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MLK Bridge Benefit raises $4,000 for local organizations The annual Ames Bridge Benefit raised more than $4,000 this year for ChildServe and other Ames organizations. Over the past nine years, the MLK Day service project has raised $27,000 for local organizations that benefit the community. The ChildServe Center in Ames has partnered with Story County families who have children with special healthcare needs for nearly 20 years. More than 550 area children receive a variety of specialized clinical, home and community-based services. ChildServe improves the health and wellbeing of children who have developmental delays, disabilities, chronic medical conditions, acquired injuries and other special healthcare needs.
Close to 70 players participated in the duplicate and party bridge games held at St. John’s by the Campus Episcopal Church on Monday, Jan. 23. The event is open to any bridge players in Ames and surrounding areas. Attendees donate the amount of their choice directly to the organization selected by the committee or to the local organization they choose. Special recognition is due to the Ames merchants who again supported the benefit. Hy-Vee, Fareway, Wheatsfield’s and Sam’s Club helped with donations for the luncheon, and to St. John’s Church for hosting the event. Providing prizes for the bridge games were Hickory Park, West Towne Pub, Papa Murphy’s, The Grove Café, Olde Main Brewing
Company, The Iowa Stater, Burgie’s, Café Diem, Aunt Maude’s and Brick City Grill. Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity assisted with set-up and clean up, and the Ames Woman’s Club provided extra card tables. Additionally, individual players brought soup and other food items for the noon luncheon, which helps eliminate costs for the event and allows the committee to forward all monetary contributions directly to the organizations. Committee members this year were Rebecca Hoeppner, Etha Hutchcroft, Carolyn Klaus, Ida Johnson, Linda Johnson, Jean Peterson, Phyllis Seim, Andy Terry, Marcia Thompson, Eileen Tramp and Maureen Wilt. Cheryl Binzen, Miriam Patterson and Jean Prestemon assisted with registration.
Alex Chua pauses in his reading to hear the presentation of funds from the Ames Bridge Benefit. From left, Maureen Wilt, Carolyn Klaus, Ames ChildServe Director Rachelle Flory, Marcia Thompson and Phyllis Seim. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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Anna Ogilvie, of Ames, was named to the dean’s list at Gonzaga University. To be named to the dean’s list, honorees must have a 3.53.84 GPA while taking 12 or more credits. Gabby Scherle, of Slater, was named to the dean’s list as University of WisconsinMadison. To be named to the dean’s list, honorees must have a 3.6 GPA while taking 12 or more credits. Kathleen Cattanach, of Ames, was named to the dean’s list at St. Cloud Technical & Community College. To be named to the dean’s list, honorees must have a 3.5-3.9 GPA while taking 12 or more credits. Adam Bistrup, of Ames, graduated from Iowa Lakes Community College with an Associate in Arts degree.
Two Ames organizations benefited from United Community School’s hard work recently. MICA and Food at First received hundreds of pounds of personal care items collected by the school. The project was called “United in Giving.” The school’s students and staff collected these items over the last two months. On Monday, Jan. 23, the Student Council students loaded the items onto a bus and personally delivered the items to MICA and Food at First. The students were given a very educational tour of each facility. Providing these items to people in need made an impact on these students. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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AMES HIGH SCHOOL FIRST SEMESTER HONOR ROLL
EDITOR’S NOTE: These Ames High students made the first semester honor roll, but their names were not included on a list that was previously published.
Haley Bates, Anna Cullinan, Joshua Denny, Christabel Forney, Kaitlyn Goodman, Andrea Leigh Martinez, Elizabeth Moe, Ibrahim Mohammad, Kirsten Robertson, Bianca Sorrentino, Abigail Tibben and Ashley Xu.
Kouba, Darryl Laaser-Webb, Aayush Lamsal, Claire Lee, Zoe Mamakos, Neisha Miranda, Ethan Morton, Mykola Mostbauer, Meredith Napolitano, Adelade Nason, Michael Neppl, Kathleen Pelzer, Thaizzianna Pennington, Hunter Phompheng, Destiny Ramirez,m Cael Rasmussen, Jay Rathe, Alli Rogers, Jeremy Romitti, Jiayue Rong, Roslin Schaffer, Anika Slowing, Noah Stenberg, Grant Thilges, Keaton Wahl, Simone Wesley, Arlyn Wingate and Nathan Withers.
NINTH GRADE 3.99 HONOR ROLL
NINTH GRADE 3.0-3.49 HONOR ROLL
NINTH GRADE 4.0 HONOR ROLL
Sons of Norway Kong Sverre Lodge No. 482 in stalled its officers for 2017. Officers and board members are, front row, from left, Betty Snider, Donna Wagner, Helen Miller, Susan Amensen and Sharon Owenson; back row, from left, Ingrid Place, John Olson, Ragnar Morken, Dean Sampson, Richard Morrison, Bob Hein, Don Todd, Robert and Carolyn Ahstrom. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Sons of Norway installs new officers Sons of Norway Kong Sverre Lodge No. 482 installed its officers for 2017. Bob Hein will preside as president, vice president is John Olson, secretary is Donna Wagner, and treasurer is Robert Ahlstrom.
