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BLOOD DRIVE: Give a pint to save a life at the next LifeServe blood drive from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, at Gates Hall, 825 15th St., Nevada. Now, LifeServe Blood Center blood donors earn online store points for each unit of blood donated. From T-shirts to hats, blankets and hoodies, LifeServers have plenty of gear to choose from in the online store. Points can also be donated back to LifeServe’s scholarship program.
MARCH 9
LENTEN FISH SUPPER: The Knights of Columbus at St. Cecilia will serve Lenten fi sh suppers from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 9, at St. Cecilia’s Social Hall, 2900 Hoover Ave., in Ames. Cost is $9 for adults, $5 for children ages 5 to 15, and Free for children 4 and younger (Family pricing is also available). Proceeds help support people with intellectual disabilities and other charities.
MARCH 9 FISH FRY:
The Ss. Peter and Paul Knights of Columbus Council is hosting a fish fry from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 9, at Saints Peter and Paul Church, 14238 500th Ave., Ames. The menu includes dessert and all-you-can-eat fish. The cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children ages 5 to 12, and children under 5 eat for free.
MARCH 9
BOOK SALE: Ames Public Library will hold a book sale March 9 to 11 in the Farwell T. Brown Auditorium. Find great deals on thousands of used items, including books, movies, music and more. Hours will be 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, with $2 admission; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, March 9, and Saturday, March 10, with free admission; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 11, with $1 admission and everything is free.
MARCH 10
GENEALOGY COURSE: A genealogy course, Genealogy Proof Standards, will be offered at Ames Public Library in March. The instructors for the course are Linda Greethurst and Alice Hoyt Veen, CG. This course is free and open to the public but the number of seats are limited so registration is required. The includes four cumulative sessions and will be from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. on March 10, 24 and April 7 and 21. Each date includes two class sessions with breaks, hands-on activities, and practical examples. Participants apply what they learn to a project selected from their personal research. Register on Ames Public Library website: http:// bit.ly/GPSmarch2018.
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A quartet of, from left, Steve Bellin, Joel Hutchinson, Pat Meek and Kitty Fisher sang in the 2017 Senior Variety Show. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Call for performers: Senior Variety Show Dust off those dancin’ shoes, tune up those strings, and warm up those vocal cords; it’s time for Spring auditions for the 24th-annual Senior Variety Show. Any senior in Story County, 60 years of age or older, is encouraged to try out for this year’s production, “Simply Stellar.” An informational meeting for any interested senior performers will be at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 1416 20th St., in Ames. Show directors, Ronnie Lindeman and Julie Minot will be on hand to talk about their creative vision for the show. Vocal numbers, instrumentals, skits, story-telling, and dance presentations around the theme of “stellar” would be appropriate. Perhaps songs like “Fly Me to the Moon”
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Phyllis Schrag performs in the 2017 Senior Variety Show.
or “Stardust” might get those creative juices flowing; or maybe the old poem “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” Acts should be no more than 3 minutes long. Auditions will be from 3 to 5 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, April 9 and 10; and
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Friday, May 11, at Northminster Presbyterian Church. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 17, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18, at Ames City Auditorium. If you’ve had a hankering to perform on stage, now is your
time. It’s a great way to meet people, share your talent and have fun. Take this opportunity to audition for the next Senior Variety Show. For more information please call (515) 292- 9394 or visit us on Facebook and at www.senior varietyshow.org.
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Nevada FFA members who advanced to state in proficiency competition are, front row, from left, Kaitlin Wegner, Ryanne Barker and Carter Melton; and back row, from left, Luke Fevold, Nathan Hobbiebrunken and Hunter Anderson. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Nevada FFA member Hunter Anderson, left, gives a steer an oral deworming medication at Couser Cattle Company. Hunter’s Supervised Ag Experience is beef cattle production placement. Shane Jurgenson, Couser Feedlot manager, is helping out.CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Nevada FFA advances six to state competition
Nevada FFA member Carter Melton with his Gravely stand-on zero turn mower. Carter’s supervised ag experience is turfgrass management entrepreneurship. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Six Nevada FFA members will advance to state competition with their FFA proficiency applications. Nevada FFA member’s proficiencies were judged at the district level on Wednesday, Feb. 7, at Belmond Klemme High School. A FFA proficiency application is a compilation of a student’s supervised agriculture experience. The SAE is a structured learning program outside of the classroom or school day that may be placement for earnings or unpaid hours, entrepreneurial, research, and/or combined. Performance reviews are measured in learner outcomes or effi ciency factors obtained by the student. Students must also reflect in literary explanations of accomplishments or findings. Nevada agriculture education program and FFA chapter invested in Agriculture Experience Tracker,
or AET in November 2017 for students to utilize an internet based record keeping system. “The students found AET to be very user friendly, and features a robust interfaced accounting component along with the ability to log experiences, leadership activities, photos, course record, and connect to ANFR learning standards,” said Kevin Cooper, Nevada High School agriculture education instructor and FFA advisor. Results are as follows: Luke Fevold, fi rst place Gold, Ag Sales and Service Entrepreneurship; Carter Melton, second place Gold Turfgrass Management; Kaitlin Wegner, first place Gold, Home & Community Improvement; Hunter Anderson, fi rst place Silver, Beef production; Ryanne Barker, second place Silver Ag Mechanics; Nathan Hobbiebrunken, bronze, Ag Sales &Service placement.
