July 17, 2020

Listen Here NowOriginally broadcast 07/17/2020
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Local Talk for July 17, 2020 featured Doug Harr, President of Iowa Audubon discussing birding during Covid19 adaptations. Some legislation Doug mentioned to support were: Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, Great American Outdoor Act, Safe Buildings Act, Migratory Bird Protection Act, and Climate Change Solutions Act. Susan Gwiasda, City of Ames, invited Keith Abraham to talk about Parks and encouraged citizens to join the annual Parks celebration by camping out in your backyard July 25. Anna Bananna added a delightful Heart to Heart message to conclude the show. 

The Farm Crisis -- Past, Present and Future

Listen Here NowOriginally broadcast 07/15/2020
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Our program today started with Steve Johnson, Farm Management Specialist with ISU Extension, giving us a brief overview of the complex government programs and issues that today's farmers need to navigate to make decisions.  Our discussion centered around disturbing recently published research indicating how disproportionately large farmers were benefiting and small farmers were suffering from current prices and supports.  As our discussion compared the present to the  Farm Crisis of the '80s,  historian Pamela Riney-Kehrberg told us about her research into that time .  Turning to collective activism, Ava Auen-Ryan announced a series of community conversations taking place throughout the state

Dennis Hart and Paul Wierson discussed another issue that became a major story only in the age of Covid 19 -- Meat packing plants and alternatives. 

Story County Board of Health Warns ISU Against Sports Event Audiences, Courts Reopen with Social Distancing

Listen Here NowOriginally broadcast 07/13/2020
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Dennis Hart gives a summary of Iowa in the news, last week.

On June 22 the Story County Board of Health met and advised Iowa State University to hold sporting events without audiences present, in order to fight the spread of COVID-19. The university hasn't changed its plans for live fan attendance for games, but they are planning on limiting the audience to 50 percent capacity. Dennis Hart sat down with County Board of Health Chair Paschen, to talk over some the issues of health that we are looking at in Story County, as our community approaches a whole new phase, with the re-opening of Iowa State University.

Keith Morgan, Story County Emergency Management Coordinator discussed the re-opening of schools in fall and the current re-oping of the courts system. 

African American Women in Iowa and the Vote for All

Listen Here NowOriginally broadcast 07/08/2020
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We started our program with a visit from Eric Morse, one of the organizers of the exhibition "Toward a Universal Suffrage: African American Women in Iowa and the Vote for All," which will be at the State Historical Society until August 2. Eric also told us about the Central Iowa Community Museum,  a new organization which will be bringing such traveling exhibitions to our area.  Other events taking place this weekend are Ankeny Community Theatre's reader's theatre production of Vices and Slater Area Historical Association's The History of Hats (call 515-480-9789 or 515-228-3293 for appointment).  Dennis Hart and Paul Wierson joined us for a report on how COVID 19 has affected their lives since they were together on Local Talk in October.. 

Policing, 4th of July, Gardens

Listen Here NowOriginally broadcast 07/01/2020
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In the age of Social Distancing and Social Awareness Independence Day is different this year.  Our program started with a statement from Nevada Public Safety Director Ricardo Martinez  reporting on the events on the June 22 death of Jason J. Kruzic, followed by a statement from Nevada citizen Sannon Novak, organizer of a Black Lives Matter demonstration.   We brought the issues together in the discussion of Nevada Peace Officers in the online Nevada Coffee Conversation about Policing. Moving to Independence Day celebrations in the era of COVID-19, Chris Blocker told us about the many outdoor activities planned in Boone County.  Retreating to our gardens, we spoke briefly with Beth Cody, author of "Iowa Gardens of the Past: Lost and Historic Gardens of Iowa: 1850-1960"  and reminisced about Griffeth Buck and the legendary Buck Roses.  Paul Wierson joined us with some Independence Day nostalgia about Lake Comar. 

Maxwell Farms LLC, Gilbert Graduation

Listen Here NowOriginally broadcast 06/24/2020
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Kim Stevens and Brenda Brink gave reports on the June 23 special meeting of the Story County Supervisors on whether to grant approval to Maxwell Farms LLC for a CAFO holding 4,960 hogs.   The meeting was an example of community pressure on the CAFO issue with 71 citizen issuing statements to deny approval versus 2 in favor.  The Supervisors, after personal impassioned statements of opposition, voted unanimously to deny the permit.  Vic Vanderpol, Principal of Gilbert High School, came on to tell us about the livestream outdoor graduation ceremony held in Gilbert. Here is the link to the graduation ceremony. Wrapping up the show was Paul Wierson reporting on opening the high school summer baseball in the age of COVID-19. 

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