Kong Sverre Lodge meets at 6 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at 503 Elm Ave. in Story City. A catered meal is served and a program is presented. Sons of Norway events are open to the
public and guests are always welcome. For more than 100 years, Sons of Norway has helped to promote and preserve the Nordic heritage and culture through more than 400 local lodges and nearly 70,000 members.
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Emaduldeen Ahmed, Kaitlyn Akers, Gabriel Ante, Noah Bannantine, Vera Barkosky, Amber Best, Wren Bohr, Erika Butenhoff, Mary Cautino, Rebecca Cohen, Emily Collett, Lily Delaney, Noelia DoCanto, Abby Frescoln, Akshata Gandhe, Alex Gross, Matthew Higgins, Pooja Kasiviswanathan, Lourdes
Abdullah Ahmed, Karsten Battles, Andrew Canon, Kendra Caulfield, Jamison DeLisi, Josephine Dorius, Adrianna Drake, Riley Elrod, Pearl Forest, Aurora Fuhs, Cameron Gallt, Ethan Gindt, Morgan Hall, Caitlyn Hanulikova, Kyle Harms, Nathaniel Hartmann, Jessica Hatton, Karlie Hill, Dane Hustedt, Matab
Jaily, Xavier Johnson, Emma Kajtazovic, Rachael Kennedy, Masie Lewis, Lucero Martinez, Nikyrah Mitchell, Emily Noyes, Elizabeth Peel, Isabelle Rogers, Jesenia Salazar White, Jentry Schoff, Madison Shelton, Julie Steele, Klaire Underwood, Abigale Vandewater, Madison Vandewater and Kaeson Wipf.
10TH GRADE 4.0 HONOR ROLL
Jubilee Horton
10TH GRADE 3.5-3.99 HONOR ROLL Samar Mohamed
10TH GRADE 3.0-3.49 HONOR ROLL
Kira Davis, Joel Dubilo
11TH GRADE 4.0 HONOR ROLL Astrid Bieger
11TH GRADE 3.0-3.49 HONOR ROLL
Sophia Kuhlmann, Emily Moe, D’Nel Van den Berg
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US Bank donates $1,500 to Emergency Residence Project US Bank recently donated a $1,500 grant to the Emergency Residence Project. Carrie Dunnwald, executive director for ERP, said the grant will be used to support the Transitional Housing program through the ERP. The Transitional Housing Program is a longer-term housing program where families with children can live for up to a year. While in the program, clients are expected to take steps towards lowering barriers to maintaining housing. This could include employment, paying off past debt, getting connected to the Section 8 Housing Voucher program, along with other goals identified by the family.
Carrie Dunnwald, left, executive director of the Emergency Residence Project receives a US Bank grant for $1,500 from Michelle Fullerton, US Bank branch manager. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The Transitional Housing Program provided housing to 54 people from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 and has been consistently full. By providing families some time to stabilize, connecting them with the Transitional Housing
Coordinator, assisting them in addressing barriers to maintaining housing while giving they have an affordable and safe place to stay, the families are better equipped to maintain housing on their own and hopefully ending their experiences with homelessness.
Emergency Residence Project receives United Way Community Impact Grant Carrie Dunnwald, executive director of the Emergency Residence Project received a Community Impact grant for $7,700 from the United Way of Story County for shelter improvements and updates. The men’s shelter and women/family shelters within the Emergency Residence Project are in desperate need of updates. With the high turnover of shelter guests, the five bedrooms in the two shelters have provided sheltering services for more than 300 people experiencing homelessness in
the 2015-16 fiscal year alone. With this high turnover, the current beds, rooms, and furniture need to be updated to provide a clean and secure living area. At this time, there is not adequate storage either for the shelter guests’ personal belongings. In collaboration with a grant received in December 2016 from the Dennis Byrne Endowment Fund, ERP will be able to purchase 17 new bedframes and mattresses, new footlockers and dressers for both shelters along with wooden storage
cabinets for the women/ family shelter. With the ability to purchase this new furniture, we will also be repainting the bedrooms in the men’s shelter and refinishing the floors to really brighten up the bedrooms. By providing a safe, nice looking place for shelter guests, and a safe place for them to store their belongings, they will be better equipped to successfully meet their goals of securing employment, obtaining housing, and hopefully ending their experience with homelessness.
