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.

Bowling Green Bobcat Football Coach Shaun Kiss called the show this morning to preview tonight's game against Woodward and recap the season as his Bobcats have won 3 of their last 4 games!
Listen to their visit here!

At this week's meeting of the building committee for the Wood County District Public Library, the first steps toward constructing a new garage or "Carriage House" in the empty lot to the north of the Carter House on Church Street was discussed.
The new structure would provide room to store the library’s maintenance equipment, expanded workshop area, and park its two vans plus a proposed 2nd floor could potentially double the proposed 2880 square feet of space and would have an enforced concrete floor to support the weight of books that would be stored there.
Library Director Michael Penrod assembled the committee to get feedback on the project so he can prepare a request for proposal to architects.
Clint talked with Ken Frisch, president of the library board of trustees, about the proposed project after the meeting. Listen here!

Clint had royalty in the house this week when 2024 Wood County Fair Queen Madelayne Lee stopped by! Madi was on campus at Bowling Green State University to meet with Karl Smith from BG Falcon Media and is enrolled to start her college career at BGSU this fall and hopes to work in sports broadcasting!
Of course, he had to get an update on how her reign as Queen has been going; listen to their chat here!

A presentation by Wood County Park District Naturalist Bill Hoefflin on "The Science of Fall Color" was shared with the Park Board at Tuesday's meeting at William Henry Harrison Park.
Listen here as Bill talked with us about the Fall Foliage season in Wood County including the where, when, and why's of this fall spectacular.

Lots to talk with Bowling Green City Schools Superintendent, Dr. Ted Haselman, on this morning's show.
Listen here to hear Clint's discussion on the operating levy on the ballot now that early voting is underway in Ohio, today's Walk & Roll to School event, author Jarret Lerner visiting our K-5 students, and concert season getting underway.

With Hurricane Milton bearing down on the west coast of Florida this (Wednesday) afternoon, the City of Bowling Green, Ohio Utilities department has once again sent a crew to help with the reconstruction efforts just as they did in the aftermath of Helene. Listen to Clint's interview with Utilities Director Brian O'Connell about this mutual aid here!

Catherine Lewis called the show this morning to preview the first concert of season 16 for the Bowling Green Area Community Bands. Listen to the visit here!

It's the 1st day for voters to have their voices heard today, October 8th. Clint talked this morning with Terry Burton, co-director of the Wood County Board of Elections, about any changes to the procedure for what is expected to be a heavy turnout of voters making decisions on a very full ballot.
Listen to their discussion here as they also talked about any changes to the absentee balloting process that are in effect as that process is debated in the courts here in Ohio.

Clint continued the tradition on Tuesday morning's show of talking with the Head Coach of the BGSU Hockey team when Dennis Williams called to recap the teams 2 wins this past weekend and preview this week's games at the Slater Family Ice Arena on Thursday and Sunday. Listen to the audio from their visit here!

Lori Polcyn and Brandon Hemminger from Bowling Green Manor brought Dawn, Head of the Dietary Department, to visit with Clint this morning. Listen here and you'll hear about the importance BG Manor puts on food service at their 1021 W. Poe Rd. location.

City of Bowling Green, Ohio Municipal Court Judge Mark Reddin swore in Jordan Musgrave as the new Bowling Green City Council member representing the First Ward at Monday's Council meeting.
Listen to Clint's interview with Jordan after last night's council meeting here! Musgrave was selected during a meeting of the Wood County Democratic Party’s Central Committee on Sept. 17. He is filling the seat most recently held by Democrat Damon Sherry who resigned the seat on Sept. 6 after taking a position with the Wood County Board of Elections.

Now in his 16th season coaching BGSU Men's Soccer, Eric Nichols has his team nationally ranked with a sparkling 8-1-1 record and undefeated in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Listen to Clint's visit here! He talked with Coach Nichols this morning about this year's team, the successes, the prospects for a championship this year, and when he knew this was going to be a special year for Falcon Men's Soccer.

Listen here to the smartest man Clint knows when it comes to lawn maintenance, pest control, etc, John Krukemyer at Mid-Wood Inc.
John sent out an alert this past week that said in part... "WOW... what a past couple of months. Last year’s Step 3 letter went out 48 days ago on August 14. But due to the drought and the high stress the turf was under, fertilizing during that time would cause more damage than good. But give Mother Nature a shot and she will come thru; I am amazed how after just a couple of rains everything seems to be bouncing back." So NOW WHAT???
Clint had to get John on the air to give us some great advice!

Anna Cotterman, Historic Farm Specialist at the Carter Historic Farm, joined Clint in studio this morning to invite everyone to this year's Heritage Farm Fest at Carter Historic Farm Saturday from 11-3. Listen to their visit here!
Visit the Farm for a day of historic farming demonstrations, music, games, wagon rides, and food grown on the Farm! Join us in celebrating what's been accomplished this year and looking forward to the future of bringing history to life.