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From left, Golden K members John Martens, left, and Norm Scott, give Patty Yoder, executive director of Food at First, a check for a $750 donation to Food at First. For more information about Ames Golden K, visit www.amesgoldenk.org. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Ames Golden K Kiwanis donates to Food at First Ames Golden K Kiwanis presented a check for $750 to Executive Director Patty Yoder in support of
District officer candidates Kat Hawley and Madelyn Arthur of Roland-Story FFA. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Roland-Story FFA members interview for district office Kat Hawley and Madelyn Arthur, both members of the Roland-Story FFA Chapter, recently competed in an interview process in Belmond to be nominated as a offi cer of the North Central FFA District.
Kat and Maddie were two of 18 FFA members from the North Central area that applied and went through the interview process. According to Brad Taylor, high school agriculture instruc-
tor, “This was a great learning activity for both of them. Being able to utilize their communication skills, problem-solving, decision-making all while participating in an interviewing process.”
Ames Food At First’s efforts to provide nourishing meals to all who visit their location.
Ms. Yoder was also the Golden K meeting’s featured speaker.
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MARCH 10
RUMMAGE, BAKE SALE; TRIVIA: Unity of Ames will host a March Madness event at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 10, at the 3M Rec Building at 900 Dayton Ave. The event begins at with a rummage and bake sale. Walking tacos will be available for purchase until 2 p.m. A soup and salad supper will be from 5 to 6 p.m., followed by a trivia game at 6:30 p.m. Trivia is $10 per person, $15 for families. There is a cash prize for fi rst- and second-place teams. 10 percent of the proceeds go to Good Neighbor.
MARCH 10
ALL IOWA ARTS SHOWCASE:
Roland-Story FFA members Dawson Chelsvig and Jackson Sterle with Mrs. Whipple’s kindergarten class.
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Roland-Story FFA sponsors coloring contest of elementary students As part of the National FFA week activities, FFA mem-
bers sponsored a coloring contest for all Roland-Story kinder-
garten and first-grade students in order to advocate production agriculture and practices to them. According to Brad Taylor, agriculture instructor and FFA advisor, “This is a program we’ve done for many years and it allows the younger students to learn just a little about farm life and it gives the high
school students an opportunity to ‘humbly serve and recognize’ others and to utilize their communication skills.” FFA members evaluated the colorings of all the students and then customized certifi cates for the elementary students and then presented them with certifi cates and pencils.
The Ames City Auditorium will present the All Iowa Arts Showcase in March and April. This week’s showcase will be Ben Schrag and The Cautionaries & Dan Tedesco, from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, at Ames City Auditorium, 520 Sixth St. Each showcase will feature music from an Ames musician and a musician from another part of Iowa. Artwork from Iowa based artists will be on display in the lobby and local concessions by Lockwood Café will be available for purchase. Tickets for the showcases are on sale at the Community Center front desk, 515 Clark Ave., or by calling (515) 239-5350. These are allages shows and tickets are $11 in advance or $17 at the door.
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AWC MEETING: Ames Woman’s Club March meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 12, at the Clubhouse, 106 S. Dakota Ave. Program “Iowa Wild Life Rehabilitation Center.” Speaker will be Marlene Ehresman. Visitors welcome. For more information, call (515) 292-4259.
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Lucky Kim’s unique art includes traditional Korean paper (Hanji) containers and plaques. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
CASA brings artists together Creative Artists’ Studios of Ames (CASA) includes members ranging from ISU students to retirees. Some are long-time
Ames residents, some have come to Ames from other countries. CASA artists create works in a number of different media: wa-
tercolor painting, clay, textiles, photography, encaustic art, paper, and metal and glass jewelry.
