►
From YouTube: This Week in Ames
Description
An oft missing Channel 12 TV personality is found in Studio 16!
B
B
That's
the
the
job,
my
real
job,
the
the
TV
show,
is
something
on
the
side.
It's
a
fun,
do
an
educational
but
on
a
regular
work
day.
I
do
a
lot
of
work
with
City
Council
referrals,
researching
projects,
gathering
information
about
what
other
cities
to
for
certain
components
of
their
operations.
I
manage
grants,
particularly
for
things
like
energy
efficiency
projects,
I
also
track
the
city's
carbon
footprint
to
see
how
much
we've
used
energy
and
how
efficiently
we're
using
energy
across
city
operations.
A
B
B
I
came
to
ames
about
eight
years
ago,
and
I
studied
at
iowa
state
for
my
undergraduate
degree
and
then
went
to
graduate
school
at
iowa
state
for
public
administration
and
when
I
was
an
undergraduate.
I
was
student
body
president
of
Iowa
State
for
a
year
and
that
exposed
me
to
the
city
and
working
with
the
City
Council
and
the
mayor
and
city
staff
and
that's
where
I
really
got
interested
in
working
in
city
government.
So
I
went
to
grad
school
for
that
and
I've
been
working
in
city
government
for
about
three
years
now.
So.
A
B
It
you
know,
during
the
shows,
I'm
asking
a
lot
of
questions
about
things,
some
of
which
I
already
know
and
I
know.
The
answer
to,
but
I
want
to
share
that
with
it
with
the
viewers
and
make
sure
that
a
certain
point
gets
across.
But
it's
helpful
to
know
what
those
departments
do
and
and
the
division
suit
and
how
they
they
go
about
providing
service
to
the
customers.
So.
B
B
It
was
exhausting,
but
it
really
gave
me
a
good
insight
into
how
difficult
it
is
to
become
a
firefighter
and
and
the
types
of
tasks
that
they
have
to
do
in
order
to
to
be
on
a
fire
crew,
and
then
I
also
enjoyed
working
for
a
little
while
at
the
resource
recovery
plant,
learning
about
how
the
city's
refuse
gets
processed
and
getting
to
drive
around
the
front
end.
Loader
and-
and
that
was
a
really
neat
experience.
So.
A
B
Little
bit
of
both,
we
have
a
list
kind
of
a
running
list
of
areas
that
we
wanted
to
explore
and
we've
been
going
through
that
a
little
bit
and
then
also
I
do
run
into
people
on
the
street
who
have
seen
the
show
and
they
suggest
things.
There's
a
gentleman
who
works
at
McFarland
clinic.
Oh
I,
see
every
once
in
a
while
who
watches
the
show,
and
I
chat
with
him
about
it,
and
he
asked
me
questions
frequently
see.
A
B
B
Think
it's
it's
interesting.
Sometimes
it
gets
it's
easy
to
get
bogged
down
in
the
data
and
not
figure
out
how
that
applies
to
what
we're
trying
to
accomplish.
But,
for
example,
we
recently
looked
at
our
fire
response
time
and
and
how
we
set
that
policy
and
we
use
some
data
gathering
techniques
to
map
out
how
long
it
takes
to
get
insert
to
certain
areas
of
town
and
what
effect
that
might
have,
and
so.
B
A
B
Yeah,
it's
it's
a
lot
of
that.
Some
of
the
things
that
I
do
in
day-to-day
is
facilitate
teams
that
are
interdepartmental,
trying
to
figure
out
some
of
the
long-range
solutions
like,
for
example,
we're
trying
to
figure
out
what
the
next
generation
of
our
water
meters
is
going
to
look
like,
because
the
existing
water
meter
supplier,
that
we
have
no
longer
makes
those
types
of
meters.
So
we
have
a
group
of
different
city
departments
who
might
be
affected
by
this
change
out
and
we're
trying
to
figure
out
what?
