they offer.
Listen here to the first of what will be a regular feature on the show.

Today is the day! The new Bowling Green Magazine is out! Listen here as Taylor Ramos, Marketing Coordinator for Visit BG Ohio, joined Clint in studio with all the details on this stunning and informative FREE biennial publication that's now available at the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce and several other locations around the city and across Northwest Ohio.

Look who stopped by the studio this morning! Josh Chatfield and Brian Wisniewski gave us details about this Saturday's "Bobcat Hockey Night at the Races" event at the Wood County Fair Jr. Fair Building. Listen here for details about this fun evening where all the proceeds go to the Blueliners to support Bowling Green Bobcat Hockey.

At Friday's dedication of the Historical Markers in Downtown BG, we had the opportunity to talk with Marsha Coover Bloxsom and her husband Walter who were visiting BG for the 1st time, traveling here from their home in Texas.
On Monday's show you heard from Marsha, who is a direct descendent of George W. Gaghan, who built the building bearing his name at the southwest corner of Main and Wooster Streets in the late 1880's after a fire destroyed the original structure there. If you missed my interview with Marsha, you can find it here, along with some comments from local historian Dick Martin who was hosting the Bloxsom's on their visit to BG.

At Friday's dedication of the Historical Markers in Downtown BG, we had the opportunity to talk with Marsha Coover Bloxsom and her husband Walter who were visiting BG for the 1st time, traveling here from their home in Texas.
On Monday's show you heard from Marsha, who is a direct descendent of George W. Gaghan, who built the building bearing his name at the southwest corner of Main and Wooster Streets in the late 1880's after a fire destroyed the original structure there. If you missed my interview with Marsha, you can find it here, along with some comments from local historian Dick Martin who was hosting the Bloxsom's on their visit to BG.

Clint shared some stories on Monday's show about the annual Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana auction held at this year's National Tractor Pulling Championships. The auction brought in over $100,000 for the organization again this year thanks to the generosity of pullers and fans; you can hear that interview here!
There were also about 150 or so Otsego School kids and families that met Sunday morning to clean up the Fairgrounds at the end of this year's pulls.

Otsego Athletics announced back in January that long time Eastwood Eagles coach Craig Rutherford would be the new Head Football coach for the Knights.
Listen here to Clint's visit with coach Rutherford as he prepares his new team to open the season at home Friday night against the Bowling Green Bobcat Football team.

Listen here to Wood County Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn, who stopped in the studio this morning to remind us the Wood County Sheriff’s Office will be holding its annual free Citizen’s Police Academy!
Thursday Evenings - starting Sep 5, 2024 through November 21, 2024. Classes are held from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Class size is limited, so reserve your space today!!! Join us to learn about the operations of the Wood County Sheriff’s Office and the duties of the Office of the Sheriff.
RSVP (space is limited) to complete an application contact Deputy Holland no later than August 29, 2024 by calling 419-354-9088 or email at jaholland@woodcountyohio.gov