September 2015

Community Grants, Prairie Awakening and Emergency Preparedness

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Today’s Local Talk show contained information from Jennifer Garst and Vern Hawkins with Story County Community Foundation Community Grants program. The show included information about upcoming Prairie Awakening Celebration at the Kuehn Conservation Area in Dallas County. Coordinator Chris Adkins with Dallas County Conservation Board discusses the event. Also included is Dr. David Gradwohl, Archeologist and Anthropologist emeritus professor from Iowa State University discusses the life and story of Maria Pearson from the Yankton Nation. Maria is being honored at this year’s 18th annual event, September 12, 2015. Rounding out the program Keith Morgan, Story County Emergency Management Agency Coordinator, and Ron Edwards, Animal Control Supervisor, talked about emergency preparedness for urban pet owners and domestic livestock producers.

A Leisurely Labor Day

Originally broadcast 09/07/2015
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In honor of this workers' holiday, host Greta Anderson interviews Dr. Colin Gordon UI professor of history, whose paper, "Stolen Chances: Low-Wage Work and Wage Theft in Iowa," was recently released by The Iowa Policy Project, together with results from a survey of 300 low-wage workers conducted by the Center for Worker Justice. Mitchell Bennett of Ames shares his experience with wage theft at a major mobile phone company. Then, we take the way-back machine to 1974, the year our guest Mark Rumsey worked at the Pantorium dry cleaners' as a summer job. He paints a portrait of the cast of characters who worked in what he describes as a "well-oiled machine." Finally, Greta reviews Saturday's Art Vacancy happening, "Free Floating", along the Skunk River, including an interview with Alex Braidwood, a sound artist in the College of Design. Also a preview of Thursday's Maximum Ames headliner, Grandmaster Flash.

Mental Health

Originally broadcast 09/04/2015
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Today's show largely deals with "the national crisis in mental health" and the shortage of mental health providers that can provide prescriptions for severe mental health problems. Guests include, Carver Nebbe, a psychiatrist at ISU student health, Linda Hanson, the director of Primary Health Care, Michelle DeLa Riva, the director of community and family resources, Christine Krauss of the director of behavioral health at MGMC, and Dr. Michael Kitchell, a neurologist and Chair of the Board of Directors at McFarland Clinic. This show was spurred by an AMOS initiative on the mental health crisis. We also have Susan Gwiasda, Director of Public Relations for the City of Ames giving us an monthly update on city events. Congrats on the USA today award for healthiest city in the USA.

Pufferbilly Days Preview

Originally broadcast 09/02/2015
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Today's co-hots Paul Wierson and Howard Hammond talk to Emily McColloch of the Boone Chamber of Commerce about the upcoming Pufferbilly Days September 10 - 13.

Then, in today's edition of Tuning In To Agriculture, reporter Greta Anderson visits with Jerry Ryerson, who recently converted 120 acres of bottom ground adjacent to the Skunk River into a wetland through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). This year many farmers are deciding to take advantage of higher CRP rates to hedge against excessive rainfall and uncertain commodity prices.

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