Heddens, Collins Days, Space Exploration, Gardening and Royce Johns

Story County Outreach and Special Projects manager Leanne Harter introduced the newly appointed Story County Supervisor Lisa Heddens, who outlined priorities she had heard from her constituents.  Continuing our tour of activities throughout Story County we spoke with Katie Baldwin, Collins City Clerk and member of the Collins Days 2019 Committee.  Katie described the some of the events of the three day festival (June 21-23), telling how they featured new businesses in Collins.  Turning south we visited with  Jay Robinson, librarian of the newly opened Cambridge Memorial Library who described the Summer Reading Program "A Universe of Stories," which involves many creative activities for both children and adults to encourage reading and learning about outer space. Then Tracy Blackmer told us about  Gardening for Good--a program involving in students and adult volunteers of all ages working together to grow fresh fruits and vegetables to donate to food pantries throughout the year.  We wrapped up our hour when Ron Carson stopped in to tell us about tonight's Pantorium Session, Royce Johns and classic steel guitar player Al Kabela.