December 2015

ISU Arabic Studies and Ames Municipal Update

Originally broadcast 12/11/2015
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ISU students recently took action when their Syrian Arabic professor, Dr. Ghinwa Alameen, had to suspend her Arabic language classes at ISU due to failure of routine process to reissue her work permit. Peter Benzoni and others carried out a comprehensive campaign to bring this to public and official attention and succeeded in bringing about Dr. Alameen being reinstated to resume the Arabic language program at ISU. Benzoni discusses how and why he and others did this and the process of cross-cultural understanding among students. Susan Gwiasda, public relations officer for the City of Ames, gives updates on current municipal projects. She encourages you to visit the City of Ames' new mobile friendlyweb site.

Community Theatres and Christmas Trees

Originally broadcast 12/09/2015
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We started with a visit to the Enchanted Valley Tree Farm, talking with Joe Reutter and Amber Ouellette. Then we spoke with Nick Jeulsgaard, producer of Barefoot in the Park at Boone Community Theatre , Stephanie Hill, director of Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells at the Webster City Community Theatre, and Michael Porche director of The ReGifters at the Ankeny Community Theatre.

Democracy in Motion

Listen Here Now Originally broadcast 12/07/2015
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Join us as we travel the ins and outs of the Highway 30 interchange debate as it affects Nevada and rural Story County. Guests include Nevada council member Ray Schwichtenberg, Story County supervisor Rick Sanders and farmer Randy Collings, with recorded comment from Iowa Department of Transportation District 1 engineer Scott Dockstader. We then travel down the road a ways with Caroline Isaacs, Arizona director of American Friends Service Committee. She is coming to Ames to present a lecture "Who Benefits from Immigrant Detention and Mass Incarceration" on Wednesday evening (details in link below). Finally, we hear three citizen voices opposed to Governor Branstad's Medicaid privatization plan and its hasty implementation, en route to address the Government Oversight Committee in Des Moines: Rhonda Shouse of Marion, who organized several busloads and vanloads of like-minded citizens from around Iowa, "Stacey", on the bus with Rhonda, and Tom Andre, driving his own carload from Ames.

Artisanal Giving and Animals

Listen Here Now Originally broadcast 12/04/2015
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Host Greta Anderson explores several ways central Iowans can direct their holiday dollars toward beauty and justice both locally and abroad. First, Trades of Hope "compassionate entrepreneur" Katie Darby of rural Boone describes the direct marketing methods of this fair trade company, and the kinds of impact it has been able to make on women in the Third World. Reporter Kay Puttock offers a look into Creative Artists' Studios of Ames (CASA) with an interview of artist Leanne Wilson. CASA is holding an open house with art for sale this Saturday (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM) and Sunday (12:00 noon - 4:00 PM) at 130 S. Sheldon Street. Finally, musician Bryon Dudley joins us to describe how his band Strong Like Bear teamed up with Electric Jury to learn Pink Floyd's Animals album in its entirety. These bands will be playing Animals along with original works on Saturday, December 12 at D.G.'s Taphouse.

Christmas Celebrations

Listen Here Now Originally broadcast 12/02/2015
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We started our program with a memorial to Fenner Stevenson, who died on November 9. In his honor we shared selections from his December 2014 KHOI interview about the Santa Express and his involvement in the Boone Scenic Valley Railroad in 1996.

The remaining part of the program was a preview of the upcoming community Christmas celebrations, Susan Schafer, owner/manager of the Book Shoppe Inc. in Boone gave us the view of the celebrations from the perspective of a businesswoman. Kurt Phillips, executive director of the Boone IA Chamber of Commerce , described the variety of events in Boone, Ogden,and Madrid. A completely different lineup came from Lynn Scarlett, executive director of the Nevada Chamber of Commerce. Paul Wierson, co-host and Story City native gave the Story City report.

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