Medicare Part D Open enrollment begins October 15th and it is a great opportunity for those over the age of 60 to check up on their medication coverage and make sure they have a plan that is giving them the best value. Cassandra Schmoll from the Henry County Senior Citizens Center joined WKEI to talk about Open Enrollment and appointments available at the Senior Center to help seniors decide if they need a different Medicare Part D plan. We also talked about a program that is giving IPads and free internet to seniors in need. If you've received services from the Senior Center and you would like to get an IPad for free they are ready to help. If you don't already have the internet, this program can help you with that as well.

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Dr. Bradley Garrett, author of “Bunker: Building for the End Times”, visited recently with Wake Up Princeton host Paul Bomleny on WZOE.

Dr. Garrett has spent the last three years doing research with doomsday preppers around the world Right now, 3.7 million Americans are “prepping” on some scale, from stockpiling food and supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, to spending thousands or sometimes millions of dollars on a backyard bunker, to joining a prepper community that has already prepared shelters for the next apocalypse.

"Preppers", as they are known, are constructing elaborate bunkers in preparation for an impending apocalypse. Dr. Garrett says people now are prepping for situations they know they can handle, like social unrest, a blackout, natural disasters rather than a catastrophic event like a nuclear war.

More information on “Bunker: Building for the End Times” and its author is available online at bradleygarrett.com.

Galva Mayor Rich Volkert joined WKEI to follow up on Monday's Galva City Council Meeting. It was mostly just an Executive session with no items on the agenda. The Council did discuss changes to polling places in Galva which were made by the Henry County Clerk's Office. 1st and 3rd Ward voters in Galva will be voting at Galva City Hall while 3rd Ward voters in Galva will vote at the American Legion Post. We also talked about supporting local businesses and the progress of a pair of businesses that are opening in new locations.

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Girl Scout Troop #4444 has been meeting at Francis Park of late and making note of the history and beauty of the park. What they also noticed was that the park needed some signs. Thus began a new community service project which saw Troop #4444 begin working on 1 sign and grew to include three signs in all dedicated to the history of the Park, the poetry of Beth Day and a special map for those who visit to follow along. Our reporter Jennifer Russell was on hand at the sign dedication on Tuesday night and spoke with the Girl Scouts and Troop Leader Jacque Komnick.

Steve Hackett is known best for his time in the band Genesis alongside Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks, the original, 1970's Genesis known for their prog rock experiments. Now, Steve Hackett is still flying the Genesis and prog rock banner high with a brand new release of live material dedicated to his favorite Genesis record, Selling England by the Pound and his own original compositions. The result is the collection “Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live at Hammersmith” a CD, DVD and Blu Ray release that hit the market on September 25th. It's a remarkable collection and we talked with Steve Hackett about how it came together, his memories of Genesis and Peter Gabriel and classical music influences in prog rock.

The new spy thriller A Call to Spy was produced, written and stars Sarah Megan Thomas. It's been a four year journey to get A Call to Spy made and distributed and throughout that time Sarah was fighting the good fight to get the movie made the way she envisioned it. A Call to Spy is a World War 2 spy movie based on actual events, about the real life female spies who were on the front lines feeding intelligence to England in the midst of German occupied France. We talked about the journey of producing, writing and starring in A Call to Spy with Sarah Megan Thomas on WKEI.