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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FEB. 12 BURGER BASKET NIGHT The American Legion Post 37 will host a $5 burger basket night from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 225 Main St., in Ames. Open to the public. Enjoy a great fl ame-broiled 1/3-pound burger with the freshest garden fare and fries for just $5. Add cheese for just a little bit more. Proceeds support Legion-sponsored children and youth programs in the community. Stay and enjoy an evening of bingo after your meal.
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‘Ames Has Talent’ contest Feb. 23
American Legion Post 37 will offer bingo at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 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.
Come showcase your talent at “Ames Has Talent!” This contest for youth is patterned after “America’s Got Talent” and is open to Iowa performers in grades
K-12. Win trophies and prizes. The event will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23, at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1416 20th St., in Ames.
Judges will provide written comments and select winners in multiple age divisions. The entry fee is $20 per act. Register by Feb. 18 at www.ameschildrenschoirs.org or
call (515) 290-1422. The public is welcome! Free audience admission; donations accepted. Ames Has Talent is sponsored by Ames Children’s Choirs.
FEB. 13 SENIOR VARIETY SHOW A Senior Variety Show informational meeting and social will be from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1416 20th St.. in Ames. Show directors Kat Norris, Julie Minot and Ronnie Lindeman will be on hand to talk about their creative vision for the upcoming show. If you can’t attend the social, please email Julie at Julie.minot@prairieinet. net or Ronnie at (515) 292-9394 to answer questions.
FEB. 14 FREE GAME ADMISSION All Ames elementary students wearing their school shirt, or an orange or black shirt, will be admitted free to see Ames High against Ankeny Centennial basketball games. Parents pay a reduced fee of $3. Students will also get a free popcorn, get to make a tunnel with the cheerleaders at halftimes and have a chance to win several prize packages. Students must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and arrive at Ames High between 5:30 to 8 p.m.
FEB. 15 TOWN & GOWN MUSICALE The 31st-annual Ames Town & Gown Musicale will be at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, at St. John’s by the Campus Episcopal Church, 2338 Lincoln Way in Ames. This fundraiser concert and buffet will feature outstanding musicians of central Iowa. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door, $50 for adults and $15 for students. For more information, visit www.amestownandgown.org, email town.gown@gmail.com or call (515) 2923891. SCHOOLHOUSE FOR SEWERS Central Iowa Sewing Guild will hold Schoolhouse for Sewers from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 15, Trinity United Methodist Church, 102 Lynwood Drive in Huxley. Schoolhouse for Sewers will feature multiple mini-lessons on sewing topics, a show and tell and a free table. For more information, visit www.centraliowaasg.org.
FEB. 16 BINGO American Legion Post 37 will offer bingo at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, 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 Legionsponsored community programs in the Ames area. For more events, see page 2
Ames businesses earn Sustainability Awards Ames Mayor John Haila awarded three Ames businesses with the Smart Business Challenge Platinum Achievement Award for achieving the highest level of participation in the sustainability program. Barilla America, the Renewable Energy Group, and 3M Ames were honored at the annual Small Business Challenge luncheon held recently at Reiman Gardens. The Smart Business Challenge is sponsored by Ames Electric Services to promote not only reduced consumption of electricity, but also to encourage Ames businesses to look comprehensively at reducing their carbon footprint and opportunities to support the city’s sustainability vision. Challenge participants complete a checklist that encompasses environmental, economic, and social sustainability components such as community engagement and volunteerism. Businesses that join the Smart Business Challenge work their way through green, bronze, silver and gold stages before achieving platinum status by implementing innovative processes and initiatives that have not already been addressed and recognized. “We are excited that our local business community is increasingly aware of and involved in sustainability issues,” said Merry Rankin,
Ames Mayor John Haila presents the Smart Business Challenge Platinum Achievement Award to Barilla America. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Ames Mayor John Haila presents the Smart Business Challenge Platinum Achievement Award to the Renewable Energy Group. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Ames Mayor John Haila presents the Smart Business Challenge Platinum Achievement Award to 3M Ames. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Ames sustainability coordinator. “Through the Challenge, we connect businesses with resources to make changes that can have a significant positive impact on carbon re-
duction. These changes can have a positive impact on a business’ bottom line, as well, and the future we leave for the generations that follow us.” The Smart Business Challenge began with
the citywide sesquicentennial celebration in 2014 and continues to enroll new participants each year. For more information, go to www.CityOfAmes.org/SmartBusinessChallenge.