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Current District Secretary Brayden Lester with District Officer Candidate Kat Hawley. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Roland-Story FFA members interview for district office Kat Hawley, a member of the Roland-Story FFA Chapter, recently competed in an interview process in Buffalo Center to be nominated as a officer of the North Central FFA District. Kat was one of 17 FFA members from the North Central area who applied
and went through the interview process. According to Brad Taylor, high school agriculture instructor, “This was a great learning activity for her. Being able to utilize her communication skills, problem solving, decision making all while
participating in an interviewing process.” At the conclusion of the interview process, Kat was nominated for the district officer position of reporter and will run against another candidate to be elected at the district convention in Riceville on March 4.
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PEOPLE Area students named to the dean’s and president’s list at University of Iowa are:
AMES Aparna Ajjarapu, Molly Bagnall, Nora Bensellam, Elijah BratschPrince, Rachel Canon, John Carano, Ben Carlile, Nathan Chen, Alexander Constant , Sophie Deam, Claire Dupuis, Gage Eller, Emily Frisk, Tobias Garcia Vega, Lauren Gentile, Jake Glaza, Katherine Hauck, Shay Haverkamp, Joanna Held, Margit Herrmann, Rana Hewezi, Madison Hunke, Robert Kroeschell, Nathan Lasley, Tomas
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Lence*, Leanna Mullen, Hannah Mumm, Elizabeth Nutty, Harmony Pace, Taylor Palensky, Izanna Perry, Makenzie Putz, Serena Qamhieh, Caleb Raman, Samuel Rathe, Katherine Sailer, Francesca Spencer, Burhanudin Syed, Tyler Wessels
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KELLEY Annalyssa Holly, Hannah Wagner
MAXWELL Breanna Peters
NEVADA Madeline Beauchene*, Brandon DeGroot, Amaris Hornbuckle, Madison Merfeld, Caroline Wagner
Kalena Meyer*
GILBERT Noah Goebel
HUXLEY Emilia Bendle, Dawn Brue, Megan Thompson, Lauren Vogel
ROLAND Jesslyn Coghlan, Lauren Himan, Schyler Polaski
SLATER Jill Christensen*
STORY CITY Nicholas Morgan, Catherina Narigon To be named to the dean’s list, honorees must have a 3.5-3.9 GPA while taking 12 or more credits. To be named to the president’s list (marked with an asterisk), honorees must have a 4.0 GPA while taking 12 or more credits Hannah Reischauer and Caitlyn Riese, of Zearing, were named to the dean’s list at Gustavus Adolphus College. To be named to the dean’s list, honorees must have a 3.7 GPA or higher while taking 12 or more credits.
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From left, Nevada FFA’s Luke Fevold and Logan Stufflebeam, and Leah and Lauren Mosher from Grundy Center FFA, are pictured at North Iowa Community School with The “Love of Learning” sculpture by Swea City artist Wayne Thompson. The sculpture depicts a high-school age student reading to an elementary-age student. Fevold was selected for district election ballot for the office of treasurer. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Nevada FFA’s Fevold makes ballot for North Central District FFA Luke Fevold, of the Nevada FFA, has been selected by the North Central FFA District officer nominating committee for the ballot of treasurer. Fevold traveled
to Buffalo Center on Tuesday, Feb. 1, to take a written test, and be interviewed by the 12 members of the district officer nomination committee. Fevold will go before
the delegate assembly on Saturday, March 4, at the North Central District Leadership Conference at Riceville High School. Logan Stufflebeam, of the Nevada FFA, also applied for district office.
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AMES MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRST SEMESTER 4.0 HONOR ROLL SIXTH GRADE 4.0 HONOR ROLL
