![]() ![]() Join us for an interesting dish today as we deliver 21 factoids that you never knew about Tweety. He did the characters voice for the cartoon on Canary Row with Looney Tunes until 1989. Tweety was voiced by the legendary Mel Blanc for almost 50-years. Simply put: cartoons have been a mainstay for Americans since the 1930s, which is about the time that Looney Tunes created the now famous Tweety Bird character. On weekends, we lived for them and the nearly six hours of cartoon greatness that was imbued to us on Saturdays. ![]() During those auspicious school day mornings, we would sneak an episode in before we had to catch the bus to school. Elevated cancer rates, high levels of Dioxin in local water ways and homes and rare auto-immune disorders have disrupted the lives of long term residents, and have rendered the fertile valley and river surrounding this region unusable.We all – at least for the most part – have a formidable memory of cartoons from our days of youth. ![]() Having housed a Monsanto Plant for over 70 years, residents of Nitro have simultaneously relied upon this company for economic stability, while battling the repercussions of the toxic chemicals it produced. Formed, maintained and entirely reliant upon the chemical and rubber industries, this humble town embodies many of the environmental issues West Virginian’s currently face. Here's the official film description: Nitro, West Virginia, is a small boomtown, nestled in the heart of America’s ‘Chemical Valley’. While you're at it, find out more about Nitro, a documentary by the up and coming Kate Fowler, which will be screening that evening. Care for deetz? Check out the James River Film Society website. ![]() It hits town on Saturday, June 8th at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond. As such, we thought we'd look out for our neighbors and give you a heads up on the James River Filmmakers Forum. Quail Bell, like a number of our readers, is based in the gritty and darling Richmond, Virginia. ![]()
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