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Heartland Senior Services 205 S. Walnut Ave., Ames (515) 233-2906 Wednesday, Feb. 12: Baked chicken thigh, broccoli cuts, diced beets, potato salad, pear fruit cup, birthday treat. Thursday, Feb. 13: Ham loaf, whipped potatoes, creamed peas, spinach lettuce salad, peaches. Friday, Feb. 14: Roast beef, whipped potatoes with gravy, sliced carrots, strawberries/ bananas,
white sweetheart cake. Monday, Feb. 17: Tater tot casserole, broccoli cuts, mixed fruit cup, sugar cookie. Tuesday, Feb. 18: Seasoned tilapia (alternate: herb chicken), wild rice, Cape Cod vegetables, garden lettuce salad, applesauce. Wednesday, Feb. 19: Beef pot roast, baked
sweet potato, cauliflower, carrot sticks, tropical fruit cup. FRIENDLY LUNCH BUNCH: Enjoy a meal, shared in the company of others, served Monday through Friday at 205 S. Walnut Ave., in Ames. Please call (515) 233-2906 by 8:30 a.m. to make your reservation.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Calendar of events Wednesday, Feb. 12 9 a.m., Video exercise 1 p.m., Rummikub 1 p.m., Coloring workshop 3 p.m. Life choices exercise class 7 p.m., Jazz and Oldies Jam Thursday, Feb. 13 8:15 a.m., Tai Chi II 9 a.m., Tai Chi I 9:30 a.m. to noon, Foot care 1 p.m., Bingo
6:30 p.m. Duplicate bridge Friday, Feb. 14 8 a.m., Gentle yoga 9 a.m., Video exercise 1 p.m., Friday afternoon cards 1 p.m., Canasta Sunday, Feb. 16 1:30 p.m., Duplicate Bridge Monday, Feb. 17 8 a.m., Gentle yoga 9 a.m., Video exercise 12:30 p.m., Senior band practice
Tuesday, Feb. 18 8:15 a.m., Tai Chi II 9 a.m., Tai Chi I 9:45 a.m., Songbirds 1 p.m., Canasta Wednesday, Feb. 19 9 a.m., Video exercise 1 p.m., Rummikub 1 p.m., BUNCO 3 p.m. Life choices exercise class
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FEB. 17 ISU WOMEN’S CLUB The Iowa State Women’s Club will host the program “Get Ready for Spring-Walkabout Gardens,” at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, at Bethesda Lutheran Fellowship Hall, 1517 Northwestern Ave.
FEB. 18 GATHERING OF ARTISTS The February Gathering of Artists will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Octagon Center for the Arts, 427 Douglas Ave., in Ames. Artists and art enthusiasts of all types are invited to meet other artists, get feedback, get inspired and have fun. The event is free and open to all. Refreshments will be provided.
AMES HAS TALENT REGISTRATION Registration for “Ames Has Talent,” sponsored by Ames
Children’s Choirs, is due by Feb. 18 at www.ameschildrenschoirs.org or by calling (515) 290-1422. “Ames Has Talent,” a contest for youth in grades K-12, will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23, at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1416 20th St., in Ames. The entry fee is $20 per act, and the public is welcome to attend. Free audience admission; donations accepted.
FEB. 19 BINGO American Legion Post 37 will offer bingo at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 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.