Merry Abebe, Linnea Abele, Jason Ahn, Munia Awadalla, Srija Bandyopadhayay, Ella Bates, Samantha Berg, Nikhil Bhattacharya, Kayley Birkland, Sydney Bray, Lucille Brekke, Cody Brink, Hanna Burke, Ireland Buss, Cosette Cannon, Julia Carlat, Angelina Chen, Lindy Chen, Ty Choate, Dakota Cloutier, Anthony Colburn, Jakob Collins, Nikolas Courtney, Grant Crespi, Abigail Cuva, Gracie Davis, Elaina Deardorff, Allyson Donavon, Gerson Duarte, Kristin Eggert, Carson Enfield, Allison Enyart, Babacar Faye, Clara Fields, Ellyn Foglesong, Alison Frandsen, Austin Gabrielson, Kelsey Gartin, Nicholas Goodman, Kendra Goodwin, Karin Grevstad-Nordbrock, Katie Gu, Adrian Guan, Zander Hamilton, Timothy Hanulik, Molly Hardacre. Everett Hargrove, Cecilia Hathaway, Thorunn Henderson, John Higgins, Michael Huang, Jackson Hufford, Kylie Hunsaker, Jared Hutson, Pilar Ibarburu, Awab Ibrahim, Georgia Jensen-Koudelka, Gracie Johannes, Elaina Johnson. Liam Jones, Ian Jurgensen, Henry Kellen, Lillie Kennedy, Leslie Kim, Piper Kirsch, Monica Koch-Mosley, Delaney Kreider, Alexandra Kuhlman-Schneider, Hannah Kurth, Donald Christopher LawranceChristopher, Sungjae Lee,
Thomas Lehmkuhl, Dakota Lewin, Joey Lin, Jaidynce Linduski-Terrell, Reagan Livingston, Eliza Loecke, Austin Loomis, Elizabeth Lynch, Josefina MacIntosh, Ryan Maland, Logan Malek, Alina Markutsya, Karl Justin Martinez, Jessica Matulac, Grace McCunn, Madina Mirsodikova, Easton Mittelstaedt, Cameron Moon, Joshua Motl, Jennifer Newman, Alicia Nicolas, Mia O’Connor-Walker, Elizabeth O’Neel, Michelle Osanya, Ada Perry, Shelby Peterson, Lauren Powers, Karson Prom, Ava Reason, Tanner Ryan, Zane Salti, Owais Samman, Grace Schmitt, Noah Seibert, Zaria Seward, Dominic Sexton, Alok Shrestha, Judd Simpson, Hayden Sinclair. Hannah Spikes, Logan Stacy-Bates, Elijah Stenberg, Elliott Stenberg, Kathryn Strotman, Mia Suzuki, Alyssa Swanson, Maddie Swartz, Sydney Turk, Meg Vander Wilt, Lukkas VanderWoude, Joshitha Venkatesh, Jyotsna Venkatesh, Samuel Vis, Mia Vogel, Brandon Vorst, Jaycent Voss, Camden Wacha, Madeleine Wade, Kennedy White, Eric Wichers, Adam Wiench, Joshua Wisecup, Isabel Wolf, Jason Wolters, Hunter Zenger, Elaine Zheng.
SEVENTH GRADE 4.0 HONOR ROLL
Isaac Alexander, Leola Almquist, Brylie Anderson, Ava Anderson, Lauren Anderson, Isabel Andreotti,
David Andrews, Ling Bai, Bryce Bearson, Rachel Bennett, Hallie Bernard, Grace Bollhoefer, Evan Brakke, Abigail Brause, Keilah Brewer, Arisa Burgason, Lola Campbell, Camryn Cannon, Mackenzie Carney, Joshua Casady, Ava Chopskie, Avery Conner, Alexander Cook, Diana Cordoba, Gunner Crouch, Evelyn Danneman, Nethaka Dassanayake, Gray DeGeest, Madison DeLashmutt, Landon DeLisi, Ava Diedrichs, Julia Divine, Meghan Donald, Tucker Drury, Osmar Duarte, Hayden Eaves, Andrew Eddy, Carleigh Evans, Tanya Fan, McKenzie Flemming, Augusta Fletcher, Hannah Fuqua, Elizabeth Gens, Kailey Gibbs, Quinn Harbison, Matthew Hehr, Genevieve Helfer, Cody Helton. Morgan Higgins, Adam Hillier, Karsten Holm, Sam Hopkins, Kai Johnson, Ainsley Jurgens, Emily Kaminski, Samuel Kellen, Jordon Kloth, Mikayla Kloth, Alexa Kopaska, Eva Kumsher, Makaylah Lane, Jixiang Li, Tamin Lipsey, Noah Madson. Caroline Maifield, Hailey Maland, Sofia Mamakos, Sivani Manimaran, Humza Maqsood, Awien Marach, Quinn Margrett, Annabella Marquez, Katherine Martin, Adam May, Mariam Mkhitaryan, Claudia Murphy, Mario
Napolitano, Anna Nguyen, Allison Oh, Madison Ollila, Aubrey Opperman, Charles Orngard, Elizabeth Orth Maddison Pankonen, Shrey Patel, Carter Peterson, Emily Poag, Ethan Prakashan, Varun Prasanna, Suya Que, Olivia Reed, Carter Robinder, Allyson Roeth, Johanna Roettger, Shelly Roitershtein, Preksha Sarda, Morgan Shimanek, Julia Sillman, Ella Stagg, Jacob Stevens, Andrew Sullivan, Lane Sullivan, Avery Suza. Rishabh Swamy, Urszula Szymanska, Mia Taylor, Haylee Thomas, Kailyn Thompson, Jacob Travesset, Eitan Tuchin, Stevie Uthe, Audrey VanRyswyk, Warren Wellington, Brett Wineinger. Jacob Xing, Leah Ylonen, Amy Zhang.
