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Posted: July 3, 2021 by Joe T 2 Comments

Paper Collection Back in Service! July 2, 2021

News story, 07.02.21
Ames Golden K Kiwanis Club
For Immediate Release

AMES GOLDEN K KIWANIS PAPER TRAILER REOPENS
The Ames Golden K Kiwanis Club is pleased to announce that its paper recycling project has re-started following the disastrous fire that destroyed its recycling paper trailer on May 8th. The paper trailer is at the same location, Cenex Service Station, 2700 East Lincolnway, Ames. Seventeen club members spent hundreds of hours disposing of damaged paper, removing the damaged trailer, and cleaning up the site to make it usable again. (See photos below.)
Currently, the trailer will be open 7 days/week, 24 hours/day, Individuals and companies can dispose of wastepaper, soft-covered books, paper-back books, shredded paper, by placing them inside the trailer. No plastic cartons, other plastic materials, cardboard, or carboard boxes are allowed. A security plan is being developed by the club. Once the plan is completed, the public will be notified if changes are made in the hours of public availability.
The paper recycling project is a major fundraiser for the club. Proceeds are used for the club’s Charity Donation Program which supports 16 local family and children’s’ charities in the greater Ames area. This past year, the club donated $14,000 to local charities.
The club apologies for the unavailability of its recycling trailer for the past several weeks; however, we sincerely appreciate the support and patronage by individuals, companies, and agencies given for our donation project.

**Cleanig the wet, pulpy paper that did not burn was a BIG job.**

Last Updated: May 28, 2021 by Joe T Leave a Comment

Don Hotchkiss Obituary

Don Hotchkiss

Donald K. Hotchkiss, age 92, of Ames, passed away on Monday, May 24, 2021 at Northcrest Community.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at Collegiate Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Iowa State University Cemetery.

Born on December 23, 1928 in Eldora, Iowa, Donald was the son of Joseph and Mary (Bentley) Hotchkiss. He grew up on a farm near Ames and graduated from Ames High School in 1946. Donald graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Husbandry in 1950 and a Ph.D. in Dairy Nutrition in 1960.

He served in the Air Force as a Pilot from January, 1951 until his honorable discharge in November, 1954, achieving the rank of 1st Lieutenant.

Donald was united in marriage to Dorothy Ives in Stillwater, Oklahoma on April 16, 1952. Donald began his career as a Professor in the Statistics Department at Iowa State University until his retirement in 1990. He was recognized as Outstanding Academic Advisor and was responsible for the curriculum in “Biometry”.

Community involvement was very important to Donald. He was a thirty-seven-year member of the Town and Country Kiwanis and an eighteen-year member of the Ames Golden K Kiwanis. He was Kiwanian of the year in 1980, 1988, and 2003. Donald enjoyed volunteering at Mary Greeley Medical Center and Northcrest Community.

Donald is survived by a son, William (Robin) Hotchkiss of Omaha, NE; a daughter, Elizabeth (Robert) Flatt of Spanish Fork, UT; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Alicia Giebelstein,

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Dorothy; his son, Thomas; and a brother, Correno Hotchkiss.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Adams Funeral Home and online condolences may be left for Donald’s family at www.adamssoderstrum.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to Suncrest Hospice or Heartland Senior Services.

Roadside Cleanup May, 2021

Last Updated: June 22, 2021 by Joe T Leave a Comment

Fifteen members of Ames Golden K recently performed Spring litter cleanup on their Iowa Adopt-A-Road two-mile segment of E. 13th Street/220th Street. Golden K has performed Spring and Fall cleanup on this stretch of road every year since 2002. Pictured from the left, Team Organizer Dennis Senne, Wayne Hagemoser, Kent Ziebell, Norm Scott, Pete Peterson, Fred Lorenz, Dick Wilson, Bob Sperry, Team Advisor Gene Pollmann, Team Organizer Mark Lohafer, Tom Baas, Jim Theilen, and Don Muff. Not pictured: Tom Peter and Steve Johnson.

Last Updated: May 28, 2021 by Joe T Leave a Comment

Mack Maffett Obituary

Mack David Maffett, 1936-2021

Mack Maffett, 84, passed away on May 19, 2021 in Des Moines, IA. A visitation will be held at Stevens Memorial Chapel on Thursday, May 27 from 5 to 7 PM. A service will be held at Northminster Presbyterian Church on Friday, May 28 at 10 AM. Burial will follow the service at Ames Municipal Cemetery.