With attendance at the 2024 Wood County Fair described as "significantly lower than normal", Fair Board President Paul Perry told us on this morning's show that the Board voted this week to lower gate admission prices back to $8 for the 2025 Fair.
Listen here to hear Paul recap the 2024 Fair and invite everyone to Saturdays FREE Bowling Green 4X4 Fest at the Fairgrounds. Enjoy a 4×4 Convoy, 4×4 Park & Shine, Mud Pit, Sled Pulls, Food Trucks, Local Vendors, and Kids’ Area.

A big crowd numbering close to 400 season ticket holders and community members turned out Wednesday night for the BGSU Hockey open house at the newly renovated Slater Family Ice Arena.
Listen here to comments from Scott Slater, BGSU Athletics Director Derek van der Merwe plus longtime fans who turned out to see the new Mezzanine area and meet BGSU Hockey Student-Athletes and join them for a guided tour of their newly renovated spaces, including the locker rooms.

First press conference with new BGSU Hockey Head Coach Dennis Williams is in the books. Listen here to some of Coach "Willy"s comments here! Believe it or not, the puck drops on the new season tomorrow (Friday) at Mercyhurst with the home opener Sunday, Oct. 13th hosting Simon Fraser!

Sara A. Bushong, Dean of Bowling Green State University Libraries, has spearheaded a fundraising campaign to have the historic mural on the outside of the Jerome Library building refurbished. The mural has been a signature piece of artwork on campus since the Jerome Library was first completed in 1967.
Listen here to Clint's conversation with Dean Bushong who said that “The Jerome Library mural is a cherished part of our campus, representing the creativity and history that bind our community together. This restoration project is an opportunity for our alumni and friends to unite in preserving this legacy, ensuring that it continues to inspire and resonate with future generations.”
Dean Bushong told Clint that if the fundraising effort is successful, they hope to coordinate the work on the mural efforts recently approved by the Bowling Green State University trustees to restore the exterior envelope of Jerome Library. They allocated $3,684,450 for this project, which includes funding for replacing the roof.

Pete Prichard called the show this morning to give Clint details about the Peer Specialist Apprenticeship Program a collaboration between the Wood County Department of Job and Family Services, OhioMeansJobs Wood County, Owens Community College, Penta Career Center and others.
Listen here to the details on this program, which is a wonderful opportunity for young people to train in a career or trade and be paid in the process.

At the beginning of Clint's weekly visit with Jeff Klein, Director of the Wood County Emergency Management Agency, they talked about the legacy of Bud Dennis, the 1st Director of the Agency. Listen to their thoughts here!

With the support of Bowling Green State University and Matthew Reger, Wood County Common Pleas Judge, we got our first report from Aidan Creager after the intern has spent the last several weeks covering Common Pleas and Municipal Court for us.
Listen here to his perspective as he settles into his new role and talked with us about the goal of this pilot project.

The Wood County Health Department took the next step in moving forward with the renovation and expansion of the main building on Gypsy Lane Rd. at a special meeting Monday night. Listen here to details on this and two other resolutions approved by the Board at the meeting.
The Board agreed to a motion to accept the recommendation by SSOE of the submitted bids for renovation of Wood County Health Department and to support award of the contract, in the amount of $1,450,000, to Midwest Contracting, Inc. for construction services. In personnel, the Board also agreed to appoint Brittney Jordan to the new Clinical Quality Manager position.

Mike Williams on Sax opened for Phil Vasser at the Bowling Green State University Homecoming concert outside Doyt Perry Stadium on Saturday.
Clint had the chance to spend a few minutes with Mike and get an update on the 2-time BGSU grad's very successful career, including a full-length Christmas Album that's hitting the shelves this fall! Listen to their visit here!

Zach Migura, Executive Director for the Wood County Veterans Service Office & County Veterans Service Officer, updated Clint this morning on several initiatives his office has put in place or are working on for our 7,000+ vets here in Wood County. Listen to their visit here!

Fritz Kunz from the Maumee Valley Gun Collectors' Association called the show this morning to remind everyone that this month's show runs Saturday from 8:30-4 and Sunday from 8:30-2:30 at the Pratt Pavilion at the Wood County Fairgrounds. Listen here to hear the audio from Clint's chat this morning.

Coming off a strong performance last Friday night in a 28-0 victory over the Northview Wildcats, Clint talked on this morning's show with BG Bobcat Football Coach Shawn Kiss about taking on the Clay Eagles on the road this week in a key NLL showdown.
Listen to Clint's Bowling Green Bobcat Football update here!

