FUN DAYS, JUNK JAUNT, PLANETARIUM, AND DUCKS

Today's program started in Ogden whith Ben Hollingshead, co-chair of the Ogden Fun Days, telling us about that festival this weekend (June 27, 28, and 29).  Then we heard about a completely different kind of event in the rural parts of our area -- Central Iowa Junk Jaunt, with owners, Haleigh Eason and Brenda Schwager giving us a preview of their 21 locations.  Carrying on with the national topic for summer reading programs, "A Universe of Stories," Bertha Bartlett Library in Story City is hosting a one-day opportunity to view the night  the night sky in an inflatable planetarium (today, May 26) as described by Kolleen Taylor, executive director of BBL.  From the heavens to rubber ducks, Jay Wilson, executive director of Story City Greater Chamber Connection, told us how the community is overcoming the lack of the usual water route on the Skunk River since the iconic Swinging Bridge is under renovation.