LOCAL TALK 19 November 2021

Originally broadcast 11/19/2021 

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Local Talk for Friday November 19 was started with an update of local news by Dennis Hart.  Mario Cothen provided an interesting overview of the ISU football team and program.  Susan Gwiasda discussed the Climate Action Plan proceedings. more information at CityofAmes.org.  And Mary Wilkins with ISU Extension talked about Maker Monday coming up December 20 and a new 4H Chapter in the Ames area.  For further information ISUExtension@iastate.edu/StoryCounty or 515-337-1601. A Snowy Owl phenology was presented.  Music was Fire by the Pointer Sisters.

Empowering Women and Central Iowa Norwegians

Originally broadcast 11/17/2021 

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Leanne Harter,  Outreach and Special Projects Manager started the show with the Story County Report announcing several end-of-year deadlines.  Then Carolyn and John Klaus announced "Empowering Women Worldwide," a lecture by Distinguished Professor Cornelia Flora on Nov. 18 sponsored by the Story County League of Women Voters, and Arlen Twedt described his presentation for Geneology Plus about his books on "The Central Iowa Norwegians''.

LOCAL TALK 15 November 2021

Originally broadcast 11/15/2021 

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Local Talk for Monday November 15 featured Dennis Hart News Summary; Liz Zuecher with Story County Community Foundation and their Grants with Jennifer Deiter; and Ross Wilburn Democratic Party Chairman addressing hate mail and extremism. Anna Magnuson provided great input and questions.  Music featured Neil Young on his 76th birthday with After the Gold Rush and Expecting to Fly.

LOCAL TALK 12 November 2021

Originally broadcast 11/12/2021 

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Local Talk for Friday, November 12, 2021 began  with Dennis Hart news summary for this week from pages of Ames Tribune.  Native American Heritage Month was featured with Dallas Chief Eagle presenting to a crowd at Prairie Awakening in Dallas County. He used a meditation technique of honoring and focusing on a Grandmother and Grandfather rock.  The hour concluded with a phenology concerning Bobcats.  Joni Mitchell's music and 78th birthday this week was featured with a live version of Both Sides Now.

Iowa Arboretum and Small Town Groceries

Originally broadcast 11/11/2021 

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Today's show started with a road trip to the Iowa Arboretum    where Mark Schneider director of the Arboretum described the work of cleaning up after the  Derecheo and how the downed trees had been creatively used .  Then we visited the newly opened Jewell Market  and spoke with Garren Zanker. We drove down to Town and Country Market in Slater, where we talked with  Larry Larson owner of the grocery store for thirty-six years.  [the link is attached to a YouTube video on this issue]. Paul Wierson ended the show by telling what it was like when Story City lost its full service grocery store.

LOCAL TALK 9 November 2021

Originally broadcast 11/09/2021 

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Sam Wormley, KHOI board member and Cohost of Science Bytes joins us; to discuss what can we do locally to reduce our CO2 foot print. This includes electric vehicles their major advantages, sales, charge station information, maintenance requirements, and some other ideas to help reduce our CO2 footprint. Dr. Tyler Harms discusses Iowa’s White-tailed Deer population and COVID-19’s association with these critters. Erica Place, Outreach Coordinator for SCConservation joins us for our monthly visit. Erica shares some Story County Conservation upcoming outdoor activities planned for us to take part in.

Susan Gwiasda Public Information Officer for the City of Ames and Electric Distribution Manager , Mike Brown.updates us on the next City council meetings, a few city activities and we spend time discussing electric outages in winter months- how to be prepared for an outage. When crews are not responding to emergencies, routine maintenance and system upgrades that are happening all year. Mike also encourages those thinking of potential jobs to consider employment as an electric line worker.

LOCAL TALK 8 November 2021

Originally broadcast 11/08/2021 

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Dennis Hart provides his weekly summary from the pages of the Des Moines Register. Tammy Koolbeck, Executive Director of CY Stephens Auditorium,and KHOI board member, discusses upcoming shows at CY Stephens, the Goldfinch Room, and the Susan Werner concert. A portion of the ticket sales will be donated to KHOI community Radio. Keith Morgan Story County Emergency Management Coordinator Reviews what is involved with Emergency Management and the increasing qualifications it takes to assume the management role including: Research conducted by  ISU: benefits from voluntary contributions of non-expert citizens to resilience assessment, use of micro-grids to provide power to critical infrastructure,Decision making. Mentoring, Internships and training opportunities are discussed. Cari McPartland, Salvation Army Service Center Administrator,  discusses the need for services especially in response to the pandemic but the upcoming holiday season and the stain it puts on the demand for services. Volunteer opportunities are also highlighted.

LOCAL TALK 5 November 2021

Originally broadcast 11/05/2021 

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Local Talk for Friday, November 5 included week's summary of the news fro Ames Tribune by Dennis Hart.  Carolyn Raffensberger discussed the CO2 Pipeline that is proposed for Iowa.  Susan Gwiasda and Justin Clausen discussed upcoming snow season.  And Jess Soderstrum discussed ISU Extension Program outreach programs to communities in Story City, Nov. 9,  Zearing Nov. 12 and Maxwell, Nov.18.  2-4PM For further information ISU Extension@iastate.edu or 515-337-1601.  Music was by Usef Islam Morning Has Broken and Peace Train.

Elections and Upcoming Events

Originally broadcast 11/03/2021 

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Our first order of business was announcing some of the results of yesterday's election. Barb Pedersen, committee chairperson of the voter services committee of the Ames and Story County League of Women Voters, was on hand to discuss the ways KHOI could make voter information --our candidate interviews and the local forums recorded by our volunteers, available to the public, both on broadcasts and through our website. Mara Spooner of the Fair Trade Store Worldly Goods, discussed their business model and the Benefit Events where part of the sales receipts will be donated to local organizations. We ended the show with two remarkable events coming up in the next few days.  Deborah Marquart, editor of the children's book The Moo Cow Came Traveling , described the book launch that will be held this Sunday, November 8, 2-3 p.m. at the Ames Public Library with the book illustrator, Dorothia Rohner and an appearance with author Mark Muholland ZOOMING in from Ireland.  And up in Briggs Woods by Webster City, Maureen Seamonds tells us of the annual harvest dinner for Legacy Learning with Kelly Boone leading the fun on Monday evening from 5:30 p.m. on Monday, November 9. Listen to this Local Talk to find all about it!

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