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Originally broadcast 04/25/2018
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John Basart (host of KHOI's "Hot Jazz Review") was co-host of our tribute to Harry Weiss in honor of the Weiss family's donation of his extensive collection of CDs and records to KHOI.  In so doing, the Weiss family brough ensured that Harry's lifelong love of jazz music and passion for bringing that music, and an appreciation and understanding of jazz music, to the larger Iowa community. His son David Weiss described his father's musical enthusiasm. 

For at least 14 years, Harry and Marion Weiss and their good friends Don and Donna Newbrough sponsored a jazz party in Ames. Each year they brought in top-flight musicians and hosted the event at the Gateway Center Hotel, with 250-300 jazz fans from around the state attending each event. Donna Newbrough describe how these events began and how the Weisses and the Newbroughs collaborated to invite "the best of the best" musicians and make them feel at home in Ames. 

John Basart selected four selections to celebrate the day.

Originally broadcast 04/18/2018
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Luke Gran, forester and owner of the ecological restoration company Prudenterra, brought Amy Taylor and Cecilia “CJ” Buss, a couple of students from Gilbert High School, to the KHOI studio to describe the educational project for grade school children which they have been involved in.  Then we spoke with students Thomas Delay, Grace Kim, and Liuda Ko about what Ames is doing for the National Student Walkout, to be held this Friday, April 10.  Landra Reece described the situation in Boone.  There was a general discussion of why students became involved, what they are trying to achieve, what other groups they are working with, and how they are responding to opposition.

Originally broadcast 04/13/2018
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Dennis Hart gives a roundup of this past week’s news from the pages of the Ames Tribune and related local papers.

Last Tuesday, Senate File 481, known as the ban on Sanctuary Cities, was signed into law by Governor Reynolds. Supporters say the new law will maintain public safety and uphold the rule of law, while critics argue that the new Iowa law is an anti-immigrant law that will only stoke racial fears that could fuel discrimination. Tom Ferguson, Executive Director of the Iowa County Attorney’s Association, helps explain this law and it’s effects. Included also is a statement by Rita Bettis, ACLU ofIowa

Merry Rankin, ISU and Ames Sustainability Director, Marlene Ehresman from the Iowa Wildlife Center, and Amy Yokum from Story CountyConservation talk about ways to “re-home” pets when they can no longer be kept – alternatives to setting them “free” in nature where they will not be able to survive and can cause environmental damage as well. Rummage Rampage will, this year, allow people to drop off unwanted pets and aquariums.