Guests included: 
Michelle Reinen- Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor
Katie Plendl, Wisconsin Veterans Home in Chippewa Falls Executive Director 
Evening Snow, Hope Gospel Mission Public Relations Coordinator 
Sean Vanderval, CVTC Turf and Landscape Instructor ( interview with Jill Welke of WAXX 104.5 and THE FARM ) 
Cathy Reitz, Founder/Director  Stand in the Light Memory Choir 

Guests included: 
<ul>
<li>Michelle Reinen- Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor</li>
<li>Katie Plendl, Wisconsin Veterans Home in Chippewa Falls Executive Director </li>
<li>Evening Snow, Hope Gospel Mission Public Relations Coordinator </li>
<li>Sean Vanderval, CVTC Turf and Landscape Instructor ( interview with Jill Welke of WAXX 104.5 and THE FARM ) </li>
<li>Cathy Reitz, Founder/Director  Stand in the Light Memory Choir </li>
</ul>

11 17  Wisconsin Veterans Home/Consumer Issues/ Stand in the Light Memory Choir/ Hope Gospel Mission Thanksgiving Day Dinner/ Turf and Landscape at CVTC 

Guests included: 
Evening Snow, Public Relations Coordinator, Hope Gospel Mission
Reba Rice, Chief Executive Officer, North Lakes Community Clinic 
Katie Plendl, Executive Director, Wisconsin Veterans Home in Chippewa Falls
Ben Cook, Doucmentary Filmmaker/Organizer  THE BEST OF US 

Guests included: 
<ul>
<li>Evening Snow, Public Relations Coordinator, Hope Gospel Mission</li>
<li>Reba Rice, Chief Executive Officer, North Lakes Community Clinic </li>
<li>Katie Plendl, Executive Director, Wisconsin Veterans Home in Chippewa Falls</li>
<li>Ben Cook, Doucmentary Filmmaker/Organizer  THE BEST OF US </li>
</ul>

11 10  Wisconsin Veterans Home/ North Lakes Community Clinic/ Thanksgiving Dinner/ The Best of Us 

Guests included: 
Semone Thomas, Manager of Shelter Operations, Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley
Chippewa Valley Triage: Reba Rice, Chief Executive Officer, North Lakes Community Clinic
Frank Bartella, Director of Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild's Production of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST
Joe Lustek, Organizer Clearwater Jazz and Art Festival  

Guests included: 
<ul>
<li>Semone Thomas, Manager of Shelter Operations, Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley</li>
<li>Chippewa Valley Triage: Reba Rice, Chief Executive Officer, North Lakes Community Clinic</li>
<li>Frank Bartella, Director of Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild's Production of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST</li>
<li>Joe Lustek, Organizer Clearwater Jazz and Art Festival  </li>
</ul>

11 03 NEWSMAKERS  CLEARWATER JAZZ AND ART FESTIVAL/ ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST/ CHIPPEWA VALLEY TRIAGE/ FAMILY PROMISE OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY 

Guests included: 
Semone Thomas, Manager of Shelter Operations, Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley.
Elaine Giessler and Sali Bluse, Rescued and Redeemed coordinators
Darrell Marrier, member of ROSEWATER and coordinator 5th Annual VETERANS FEST benefit for Every Third Saturday to benefit Veterans. 
Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor 

Guests included: 
<ul>
<li>Semone Thomas, Manager of Shelter Operations, Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley.</li>
<li>Elaine Giessler and Sali Bluse, Rescued and Redeemed coordinators</li>
<li>Darrell Marrier, member of ROSEWATER and coordinator 5th Annual VETERANS FEST benefit for Every Third Saturday to benefit Veterans. </li>
<li>Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor </li>
</ul>

10 27 2024  FAMILY PROMISE OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY/ RESCUED AND REDEEMED EVENT/ VETERANS FEST/ CONSUMER ISSUES 

Guests included: 
Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor on Cyber Security  Awareness Month.
Dr. Jennnifer Eddy, Family Resource Center 
Paula Gregory, Development Coordinator, REACH,Inc. 
Mary Jane Thomsen, Executive Director, NW Wisconsin Chapter of American red Cross. 

