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News Roundup, PrISUm, Harvest Fest

Originally broadcast 09/08/2017
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Dennis Hart provided a weekly news roundup of top stories gleaned from newspapers around the area.

Host, Gale Seiler, interviewed Emmanuel Agba, advisor to ISU’s Team PrISUm, along with students Matt Goode, Dylan Neal and Mackenzie Klima. They are part of the group that designed and built a solar car called Penumbra, which is on its way to Australia for the 2017 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.

Merry Rankin was up next, talking about Harvest Fest on Friday evening, Sept 8. She brought along the two Sustainable Ag grad students who organized this new event.

Prairie Awakening Celebration, Legacy Artist and Writers Collaboration, and ISU's Green Dot Program

Originally broadcast 09/06/2017
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Nature Reporter Pat Schlarbaum brought us Chris Atkins, Environmental Education Naturalist, talking about the Prairie Awakening Celebration, at Kuehn Conservation Area, Sunday, September 10, 2017, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m .

Our next guest was Maureen Seamonds, the organizer and visionary of the workshop "Legacy Artists and Writers Collaboration Quilting Workshop," that will happen on September 18 and 19, 2017, at Briggs Woods, near Webster City. The event combines the talents of Jen Berte, writer, and Carmon Slater, quilter.

Lori Allen, from ISU student services working with Ames Assault Care Center (ACCESS) launching the ISU Green Dot Program, on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, on Parks Library Lawn. The Sexual Assault Crisis Line is (515)292-5378 for anyone needing immediate assistance 24 hours a day.

The Chefs and Food at First, Ames Tribune News Roundup, Ames Civic Report

Originally broadcast 09/01/2017
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Three chefs from Food at First in Ames, a free food service known for exceptional cooking and community spirit. Three of the star chefs, Dale Vanderschcaff, Kritine Lang, and Patty Yoder describe their own signature dishes when cooking for free meal program and try to explain the "Food At First Magic." Yoder is also Executive Director of the program, which also includes an open pantry. Food at First is located at 611 Clark Ave in the First Christian Church. They serve free dinners to anyone who comes, 364 days a year.

Dennis Hart gives a roundup of local news from the pages of the Ames Tribune and papers from surrounding communities.

Susan Gwiasda gives a monthly municipal report for the City of Ames.

Tuition Hikes

Originally broadcast 08/30/2017
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On Monday, the Iowa Civil Liberties Union filed what is believed to be the first transgender rights lawsuit to be filed in the Iowa courts since 2007, when Iowa put gender identity protections into the law. The suit is on behalf of Jesse Vroegh, a male Iowa prison nurse whose state employer, the Iowa Department of Corrections, denied him use of the men’s restrooms and locker rooms. It also denied him health care coverage for surgery he needed, because he is transgender.

All three state universities in Iowa have made 5-year plans for tuition hikes: ISU and U of I proposed 7% hikes for 5 years and UNI proposed 7% the first year, then 3% for the next 4 years. Interim Governor Reynolds has expressed concern, saying Iowa families cannot afford the increases over 5 years. Democratic State Senator Herman Quirmbach of District 23 (from Ames) and Republican State Senator Tim Kraayenbrink of District 5 (from Fort Dodge) weigh in. Kraayenbrink is Co-Chair of the Education Appropriations Committee for the Iowa Legislature. Quirmbach is ranking member on the Education Committee and serves on the Education Appropriations Subcommittee.

Allyson Walter from the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau gives a preview of upcoming events in the area.

Ames School Board Candidate Forums

Originally broadcast 08/28/2017
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On Aug 24th, the first of several Ames School Board Candidate Forums was held at the Library. It was thefirst Forum,sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Ames and Story County, moderated by Nancy Halvorson. Today's Local Talk brings you the candidates statements and some of the issues discussed by the candidates.

Rebekka Reuter, KHOI’s assistant manager is training for an upcoming Marathon in Wisconsin. She shares thoughts about the sport and information on the art of running.

Allyson Walter from the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau gives a preview of upcoming events in the area.

