Friday, October 19, 2012

Discover Janesville #7

Featuring:

* Co-editor of Janesville Community Page Dan Hartung fills us in on what is going on with the city budget, school district’s attempt to lower taxes, what local businesses do to effectively promote themselves using social media, and together we debunk some of the urban myths about people from other countries who own businesses in Janesville.

* UW Rock County CEO and Dean Carmen Wilson, talks about the newly created Dean’s Community Council, and the upcoming market study on the possibility of building dorms on campus.

* Our music correspondent, Eric Kuznacic previews upcoming concerts featuring music by bands with great names like Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Roster McCabe and Matisyahu.

* We begin our series of talks from Janesville Noon Lions club, today featuring Lion Al Bates (aka Judge Bates), speaking about the Wisconsin Nicaragua Partnership and the amazing story of a live that was saved by Janesville doctors.

* Milton teacher, Mike Hoffman previews the upcoming Children's World Impact concert at Charming B’s coffee shop, and talks about the little non-profit from Elkhorn that built a shea butter processing plant in Ghana.

* Staci Abrahamson shares with us breaking entertainment news involving Guys, Ice and the Janesville Performing Center.

* Turning to politics, Cathy Myers talks about upcoming events in Janesville featuring Tammy Baldwin and Russ Feingold, gives advice on what to do on election day in case anyone has problems casting their ballot, and we discuss the latest attack by Joe Knilans against Deb Kolste in the race to represent  the 44th Assembly District.

* Yuri previews of a new mockumentary "Janeane from Des Moines", which will be screened on Thursday, October 25th, at Basics, on tour of swing states, featuring Q&A with director Grace Lee, and actress Jane Edith Wilson.

* “Liz v. Wade” get personal arguing about contraception, Planned Parenthood, abortion and Viagra.

* Ryan Schroeder, who is running against Rep. Amy Loudenbeck in the 31st Assembly District, joins us to talk about why he is running, his experience, and the important issues in the race.

All that and music by the Jazzguise and ABBA on the Discover Janesville podcast #7.



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