EIGHTH GRADE 4.0 HONOR ROLL
Daniela Adams-Valenzuela, Chinemelum Agba, Issra Al-Sager, Samuel Armstrong, Madison Badding, Katherine Barnes, Sophia Barry, Elena Barry, Eliska Belava, Roni Ben-Shlomo, Samantha Bernard, Marshall Brooks, Ava Bruhn, Jackson Bryant, Brandon Burkhart, Brady Burkheimer, Emma Camara, Yujie Chen, Ella Chopskie, Dylan Chuldjian Pardo, Soraya Cohen, Corinne Colburn, William Coppoc, Caius Danley, Malik Davis,
Andrew Debner, Kiir Deng, Emily Donald, Madison Dubendorf, Kylie Edwardson, Mia Facio, Adam Feilmeyer, Arunadee Fernando, Kayla Fincham, Peyton Gallt, Ansley Galvin, Jack Gilbert, Luke Grandgenett, Nicholas Grandgenett, Gage Groesbeck, Nicole Hammen, Sophia Hammes, Mead Hardacre, Brandon Harold, Olivia Heindel, Jordan Hinders, Alissa Hoover, Ashley Iiams, David Jiang, Emma Johnson, Gentry Johnson. Marta Johnson, Eliot Jurgensen, Sophia Karthik, Delaney Knutson. Katarina Kozakova, Patrick Krapfl, Sierra Laaser-Webb, Jasmine Lee, Yunjae Lee, John Lehmkuhl, James Lin, Allison Loomis, Katherine MacLeod, Julia Marks, Olivia Mays, Jamey McCalley. Alison Moore, Elizabeth
Morris, Casey Mumm, Erin Murphy, Katherine Nelson, Jordan Nicholson, Lillian Nott, Madeline Orngard, Sofiya Palasyuk, Derek Papin, Emily Peters, Cassidy Peterson, Maxim Popov, Jada Rains, Pamela Ramirez, Rylee Rash, Shreya Reddy, Haley Reeves, Lily Rettig, Kaija Rice, Megan Riesselman, Rachel Rosacker, Sarah Rundall, Bennett Ryken, Sylia Schaper, Andrea Schneberger, Katherine Spiker, Nikolai Stevens, Jeffrey Swanson, Tyler Tenhaeff, Steven Tian, Samuel Trabue, Breanna VanDyke, Samuel Vertanen, Caroline Waite, Olivia Wiench, Kaitlyn Will, Vijay Williams, Mattea Wilson, Sophia Wilson, Adam Wolf, Caroline Wolters, Isabelle Wong, Erin Yoon, Anyang Yu, Yuer Zhu, Jayden Ziesman.
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AMES MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRST SEMESTER 3.0 HONOR ROLL
SIXTH GRADE 3.0 HONOR ROLL
Candace Acuff, Elaura Andrist, Tristan Angus, JoLyn Ask, Ater Ater, Reese Atkinson, Ariana Balderas, Ava Barnett, Sutton Battles, John Becker, Braydon Beelner, Stephen Biever, Fantasia Bilbrey, Emery Blackburn, Jessica Blitvich, Kirsten Briggs, Max Brockman, Michael Brown, Jared Burke, Dylan Burnette, John Carlile, MacKenzie Carroll, Torin Chinery, Thomas Chinery, Renzo Christiansen, Nathan Collett, Andrew Converse, Ginevra Cook, Emma Dacken, Jaxon Danielson, Yusuf Demirci, Kuol Deng, Christian Domingo, Tate Downs, Katherine Duerkes, Damian Dunmire, Abuk Dut, Katherine Eddy, Ruby Ellis, David Erickson, Kevin Fernandez, Karson Fincham, Helen Forbes,
Theodore Fuhs, Maryalexander Gale, Ava Gibbons, Triny Gonzalez, Linda Green, Austin Habhab, Jonah Harris, Andrew Harsh, Damon Harvey, Lyra Hascall, David Hauber, Lily Hauge, Seqouia Haywood, Caleb Helgerson, Ella Henderson, Anthony Hernandez, Tomas HernandezMowen, Caleb Hill, Jascy Hobbs, Keiko Huisman, Ronald Hutchinson, Kynetta James, Grant Jesse, Joseph Jimenez, Connor Johnson, Landon Johnson, Sophia Johnson, Hunter Jones, Kylan Juhl, Gabriella Kelley, Harvey Kenemer, Jayden Kinart, Cyrus Knight, Ethan Krofta, Aurelia Kruger, Devyn Laaser-Webb, Darren Lampley, Stevey Larson, Sojung Lee, Adam Lee, John Leon-Valderrabano, Aaron Link, Natalie Long, Logan Miller, James Miller,
Sheraldy Miranda, Magalie Mogiga, Juan Molina, Thelonius Muhammad, Kathleen Murphy, Rayn Nelson, Diana Nguyen, Aidan Nigh, Annalise Noel, Luke O’Neel, Chase Oetker, Akhtan Oryspayev, Chawnti Parrish, Danielle Pepper, Sebastian Perez, Paul Perkins, Rowan Pervier, Yves Pierron, Carter Pilcher, Kennedy Poarch, Walter Pogwizd, Cadin Preston, Lauren Roberts, Maddi Rodriguez, Christabel Rolston, Nevaeh Rosemond, Nicole Ross, Stuart Satterwhite, Kamryn Schmale, Elias Schmitz-Esser, Nicolas Schoenrock, Isiaiah Seed, Cristian Sehmann, Gabriel Sehmann, Payton Serra, Daudi Simba, Logan Simmons, Phoenix Sirio, Evan Smith, Leah Stagg, Payton Stewart, Sarah Stott, Ashley Strabala, Haley Stupp, Ella Suski, Wasimudin Syed, Celeste Symons, Leticia Tamez, Kieran Trotter, Chloe Tucker, Robert Uthe, Megan VanDyke, Ella Wesselmann, Brett White Buffalo, Brittany White Buffalo. James
Wilhite, Jonathon Williams, Kamden Windelow, Tylor Xu, XiaoHan Yu and Yuzhang Zheng.
