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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FEB. 5 BINGO NIGHT American Legion Post 37 will offer bingo at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 225 Main St., in Ames. Event is open to the public. Play sheets of three, six or nine squares are available for $6, $12 and $18. Proceeds go to support American Legion-sponsored community programs in the Ames area.
STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING FALLS Windsor Manor in Nevada has invited professionals from Suncrest Home Health and Hospice to present a free program outlining the best strategies for preventing falls at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5, in Windsor Manor’s dining hall, 1642 S. G Ave., in Nevada. Members of the community are invited to attend. For questions, call (515) 382-2980.
FEB. 6 AMATEUR RADIO CLUB The Story County Amateur Radio Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, in the North Conference Room A/B on the first floor of Mary Greeley Medical Center. Tim Kilbride, K0TSK, will discuss “Railroad Radio Communications.” The meeting is free and open to the public.
SONS OF NORWAY Reservations for the February Sons of Norway Kong Sverre Lodge’s event are due on Thursday, Feb. 6, by calling Shirley Frandson at (515) 733-4482 or Carolyn Ahlstrom at (515) 388-4051. The program, “How the Library Has Become a People Business: Collaborations at Bertha Bartlett Public Library,” presented by Story City’s Bertha Bartlett Public Library Director Kolleen Taylor, will be on Monday, Feb. 10, at the community center, 503 Elm Ave., in Story City. Social time is at 6 p.m. with a catered dinner at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $7 for members and $12 for guests. The evening event is open to all interested in learning more about Scandinavian heritage and culture, and guests are always welcome.
FEB. 7 ‘LEADING LADIES’ PERFORMANCE The Ames Community Theater (ACTORS) production of Ken Ludwig’s “Leading Ladies” will show at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, at 120 Abraham Drive. Tickets are available at Alpha Copies, 3615 Lincoln Way, and online at actorsinc.org. The performance also will be at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9.
CHILI DINNER The American Legion Post 37 will host a chili dinner, offered by La Societe 40 & 8, a veterans honor society, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, at 225 Main St. in Ames. Dinner is open to the public. Proceeds benefit the 40 & 8 Nurses Scholarship Fund.
FEB. 8 CONSIGN BY DESIGN Unity of Ames will host a “Consign by Design” sale of quality items from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the church, 226 Ninth St., in Ames. There are household goods, quality clothing and some antiques included in this sale. Walking Tacos will be available for lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you have questions or would like to be a consignor, contact Susan Wolfe at (515) 231-6023 and leave contact information.
ORCHID FEST Join Reiman Gardens for its annual Orchid Fest from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 8-9, at 1407 S. University Boulevard in Ames. Exotic orchids in a variety of species and colors will be on display and available for purchase both days. The Central Iowa Orchid Society will also staff a question and answer booth, For more events, see page 2
Board members of Friendship Force of Central Iowa (FFCI) gathered in Ames for their first meeting of the new year/new decade. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Friendship Force of Central Iowa gathers for first meeting of new year Board members of Friendship Force of Central Iowa (FFCI) gathered in Ames for their first meeting of the new year/new decade. Friendship Force members experi-
ence new places and cultures through travel exchanges with other members throughout the world. FFCI’s most recent outbound journey was a combined one to Ukraine and Georgia, with the next
planned outbound another combined journey, this time to Taiwan and Japan. FFCI most recently hosted the Fort Worth, Texas, club, with a visit by the Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
club upcoming this summer. For information on joining FFCI, contact membership chair Joan Mathews at joand2818@gmail. com or (515) 2965099.
Wheels for Work donates van to Ames family Wheels for Work, a partnership between Ames Ford Lincoln and United Way of Story County, works with local agencies to connect those in need of reliable and safe transportation to those who can give them just that. The Wheels for Work program recently donated a van to Adhaar Bol, an Ames mother of four children, coming to Iowa as a former refugee. The Ames Interfaith Refugee Alliance helped to connect Adhaar to local community services, in turn allowing her to apply for the Wheels for Work program. Ames Ford accepts donated vehicles into the program to be given a safety inspection and repaired to donate to a family in need of a vehicle. Giving a family a car makes child care, school, jobs, groceries and medical appointments easily accessible – things that are so easily taken advantage of by those who have never had to be without a vehicle.
The Wheels-for-Work program recently donated a van to Adhaar Bol, an Ames mother of four children. From left, Kathy Johnson (Story County Community Services), Diane Birt (AIRA), Anneke Mundel (United Way of Story County), Adhaar Bol (recipient of the van), Sondra Eddings (AIRA), Nick Johnson (owner of Ames Ford Lincoln), Bev Kruempel (AIRA)
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