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

Today's Local Talk featured Dennis Hart news and Merry Rankin Sustainability Coordinator with City of Ames and Iowa State University.  Merry discussed sustainability concerning the Smart Business Challenge.  Merry invited Robin Boskim to provide background from the Iowa Economic Development stand point.  Also Edgar Guillen, ISU student intern, provided his work in facilitating the Smart Business Challenge with KHOI Community Radio.  It was concluded that any efforts to diminish our carbon footprint as it were, is worth every penny in a Smart Business Challenge.  Anna Banana provided a delightful Carol Pluckrose selection of poetry.

Originally broadcast 03/09/2021  Listen to the entire episode now!

Stephanie Shepherd, Iowa Department of Natural Resources Biologist and Coordinator of the Volunteer Wildlife Monitoring Program Discussed the Frog and Toad Survey, Other Volunteer Opportunities to observe or participate in surveys involving Bats, Birds, Butterflies, and other species.   

Sam Wormley Olli (Oshier Lifelong Learning Institute) Broad member and instructor,  Discusses the spring session course offerings available via zoom at Iowa State University.    

Susan Qwiasda, City of Ames Public Relations Officer Reviews upcoming meeting and provided information on how to keep up-to-date on projects within the city.

Dean Sayre, Ames Public Works Provided project updates relating to our roadways and residential street projects. Discussed the planning and preparation that occurs before a project begins including residential interaction traffic control, worker safety, re-route planning.

Anna Magnusson, KHOI’s Top “Good News Banana Offers poems, music, and a review of Tuesday programs; Donna-Lana Kitchen, Science Bytes, All Things Piano, a sneak peek of Thursday’s- You Name It, and the Heart2Heart broadcast.

Originally broadcast 03/08/2021  Listen to the entire episode now!

Dennis Hart gives a summary of Iowa news.

Sarah Wiley, owner of Open Atlas Travel, a tourism business she launched despite the pandemic, talks about tourism during and post COVID. She addresses our stir-crazy desires to "seize the day" with our travel dreams and explains "deep travel," her method of preparing tourists for intimate experiences of foreign cultures they visit.  

March includes Weather Awareness Week, March 22-26. Disasters are part of Spring and warm weather in Iowa. Keith Morgan, Story County Emergency Management Coordinator, describes, in detail, how to prepare an emergency kit and what to do in a weather emergency. Do you have an emergency kit ready? A checklist can be found here.

Morgan also describes Iowa Bill HF 680, supported by the Iowa Emergency Management Association to provide a two-day sales tax holiday for preparedness items. Proposed dates are from midnight on the first Friday of August to midnight on the following Saturday.