WPGW Breakfast Club 2011 Season

Our live broadcasts are hosted by WPGW's John Boggs interviewing public figures from the community and bringing you information on up and coming events. The WPGW Breakfast Club airs live on WPGW 100.9FM/1440AM starting at 7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. every other Thursday on WPGW.

If you missed any of our shows from season one, you can still hear them following this link here.  You can also look at pictures of the broadcast taken by our own Sam Thomas on WPGW Radio on Facebook.

We want to thank our wonderful sponsors who make the WPGW Breakfast Club Possible and who give us great things to give away to our guests.  County Creek Primitives, The Jay County Chamber of Commerce, and Ponderosa Steakhouse all in Portland.

If you'd like to join us for breakfast you can sign-up at your local Ponderosa Steakhouse, County Creek Primitives, or Cooks Nursery and Trim.  We'll take out 15-20 names per week and invite them to breakfast and be a part of our live studio audience.

June 2nd:
Our first special guests for the second season was Mike Eads from the Jay County Christian Academy, Sandy Bubp and Tom Young to talk about the Home and Garden Tour & Garden Party, Jane Ann Runyon from the United Way of Jay County, and Brandon Cambell from the Portland Arby's. All of our guest recieved a $5 off coupon from Cooks Nursery and Trim And congratulations to our guest Jeannine Poole who won our guest draw for an oil change from Moser Motors of Portland.

  Seg. 1: Mike Eads Principal from the Jay County Christian Academy joins us for our first show of the new season to talk about the JCCA's accreditation, the new voucher law from a new Indiana House Bill, and about their new preschool program.

    Seg. 2: Mike Eads from the JCCA talks more about the vouchers, the difference between the public and Christian schools, student to teacher ratio, and special needs at the JCCA.

    Seg. 3: Mike Eads talks one more time about the vouchers and how it can pay for tuition to the JCCA for qualified families.

    Seg. 4: Tom Young and Sandy Bubp come on our show to talk about the Home and Garden Tour & Garden Party coming up on June 12th.

    Seg. 5: Tom Young and Sandy Bubp talk about the Home and Garden Tour & Garden Party that goes to raise money for the Jay County Historical Society.

    Seg. 6: Jane Ann Runyon talks about the flood relief damage and efforts after the late February flood that cause a lot of damage for Portland residents and businesses. There were over 500 claims, $36,000 of money collected and nearly spent. You can donate money for the flood relief through the United Way of Jay County by sending a check to P.O. Box 24 Portland Indiana 47371 or contact the United Way of Jay County at 260-726-7010.

    Seg. 7: Portland Arby's Manager Brandon Cambell talks on our show about the 1st Annual Hometown Heroes Day for June 4th. They will be honoring the late Matt Aker, the Portland Fire Chief who died in a motorcycle accident in April. Donations through the event will go for the Matt Aker Memorial Scholarship Fund. Visit our Facebook Page under events to learn more about the event.

    
  John Boggs Talking to Mike Eads Sandy and Tom

   
  Jean Ann Runyon Brandon Cambell

June 16th:
Its going to be a busy time in J-Land. On our show today we had Portland City Mayor Bruce Hosier talking about the Hudson Family Park Dedication Ceremony for June 26th. Lori Thein talking about the Fort Recovery Jubilee going on June 16-19. Christy Henry talking about the Blackford County Fair. And last but not least Jack Houck from the Jay Community Center and Buzz Keck from Moser Motors in Portland about their fund raiser for the Jay Community Center's Gym Floor.

  Seg. 1: Portland City Mayor Bruce Hosier talks with us about the Hudson Family Park Dedication Ceremony going on June 26th.
 
  Seg. 2: Portland City Mayor Bruce Hosier talks with us about the Hudson Family Park Dedication Ceremony going on June 26th.
 
  Seg. 3: Portland City Mayor Bruce Hosier talks with us about the Hudson Family Park Dedication Ceremony going on June 26th.
 