SEVENTH GRADE 3.0 HONOR ROLL
Jennifer Ahn, Basmala Aldamak, Nayheli Alveo Pinto, Benjamin Amador, Sarah Andrews, Maxwell Badding, William Baker, Benjamin Bappe, Armando Barajas, Amber Benway, Andrew Besch, Evan Besore-Detlefs, Aurora Bettazza, Ruot Bijiek. Trista Boone, Katerina Bradley, Charles Brandon, Julia Brehm-Stecher, Aurora Briggs, Daniel Brumm, Anna Burdess, Franziska Burke-Vens, Elizabeth Burras, Alexander Buttermore, Jacob Callicott, Jack Cannon, Alexandria Carlson, Nyadio Chan, Yueyang Chen, Addison Chriswell, Samantha Chriswisser, Deng Chuol, Nathan Church, Emma Clark, William Copley, Tamaiah Crawford, Caedmon Crawford, See page 17
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AMES MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRST SEMESTER 3.0 HONOR ROLL Continued from page 16
Genesee Diggins-Kennedy, Christian Dittman, Mizzan Dollisso, Mason Downs, Deklyn Duchene, Charles Duerkes, Kon Dut, Clayton Elbert, Aiden Evers, Khloe Faas, Briar Fitz, Joseph Flannery, Claire Galvin, Stella Garrett, Maron Gaunt, Benjamin Genise, Bo Gidel, Hunter Gorman, Evan Grey, Gerald Han, Araely Hanson, Zachary Hanson, William Hanson, Isabella Haveman, Isaiah Haywood, Joseph Heinrich, Wyatt Holm, Sungmin Hur, Trent Hustedt, DeAndre Isaac, Matthew Jacobson-Fisher, Kenaiya James, Carlie Johnson, Kirk Johnson, Owen Jones, Taniah Jones, Carsen Jones, Kendra JonesHeslop, Ateyag Kear, Samuel Keenan, Dela Kumbier, Gabriel LaFleur, Emma LaFleur, Brianna Ledvina,
Sadie Lenkaitis, Siyi Lin, Griffith Linder, Luzy Lloyd, Achol Lual. Achol Lual, Majak Majak, Peter Marshall-Gilbert, Adam May, Ozton Mayberry, Zane McBroom, Zachary McGuire, Benjamin McHenry, Landan McManus, Tate Meinhard, Ethan Melby, Dylan Mescher, Jacob Metcalf, Faaz Mian, Dominic Monahan, Benjamin Morrison, Avery Murphy, Aidan Naditz, Ian Nelson, Oskar Niesen, Jack Nott, Mallory O’Brien, Carson Packer, Angel Padilla, Ryan Paskach, Adelle Peterson, Samantha Peterson, Drew Peterson, Chloe Phelps, Tate Ploessl, Emily Pretzer, Jillian Rains, Alexander Read, Arham Rehman, Luke Reynoldson, Selena Salas, Chloe Salmela, Sebastian Sauceda, Mackenzie Sayre, Samantha Schaben, Gavin Schaffer, Drew Schindel, Alanna
Schroeder, Lorna Schuckert, Tyler Schumer, Devin Settle, Amelia Seymour, Hannah Sheldon, Hailey Sibbel, Sunneva Sigurdsdottir, Olivia Smalley, Jacob Sorenson, Chloe StenstromToft, Sawyer Swanson, Henry Tang, Abigail Thompson, Emma Tuttle, Samuel Vander Wilt, Samuel VanRyswyk, Jason Vernon, Jack Wanamaker, Landyn Watson, Shawn Wichers, Grace Wirth, Kaylen Witte, Grant Woodward, Di Wu and Codi Zoller.
