INSIDE: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY • COMMUNITY NEWS VOLUME 11, ISSUE 4 • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2018
CALENDAR OF EVENTS APRIL 25
POTTERY SHOW, SALE: The American Art Pottery Association will host a pottery show and sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25, at Gateway Hotel and Convention Center. Admission is free.
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AUCTION: Habitat for Humanity will have an auction for overstock goods at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25, at its old store, 402 E. Lincoln Way.
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WOMEN IN MOTION: Women in Motion and Co’Motion Dance Theater will perform “Figura” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28, at Ames City Auditorium. Women in Motion is a semester long dance project by Co’Motion Dance Theater. Women meet weekly to learn and create dances. Choreographed by director Valerie Williams and the dancers, this concert uses the word figure in many different ways. Admission is $5 to$15 at the door only (please contribute what you can). Early arrival is recommended for preferred seating.
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PIANO SOLO CONCERT: Pianist Vadym Kholeodenko, a native of Ukraine, will perform from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, April 27, in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall, ISU campus. Kholeodenko first toured the United States, China, and European countries at the age of 13, and as heralded gold-medal winner of the 2013 Cliburn Competition. The concert will feature sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Prokofiev. Tickets are $30 and are available at amestownandgown. org.
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INDOOR FARMERS’ MARKET: Shop the Indoor North Grand Farmers’ Market during regular mall hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 27, 28 and 29, located just up the ramp from JC Penney. You’ll find baked goods, handmade textiles, honey, jams and jellies, Pappardelle’s pasta, popcorn, Rada cutlery, & more. Call (515) 232-7930 for more information.
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL:
AMES, IA 50010 PERMIT NO. 22
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Amnesty International will meet from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 28, in the Dale Ross Board Room, Ames Public Library. We will discuss human rights issues and write letters on behalf of individuals whose human rights have been violated. The work is appropriate for high school age and older but younger children are welcome in the meeting room. Bring a laptop or write letters by hand. Writing supplies, a printer and refreshments are provided. No dues. For more information, call (515) 290-5827 or email msand@ isunet.net. For more events, see page 3
Girls at Rae Girls Secondary School in winter uniforms line up for a class photo. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Jazz concert benefi t for Kenyan girls Pianist James J. Kaufmann, his choreographer wife Andrea Vazquez and saxophonist Gabe Scheid will perform together on Sunday, April 29, at First United Methodist Church, 516 Kellogg Ave., Ames. The jazz and dance performance begins at 3:30 p.m. in the sanctuary, with proceeds helping to send J.J. and Andrea to Kenya. A little background may be necessary. It all began last October when J.J.
was seated next to Evaline Onyango, flying from Denver to the Twin Cities. During this short flight, J.J. learned Evaline was a chaplin and teacher at Rae Girls Secondary School in Kisumu, Kenya. By the time they touched down in Minneapolis, it was decided: J.J. and Andrea would accept a residency for three weeks teaching and collaborating at Rae Girls High School during the summer of 2018.
The session would culminate in the creation and performance of original music, movement, and spoken word pieces. Evaline stayed at J.J.’s and Andrea’s home in Decorah a few weeks later, attending a jazz concert at Luther College where J.J. performed with a colleague. Plans for the Kenyan residency developed over dinner. (Privately, J.J.’s parents whispered,
“This is never going to happen.”) As a dancer, professor of dance and choreographer, Andrea is flexible in many ways; she soon began reading Kenyan poetry, choreographing new dances and rearranging her summer schedule. Working with her dance students at Luther College in Decorah, visiting family in Mexico City, and collaborating with a dance school KENYA, see page 3
Former Iowa QB Chuck Long shares wisdom with ASC students It’s not every day an Iowa football legend comes to speak at your school. So when former Hawkeye quarterback Chuck Long visited Ames Christian School recently, he had a captive audience. Students were eager to hear about the insights Long has learned from his career as an athlete and coach. Long was the chapel speaker at ACS on April 11. He shared three main points with the students: Give back to their communities in various ways, love one another by
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College Football Hall of Famer Chuck Long poses with the Ames Christian School student body and teachers. Long spoke to ACS students during their weekly chapel on April 11. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
building relationships, and use the gifts God has given them. He ended his talk
with an opportunity for students to ask questions, and took a group photo.
Long serves as the executive director of the Iowa Sports Foundation.