Morning News Weekends

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, December 1, 201812/01/2018

Tiffany & Cadie Ellingson – Girls Winter Soccer Clinic

The Fluvanna Youth Soccer Association will be hosting their “Play Like A Girl” winter soccer clinic on January 26 & 27, 2019, from 10am-1pm at Fluvanna County High School with special guest coach, Joanna Lohman, from the Washington Spirit. This clinic will focus on skill building, girl empowerment and building self esteem on and off the field!

Tiffany & Cadie Ellingson join Wendy to preview the clinic.

Saturday, November 17, 201811/17/2018

Dr. Irv Arenberg – Killing Vincent: The Man, The Myth and The Murder

Twenty-first century forensics provides convincing evidence that Vincent van Gogh did not commit suicide. He was murdered!

Dr. Irving Arenberg, MD is an otolaryngology (ear, nose & throat) specialist in Greenwood Village, CO and has been practicing for 49 years. He joins us to discuss his
most recent book, Killing Vincent: The Man, The Myth and The Murder –  a scientifically based “who done it” on the life and death of famed artist Vincent Van Gogh.

Saturday, November 10, 201811/10/2018

Lew Butts – Honoring Veterans By Remembering When

Lew Butts, of the All American Honor Guard joins us to talk about Honoring Veterans this Veterans day Weekend. Butts, who sometimes portrays General John “Black Jack” Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, shares his ideas on the best way to honor our vets..by remembering their sacrifice.

Saturday, November 10, 201811/10/2018

Emily Taylor – America: The Capital of Mass Shootings

The number of firearms available to American civilians is estimated at around 310 million, according to a 2009 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) report.
The most updated estimates — now more than a decade old — place the worldwide civilian gun cache at around 650 million. 

The US Makes up 5% of the world’s population. but holds 31% of global mass shooters. Emily Taylor, Active Shooter Expert, joins Wendy to talk about America: The Capital of Mass Shootings.

Saturday, November 3, 201811/03/2018

Petra Monaco – Emotional Balance

Mental health professionals around the country report a stream of patients coming in with “post-election stress disorder” — the unofficial name for anxiety and … “It’s been crippling.” 

How can we take care of ourselves and have our emotions…and somehow feel balanced within? Local Life Coach Petra Monaco joins Wendy to talk about ways to center yourself in today’s political and social climate.

Saturday, November 3, 201811/03/2018

Amy Godsey – November National Adoption Month

Every year, November is recognized as National Adoption Awareness Month. While all adoption-related issues are important, the particular focus of this month is the adoption of children currently in foster care. Adoptive Mom Amy Godsey joins Wendy to talk about adoption and the vibrant and incredible youth in state care who are seeking a new life filled with love. 

Saturday, October 27, 201810/27/2018

Dr. Michael Busler – US Stock Market Horror Show

RED FOR THE YEAR…
WALL ST WHIPLASH…
DOW DOWN 608… 
Nasdaq worst single-session decline since 2011… 
Media And Tech Stocks Get Whacked… 
New home sales hit two-year low…

Dr. Michael Busler, Professor of Finance, Finance Track Coordinator and a Fellow at the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University in New Jersey, joins Wendy to talk about the current state of the US economy, trade, Wall Street’s woes, the winners and losers in US industry, and what’s in store for 2019, and the second-half of the Trump Presidency.

Saturday, October 20, 201810/20/2018

Kathryn Goodman – Flu Shots Available

Flu season is right around the corner, so the Thomas Jefferson Health District has set aside special clinic days for people to get vaccinated.

Beginning earlier this month on Thursdays, they have been taking walk-in patients and anyone who wants to get ahead of the virus. The clinic will be dedicating every Thursday for the rest of the year to offering vaccines and encouraging people to get the flu shot.

The clinics will be available in Charlottesville and Albemarle County as well as Louisa, Fluvanna, Nelson and Greene counties. Walk-in clinics dedicated to flu vaccination will last from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on every Thursday.

Kathryn Goodman, public information officer for the Thomas Jefferson Health District joins Wendy to discuss.

Saturday, October 20, 201810/20/2018

Liz Crocker / Kim Cronan – W.I.S.E. & PVCC Scholarships Benefit Single Moms

Women In Spiritual Engagement (W.I.S.E.) hosts PVCC fundraiser to benefit single moms and foster parents.                                                                                                 

There will be both Live and Silent Auctions, offering experiences such as golf lessons, romantic dinners, Broadway shows, and incredible vacations in order to raise $25,000 for full scholarships to Piedmont Virginia Community College.

The event will be held on Sunday, October 28, 2018, from 2-6 PM at Bridge Between the Worlds retreat center in Keswick.

Liz Crocker and Kim Cronan join Wendy to preview.

Saturday, October 13, 201810/13/2018

Cynthia Hash – SPARC Walk of Hope 5K

The SPARC Walk of Hope Is the primary fund raiser of the Suicide Prevention Awareness Resource Council each year. The SPARC 5k walk/run is October 20, 2018 at East End Farm in Louisa.

Cynthia Hash, of the Mitchell Hash Foundation, joins Wendy to discuss suicide prevention and the upcoming event.

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