On the Mark from Newsradio 1070 WKOK

Movie Mike McGranaghan, professional movie critic, author and ‘women in cinema’ advocate, with his review of ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’ and he’ll have words about new movies. He’ll discuss the entertainment news including the Daniel Craig 007 injury, Natalie Portman vs. Moby on whether they ever dated, and Dan Aykroyd says aliens are here…

Chris Kerwin, Valley native, Treasurer, Capital Concerts Inc., on this weekend’s National Memorial Day Concert in Washington DC. The concert is 8 o’clock Sunday night and he’ll talk about paying tribute to our nation’s war dead, the organization and the spectacle of the event.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host open phones, enjoying a conversation with Joanne Troutman, president and CEO of the Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way, on the Wood-Mode Working Family Fund. The fund–she said–is designed to give the generous people offering help, a conduit to agencies, organizations and individuals who are helping the affected families. Then during open phones we talked about President Trump and boycotting states with restrictive abortion laws.

Susan Mathias, CEO, Transitions of PA, and Sheri Rippon, board member, on the upcoming major fundraiser, that is a very fun tradition locally—the Transitions Auction. We’ll discuss the 10’s-of-thousands of dollars raised over the years, the important cause for which the money is intended, and how many, many, people contribute to the auction in many ways. Global Issues Local Solutions is the theme, register at www.transitionsofpa.org, we’ll discuss the items up for auction, the event itself, the online component, and other details.

The Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way Teen Mental Health Task Force has an upcoming event and fundraiser.  Guests will be:

•       Allison Beddall, Seventh grade student organizer

•       Murphy O’Brien, Seventh grade student organizer

•       April Metzger, Selinsgrove Area Middle School teacher and advocate/support of the girls

•       Joanne Troutman, President and C.E.O. of Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan reflect on the 12th District US Congress special election, US Congress member elect Fred Keller calls the show, then we talk about his election and the PA Spring Primary Election results.

Eric Rowe, Selinsgrove, long time employee of Wood-Mode on the history of the company, how the business evolved, and his legacy of hard work there.

Amanda Unzueta, Chair of the Lewisburg Garden Tour, on the 2019 Lewisburg Garden Tour.

The Lewisburg Garden Club is hosting a tour of six exceptional gardens in Lewisburg and New Berlin on Saturday, June 1, from 10 am to 3 pm, rain or shine.  The gardens in Lewisburg include those of:

Anne & Bob Murcek, 103 S. Front St.,

April Fairweather, 27 S. Water St.,

Bernadine Richard, 31 S. Front St., and

Copper Beech Manor, 17 Market St.

The New Berlin gardens include:

Kathy Frye & Paul Yakubick, 200 Laura Lane,

Nancy & John Showers, 317 Vine St.,

Brochures with directions and descriptions of the gardens will be available at each garden as well as light refreshments. Local artists and artisans will be posted at each garden, displaying and selling their work.  Tickets, which are $10 each, are sold in Lewisburg:

The Purple Platypus, 335 Market St., and

The Mercantile, 319 Market St. as well as

Reiff’s Greenhouse, 446 Strickler Road, in Vicksburg.

Tickets will also be sold at each of the gardens on the day of the tour.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan discuss Pres. Donald Trump’s visit to Montoursville and his endorsement of Fred Keller’ and Keller’s endorsement of Pres. Trump.  We talked about the President’s remarks, Mr. Keller’s comments, and the crowd.

Mike Ozlanski ’Ph.D., CPA, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Susquehanna University, Sigmund Weis School of Business, on venture capitalists, the millions of dollars poured into Wood-Mode and how the US housing markets and buyer’s preferences factor in. We’ll talk about what led to Wood-Mode’s financial crisis, some of the options for the company—and the employees.