Appalachia Matters: Arthritis Relief, Possible School Consolidation, Jobs and Hope and Ag. Development

This week on At the Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Deb Harris from Jobs & Hope West Virginia. Deb shares her powerful personal journey to where she is today and explains how Jobs & Hope connects West Virginians in recovery with family-sustaining careers right here at home.

In the Rooted in the Mountain State segment from the Department of Agriculture we will meet Leslie Boggess director of Business Development for the Ag. Department. In many parts West Virginia there has been a reduction in the number of students attending school due to population decline as a result there have consolidations and closures of local public schools.

A few years ago, the legislature enacted a program called Hope Scholarship which provides an amount of money equal to what the state would have given to a public school for a child to go to a private school or be home schooled. Next year the program will be available to all students in the state, and it is clear this program will lead to further consolidations and closures of public schools unless the current public school funding formula is changed. Tom Susman talks with Senator Amy Grady of Mason County who is chair of the Senate Education Committee about the formula and consolidation concerns.

Approximately 32.5 to 33 million American adults suffer from osteoarthritis (OA), the most common form of arthritis. This degenerative joint disease affects about 1 in 7 U.S. adults, with prevalence rising to 50% or more among adults aged 65 and older. In our final segment we will learn about a new treatment for osteoarthritis using low dose radiation therapy. Doctor Maxwell Tran of Holzer Health is breaking new ground for those of us who have osteoarthritis.

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Sternwheeler and Regatta Time, Ascending in WV, Farmers Have Markets

This week on At the Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Danny Twilley, assistant vice president of economic, community, and asset development for the Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic De...

5 Jul 29min

New World Screw Worm Causing Problems, Leadership at WVU and Weld's Study of Wellsburg

This week on At the Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Logan Pierce, a recent graduate of West Virginia University and former student government leader. They discuss early leadership lesso...

28 Jun 29min

Appalachia Matters: Ohio Hard Enduro, Classic Cars, Mon EMS and WV Farm.

This week on At the Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Dan Dushanko, Executive Director of Monongalia Emergency Medical Services (Mon EMS). They highlight technology Mon EMS has adopted to...

21 Jun 29min

Ticks, What to Do?, Black Lung Help, Helping EMS and a White Picket Farm!

This week on At the Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Joe Statler, Delegate for West Virginia's 77th legislative district. Delegate Statler and The General discuss the challenges first re...

15 Jun 29min

Ramsey Looks Back and Ahead, Kendrick Fellows at The Table, and Meet Tim Brown@Ag.

This week on At The Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with Cade Kincaid and Elliana Cepeda, students and Kendrick Fellows at the Kendrick Center for Ethical Economics at WVU. They discuss lead...

7 Jun 29min

A Look @ Lou Gherig(ALS) Disease, Fathers Day Revisit, Senior Vouchers and Rural CEO to Watch

Although Father's Day is a couple weeks away, we are going to run a previously played AT the Leadership table with General Hoyer about how leadership begins at the home and we will hear from some dads...

31 Mai 29min

Bikers Take Over, Main Street Fairmont, & Farmers Fertilizer and Cost

On At the Leadership Table with Retired Major General Jim Hoyer this week is Alex Petry, Executive Director of Main Street Fairmont. They discuss the power of partnerships, listening to community need...

26 Mai 29min

Get Moving, Barbour Bakery, H Stands for Hope & Sports Awards

This week on At The Leadership Table, General Hoyer sits down with West Virginia University students Joey Allinger and Andrea Cipriano to talk about their work this semester with Get Moving Inc., a no...

18 Mai 29min