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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, July 15th, 2024.
Later in the program, WFHB News Correspondent Madison Stratton speaks with non-profit organizations and local advocates about the importance of “shopping local” and addressing food insecurity issues in the community. More in today’s feature report.
That’s Vinal Lee, chair of the Monroe County Community Organizations Active in Disaster. Learn how to be prepared for weather emergencies like the summer storms that slammed Bloomington last month later in the show on a new episode of Activate!
But first, your daily headlines:
Bloomington Arts Commission Talks Hopewell Art, July Artist Party, WFHB Block Rocker
The Bloomington Arts Commission met on July 10th. Assistant Director for the Arts Holly Warren gave a financial rundown on the city’s arts and culture projects.
The city partnered with the Monroe County History Center and Downtown Bloomington, Inc. to host a free event titled the July Artist Party which takes place on July 24th. Special Projects Manager Chaz Mottinger elaborated on what the event entails.
Then, Public Art Subcommittee Chair Natalie Almanza provided an update on public art projects in the city. In particular, Almanza touched on the finalists for the public art installation in the future Hopewell neighborhood.
Next, community radio station WFHB gave a presentation to the arts commission. Development Director Brooke Turpin and General Manager Jar Turner thanked the commission for helping to fund the station’s Local Live series and its annual music festival, the WFHB Block Rocker.
The WFHB Block Rocker will take place on August 24th. Following the WFHB presentation, Arts Commission Member Suzanne Ryan-Melamed shared mutual appreciation for WFHB citing the station as an important community resource.
Lastly, Arts Commission Chair Gerard Pannekoek highlighted upcoming events and important dates related to the arts.
The Bloomington Arts Commission will meet again on August 14th.
Feature Report:
In today’s feature report, WFHB News Correspondent Madison Stratton speaks with non-profit organizations and local advocates about the importance of “shopping local” and addressing food insecurity issues in the community. For more, we turn to Madison Stratton.
Up next, we turn to local journalist Dave Askins of the B Square Bulletin for his weekly editorial on the WFHB Local News.
WFHB News is proud to partner with The Media School at Indiana University to offer internships and volunteer opportunities in broadcast journalism. Last week, The Media School hosted the High School Journalism Institute, drawing hundreds of students from all over the country to Bloomington for a week of intense workshops. WFHB hosted the podcasting workshop, where students produced new episodes of Activate!, our weekly feature spotlighting people working for positive change in our community.
This week’s episode was produced by Jailene Hilerio and Nathan Hernandez, who go to the same school in Chicago. Their episode features Vinal Lee from Monroe County Community Organizations Active in Disaster. On June 25th Bloomington was battered by storms that left thousands without power for days. As chair of Monroe County COAD, Vinal Lee coordinated the efforts of local agencies to help those affected. He’s here to help you be ready for the next emergency on a new episode of Activate!, coming your way right now on the WFHB Local News.
Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News,
Today’s headlines were written by Noelle Herhusky-Schneider, in partnership with Cats – Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Madison Stratton.
Activate was produced by Jailene Hilerio and Nathan Hernandez with support from Chad Carrothers and Michelle Moss.
Our theme music is provided by Mark Bingham and the Social Climbers.
Engineer and Executive producer is Kade Young.