EIGHTH GRADE 3.0 HONOR ROLL
Rana Alanazi, Rosa Alvarez, Robert Arbuckle, Dominick Arce-Matos, Manjul Balayar, Taylor Balsley, Zane Barker, Lucy Bennett, Brooklyn Bergum, Nate Biedenbach, Franck Biyoghe Bi Ndoutoume, Lavern Borntreger,
Nicholas Brien, Caleb Brink, Kaitlin Brockway, Mikael Broders, Christopher Buchwald, Jessica Burke, Asjah Burnside, Kyle Camasosa, Anthony Carter, Kyle Church, Ian Coffman, Calvin Cooper, Jordan Corrieri, Isabel Crosby, Serena Cross, Sarah Currier, Darius Daniel, Adriana Detrick, Ian DeWall, Elias Diaz-Berkey, Emma Dorhout, Seth Shaoyi Durbin, Ryan Eggert, Trinity Engelhardt, Evan Foglesong, Kymberly Fuhs, Nao Furukawa, Alia Gale, Julien Gamez, Tyler Goeders, Haley Goll, Caleb Grawe, Gabriel Greenlee, Makenzie Grim, Arianna Grooms, Rene Gustafson, Axel Guyll, Faith Haferbier, Maie Hamad, John Hargrove, Victoria Harsh, Kelli Helmer, Kayley Helmer, Lilyanne Hernandez, Hazen Hill, Degun Hobbs, Cal Hokanson-Fuchs, Liam Hostetter,
William Houston, Ziad Ibrahim, Alexa Jackson, Kejuan James, Zirui Jiang, Riccardo Johnson, Dominik Jones, Ambrose Julich, Aidan Julich, Alyssa Jurgensen, Sydney Kain, Angwej Kang, Jackson Kinart, Andrew Kovar, Aileen Laubach, Lilly Leith, Oscar Lenkaitis, Emma Lewin, Tatum Lillibridge, Emilia Lual, Jake Maldonado, Lual Marach, Sarah Maroney, David Matusiak, Bailey Miller, Lily Monroe, Claire Moore, Kirsten Morken, Avery Mosher, Mallory Murphy, Grace Nelson, Marielis NievesMuriel, Kennedy Olson, Halle Orr, Emily Patterson, Ty Paysen, Amber Phillips, Aria Pilcher, Zane Presley, Kassem Qamhieh, Tamara Rathel, Elliot Reason, Jonathan Reyes, Annika Rice, Lewis Rosser, Adena Rutter, Maab Salim, Osaid Samman,
Deckard Sanborn, Luke Sauceda, Leah Schwichtenberg, Callie Server, Andrea Sexton, Samuel Slade, Elizabeth Smith, Brooke Spraggins, Patrick Sterrett, Isaiah Stevens, Gwendolyn Stewart, Preston Stocks, Sadie Straub, Quentin Strohm, Sharifah Sofiyyah Syed Ahmad Omar, Jersey Tapia, Alanna Tasler, Steven Thach, Christopher Thieleke, Dezarae Thompson, Leah Tietjens, Madelyn Timmermans, Karla Torres, Davis Verhoeven, Lincoln VerSteegt, Leyton Wahl, Avery Walker, Eddie Wei, Lucas Weldon. Alyssa Weltha, Gracie Wesselmann, Rylie Weyhrichl, Jackson White, Carter White, Madison Wiertzema, Laurel Williams, Chastity Wilson, Lauren Wingert, Natalie Wolter, Taylor Xu, Ana Yam, Tate Zalasky and Gordon Zheng.
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Nevada FFA members meet with Rep. Dave Deyoe at the state capitol. From left, Macey Backoff, Claira Miller, Deyoe, Madison Davis, Camrae Schakel, Madison Fitz, Anna Brown and Jay Calentine.
Nevada FFA members in the Iowa Room on the second floor of the World Food Prize building. The Iowa room features artwork and sculptures created by Iowans. From left, Cassidy Goos, Arin Dakarian, Joanna Ferguson, Lesly Abarca and Emma Griffin CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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Nevada FFA attends Iowa FFA Legislative Symposium Forty Nevada FFA members attended the Iowa FFA Legislative Symposium on Tuesday, Jan. 31. The students met in the Nevada High School agriculture education classroom and then boarded the bus and traveled to the World Food Prize building in
downtown Des Moines. At the Hall of Laureates in the World Food Prize building, students listened to Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, and Libby Crimmings, an ag advocate and congressional lobbyist. The students then traveled to the Iowa State Capitol
to meet legislators. Sen. Michael Breitbach provided an informative session for the students on how bills progress through committees, senate and house of representatives before going to the governor. Rep. Dave Deyoe also greeted the students
and mentioned his FFA background. Deyoe’s father, the late Dr. William Deyoe, was on the Nevada school board and was a key factor in getting an agriculture education program and FFA started in the Nevada School District.
The students also toured the congressional law library, and climbed the stairs to the top of the capitol. The students then traveled back to the World Food Prize to witness the governor signing a proclamation declaring February 18-25 as
National FFA Week in Iowa. Nevada High School agriculture education instructor and FFA advisor Kevin Cooper accompanied the students and drove the bus. More photos on page 19.
