On the Mark from Newsradio 1070 WKOK

Doug Walter, coordinator Mifflinburg Veterans Day Program, and Al Hess, active veteran and co-founder Union County WW II Honor Roll, on the upcoming Veteran’s Day Program in Mifflinburg and the collection of clothing, gift cards and contributions for a VA home. The 11/2 11am event in Mifflinburg Community Park will include music, pledge of allegiance, a reading of the names of WW II service members who were killed during the war. Shikellamy JROTC will help and there will be remarks from two noted local Vietnam era veterans .

This is WKOK’s Broadcast of Shikellamy vs. Milton at Shikellamy stadium with Kevin Herr and “The Chief” Dave Ritchie.

Mark Lawrence and Ben Reichley host Dr. Edna Baehre-Kolovani – former president of three community colleges including Harrisburg Area Community College, and Lenaire Alhum, Executive Director, Susquehanna Valley Community Education Project about the SVCEP’s efforts to bring a community college to Sunbury, and their summit today.  Then during open phones, there were some lingering community college remarks and some talk about the democratic candidates for president and the impeachment.

Dr. Randy Smith, – President of the Rural Community College Alliance (leading voice for 600 rural community colleges across the US) on economic impacts of a regional community college, the mission of the Alliance and a preview of his remarks at Friday’s Community College Summit in Sunbury.

Samantha Pearson, Lewisburg Neighborhoods Corporation Elm Street Manager, and Walk it! Bike it! (WIBI) Coordinator, the downtown traffic study results, the recent successful unPAved event, upcoming tree plantings, the Green Team shifting gears, and the next Hidden Lewisburg tour.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan strike a familiar tone–arguing about the impeachment. Joe said the process should be open and fair, transparent and similar to previous impeachments. We discussed the GOP briefing and the entering of an impeachment hearing room. Then transgender athletes breaking women’s athletic records.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan read dozens of emails about Pres. Trump and the impeachment, a half-dozen calls on impeachment, the President’s and Joe Biden’s use of the word ‘lynching’ and other topics. We discuss the ‘unfair hearings’ in Washington, the leaks, and then the Spotlight PA story about vague campaign finance laws in Harrisburg and thousands of dollars spent any way lawmakers wish.

Michele Heimbach, Patient Navigator / Surgery Scheduler, Thyra M. Humphreys Center for Breast Health, on the unique facility and ultra-professionals who oversee patient care at the Center. We’ll discuss the docs, staff, imaging, and other accoutrements which set the center apart. We’ll allay some fears before they even develop for women who know someday they may face the reality of breast cancer.

Jack Fisher, Committee member, Friends of Betty Cook Committee, and Ellen Ruby, Executive Director, Lewisburg Downtown Partnership, on the upcoming Campus Theater performance of ‘An Afternoon with Matty,’ by Eddie Frierson.  This is an acclaimed one-man Off-Broadway play based on the life and writings of Baseball’s New York Giants Hall of Fame Pitcher Christy Mathewson. Sunday, November 3, 2019 Matinee Curtain 1:00pm at the Campus Theatre.