WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Live & local call-in on Public Health Challenges in Maine. Happens on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 10 – 11 AM. More information at http://www.commonhealth.org/
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Health and Learning
How is learning affected by health? What kind of diet promotes learning? What resources are available to help improve kids health and learning?
Guests: Kelly McKenney, School Health Coordinator, RSU24, kmckenney@rsu24.org; Gail Lombardi, Registered Dietician, Child Nutrition Services, Maine Dept. of Education, gail.lombardi@maine.gov
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Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Why is locally grown food important? What policies are helping or harming small farmers? What can we do at the grassroots to support locally grown food?
Guests:
Bob St. Peter, Food for Maine’s Future, bob@foodformainesfuture.org
Mia Strong, Blue Hill Food Coop, mcczermia@gmail.com
Phil & Heather Retburg, Quill’s End Farm, phabc@localnet.com
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Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Health for Under Served Populations
What do we mean by “underserved”? What is the composition of the migrant population? What non-medical steps are needed to improve health?
Guests:
Chris Huh, EMDC Program Manager, Migrant Farmworker Service at EMDC; Barbara Ginley, Exec. Dir, Maine Migrant Health Program; Dr. David Loxterkamp, Primary Care Physician w/Seaport Family Practice
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Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Building Walkable and Bikeable Communities
What is being done to improve communities for walking and biking? What happened to community growth in the last four decades? What are some basic principles in building quality communities?
Guest (speaker): Jeffrey Olson, Principal in Alta Planning & Design, www.altaplanning.com
Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Health Care Reform: What Next?
What are some of the main points of the new legislation? What can we do to control costs? How can we focus more on health and less on money?
Guests:
Dr. Philip Caper, Health Care Analyst; Alice Knapp, Private Practive Lawyer and former Director of Consumer Health Care Division, Maine State; Rep. Charles Priest, Maine State Legislature and Law Office of Charles Priest
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Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Environment, Behavior and Chronic Disease
What are common behavioral causes of chronic disease? How does our environment affect chronic disease? What steps can we take to reduce prevalence of chronic diseases?
Guests: Alfred May, Public Health Liaison, Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Sally Christ, District Tobacco Coordinator; Marian Wells, co-founder of Everybody Eats, a community meal program in Ellsworth, Maine
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Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Habitat for Humanity
How do people sign up to get a house? How do people volunteer? Where do you get the materials for the houses?
Guest: Jimmy Goodson, Executive Director of Hancock County Habitat for Humanity, www.hancockcountyhabitat.org
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Producer/Host: Jim Fisher
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: Religion, Spirituality and Health
What distinguishes spirituality and religion? How does prayer affect health? How do churches work for public health?
Guests: Rev. Emily Taylor, Minister, Congregational Church of Ellsworth Fall, ME; Rev. Sara Huisjen, UU Minister and Hospice Chaplain for Hancock County Home Care and Hospice based in Blue Hill, ME
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