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.
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.
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.
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.
Originally broadcast 11/30/2015
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April Katz, professor of print-making at ISU School of Art & Visual Design, describes the 15th annual International Postcard Print Exchange and Juried Student Exhibition, being held at the College of Design Building on the West side of campus (Gallery 181). The exhibit will run from November 30 - December 4. Hours are 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. There will be a silent auction of the post cards; funds will be used to help pay for students' travel to a national print conference. The Exhibit is produced by the ISU Print Society. April Katz described her career as a print maker. Anyone - professional printer or not - who prints in any medium can submit for next year's exhibit. The deadline is in April. For information on how to submit, contact Jordan Luckow, University Print Society President.
Allyson Walter from the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau, reviewed some public holiday events, concerts, children's entertainment, and local holiday shopping in Central Iowa. A comprehensive listing for holiday planning is available on the ACVB website.
Originally broadcast 11/27/2015
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Host Gale Seiler invited her Thanksgiving guests into the studio for the show today. Her daughter, Abby Seiler, talked about her work at the Center for Food Safety, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC. And Kevin Gilligan, her son-in-law, talked about his work at NASA. They discussed the mission of each of their organizations and why they are inspired by it. They also discussed how they got interested in their fields.
Originally broadcast 11/25/2015
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We spoke with Laural Beaty of the First Christian Church in Nevada and Mike Cleaveland of the Boone First United Methodist Church who are organizing community Thanksgiving dinners in their respective churches tomorrow. We also heard from Kent Harvst about events in Webster City. Virtus Brockman of rural Marshall County told us about old time Thanksgiving on the farm. We closed with a reading "Gratitde Is" by Mark Jackson as read by Paul Wierson.
Pictured: Boone FUMC Thanksgiving Dinner
Originally broadcast 11/23/2015
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This show discusses two different topics in depth. First comes the second Local Talk program-segment on "Difficult Conversations" with Alicia Krehbiel, Hospice Care Coordinator at Mary Greeley Medical Center. Hear why you should be sure to have these difficult but profoundly important conversations with your family (old AND young) and with your doctors and caregivers. And learn how to begin and continue these conversations more easily. In the second half of the program we talk with Ghinwa Alameen, a lecturer in Arabic language at Iowa State University. Ghinwa's students come from many different disciplines, and are mostly American-born, but she describes them as all "highly motivated." And they recently proved that they are highly motivated to keep Ghinwa as their instructor at Iowa State! Hear the whole story here!
Originally broadcast 11/20/2015 Noon
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Our theme for today was Local Ames Businesses. Cindy Hicks, director of the Main Street Cultural District , kicked off our program by telling us about Small Business Saturday, the local answer to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We then spoke with owners of businesses that began before the North Grand Mall or Big Box store were built and have successfully adapted to changing shopping patterns in Ames. These included Rick Swank of Swank's Jewelry Store, Mark Peterson of Emerhoff's Footwear, Dave Samson of the Hobby Shop, Marg Junkin of Cook's Emporium, and Brian Smith of Evert's Flowers and Gifts. Our new Business Reporter Jim Werbel then told us that he views businesses as change agents and enjoys covering them with that in mind. He played a clip with employees of Sigler Printing about the family feeling of working there. Daniel Culhane, director and CEO of the Ames Chamber of Commerce told us about the expansion of the Ames Municipal Airport.
Originally broadcast 11/18/2015 7:00 AM
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Originally broadcast 11/18/2015 Noon
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Originally broadcast 11/18/2015 7:00 PM
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Membership week Wednesday Local Talk has three live shows. This gives us a chance to showcase the varied types of programs we feature in our TEN county listening area [Story, Boone, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, (North Polk), Dallas, Webster, and Jasper]
7:00 AM: our Nature Reporter, Pat Schlarbaum, talked with Doug Harr, president of the Iowa Audubon Society telling us about the arctic birds seen already in Iowa this winter. Steven Bradbury of ISU and member of the Iowa Monarch Consortium then gave us an overview of the ways we can deal with the conditions driving down the numbers of Monarch Butterflies. Jessie Lowry conservation director at the Blank Park Zoo, in charge of the Plant Grow Fly program to increase habitat for Monarchs.
Noon: Stu Huntington, professor emeritus in Community and Regional Planning, joined us as a dedicated listener of KHOI to talk especially about programs in KHOI that show how small nearby towns thrive in difficult times. Host Susan Franzen shared some of her favorite voices from towns throughout the area. These were: Scott De Young, Mike Mackey, Anthony Rosing, and Robby Peterson.
7:00 PM: Marty Miller brought us two members from the original Barn Owl Band, Jon Duvick and Roger Alexander, who played songs from past concerts recorded at Ames City Auditorium and for Prairie Home Companion. They reminisced about how they first formed to play at the Central Iowa Barn Dance.
