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Originally broadcast 08/09/2022  Listen to the entire episode now!

Sam Wormley Discusses Alternative and practical forms of transportation and the village concept/zoning design to decrease CO2 footprint. Later in the hour, Sam reviews the basic facts that demonstrate the costly energy imputs, dangers and impracticality of the pipeline(s) proposed to transport and sequester this potentially dangerous form of (liquefied) CO2.

Story County Conservation Outreach and Communications Coordinator; Casey Struecker reviews the Events Calendar for the Story County Conservation System; reviews the Hickory Park and West Peterson completion. We also visit about OWLS programing that starts again in September and outdoor day and evening activities.

Susan Gwiasda Public Information Officer for the City of Ames. Susan reminds residents of the next city council meeting and the meeting scheduled to provide feedback for the various citing options for the Municipal Indoor Aquatic Center with Keith Abraham: Parks and Recreation Director. Traffic Engineer, Damion Pregitzer discusses the workshop scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 16 that will address vision, goals, public outreach plan, and timeline for the Pedestrian and Bike Master Plan project.

Originally broadcast 08/05/2022  Listen to the entire episode now!

Local Talk for Friday, August 5, 2022 began with a news summary from the pages of the Ames Tribune by Dennis Hart. 

Renee Klaus announced upcoming Gilbert Days this weekend.  A full array of community activities are included in the program.

Susan Gwiasda, Merry Rankin and Bill Schmidt presented a wrapup of another very successful Rummage Rampage that has been occurring since July 29. This event in the interest of recycling and repurposing is diverting thousands of tons of trash from the landfill.

Jess Soderstrum with ISU Extension Story County discussed highlights of the recent County Fair. 

Music was provided by a Scandinavian group, First Aid Kit.  Emmylou and Boys of Summer were featured..

Originally broadcast 07/22/2022  Listen to the entire episode now!

Dennis Hart provides us with an indepth summary of last week’s news from our local newspaper.

Pat Schlarbaum spent some time with  Carolyn Rathensperger as she discusses what’s on her mind during these tumultous times.

Susan Gwiasda, Public Information Officer for the City of Ames reminds residents to conserve their energy needs as much as posible and avoid the peak demand energy hours.  She also reminds us that road construction is in full swing and next week she will have one of the engineers as a guest to provide the latest information and construction updates. 

Ames Public Art Commission (PAC) Commissioner Angie DeWaard; PAC describes soliciting artists to paint decommissioned fire hydrants for display at the Ames Dog Park. We also discuss the various art projects displayed around the community how these works are chosen and displayed and what is involved in finding future locations for the pieces. 

Sam Wormley previews an upcoming performance of the Central Iowa Symphony and shares some background on his association with the group.  Then we discuss the  Apple Help Group, an OLLI (Osheir Life Long Learning Institute ) inspired service that helps Apple users and users of other devices and is sponsored by the Ames Public Library.