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President Trump awarded the National Medal of Arts to Jon Voight, an Oscar-winning actor and outspoken supporter of the president, along with several others during a ceremony at the White House on Thursday. Also among those honored were country-bluegrass musician Alison Krauss, philanthropist Sharon Percy Rockefeller and the musicians of the U.S. military. The event marked the first time Trump has awarded the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal since he took office in January 2017. “Each of today’s recipients has made outstanding contributions to American society, culture and life. they exemplify the genius, talent and creativity...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Sharon Percy Rockefeller, president of WETA public television in Washington and former board chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, her husband, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, said Monday. Rockefeller said his 60-year-old wife will be undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment for the next three months. "Sharon is a fighter, and I know she's going to beat this," Jay Rockefeller said in a statement. "She is a strong and loving person, and we are fortunate to be surrounded by so many supportive friends and relatives." Sharon Rockefeller has served as president and...

ON THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 10, the board of directors of WETA-FM, the only commercial-free classical music station in Washington, D.C., voted overwhelmingly to eliminate its music and arts programming. At the end of this month, someone will flick a switch and--thud!--WETA will fall to earth as just another all-news, all-talk station, and the nation's capital will be left without a public radio station devoted to beautiful and intelligent music.WETA's transformation is a blow to the cultural life of the Washington metropolitan area, of course, which despite its succulent demographics in income and education levels has always struggled to maintain...

www.foxnews.com WETA Loses NIMBY Fight Friday, August 08, 2003 WASHINGTON — The "Not in My Back Yard" syndrome — often applied to people who support noble causes in theory as long as the structures to support those causes are not built in "their" neighborhoods — has hit the home of programs like the always politically-correct NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (search). The folks at WETA (search), the Washington-area flagship station for the high-brow, culturally aware Public Broadcasting System (search), are vexed by Arlington County, Virginia's proposed $100,000 pavilion to house area day laborers who currently stand on county land near WETA's...

<p>Bleeding-heart liberalism for thee, but not for me. That is the expedient philosophy of the wealthy Rockefeller family.</p> <p>Last week, the Rockefeller rule was on full display at a little-noticed hearing in Arlington County, Va. There, Sharon Percy Rockefeller vehemently objected to one of the left's trendiest pet government projects: publicly subsidized day labor centers for illegal aliens.</p>

After more than three hours spent grilling their staff, and incurring the wrath of one of Arlington’s most prominent employers in the process, a divided County Board last week approved plans to spend $140,000 for a new “pavilion” for day laborers to gather in Shirlington. The 4-1 vote means the new facility will be located at South Shirlington Road and 27th Street South, approximately two blocks south of the more informal gathering spot that has existed for years. Board members had to move on the issue, because the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority is preparing to renovate the W&OD Trail...

Bleeding-heart liberalism for thee, but not for me. That is the expedient philosophy of the wealthy Rockefeller family. Last week, the Rockefeller rule was on full display at a little-noticed hearing in Arlington County, Va. There, Mrs. Sharon Percy Rockefeller vehemently objected to one of the Left's trendiest pet government projects: publicly subsidized day labor centers for illegal aliens. Among the most vocal advocates and funders of these illegal alien shelters? None other than the New York City-based Rockefeller Foundation. Last fall, a Rockefeller Foundation-funded day labor site for "undocumented workers" opened in Madison, Wis. Last summer, Rockefeller Foundation-funded writer...

PBS cares about the riff-raff and plight of undocumented aliens and condemning mean-spirited conservatives for not caring about them -- think of many prime time PBS specials on those being “left behind” and lectures from Bill Moyers -- but not when they actually have to see them next door. Earlier this week, Sharon Percy Rockefeller, CEO of WETA, the Washington, DC PBS station really located in Arlington County, Virginia, lashed out at the county board for voting to build a pavilion, to house day laborers waiting for work, next door to WETA’s studios where the PBS NewsHour and Washington Week...

http://www.fairus.org/html/newsroom.html Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) STEIN REPORT XXXXX Friday, August 01 2003 17:57:07 ET XXXXX PBS' NIMBY TAKE ON AN ILLEGAL ALIEN HIRING HALL Although illegal immigration gets positive coverage on PBS, when it comes to actually interacting with the people that our porus border admits, PBS execs take a different tack. This became apparent during the debate over a hiring hall for illegal aliens in Arlington County. The County voted to put the hiring hall close to the studios of WETA, where the Newshour and other programming is taped. According to the Northern Virginia Journal, " WETA's...

WETA officials, who had strongly opposed Arlington County's decision to build a $100,000 pavilion and gathering place for day laborers near the television company's Shirlington offices, now say they will work with the county on the project despite their continued concerns about traffic and safety. The pavilion, approved by the Arlington County Board in a 4 to 1 vote this week, will be built on county-owned land where some public television employees park. © 2003 The Washington Post Company

For Immediate Release Friday, August 1, 2003 Contact:Diana Sun (703) 228-3247 (voice), (703) 228-4611 (TTY) County Board Approves Pick-Up Site for Day Laborers Project Will Address Safety, Traffic Concerns At its July 29 recessed meeting, the Arlington County Board voted 4-1 to appropriate up to $140,000 to create a pick-up site for day laborers in the Shirlington area. The funds will be used to purchase and install a covered shelter and related equipment and landscaping for the pick-up site. "The Board acted in response to numerous concerns from the community," said Arlington County Board Chairman Paul Ferguson. "This pick-up site...

The Arlington County Board's decision to build a $100,000 pavilion to house day laborers waiting for work may have severely ruptured relations with one of the county's most prominent employers. After more than three hours of public comment and debate, County Board members voted 4-1 to spend up to $140,000 to create the new facility, which would be located not far from Interstate 395 at the intersection of 27th Street South and South Shirlington Road. The new facility is designed to give day laborers, mostly Hispanic immigrants, a place to congregate and meet employers each day. It is located across...

PBS cares about the riff-raff and plight of undocumented aliens and condemning mean-spirited conservatives for not caring about them -- think of many prime time PBS specials on those being "left behind" and lectures from Bill Moyers -- but not when they actually have to see them next door. Earlier this week, Sharon Percy Rockefeller, CEO of WETA, the Washington, DC PBS station really located in Arlington County, Virginia, lashed out at the county board for voting to build a pavilion, to house day laborers waiting for work, next door to WETA's studios where the PBS NewsHour and Washington Week...