Where
do
we
want
to
go?
B
B
A
B
I
think
it's
worked
very
well
I
like
going
to
the
City
Council
and
getting
their
feedback
and
and
understanding
what
it
is
that
the
community
members
are
telling
them
or
priorities
and
then
translating
that
into
something
that
the
city
staff
can
accomplish
so
I
do
them
frequently
I
look
at
what
the
City
Council's
goals
are
and
use
that
as
a
context
for
the
individual
projects,
so
we
might
be
working
on
to
figure
out.
Okay,
these
ones
need
to
happen
now.
You
know
we
should
look
at
these
a
little
bit
later,
or
things
like
that.
Well,.
B
We
have
had
a
couple
of
staff
changes
in
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department.
The
director
resigned
to
take
another
position
and
the
longtime
Park
Superintendent
retired
just
last
week
and
so
I
volunteered
to
help
out
a
little
bit
in
person
ministration
as
best
I.
Can
it's
an
experience
that
is
new
for
me,
but
I'm
working
on
projects,
like
you
know,
getting
scoreboards
installed
or
new
equipment
or
planning
a
an
event
or
an
activity,
or
things
like
that
and
that's
been
really
helpful
so
that
I
can
understand
better
how
the
department's
do
their
day-to-day
jobs.
B
A
B
Yeah,
when
the
longtime
assistant
city
manager
announced
that
she
was
planning
to
retire,
I
started
working,
particularly
with
the
acid
group,
Human
Services
funders,
and
trying
to
fill
that
role
in
the
transition.
So
it
took
a
while
to
learn
the
ropes
of
how
that
process
works
and
as
we
hired
a
new
assistant
city
manager,
I
was
able
to
help
bridge
the
gap
for
a
couple
of
months.
While
she
learned
the
process
as
well.
So.
B
I'm,
a
big
believer
in
learning
as
much
as
you
can
about
different
things,
I
really
enjoy
finding
out
how
things
work
and
understanding
new
topics,
I'm
the
kind
of
person
who
likes
to
do
different
things
constantly
I
get
bored
easily
if
I'm
working
on
the
same
thing.
So
I
like
to
you,
know,
try
different
experiences
and
and
understand
how
things
work
for
the
the
people
on
the
ground
who
are
doing
these
things
on
a
day-to-day
basis,
because
that
helps
make
better
long-term
choices.
B
A
B
Now,
I'm
working
on
some
research
on
historic
building
codes,
looking
at
unique
ways
that
we
might
be
able
to
get
new
development
in
some
of
the
older
parts
of
the
community
I'm.
Also
working
like
I,
said
on
the
water
meters.
One
of
the
things
that
might
be
coming
up
is
that
we
are
we're
still
kind
of
in
a
drought
condition
from
this
last
summer
and
we're
reviewing
the
the
city's
water
rationing
ordinance
to
make
sure
we
understand.
If
we
did
have
to
implement
some
of
those
measures.
How
would
we
do
it?
B
Who
would
be
responsible
for
those
components?
Just
so
we're
prepared
in
the
event
that
that
might
have
to
happen
this
summer,
I'm
working
on
some
funding
for
community
activities
that
is
going
on
through
the
City
Council
budget
process,
finishing
those
up
and
getting
contracts
out,
and
things
like
that?
Well,.
A
A
We
might
have
thought
that
most
of
the
snow
is
over,
but
we
can
see
that
it
continues
to
come.
Remember
the
snow
ordinance.
If
you
park
on
a
snow
route,
your
vehicles
must
be
removed
if
more
than
two
inches
of
snow
falls
on
our
major
arterials.
There's
more
information
on
our
snorin
ins
on
our
website.
Also,
our
Housing
division
has
reopened
the
rental
deposit
program.
If
you
need
more
information
on
how
to
get
rental,
deposit
assistance
also
check
our
website
at
city
of
ames
org.