Gene Marrano
Its a growing field as more people are covered by health insurance – and there aren’t enough doctors to go around. WFIR’s Gene Marrano has more on Jefferson College’s “PA Day” celebration:
Steve and Joanne Villers own the recently-opened Black Snake Meadery on Main Street in the Wasena neighborhood. They produce mead – a cross between honey,wine and ingredients found in beer – in Carroll County but they live here. Today they formally cut the ribbon. The “Black Snake Meadery and Tasting Room” will also sell wine and cider by the glass; they’ll offer classes on mead making and Red Rooster Coffee will continue its tasting sessions once a month.
The 7th annual “City Works (X)Po” kicked off this morning for three days at the Grandin Theatre and the nearby Co-Lab. This is the second year that the “Big Ideas” event is based there after leaving the City Market Building. City Works (X)Po includes a mix of national and local speakers who talk about initiatives that have made their hometowns more liveable. There are also a handful of social events taking place downtown that are also open to the general public. Planning committee member Ariel Lev says a new fellowship program is meant to sustain the (X)Po’s momentum:
Indulge your sweet tooth on Saturday – for a good cause. More on Brain Injury Services and Star City Sweetness from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
October is “National Audiology Awareness” and “National Protect Your Hearing” month – a Roanoker who has dealt with hearing issues all his life wants to make it special, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
Roanoke College and Hollins University have announced the winners of this year’s Perry F. Kendig Awards – more from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
Dr John Burton chairs the emergency medicine department at Carilion Clinic. As a Level 1 trauma center there’s always a mobilization plan in place. If there’s a surge of 10 to 20 patients at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital they can bring in extra personnel – but something approaching what happened in Las Vegas approaches an “incident command mode” says Burton. He also says months from now those in Las Vegas involved with treating the hundreds of people wounded last night will share what they experienced – and other hospital systems will learn from that.
Last night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas struck a chord with a local community activist trying to quell the gun violence in northwest Roanoke. More from WFIR’s Gene Marrano: