Originally broadcast 03/21/2014
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County Reporters Paul Wierson and Susan Franzen visited Madrid Historical Museum for a tour of the Ackerlund-Burke Coal Mine, a replica of a coal mine dug out from the crawl space under the large museum building. We talked with local citizens about their knowledge and memories of the coal town and the coal camps surrounding it, as well as the local economy during the coal mining era.
Originally broadcast 03/19/2014
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The upcoming performance of the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Ames was the focus of Wednesday’s Local Talk program. Peter Riley, a board member of the Ames International Orchestra Festival (AIOFA), which is sponsoring the ensemble’s visit to Ames, said the group is comprised of relatively young musicians, most of whom perform standing up. The curtain goes up Monday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium. Also on Wednesday’s Local Talk show, KHOI reporter Roxanne Thompson talked to Kathy Schnable about the work of the ARC of Story County, which provides support and services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
An interview with ACLU honoree Dan Johnston originally scheduled for Wednesday will be aired at a later date.
platoon of volunteer Rembrandts spent a weekend in March turning KHOI’s nearly completed suite of studios into colorful spaces. The painters were recruited and supervised by KHOI board member Chris Lyng, who rolled his share of stem green onto studio walls while coordinating the efforts of the volunteers.
Pictured above: Chris Lyng and Zach Nizzi
Heart of Iowa program originally broadcast 03/18/2014
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Spring is here at last! Thursday, March 20, is the first official day of Spring, the Vernal Equinox. Equinox comes from the Greek language and means “equal night”, it is the day when there are 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night, the whole world over. There are 2 equinoxes each year, one in the Spring and one in the Fall. The Vernal Equinox is the one where the balance between day and night is tilting toward the day, and the days are getting longer.
Earth centered traditions celebrate the Vernal Equinox as the holiday Ostara. Reverend Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary in Wisconsin describes the holiday thusly, “Vernal Equinox, also known as Ostara, occurs in the middle of March. It marks the beginning of Spring and the time when days and nights are of equal length. The colors associated with the Ostara festival are yellow, for the strengthening sun and the celebration of this holiday at dawn, and green because it represents the sprouting of new plant life. This is a festival of rebirth and reawakening from Winter’s slumber: the first official day of spring!
Originally broadcast 03/17/2014
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On St. Patrick's Day we talked to Glen Stanley, 5th-generation beekeeper and former state apiarist, and to ISU extension entomologist Donald Lewis, about the crisis with honey bees and how Iowans can provide flowers for bees to help them survive. Music by Tim Britton of Fairfield, Iowa on the Uillean harp, and Black 47 of New York.
Originally broadcast 03/14/2014
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Woodruff Construction's skilled laborer Carlos Torres Sanchez.
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at ISU Michael David Martin describes the Savannah Studio program.
We commemorate the 11th anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie.
