The Morning Show BG

01/08/2025

Book Birthday: WCDPL Celebrates 150 Years

Celebrate the Wood County District Public Library's 150th birthday this year! All year long, the library will host a variety of events for all ages in celebration of WCDPL’s 150th birthday.

To start, you can explore the library’s history at wcdpl.org/wcdpl-timeline. This timeline, complete with the very beginnings of a library in Wood County, details how WCDPL came to be and how it grew to its current position in 2025.

Next, check out 150 things you can do at WCDPL at wcdpl.org/150-things-to-do. In honor of the 150th birthday celebrations, there are at least 150 things to do at the library, including getting a reading suggestion, attending a book club, printing on the 3D printer, or using a library resource.

Finally, browse the upcoming events in honor of the 150th birthday. Upcoming events include special Get Crafty sessions, programs on exploring The Library of Things and digital resources, unique book discussions and much more. Find a full list of events on wcdpl.org/150th.

For more information, visit wcdpl.org/150th, call (419) 352-5050 or email [email protected].

It's Our 150th Birthday: Help Us Celebrate!2025 is our 150th birthday celebration! Join us all year long as we celebrate the Wood County District Public Library. We'll have events for all ages, displays, and more.Looking for more to do at the library? Check out 150 things you can do at WCDPL.   15...

01/07/2025

Congratulations to Bowling Green Middle School December PBIS Students of the Month:
Hammody Abdelhoq, Lincoln Binder, Henry Blair, Jaicee Busienei, Nadia Chung, Jack Crespo, Hannah Failor, Jackson Finley, Zoey Hoodelbrink, Kristian Kerin, Adelaide Kiefer, Aiden Kostelnik, Ashton Loomis, Ava Manley, Aubrie Matanick, Aiden Mathias, Vada McGill, Mallory Myers, Nino Navarro, Shelby Petrey, Addie Ruffner, Jasmine Salaz, Masyn Snow, Jon Stalter, Jack Tracy, Jonathan VanDusen, Corgan Wagner

December Bobcat Pride Students
All three Bowling Green City Schools elementaries have released the names of students who have been awarded Bobcat Pride status in December. Bobcat Pride students are chosen by their teacher because they have displayed Bobcat Pride behavior during that time: being respectful, responsible and safe in all areas at school, in the community and at home.

Conneaut Elementary honorees were:

Jase Bodi, Liam Brantley, Benny Dingledine, Logan Duquette, Calleigh Ferguson, Noah Gallagher, Shiloh Gensler, Gemma Green, Connor Hubbell, Briggs Karaffa, Andrew Kellough, Jacob Kiefer, Jayden Kimble, Millie Lindquist, Ian Lindsay, Madilyn Miller, Maisie Molina, Bri Moore, Dominic McNeeley, Spencer Pinkelman, Drew Sauber, Ellie Spuhler, Steven Vargas, Belle Wagner


Crim Elementary honorees were:

E. Baker, Luke Clemens, Elias Corney, Mataya Dale, Cece Davis, Kaden Dean, London Gonzalez, Edward Guerrero, Jaclyn Heban, Kyra Keller, Cameron Kostelnik, Ashley Malasquez-Palomino, Divine Matangula, Bella Mayo, Bethel Mwakyanjala, Madison Pratt, Camden Sandoval, Santiago Sanchez Sarraras, J.J. Stoller, Jonathan Thangdik, Malachi Webb, Kaylea Wolfe

Kenwood Elementary honorees were:

Preston Ashman, Olivia Baber, Ruel Bare, Savannah Clark, Eliza Fridrick, Adalinee Garner, Kenzie Hatmaker, Landon Haylett, Jake Heilmeier, Emma Hoehner, Hannah Jang, Lily Morrison, Wynn Ruffner, Jaci Rumer, Nora Thomas, Carson Thomason, Lyla Zajac

01/07/2025

Are you ready for some Baseball? With cold and snow and the middle of winter upon us, what better time to talk BGSU Baseball?

We connected with Falcon Baseball Head Coach Kyle Hallock at the BGVB press event Monday afternoon and couldn't resist getting a couple comments the team's preparations to defend their regular season MAC Championship from 2024.

Listen to our quick chat at this link...https://www.bgchamber.net/clint-corpe-interviews/ as Kyle also talked about his upcoming induction into the Kent State University Athletics Hall of Fame.

We'll schedule our first preseason visit with Coach Hallock in the next few weeks and also talk about the "Campaign for our Future" fundraising effort that's underway. Through generous philanthropic gifts to the Steller Field Improvement Fund, donors will be able to support the installation of a new synthetic turf playing surface and perimeter fencing, enhancing the BGSU baseball team's ability to train and compete throughout the year.

