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 book or business I'd love to put your story on a podcast episode there's never a charge to come on it's just my knee my way of networking with other successful Ankeny professionals so reach out to me at TonyPharmD1  on Facebook Messenger or aaguerra@dmacc.edu  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