Guests included: 
<ul>
<li>Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor on Cyber Security  Awareness Month.</li>
<li>Dr. Jennnifer Eddy, Family Resource Center </li>
<li>Paula Gregory, Development Coordinator, REACH,Inc. </li>
<li>Mary Jane Thomsen, Executive Director, NW Wisconsin Chapter of American red Cross. </li>
</ul>

10 20 2024  HEROES/ CYBER SECURITY/ FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER 25TH ANNIVERSARY/ REACH GALA 

Guests included: 
Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor
Mary Jane Thomsen, Executive Director American Red Cross NW Wisconsin Chapter
Dr. Jennifer Eddy, Executive Director Family Resource Center
Chris Ouellette, Spokesperson XCEL Energy 

Guests included: 
<ul>
<li>Michelle Reinen, Wisconsin DATCP Policy Initiatives Advisor</li>
<li>Mary Jane Thomsen, Executive Director American Red Cross NW Wisconsin Chapter</li>
<li>Dr. Jennifer Eddy, Executive Director Family Resource Center</li>
<li>Chris Ouellette, Spokesperson XCEL Energy </li>
</ul>

10 13 2024  Blood Donations Desperately Needed/ Consumer Issues/ Disaster Relief from the Mid West/ Family Resource Center's 25th

Guests included: 
Mary Jane Thomsen, American Red Cross NW Wisconsin Chapter Executive Director
Sherry Jasper,Board of Directors, OUR NAWAKWA 
Jill Welke of WAXX 104.5/95 9 THE FARM with Allison Johnjack, Cranberry outreach specialists, UW Madison Extension
Dan Ingersoll, retired Eau Claire School District Art Teacher about Community Haven House Art Exhibit at LE PHILLIPS SENIOR CENTER. 

Guests included: 
<ul>
<li>Mary Jane Thomsen, American Red Cross NW Wisconsin Chapter Executive Director</li>
<li>Sherry Jasper,Board of Directors, OUR NAWAKWA </li>
<li>Jill Welke of WAXX 104.5/95 9 THE FARM with Allison Johnjack, Cranberry outreach specialists, UW Madison Extension</li>
<li>Dan Ingersoll, retired Eau Claire School District Art Teacher about Community Haven House Art Exhibit at LE PHILLIPS SENIOR CENTER. </li>
</ul>

10 6 2024 Helene's devastation and how we can help/ An art show to benefit the homeless with art created by the unhoused/ Our Nawakwa/ Cranberries, Tis the Season !

Guests included:
Ann Kaiser, AMK non profit consulting services about a Grief Support Researh project under way thanks to a grant from the HSHS Foundation ( part of our Chippewa Valley Triage series)
Cathy Reitz, Founder/Director Stand in the Light Memory Choir 
Eau Claire Police Department LT. Ben Frederick with Murphy the Comfort Canine. 
Angela Castillo Sterry, Down Syndrome Awareness Association-Chippewa Valley Chapter, Board member.  

Guests included:
<ul>
<li>Ann Kaiser, AMK non profit consulting services about a Grief Support Researh project under way thanks to a grant from the HSHS Foundation ( part of our Chippewa Valley Triage series)</li>
<li>Cathy Reitz, Founder/Director Stand in the Light Memory Choir </li>
<li>Eau Claire Police Department LT. Ben Frederick with Murphy the Comfort Canine. </li>
<li>Angela Castillo Sterry, Down Syndrome Awareness Association-Chippewa Valley Chapter, Board member.  </li>
</ul>

9 22 Grief Support Research / Murph with Murphy the Dog/ Down Syndrome Awareness Walk/ Stand in the Light Memory Choir

Guests Included: 
Jim Ignarski, Association Director- Development and Public Relations, Chippewa Valley YMCA  for ROCK THE DOME
Dennis Johnson. Kiwanis Club of Eau Claire, Paul Bunyan Flapjack feed 
Michelle Reinen, Policy Initiatives Advisor, Wisconsin DATCP 
Ann Kaiser, AMK Non Profit Consulting  about Grief Support Research 
Jackie Minor, Executive Director LE Phillips Senior Center

