Paul Weirson talks with Brian McNamara of Story City about the 7,250-mile trip from Iowa to Fairbanks, Alaska, made by Brian and Lee Kilmer, retired ISU professor from Ames. They made the trip in their two 1926 Model T pickup trucks driving at 30 miles per hour (5 miles per hour in the mountains!).
Howard Hammond of Slater gives updates from Southern Story County, including a report on the famous Slater Fourth of July celebrations, an upcoming town festival in Fall that will be covered by WHO TV that will include Slater, Boone, and Ames, and the Ballard Educational Fund that gives scholarships for higher education to graduating high school students.
Originally broadcast 08/02/2017
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