  Seg. 4: Lori Thien came across state lines to share with us everything that is going on at the Fort Recovery Jubilee this weekend June 16-19.

  Seg. 5: Kristy Henry from the Purdue Ext. Office joined us this morning to talk about the Blackford County Fair that starts June 18th.

  Seg. 6: Jack Houck from the Jay Community Center and Buzz Keck from Moser Motors joined us for our last segment to talk about a special test drive fund raiser to raise money for the Jay Community Center's Gym Floor.

June 30th

We give June a great send off today as we had an amazing show on the breakfast club this morning. We had Brooke Aker, George Patterson and Lisa Elliot from the Portland Fourth of July Committee to talk about all the activities for the event. Tim and Dave Poole talk about AeroCat Bikes and the Time Trials Bike Race coming to Portland in July. We met Kathy Subler the new State Farm Agent in Portland and introduced her the day before her ribbon cutting ceremony. And we had Portland Rockets Manager Randy Miller and Jay County Panthers Manager Zeb Sutton talking about their programs on the Breakfast Club.

  Seg. 1: Brooke Aker, George Patterson and Lisa Elliot talk to us about the up and coming activities for the 4th of July in Portland.

  Seg. 2: Brooke, George, and Lisa talk about some of the activities for the 4th of July in Portland.

  Seg. 3: We introduced Kathy Subler the new State Farm Agent in Portland. Who will have a ribbon cutting ceremony the morning of July 1st.

  Seg. 4: Dave and Tim Poole from AeroCat High Performance Bicycles talk about the up and coming Time Trials Bike Race coming to Portland on July 10th and the AeroCat Bicycle Team.

  Seg. 5: Jay County Panthers Manager Zeb Sutton and Portland Rockets Manager Randy Miller joined us to talk about their semi-pro teams that play right here in Jay County!!!

  
Brooke Aker, George Patterson, and Dave and Tim Poole from AeroCat
Lisa Elliot for the Portland 4th of July.

  
  Zeb Sutton of the J.C. Panthers Randy Miller of the Portland Rockets

Today we had a slew of people on our Breakfast. So many that we almost couldn’t keep track. First we had Kelly Smeltzer director of the Jay County Marching Patriots Band talking with us about their summer contests and their great summer show. We talked with Jennifer Nixon of Arts Place about the up and coming concerts at the Hudson Family Park this summer. We also had a big crowd from the Jay County Fair talking with us about the “History of Jay County Fair” display in the women’s building and different events throughout the Jay County Fair the week of the 25^th.

  Seg. 1: Kelly Smeltzer from the JC Marching Patriots Band talks about their summer schedule.

  Seg. 2: Kelly Smeltzer from the JC Marching Patriots Band talks about what all went into making the summer show possible.

  Seg. 3: Rosie Grapner, Bob Lyons, and Debbie Gillespie of the Jay County Fair talk about the “History of the Jay County Fair” display that will be in the women’s building at the fairgrounds the week of the Great Jay County Fair.

  Seg. 4: Rosie Grapner, Bob Lyons, and Debbie Gillespie of the Jay County Fair talk about some of the unique items they’ve already received and what they are still looking for.

  Seg. 5: Bob Lyons of the Jay County Fair brings in a whole slew of guests to talk about different events happening near the Classics Area of the Fair Grounds during the week of the Great Jay County Fair.

  Seg. 6: Jennifer Nixon of Arts Place in Portland talks about two concerts coming up at the Hudson Family Park this summer.

July 21st

Today we had a special show to talk about the Great Jay County Fair! we had Donald Gillespie and Trent Paxson from the Jay County Fair Board to talk to us about events and the board of the Great Jay County Fair. We had Cara Kobza from the Purdue Ext. Office talking about 4-H Projects. Paul Martin the famous MC of the Jay County Fair Queen Pageant along with the 2011 Jay County Fair Queen Joni Degler talk about the program and some changes to come with the new director Julie Hunt. 

