Salvation Army’s Bill Stodden visits with us about Bell ringers and the Red Kettle Campaign, the Food Pantry, the Fresh Food Market, rental assistance, The Angel Tree gift shop, Toy Drive, and the need of support as needs increase and past support has diminished.
Patrick Shehan, Special Projects Ranger joins us this for our monthly Story County Conservation visit.
After reviewing the calendar for upcoming public programs Pat shares a bit about how he became interested in natural resources, his profession background before joined the Story county staff and covers some of his main responsibilities as Special Projects Ranger. He also provides updates on some of the ongoing major projects; the Deppe acquasition, and McFarland Park lake renovation.
Susan Gwiasda Public Information Officer reminds us to take care in this kind of inclement weather. She also reviews the upcoming council meeting on tonight’s contract is the purchase of property for the aquatic center and next week’s workshop meeting on the waste to energy report.
Ames Electric Distribution Manager, Mike Brown talks about winter electric safety, action to take when your power fails, tracking outages on the website, and some measures taken to insure the security of equipment and facilities and reminds us of smart energy rebate program that is part of the City Coun