Mack Maffett was born to Templyn and Charmie (Granger) Maffett on July 20, 1936, in Middletown, OH. He graduated from Middletown High School in 1954 where he played tennis, earning a State title. Mack went on to play tennis at Muskingum University as well. After going to Muskingum University for three years, he was able to transfer to the University of Cincinnati and complete his Doctor of Jurisprudence. During this time, he continued his love of all sports by writing in the school newspaper, playing table tennis, basketball, baseball, and of course, traveling to play Tennis! In other spare moments, he would spend time with his high school sweetheart, Sue Rusk, and they got married on August 8, 1959. After gaining his law degree, he was recruited by Mutual Benefit Life Insurance, a farm loan company in Iowa. To assist with loans throughout the different states, mainly in the Midwest. He moved his family to Ames, Iowa where he spent the next 57 years of his life. Both working with his new company and in private practice doing taxes, wills, and estates, he recently retired from private practice at age 80. He continued to play tennis until his knee and foot no longer could handle the stress and he had to stop playing a sport he truly loved. Mack and Sue were members of Northminster Presbyterian Church and loved being a part of this church family. Mack served on probably all service committees there but mainly served on the finance committee the longest. He had a strong faith in community and to God and loved to spend time getting to know the people around him. The best way he did this was by watching a ball game and talking sports. Mack was also a proud member of the Ames community and loved volunteering his time with the Ames noon Kiwanis, Youth and Shelter Services, and other various committees and boards here in Ames. Mack is also a founding member of the Ames Racquet and Fitness Center.

Mack is preceded in death by his parents; sister, Rosalie (Maffett) Bogue; and granddaughter, Kylie (Perrin) Musfeldt. Mack is survived by his wife, Janice ‘Sue’ (Rusk) Maffett; children, Scott (Maria) Maffett and Kristi (Rick) Perrin; grandchildren, Jake, Logan, Isaac, and Ben; and great-grandchildren, Colby and Hadley.

Memorial contributions for Mack Maffett can be addressed to Food at First (611 Clark Ave. Ames, 50010 (515) 344-4357) or YSS (P.O. Box 1628 Ames, 50010 (515) 233-3141).

Steve Jones on Jack Trice

Last Updated: April 12, 2021 by Joe T Leave a Comment

Ames resident Steve Jones, the author of two children’s books: Football’s Fallen Hero: The Jack Trice Story, and The Red Tails–World War II’s Tuskegee Airmen, recently spoke to 54 Ames Golden K members and guests at Golden K’s weekly 9AM Thursday meeting, which continues to be held virtually. Jones, who is a member of Ames Noon Kiwanis, is now retired after 21 years of service at Iowa State University. After noticing a photo of Jack Trice and thinking about how Trice had impacted the history of Iowa State athletics, Jones thought this might make a great children’s book and help preserve Trice’s legacy.

Jones shared many little-known details surrounding Trice’s recruitment from his home in Ohio to play football and track for whose athletic teams in the 1920’s were named “Ames”. As there were no athletic scholarships at that time, Trice worked part time at Iowa State’s State Gym to pay for his tuition, and he and his wife, whom he eloped with in 1923, lived in an apartment in the downtown Ames building now known as the Octagon.

The football season in 1923 began with an Ames win over Simpson College. The next and final game for Trice was at Minnesota in Minneapolis, to which the team traveled from Nevada by Rock Island Train. Minneapolis hotels did not allow African Americans to dine in their dining rooms, so Trice was confined to his room, at which time he wrote a note dedicating the game to his Race, Family and Team. A plaque memorializing this note is on display in ISU’s State Gym.

Jones recounted the details of the injuries Jack Trice suffered during this hard-hitting football game with Minnesota, and which ISU lost 20-17. Trice was hospitalized in Minneapolis, released, returned to Ames with the team, then hospitalized again at the Campus health center where he died from his injuries on October 8, 1923. A statue of Trice is placed near Beardshear on the ISU Campus, and the Jack Trice story means much more today, with the ISU Stadium named for Trice. Jones concluded his presentation by noting that Jack Trice Stadium is the only college football stadium named after an African American.

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