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Hola Bloomington- August 30, 2019

Locutora, Brenda Espinoza, entrevista a nuestras invitadas Diane Legomsky de Red de Apoyo a los Refugiados de Bloomington (Bloomington Refugee Support Network) y a “Vera Scholl” que nos habla sobre sus experencias trabajando en Contra Viento y Marea , una cocina comunitaria dirigida por la caravana de migrantes en Tijuana. Host, Brenda Espinoza, interviews our guests Diane Legomsky of the …

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Daily Local News – August 29, 2019

Indiana legalizes sports wagering; City council approves funding for a new hybrid bus for Bloomington Transit; Bloomington host five festivals this weekend, and parking will be limited. COMMUNITY CONVERSATION Macy Evans sits down with three Mandela Scholars from Africa, to talk about their summer fellowship at Indiana University, and what ideas they will bring back to their home countries. VOICES …

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Community Conversation: Mandela Washington Fellows

The Mandela Washington Fellows are a pool of 700 young civic leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa. The fellows were chosen for their outstanding work in their communities. They travel to universities across the U.S. to attend leadership institutes funded by the U.S. Department of State. Indiana University hosted twenty five of this year’s fellows. WFHB correspondent Macy Evans talked with three …

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RBB Schools Create Mental Health Support Team

The Richland Bean Blossom School Board’s August meeting focused on a new Mental Health Support Team working across all the schools in the district. The program provides support for students dealing with depression, students affected by severe trauma, as well as others who may need support. Dennis Faust, a guidance counselor for Edgewood High School talked about how the program …

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Bring It On! – August 26, 2019

Host Clarence Boone spends the hour speaking with Bill and Glenda Breeden, along with Danielle Bruce about Sentences: From the Pen to the Page, a theater production about the effects of incarceration, life, and death sentences. This vignette style play has a cast of 8 performers who will be accompanied by live music. Sentences is directed by Danielle Bruce and …

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Daily Local News- August 26th

On this segment of WFHB’s Daily Local News we brought you information on an advisory issued for the Paynetown and Fairfax beaches at Lake Monroe. citing blue-green algae contamination. The IDEM advises dogs do not play in the water and that humans avoid swallowing any water. According to the Indiana Daily Student, Brad Clapper, a resident of Judah, Indiana, drove …

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Activate! – Raquel Anderson :: Middle Way House, El Centro Comunal Latino, Animal Shelter

Activate Raquel Anderson

Raquel Anderson doesn’t know any other way to be. “Active and involved” was the model she witnessed in her own family while growing up in Puerto Rico. It came naturally to her then when she moved to Bloomington to find ways to be of help. The lucky recipients of her time, talents, and dedication are Middle Way House where she …

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Inside Outdoors – Saturday, August 24, 2019

Buddy Bill, Rich Reardin, and Don Jordan are the hosts. Don returns from Montana with some stories, issues with winter in summer in Montana, squirrels missing lately from the general area, talk about the farmers markets, meaning of local colocquialisms ‘mango’, and some others. More about Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in deer and caller talks about making moonshine, the word ‘gauger’ …

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Local Live – Griffy

Griffy is a psychedelic power pop trio based in Bloomington, featuring former members of 90s alt-rock band El Nino. Originally aired August 21st, 2019.

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August 23, 2019: A History of Cook County Jail

For this week’s episode, we share a conversation between Melanie D. Newport and Anne Gray Fisher. They talk about the history of Cook County Jail- the largest facility in the country. Melanie D. Newport is an Assistant Professor of US History at the University of Connecticut-Hartford. Her work explores the criminal justice system in the United States since the 1950s. …

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