The students who participated included front row, from left, John Grimm, ITNA, from Des Moines; Alisha Boughton, Cybersecurity from Ames; Megan Holliday, Cybersecurity from Winterset; and Robert Hartman, ITNA from Ames; Electronics/IT Professor Garrett Anderson. Back row, from left, Jeffrey Howe, Cybersecurity from Des Moines; Benjamin Breshears, Cybersecurity from Ames; and Jordan Coady, ITNA from Des Moines. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
DMACC students place second in Iowa State’s cyber defense competition A group of DMACC Information Technology/Network Administration/Cybersecurity students recently participated in Iowa State’s Community
College Cyber Defense Competition. The DMACC team took second place. This marks the fi rst time in several years that DMACC has
placed in the two-day event. The competition simulates real-world cyber attacks that a company must defend against every day.
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Peggy Faden receives attention during her solo from two of the Golden K singers. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Dr. Jason Niegsch and his wife, Director of Community Relations Marcie Niegsch, on Friday, Jan. 24, presented Gilbert Education Foundation representatives Mindy Rash and Cheri Torresi with a $1,200 check for the Feb. 29 Gilbert Rock Hop.CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Call for performers for SVS Dentistry At Somerset donates Dust off those dancin’ shoes, tune up those instruments, and warm up those vocal cords; it’s time for spring auditions for the 26th-annual Senior Variety Show. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, at Ames City Auditorium. Any Story County resident or worker who is 60 years of age or older is encouraged to try out for this year’s production, “Antics Roadshow.” An informational meeting and social for curious newcomers and past senior
performers will be from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1416 20th St., in Ames. Show directors, Kat Norris, Julie Minot and Ronnie Lindeman will be on hand to talk about their creative vision for the upcoming show at 4 pm. Vocal numbers, instrumentals, skits, story-telling, and dance presentations around the theme of antics or roads, streets, traveling, etc. would be appropriate. (You may even want to check Google to get those creative juices flowing.) Acts should
be no more than 3 minutes long. If you can’t attend the social, please email Julie at Julie. minot@prairieinet. net or Ronnie at (515) 292-9394 to answer any questions you might have. Auditions will be from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p,.m. on Saturday, April 4. Those who are putting a fi nishing touch on their acts will be seen from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 9, all at Northminster Presbyterian. For more information please visit us on Facebook and at www. seniorvarietyshow.org.
$1,200 to Gilbert Rock Hop Dr. Jason Niegsch and his wife, Director of Community Relations Marcie Niegsch, on Friday, Jan. 24, presented Gilbert Education Foundation representatives Mindy
Rash and Cheri Torresi with a $1,200 sponsorship check for the Feb. 29 Gilbert Rock Hop. The event funds educational enrichment opportunities for Gilbert students.
The event will be at the Quality Inn and Suites in Ames from 5 to 11 p.m. To get tickets, go to: https:// gilbert.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/RockHop2020/ Registration
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Roland-Story FFA members visit World Food Prize
Eight Roland-Story FFA members recently toured the World Food Prize in Des Moines where they learned some of its history as well as receive a tour of the facility. RolandStory has four students who are entered into the Global Youth Institute this spring and several of them were in attendance. Representing Roland-Story at the tour were, from left, Jackson Sterle, Brendan Taylor, Maddy Stevenson, Amanda Hofsommer, Levi Origer, Zane Haglund, Caden Sporleder and Nathan Faga. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Jack Winkler, member of the Town and Country Kiwanis Club described his early life growing up in the city of Ames and reading selected poetry for the members and guests of the club. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Winkler discusses his life at Town and Country Club Jack Winkler, member of the Town and Country Kiwanis Club described his early life growing up in the city of Ames and reading selected poetry for the members and guests of the club. He is a graduate of Ames High School. He gives credit for his love of poetry to Edna Dickinson and Mrs. McNally, his teachers who stimulated his interest. One of Jack’s best friends was Ted Kooser, who was later named the 13th Poet Laureate of the United States. Fast cars interrupted as he became a young man and he became less interest in poetry and more interested in the machines he had access. He participated in the development of the local drag strip used to test the speeds and acceleration of their cars. Others with similar interests from places as far as Waterloo were frequent users of the strip. His interest
in fast cars did not differ greatly from many young males of that age. In recent years, he regained his interest in poetry. He explained he reads their lines listening less for the words and more for the thoughts of the author. Like looking behind the poem. Jack read a couple of poems from the book, “Prairie in My Pocket,” a selection of prairie poems by Arthur K. Drackley, the father-in-law of club member Bob Jolly. He asked the club members to describe their reactions to Mr. Drackly’s words. The last poems read were love poems by friend Ted Kooser, the former U.S. poet laureate from 2004-06. Mr. Kooser’s poems are in AMERICAN LIFE IN POETRY in the Saturday edition of the Ames Tribune. Jack has given the club members a better understanding of the grace and beauty of poetry.