The estimated cost of the first phase of this project is $2.3 million and the goal is to meet fundraising benchmarks to start the project after the 2025 baseball season.

To support the success of this phase of the fundraising campaign, Board of Trustees member Paul J. Ho**er '75 has generously agreed to match gifts up to $500,000 between now and January 31, 2025.

01/07/2025

The monthly drive-thru Community Meal and Food Distribution hosted by First Christian Church of Bowling Green, OH (875 Haskins Rd. BG) is THIS FRIDAY, January 10, from 5p.m. to 6p.m. Those who are experiencing food insecurity are encouraged to participate in this free meal. Participants are also encouraged to pick up groceries and shop for a limited quantity of select toiletries, breads and pastries.

To participate in this monthly event, simply arrive between 5p.m. and 6p.m. at the FCC parking lot and remain in your car. Volunteers will take your order, hand deliver the meal(s), and direct you to the groceries and toiletries. COVID and flu precautions are requested to be followed.

St. Thomas More University Parish of Bowling Green and the BG Christian Food Pantry continue to provide groceries for the food bag distribution. The toiletries pantry will be available this month thanks to the generosity of First Presbyterian Church and First Christian Church, both of Bowling Green. Participants are also offered a variety of breads and pastries provided by the Bowling Green Christian Food Pantry. Volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Bowling Green) provide event help including the distribution of the meals, food bags and bread/pastries.

Since November 2020, the community meal has been a part of FCC’s food ministry to reduce food insecurity in our community. If you have any questions, please contact First Christian Church by calling 419-354-3989 or email: or [email protected] Details can also be found on First Christian Church fb page www.facebook.com/FCCBGOH

01/07/2025

Both BGSU Hockey and Bowling Green Bobcat Hockey are on winning streaks as the teams move into the 2025 portions of their respective schedules.

On Tuesday's show we had the opportunity to visit with BGSU Head Coach Dennis Williams and Bobcat Head Coach Conner Rogowski as both teams prepare for big matchups this coming weekend.
Listen to our chats with both coaches at this link...https://www.bgchamber.net/clint-corpe-interviews/

01/06/2025

These 5 juniors from Bowling Green High School have done something remarkable under the direction of their coach Patrick Nelson. In just 5 or 6 years of competing in curling, Mark Boyle, Joey Height, Alex Nelson, and brothers Lyndon Stygles and Robert Stygles won gold and qualified for the nationals by winning the Great Lakes Curling Association’s U18 Division competition at the Detroit Curling Club.

Listen at this link...https://www.bgchamber.net/clint-corpe-interviews/ to this morning's interview with the team before they fly to Colorado Tuesday to compete in the U18 National championships Jan. 8th-12th. You can follow the team in competition at this link...https://www.usacurling.org/u18-national-championships

01/05/2025

The Bowling Green Area Community Bands invites you to celebrate the new year with their concert: Music for the New Year!…old, new, borrowed, blue, and Best of all, “For Lou”. The concert will be held January 12th at 4pm at The Bowling Green Performing Arts Center located at 503 West Poe Rd, Bowling Green Ohio, 43402.

Under the direction of Thomas Headley, the bands will take you through a diverse selection of music such as Julius Fucik/Fennell’s Florentiner Concert March, Gustav Holst’s First Suite in Eb, Michael Sweeny’s Blue Mambo, George & Ira Gershwin/James Barnes’ Porgy & Bess, and more. Featured soloists include Kim Kucharski, Howard Williams, Samantha Preisner, Teresa Disbrow, Karen Kelly, Brian Bushong, Stephanie Decroix, Eric Hibbets, Michael Borjas, Catherine Lewis, John Kloor, Bruce Corrigan, Jon Roode, Mark Patton and Rob Snyder.

BiG Band BG will be playing Naima by John Coltrane, arr. Craig Skeffington and Steampunk by Eric Morales. Featured soloists are Dan Van Vorhis on Tenor Sax and Ken Zeurker on guitar.

Dave Horger will be the special guest announcer during the event.

This concert will also be in tribute to a dear BGACB member, Lou Best, who recently passed and was a much-valued musician and percussionist. He is deeply missed. The concert is free to the public and the facility provides ample parking and easy access to the PAC. Doors open at 3:30pm. Enjoy an afternoon of music, show your support and celebrate the bands!

