Morning News Weekends
Morning News Weekends
Saturdays & Sundays from 6 – 8am
Wendy Edwards gives you all the info you need for the weekend with updates on news, traffic and weather.
Saturday, March 10, 201803/10/2018
Alicia Linahan – CASA Bracket Breakfast
Piedmont CASA’s Bracket Breakfast (March 14) is SOLD OUT; however, the chance to give voice to a young person whose life direction is in the hands of the court system is ongoing. Alicia Linahan explains.
Sunday, March 4, 201803/04/2018
Regis Giles – How To Not Be A #MeToo Victim
Parents:You may want to buy your daughters this #WarriorChick book. Author and award-winning martial artist Regis Giles gives instruction on how not to be a #MeToo victim.
Saturday, March 3, 201803/03/2018
Lawrence Gaughan – Gov 360 Update
Lawrence Gaughan founded GOV360, a non-profit 501(c)(3), non-partisan organization dedicated to reaching out directly to non-voters of all ages, to promote active participation in government, particularly on a local level, and has served as CEO of the organization since 2010. He joins Wendy Edwards for a live update on Gov 360’s current plans, programs and initiatives.
Saturday, March 3, 201803/03/2018
Elliott Harding – Student’s Award-Winning Proposal Goes to Congress
Mr. Elliott Harding’s proposal on Yale’s Inaugural William F. Buckley, Jr. Ideas Forum “Student Security: A Viable, Conservative Solution to America’s Student Debt & Social Security Crisis,” won first place in the general contest at the Ideas Forum. Now his proposal is in the hands of Sen. Tom Garrett and seeking bipartisan support.
Saturday, February 24, 201802/24/2018
Mitchell Bezzina – Viral Threat Software Response
Following a serious breach of security for University of Virginia Medical Center patients, Wendy talks with the top security evangelist at the company ranked #1 in Homeland Security Awards Program: SECDO’s Mitchell Bezzina.
Saturday, February 24, 201802/24/2018
Ada Trillo – Studio IX Art Exhibit – “How Did I Get Here?”
Ada Trillo’s photographic portrait series “How Did I Get Here?” documents the exploitation of women in the prostitution industry. Photographed in the brothels of Juarez, Mexico, Trillo captures the adversity these women must overcome in their daily lives, giving context and an identity to the prostitutes. With this exhibition, she is raising awareness about this global issue and inviting you to be part of the solution.
Saturday, February 17, 201802/17/2018
Kelly Kroese – Scottsville V-Day
On February 24th, Scottsville community members, in partnership with the Scottsville Center for Arts and Nature, will be participating in the 20th anniversary of the V-Day Movement with a one-night benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues. Each year tens of thousands of communities around the world participate in the V-Day event to raise funding for agencies that work with survivors of violence and their families.
Proceeds from this year’s performance will go to benefit Southern Albemarle Family Practice. This rural general medicine facility is facing a 70% cut in federal funding at the end of this fiscal year. Community health care centers like Southern Albemarle Family Practice are on the front lines of all major public health epidemics including violence against women and girls.
V-Day Scottsville takes place on Saturday, February 24th, 2018 at 4:00 PM at Victory Hall, 401 Valley St in Scottsville.
Kelly Kroese joins Wendy Edwards to preview the event.
Saturday, January 27, 201801/27/2018
Leigh Richardson – Improving Brain Health
Will these things really boost your brain?
–Fish for breakfast
–Sleeping on your side
–Turning off your GPS to improve your memory
One of the leading causes of diminishing cognitive capacity is when healthy people simply let their brain lose ground.
To best care for our bodies, we should all be well-schooled in the need to eat properly, getting plenty of sleep and regular exercise.
This is also the best advice to take care of your brain, the one organ in the body that is most often neglected.
“Brain health all starts with your sleep and your diet. That’s your foundation, because if you’re sleep deprived and nutritionally deficient, your brain is going to have a hard time working as well as it could,” advises Leigh Richardson, founder of The Brain Performance Center in Dallas.
She joins Wendy Edwards to discuss.
Saturday, January 27, 201801/27/2018
Pamela Gail Johnson – Plight of the American Teen
Why would smartphones lead to a decline in happiness? Is it because our kids aren’t truly connecting with each other? Can kids benefit from a digital detox?
A precipitous drop in the happiness, self-esteem and life satisfaction of American teenagers came as their ownership of smartphones rocketed from zero to 73 percent and they devoted an increasing share of their time online.
Coincidence? New research suggests it is not.
Pamela Gail Johnson founded the Secret Society of Happy People in 1998. For the past two decades she’s dedicated her life to unlocking the secret to happiness. She joins Wendy Edwards to discuss this alarming trend.
