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RUNNING CLUB UPDATE w/ PRESIDENT MATT RIFFLE

Littering is fun and makes you look really cool. But littering does not make Wheeling look cool. I would never ask you to stop littering, but I will ask you to join us in cleaning it up during the Waterfront Hall Run Club’s first “Trash Run” of the year on Saturday, July 19th, at 10:00 a.m. Instead of our standard run, we will spend an hour picking up trash around Wheeling. Garbage bags, grabber tools, and plastic gloves will be provided, but feel free to bring your own heavy duty trash gloves and all of your trashiest friends.

Location TBD - we are polling the running club attendees.

There is already plenty of litter to pick up around Wheeling, but if you’re worried there won’t be enough before the 19th, here are some of my favorite pairings of things and places to litter:

Lead paint down by the river - turns the water a bunch of sick colors.

Batteries near playgrounds - gives the kids an opportunity to learn about science.

Bud Light cans on the interstate - relax, I’m not driving. I’m in the backseat of my mom’s minivan chucking those cool blues out the window like an absolute boss.

We’re still meeting every Wednesday & Saturday at 5:45 p.m. & 10:00 a.m. Now that the temperature is below 90 degrees grab your jackets and meet us at the Waterfront for a run.

Stay trashy,

-Riff

From Dan

I can still remember vividly the night that my buddy John Russell came bounding down the stairs from his apartment and into mine. John and his team at More Perfect Union had just made the final edits on his East Palestine Train Derailment video. This one had really hit home for John, as he grew up in neighboring Wellsville, Ohio. All his life he had watched trains roll by his small town on the very track where this catastrophe happened.

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As I watched the final cut with John sitting beside me, I was overcome with anger, sadness, and pride. The anger - because of the unfettered, unchecked greed, the sadness for a town that had a corporation's boot on its neck and needle in its hand, and pride because my friend and his massive talent had found a righteous home and created something powerful.

That video was nominated for an Emmy in 2024. It did not win the category, but it put John and his team on the map. And this year, they went back and won against the likes of CNN, CBS, MSNBC, and Scripps.

You can follow John's work on his newsletter, his instagram, or just google him.

Here's the video that won the Emmy:

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