01/05/2025

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Bowling Green Falcons (10-7-2, CCHA 6-4-2) defeated the Lake Superior State Lakers (8-11-1, 6-6-0) by a score of 3-1 for their fifth straight win and second sweep against CCHA foes in as many opportunities. In the win, graduate Ethan Scardina scored the eighth goal of his career against Lake Superior State and recorded his first multi-point game of the season. The Falcons recorded their third CCHA sweep of the season tying the number of sweeps earned a season ago.

We'll restart our weekly visits with BGSU Hockey Head Coach Dennis Williams Tuesday morning at 7:45 (new time) when we'll recap this weekend's sweep and look forward to the Falcons return to the Slater Family Ice Arena next weekend hosting Bemidji State Men's Hockey. 88.1 WBGU-FM.

How It Happened

The Falcons opened the scoring about 10 minutes into the game off a tip in by junior Brett Pfoh. Graduate Ethan Scardina took a shot down the right-hand side that was initially saved. BGSU cycled the puck up to senior Ben Wozney who took a shot from the blue line. The puck was deflected twice by Scardina and then Pfoh to make the score 1-0.

Sophomore Ben Doran would double the Orange and Brown lead on the power-play at 15:37 in the first period. Graduate Ville Immonen initially won the face-off back to junior Eric Parker on the blue line. Parker passed it across to Wozney who found Doran on the left dot. Doran took a shot that beat the Lake Superior State goaltender on the short side.

BGSU out-shot the Lakers 15-10 in the first period
The Lakers would get one back at 7:05 in the second to make the score 2-1 in favor of the Falcons.
Scardina would net the insurance at 7:57 in the third period. Junior Quinn Emerson took the puck around the net before finding Scardina waiting in the slot to tap in the goal for his second of the year.

01/05/2025

Bowling Green Bobcat Hockey scores the game winner with under five minutes left Saturday night against Findlay, then adds 2 more goals in the last minute for a 4-1 victory. It's the Bobcats 4th win in a row!

01/04/2025

On Tuesday, five juniors from Bowling Green High School will travel to Rock Creek Curling in Lafayette, Colorado, to compete in the USA U18 National Curling Championships, which will take place from January 8-12, 2025.

Join us Monday morning at 8:30 when Coach Patrick Nelson brings the team into the studio for a visit before they head to the National Championships! 88.1 WBGU-FM

The team, known as Team Stygles, is part of the Bowling Green Curling Club and consists of Robert Stygles, Lyndon Stygles, Mark Boyle, Joey Height, and Alex Nelson. They qualified for the nationals by winning the Great Lakes Curling Association's U18 Division competition at the Detroit Curling Club. They have been curling for five years and competing together for three years.

Of note is that it is almost unheard of to have the whole team be from the same grade and the same school competing at the national level. Typically teams consist of people of different ages, different schools and even different states! Good luck and good curling to the team as they compete next week! For more information about the U18 National Championships, click here...
https://www.usacurling.org/u18-national-championships

01/04/2025

A shorthanded 3rd period goal by Rhett Winger, one of 3 by the senior, was the game winner as the Bobcat Hockey team picked up a 4-2 victory over the Perrysburg Yellow Jackets Friday night at the Slater Family Ice Arena.
Bowling Green Bobcat Hockey hosts Findlay High School Ice Hockey tonight at 7.

01/04/2025

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Bowling Green Falcons (9-7-2, CCHA 5-4-2) defeated the Lake Superior State Lakers (8-10-1, 6-5-0) by a score of 3-0 to start the 2025 calendar year. In the win, senior Ryan O'Hara scored two goals and recorded an assist for his first three-point game of the season and second of his career. Additionally, BGSU now holds a four-game winning streak the longest since Feb. 2-Feb. 10, 2024, when the Falcons swept both Ferris State and Lake Superior State.

Both senior Ryan O'Hara and sophomore Brody Waters scored for the second straight game after both scoring against RIT on Dec. 29, 2024
Waters has now scored in every game since Dec. 14, 2024, against Northern Michigan with averaging 1.333 goals per game in the time span
O'Hara recorded his sixth and seventh goals all-time in his career against Lake Superior State for his second three point against the Lakers after recording three assists against LSSU on Jan. 6, 2023
Senior Christian Stoever recorded his second shutout of the season, stopping all 34 shots he faced.

01/03/2025

Wood County Hospital is excited to celebrate the arrival of the first baby born in the new year! Julian Santos made his debut on January 2, 2025, at 5:05 PM, weighing 8 pounds, 1 ounce, and measuring 19 ½ inches long. Julian is the son of Kamila McFann and Jose Gonzalez of Wayne, Ohio.

