LOCAL TALK 25 January 2022

Our monthly visit with Stephanie and Todd Burras owners of  Ames-Wildbirds Unlimited     
review some of the various Citizen Science birdcounts folks can participate in and we highlight the Brown Creeper, a bird with some interesting characteristics.
 
Kevin Bourke with the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau; Discusses the Ames Bureau’s mission, how it interacts with visitors and potential residents as well as highlighting Ames as a meeting place for visitors, small groups, meeting sites, and venue for organizations and annual conventions. 
 
 
 
Susan Gwiasda Public Information Officer for the City of Ames shares updates on council meetings and public meeting as the CIP works on the next year’s budget.  Assistant City Manager, Deb Schildroth  adresses the roll of a board liason; reviews the responsibilities are to help those volunteers serving on city boards and commissions and helps the board/commission carry out its mission.   Applications are accepted through Friday, Feb. 4 on the City website.
 
 
Anna, Magnusson  KHOI’s Top “Good News Banana” brightens our day.
 
Offers Poems, Music, with an occasional joke or riddle as she reviews Tuesday’s programs. These include; 
Tom Russell’s; All Things Piano, Donna Prizgintas and Lana Nachtigal’s; Donna-Lana Kitchen, Mary Richard’s Community Bookshelf,  KHOI Jukebox with Eric B, Science Bytes with Sam Wormley and Mike Meetz, Anna Magnusson’s Heart2Heart along with a sneak peek at 
Thursday’s, You Name It , presented by Mike Murphy.
 
Anna Magnusson, Iowa Able: anna@iowaable.org
Susan Gwiasda Public Information Officer: susangwiasda@cityofames.org
Wild Birds Unlimited: ames.wbu.com
Deb Schildroth: dschildroth@cityofames.org

Kevin Bourke: thinkames.com.

 

Originally broadcast 01/25/2022