INSIDE: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY • COMMUNITY NEWS VOLUME 11, ISSUE 17 • WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018
CALENDAR OF EVENTS JULY 25
YOGA AND BREWS: BVB and YogaRx have teamed up again to provide a summer series of yoga and brews. The class will be at YogaRx, 707 Runyen St., in Boone. Yoga will be from 7 to 8 p.m. and brew will be from 8 to 9 p.m. The cost is $15. Please arrive 10 to 15 minutes early and register online at www.yogarx.pro.
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CAROUSEL DAYS: Celebrate National Carousel Day at the Story City Carousel. Join in the fun at the carousel from 5 to 8 p.m. at 102 City Park in Story City. For just $5 per person or $15 for a family of four, we are serving a turkey tenderloin or a hotdog, chips and lemonade or water. There also will be crafts for children, as well as sidewalk chalk and other games.
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SUMMER SIDEWALK SALE: The Summer Sidewalk Sales, presented by Duck Worth Wearing and Cafe Diem, is a sale held by businesses in downtown Ames. These sales attract people to the district and promote shopping local in downtown Ames. Discounts, promotions, sales and many other good deals will be at the sale. Take a stroll in downtown Ames and check out what our local businesses have to offer.
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GILBERT DAYS: Celebrate the town of Gilbert by joining in the fun and festivities of Gilbert Days. This celebration will begin on Friday and have events until Saturday all around Gilbert including tours, food, laser tag, inflatables, a 5K run, dancing, shows and more. Visit gilbertdaysiowa.com to see a full schedule of the weekend.
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AMAZING GRACE LEMONADE RACE: The second-annual Amazing Grace Lemonade Race will be at 8 a.m. at Ada Hayden Park in Ames. This is a fun event to enjoy with your family and friends. All proceeds will be donated to Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. Register for the race at runreg.com/ graces-lemonade-race2.
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SUMMER FEST: Now that warmer weather is finally here we are celebrating all summer long at Fresh Thyme with the Fresh Thyme Summer Fest. Join us from noon to 3 p.m. at 215 SE Fifth St. in Ames when we bring the store outside with an outdoor market. We will serve up our delicious brats on the grill to benefit a local nonprofit in the community, have live entertainment, sampling and so much more. We’ll see you there.
Middle school youths from St. Petri Lutheran, Bergen Lutheran, Grace United Methodist and Immanuel Lutheran churches participated in a summer ministry program called Summer Stretch from July 9 to 11. From left, top to bottom, Cale Gregori, Gabi Henrichs, Wrigley Propp, Caden Henrichs, Garrett Nerem, Landon Faga, Colin Hansen, Christian Chelsvig, Ainsley Johnson, Brooklyn Richardson, Mark Helland, Sam Knoll, Heston Mcllrath, Alana Thorson, Owen Johnson, Sam Skarr, Tyler Isebrands, Tristan Peterson, Noah Wakefield, Riley Larson, Nels Hanson, Will Bunn, Braylen Loots, Brady Haberl, Kristin Johnson, Ellie Arthur, Alyssa Jones, Sam Braucher, Jana Isebrands and Madelyn Roling. Not pictured: Ava Nolte and Libbie Johnson. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Middle schoolers in Summer Stretch ministry program If you saw youth wearing grey and red T-shirts working around Story City and Roland the week of July 9 to 11, then you saw this summer’s ministry program called Summer Stretch, a joint ministry between St. Petri Lutheran, Bergen Lutheran, Grace United Methodist and Immanuel Lutheran churches. Summer Stretch began with one congregation in Burnsville, Minn., 25 years ago. This year, Summer Stretch has expanded to be a cooperative arrangement of more than 85 congregations in the Twin Cities, Wisconsin and Iowa, bringing together several thousand middle school and high school youths one day a week to work in their communities as servants of Christ, and to have a lot of fun doing it. The program has been a part
of the Roland-Story community for seven years and this year had 30 participants and numerous adults. “Summer Stretch allows middle school youth to come together in small groups, to have a Bible study and to sample a variety of places to serve, to have fun together, and to make a difference in Jesus’ name,” said Kristin Johnson, youth director for St. Petri Lutheran and Bergen Lutheran congregations. “It’s also an opportunity for high school to mentor small groups and to lead by example. And it welcomes adults to help make it all happen by driving and serving alongside the youth from work sites to the afternoon activities.” Summer Stretch participants could be found at many sites
Berends honored by Buena Vista University
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CARPENTERS ONCE MORE:
AMES, IA 50010 PERMIT NO. 22
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PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE
Carpenters Once More, featuring awardwinning vocalist Diana Lynn, will perform at 7 p.m. at the Talent Factory, 1114 Sixth St. in Nevada. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door, and preferred seating is $25. For more events, see page 5
around the Roland-Story community, including delivering Meals on Wheels, cleaning at Affordables and painting the elementary school’s preschool playhouse. The youth also learned to tie quilts with the St. Petri quilting group, cleaned at the carousel, pulled weeds and worked on landscaping at a home in Roland and out at Riverside Bible Camp and put together 15 school supply kits for children on the Crow Reservation in Montana. The Summer Stretch participants ended their days with group activities geared more toward fellowship and recreation. Events included trips to Little Wall Lake, Furman Aquatic Center in Ames and the Story City pool.
Sydney Berends, left, was recently honored at Buena Vista University’s annual Student Recognition Dinner as a senior of the year for the School of Social Science, Philosophy & Religion in history. Berends also was recognized for being a member of BVU’s Honors Program. BVU President Joshua D. Merchant presented the awards. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Sydney Berends, of Roland, was recently honored at Buena Vista University’s annual Student Recognition Dinner. Berends was recognized as a senior of the year for the School of Social Science, Philosophy & Religion in history.
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Berends also was recognized for being a member of BVU’s Honors Program, which encourages students to develop their academic talents beyond the regular curriculum through specialized courses and an extensive research project.