Guests Included: 
<ul>
<li>Jim Ignarski, Association Director- Development and Public Relations, Chippewa Valley YMCA  for ROCK THE DOME</li>
<li>Dennis Johnson. Kiwanis Club of Eau Claire, Paul Bunyan Flapjack feed </li>
<li>Michelle Reinen, Policy Initiatives Advisor, Wisconsin DATCP </li>
<li>Ann Kaiser, AMK Non Profit Consulting  about Grief Support Research </li>
<li>Jackie Minor, Executive Director LE Phillips Senior Center</li>
</ul>

9 15 2024   Grief Support Research/ Consumer Issues/ Paul Bunyan Flapjack Feed/Senior Resource Fair/ROCK THE DOME

Guests included:
Jerry Kuehl and Dick Hebert, Past Festmeisters at OKTOBERFEST in Chippewa Falls
 Monica Frederick, Chief Development Officer, Pablo Center 
 Elizabeth Levy and Andrea Balis, Authors of WITCH HUNT--The Red Scare and Joe McCarthy. 

Guests included:
<ul>
<li>Jerry Kuehl and Dick Hebert, Past Festmeisters at OKTOBERFEST in Chippewa Falls</li>
<li> Monica Frederick, Chief Development Officer, Pablo Center </li>
<li> Elizabeth Levy and Andrea Balis, Authors of WITCH HUNT--The Red Scare and Joe McCarthy. </li>
</ul>

9  8 2024  A NIGHT AT THE BAZAAR/ OKTOBERFEST/ WITCH HUNT

Join host John Murphy as he talks with local leaders, influencers and newsmakers from around the 7-1-5.  This weekly show gives is an introspective look into the lives and happenings of those making news right here in our community

Join host John Murphy as he talks with local leaders, influencers and newsmakers from around the 7-1-5.  This weekly show gives is an introspective look into the lives and happenings of those making news right here in our community

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An article by Sonya Maynard in a past issue of Smithsonian Magazine got Murph to "exploring" about some of our most famous "government" mascots.. 

An article by Sonya Maynard in a past issue of Smithsonian Magazine got Murph to "exploring" about some of our most famous "government" mascots..&nbsp;

Government Mascots  1/20/2022

A little trivial tidbit on JEOPARDY got Murph started on this research rabbit trail about the Most Boring day of the last century-April 11,1954...

A little trivial tidbit on JEOPARDY got Murph started on this research rabbit trail about the Most Boring day of the last century-April 11,1954...

Murphs Things I Learned Most Boring Day 1 13 2022

On New Years Eve Day we lost the beloved Betty White--This edition of Murph's Things I learned on the way to somewhere else takes us to Rose of St. Olafs but has detours to Dotto, Split Second and Superman... 

On New Years Eve Day we lost the beloved Betty White--This edition of Murph's Things I learned on the way to somewhere else takes us to Rose of St. Olafs but has detours to Dotto, Split Second and Superman...&nbsp;

Murphs Things I Learned 1 6 Betty White

The many stories and odd facts behind the simple "Candy Cane" took our man Murph on quite a journey this time on Murph's Things I learned on the way to somewhere else: CANDY CANE LANE 

The many stories and odd facts behind the simple "Candy Cane" took our man Murph on quite a journey this time on Murph's Things I learned on the way to somewhere else: CANDY CANE LANE&nbsp;

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It's one of Murph's Obsessions (besides Penguins, Toys and just about anything with Peanut Butter in it) HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIES --Ever heard of Nilson's Bay, Wisconsin ? Turns out Murph has.. check it out on this special Holiday edition of Murph's podcast-- Murph's Things I learned on the way to somewhere else.. 

It's one of Murph's Obsessions (besides Penguins, Toys and just about anything with Peanut Butter in it) HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIES --Ever heard of Nilson's Bay, Wisconsin ? Turns out Murph has.. check it out on this special Holiday edition of Murph's podcast-- Murph's Things I learned on the way to somewhere else..&nbsp;

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Its a color we are VERY FAMILIAR with this time of year in Wisconsin, but WE didn't start the FIRE--Have to look to New England for that ..on this episode of Murph's Things I learned on the way to somewhere else-BLAZE ORANGE 

Its a color we are VERY FAMILIAR with this time of year in Wisconsin, but WE didn't start the FIRE--Have to look to New England for that ..on this episode of Murph's Things I learned on the way to somewhere else-BLAZE ORANGE&nbsp;

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Dwight Eisenhower, my secret recipe for homemade cranberries and Wisconsin Author Jerry Apps turn up in this special pre-Thanksgiving episode of MURPH'S THINGS I LEARNED ON THE WAY TO SOMEWHERE ELSE: CRANBERRIES.

