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Funding for cultural projects at KHOI comes from a generous donation from Ames Commission on the Arts. LOCAL TALK 22 April 2021 KHOI will be observing Earth day, 22 April with some programing specials and then on Saturday the 24th, we are partnering with the City of Ames and Iowa State University with some special programming. Amy Reis, Education Outreach Coordinator for the Raptor Resource Project. Discuss the history of the Decorah eagle cameras and its late director, Bob Anderson. Peregrine Falcons had been wiped out from DDT used in the 1950s has an insecticide. Bob came to Iowa to bring falcons back, partnered with the Ho-Chunk nation of Black River Falls, Wisconsin and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, KHOI covers the Decorah Eagle cam story and the Peregrine Falcons return. ....
In virtual MLK Day celebration, Story County keeps focus on youth, music Ames Tribune Due to the pandemic, the MLK Day Planning Committee initially questioned whether to host their yearly event honoring Martin Luther King Jr. However, considering the violent protesting, civil unrest and racial injustice that is occurring in our country, the answer was a resounding yes, committee member Vanessa Baker-Latimer said Monday evening. We felt it was important that in Ames, Iowa, Dr. King s message must continue and be louder than ever before. Observed on the third Monday of January each year, MLK Day is also a day of service, city officials acknowledged in their remarks. ....
Virtual event aims to view his legacy through the eyes of a child Ames Tribune Wayne Clinton was in his second year of teaching in Ames when the news left him in disbelief in April of 1968. Wearing a black suit and tie, his students told him he looked like he was getting ready for a funeral. He told them that civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee, and I said, I thought about not coming to school this morning, but then I thought, no, I need to come and I need to share with you and have you be mindful of what happened at this time. ....