Global Warming Workshop, Story County Fair

Originally broadcast 07/24/2017
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Father Emmet Farrell from the diocese of San Diego came to Ames to deliver a workshop on the Pope's encyclical on Gglobal Warming at St Cecilia's church. Host Kay Puttock talks with Father Farrell about the encyclical and about his work on this issue.

Reporter Greta Anderson has a report on Story County Fair.

Allyson Walter from the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau tells us what's coming up in Ames in the weeks ahead.

ICCI, CAFO in Nevada, Ames Historical Society

Listen Here Now Originally broadcast 07/21/2017
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Host, Gale Seiler, aired voices and sounds from the Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (ICCI) event last Saturday in Des Moines. We heard Q&A from Senator Sanders and comments from others who were there as participants, supporters and activists. Local Talk reporter, Greta Anderson, provided a segment on a meeting of the Story County Supervisors in which they reviewed the master matrix for a confinement feeding operation near Nevada. Finally, Alex Fejhar from the Ames Historical Society talked about an upcoming lecture on a B-17 bomber crash that is part of the area’s history.

Revolution Iowa, Family Leadership, Ames Chamber

Originally broadcast 07/17/2014
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Co-hosts Gale Seiler and Joy Beadleston brought sounds from two events that were held at the Convention Center in Des Moines on Saturday. Revolution Iowa, sponsored by the Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) was a day devoted to discussing critical issues such as climate, immigration, healthcare, water, and the nature of politics in the US. We listened to excerpts from the keynote speakers at Revolution Iowa, Senator Bernie Sanders and Alicia Garza, one of the founders of Black Lives Matter. Ursula Ruedenberg provided interviews from the other event on Saturday called the Family Leadership Summit. She spoke with Drew Zahn, the Family Leadership Director of Communications and a few of the people who came to this gathering. Brenda Dryer, the Director of Workforce Solutions with the Ames Chamber of Commerce stopped by to talk about programs the Chamber has been putting on to encourage summer interns to stay and work in Ames, and the redesigned Work In Ames job board.

Protests, Sunsmart, Rummage Rampage

Listen Here Now Originally broadcast 07/14/2017
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Some sounds from KHOI's 5th anniversary ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by Jan Williams of Ames Chamber of Commerce.

Kevin Hall, Communications Director for Iowa Secretary of State Pate articulates their office's response to the request for information on Iowa voters, as requested by President Trump's newly appointed Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Iowa has not yet produced any voter information based on procedure.

Adam Mason from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (ICCI) discusses the recent Iowa Senate File 111 introduced and co-sponsored by nine Republican legislators to make blocking traffic in protest a felony. The bill was not implemented, but similar to bills introduced around the country.

ISU and Ames Director of Sustainability and Ames Public Relations Officer Susan Gwiasda talk about the Sunsmart Ames project inviting residents to invest in community-based solar panel farm. Workshops are planned for 7:00 PM on Tuesday, July 18, and 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM on Wednesday, July 26. All workshops will be held in the second floor meeting rooms of the Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave.

Also, Rummage Rampage, community-wide rummage sale will occur July 28 - Aug. 2.in the Intermodal Transportation Faciltiy.

River Cleanup, Story County, Ames

Originally broadcast 07/12/2017
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Leanne Harter, Story County Outreach and Special Projects Manager gives a monthly Story County update.

Lynette Seigley, coordinator, explains Project AWARE, A Watershed Awareness River Expedition, citizen participatory river clean-up trip organized by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. KHOI reporter Gale Seiler is there, cleaning up garbage on the river, and she calls in from the campsite breakfast line to tell us how its going and introduce some of the people who are there.

Susan Gwiasda, Ames Public Relations Officer, gives a civic report and Ames civic civil engineer gives a road construction update.

Grey Fox, President Allen, Revolution Iowa

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KHOI environmental reporter Pat Schlarbaum introduces the grey fox, living within the "urban forest" of Ames.

Evan Berger, of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund, describes the upcoming convention - "Revolution Iowa: From Protest to Power" to be held in Des Moines on July 15th.

Gale Seiler interviews ISU Interim President Benjamin Allen, who took office May 8.

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