Iowa Forests, Persian New Year, Author Cafe

Our next guest, Paul Tauke, former Forestry Bureau Chief at the DNR, gave us an overview of forests in Iowa and an update on current legislation to eliminate the Forest Reserve (Senate File 5).  Fran Amin and Nasim Sabatpour then invited us to a March 26 celebration of the Persian New Year (Norooz), put on by the Iranian Students and Scholars Association. Finally, Carolyn and John Klaus, representing Ames Public Library Friends Foundation, told us about Author Cafe, which will feature Art Cullen, Pulitzer Prize winning editor of the Storm Lake Times, and Michael Crumb, editor of the Ames Tribune, talking about the role of small-town newspapers in their communities.