Municipal Band to perform at Bandshell

The Ames City Council will be hosting the Ames Municipal Band concert at Bandshell Park Thursday evening.

The council members will be serving cookies and lemonade for the pre-concert program at 7:30 p.m. and will stay for the regular band concert, which begins at 8 p.m.

Citizens are encouraged to meet their city council members and to attend the free concert.

Golf tournament raises endowment funds

The Lauren Christian Pork Chop Open, a four-person best-shot golf tournament, will be held August 4 at Veekner Memorial Golf Course at 1 p.m.

A reception, dinner and auction will follow at the Farm Bureau Livestock Pavilion at Kildee Hall.

Funds raised from the event will support the Lauren Christian Endowment.

The endowment honors Christian’s work in pork genetics and production, and provides financial support both for students and for swine and pork educational opportunities.

Each four-person team must pay $240 for the tournament, reception and dinner. Cost for the dinner and reception is $30. Registration must be completed by July 27.

For more information, call the Iowa Pork Industry Center at (515) 294-4103.

Horticulture scholarships are awarded

Two horticulture students were named Joseph Shinoda Memorial Scholarship recipients.

Senior Stephen Brass was awarded $1,250. Junior Lyle Matteson was given $500.

A total of 15 recipients who are enrolled in floriculture and horticulture programs will share $18,000 that is being awarded in memory of the late Joseph Shinoda, who was a highly respected pioneer of California’s floral industry.