  Seg. 1: Donald Gillespie and Trent Paxson from the Jay County Fair Board talk about the board and events during the Great Jay County Fair.

  Seg. 2: Donald Gillespie and Trent Paxson from the Jay County Fair Board talk about the events of the Great Jay County Fair.

  Seg. 3: Donald Gillespie and Treant Paxson from the Jay County Fair Board talk about the events of the Great Jay County Fair.

  Seg. 4: Cara Kobza from the Purdue Ext. Office talks about 4-H and projects the kids do.

  Seg. 5: Paul Martin current co-chair of the Queen Pageant talks about the program and we get to visit with the new Jay County Fair Queen Joni Degler.

  Seg. 6: Paul Martin talks about handing over the reigns of the pageant to Julie Hunt who also joined us for the breakfast club.

 August 4th:

With the end of the Great Jay County Fair, we've come back with a new episode for the first week of August. We talked with Chris Fennig of My Farms and Thaddeus Rex of "Read like a Rock Star" about the new DreamHaven project and about Gov. Mitch Daniels arrival to Portland. We talked with Tara Drumm from the Jay County Humane Society about the organization and all the work they do with the animals. And we talked with Ailesia Franklin about The Glass Museum and improvements being done in Dunkirk.

  Seg. 1: Chris Fennig and Thaddeus Rex talk about their own small businesses and DreamHaven.

  Seg. 2: Chris Fennig and Thaddeus Rex talks about Seminar Series and the Vision 20/20 Focus.

  Seg. 3: Chris Fennig and Thaddeus Rex talk about the DreamHaven Launch for later in the day.

  Seg. 4: Tara Drumm of the Jay County Humane Society talks about how her organization runs, and about the need to find homes for so many pets.

  Seg. 5: Ailesia Franklin from the Dunkirk Public Library and Glass Museum talks about the Museum and a little bit on the history of Dunkirk's Glass heritage.

  Seg. 6: Ailesia Franklin talks about the improvements and work being done to revitalize downtown Dunkirk.

Thaddeus Rex and Chris Fennig on our WPGW Breakfast Club talking about their businesses and DreamHaven.

   
Tara Drumm from the JC Humane Society       Ailesia Franklin of Dunkirk Library/Glass Muesum

August 18th:

This week as we wrap up our August schedule we had Chez Bonifas and Fred Eischen from the Midwest America Healing Fields, talk about the events that will be at Bearcreek Farms with the healing fields. We talked with Josh Gibson from the John Jay Center as he and Dave Tarter and Anita Barley explained about the roadshow they will be doing at the JJCL this weekend. Plus Josh along with Doug Loy talk about the Auction coming up for the JJCL. Scott Benter from Edward Jones talked with us about moving his business downtown. and Dave Fraiser talked with us about the Welcome Home To Portland Festivities for Sunday.

Seg. 1: Chez Bonifas and Fred Eischen from the MidWest America Healing Fields talk about the events coming to Bearcreek Farms starting Sept. 2nd.

Seg. 2: Chez Bonifas and Fred Eischen from the MidWest America Healing Fields talk about the events coming to Bearcreek Farms starting Sept. 2nd.

Seg. 3: Josh Gibson, Dave Tarter, and Anita Barley talk about the roadshow coming to the John Jay Center for Learning.

Seg. 4: Josh Gibson and Doug Loy talk about the Auction being held at the John Jay Center for Learning.

Seg. 5: Scott Benter talks about moving his Edward Jones office to the downtown area.

Seg. 6: Dave Fraiser talks with us about the Welcome Home To Portland Festivities for Sunday Aug. 21st.

Seg. 7: WPGW Host John Boggs Closes out this weeks show with thank you's and reminders of events for this weekend and next week.

