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Future Generations and the Struggle for Two Rivers

Originally broadcast 09/05/2016
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Carolyn Raffensberger, Ames lawyer and director of the Science Environment and Health Network, explains where the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) legal struggle is now:

There are two major pending lawsuits: Standing Rock against the Army Corps of Engineers for nationwide permitting of crossing of rivers; 15 Iowa landowners whose property was seized by eminent domain vs. the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB), which classified the private pipeline as a utility|
There are also two permits yet to be granted: the crossing of Oahe Lake, and a hydrostatic testing permit to essentially flush the pipeline from end to end once it is complete.

Trespassing With Intent

Originally broadcast 09/02/2016
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We speak with three earth and water protectors / pipeline protesters who were arrested Wednesday for blocking access to the Precision Pipeline yard in Boone, Iowa: Taylor Brorby, a native of North Dakota, is a writer living in Ames who has published an anthology of creative writing, Fracture, on the topic of fracking. Julia Slocum is the farmer at Lacewing Acres in Ames. Mary Sand is the leader of the local Amnesty International chapter. The goal was to slow construction of the Bakken crude oil pipeline, which has proceeded despite numerous lawsuits.

Taylor, Julia, and Mary reflect on how it was they decided to risk arrest, how they felt in the moment, how they were treated by law enforcement, and especially, how their actions connected with the 4000-strong encampment near Cannonball, North Dakota by American Indians in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux nation.

Susan Gwiasda of the City of Ames manager's office and Rudy Castor of the Public Works Department tell us about road closings (look out for the closing of 13th just east of the Furman Aquatic Center on September 6), incentives to get Ames High School students from the west side to park at Furman, and the 40th birthday of CyRide, coming up September 13.

Freak Week and Louisiana Flooding

Originally broadcast 08/31/2016
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Ames Musicians Larry "Red" Stoltenberg, Ron Carson, and Kent Johnson give the history of Freak Week, an Ames tradition of a counter culture alternative to Greek Week at ISU. There will be a Freak Week Revival at DG's Taphouse this Sunday evening and they tell us who will be performing.

KHOI reporter Whitney Wright gives an update on election polls of presidential candidates and discusses public opinion and candidates' stances on the issue of gun control and mass violence.

Richard and Carolyn Newkirk are residents of Ankeny who recently went with the Iowa Red Cross to Louisiana to be of help after the disastrous flooding there.

Robert Sherman is a local resident of Baton Rouge who gives us his take on the effect of the flood on his community. He also compares the events in Louisian to what happened during Hurricane Katrina. Sherman is producer and host of Down the Road at WHYR, a show that KHOI airs on Fridays at 2:00 PM.

Standing Rock Protectors, Drake Custom Bass, NAACP

Originally broadcast 08/29/2016
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Latest update from Carolyn Raffensperger, attorney for the Standing Rock, the Dakota peoples and other Native Americans resisting access for the Bakken pipeline (also known as the Dakota Access pipeline) across their traditional homelands. Andrew Drake's business, Drake Custom Bass and Guitar, is building a nation-wide and even an international reputation. Hear how a hand-crafted Drake guitar is built, including choosing and treating the wood. Edna Clinton, President of the Ames branch of the NAACP talks about the Game Changers: ways to address that major areas of inequality facing African Americans. Allyson Walter of the Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau talks about the recreational opportunities coming up this Fall.

Disability Issues, Pipeline Resistance, and Tom & Doug

Originally broadcast 08/26/2016
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Victoria Szopinski and Anne Kinzel of the Ames Progressive Alliance led a discussion about accessibility in Ames for people with disabilities. Their guests were Jan Bauer, Andrea Keith, and Jennifer Ellis.

Reporter Pat Schlarbaum brought us an update from Carolyn Raffesperger and Joy Broun in North Dakota where protestors are attempting to block Bakken Pipeline construction across Indian lands and waters.

Lastly, Doug Gentile and Tom Florek, of the Tom and Doug Show, told us about their upcoming celebration on Sunday, September 4th at KHOI.

Local Town Celebrations

Originally broadcast 08/24/2016
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Kelly Wiech committee chair for Huxley Prairie Fest started the show by describing the unusual activities for this year's festival to be August 26-28. Then Lynn Scarlett, executive director of the Nevada Chamber of Commerce, told us about an event with a different history of emphasis - the 33rd Lincoln Highway Days to be celebrated in downtown Nevada this weekend. We ended the show by turning north to Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County, starting with a segment from Susan Franzen on the history of sailing in central Iowa, which actually started on Little Wall Lake almost 50 years ago. This included recollections from Bernie Gerstein, Fritz Franzen, and Ursula Ruedenberg. For an update on Little Wall Lake today, we heard from Brian Lammers, Director of the Hamilton County Conservation Board.

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