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The first annual CHW Awareness Week was August 28-September 1! Today’s episode continued the awareness of Community Health Workers (CHW), featuring Wanda Castillo from the Manchester Health Department, Yvette Arroyo Velazquez from Amoskeag Health, and Amber Culver from the North Country Health Consortium & the New Hampshire CHW Coalition talking with Carli and Sandra about their work as a CHW, the impact of CHWs, and how you can get more involved in your community.

There are lots of opportunities to get involved with self-management classes, you can check out the list of upcoming workshops at https://www.snhahec.org/upcoming-workshops.html, and you can sign up for Walk with Ease any time at www.startwalkwithease.org/nhdhhs.

As we do every month, Artful Living brings you an updated list of happenings here in the area and a bit beyond! Lots of different and exciting events will be discussed, so don't miss our Monthly Special Events segment with Jane, our Artful Living host.

In our monthly segment with the New Hampshire Insurance Department, Deputy Commissioner D.J. Bettencourt discussed Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance which is currently in its’ first year in the state. Mr. Bettencourt detailed how coverage in the Granite State differs from other states and the benefits of the plan for employees and employers. Also on Tuesday, University of New Hampshire head football coach Rich Santos talked about his team’s season-opening win over Stonehill and its’ upcoming matchup on Saturday at Central Michigan.

Todays guest was Debra Lund and I’ve dubbed her the Forrest Gump of my friends. She has a ton of fascinating items that run dot her resume. Take a look: Experienced in educational, comic, dramatic, award winning performance in Film, Stage Magic, Television, Theatre, Radio, and Voice Over. Director of Film performance and Stage director. Scenic Design. Sound Design. Play and Screen writing. Script development and Dramaturgy. And during our chat she leisurely dropped in that she was a casting director for Boston Casting as one time. Just reading all that makes me want to take a nap!

It's Friday, which means the Friday Fun Bunch is in the WKXL Studios! Ken Cail interviews Tom Raffio, President & CEO of Northeast Delta Dental and Kitty Rae the OFFICIAL “Flick Chick."

Dan Weed of Weed Family Automotive of Concord lent his expertise to Thursday’s program. Our conversation dealt with some of the pitfalls of electric vehicles plus the need for more vocational training in the automotive, plumbing, electrical among other trades in our educational system.

This week on Facing the Future, we catch up with Phill Sletten, research director of the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute, a Concord based nonpartisan state budget think tank. Phil walks us through the current state budget snapshot and talks about some of the short and long-term economic challenges facing the Granite State. Though a smaller scale, many of New Hampshire's budgetary problems mirror our national fiscal challenges at the federal level. Plus, we hear from Concord Coalition chief economist Steve Robinson who has just completed a three-part issue brief series looking at the history and future of the Social Security Trust Fund.

Politics and football were Wednesday’s topics. Neil Levesque, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College, discussed the recent visit of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to the Institute and also talked about last week’s first Republican presidential debate. Later in the program we were joined by Gregg Ficery author of the new book “Gridiron Legacy: Pro Football’s Missing Origin Story”. Mr. Ficery’s project was inspired by the discovery of long-forgotten photographs he found in his grandmother’s basement in 2007. His great grandfather played pro football and was the center who snapped the ball to the quarterback who completed the first forward pass in the history of pro football.

On today's segment of "Artful Living", we visit with Elisa of Lilise Designer Resale on North Main St. in downtown Concord. Elisa shares the secret of getting "good stuff" in the world of second hand consignment shopping. We invite everyone to join our conversation!

Tom Raffio, President and CEO of Northeast Delta Dental opened Tuesday’s program to put the finishing touches on the 2023 Delta Dental Mountain Challenge, a series of 7 races to some of the highest elevations in New England. Also with us on the Tuesday show, Manchester Mayoral candidate Kevin Cavanaugh who has served as a New Hampshire state senator and is currently the Alderman in Manchester’s Ward One.