 September 1st:

It’s a brand new month and an all new Breakfast Club episode. We had a great breakfast at Ponderosa and learned about events coming up in our area. Carolyn Carducci and Eric Butcher from the Jay Community Center talks about donations and Corporate Challenge. Jessica Daniels filled us in on the Women’s Giving Circle with the Portland Foundation. Wil Collins and Craig Wendel talk about the 2^nd annual Civil War at the Fort. And Mark Clemens talks about the Jay Chamber’s Randy O’Poole Golf Outing.

  Seg. 1: Carolyn Carducci and Eric Butcher from the Jay Community Center talks about the JCC and their operations.

  Seg. 2: Carolyn Carducci and Eric Butcher from the Jay Community Center talks about the Corporate Challenge.

  Seg. 3: Carolyn Carducci and Eric Butcher from the Jay Community Center talks about the Challenge and how to make donations.

  Seg. 4: Jessica Daniels from the Portland Foundation talks about the Women’s Giving Circle

  Seg. 5: Wil Collins and Craig Wendel come back to the Breakfast Club to talk about Civil War at the Fort.

  Seg. 6: Mark Clemens talks about the Randy O’Poole Chamber Golf Outing coming up Sept. 9^th.

   
  Carolyn and Eric from the JCC Jessica from the Portland Foundation

   
  Host John Boggs with Mark Clemens Craig and Wil for the Civil War at the Fort

 Sept. 15th

It was a little chilly in Jay County this morning as we are in our second full week of September. Today on our Breakfast Club we talked with Annette Alexander, Janice Fritz, and Mandee Mikulski about the Taste of Jay County. The Pumpkin Fest starts this weekend with a corn maze addition so we talked with Sue Myers plus Travis and Josh Richards about all the festivities this weekend. And we talked with Tom Frye and Kinsey Michal about the Jay County Singers/Songwriters concert at Arts Place on Sept. 23rd.

  Seg. 1: Mandee Mikulski, Annette Alexander, and Janice Fritz talk with us about the Taste of Jay County and the categories for the competition.

  Seg. 2: Annette, Mandee, and Jancie talk about the sponsors and board of the Taste of Jay County.

  Seg. 3: Annette, Mandee, and Jancie talk one last time on the Taste of Jay County about how you can get tickets and the price, decorating sponsors, and a big thank you to the Jay Community Center for hosting the event.

  Seg. 4: Sue Myers plus Travis and Josh Richards talk about the Pumpkin Fest coming back to Bryant this year with a new corn maze.

  Seg. 5: Sue, Travis, and Josh talk about the Pumpkin Fest and Corn Maze and other events going on with a petting zoo, concession stand, pumpkins, wagon rides.

  Seg. 6: Tom Frye and Kinsey Michal join us on the breakfast club to talk about how they got started in music and became local singers/songwriters.

  Seg. 7: Tom and Kinsey talk about their up and coming event with Ken Bantz at Arts Place next week. 

 
Annette Alexander, Mandee Mukulski, and Sue Myers, Travis and Josh Richards talks
Janice Fritz talk about the Taste of JC about the Pumpkin Fest and Corn Maze

Kinsey Michael and Tom Frye talk about the Jay County Singer/Song Writers concert at Arts Place Sept. 23rd.

 Sept. 29th

It's going to be a busy time in October in Jay County. We had visitors from Dream Haven, the Jay County Historical Society, the Portland Rotary, and the Jay County High School talking about their big events going on in Jay County.

  Seg. 1: Dean Jetter from Ft. Recovery Industries, talks about his business and the up and coming Dream Haven seminars.

  Seg. 2: Jim Westgerdes of Buckeye Design & Engineering, talks about his local business and the up and coming Dream Haven events.

  Seg. 3: Sandy Bubp and Tom Young of the Jay County Historical Society came on the air to talk about the 9th Annual JC Heritage Festival out at the Historical Society Museum.

  Seg. 4: Sandy and Tom talk about the up and coming Factory Tours, and the theme for this years Heritage Festival.

