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Iowa Forests, Persian New Year, Author Cafe

Originally broadcast 03/20/2019
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Leanne Harter started the show with an announcement of Property Taxes due March 31 and news of the condition of country roads. For updates on road closures check https://www.iceasb.org/roads/county/story

Our next guest, Paul Tauke, former Forestry Bureau Chief at the DNR, gave us an overview of forests in Iowa and an update on current legislation to eliminate the Forest Reserve (Senate File 5). Fran Amin and Nasim Sabatpour then invited us to a March 26 celebration of the Persian New Year (Norooz), put on by the Iranian Students and Scholars Association. Finally, Carolyn and John Klaus, representing Ames Public Library Friends Foundation, told us about Author Cafe, which will feature Art Cullen, Pulitzer Prize winning editor of the Storm Lake Times, and Michael Crumb, editor of the Ames Tribune, talking about the role of small-town newspapers in their communities.

The Irish in Iowa, Climate Crisis Strike, Ames Main Street Events & Turkey Vultures!

Originally broadcast 03/18/2019
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Dennis Hart gives a summary of Iowa news stories from the past week.

In a tribute to the Iowans of Irish heritage in the wake of St. Patrick's Day, Betty Pope and her daughter Jane Graham describe how their Irish ancestors arrived in Iowa and the farm life they led. They describe the Irish-American community of Cumming, where today, their St. Patrick's Catholic Church still stands, a country church on the historic registry and the venue of a visitation by Pope Paul II.

Students and community members gathered on Friday at ISU campus in the International Climate Strike Day. Speakers and participants voice their concerns about climate crisis.

Drew Kemp, Executive Director of Ames Main Street and the incoming Event Coordinator for Ames Main Street describe upcoming events in downtown Ames like Music Walk, Foodies and Brew, and First Fridays. Also, downtown AMes won a 2019 Main Street Iowa Award for its vegetable garden project on mainstreet.

KHOI environment reporter Pat Schlarbaum introduces you better to the turkey vulture!

Privatized Medicaid Endangers People With Disabilities, Culture Shift is happening in Ames, Rowena Stevens Championed Voting Rights for Women

Originally broadcast 03/15/2019
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Dennis Hart gives a roundup of this week's local news from the pages of the Ames Tribune.

Waverly Iowa resident Jenn Wolf describes the press conference held last Wednesday in the Iowa Statehouse in Des Moines by the Iowa Chapter of the United Spinal Association, including 10 people in wheelchairs. They were signaling a new level of grassroots advocacy and awareness about proper care for people with disabilities and the hardships being experienced by the disability community since the privatization of Medicaid in Iowa. She explains the foremost problems being experienced.

KHOI intern Tre Moore presents another "Ames Untold" story about one ISU student's experience of Ames' cultural shift towards diversity

and inclusion of new types of people.

Alex Fejfar, Research and Exhibits Manager for Ames History Center, tells the story of Rowena Stevens, who lived in Ames and Boone and is remembered for her work on voting rights for women, including organizing the first march for women,s voting rights in the country. There will be a lecture on hers and her husband's lives on March 26 at 7:00 PM at the Ames Public Library.

AHS Students, Ames CAT, and Refugee Camps

Originally broadcast 03/13/2019
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Our show today started with Pat Schlarbaum's report on how animals are surviving this unusual winter. Then we turned to the various organizations working together to bring the Ames City Council to address the climate crisis. Ames High School student Chiara Travesset came in to talk about how students at AHS are joining the climate strike and other sustainability issues. She was joined by Dr. Erv Klaas, Professor Emeritus of Animal Ecology, who has become a leading environmental activist in his retirement. They discussed the work of the coalition of organizations that make up the Ames Climate Action Team. Updating us on the progress being made to fund Ames Solar Farm (SunSmart Ames), Don Kom, Ames Electric Department Director told us of the new initiatives to encourage businesses to invest in SunSmart Ames.

The second half of the program took us far from Iowa as Dan Beane, farmer from near Marshalltown, told us how he has developed a relationship with Tongogara refugee camp in Zimbabwe. Through his stories we glimpsed another world -- and a way that people in central Iowa influence and are influenced by people on the other side of the world.

Reactions to White Supremacist, Women’s Day, Emergency Communication

Originally broadcast 03/11/2019
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We provided continuing coverage of the aftermath of White supremacist, Nicholas Fuentes, appearing on ISU campus. We spoke with Taylor Blair from Campus Democrats and Alexis Holmes from the Black Student Alliance, two student organizations that mounted resistance to the visit. We also heard a discussion between Alexis Holmes and Anthony LaBruna, a member of the Campus Republicans, a group rumored to have invited the speaker, which LaBruna denied. Preston Burris, a KHOI reporter who was covering what happened and tweeted about it, spoke about how Fuentes’ supporters attacked him on social media.

International Women’s Day was celebrated at the Ames Library and we brought you voices from that event. We heard excerpts from the panel discussion and comments from several audience members.

The show wrapped up with Keith Morgan, from Story County Emergency Management. We discussed the role of broadcast operations during emergencies and severe weather awareness week at the end of March.

Youth Climate Strike, Free Speech/Hate Speech at ISU, the Human Paradigm of Immigration

Originally broadcast 03/08/2019
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Dennis Hart gives a summary of local news from the pages of the Ames Tribune.

Gabby Heidrich, president of the ISU student organization Climate Reality chapter, explains the upcoming local event of the US Youth Climate Strike, to occur on March 15th at 11am with speakers at the Free Speech Zone on campus, in front of the ISU library. This event is part of an international movement led by youth. Gabby also describes the mission of her chapter, for establishing a plan for switching to renewable energy with Iowa State University.

Nick Fuentes, Youtube and podcast personality who is a self-described nationalist anti-immigration advocate, came to Iowa State University on Wednesday night to give a speech to a conservative group on campus, but the evening became one of discussion for many ISU students about the role of free speech and inclusive community at Iowa State. KHOI reporter Tre Moore reports and brings you sounds from that night.

After hearing some of students' diverse thoughts and issues on this show, we bring a recording of an interview with Reverend Dr. David Vasquez-Levy, President of the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. He offers an analysis of how the students' experience is similar to immigrants' experience and these offer valuable life skills for all of us.

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