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Hometown Headlines Radio Edition: Local news without the static.
By John DruckenmillerNews
Hometown Headlines Radio Edition: Local news without the static. episodes
- Newscast: Still no answers to Callier Springs fire. Rome man, 20, dies in wreck. Big week in politics. Rant: What-if lineup of radio guests in aftermath of El Paso, Dayton wouldn't change a thing.
A late edition of our broadcast headlines and thoughts on El Paso, Dayton:
- 15 months later, still no cause in fire that gutted Callier Springs Country Club as cleanup -- and golfing -- continue. The fire marshal says the building wasn't insured while the course was.
- Services pending for 2018 Rome High graduate killed in traffic accident in Gordon County on Friday night.
- Busy week with Floyd GOP Women meeting Tuesday, Tillman Hangar GOP rally on Saturday. Rome City Commission qualifying starts Aug. 19.
- Back to school: St. Mary's Catholic School returns today.
- The DeSoto turns 90 today. How you can join the party.
- Ware Mechanical Weather Center: Celebrating 1.12 inches of needed rain mostly on Sunday.
- Happy 90th birthday, Miss Betty (second segment).
- Rant: The guests we would have had on radio today talking about El Paso and Dayton -- and how nothing really changes with our current "leaders."
9 min - News Roundtable: Our top stories from the past week, our latest interviews and what's ahead next week.
This is an early version of what we hope to grow into a larger edition of The News Roundtable.
We're recapping the top stories of the past seven days as decided by you. We look at both the "hits" we received on Hometown Headlines each day as well as the Facebook numbers. We also provide brief updates to those stories if they've advanced a bit since first reported on Hometown Headlines.
We also recap our Druck Report interviews of the week, one with Todd Wofford and Jim Alred of Rome Floyd Parks & Rec as well as another with Jay Shell of Rome City Brewing Co. Both are available on our website and on any of the nine podcast platforms we frequent.
All are free and on demand. We record our long-form interviews in the podcast center at Brand Red Studios in downtown Rome.
We close with what's on our news radar for the week ahead -- and we're in for a busy week.
Thanks for joining us and have a great weekend in Northwest Georgia.
10 min - Newscast: VP Pence due here today. Main Elementary, Rome schools open. Huge office park due in Emerson. Peaks & Valleys: Highs, lows -- and lobby Pence for airport runway $$
Celebrating the end of the news drought, we offer:
- Vice President Mike Pence due in Rome this afternoon; still a mystery – exactly where other than the airport.
- 'Bartow Boom' continues: 777,000-square-foot, three-building Class A office park to start construction later this year in Emerson
- The August edition of Georgia Trend spotlights downtown Rome as one of 16 of the state's Main Street 'GEMS.' Plus: WSB 95.5 FM louder, clearer in our area.
- Education: Big debut for Main Elementary; Rome City Schools open today; Polk County, too.
- Weekend! presented by The Forum River Center: Tons of music downtown on Saturday - Soulfest, Robert Stevenson Memorial Concert and Little Known Letter..
- Druck Report: Jay Shell, co-owner of Rome City Brewing Co., talks about the explosive growth of the craft beer brewed on Broad Street and what's next.
- Peaks & Valleys: The highs, lows of Northwest Georgia -- and we break in with a rant on lobby the VP for airport runway and 411 Connector money. How 'bout that?!
11 min - Druck Report: Jay Shell, co-owner of Rome City Brewing Co., talks about the explosive growth of the craft beer brewed on Broad Street and what's next.
They started with a "four-barrel" brewing system in downtown Rome. The success for Rome City Brewing Co. was immediate as people wanted it on tap and in take-home growlers.
- Since then, Jay Shell and Dr. Trent Prault have expanded to 20 craft brews as well as a 10-barrel brewing system at 333 Broad St. with a speak-easy-like Tap Room one floor above, open Wednesdays through Sundays.
- They've likewise started to distribute both kegs and cans not only in restaurants in downtown Rome but at other locations in North Georgia with more on the way. Area stores likewise carry craft beer canned and freshly brewed on Broad Street.
- From Short Hot Blonde to seasonals such as Oktoberfest and Martha's Berry, Shell and Prault have a hit on their hands -- and welcome competition on the way in Cartersville and Calhoun.
- Get the inside story of a hometown success story, Rome City Brewing Co.
Jay joined John Druckenmiller of Hometown Headlines for this podcast at Brand Red Studios, 4 Bale St. off Fifth Avenue in downtown Rome. We thank Todd LaBerge for another round of solid podcast production.
34 min - Newscast: Breakthrough on Summerville Park/Sleep Inn standoff? County schools back in session; lots of education news. Huge weekend for music. Rant: A change of face on Facebook.
A very busy news day so let's get to it:
- Summerville Park homeowners: Northwest Georgia Housing Authority interested in hotel site for 12-unit senior housing project.
- Summerville man charged, second suspect caught following gunfire reports at Armuchee Park
- Back-to-school: Floyd, Berry Elementary and Middle, Gordon County students return today. Floyd Police with tips on what to expect at Pepperell Middle today.
- Rome City Schools purchases Three Rivers Drive site for $1.15 million to house, maintain new bus fleet.
- Unity Christian to start the 2019-20 school year debt free and with enrollment gains, new bus service to Rockmart, technology upgrades and other enhancements
- Weekend! presented by The Forum River Center: Tons of music downtown on Saturday -- Soulfest, Robert Stevenson Memorial Concert and Little Known Letter. Also: DeSoto anniversary, farmers markets, outdoors.
- Druck Report: Todd Wofford, the new Rome-Floyd Parks & Rec director, and Jim Alred on changes, new programs and what's ahead. You'll be stunned by the thousands who visit local parks, amenities.
