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Birds, Butterflies, and Crawford Hall

Originally broadcast 06/14/2017
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Leanne Harter got our program started with her Story County Report - hot weather warnings from the animal shelter for pets and livestock as well as miscellaneous regulations and awards. Jennifer Knox and Young Birder president, Tyler Harms, were on hand to tell us about the Iowa Bird of Mouth and read some poems about American Robin (the May Bird of Mouth) and Eastern Bluebird (the June Bird of Mouth). Our discussion led us to the recent bird-ebrity, a western tanager sought by out-of-state birders armed with cameras and scopes after they received the report of the bird on Scott Avenue in Ames. In keeping with the theme of habitat for beautiful winged creatures Nathan Brockman from the Butterfly Wing at Reiman Gardens told us how to develop habitat to attract butterflies as well as the butterfly survey to be conducted during the Butterfly Field Day at McFarland Park next Saturday. Although anyone is invited to join in, the butterfly survey is a serious citizen scientist activity to monitor the number and location of butterflies, many of which are on the endangered species list (Monarchs are NOT among those most threatened).

Photo by Paul Brooke

Working Families, Youth Radio, Emergency Response

Originally broadcast 06/12/2017
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The Working Families Summit took place in Ames on Saturday, and on Local Talk we listened to the keynote speaker, Larry Cohen. Mr. Cohen is the Chair of Our Revolution, the successor organization to Bernie 2016. He spoke about the need for a progressive agenda including health care, child care, jobs, and low-debt college access, as well as the role of Iowa in growing support for these goals.

Ames Middle School students, Mary Mundell, Malik Davis, Vijay Williams, and Karla Torres, were interviewed by host, Gale Seiler, about Youth Participatory Action Research they were involved in this past year. These students will also co-host Rebel Music Radio on KHOI on Thursday from 8:00 - 10:00 PM.

Working Families Summit, 4th of July, Ash Trees

Originally broadcast 06/09/2017
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Local Talk host Kay Puttock, and KHOI studio engineer Evan Taylor (both trained in literary history) give historical context to an analogy made during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. The analogy was between President’s Trump’s request to Comey to drop the investigation of Michael Flynn and a historic religious and literary incident in 1170 when King Henry 2nd of Britain, muttered, about Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Beckett, “Will no-one rid me of this meddlesome priest?” - resulting in the murder of Beckett, who was subsequently made a saint by the Catholic Church.

Adana Delagardelle, Events Coordinator at the Main Street Cultural District reports on the upcoming July 4th Parade and puts out a call for volunteers. To help out on the day of the parade, contact Delagardelle.

Story County resident Sue Dinsdale, from the steering committee of the Working Families Summit, describes this event, occurring at Iowa State Center’s Scheman Blding in Ames on Saturday June 10 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. The summit brings together Iowans with the theme: ‘Standing Together. Fighting Back, as finding new ways to bring this country back to those that make it work." Eric Wenke, resident of Cambridge, talks about layoffs at his place of employment and economic challenges for families.

Merry Rankin, from Ames Sustainability and ISU Sustainability and J , City of Ames Parks & Facilities Superintendent, give an up date on removal of Ash trees and planting of diversified species in town.

Phenology by Pat Schlarbaum about the return of the fisher.

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Climate Smart Agriculture, Firemen Days

Originally broadcast 06/07/2017
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Eugene Takle, ISU Professor Atmospheric Science and Agricultural Meteorology spoke with us about the anticipated effects on Iowa Agriculture of the US withdrawal from the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement. In exploring farming practices that can mitigate climate change [Climate Smart Agriculture] we heard from two organic farmers. Tom Frantzen described how he became an organic farmer and also about some of the award winning experiments with diversified crops and animal farming. Gary Guthrie had a different model of organic farming as he raised fruits and vegetables for shares in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)). Gary has also made his farm energy self-sufficient with a windmill and multiple solar panels.

