Paul Wierson reminisced with Shannon McKinley from the Story City Greater Chamber Connection about the century old tradition of lighting the giant Christmas tree to start the season in Story City. Laura Bade from the Boone Convention and Visitors Bureau described how the downtown activities cancelled in 2021 are back with verve, including the lighted parade. In Nevada the retired editor of the Nevada Journal, Marlys Barker, uses her new Facebook Page "Stories by Marlys Barker" both to tell stories and publicize upcoming events in Nevada. We learned that the necessity of livestreaming festivals last year resulted in thousands of views from people who had moved away--a surprising silver lining.
The second half of the program was a rundown of the variety of news programs available throughout the day of Wednesday, including Fallon Forum. Ed Fallon joined us to describe his approach to "Progressive Voices from the Heartland" including the Great Climate March from Los Angeles to New York. He also alerted us to the upcoming debates over TWO proposed carbon capture pipelines by Summit Carbon, and the criticism they are drawing from both Agricultural Landholders and the Food & Water Watch.
Originally broadcast 11/24/2021