Kyle Clark serves as the Director of Prevention Education Services at the Wood County Educational Service Center. Kyle joins Clint once a month or so to talk about the mission of the WCESC to develop, deliver and implement quality educational services and programs for 11 school districts across Wood County. Listen here to Kyle share with us current successes with Prevention education but challenges that loom over funding for WCESC efforts from both the state and the Federal Government.

Several members of the BG Jr Bobcats plus coach Brian visit Clint to ask for your support for the 2nd annual Golf outing. Listen here to Matthew Stalets – upcoming Senior Linebacker, played Junior Bobcats since 4th grade, Antwon Lawrence – upcoming Senior Running Back and Linebacker, leading fundraising efforts for senior class, Grant Gillispie – upcoming Sophomore QB, played Jr Bobcats since 4th grade, leading fundraising efforts for Sophomore class, Carlie Sauve – upcoming 6th grade lineman, she has played line for two years for the Jr Bobcats and Trenton Howard – upcoming 6th grade lineman.

The Senior Fair Board for the Wood County Fair is welcoming visitors from across northwest Ohio to a special FREE event Monday, April 14th at 6:30 in the Pratt Pavilion. Wood County was selected to host a training site for a national “You make THE difference” campaign dedicated to saving local fairs and community events in rural America.
Listen to Clint’s conversation with speaker Ian Hill and Paul Perry, President of the Senior Fair Board. The initial training will be done by Hill, founder of The Changing Point. This Segment Focus: You Make THE Difference – A National Initiative for Fair Leaders, Volunteers & Rural Communities.

Organizer Brittney Klockowski of BG Persists joins Clint to talk about this “Town Hall” being held this weekend at in Bowling Green. When describing the planned event BG Persists says, “As government policies rapidly change, citizens need to know how their lives will be impacted. As Representative Bob Latta’s phone lines have been jammed, local organizers invited him to a community Town Hall to hear directly from his constituents. The event will be moderated by retired broadcaster Jerry Anderson and will take place on Saturday, April 12, 2:00-4:00 P.M. at Peace Lutheran Church, 1021 W. Wooster, Bowling Green, OH.

Only 127 days until PULLTOWN USA 🇺🇸🍻 comes alive for the 58th annual National Tractor Pulling Championships in City of Bowling Green, Ohio! Dave Schultz, the President of Northwestern Ohio Tractor Pullers Association, joins TAM Principal Partner Chris Aldrich to talk about the media partnership that has taken the NTPC to another level with videos and documentaries about the event.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month so The Cocoon Executive Director Kathy Mull and Robin Guidera visits Clint to recap and preview the many awareness events taking place across Wood County and Bowling Green State University. Robin and Kathy also talked about some extraordinary video projects that have been done to promote awareness and education about sexual assault by Toledo Areial Media TAM.
Click on this link… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MJbh7H8tWI to see the survivor – just be prepared it is very emotional.The conversation also touches on some alarming statistics, such as: On average, sexual victimization occurs once every three minutes in Ohio. That is over 550 incidents per day. Sexual assault is not limited to age, ethnicity, geography, or economics. It occurs daily in businesses, at schools, in parks and streets, and to children and elders.

Wood County Health Department Commissioner Ben Robison reported to City of Bowling Green, Ohio Council meeting Monday night about the Tobacco Use Prevention Grant and this summer’s survey which will tell about the usage habits of nicotine users in Wood County. Robison was invited by Mayor Aspacher to explain that nicotine is one of the most addictive substances known. The city was considering legislation establishing a temporary (1 year) moratorium on vape and smoke establishments or shops within the city limits. According to the administration, there are now 14 shops selling vape products exclusively and many more that sell the products as well as other items. Listen here to Clint’s interviews with 3 members of city council, Greg Robinette, Jeff Dennis and Bill Herald as well as WC Health Department Commissioner Ben Robison after Monday night’s council meeting. After amending the proposed legislation to a 6-month moratorium by a 4-3 vote, City Council voted by a 5-2 margin to approve the measure. Mayor Aspacher did say the administration wasn’t aware of any other cities or townships in Wood County that have instituted a similar moratorium on vape locations.