Several members of the Iowa Youth Ballet performed excerpts from the ballet, “Fairy Doll,” on Feb. 16 as part of Ballet Des Moines’ Triple Bill performance at Stephens Auditorium in Ames. Performers were front row, from left, Ava Reason, Will Williams and Eva Kellen; back row, from left, Michelle Osanya, Haileigh Patton, Madaline Patton, Adam Wolf, Lily Rettig, Daniel Kellen, Ellie Barry, Sophie Barry and Chloe Barry. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Iowa Youth Ballet members perform in ‘Triple Bill’ Several members of the Iowa Youth Ballet performed excerpts from the ballet, “Fairy Doll,” on Feb. 16 as part of Ballet Des Moines’ “Triple Bill” performance at Ste-
phens Auditorium in Ames. The piece was staged by Wendy Kepley and Lisa LuikenWoxell with assistance from Teagan DiSalvo, instructors at the Rob-
ert Thomas Dancenter in Ames. The full ballet will be performed June 9 at Stephens Auditorium as part of the studio’s recital expo.
Kade Faga, student teacher Zach Jamison, Malachi Harestad, Greg Artz of Key Cooperative, Wyatt Origer and Grant Berends. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Steve Boyd is a potter, turning ceramics on wheels in CASA’s pottery studio, and firing his works in their kilns. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Front row, from left, John Arthur, Pete Peterson, Tom Peter, Larry Trede, John Slaughter and Bob Sperry; back row, from left, Don Muff, Harry Budd, Dick Wilson and Larry Vallery. Not pictured, Keith Peterson. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Golden K members attend Ballard Kiwanis Eleven members of Ames Golden K Kiwanis recently traveled to Huxley to attend the Ballard Kiwanis regularly scheduled meeting. The Ballard Ki-
wanis was chartered in 2015 and is the newest club in Division 11, which includes Kiwanis clubs in Story, Boone, Greene and Jefferson.
Roland-Story agriculture students participate in Bushels for Ag program Members of the Roland-Story High School agriculture department will be involved in the upcoming months with a program sponsored by Key Cooperative called “Bushels for Ag.” This program was established to help students better understand the concepts involved with marketing. Key Cooperative provided the agriculture department with 100 bushels of corn and 40 bushels of soybeans. According to Brad Taylor, high school agriculture instructor,
“This is a great handson learning opportunity for the students. Every single student in our ag business class will be involved with marketing concepts. This activity should open their eyes to the amount of financial risk that the farming community faces on a daily basis. The students in the agribusiness class will learn about financials and the need for mak-
ing business decisions based upon accurate financial information. These students will make the decisions on when and how much to market based upon the marketing plan they will be developing. In addition, these same students will be learning more about the concepts of marketing — cash markets and futures marketing later in the semester.”
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Friendship Ark’s Day members and staff decorate cookies at Northridge Village.
Friendship Ark’s Day members and staff decorate cookies at Northridge Village.
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Friendship Ark bakes cookies for Northridge Village Friendship Ark’s Day Habilitation core members and staff baked snow flake cookies so that they could take them to Northridge
Village to spend time decorating them with the residents there as a part of the Spiritual Life activities. During their visit to North-
ridge Village we also created beautiful snowflake decorations from coffee fi lters. They thank the Northridge Village
SCC photo contest Story County Conservation will hold its annual photo contest in March, and all amateur photographers are encouraged to submit photos of nature and recreational activities. The following categories are judged: A: Landscape (within
Story County Conservation parks and areas — may include structures); B: Flora and Fungi (photographs of specific plants or fungi – micro or macro); C: Fauna (photographs of specific animals – micro or macro); or D: Connecting People and Recreation
(people enjoying Story County Conservation areas). Photographs in categories “A” and “D” must be taken in Story County Conservation areas. For a complete list of rules, entry forms, and a map of SCC areas, visit www. storycountyconservation.org or contact Outreach Coordinator Erica Place at (515) 232-2516 or at eplace@storycountyiowa.gov.
Community for hosting this activity and enjoyed the opportunity to visit and interact with the residents. The Spiritual Life verse
for January was God’s Peaceful World from the Spark Children’s Bible (Isaiah 11:1-10). Friendship Ark Homes & Community Servic-
es provides programming for adults with intellectual disabilities in an environment of faith, family and friendship.
Prep Choir performs at The Waterford
The Prep Choir of the Ames Children’s Choirs performed for the residents of The Waterford at Ames on Feb. 19. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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Gilbert FFA has successful fundraiser
The Gilbert FFA chapter members organize their annual fundraiser of Butterbraid Pastries. The chapter uses funds for camps, lea dership opportunities, community service, membership, and FFA awards and jackets. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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