Originally broadcast 05/10/2019
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Dennis Hart gives a summary of this past week's local news from the pages of the Ames Tribune.

Sara Buss, Event Coordinator for Ames Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development describes their leadership series and upcoming Leadercast,Super Charged! gathering on Friday May 17. The event will feature presentations on leadership by local personalities, as well as known guest speakers from around the country via video simulcast.

Iowa State and Ames Sustainability Director, Merry Rankin speaks with Ed Lyon, Director of Reiman Gardens about Spring planting, their innovative Hillside Garden, the Reiman Garden plant sale and Mother’s Day at the Garden.

Pat Schlarbaum celebrates Mothers Day with an interview with owners of the John 15 Vineyard in Scranton, Iowa, and their signature grape pie. 

Originally broadcast 05/06/2019
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Cathy Adams from the American Heart Association provided information about the dangers of heart disease for women and Go Red for Women. We also heard an interview with Alejandro Martinez about his journey to become the first college graduate in his family. Bronwyn Beatty Hansen, a member of the Ames City Council stopped by. She spoke about the recently passed Iowa legislation that will eliminate the neighborhood rental caps approved by the Ames City Council, as well as Bike to Work Week, which is May 13-19. The City of Ames and other organizations and businesses will sponsor events during that week. 

Originally broadcast 05/01/2019
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Our May Day program was bursting with creativity.  Our first guest was Dallas Center Grimes 6th grade author Miara Steir, who published her first book when she was eight and has it as her goal to reach 101 classrooms throughout central Iowa telling students how they can also publish their own books.  Then Iowa poet laureate Mary Swander introduced us to her plays dealing with the lives of farmers as well her AGARTS project.  We were joined by Mark Gannon, who is starting a new foundation to set up events where farmers can tell the stories of life on their farms, have them recorded, and make them available online.  We played a couple of these stories from people who farmed on century farms -- Gordon Bivens and Gina McAndrews, (Gina also co-hosted as KHOI's new Farm Reporter.) 

Originally broadcast 04/26/2019
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Dennis Hart gives a summary of last week''s local news from the pages of the Ames Tribune.

Galady McCollum, writer, human rights worker, and psychologist, is writing a curriculum for online training for cosmologists to prepare them for when their clients reveal that they have been assaulted or suffering abuse. The state of Illinois requires this training. She explains how she came to this work, what is important to know, and why this is being required.

Ames Progressive Alliance interviews Lucal Bleyle, local high school student who is a climate activist and leads a climate crisis club at Ames High School.