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a marching band with red and white stripes on their uniforms, carrying large brass instruments

High School Marching Band

The Ames High School marching band debuted its new uniforms Friday night during the Ames-Cedar Falls football game. It was the culmination of a more than year-long campaign developed by the Ames Education Foundation to raise $175,000 to buy uniforms for the high school’s marching band. The March ON campaign was launched in 2016 to help raise funds to buy the new uniforms. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

3-year-old Alexander Rodden enjoys playing in the water at the wading pool at Brookside Park on Wednesday. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

a woman and child walking past a dragon sculpture

Jacki Butenhoff, Dakota Lowe, 4, and Kaylee Butenhoff look at a sculpture of a Marlin that is made from recycled plastics found in oceans and on beaches around the world during a visit Thursday afternoon to Reiman Gardens in Ames, Iowa. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

two young boys playing in an inflatable pool with water splashing from it

Connor Johnston, 7, and his younger brother Liam, 4, enjoy the warm weather Thursday by sliding in the water to cool down in front of their house on Melrose Avenue Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Ames, Iowa. Temperatures hovered in the low- to mid-90s in central Iowa Thursday. Residents of Mid-Iowa received around 90-degree temperature throughout of the day. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar

silhouettes of people playing volleyball on the beach

Sand Volleyball

Iowa State University

Tho Hartman, Devin Erickson, Kahner Cleveland, Dave Diemer and Matt Warbritton enjoy sand volleyball with other teammates at an intramural field on the Iowa State University campus on Tuesday in Ames. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

two football players talking to each other on the field

Phillip Wilson reacts as he high-fives members of the Iowa State football team during Victory Day on Friday night at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

construction workers are working on the top of a fence in front of a stadium building

A construction crew works to build a new entrance on the south side of Jack Trice Stadium on Tuesday. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

a group of people playing drums in the park

Marching Band Drumline

First Day

Sectional

Iowa State University marching band drumline, from left, clockwise, sophomore Jacob Tolan, sophomore Joshua Johnson, freshman Jake Hitz, freshman Jeremiah Reed, freshman Daniel Copeland, and freshman Brandon Mainock, practice during their first day of sectional practice at the university’s central campus on Friday. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

a bulldozer digging through rubble in front of a building that is being demolished

A backhoe scoops up rubble from what used to be Old Edwards Elementary School’s south wing on Tuesday. The school at 3622 Woodland St. was completed in 1952 and has been empty since the spring of 2016. The school district plans to sell the land to the city of Ames, which will turn the space into a park. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune http://www.amestrib.com/news/20170808/end-of-edwards-era

a woman standing next to a pile of onions and zucchini on a table

Sandra Bosley, of Kansas City, stops by the DesPlanques produce stand in the parking lot of Scharnweber Water Conditioning at 13th Street and Grand Avenue, to buy some corn Monday during a visit to Ames, while Jeanne Harrison sorts corn in the bed of the pickup truck. Photo by Michael Crumb/Ames Tribune.

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an older man is paddling his kayak in the water

Gary Eller, of Ames, launches his kayak onto Ada Hayden Lake Wednesday as temperatures reached into the low 80s. Temperatures will remain in the low 80s Thursday before rising into the upper 80s on Friday and upper 90s on both Saturday and Sunday. Sunshine will prevail as no rain, or relief from the hot temperatures, is forecast until the middle of next week. Photo by Dan Mika/Ames Tribune

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Grant Gammon, 7, casts his fishing line into the water at Ada Hayden Heritage Park on Tuesday afternoon. Accompanied by his grandparents, Grant caught one fish within 20 minutes of arriving at the lake. Photo by Austin Cannon/Ames Tribune

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Ryan Rowe, 30, practices on his skateboard at Georgie Tsushima Skatepark near Brookside Park on Monday. Photo by Michael Crumb/Ames Tribune

a group of men laying on top of a field next to each other in uniforms

The First

Sports

Iowa State offensive lineman Robby Garcia works out with teammates during the first day of practice this season at Bergstrom Indoor Practice Facility on Monday. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

a group of young boys standing next to each other on top of a field

Jimmy Nelson Photographs

July 5th

Parks And Recreation

Academic Dress

Children practice catching and throwing a ball at the City of Ames Park & Recreation’s tee-ball camp in Nelson Park Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Ames, Iowa. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

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