  Seg. 5: Thaddeus Rex and April Wallischeck talk about the chili cook-off with the Portland Rotary.

  Seg. 6: Matt Shrack, Nikka Chaney, and Aaron Loy talk about the JCHS Homecoming Events.

 
Dean and Jim talk with us about their Sandy and Tom talk with us about the
Businesses and Dream Haven Seminars. JC Festival and Factory Tours.

 
Thaddeus and April talk with us about Matt, Nikka, and Aaron talk about JCHS
the Chili Cook-Off. Homecoming Events.

 Oct. 13th

"Even though it's cloudy in Portland, it's always sunny inside the Ponderosa Steakhouse," said WPGW Breakfast Club host John Boggs as we completed another episode of our Breakfast Club today at the Ponderosa Steakhouse in Portland. Today we had Jim Waechter from the Museum of the Soldier about the Military Display and Chicken Dinner coming up this weekend. We had Kay Neumayr and Sara Wagar from the National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture about the Friendship Fire and other events coming up Oct. 22-23. And we had Cane Bilbry from the Civic Theater who talked about their up and coming musical "Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" that will be coming to Arts Place starting Oct. 20th.

  Seg. 1: Jim Waechter talks about the Museum of the Soldier's Military Display and Chicken Dinner coming up Saturday Oct. 15th.

  Seg. 2: Jim Waechter talks about the Museum of the Soldier exhibits.

  Seg. 3: Jim Waechter wraps up his segment reminding everyone to come out to the Display and Chicken Dinner this weekend.

  Seg. 4: Kay Neumayr and Sara Wagar talks about the NCGLNAC and what they are working to preserve Native American Culture.

  Seg. 5: Kay Neumayr and Sara Wagar talks about the NCGLNAC's Friendship Fire and events coming up on Oct. 22-23.

  Seg. 6: Cane Bilbry from the Civic Theater talks about the musical Sweeny Todd coming to Arts Place starting Oct. 20.

 
Jim Waechter from the Museum of the Cane Bilbry talks about Sweeny Todd:
Soldier talks about the Military Display the Demon Barber of Fleet Street that
and Chicken Dinner. is coming to Arts Place Oct. 20th.

Oct. 27th

The weather was chilly with a little rain, but we stayed warm and dry inside the Ponderosa Steakhouse for another episode of the WPGW Breakfast Club. We had Dave Hull the Fort Recovery School Board President, and Shelly Vaughn Fort Recovery Superintendent who talked about the new property tax levy on the ballot and the renovations for Fort Recovery Schools. We had Larry Kineer from State of the Heart about how they help patients and families and about National Hospice Month. And we had Dave Keen who talks about Celebrate Recovery a 12 step program that he runs in Portland and Dunkirk.

  Seg. 1: Dave Hull and Shelly Vaughn talks about the remodeling project and the new Athletic Building from the Athletic Boosters.

  Seg. 2: Larry Kineer from State of the Heart talks about what hospice is.

  Seg. 3: Larry Kineer talks about National Hospice Month and their Bereavement Programs and Remembrance Gatherings.

  Seg. 4: Dave Keen talks about Celebrate Recovery a 12 step program he runs in Portland and Dunkirk.

 

Fort Recovery School Superintendent Shelly Vaughn and Fort Recovery School Board President Dave Hull talk about the tax levy on the ballot, and building projects for Fort Recovery Schools.

 
Larry Kineer from State of the Heart talks Dave Keen talks about Celebrate Recovery
about National Hospice Month. a 12 Step Program he runs in Jay County.

Nov. 10th

We had a large crowd this week during the Breakfast Club. Starting off our show was Janice Fritz and Sue Burk talking about this years Delts Craft Show. All the Winterfest Committee members sat in and told us about all the activities coming up for Winterfest this year. We also had a special guest with the mayor-elect Randy Geesaman who will be taking office in 2012.

