On the Mark from Newsradio 1070 WKOK

Cheryl Stumpf, member Board of Directors Girls on the Run Greater Susquehanna Valley, Amanda Eisenhauer, volunteer coach GOTFSV (a woman with cystic fibrosis who had a double lung transplant and says Girls on the Run inspired her to run) on their upcoming season, many more runners, and their need for more coaches and helpers. They’ll talk about the mission of the program, their life changing/life saving work with girls, and how people can get involved.

David Staebler, President, Buffalo Creek Watershed Alliance, Shanon Burkland Stamm, Watershed and Program Specialist, Union County, and Allan Grundstrom, member Board of Directors BCWA, on the anniversary of the association’s acid remediation site on the headwaters of Buffalo Creek. Since that project began, trout and other species of plants, animals and insects have returned to the creek. They’ll talk about this weekend’s anniversary observance.

The complete WKOK and WKOK.com broadcast, with Kevin Herr and Dave Ritchie at Shikellamy Stadium September 6, 2019

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Mark Lawrence and Ben Reichley host On The Mark:

On The Mark with co-host Ben Reichley:

8:30am to 9:20am:

Robert Garrett, President and CEO, Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Sue Greene, Chair, GSVCC, Director Penn State Executive Programs, Smeal College of Business.

Christina Herman, CSIU Career Ready Specialist.

Susan Spry, Luzerne County Community College Vice President for Applied Technologies and Workforce Development.

We’ll got the panel’s reaction to the latest jobless numbers, and discussed The Valley’s economy (strengths and unmet needs). Then we’ll dug into the topic—where do Valley residents turn to advice, guidance, training, education, information, inspiration and the impetus to move on and up the career ladder. We’ll talked about the unmet needs in our Valley, the ALICE data and the work of local agencies and schools.

.9:30am to 9:40am: Alexander Riley, Ph.D, Professor of Sociology, Bucknell University, author, on the upcoming 9/11 anniversary and his talk with the Susquehanna Valley Conservatives. He’ll discuss the anniversary’s role in contemporary American culture and how the media, young people and educational institutions are ignoring our nation’s most recent major pivot point.

Movie Mike McGranaghan, professional movie critic, author and ‘women in cinema’ advocate, with his review of ’Angel has Fallen’ and he’ll have words about new movies. In entertainment news, he’ll discuss Billy Crystal’s role in a new comedy, and Kevin Hart’s accident.

Brian Johnson, local author, ministry leader, on his latest book, ‘Send Judah First: The Erased Life on an Enslaved Soul.  He says it is a new historical fiction book based on the life of an enslaved cook in Virginia. We’ll find out about the inspiration for this book and we’ll talk about an upcoming book signing.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan argue about the lies/misstatements of Joe Biden and the lies/misstatements of Pres. Trump. We talked about Pres. Trump’s Alabama hurricane hoax, and Biden’s made up stories.  We also argued about climate change with Joe saying it is a hoax.

Samantha Pearson, Lewisburg Neighborhoods Corporation Elm Street Manager, and Walk it! Bike it! (WIBI) Coordinator, and Ellen Ruby, Executive Director, Lewisburg Downtown Partnership, on the Lewisburg downtown study, the upcoming unPAved event, Susquehanna River clean-up, lots of words from Minneapolis, and the public paddle.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host a vibrant discussion about the Walmart decision to curtail some ammunition sales and encourage people to stop ‘open carrying’ in their stores. We discussed background checks, the availability of guns, hollow point bullets, ‘cop killer bullets,’ and many other related topics–including the history of air guns.