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Noon Edition is a weekly radio program inviting your participation on news and issues facing the central and southern Indiana community. Noon Edition airs Friday at 12:06 p.m. on WFIU HD1.

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Ask All the Mayors on Noon Edition

This week on Noon Edition, WFIU’s “Ask the Mayor” took over Noon Edition for an hour-long “Ask the Mayor” extravaganza.

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Youth Centers in South Central Indiana

Bloomington’s Boy’s and Girl’s Club Executive Director Jeff Baldwin, Columbus’ Foundation for Youth Executive Director David Westenberger and Terre Haute’s Ryves Hall Youth Center Director Jim Edwards discuss the economic impact on youth centers in south central Indiana.

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Arts in Your Community

This week on Noon Edition we’ll discuss the role of the arts in the broad WFIU listening community. Joining us in the studio will be Performance Director for the Bloomington Area Arts Council Mark Tichida, Executive Director for the Columbus Area Arts Council Warren Baumgart, and Executive Director of Arts Illiana John Robeson.

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Tourism in Bloomington, Columbus and Beyond

This week on “Noon Edition,” Columbus Area Visitors Center executive director Lynn Lucas and Bloomington Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director Mike McAfee join us in the studio. They’ll discuss changes and challenges to tourism in southern Indiana and beyond.

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Redevelopment in Columbus

Residents and visitors to Columbus are noticing major changes to some of the city’s well-known landmarks. This week on “Noon Edition”, Columbus Redevelopment Commission executive director Ed Curtin and City Council at-large member George Dutro discuss what’s going on in downtown Columbus and why it’s important to the community.

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Year in Review 2007

This Friday Terre Haute “Tribune-Star” editor Max Jones, Columbus “Republic” editor John Harmon join Bloomington “Herald-Times” editor Bob Zaltsberg and WFIU’s Will Murphy for a look at the major stories of 2007, and a look ahead to 2008.

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Municipal Elections

This week on “Noon Edition,” we discuss local elections with journalists from around the WFIU listening area. John Harmon from “The Columbus Republic” and Mark Bennett from the Terre Haute “Tribune-Star” join Herald-Times editor Bob Zaltsberg for a look at the local issues.

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Hospitals in Indiana

This week on “Noon Edition,” Former Columbus Regional Hospital CEO Doug Leonard is in the studio. Leonard now heads the Indiana Hospital and Health Association.

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Indiana Tourism

Lynn Lucas from the Columbus Area Visitors Center is our guest on “Noon Edition” this week, talking about the role of tourism in the regional economy, and the efforts of state and local leaders to expand that sector of the economy.

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