February 2017

Originally broadcast 02/24/2017
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Host Gale Seiler, welcomed Nicci Port, the Project Director for Diversity and Inclusion in LGBTQA+ Student Affairs. Nicci was joined by Taylor Shire, co-chair of LGBTQA+ Faculty and Staff Association, and Joel Hochstein, who coordinates ISU’s Pride Summit. They spoke about their work supporting the LGBTQA+ community on ISU’s campus.

In a related story, we spoke with Marlys Barker, editor and journalist at the Nevada Journal and the Tri-County Times, who wrote recent stories about trans students in rural Iowa.

Ann Kinzel joined us for the monthly update from the Ames Progressive Alliance. She interviewed Cheryl Binzen and Gale Seiler on their work with new groups that emerged from the Inclusive Ames gathering last Fall. They are working on issues of safety and sanctuary, and racial disparities in Ames school.

Originally broadcast 02/20/2017
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Jonah Powell and Sarah Carlson, describe Death Cafes in Ames, part of an international movement that organizes social conversations that normalize discussion about death.

A pipeline update from Dick and Judy Lamb, who own a farm in Boone County and are part of a joint suit by Iowa landowners and the Sierra Club against the Iowa Utilities Board and Dakota Access Pipeline. They claim that seizure of their land for the Bakken Pipeline, by eminent domain is illegal. The Polk County District Court of Iowa recently rejected their suit.

Jan Brown from Our Lady's Immaculate Heart Catholic Church in Ankeny explains that the group known as A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy (AMOS) will go to the statehouse every Tuesday of this legislative session, to advocate for improvements to mental health care in Iowa.

Lauren Frandsen, from the Ames Chamber of Commerce, describes the Chamber's accomplishments in 2016 and their upcoming 2017 lecture series on vision-building leadership.

Dylan Kline, from Integrity Construction, is part of the Chamber of Commerce's yearly Leadership Ames program. As part of the program, he and a few others are partnering with KHOI to create a new show, Business Connect, on KHOI to premier this Friday at 1 PM. Dylan describes the process and what it's that's like for a construction manager to build a radio show.

Originally broadcast 02/15/2017
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First, Steve Gray, joint superintendent of both Nevada and Colo/Nesco school districts, discussed the challenges rural schools face--and how those might be exacerbated by pending legislation. Then, State Senator Herman Quirmbach of Ames told of over one-and-a-half million dollars that will be lost by both Ames and Boone school districts with this year's 1.1% allowable growth law, and describes scenes of disenfranchisement in this week's legislative hearings. Finally, Kelly McMahon, a preschool / kindergarten teacher in the Cedar Rapids school district, formerly a teacher in Milwaukee, compared the climate under Scott Walker's Act 10 to that she expects with the pending Iowa labor bills, HSB84 and SF213. Iowans for Public Education urged citizens to discuss these issues with their legislators. Senator Jerry Behn will hold several.

The second half of our show featured two plays opening this weekend. Joe Ferrell and Sam Barnes gave us a preview of Judge Story's Theatrical Troupe's dinner theatre, Who Will Murder Marsha? a play about a woman addicted to reading murder mysteries, and what happens when her husband tries to persuade her to stop. The second murder mystery, Webster City Community Theatre's Murder on a Budget, is set during a class reunion on a cruise ship (the budget reunion location). Playwright/director Sally Evans described a the situation of this, her fifth, original murder mystery play.

KHOI is hiring a part-time assistant manager to help with administrative management, outreach, public relations and coordination of KHOI’s volunteer base. It’s an interesting and challenging position that requires office experience, computer skill, management and people skills. The position is supervised by KHOI's Station Manager.