Dwight Eisenhower, my secret recipe for homemade cranberries and Wisconsin Author Jerry Apps turn up in this special pre-Thanksgiving episode of MURPH'S THINGS I LEARNED ON THE WAY TO SOMEWHERE ELSE: CRANBERRIES.

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As BOTH and Eagles and Don Henley Fan, Murph tends to dig a little deep when it comes to his random research--jewelry, drumming, home design and inspiration for songs all figure into this journey on Murph's Things I learned: DON HENLEY's GIRLFRIENDS 

As BOTH and Eagles and Don Henley Fan, Murph tends to dig a little deep when it comes to his random research--jewelry, drumming, home design and inspiration for songs all figure into this journey on Murph's Things I learned: DON HENLEY's GIRLFRIENDS&nbsp;

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Somehow, this starts with a love for college football and wanders off to a building in New York City, Albeit a famous one. And EAU CLAIRE gets  a shout out in here too. 

 

Somehow, this starts with a love for college football and wanders off to a building in New York City, Albeit a famous one. And EAU CLAIRE gets&nbsp; a shout out in here too.&nbsp;
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Murphs Things I learned 10 28 2021  ARTHUR PEABODY, EAU CLAIRE,  COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND JUMP AROUND

A trivial trail that takes us to a Nashville Hotel, a 1940's Radio Show, Hurricane Katrina and a Fictional Coffee Bean Buyer who also spent some time on The Time Tunnel--Murph's Things I learned on the way to somewhere else: COFFEE 

A trivial trail that takes us to a Nashville Hotel, a 1940's Radio Show, Hurricane Katrina and a Fictional Coffee Bean Buyer who also spent some time on The Time Tunnel--Murph's Things I learned on the way to somewhere else: COFFEE&nbsp;

Murphs Things I learned on the way  to somewhere else COFFEE 10 21-2021 

This series features the tangled paths we take when searching for the goofiest pieces of information. Murph may illustrate, for instance, how he started by wanting to find out more about Hippos but later stumbled into a story about a Circus Elephant on the loose in Eau Claire, Yada Yada Yada. 

This series features the tangled paths we take when searching for the goofiest pieces of information. Murph may illustrate, for instance, how he started by wanting to find out more about Hippos but later stumbled into a story about a Circus Elephant on the loose in Eau Claire, Yada Yada Yada.&nbsp;

Murph's  Things I learned on the way to somewhere else

Karl Hartkemeier from Karl's BBQ&nbsp;

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Operation Support Local  Jordan Yule   JY Collision

Ben Rippley from Sunny Skies CBD in Durand 

Ben Rippley from Sunny Skies CBD in Durand&nbsp;

Operation Support Local Ben Rippley Sunny Skies CBD

Jason Vance of Ken Vance Motors in Eau Claire 

Jason Vance of Ken Vance Motors in Eau Claire&nbsp;

Operation Support Local Jason Vance

Operation Support Local Heather Holmberg of Livea

Bob Schoettl of Swimrite Pools and Spas 

Bob Schoettl of Swimrite Pools and Spas&nbsp;

Operation Support Local Bob Schoettl SWIMRITE POOLS AND SPAS

Lori Grace from Advanced Septic&nbsp;

Operation Support Local Lori Grace Advanced Septic

Danielle Strauss Board and Brush&nbsp;

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Deb Koteras of Mother Nature's Food&nbsp;

Operation Support Local Deb Koteras Mother Nature's Food 60

Jason Ewing from Carpet City&nbsp;

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Murph has conversations with local businesses about how business goes in the wake of the COVID crisis -- Conversations throughout the month of April on Greatest Hits 98.1 and SportsTalk 105.1 

For more info and contact: https://bit.ly/OperationSupportLocal

Murph has conversations with local businesses about how business goes in the wake of the COVID crisis -- Conversations throughout the month of April on Greatest Hits 98.1 and SportsTalk 105.1&nbsp;
For more info and contact: <a href="https://bit.ly/OperationSupportLocal">https://bit.ly/OperationSupportLocal</a>

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