September 2021

COVID Among Blacks, Masterlanplan, Wild Rivers Film Festival, 1001 Stories

Originally broadcast 09/01/2021 

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Dana James, founder of Black Iowa News, gave us a report on low vaccination rates among Black Iowans (25%) as compared with White Iowans (46%) and her attempts to reach the unvaccinated.  We learned about the music group Masterplan playing at the music festival Shagstock near Boone this weekend from music reporter Greta Anderson.  Mike Kellner from Prairie Rivers described three films from the Wild and Scenic Film Festival taking place October 1.  Topping off the events this month, we heard from Loween Getter, director of "1001 Stories," a reader's theatre production of Webster City Community Theatre on September 10 and 11 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

LOCAL TALK 31 August 2021

Originally broadcast 08/31/2021 

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KHOI’s Michael Murphy visits with Iowa State Entomologist, Dr. Ryan Smith about West Nile virus recently detected in Iowa and discusses facts about transmission and steps available to minimize our exposure to possible infection.
KHOI’s Sam Wormley Describes the Olli (Oshier Lifelong Learning Institute) program and scheduled classes.  Sam reviews a few classes he facilitates and we are introduced to topics associated with one of these:
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Susan Gwiasda Communications Officer for the City of Ames and Stormwater Analyst Liz Calhoun details the rescheduled Chad Pregracke presentation the  individual who for 25 years has organized major river clean-ups.  Liz also provides details of sustainability events planned at the end of September 

Magnusson  KHOI’s Top “Good News Banana” brightens our day.

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