Hometown Heroes: Pete Woglom

April 3, 2026

 

This week on Hometown Heroes, we’re sitting down with Pete Woglum — Coast Guard veteran, craftsman, and someone who just quietly keeps showing up for the people around him.

Pete works with his hands. Woodworking, building things that last — and if you spend five minutes with him, you get the sense that’s pretty much how he approaches everything in his life.

John Corley sat down with Pete for a conversation that covers his time in the Coast Guard, sure — but honestly, it goes a lot of places from there. What life looks like after the uniform comes off. How you find your footing. What keeps you connected to something bigger than yourself.

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Danny Cardwell

Danny is the Station Coordinator for WCHG, and the host of our gospel and country hours on Wednesdays 10:00 am to noon. He and his wife Renee Cardwell live with a spoiled dog (Toddie) in Hot Springs. Danny is a Deacon at Piney Grove Baptist Church in Hot Springs. He operates Thoughtwrestler.blogspot.com and is a site administrator and featured writer for the website Dagblog.com. He has been a frequent contributor to The Hal Ginsberg Morning Show, All Politics Are Local, and Politics Done Right. Danny has tutored, lectured, and mentored at risk youth in churches, group homes, and inside the Virginia Department Corrections. He serves on the board of directors for Preservation Bath and chairs the Bath Community Hospital Patient Advisory board. danny@amrmail.org
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