I highlight a number of local Ankeny Businesses, People, and Events. Here are some links from this week's episode. 

TrailPoint Aquatics and Wellness 

http://mytrailpoint.com/Pages/programs-youth.aspx

http://mytrailpoint.com/Pages/employment.aspx

Ankeny Appliance Recycling Day 

https://www.ankenyiowa.gov/our-city/city-calendar

Got ants?

https://www.bobcatpest.com/

Cafe Diem/Cafe X

http://cafe-diem.com/

TNT Landscaping 

https://www.tntlandscaping.com/

 

Full Transcript:

Hey, welcome to the Ankeny podcast
I'm Tony Guerra Ankeny nonfiction author
college professor and triplet dad and I
am bringing you the people places and
events in Ankeny Iowa broadcasting from
the trail point aquatic and Wellness
Center
on DMACC's Ankeny campus right next to
Cafe X I'm especially interested in
hearing entrepreneurial stories so if
you are an author a solopreneur a
manager and are passionate about your
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you can find 
past podcast episodes and links at
Ankeny podcast.com and here's the show
alright so starting off so we're at
where am I Cafe X is part of Cafe Diem 
so you know Cafe diem which is on Ankeny
Boulevard just across from the DMACC
Ankeny campus and then if you come to
trail Point Aquatic Center right across
from that Cafe X is open Monday through
Friday all summer long so let me talk a
little bit about trail point it really
the one thing trail point did that we
really needed an Ankeny would have
opened up more opportunities for
swimming or swimming lessons and my
daughter just had a great experience and
I just wanted to share that so I have
triplet daughters for those of you that
don't know me and while they all may be
turning 7 in July
they are completely different the
easiest way that I explained how
different they are is that I went to
daddy daughter's dance at hope up here
in Ankeny and the one daughter wanted to
draw the whole time the other daughter
wanted to talk to her friends the whole
time and then the other one wanted to
dance the whole time so they're
completely different and then with their
abilities one of the daughters really
just didn't want to swim and was just
kind of nervous so we got her private
lessons at trail point and this was the
very first time that she would blow
bubbles this is the very first time she
would put her head under the water so
it's just a fantastic place if you're
looking to get swimming lessons the
trail point swim Academy and again
having you know one daughter that can
you know do the backstroke all the way
across the the pool 25 yards and then
having another one that that won't put
her head underwater again sometimes
those individual lessons are important
and then there's other ways as well so
definitely want to refer them in terms
of summer programming I know that
they're having a basketball league
that's starting up and then there's a
number of employment opportunities
there's a position for lifeguards swim
instructors personal trainers aquatic
fitness instructors group fitness
instructors I think there's a birthday
special events attendant and then a
kid's own attendant so if you're looking
for something to do over the summer or
full time I would definitely go to my
trail point.com okay let's see so Cinco
DeMayo is coming up this is Friday May
4th so Cinco DeMayo and it's a really
weird weekend the Kentucky Derby are on
the same day so kind of an interesting
mix there and we'll be celebrating out
there or bond delay with our friends who
have a kentucky derby party every year
but what's happening in Ankeny is the
big and it's just from 8:00 to noon
tomorrow morning is the Ankeny recycling
or a plot appliance an electronic
recycling day so it's it's 8 a.m. to 12
noon at the Prairie Ridge Aquatic Center
so 1/2 to 0 Northwest Prairie Ridge
Drive if you want an address to put in
your GPS
you have to be an Ankeny resident and
there's only a fee if you have like
monitors or televisions based on some
kind of size or something like that you
can read all the items that are accepted
but I mean it's the big things like the
air conditioners dishwashers fax
machines grocery carts freezers do
people have VCRs anymore I don't know if
you have one they'll take it
let acid batteries only dryers furnaces
printers riding lawnmowers and that's
what I need to get rid of is a push
mower we now have three wheels on one of
our push mowers and need to get a new
one
stoves washers the whole list you can
find at Ankeny Iowa gov and that's
tomorrow 8 a.m. to 12 and then there's
the other spring clean up and tree and
branch recycling which is two weeks away
on the 19th and 20th those hours are
much much longer but again the appliance
day is tomorrow on Saturday yoga in the
park starts again so first yoga in the
park starts from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and
that's going to be at the Ankeny beg van
shell in Wagner Park every Saturday May
5th through September 29th from 8 to 9
a.m. everybody's welcome and then
there's an instructor schedule if you
have a personal preference
they're the Ankeny dog let me see if I
get this right because it's a literate
'iv Ankeny dog park pooch potty so PA
wty corner of Southwest Ankeny Road and
Southwest Goodwin's Street so as from
1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Cinco DeMayo as
well and there's some specifics about
the dog park so you do want to go check
out the website first in terms of who
can be in the the fenced area and things
