Ames Youth Shine

Originally broadcast 08/28/2015
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As guest PIPES (see below) says, "It's all about the kids." Host Greta Anderson (and literature Ph.D.) gives a thumbs-up review to a remarkable novel by 14-year-old Ames resident, Lucas Bleyle, also known as one of the "Fort Kids," and speaks with Lucas about the book's themes, his writing practice, and goals in writing. His sci-fi adventure novel, The Scavengers, depicts future Earth as a Wasteland on which Earth's former inhabitants, most of whom have moved to a larger planet called The Clean World, dump their trash. Then Teenz Zone hosts Max Eness and Thea Brenner put their spin on the topic of political cynicism. We begin the show with hour with Alex Fejfer, project director at the Ames Historical Society, telling us the background of the unique commercial district on West Street, as our ongoing segment "Why is That?" We end it with a phone call to "PIPES", the emcee for tonight's (postponed due to rain) Bike Night, who shares his vision of this type of community event.

Cycling and Fall Mushrooms

Listen Here Now Originally broadcast 08/26/2015
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As beautiful Fall weather sets in, all things cycling is discussed - and mushroom hunting.

Lisa Hein, from the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation describes the origins and features of the High Trestle Trail and Bridge.

Ames Bicycle Coalition reports on National Night Out.

Damion Pregitzer, City of Ames Chief Traffic Engineer, explains how the Ames Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

Long Range Transportation Plan Update for the City of Ames addresses the increased demand for biking routes and other accomodations for bicycling in the city. Trevin Ward from the responds to the plan and discusses bukers' needs.

"Tuning Into Agriculture" : KHOI reporter Jim Werbel and Delphin Douglas talking about mushrooms in Fall.

Nicholas Johnson, Legacy Learning, School Board, Immigration

Listen Here Now Originally broadcast 08/24/2015
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Co-hosts Gale Seiler and Ursula Ruedenberg told about the KHOI Birthday Celebration that took place on Sunday and played excerpts from the talk given by Nicholas Johnson, former FCC member. His complete talk will be aired on KHOI’s Heart of Iowa on Thursday at noon.

Reporter Kay Puttock interviewed Maureen Seamonds about Legacy Learning in a community appreciation segment. Anne Kinzel and Victoria Shopinski, from the Ames Progressive Alliance, told about the School Board Candidate Forum on Tuesday, September 8 at the Ames Public Library. It will begin at 5:30 PM with an ice cream social, followed by the forum at 6:30 PM.

From Jan Flora, we learned about an upcoming forum called #UniteIowaOnImmigration. This will be on Saturday, August 29 starting at 2:30 PM, and several presidential candidates will participate.

Individual and Collective Rights

Originally broadcast 08/21/2015
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Today's local talk show is about commonwealth issues. We listen to Clark Wolf and Peter Orazem, professors at ISU, discuss the topic of commonwealth and tensions between individual and collective rights. We then hear for Merry Rankin talking about the City of Ames Sustainability efforts in improving our local commonwealth. Today we talked about ways to reduce the waste stream.

Whiterock Conservancy and Berry Patch Farm

Listen Here Now Originally broadcast 08/19/2015
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KHOI environmental reporter Pat Schlarbaum calls in from Decorah to describe the current effort to build a platform for the Decorah Eagles, to replace their nest, which fell recently due to weight and wind. Theirs is the home of the famous Decorah Eagle Cam that allows people throughout the world to see the eagles raise their young up close.

Konrad Kramer, Executive Director of Whiterock Conservancy, describes this extraordinarily beautiful 5,000 acre land trust in Coon Rapids, Iowa. The Conservancy is a working farm but also available to the public for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, water travel and also accessible via all-terrain vehicle. Cabins and camping are available. The Conservancy is extraordinary for recreation and education about land stewardship where one can experience native Iowa oak Savannahs, sand prairies and wetland seeps. A new trail system has just been finished and the public is invited.

Dean and Judy Henry from the Berry Patch Farm explain why they built a farm where people can pick their own fruit to enjoy the flavor and vigor of ripe-picked fruit and where children can learn about how fruit is grown. The farm is available to the public for all-you-can-pick for a set fee. It is located near Nevada.

The Iowa State Fair, Service Workers

Listen Here Now Originally broadcast 08/17/2015
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Today’s show, hosted by Gale Seiler, featured the first of a series of reports on service workers, prepared by Ron Latson. Cynthia McClure brought us a first hand report from sheep barn and the food building at the Iowa State Fair. And we heard from Dr. Cathann Kress, the Vice President for Extension and Outreach at Iowa State University, who told about the many ways that ISU is involved at the State Fair. We also shared a list of upcoming presidential candidate appearances.

KHOI Is Three Years Old!

Originally broadcast 08/14/2015
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This was the KHOI Birthday Show! Co-hosts Jim Werbel and Tom Beell brought us the story of KHOI’s birth, from applying for the FCC broadcasting license, through making deals to get a better broadcast pattern, all the way up to building the tower and the studio, and getting the first shows on the air. Ursula Reudenberg, Joe Lynch, and Kay Puttock shared stories of the early work that brought KHOI to life. Others shared their memories as well, including Cynthia McClure and Ron Latson who were members of the “flash drive crew”, Roger Parmenter, Paul Nelson, and Susan Franzen. Bob Anders told about the KHOI Birthday Bash that he is planning for Sunday, August 23.

Meskwaki Summers, Indian Corn

Originally broadcast 08/12/2015
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Today's show focuses on our neighbors the Meskwaki Nation, and on Native American cropping systems featuring their centerpiece crop, maize. KHOI intern Varad Diwati together with correspondent Pat Schlarbaum ask Jonathan Buffalo, historian of the Meskwaki Nation, about summertime on the Settlement, past and present. Then, co-host Greta Anderson speaks with Jane Mt. Pleasant, a Tuscarora Indian and soil scientist at Cornell University, who is considered an expert on native cropping systems, particularly the "Three Sisters" of corn, beans and squash, which the Iroquois grew together, in a polyculture, rather than in separate fields or plots. Her agronomic research has shown that the Iroquois farmers were probably eating better than their European counterparts well into the colonial period. Then, Greta visits Steven and Ethy Cannon's garden on 13th and Ridgewood in Ames (pictured above), where they experiment with "Three Sisters"-type intercropping and other plants used by indigenous peoples for food. Song, "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow," by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings from the CD, Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's 'Bitter Tears' Revisited.

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