Then we turned to weekend events with Bill Hook, Fire Chief for the Cambridge/Union Township fire department, telling us about Fireman Days, a two day festival in Cambridge to raise money to complete an addition to their fire house – fun with a purpose. Closing our show we heard from Director Cheryl Clark, about Ankeny Community Theatre’s production, In The Middle of Yesterday, about Alzheimer’s Disease.

Outdoor Pianos, Community Solar Initiative

Originally broadcast 06/05/2017
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Paticia Izbecki, who spearheaded the project, talks about the installation of the brightly-painted outdoor pianos that will be available all Summer for the public to perform on at Tom Evans Plaza downtown, and in Welch Avenue.

Kelly Diekmann, Director of Planning and Housing for the City of Ames talks about how the city calculates and responds he need for new construction in town. We get another more personal perspective on the housing market from local landlord Mary Buchman who has been in the business of renting property to students for the past forty-five years. Susan Gwiasda, Public Relations Officer for the City of Ames, together with Donald Kom, Director of Electric Services update us on the progress towards Sun Smart Ames, the community solar farm initiative.

Peregrine Falcons, Woodcarvers, Tigerswan

Originally broadcast 06/02/2017
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Pat Schlarbaum tells the story of Peregrine Falcons; how they returned to Iowa after extinction here, and brought people together in the process. He tells us where falcons nest today in Iowa. He also explains the charming story of the little birds who raise their young every spring on the speaker in the KHOI doorway, who they are and their species' pilgrimage across the country towards home in California.

Master woodcarver Art Mann will be the featured artist "on display" at Habitat for Humanity during Friday June 2 Artwalk. Art talks about wood carving and Ginny and Steve Wervolt, fellow woodcarvers, talk about what makes Art great. They all belong to Mid Iowa Woodcarvers.

Details have emerged about surveillance being carried out by Tigerswan, an international private security firm, on people in Iowa who have been speaking out against the building of Dakota Access Pipeline. Boone County has been one of the targeted areas. Brenda Brink from the Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition, a coalition of more than 30 Iowa organizations objecting the the pipeline, describes direct encounters from Tigerswan by the Des Moines River and also invites you to join a flotilla on the Des Moines River in the Boone Valley, being planned for June 17th.

Scandinavian Days, Addams Family, Arlen Twedt

Originally broadcast 05/31/2017
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We started our preview of the 2017 Scandinavian Days event with Abby Huff, director of the Story City Greater Chamber Connection chatting with Paul Wierson about the four days event. To give an authentic feel of a unique part of the festival we played Cynthia McClure's report of the Kumla Eating Contest from a previous year with organizers Becky Watson and John Gookin to explain what was happening. Changing to this years show by the Judge Story Theatrical Troupe, we were visited by three member of the cast of The Adams Family, Lance Harding, Lars Skaar, and Sam Barnes getting us ready for the production opening June 1. The program closed with an interview from Arlen Twedt, talking about his new book Central Iowa Norwegians Vol.1.

Memorial Day Ceremonies, BJ Kearns

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Our 2017 Memorial Day program was very personal, starting with Marsha Miller telling about the ceremony in the Maxwell Cemetery where her son is buried, then turning to Gale Seiler's reflections on how different ages and cultures view death. Hildah Makorih, a Kenyan graduate student, described the burial customs from her tradition. Turning to the ISU Cemetery, Kay Puttock spoke with Charles Strawhalter, a campus landscape architect and the ISU Cemetery co-ordinator, about the history of the cemetery. Jeriyn Logue, Program Manager for the ISU Retirees Association, describing this year's service. Charles Knicker, who wrote the words to the hymn sung each year during the ceremony, told us the story of how he and Lynn Ziegler fitted the words to the perfect music.

The final portion of the program was a tribute to BJ Kearns, who died on Thursday, May 25, 2017. Since KHOI went on the air in 2012, "Evening with Elizabeth" has been a favorite program. Maintaining her official identity as "Elizabeth", BJ Kearns secretly created and hosted this show featuring "my vinyl record collection from the 40s and 50s". Ursula Ruedenberg interviewed BJ's sister, Mary Ann Gardner, about BJ's biography and approach to life. Her Technical Assistant, Cynthia McClure, described the working style of her production.