STORYCOUNTYSUN.COM • INSIDE: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY • VOL. 12, IS. 23 • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
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One Heart Equestrian Therapy receives Walmart Community Grant One Heart Equestrian Therapy was recently awarded a Walmart Community Grant to replace a mechanical lift controller, which is used by One Heart staff in assisting clients who use wheelchairs to mount their horses for equine-assisted activities and therapies.
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REACT EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION Exercise civil discourse as you explore and respond to the ReACT exhibition It Starts with Us: Civility and the 21st Century Land Grant Mission from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4. José Antonio Rosa, faculty guest curator, will deliver brief remarks at Reiman Gardens in Ames. Light refreshments will be served.
TACO NIGHT Story City American Legion Post 59 is having a taco night at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 301 Washington St., in Story City. Come and enjoy some tasty tacos. $1.50 for your choice of hard or soft shell tacos, and $2 for walking tacos.
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PARKING RAMP MOVIE See a movie at the Memorial Union parking ramp at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Doors will open at 8 p.m. The movie will be “Avengers: Endgame.” Bring a blanket or chair. In case of rain, the movie will be shown at the Sun Room in Memorial Union.
AMERICAN LEGION BINGO American Legion Post 37 will offer bingo at 6: 30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 225 Main St., in Ames. Event is open to the public. Play sheets of three, six or nine squares are available for $6, $12, and $18.
SEPT. 5
SONS OF NORWAY EVENT Reservations for the September Sons of Norway Kong Sverre Lodge’s event should be made by Thursday, Sept. 5, by calling Shirley Frandson at (515) 733-4482 or Ingrid Place at (515) 292-7513. The event will be on Monday, Sept. 9, at the Community Center, 503 Elm Ave. in Story City. Social time is 6 p.m. with a catered dinner at 6:30 p.m. Laurann Gilbertson, Vesterheim Museum chief curator, will present “Rocks and Hard Places: Emigration through the Lens of Knud Knudsen.” Cost is $7 for members and $12 for guests.
BREAKFAST WITH A BOOK Join Nevada Public Library at FarmGrounds, 1026 Sixth St., in Nevada, at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, for the Breakfast with a Book reading group. Coffee and breakfast may be purchased on your own from Farm Grounds. The group will discuss “Where the Crawdads Sing,” by Delia Owens. Stop by the front desk of Nevada Public Library to check out a copy.
COE’S FALL OPEN HOUSE Coe’s Floral and Gifts is having its fall open house starting on Thursday, Sept. 5, and continuing until Saturday, Sept. 7. Stop in the shop at 2619 Northridge Parkway in Ames between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. for discounts, displays and decorating ideas.
PUMPKIN PORCH SIGN Join Two Sisters Paint Palette for a fall porch sign event at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 305 Benton St. in Slater. Materials provided. Register at 2sisterspaint. eventsmart.com. For more events, see page 3
Nevada’s Cooper named conservation teacher of the year Nevada High School teacher Kevin Cooper was named Conservation Teacher of the Year at the Iowa Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners 73rd-annual conference on Monday, Aug. 20, at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center in Ames. The award program included a short biography about Cooper. Cooper also is Nevada’s FFA advisor as well as a landowner and farmer. Because he is so immersed in the world of agriculture, he is able to provide his students with opportunities to take field trips and see conservation practices such as interseeding of oats into soybeans to provide a cover crop, riparian buffer strips, waterways and terraces. He provides his students the chance to see just how important soil conservation and water qualify is by sharing yield data from his 12 years of no-till farming, his experience with the CSP program and even water samples taken from his farm for analysis. Because soil is one of our world’s most
important resources, his students also learn how to use the word “soil” and not dirt. Kevin proudly shows his hard work and conservation practices to not only his students but to thousands of people by boasting his “No Till Soybean” sign right off of a busy highway, letting people see conservation at work.
Nevada High School teacher Kevin Cooper was named Conservation Teacher of the Year at the Iowa Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners 73rd-annual conference on Monday, Aug. 20, in Ames. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO