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Coal Mining in Iowa (from the vault)

Originally broadcast 03/23/2022

County Reporters Paul Wierson and Susan Franzen visited Madrid Historical Museum for a tour of the Ackerlund-Burke Coal Mine, a replica of a coal mine dug out from the crawl space under the large museum building. We talked with local citizens about their knowledge and memories of the coal town and the coal camps surrounding it, as well as the local economy during the coal mining era. Guests :Carla Seiler, Kristin Redenius, Earl Check, Merrill Daugherty

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LOCAL TALK 22 March 2022

Originally broadcast 03/22/2022

Local Talk for Tuesday March 22, 2022 featured Joe Jayjack, Communications Director of the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation. Joe provided background on mission of the foundation and upcoming events. The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation is a premier conservation organization to the state. The Foundation provides critical coordination with government agencies and non governmental agencies like Pheasants Forever that is unequaled.

Sara Carmichael, Story County Watershed Coordinator gave an update of their projects with Prairie Rivers of Iowa.

Susan Gwiasda, Public Information Officer for the City of Ames along with Paul Tauke discussed 15,000 trees that are under the care of the Ames Forester.

And Anna Banana closed out the hour with another delightful installment of Tune in Tuesdays at KHOI, the Heart of Iowa.

The Footsteps of Kate Shelley (Vault)

Originally broadcast 03/16/2022

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Hosts Gina McAndrews and Susan Franzen take a road trip to "walk in the footsteps of Kate Shelley" in sites on Honey Creek, the Shelley Farm, and Moingona to help imagine the dramatic events of July 8, 1881, when Kate Shelley, a teenage girl, braved a driving storm to crawl across the railroad bridge spanning the flooded Des Moines River to warn the station master at Moingona that a railroad bridge on Honey Creek was washed out. The broadcast was interrupted due to technical difficulties, but to hear the whole thing, including a visit to the Shelley Farm and the ghostly bridge on Honey Creek,and a tour of the Moingona Station, listen here for the voices of Misty McNally, author of Kate Shelley: Heroine of the High Bridge, Pam Schwartz, executive director of the Boone County Historical Center, Joseph Reutter, owner of the Enchanted Valley Tree Farm (located on the Shelley land).

LOCAL TALK 11 March 2022

Originally broadcast 03/14/2022

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Local Talk for Friday, March 11, 2022 started with a recap of the news for this week from the Ames Tribune by Dennis Hart.

Recently, there was a gathering at the Iowa Capitol in support of the people in Ukraine. Here is a recording from last Monday after Kate Krzystolik from Poland gave her address at the Capitol. It is now day 16 of the war in Ukraine.

Sustainability Director for the City of Ames, Merry Rankin is unable to join us for her monthly segment, yet provided some positive information concerning a recent Symposium on Sustainability.

A number of years ago, Merry had been introduced to the deeply poignant work of Chris Jordan. Chris is the artist that captured the collective impact of individual decisions, so powerfully, through his collection, “Intolerable Beauty – Portraits of American Mass Consumption.”

Merry emphasized a message from Chris juxtaposing “Intolerable Beauty” with his most recent collection, “Emerging Beauty.”

Chris’ words were also so well connected to a companion event for the Symposium on Sustainability, Sustainapalooza. And Sustainapalooza was reviewed by a fabulous intern team that made it happen. Ashley Kleve and Valentine Chenus, two sophomores at Iowa State University provided an enlightened background of Sustainapalooza that 400 people attended.

Jean Eells President of E Resources Group rounded out the hour with information about her sustainable agriculture group. Workshops are planned in April that will discuss a healthy inclusion of cover crops and no-till agriculture. Anywhere farmers and land-owners hoping to address the “leaks” in their farming practices will be highlighted. Jean explained leaks as anything from nitrogen and phosphorous to profits that producers lose due to farming practices that do not include cover crops and no till. Workshops will be carried via Zoom on April 1 and April 15 noon to 2PM. Workshop information can be found at eresourcesgroup.com.

Music for the program was by local musician Rose Griffin from her cd Slick Rock Walker. We heard Behind the Lodge, and Heyah.

IRIS, Bloomington, Miss Hollie, Talent Factory

Originally broadcast 03/09/2022

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Del Christiansen director of IRIS, Iowa Resource for International Service, told us how this organization got started over twenty-five years ago after the collapse of the Soviet Union, training Ukrainian journalists in open and transparent journalism and how that work has continued.

Then we visited Bloomington Cemetery, a pioneer cemetery that has just been annexed by Ames. This archived tour from 2014 was guided by Ursula Ruedenberg and Story County Natural Resources Coordinator, Amy Yokum.

We turned to Huxley where we visited with Hollie at Miss Hollie's Preschool and learned about the Ballard pre-schools.

We ended with a visit with Larry Sloan at The Talent Factory who has lots of news about the future of entertainment in Nevada.

LOCAL TALK 8 March 2022

Originally broadcast 03/08/2022

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Mike Murphy had an opportunity to be present at the Ukranian Rally in Des Moines this past weekend and recorded portions of the event to share with our listeners.

Beth Waage, Naturalist with Story County Conservation joins us for our regular monthly visit with Conservation. She reviews a number of the activities planned for the upcoming weeks and describes a bit about some of the activites and defines for us what a naturalist does.

Susan Gwiasda, Public Information Officer for the City of Ames provides updates for the upcoming week’s meetings as well as providing us with some insights regarding the Ames Energy Survey available for citizens to provide their comments then Stormwater Analyst Liz Calhoun has information about upcoming meetings regarding Ioway Creek bank stabilization and habitat renovation and upgrades for the portions adjacent to Brookside Park and the immediate neighborhood.

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