- Today's Rant: Social media reaction to Friday's immigration vigil led us to remove the story from Facebook (still on the web). Some of those commenting weren't happy with us.
9 min - Druck Report: Todd Wofford, the new Rome-Floyd Parks & Rec director, and Jim Alred on changes, new programs and what's ahead. You'll be stunned by the thousands who visit local parks, amenities.
The interim has been taken off Todd Wofford's title as he now leads a new team of recreation, sports, safety and special needs professionals serving several hundred thousands of guests each year, from visits to the parks to youth sports to senior activities to the trails and special events. And more is on the way.
Wofford and Jim Alred, the new recreation services manager for Rome-Floyd Parks and Rec, join John Druckenmiller of Hometown Headlines for a closer look at the agency and its continued evolution beyond common expectations.
They're seen success with pickle ball and with the recent adult summer basketball league. Flag football for youth and adults is a new focus. Plus the agency is reaching out to area businesses in search of partnerships to expand programs as well as scholarships to those in need.
Todd and Jim joined us for this podcast at Brand Red Studios, 4 Bale St. off Fifth Avenue in downtown Rome. We thank Todd LaBerge for another round of solid podcast production.
The Druck Report is part of the Hometown Headlines Podcast series. Join us each weekday for our Hometown Newscast.
40 min - Newscast: Chicken Salad Chick grand opening is Aug. 27. 'Black Widow' filming in Rome? Crushing new idea from Crushed Tomato. Rant: Cutting out the media 'middle man or woman.'
What's on today's news menu:
- Dining: Stacy's Chicken Salad Chick's grand opening in Rome is Aug. 27.
- What we're hearing...: Wendy Davis returns to GPB's Political Rewind today at 2 p.m. Summerville's Crushed Tomato adds ice cream sodas (they had us at pizza). Whole lot of music downtown this Saturday.
- Floyd County Police: Cartersville woman arrested on charges of meeting three prison inmates at Johnson Elementary, providing them alcohol.
- Avengers' Black Widow fliming in town? 'Blue Bayou' is working title for Scarlett Johansson solo feature.
- Rant of the Day: More and more companies cutting media 'middle man or woman,' going right to the customer.
9 min - Two new breweries brewing in Cartersville, Calhoun. Restaurant updates. Education scores; back to school. Today's rant: Time to test all these tests we give our students, teachers.
While wondering where the Summer of '19 went, these items:
- Dining & Drink: New breweries on the way in downtown Cartersville and Calhoun. Atlanta Eats branching out to Harvest Moon this week. Duke's owner trying pizza next in Calhoun. Buffalo Luke's on the way, too.
- Floyd County Schools: Our students saw overall gains in latest Georgia Milestones assessments.
- Education: Back-to-school updates including Salvation Army's 'stuff the bus,' ribbon cutting at new Main Elementary.
- Secretary of State says paper ballots will be ready for March 24 presidential primary. Democratic president hopefuls debate tonight, Wednesday (preview the race on today's Druck Report). Floyd Democrats meet Thursday.
- Rant of the day: Time to test all the tests we're giving to our students and teachers. 'Education reform' needs to go beyond flavor-of-the-month politicians.
9 min - Newscast: Local shops ready to join downtown's new Lofts. Busy month of politics begins. Summerville Park petition tops 900. Peaks & Valleys: the highs, lows of NW Georgia.
Your audio edition of today's top headlines -- without the static!
- Business: Bella Luna, high-end nail salon among retailers moving into Lofts at Third & Broad's first floor businesses. Woodford Clothing planning to add gift shop adjacent to current store.
- Ahead of the headlines: Summerville Park petition grows to 900-plus -- in six weeks (around 325 homes in the community). School starts Thursday (Floyd County) and Friday (Rome). Free Downtown Saturday concert at former First Friday site.
- Prime time for politics: Democratic debates this week; Rome commission qualifying in August; even local 2020 campaigns simmering at GOP rally.
- Druck Report: The next Democratic presidential debates are Tuesday and Wednesday. Dr. Frank Stephenson of Berry College offers a look at the 20 (or so) Democrats in the hunt to challenge Republican incumbent Donald Trump. Says Stephenson: They're in for a tough fight.
- News radar: What we're watching and happy no. 70, Tony Triplitt.
- Peaks & Valleys: Life Church's beautiful education service; promotions for Krueger, Chewning; early start to school year -- and what tax free holiday?
8 min - Druck Report: And they're off -- 20-plus Democrats vs. a Trump incumbency only he can derail. Dr. Frank Stephenson of Berry College breaks down the 2020 presidential sweepstakes.
The Democratic debates already are under way. Six, maybe more, of the 20-plus candidates perhaps have a shot at winning the party's nomination to face a Trump presidency that -- despite tweets and twists -- has two critical elements needed for four more years: relative peace and prosperity.
Due this week (July 30-31): Another two nights of debates by the Democratic hopefuls.
Dr. Frank Stephenson, who's the chair of the Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance as well as the Henry Gund Professor of Economics at Berry College, joins John Druckenmiller of Hometown Headlines to both examine the nearly two dozen Democratic hopefuls in 2020 and the Trump incumbency that might be too hard to crack.
The deciding primaries are closer than you think. The Iowa Caucus is Feb. 3; the New Hampshire primary is Feb. 11; and Georgia votes March 24.
Continuing coverage on your Nov. 5 City Commission and all the races in 2020 starts here at your Election Headquarters, Hometown Headlines.
Frank joined us for this podcast at Brand Red Studios, 4 Bale St. off Fifth Avenue in downtown Rome. We thank Todd LaBerge for another round of solid podcast production.
The Druck Report is part of the Hometown Headlines Podcast series. Join us each weekday for our Hometown Newscast.
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