The loss of a child can bring unimaginable grief to a family.
Sufficient Grace Ministries for Women, a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-denominational organization, was founded by Kelly Gerken in Deshler Ohio in 2004, with the purpose of reaching out to women and families to offer comfort, encouragement and hope during these incredibly difficult times.
Listen here as Clint had the opportunity to visit with Kelly and learn more about this team of staff, leaders, and volunteers helps to offer the wide range of free services to more than 1,200 bereaved families, worldwide, each year.

At today's State of the University address Dr. Rodney K. Rogers - BGSU President hinted at 2 more "significant" gifts to the University he'll be reporting on this fall to support student learning opportunities.
If you missed this morning's newscasts, listen here to hear comments from Dr. Rogers, BGSU Board of Trustees Vice President Amy Shore, and Mike Kuhlin, who helped bring the Career Design and Connections Hub to reality.
All this on the heels of the announcement last year that the Thompson Foundation, created by Bob and Ellen Thompson in 2014, will extend its partnership with BGSU through their intent to give a total of $121 million to the Thompson Working Families Scholarship's tenure, a donation that comes with the possibility of an additional $30 million, extending the scholarship past 2035. President Rogers said today that the 121 million dollars in Thompson scholarships, with university matches, create a quarter of billion dollars of support. It was also reported that 2.7 million dollars was given in BGSU One Day last year.
Not resting on past successes, President Rogers said "It's easier to lose Momentum than to create it".

Topics Dr. Ted Haselman, Bowling Green City Schools Superintendent, covered during his call in to the show this morning included:
1. District Report Card
2. 5th Grade Camp
3. BGHS Choir Sing Me a Story Composition Project with BGSU
4. Upcoming operating levy
Listen to Clint's interview with the Superintendent here!

Taylor Ramos, Marketing Coordinator for Visit BG Ohio, talked with Clint this morning about the many opportunities for alumni to enjoy our beautiful Downtown Bowling Green while visiting the Bowling Green State University campus during BGSU Homecoming 2024. Hear the replay of their visit from Wednesday morning here!

Look who stopped by to the Dave Horger Media and Production Studio this morning to talk about the BG Bobcat Bands "Bobcat Band Day" fundraiser going on now through Oct. 7th.
Listen here and you'll hear Isabella Nardone and Ash Fleming, President and Vice-President of the Band, shared with us the many community events the 100-member band has been involved in already this year, in addition to playing concerts and at the Bowling Green Bobcat Football games, and how you can help them continue this tradition for many more years.

Homecoming at Bowling Green State University has a rich history dating back to November 4th, 1922. 102 years later the tradition continues with "One University, Countless Experiences" this week.
Listen here to Clint's visit this morning with Adrea Spoon, assistant vice president for Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving, and Brian Heilmeier, Director of Student Engagement and Residence Life, where we got details about the many opportunities for alumni, current students, community members and more to celebrate this week with events getting underway Thursday.

The Ohio State University Extension - Wood County 4-H's Jenny Morlock joined the show this morning and brought along Wood County 4-H Volunteer Donna Arnold as we focused on the $500 “Inspire Kids to Do” Grants that clubs apply for each year and provide community service throughout Wood County.
Listen here to some great stories of community service from the 10 different clubs that used grants to have a positive impact on their communities.

The Executive Director of the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce, Mary Hinkelman, brought Heather Borsos, owner of Eden Rose Inspirations, to the studio this morning to talk about October 22nd's Women in Business Luncheon.
Listen here as Mary also updated Clint on several events on the Chamber's calendar for October and encouraged folks to reach out now to be a part of this year's Holiday Parade. Mayor Mike Aspacher called to join the conversation as well!

Thanks to everyone who joined us at The Morning Show BG's table for the BGSU Athletics Fall Sports luncheon! Gene Klotz and Clint visited with Akash Singh of BG's Gas Express about the latest renovations taking place at the old Newman's Marathon station at 525 N. Main St. Listen here for the details.

On this morning's show, Clint previewed "Perfect Arraignment", the latest production from the Black Swamp Players that hits the Oak St. Theater stage Sept. 27th for the 1st of 2 weekends.
Listen here to his visit with BSP President Heath Diehl, the Director of their latest production, Barbara Barkin, and the fiercely talented Thea Grabiec who portrays Barbara Grant. Barbara is the bold, brazen linguist (and formidable opponent) who turns heads and stirs up plenty of trouble in the 1950s.
Don’t miss Thea’s powerhouse performance as she brings this complex, unforgettable character to life!

