STORYCOUNTYSUN.COM • INSIDE: REAL ESTATE WEEKLY • VOL. 12, IS. 27 • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Nevada P.E.O.celebrates British luncheon prior to ‘Downton Abbey’
OCT. 2
IOWAWORKS CAREER FAIR Ames Public Library will host an IowaWORKS Career Fair in the library’s Auditorium from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Learn about job opportunities and meet with local employers at this free career fair. Bring copies of your resume and dress to impress.
MAYOR’S DOWNTOWN HEALTHIEST STATE WALK Ames residents are welcome to join Ames Mayor John Haila and members of Ames City Council at the ninth-annual Mayor’s Downtown Healthiest State Walk from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Participants should gather on the sidewalk in front of City Hall. The walk will end at back at City Hall, and the city of Ames water truck will provide water.
FAMILY FLU CLINICS McFarland Clinic will host family flu clinics at the North Ames Family Medicine Office from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The office is located at 3815 Stange Road, in Ames. Schedule an appointment online at McFarlandclinic.com/flu. Wednesday flu clinics also will be offered from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 9, Oct. 16, Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 6, and Nov. 13.
TACO NIGHT Story City American Legion Post 59 will host a taco night at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 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.
AMERICAN LEGION BINGO American Legion Post 37 will offer bingo at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 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.
The Nevada Chapter NE, P.E.O., enjoyed a delicious British luncheon at the Mucky Duck Pub in Ames with “crown jewels” for all and then on to the “Downton Abbey” movie for more of the beautiful costumes, characters and English countryside. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Hy-Vee stores donate to Story County emergency food pantry
CIRQUE MEI Cirque MEi, a Chinese circus performance, will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Stephens Auditorium in Ames. The troupe was founded in 1976 and supports a community of more than 130 circus performers who tour throughout China and the world. Tickets can be purchased at www.center. iastate.edu.
OCT. 3
BREAKFAST WITH A BOOK Join Nevada Public Library at FarmGrounds, 1026 Sixth St. in Nevada, at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, for the Breakfast with a Book reading group. Stop by the front desk of the library to check out a copy of this month’s book. Coffee and breakfast may be purchased on your own from FarmGrounds.
GAME CHANGER CHALLENGE Ames Library Homeschool students will participate in the National 4-H Science Experiment to learn about computer science with and without a computer from 10 to 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, at Ames Public Library. No registration is necessary.
RECEPTION AND ARTIST TALK Admire the bold and exuberant new works of art by Susan Chrysler White at the opening reception of her exhibition from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct 3. The exhibition will be at the Campbell Gallery, Christian Petersen Art Museum in Morrill Hall, 603 Morrill Road, in Ames. At 5:30 p.m., Chrysler For more events, see page 11
Hy-Vee Lincoln Way and Hy-Vee West donated $1,353.83 through their Feed the Need program to the Story County emergency food pantry. The program allows community members to donate and Hy-Vee corporate then matches that donation up to $100,000. From left, Aaron Rose, manager store operations at Hy-Vee West, Abra Huffaker, Hy-Vee family development partnership manager, Amanda Dale, assistant director of perishables at Hy-Vee West.CONTRIBUTED PHOTO