WHRV's Morning Edition
with your local host Sondra Woodward
Today is August 20, 2008
Forecast: sunny, high 85 (more weather)
Barack Obama will hold a town hall meeting in Chesapeake on Thursday, August 21st. The doors open at 4:30 at Oscar Smith High. Tickets are first come, first serve at the Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Va Beach Obama campaign offices as of 9am TODAY.
For Election Results:
Virginia Board of Elections
North Carolina Board of Elections
ACLU hotline: 804-644-8080
NAACP hotline: 804-321-5678
The 2008 General Assembly has adjourned for now. To track its activity, click here. The General Assembly Hotline: 1-800-889-0229.
Please welcome Our Ocean World to the Morning Edition line-up! It can be heard weekdays at 5:49am, or you can visit their Website.
- For information on the Attorney General's Vicitm Assistance Program, call 1-800-370-0459 or click HERE.
- Find out where campaign funds come from. Visit the Virginia Public Access Project HERE.
- Read the Virginia Tech Review Panel's report HERE.
- For details on Virginia's College Transfer Grant Program, click HERE.
- The Virginia College Savings Plan has set up a Web site that can help families learn how to save for college. Click HERE.
- Virginia joins the Climate Registry, a state-sponsored initiative to collect and report greenhouse gas emissions. More details HERE.
- The Government and Regulatory Reform Task Force seeks public comment on regulations deemed to be excessive, burdensome, or unnecessary. Send your input to regreform@oag.state.va.us.
News headlines from:
Of civic interest:
- The Governor's Commission on Immigration is taking public comment on immigration in Hampton Roads. Send to immigration.commission@governor.virginia.gov or to Governor's Commission on Immigration, c/o Matt Gross, 7 North 8th Street, 6th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219.
- Public comment on the Forest Service's plans for the George Washington National Forest can be made here.
- Public comment on the future of the Blue Ridge Parkway should be sent to: Park Superintendent, 199 Hemphill Knob Road, Asheville, NC 28803.
- To view and vote for the best Virginia Youth Safety Internet video, click here.
- Help local schools teachers with their classroom projects. Visit DonorsChoose.org.
- Safe Schools Information Resource provides public access to school discipline and other safety data.
- State Board of Education wants to hear from Virginians about the Standards of Quality for public schools. For a list of public hearing times, locations and the current Standards of Quality, click HERE.
- The Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) program is now active. More information HERE.
- Governor Kaine urges Virginians to sign up for Wireless Amber Alerts at www.wirelessAmberAlerts.com.
- Jeffrey Kirwan is reviewing 300 nominations for Virginia's most interesting trees. Read about the project HERE.
Your Morning Edition Local Correspondents
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Listen to Sondra's visit to a Gaelic language retreat in Mechanicsville HERE.
Hear from the authors of a book about Virginia's African American history HERE.
Meet the state poet laureate HERE.
Visit the Anderson Blacksmith Shop in Colonial Williamsburg HERE.
For details on the B-17 Liberty Belle, and her visit to Hampton Roads, click HERE.
Click HERE to stream Sondra's interview with Dan Roberts.
Links you should add to your Favorites:
Spaceweather.com
Dead or Alive
Bunny Shorts
Snopes.com
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