Listen here to Monday morning's visit with Bowling Green Save our Neighborhoods Group President Rose Drain, Dr. Steven Cady from the BGSU Schmidthorst College of Business, and Agatha Hickerson, who is a current Bowling Green State University student studying Politics, Philosophy, Economics, and Law. Those three along with several others have organized a very important meeting coming up in three weeks.
The "Call to Action" meeting scheduled for Oct. 12th at the Bowling Green Community Center has the goal to help everyone:
- Understand the challenges, opportunities, and current state of housing and transportation in Bowling Green
- Hear from diverse stakeholders in order to build a guiding coalition
- Create a vision for Bowling Green’s neighborhoods that is vibrant, inspiring, and hopeful, and
- Prioritize key actions we can take together in the coming year.

Lots of exciting programming on the way from the Wood Lane - Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities, and Charese Botjer gave Clint all the details this morning. Listen here!

Listen here to Clint's visit with Bob Kreienkamp from the The Great Black Swamp Pickleball Club, who stopped by our Dave Horger Media and Production Studio this morning to tell us that the group has reached its fundraising goal!
Now Bob said its full speed ahead in hopes of having our 8-court Pickleball facility open by summer of '25. We also congratulated Bob on his recent Gold Medal at the Ohio Sr. Games in Pickleball!

Listen here to this morning's visit with Joe Steinmetz, owner of BG Pedal Company, an entertainment service that features a 14-seat party bike. The bike consists of 10 pedaling seats and two back bench seats that can seat 4 more people. BG Pedal Company supplies the driver so all you have to worry about is pedaling and having fun!
Joe told us that in addition to birthday/anniversary parties, beer and wine tastings, there will soon be specialty tours in which they partner with local businesses to create a unique experience while on the bike. There are also many family-friendly options as well, such as town history tours and ice cream/park crawls. Just ask them about options for crafting a tour. Joe said that they look forward to going for a ride with you!

Clint talked on Friday's local news with Brian O'Connell, City of Bowling Green, Ohio Director of Public Infrastructure and Utilities, about the power outage that left a large portion of the city without power for around an hour Wednesday afternoon. Listen to our visit here! Brian emphasized "There was no safety issue or damage, and we don’t expect any more issues."

Honoring the selfless service and sacrifice of missing and captured military members, Bowling Green State University student veterans are holding a prisoner of war/missing in action remembrance display at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union through Friday, National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
Listen to this morning's visit with Jeff Roberts and Meghan Missler, both members of the Student Veterans of America, a student-led organization that provides resources, support and advocacy to veterans and military-connected students in higher education.

BIG GAME hosting The Ohio State University on Friday night at the Stroh Center. Listen here to this morning's visit with head coach Danijela Tomic, who said there are only a few tickets left. It looks like we're going to set a new all-time attendance record for this one!

Lindsey Ruivivar became the new CEO of the Wood County Community Health Center on July 1, 2024. Clint had the opportunity to get to know the new CEO live on the show this morning. Listen here as Ms. Ruivivar shared her background, goals for the Health Center and the new services now offered like Behavioral Health Care and the new Mobile Health vehicle.

Clint talked Tuesday with the Jodi Harding, the chief Dog Warden for Wood County, about the alarming number of dogs and puppies that have been abandoned already this year here in Wood County, and the challenge of finding room for them. You'll also hear from Jodi about the cruelty cases they have encountered and how the adoption process works.

This Sunday is the Village of Portage's 200th Birthday Celebration, and this morning the long-time Mayor Mark Wolford stopped by to invite everyone to join in.
Listen here to stories from the Mayor about Wood County's 2nd oldest settlement, which started as an Indian trading post! Be sure to stop by for the parade, music, tours and even free birthday cake!

It's been 163 days since the world marveled at the total solar eclipse back on April 8th. Now Dr. Kate Dellenbusch, a teaching professor at Bowling Green State University and director of the BGSU Planetarium, has released the Fall 2024 public show schedule and a new speaker series titled "Expanding Boundaries".
Listen to Dr. Dellenbusch here as she gave Clint details on both these opportunities for the public to enjoy one of a kind educational programming.

If you've ever thought that wearing a seat belt in uncomfortable, unnecessary, or just not important, listen to this story shared by John and Judith Maxey at today's "Safety Belts Save Lives" event at the Bowling Green Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The Maxey's shared the story of how they were wearing their seatbelts when involved in a terrible accident on December 12th, 2023, in Wood County.
Listen here to hear comments from OSHP Staff Lieutenant Scott M. Wyckhouse and Safe Communities of Wood County coordinator Sandy Weichman about the alarming number of fatal accidents in Wood County already this year, and how several of those lives lost were not wearing a seat belt.

Jordan Musgrave was appointed tonight to fill the vacant 1st ward seat on BG City council. Musgrave received the vote of Lola Flick & Mark Hollenbaugh, Geoff Howes voted for Rose Drain. Clint talked with Zach Schmidt, Chair of the Wood County Democratic Party, about Tuesday night's process to select Musgrave on this morning's show. Listen to the audio from Clint's visit here.

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.