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Originally broadcast 06/15/2018
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Pat Schlarbaum brought us an interview with Ed Heinsley, who lives near the volcano that is active in Hawaii. They spoke about the impact of the lava and gas on nearby residents. Host, Gale Seiler, spoke with Michael Dorneich, a professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Tor Finset, a graduate student in Aerospace Engineering, and Nir Keren from the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. They are members of a team of scientists at ISU who recently received funding from NASA for a new project called Adaptive stress training for hazardous conditions countermeasure.

Originally broadcast 06/11/2018
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Sequan Gatlin, today's host, reported the news from the pages of the Ames Tribune and this week's weather forecast.

Hope Metheny, transitional living and lighthouse program coordinator at YSS, shared her office's definition of homelessness and how homelessness impacts youth in Ames. To find out how to connect with YSS or Hope, click here. 

This week's Points to Ponder was written by Colin Burczek discussing wastefulness and minor solutions to inhibit change. 

Keith Morgan of Story County Emergency Management joined the station with guests Betty Boccella and Mike Whitney to share their Rapid Action Teams for Sheltering program with our community. Betty developed the concept and Mike was recently a trainee in the program to understand how to prepare for diverse interactions during a crisis. Their website can be found here. 

Originally broadcast 06/06/2018
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Highlighting how the passion of the late Daniel Ray Wetherell (Dan), librarian, reinvigorated the love of the local library in his hometown of Sutherland, Iowa, we spoke with the Connie Cody, president of the General N. B. Baker Library, and vice president, Nancy Hill.  Uncovering another side of how Wetherell's passion for Iowa history inspired the The Forgotten Iowa Historical Society FACEBOOK page, we spoke with one of the administrators of the page, Linda Artlip Weinstein, who described how "Ray" (Wetherell's FACEBOOK moniker) designed a site that has attracted 52,000 members, and how they plan to continue after his death.  

Switching to events of the week, we spoke with Emily Reece, Festival Chair for the 2018 Jefferson Bell Tower Festival.  On a more subdued note Jim Pease, chair of the Story County Conservation Board, and Dan Haug, Watershed Educator for Prairie Rivers of Iowa, told us about a press conference to be held this afternoon to introduce the public to road signs naming the creeks that make up the watersheds of the various rivers of Iowa.