Welcome to Highway 6 - Your Road to the Country where we talk and write about living the rural lifestyle. Highway 6 - Your Road to the Country is this nations only full hour live radio talk show that deals with small farms, acreages, livestock, and even tips on how to create rural economic development. You'll hear and read stories on our show nobody else covers.
Highway 6 - Your Road to the Country is heard each Sunday morning at 8 on 98.3 WOW-FM (983wowfm) or...if you missed the show from today just click here to download and listen to the show...right now!
Our special guest today was Cathy Lesser Mansfield the author of the new musical drama, The Sparks Fly Upward which will premiere here in Des Moines on November 8th. The original work took two decades to finish and it is amazing. To get an idea of the power of the work here is a clip from local television station KCCI - TV8.
We're also talking rural economic development issues. This time we're looking at five different reports out just last week that speak of ways to pump up our rural economy. Here is that report from Jerry Schultz of BoomtownUSA.
And, there is yet another new group formed to improve the playing field when it comes to communication. The Rural Telecommunications Alliance (RTA) says we need to spend some considerable time and money on connecting Rural America with the rest of the world. Here is that story.
So, what do you think about the "pay as you drive" tax being talked about in Idaho? Just hope the folks at the Iowa Statehouse doesn't get word of this one. We think a toll road on I-235 makes more sense. Right... Idaho...Iowa...people already get us confused. Here is the story.
Natural gas prices coming down means that your heating bill and fertilizer prices will drop too? Ahhhhh....not exactly. Here is the story.
And our Highway 6 - Tip of the Week had to do with a fall chore check list from our friends at Acreage Magazine.
All of that and our special guest, Cathy Lesser Mansfield creator of The Sparks Fly Upward...it's a great show and IF you didn't catch the show live you can always click here to listen now. Isn't technology wonderful?
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