Sixty sheepdogs will compete this weekend in the Cyclone Acres Sheepdog Trial at the Sheep Teaching Farm (3601 520th Ave.). Competition runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with dogs judged on several skills sheep farmers need. Admission is free and concessions will be available.
A new Iowa State campaign this fall, "Boss Your Toss," is about being an efficient, better informed recycler. Here are a few tips to help.
Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching director Sara Marcketti provides an update on the center's restructuring, which includes developing and staffing a single virtual education program for the university. Marcketti also will present at the Nov. 15 Faculty Senate meeting.
Readying equipment, stocking supplies and clearing roads and sidewalks is a 12-month endeavor for the 40-plus workers who rise early and stay late when winter weather arrives.
Drop off your donations by Nov. 18 at one of six campus locations. The goal is one ton of food items for the student-serving food pantry in Beyer Hall.
The survey data will inform a comprehensive plan to help Ames become a community where walking, biking and rolling are safer, better marked and more pleasant. Anyone who lives or works in Ames is invited to complete it.