Julian’s arrival is a special moment for the family and for Wood County Hospital. His big brother, Maysn, was also born at Wood County Hospital in 2021.

To celebrate Julian’s birth, the hospital’s OB Department gifted him a festive outfit to mark the occasion and Julian's footprint will be displayed on the Family Birthing Center’s First Footprint display donated by the Hospital’s Foundation. In addition, the WCH Dietary Department prepared a special celebratory meal for Kamila and Jose.

Wood County Hospital’s team is honored to be a part of this joyous time for the Gonzalez family. Congratulations to Kamila, Jose and Maysn on the newest addition to their family!

01/03/2025

The Bowling Green Community Foundation, now in its 31st year, is proud to present project funding grants to eighteen non-profit organizations. Thanks to the generous support of the Bowling Green community, we are able to award $61,523.97 for 2025.

1. 1BookBG 1BookBG: Building a Community of Readers $5,000 Purchase 1 book per child for every student in kindergarten through 5th grade (student in every BG Elementary school will benefit)

2. Bowling Green Save Our Neighborhoods Group Rock Our Vets $7,500 Fall clean up and improvement projects (Rock the Block) for veterans currently living in BG (estimated 340-1000 veterans).

3. Children's Resource Center Fostering Connections Between Mind and Body for Youth $2,658 Purchase equipment necessary to allow 10 clinical staff to implement biofeedback (technique) in their therapy & counseling practices.

4. Kenwood Music Department Foundations for Supporting Young Musicians $6,365.80 Purchase posture chairs (18), chair rag, Tubano set (3), Djembe & Bass Xylophone.

5. Wood County Agricultural Society Farm-to-Market Educational Activity $5,525 Establish & implement Farm-To-Market educational learning activities for children and their families attending Wood County Fair.

6. Habitat for Humanity of Wood County Ohio ReStore Pallet Racking $3,750 Purchase pallet racking for ReStore.

7. Bowling Green Parks & Recreation Foundation AED for Simpson Building $3,263 Purchase external defibrillator (AED) to the Simpson building.

8. City of Bowling Green, Ohio Bicycle Safety Commission 2025 Third Grade Bicycle Safety Assembly $800 Bicycle safety assembly to all 3rd graders in BG schools.

9. Wood County Educational Service Center BG Bobcat STARS Community Enrichment Experience $3,750 8 different enrichment experiences to 125 BG city school’s students in the summer.

10. Wood County Hospital Community Wellness for New Mothers and Families $6,700 Assisting low-income families with diapers, wipes, baby beds, medications.

11. Black Swamp Players The Big Screen at the Swamps $1,700 Purchase project and screening cost for movies on the big screen.

12. Friends of the Wood County Parks Spinning a Yarn in BG $1,483.93 Purchase spinning a yarn equipment for Cater Historic Park.

13. Horizon Youth Theatre Traveling Theatrical Lighting System $3,750 Funding (in-part) for traveling theatrical lighting system.

14. NAMI Wood County Mental Health Support for Military, Veterans, and Their Families $2,500 Support to purchase guides, resource booklet for 50 military veterans and their families.
15. BG Dog Parks Hydration Stations for People and Their Dogs $2,255 Funding (in-part) hydration Stations for People and Their Dogs.

16. Bowling Green Arts Council Dogleg Alley $2,500 Funding mural in alleyways, Downtown BG (labor and material).

17. Falcon Food Pantry Food Insecurity Across Time and Place $1,387.49 Create publicly available digital exhibit focused on food insecurity in BG & Wood County (past and present).
18 BG Library Purchase visual media $635.75 GTCF sends this money every year automatically

Total $61,523.97

01/03/2025

The Bowling Green Bobcat wrestling team is off to another great start this season and coach Dieter brought in his 3 captains this morning for a visit.
Listen to our visit with Sr. Landon Deiter, Sr. Noah Quintero and Soph. Tommy Zematias at this link...https://www.bgchamber.net/clint-corpe-interviews/

01/03/2025

Gavin Snyder. Casey Snyder and Adelaide Jurack are all playing leading roles in the latest production from the Horizon Youth Theatre. "Back to Summer" opens January 10th and Director Alice Walters brought these talented cast members in for a reading from this entertaining musical.
Listen here... https://www.bgchamber.net/clint-corpe-interviews/

01/03/2025

Sounds like a great dinner date!

Start the New Year off right with live music from CBR Trio THIS Saturday 🎵
Music starts at 7pm