Lisa Heddens, Story County Supervisor and Karla Webb, Director of Community Services http://www.storycountyiowa.gov/94/Community-Services came in to tell us about the variety of services provided not only in Story County, but in eight other counties in central Iowa. Among these is a Statewide Crisis Line 855-581-8111 . For more help specifically for People with Disabilities Anna Magnusson, executive director of Iowa Able Foundation https://www.facebook.com/iowaablefoundation/ came in to tell us about assistance available to enable people to live independently. Linda Hagedorn of the Ames League of Women Voters described a registration and training session at the ARC of Story County https://thearcstory.org/ to help people with disabilities navigate both Democratic and Republican Caucuses. To introduce an exciting new non-profit online news source Iowa Capitol Dispatch https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/ Mark Witherspoon, editorial advisor to the Iowa State Daily, told us how social media has changed the way we get our news.
