January 2014

Raising Readers, Project Smyles

January 31, 2014 - 7:00am -- ron

Local Talk program originally broadcast 01/31/2014
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Two projects aimed at encouraging young people to read were featured on KHOI’s Local Talk show Friday, Jan. 31.

Co-hosts Susan Franzen and Tom Beell talked with the president and vice president of Raising Readers , Carol Elbert and Carolyn Jons, who described the wide variety of activities their group’s volunteers undertake to instill a love of reading in children.

Also appearing on the program Friday was Linda Olson, organizer of Project Smyles at the Ames Public Library. Project Smyles encourages youngsters to take advantage of the library’s rich collection of books, CDs and DVDs. Staff members conduct story times for children’s groups and in other ways help children develop appreciate the joy and value of reading. Like Raising Readers, Project Smyles is funded by grants and private donations. Earlier in the program, Paul Schlarbaum talked with Steve Dinsmore about the unusual sounds of Iowa’s owls. And then Pete Seeger, who died Monday (Jan. 27), was remembered with his performance of Alligator Hedgehog and Leather Wing Bat from his album, Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes.

Birds, Bugs, and "Boeing, Boeing"

January 29, 2014 - 7:00am -- ron

Local Talk program originally broadcast 01/29/2012
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This is a celebrations of the events outdoors and indoors that enliven the end of January. We hear about eagles nesting, skating on the skunk river, biking to work, running with the Polar Bear Club, bugs in winter, and the ACTORS production of "Boeing, Boeing", the French farce opening this weekend.

    We heard from:
  • Pat Schlarbaum, DNR Wildlife Diversity
  • Steve and Ethy Cannon
  • Zoe Pritchard
  • Donald Lewis, ISU Extension Entomologist
  • Stacy Brothers, director of "Boeing, Boeing"
  • Paul Sim, cast of "Boeing, Boeing"

Satellites and Butterflies

January 28, 2014 - 7:00am -- ron

Heart of Iowa program originally broadcast 01/28/2014
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Jeremy Kerr of the University of Ottawa, a consultant for the Canadian government about species at risk of extinction, describes his work mapping change on a macro scale. Dr. Kerr argues that this kind of science is becoming more relevant in the context of climate change. His particular research interest is butterflies, and his lab recently launched the website "ebutterfly," where ordinary citizens can contribute to ecological science by logging in data about butterfly sightings. Kerr's lecture was this year's Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecture at ISU. Errington was an Iowa State College scientist whose 1957 book, Of Men and Marshes, is in the same class of work as Aldo QCLeopold's Sand County Almanac.

PFI's Well Grounded

January 24, 2014 - 7:00am -- ron

Local Talk program originally broadcast 01/24/2014
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On the occasion of Practical Farmers of Iowa's 2014 conference, "Well Grounded," reporter Greta Anderson and frequent KHOI contributor Angie Carter discuss PFI with "shrimp hugger" Mark Peterson, a farmer from southwest Iowa who has been experimenting with cover crops. Then, Greta interviews Ricardo Salvador, who will be delivering the keynote address on Friday afternoon. Dr. Salvador taught for many years in the ISU Agronomy department and now heads up the Food and Environment advocacy program at the Union for Concerned Scientists.

Martin Luther King Day Celebration

January 20, 2014 - 7:00am -- ron

Martin Luther King Day Celebration
Local Talk program originally broadcast 01/20/2014
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Eevening Community MLK Celebration at Ames Middle School
Heart of Iowa program originally broadcast on 01/23/2014
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The program discussed the Martin Luther King Day evening celebration at Ames Middle School, some of the history of Martin Luther King's activities in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama leading up to the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as well and the activities for the National Day of Service in Ames is 2015 coordinated by the Story County Volunteer Center.

Hosts for this program were Ursula Ruedenberg and Susan Franzen

Guests on the program:

  • Devita Harden, Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee
  • Heather Gray, WRFG, Radio Free Georgia in Atlanta
  • Hannah Dankbar, AmeriCorp VISTA at Story County Volunteer Center
  • Becca Brown, AmeriCorp VISTA at Story County Volunteer Center

Maintenance Shop / Caucuses

January 17, 2014 - 7:00am -- ron

Originally broadcast 01/17/2014
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The program for Friday, January 17, covered two very different topics First, the Story County Democratic and Republican caucuses to be held on Tuesday, January 21, including interviews with the county chairs of both parties Second, the spring 2014 schedule marking the 40th Anniversary of the Maintenance Shop. In addition to playing three samples from the bands coming to Ames this spring, we discussed the changes that have taken place over those four decades.

Hosts: Susan Franzen and Thomas Beell

Convention Center

January 15, 2014 - 7:00am -- ron

Originally broadcast 01/15/2014
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On January 15, 2013 we got an update on the progress of the expansion of the Ames Public Library building, a conversation with the new managing editor of the Ames Tribune, and information about the Ames Convention Center, a 128,000 square foot addition to the Scheman Building which is being promoted by the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau.

    We spoke with:
  • Lynne Carey, Director of the Ames Public Library
  • Michael Crumb, Managing Editor of the Ames Tribune
  • Julie Weeks, Director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau

Broadcast Studio Construction Update

January 14, 2014 - 4:00pm -- ron

In spite of winter, we have taken the first major step in studio construction. Our floor plan, which hung on the walls of KHOI for several months, is now a $1000 worth of 2x4s and 2x6s nailed together by our, now famous, framing contractor Doug Clark into walls and ceilings of a large broadcast studio and two smaller recording studios. This two weekend effort also included cutting a new door into the back room and a large window into the broadcast studio to serve as our window to the public once the broadcast studio is operational and blessedly quiet.

The next steps are sound isolation, including sound isolating clips, two layers of 5/8" sheetrock, walls and ceiling, sound isolating doors and a 60" x 40" window, paint and simple carpet. Then electrical, ventilation, and wiring for sound.

Anyone who has the time, muscle and inclination to help with 70# pieces of sheetrock should call KHOI or shoot us an email at KHOIradio @gmail.com or contact me, Joe Lynch at (515) 292-2878.

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