like that
ok each week or when I get a chance I
want to also interview that's kind of
the foundation of the pharmacy leaders
podcast which is my other podcast is
interviewing local businesses or
businesses that serve Ankeny and today I
just wanted to talk about Bobcat wild
and pest while
and past Heeia Jean Spaulding came out
he's helped us before and we had ants
and I don't know if any of you guys are
running into ants but it's just
disgusting and you're like why are these
guys coming in and the way that they
came in was through the pipe under the
sink and so they came into the sink but
then my wife is not happy about this
they were in the master bath in the
master bath sink like what that is so
weird why are they in these two places
and nowhere else in the house so I had
him he came over this morning and he
really helped us out and what I love is
when a business owner kind of explains
things as well as you know does what
they need to do to help us out so I just
wanted to talk to you about some of the
you know kind of the the backstory to
what was going on with it so first of
all how did he get involved in the
business he was in the Army and then he
had an archery business was doing just
fine but then after 9/11 his clients
went overseas so he was able to sell
that business and then had a friend who
said well I'm really need some help I'm
got this business where you know I'm
catching squirrels and so forth that are
getting into houses and he started that
up but he just had such an
entrepreneurial Drive and just
recognized also by the owner of that
business like man you got to just start
your own business out so you know after
that I asked you know about the ants
I've got three girls that are you know
gonna be turning seven in July so I
wanna know is it's safe for my kids and
so there's only three ml's of product
that goes into the water into the toxin
and it affects enzymes that the insect
has that humans don't and as a
pharmacist that made a lot of sense to
me because I understand that penicillin
for example affects cell walls and
bacteria have cell walls and humans
don't so aside from the rash and things
like that that penicillin causes it
makes a lot of sense to me you know and
that was you know nice that I could
could basically understand how the thing
works but why are they coming in and
what they were doing was following the
moisture looking for protein so it kind
of makes sense that they would come in
the sink and
the walls but then to understand that
well hair has protein - so they're kind
of following that as well and so he put
the spray in and took care of the sinks
and then sprayed outside as well so it
was as far as you know how does it you
know get the rest of the ants though so
you know we got the ants that we you
know know we're gonna be there but the
ants come and they they come after the
oleic acid and so they're trying to
carry their ants other ants away but
then in trying to do that then they're
also affected by the toxin so just he's
not although he's out in red field he
really works the Des Moines metro and
there's certain days it'll come out to
Ankeny but I definitely refer Jean
Spaulding with Bobcat wildlife and pest
I think it's 505 a 2 2 4 3 4 8 Bobcat
pest calm and he didn't pay me or
anything for this you know no ty just
just a you know really happy client
testimonial he doesn't know that I have
you know a social network and all of
that stuff so I really appreciate what
you did this morning and there's nothing
better than when you have like a
two-hour window like 10 to 12 and then
he shows up at 10:15 it's just such a
such a great victory for the day but
anyway I wanted to share that story and
those are the kinds of stories that I
want to share with other Ankeny
residents I think you know so many you
know great things that businesses and
Ankeny do for us go unsung and I wanted
to make sure to thank gene in his
business but also other businesses so
that also reminds me thanks again to TNT
landscaping who are on I want to say
it's magazine it's that curved road that
goes past the the police station thanks
again for for having us that free lunch
last Saturday was a Saturday or Sunday
last weekend I got to bring the kids out
and saw my father-in-law and
mother-in-law there as well but that was
really kind of nice and we used them too
we had a bunch of rocks that just always
kept you know sprouting weeds or
whatever so they just kind of just we
got rid of everything
just put sod over it and they did a
great job and that was really appreciate
TNT landscaping as well okay so that's
it for this weekend but anyway if you
want to be on the Ankeny podcast you
have a business or you manage a business
in town or you serve the Ankeny
population in town or you were an author
local author in Iowa we'll be happy to
talk to you just get in touch with me on
Facebook at Toni farm d1 or by email a a
gue AR RA @ DM acc edu I can come to you
that's usually cooler if I get to see
the business kind of gives a setting to
the to the podcast episode or we can
just meet over at rail point where you
know right right on 2006 south d-mac
boulevard it's right by where I work so
I can just take a you know a lunch hour
and come on over so thanks again for
listening and we'll talk to you next
week should be coming out every Friday
so Thursday or Friday always before the
weekend I'll make sure to have an
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