Area students named to the dean’s list at Kirkwood Community College are:
AMES Sophie Kuehl, Stephanie Larrance, Eric Regenwether,
COLO Jacob Hapes
GILBERT Alexandra Miner
NEVADA Cassandra Brower
ZEARING Isaiah Texeira To be named to the dean’s list, honorees must have a 3.3 GPA or higher while taking 12 or more credits.
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Nevada FFA members who attended FFA Legislative Symposium are pictured on the west side of World Food Prize headquarters. First row, kneeling, from left, Camrae Schakel and Haley Miller; second row, from left, Caitlyn Sharp, Filicity Robinson, Macey Backoff, Brie Pratt, Madysen Farmer, Joanna Ferguson, Avery Mather, Anna Brown, Madison Fitz, Madison Davis, Kennedy Steffes and Meredith Harter; third row, from left, Ashlyn Fritz, Cale Dumbaugh, Luke Ferguson, Samantha Black, Bailey Bartholomew, Sydny Strailman, Claira Miller, Macy Filbrandt, Carter Luing, Arin Dakarian, Cassidy Goos, Connor Hines, Ethan Wild, Emma Griffin, Lesly Abarca, Austin Doty, Corbin Jones, Ethan Shawgo, Joven Nelson, Tyler Hansen, Keaton Fry, Calvin Mwirigi, Carter Melton, Jay Calentine and Noah Nusbaum. Not pictured: Kevin Cooper, Nevada High School ag ed Instructor & FFA advisor. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Forty Nevada FFA members attended the Iowa FFA Legislative Symposium on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Pictured on the east side of the Iowa Capitol steps are, front row, from left, Noah Nusbaum, Madysen Farmer and Macy Filbrandt; second row, from left, Filicity Robinson, Ashlyn Fritz, Camrae Schakel, Macey Backoff, Joanna Ferguson, Madison Fitz, Kennedy Steffes, Brianna Pratt, Anna Brown and Claira Miller; third row, from left, Kevin Cooper Nevada FFA advisor, Bailey Bartholomew, Calvin Mwirigi, Connor Hines, Tyler Hansen, Luke Ferguson, Arin Dakarian, Cassidy Goos, Emma Griffin, Avery Mather, Madison Davis and Samantha Black; and back row, from left, Joven Nelson, Ethan Wild, Ethan Shawgo, Jay Calentine, Haley Miller, Lesly Abarca, Sydny Strailman, Corbin Jones, Caitlyn Sharp and Cale Dumbaugh. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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PEOPLE Area students who graduated from the University of Iowa are:
AMES
Dylan Adams with a bachelor’s degree in sport and recreation management degree; Sara Anderson with a bachelor’s degree
in nursing; Daniel Apatiga with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and bachelor’s degree in English; Ethan Seiser with a bachelor’s degree in theatre arts; Delaney Sillman with a bachelor’s degree in international studies and a bachelor’s degree in global health
Hunter Anderson gold award FFA proficiency in diversified livestock and state qualifier operating CAT end loader. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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studies; Max Tsai with a bachelor’s degree in music
GILBERT
Katie Klingbeil with a bachelor’s degree in nursing
HUXLEY
Emma Vogel with a bachelor’s degree in music
Grace Francis and Kaitlyn Cook pictured with potatoes they produced, Francis earned a gold award in FFA vegetable production proficiency and qualified for state, Cook earned a silver award in diversified horticulture placement/entrepreneurship and qualified for state. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Chance Steffes, ag mechanics proficiency gold award and state qualifier, pictured with JD 3010 tractor project. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Four Nevada FFA proficiency areas advance to state
Nevada FFA will advance four FFA proficiency applications to state after district judging Feb. 2, at North Iowa High School in Buffalo Center. The FFA proficiency competition is based upon a FFA members supervised ag experience program. The SAE is an “outside” of classroom educational program that is guided by students, ag instructor, employer, and parents. The SAE can be placement, entrepreneurial, production, or agriscience research. The proficiency application forms were completed online at the National FFA website from the AET record platform.
In the application, career pathways are identified, efficiency parameters are documented, paid and unpaid hours are documented, inventories, income, resume and other information germane to the SAE. In addition, six photos with captions must be provided. “The FFA proficiency competition is an excellent format for students to document their learning, problem solving, innovation, and compete with other high school students,” said Kevin Cooper, Nevada High School agriculture education teacher and FFA advisor. “They also can channel their passion
and get insight on potential career areas.” Results were as follows: Hunter Anderson, diversified livestock placement/entrepreneurship gold and advance to state; Chance Steffes, ag mechanics placement gold and advance to state; Grace Francis diversified vegetable production placement/entrepreneurship gold award and advance to state; Kaitlyn Cook diversified horticulture placement/entrepreneurship silver award and state qualifier. State FFA proficiency judging is Feb. 18 at the Iowa FFA Enrichment Center.