STORYCOUNTYSUN.COM • INSIDE: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY • VOL. 12, IS. 14 • WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Green Hills a Marquee Sponsor for SVS
JULY 3 GARDENING & 3RS Youth completing third through sixth grades can learn about gardening, reducing, reusing and recycling from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, in an event hosted by ISU Extension Outreach at 220 H Ave., in Nevada. Learn how to make a bee/butterfly watering station, bee houses, fairy gardens, and seed starter pots. The cost is $25.
INDEPENDENCE DAY FIREWORKS Fireworks at Reiman Gardens will be from 6 to 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3. Visitors may bring folding chairs and coolers with food and drinks. No fireworks or sparklers are allowed inside the Gardens. No pre-registration required, and regular admission rates apply.
AMERICAN LEGION BINGO American Legion Post 37 will offer bingo at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, at 225 Main St. in Ames. Play sheets of three, six or nine squares are available for $6, $12 and $18.
JULY 4
While enjoying the Bistro atmosphere at Green Hills, Marketing Coordinator Bailey Upton, left, and Green Hills residents Carol Deppe, Alice Thompson and Si Silence present the Senior Variety Show with a $1,000 Marquee Sponsorship check. Accepting the check is Senior Variety Show board member Kitty Fisher, right. Although all three Green Hills residents have performed on the senior variety show stage, Thompson has been in all of the performances since 1995, and at 95 years, is the oldest performer. The 25th-annual Senior Variety Show “Celebrating Silver, Creating Gold!” will be on Aug. 16 and 17 at Ames City Auditorium. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
ANNUAL WALK/RUN Friendship Ark Homes and Community Services will hold its 15th-annual 5K run/walk at Ada Hayden Park at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 4, at Ada Hayden with a free kids run starting at 7:45 a.m. Register online at www.getmeregistered. com/fiveonthefourth or go to www. FriendshipArk.com for more information.
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION Ames will celebrate the Fourth of July all day on Thursday, July 4, in downtown Ames. Events include the free community pancake breakfast from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the front entrance of City Hall, 515 Clark Ave. The Fourth of July parade on Main Street will begin at 11 a.m. Don your red, white and blue, and help us celebrate Independence Day at this family-friendly event.
JULY 5 AMERICANA BURGER DEMONSTRATION Come to Cooks Emporium from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 5, for a demonstration in making americana burgers. Watch and learn, plus receive a tasting of what is being demonstrated. Registration is $25. Please register at www.cooksemporiumames.com/classes
JULY 6 LATIN DANCE NIGHT Plus39, 2640 Stange Road, will host a Latin dance night from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday, July 6. There will be dance lessons, food and beats from DJ Fito. Come for dinner and stay for dancing. Admission is free.
JULY 7 OUTDOOR CONCERT Roosevelt Summer Sundays, an Ames tradition of free outdoor concerts, will feature Great Caesar’s Goat from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 7, at Roosevelt Park on Ninth Street and Roosevelt Avenue. In the case of rain, the concert will be at 130 S. Sheldon Ave. For information, contact Marty Helland at (515) 450-9600.
JULY 8 AMES WOMAN’S CLUB Ames Woman’s Club will play bridge from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, July 8, at 106 S. Dakota Ave., in Ames. This will be held every Monday in July and August. For more events, see page 4
Homewood Ladies Golf League holds ‘Teed Off Over Heart Disease’ fundraiser The Homewood Ladies Golf League held its annual charity fundraiser on June 20 at Homewood Golf Course. Funds raised will be donated to the American Heart Association in honor of Arlina Pearce, a league member who passed away last March following a long battle with heart-related challenges. Arlina always had a smile to share, loved to play golf, and was an avid traveler. She served one year on the golf committee, contributing new ideas for weekly league play and helping organize groups, prizes and games. The following golfers played in the event: Vicki Saienga, Sandy Aspengren, Mary Rasmussen, Carol Payne, Sal Posegate, Mary Lou Wheeler, Vicki Jahr, Barb Houk, Barb Leith, Nancy Marks, Glenice Varley, Marcia Holst, Mary Jo Lynch, Anna Hartwig, Jerilyn Klaver, Ruth Hill, Jan Tryon, Donna Elvik, Sarah Terrones, Candy Burger, Cherl Honkomp, Cynthia Johnson, Marilyn Clem, Lisa Lemons, Louise Larson, Mary Augustus, Connie Bates, Dorothy Yoerger, Joyce Vegge, Jennifer Groat, Cindy Keese, Carol Houge, Deb Brock, Janine Muckler, Jami
The Homewood Ladies Golf League held its annual charity fundraiser to raise money for the American Heart Association on June 20 at Homewood Golf Course in Ames. The funds raised will be donated in honor of Arlina Pearce, a league member who passed away last March following a long battle with heart-related challenges. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Mirka, Mary Mekemson, Deanne Brill and Linda Emmerson. Thanks to the following businesses for donating gifts for
prize drawings: Wagner Golf, Fareway Stores, Coe’s Florals and Gifts, Veenker Memorial Golf Course, Cold Stone Creamery,
O’Donnell Ace Hardware and Everts Flowers Home and Gifts. Platinum Chiropractic Clinic sponsored a tee box.