City Offices Closed for Memorial Day on May 30

City Hall, most City departments and divisions, and Ames Public Library will be closed Monday, May 30, in recognition of Memorial Day. Office hours will resume on Tuesday, May 31.

The Community Center Gym and Ames/ISU Ice Arena will be closed on Monday, May 30. Furman Aquatic Center will be open on Monday, May 30, weather permitting. For information on pool hours, visit Furman Aquatic Center Facebook page or www.amesparkrec.org

CyRide will not operate on Memorial Day and will return to its summer schedule on Tuesday, May 31. For more schedule information, go to www.cyride.com

The Resource Recovery Plant, 110 Center Ave., will be closed Monday, May 30.

The Ames Patriotic Council will sponsor a Memorial Day parade beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 30. The parade will start at City Hall, 515 Clark Ave. Anyone, especially any veteran, wishing to walk or ride in the parade is welcome. Parade participants should begin gathering at 10 a.m. on Fifth Street between Clark and Pearle avenues or in the parking lot on the west side of City Hall. The parade will proceed north along Clark and then east along Ninth Street to the Ames Municipal Cemetery, 310 E. Ninth St. A Memorial Day program will be held at 11 a.m. at the cemetery. The event will be in person but also viewable at www.facebook.com/AmesPatrioticCouncil/events and www.AmesPatrioticCouncil.org. In case of rain, the parade will be cancelled, and the program will move indoors to the City Hall Auditorium at 11 a.m.

Lt. Col. Matthew Harvey (U.S. Army Reserves, Ret.) will be the featured speaker. The program will also include representatives of the City of Ames and American Legion Post No. 37. Afterwards, American Legion Post No. 37 will provide lunch at the post, 225 Main St.