We also had special guest from the Jay County Christian Academy. Teacher Roger Domingo brought over his 7th and 8th grade class from the JCCA to see what a live show looks like at the Ponderosa Steakhouse. After the show the students joined us at the station to learn a bit about how a radio station works behind the scenes. 

Seg. 1:     Janice Fritz and Sue Burk talking about the Delts Craft Show.

Seg. 2:     Janice Fritz and Sue Burk talking about the Delts Craft Show.

Seg. 3:     The committee members talk about all the activities forWinterfest.
Seg. 4:    The committee members talk about all the activities for Winterfest.

Seg. 5:      The committee members talk about all the activities for Winterfest.

Seg. 6:     John Boggs sits down and talks with mayor-elect Randy Geesaman.

  
  Janice Fritz and Sue Burk talking about Mayor-elect Randy Geesaman on our show.
  the Delts Craft Show.

Committee Members for the Winterfest Activities.

December 1st

Today we have some lovely ladies from the Youth Service Bureau; Nikki Brinkerhoff, Sharon Ross, Marsi Dow, Stacey Blankenbaker, Tara Wellman, and Jessica Morgan talked about some of the services the Y.S.B. provide for families. Scott Bollenbacher from Bollenbacher and Associates joined us on our show to let you know what kind of changes will be made and what you can do to get ready for tax season. The great local entertainer Thaddeus Rex gave us infomation about his concert next week and even gave us a sneak preview on our show this morning.

  Seg. 1: Youth Service Bureau workers Nikki Brinkerhoff and Jessica Morgan talks about Community Partners Program.

  Seg. 2: Youth Service Bureau workers Sharon Ross, Marsi Dow, and Tara Wellman talk about Healthy Family Program.

  Seg. 3: Youth Service Bureau worker Stacey Blankenbaker talks about the Born to Learn Program.

  Seg. 4: Scott Bollenbacher talks about some 2011 tax changes and what people need to know.

  Seg. 5: Scott Bollenbacher talks about what you can do to get ready for tax time, and about his seminar coming up later this month.

Seg. 6: Thaddeus Rex joins just to talk about his concert next week at Arts Place, and gives us a little preview of what you can expect at his concert with him and his 7 foot T-Rex friend!

 
  Nikki and Jessica from the YSB Sharon, Marsi, and Tara from the YSB
 
 
  Stacey from the YSB Scott from Bollenbacher and Associates

Dec. 15th

We had a busy morning for our last Breakfast Club of the year.  We had Mayor Bruce Hosier talking about his eight years in office as Mayor of Portland.  Michelle Goldman and Carolyn Carducci talked about "Ladies Night Out" at the Jay Community Center coming up next month.  And we had good old Saint Nick himself as he visited with the 3 and 4 year old preschool classes from the Jay County Christian Academy. 

Seg. 1: Mayor Bruce Hosier talks about the high lights of his time in office as Mayor of Portland and  recognizes  the men and women who worked with him to make Portland what it is today.

Seg. 2:  Mayor Bruce Hosier talks about the surprises about starting as mayor 8 years ago and the importance of partnership with others. 

Seg. 3:  Michelle Goldman and Carolyn Carducci talks about "Ladies Night Out."

Seg. 4:  Michelle Goldman and Carolyn Carducci talks about "Ladies Night Out."

Seg. 5:  Good old Saint Nick himself joined us for our last show today! He talked about his House downtown and how happy he was to see all the boys and girls there this year.  He even gave us a sneak on who is on the Naughty List!

Seg. 6: We finished our 2011 season saying our Thank Yous for another successful season.  And closed out with a Christmas song, sung by the preschoolers from the Jay County Christian Academy.

Thank you for all your support and giving us another great season!  Thank you to all our guests both for breakfast and those who joined us on the show.  And a big thank you to Dave Hull and his staff of the Ponderosa Steakhouse for all their hard work and hosting our Breakfast Club for another season. We couldn't do it without you!!!

We will see you again in the spring! Have a wonderful winter!