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Local Matters, Sept. 17, 2009: SCOPE director Tim Dutton and Sierra Club's Gerry Swormstedt

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September 17, 2009 08:09 PM PDT

Tim Dutton, founding director of SCOPE (Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence) discusses the proposed Institute for the Ages -- a think tank similar to the Aspen Institute and geared toward studying issues that impact an aging population, of which Sarasota County has the highest percentage in the nation.
(www.scopexcel.org)

Later in the show, call-in guest Gerry Swormstedt, from the Sierra Club Sarasota-Manatee Group, voices her opposition to offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
www.florida.sierraclub.org/sarasota/contact.htm

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Intro and outro music courtesy of Radio Free Carmela & The Transmitters (www.radiofreecarmela.com; break music courtesy John Howard (www.JohnHowardMusic.net)

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Hosted by Joe Hendricks and co-host Steve Norris, Local Matters is a weekly public affairs show airing Thursday evenings from 6 to 7 p.m. on WSLR 96.5 LPFM, in Sarasota, Florida. Local Matters and all other WSLR programming is streamed live at www.WLSR.org. Working as a freelance writer and photographer, Joe recently contributed stories to The Sarasota Herald-Tribune and Farmers' Markets Today magazine. He began his reporting career as an intern at The Sanford Herald and later served as a staff reporter for the Sanford Herald after a short stint as a staff reporter for the Oviedo Voice. After moving to Sarasota in September 2008, Joe spent time freelancing for The Pelican Press. Joe, a musician since his days with the middle school and high school bands, plays drums and percussion with Tanya Radtke & Friends, John Howard, and The Storytellers Concert Series. For more information, visit www.ThatDamnJoe.com.

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