This past Saturday nearly 90 vendors set up in the Pratt Pavilion for the bi-annual Painted Clovers Market and that’s where we caught up with Shawn Reeves and Morgan Wenner.
Listen here to Clint’s interview with Shawn who told us about the market, the history of Painted Clovers and hinted at an expanded show coming back to the Wood County Fairgrounds this fall.

In 1989 George Bush became the 41st President of the United States, Disney released the movie “Little Mermaid” and Andrew Kalmar was hired by the Wood County Park District to mow grass in the parks after the passage of their 1st operational levy. Fast forward and 35 years later and after serving many years as Director of the Park District then 22 years as County Administrator, Andrew is still serving the residents of Wood County as Assistant Director and volunteering in many ways like helping with the Bowling Green Kiwanis Club – Ohio Pancake breakfast this past Saturday. Listen to Clint’s visit with Andrew who reminisced with us about his call to serve.

Ohio 4H Hall of Fame member Karen Kotula of the Dowling Stitch, Stir, and Stock 4-H Club shared her vision with us for this past weekends’ “Hands to a Larger Service” event Sunday along with Matt Henry, President, 4-H Committee.Listen to Clint’s visit with Karen and Matt after approximately 600 young people turned out for the inaugural day of service, coming together for a shared purpose of making a difference. You’ll also hear comments from Deb DeWeese and Jenny Morlock plus Olivia Zieman of the Rough Riders 4H Club.

Clint talks with State Representative Haraz N. Ghanbari at Saturday’s Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast about the Ohio House introducing their version of the state budget. Included in the recommendations, the bill introduced in the House Finance Committee eliminates the Public Library Fund (PLF) as it currently exists in state law. Wood County District Public Library Director Michael Penrod called the show last Friday to express his concern about how the House’s version of the budget could impact Ohio’s public libraries.

Mark your calendars for next weekend, April 10-13 because The BGHS spring musical is coming up! The show is All Shook Up, a comedy very loosely based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley. Listen here to hear 4 seniors, two lead actors and two members of the technical crew plus Jo Beth Gonzales, describe this production to us on this morning’s show.

Dolores Black on has a conversation with BGSU Women’s Golf Coach Erin Fahey about their upcoming Invitational. The Bowling Green women’s golf team hosts its annual Dolores Black Falcon Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. The two-day event will be contested at Stone Ridge Golf Club, a par-72, 5,911-yard course in Bowling Green.
Each day will feature 18 holes. Saturday is a shotgun start at 11 a.m., while Sunday will feature a 10 a.m. shotgun start.

Listen to Theresa Pollick from the Northwestern Water & Sewer District who recaps the Water And Environment Teacher Education Resources (WATER) grants totaling $8,150 provided to seven local school districts (Eastwood, Elmwood, Lake, Northwood, Perrysburg, Otsego, and Rossford) demonstrating a commitment to area environmental educators and the students they teach.
Also hear an update on millions of dollars infrastructure improvement projects underway now and being completed this year in communities from Portage to Perrysburg.

Sara Stalets and Crystal from a Provider Agency for the Wood Lane – Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities, Smith Family Homes visits the studio to highlight a provider agency that has been nominated for being an exceptional provider. Listen here to learn more about this new, strong, partnership.

Michael Penrod, the Director of the Wood County District Public Library, talks passionately with Clint about the latest biannual budget proposal from the Ohio House of Representatives that would change the funding model for public libraries in Ohio for the 1st time in over 100 years. Listen here!

Listen to Clint’s visit with Andrea Spoon, Executive Director, BGSU Alumni Association, who visits the studio to talk about this year’s BGSU One day.The annual day of giving empowers supporters to make impactful gifts for programs, colleges and causes at BGSU. Bowling Green State University invites the learning and greater community to make a lifetime of impact on student experiences and opportunities, in-demand academic programs, life-changing scholarships and more with this year’s BGSU One Day, which runs from April 2-3, 2025.

Listen to Clint’s conversation with Ben Robison about grants in the Wood County Health Department

For over a decade, every Thursday morning at 8:30 David Dupont from BG Independent News stops into the studio to talk with Clint about Arts and Entertainment, and whatever else comes to our minds.