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)
Hosts: Jon E Ford and Rod Sparkowich
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Fleas and Tics
Key Discussion Points:
a] Best way for dealing with fleas
b) Best way in dealing with tics
c) How to remove tics—the best way
Guest: Dr David Cloutier Veterinarian Veazie Animal Clinic
Hosts: Jon E Ford and Rod Sparkowich
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: interview author of Dogs Of War
Key Discussion Points:
a) The closeness of dogs to our leaders during WW11
b) How War Dogs become “civilians” again.
c) What makes the best police or military dogs and why.
Guest: Kathleen Kinsolving author of Dogs Of War
Host: Jon e Ford
Topic: Interview with writer Jennifer Skiff “The Divinity of Dogs”
Key Discussion Points:
a] How she came about in writing this book.
B] Different stories from her book
c] How Dogs have helped to changed our lives
Guests: Jennifer Skiff writer of “Divinity of Dogs: #1 Dog book on Amazon
Producers/Hosts: Jon e Ford and Rob Sparkowich
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Pit bull Awareness
Key Discussion Points:
a] History of Out Of the Pits
b) What is the truth about the Pit Bull
c] Who would maker a good match with a Pitt Bull
Guest:
Cydney Cross Director Out Of The Pits Albany NY
Call In Program: yes
Producer/Host:Jon e Ford
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: The plight of southern dogs
*Rescue dogs from southern states
*Neutering
*Dog-fighting
Guests:
Tracy Shaw Coastal Canine Consulting and previous director of Hancock County SPCA
Rob Kelly Animal activist Animal Refuge Foundation Jesup, Georgia
Call In Program: yes
Producer/Host: Jon E Ford
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Safety and First Aid for the summer
Key Discussion Points:
a) Keeping your dogs safe through the Summer
b) Keeping your dog alive in a HOT parked car
c) Breaking the glass to save a dog who is in the process of dying in a parked car!
Guests:
A) Helen Kozura Hancock Co Emergency Animal Response Team
b] Dianna De Los Santos Hancock Co Emergency Response Team and HCSPCA
Call In Program: yes
Host: Jon e Ford
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Feedback on previous shows, and Q and A
Key Discussion Points (list at least 3):
a] What shows were a benefit
b) having your dog chipped
c) Responsibility of you on someone else’s property
Guest: Rod Sparkowich Coastal Canine Consulting
Call In Program: yes
Political Broadcast: no
Issue: Hey where did ya get that dog?
Host: Jon e Ford
Engineer:Joel Mann
Program Topic Ticks and Fleas -get off of me and my Dogs
Key Discussion Points (list at least 3):
A) What to do to keep them off your property
B] Best ways to keep them off your pet.
C] How best to remove them and using Neem to keep them off.
Guests by name and affiliation:
A Joyce Belcher Herbs for Life
b] Bill Guess Eagle Arboriculture
c} Rod Sparkowich Coastal K9 Consulting
Call In Program: yes