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Originally broadcast 12/03/2021  Listen to the entire episode now!

Local Talk Friday 03 December 2021 (Meetz) Summary

Dennis Hart with his weekly summary of the news in Iowa. 

Sam Wormley discusses Iowa State University’s Oshler Life Long Learning winter class sessions reviews the orientation and registration procedures and describes a bit about the subjects.

City of Ames Public Relations Officer, Susan Gwiasda reviews upcoming events before we start our weekend. City of Ames Recreation Department’s Recreation Superintendent, Courtney Kort.  Shares with us little about her background and informs us about some upcoming fitness and recreation opportunities we can participate in the winter months. 

Michaela Van De Berg with Iowa State University Extension reviews a number of activities and programs available with 4H.

Originally broadcast 11/30/2021  Listen to the entire episode now!

Local Talk for Tuesday November 30, 2021 featured  Tyler Harms, Stephanie and Todd Burras focusing on the bird world and bird surveys coming up.  A Redtailed Hawk discussion included various color phases of buteo hawks in general but focusing on field marks to look for in identification.  A belly band is common with redtails.  Other hawks this time of year are the Rough-legged hawks and Northern Harriers.  Susan Gwiasda with the City of Ames invited Paul Tauke to discuss trees in Ames. Susan announced Supplemental Input Climate Action Committee meeting Dec. 1, 6-8PM at Water Treatment Plant on 13th St.  The next Steering Committee meeting is Dec. 14th and next City Council meeting was Dec. 21st.  Anna Banana rounded out the program with her Tune in Tuesday report.  George Harrison's What is Life was the music selection.

The December regularly scheduled Ames City Council meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14.

The Ames City Council, which serves as the Steering Committee for establishing a Climate Action Plan, will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 21, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 515 Clark Ave., to discuss establishing a carbon reduction goal. The public is welcome to attend the meeting or watch it streaming off the City’s website or YouTube and Facebook pages.

Originally broadcast 11/25/2021  Listen to the entire episode now!

We celebrated Thanksgiving sitting around the table in our studio with storytellers Dan Bagley and Patrician Coffie talking about memories of Thanksgiving and its foods.  After several servings of turkey and ham with plenty of gravy here in central Iowa, we turned to jazz with Louis Armstrong complaining to Velma Middleton of "All That Meat and No Potatoes."  To bring our feast to the present, we went to the viral YouTube Hip Hop Thanksgiving song, "Grandma: What Are You Cooking for Thanksgiving?" by  Pastor Shirley Ceaser  We ended the show with a Thanksgiving Prayer by Johnny Cash. (The program was originally aired in 2017 and is dedicated to Janet Klaas and Paul Nelson).