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Steve Owen test drives the Nevada FFA Farmall H tractor prior to purchasing. The tractor is now powering a 60-foot, 10-inch grain auger at bin sites. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Steve Owen, Nevada and Maxwell area farmer, presents a check for $4,000 to Nevada FFA members Ella Toot, left, and Addison Anderson, for the purchase of a John Deere 630 tractor and a Farmall H tractor. Not pictured: Kevin Cooper, Nevada High School agriculture education teacher and FFA advisor. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Nevada FFA sells $4,000 of tractors Steve Owen, farmer and owner of High Plains Trucking, purchased two tractors from Nevada FFA for $4,000 on Saturday, Jan. 25.
The tractors included a John Deere 630, and a Farmall H. Owen needed the tractors at grain bin sites to run truck augers.
“I needed reliable gas engine tractors that generally start better in cold winter weather,” Owen said. The tractors are powering 66-foot, 10-inch
diameter augers that load semi trucks at rural grain bin locations. Both tractors have been to the county and state fair in the restored tractor competi-
tion in the past. Owen is an alumni of Nevada FFA and donates harvesting and trucking for the FFA test plots. “It is nice that the
chapter can provide reliable tractors for Owen and the tractors will be working locally,” said Kevin Cooper, Nevada ag education instructor and FFA advisor.
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Roland-Story FFA officers plan for spring activities
Gilbert intro to ag students start hort unit by learning how to make boutineers The Roland-Story FFA Chapter officers, front row, from left, Zane Haglund, Nathan Faga, Levi Origer and Brendan Taylor; back row, from left, Jackson Sterle, Dawsnon Chelsvig, Reagan Schmitz, Amanda Hofsommer and Caden Sporleder, recently met for their January officer meeting in order to plan out chapter activities for this spring. Items discussed by the officer team included the Sweetheart Ball Dance, Leadership Contests, Legislative Symposium and Iowa Degree opportunities. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Gilbert intro to agriculture students started off their horticulture unit by learning how to make boutineers. This project was an
introduction to horticulture offered at a college class level. Thanks to Mary Kay’s for the supplies to help make this successful.
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35th-annual Legislative Symposium and FFA Day FFA members from across Iowa, including Ames, converged on the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines to build character and promote citizenship, volunteerism and patriotism. More than 560 high school students wearing blue corduroy from 87 schools flooded the Iowa State Capitol Building in Des Moines on Jan. 28. The students visited with legislators, exhibited skills learned in the agriculture classroom and learned the importance of citizenship. This was all part of the 35th-annual Iowa FFA Legislative Symposium and FFA Day at the Capitol. During the morning, FFA members heard from Iowa Farm Bureau Federation President Craig Hill about the importance young agriculturalists can play in the agriculture industry. Then, Julie Kenney, Iowa Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, addressed the students about the importance of agriculture in Iowa and abroad. Kelsey Tyrrell of Ames FFA members participate in the 35th-annual Iowa FFA Legislative Symposium and FFA Day at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Jan. 28. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
the World Food Prize addressed students about the future of Iowa agriculture and the importance of being involved with statewide issues. Governor Kim Reynolds presented and signed the FFA Week Proclamation, declaring Feb. 22-29, the week of President George Washington’s Birthday, FFA Week in Iowa.
The proclamation signing took place in State Capitol Tuesday afternoon with the Iowa FFA State Officer team. The 35th-annual Iowa FFA Legislative Symposium and FFA Day at the Capitol was made possible with support from Iowa Farm Bureau Federation through the Iowa FFA Foundation.
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