News Roundup, Back to School, Neighborhood Associations

Originally broadcast 08/25/2017
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The show started with the Weekly News Roundup from Dennis Hart, who reviewed the major news stories of the week as reported in newspapers in Ames and surrounding towns. Host, Gale Seiler, shared back to school stories from ISU students about what they did over the summer and how they feel about the start of classes. In the last part of the show, Ames Progressive Alliance focused on Neighborhood Associations in Ames. Anne Kinzel, Carolyn Myers and Betty Baird led a discussion with Julie Gould from the Ames city government, Martin Edelson representing the newly formed Inis Grove Neighborhood Association, and Kristen Greteman representing the Old Town Neighborhood Association.

Charlottesville, An Englishman Photographs the Pipeline

Originally broadcast 08/16/2017
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Evan Berger is a senior organizer for CCI Action and was one of the organizers of the “Revolution Iowa: From Protest to Power,” convention. CCI Action is associated with Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement. The convention included keynote speeches by Senator Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter founder Alicia Garza. There were also numerous workshops about issues everyday Iowans face, including healthcare.

Nathan Moore is the station manager of WTJU Community Radio at the University of Virginia. He identifies himself as being a part of a citizen action group that ended up in the middle of the street violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Veronika Fowler is the Communications Director at the Iowa ACLU. She stopped by KHOI to describe two Iowa cases relating to the US Constitution and safety for protest participants.

Martin Hodgkiss is a documentary photographer from London England who is cycling the route of the Dakota Access Pipeline. He’s doing this in hopes of meeting people and seeing that landscape that surrounds the pipeline; to understand whether the DAPL has affected people’s lives directly, indirectly, positively, or negatively. You can follow him on Instagram for updates.

Bollywood Birthday

Originally broadcast 08/11/2017
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Merry Rankin, Director of Sustainability for ISU and Ames, and John Dunn director of the City of Ames Water & Pollution describe the history of water access in Ames and the new state-of-the-art Ames water plant, opening August 26 9:00 AM with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open ouse for the public. More information on the opening

ISU Office of University Relations executive director John McCarroll describes the Task Force meeting held by the Iowa Board of Regents where ISU proposed Tuition hikes over the next 5 years due to reduced state funding.

Sree Nilakanta, business professor and band member of Chai Tunes, Ames' own Bollywood Band, describes the band, the music, and their upcoming free concert at KHOI on Saturday August 12, 5:30 PM, 410 Douglas in Ames, to help celebrate KHOI's 5th anniversary. The Chinese Childrens' Choir will also perform Festivities and a street concert will take the party out onto Douglas Avenue at 6:00 PM Join us for music and cake!

Buick Rallies and Great Blue Herons

Originally broadcast 08/09/2017
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Leanne Harter, Story County Outreach and Special Projects Manager, told us what's coming up in her Story County Report. Pat Brooks, vintage car enthusiast, described two international rallies he and his wife Mary Brooks drove in their 1949 Buick woodie -- one across China in 1997 to publicize the opening of a new Buick plant in China, and a bi-centennial "around the world in 80 days" in 2000. When not driving their car all over the world, they have spent most of their lives in central Iowa. We closed out the show with the final spotlight bird, the great blue heron, in our yearlong poetry celebration of Iowa Bird of Mouth presented by Jennifer Knox, curator of the crowd-sourced poetry project, and Tyler Harms, director of Iowa Young Birders. Paul Wierson

Anti-Nazi, Peace Training, Disaster Preparedness

Originally broadcast 08/09/2017
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On Sunday evening, Ria Keinert describes how she planned a spontaneous rally, speaking out against the white supremacist and Neo-Nazi rally held over the weekend in Charlottesville, VI, that ended in violence. More than 350 people gathered in the Ames Band Shell Park to listen to speakers and then marched up and down Main Street, bearing signs and chanting slogans. Various people in the demonstration are featured in a recording made at the rally.

Other guests include: Fred Van Liew from Van Liew Meditation and Consulting, Keith Morgan from Story County, and Chris Perrin from Mary Greeley Medical Center.

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