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The Diagonal city council met in regular session Monday, Jan 14. The council reaffi rmed Diago-nal’s Urban Revitalization Plan and waived the second and third readings. The plan designates all properties within the corporate boundaries of the city to be part of the revitalization district. Residen-tial and commercial properties are then eligible for a tax abatement on the new value added by construc-tion or improvement. Percentage of taxes abated under the plan in-clude 85 percent in the fi rst year, 70 percent in year two, 55 percent in the third year, 40 percent in the fourth and 25 percent in the fi fth. The council appointed Patrick Greenwood of Lamoni to a one-year term as city attorney. They also approved Zach Gun-solley to write the city’s grant ap-

The Mount Ayr elementary Winter Concert for fourth, fi fth and sixth grade students will be held on Monday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in the el-ementary gym. Fourth grade songs will be: “A Song for the Children,” “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” and “This Flag We Fly.” Ffi th grade songs include “One Moment in Time,” “Fifty Nifty United States” and “American Ev-ery Day.” Sixth grade songs are “Abra-ham, Martin and John,” “Free Like Me” and “One Nation.” Fifth grade band pieces in-clude “Rolling Along,” “Hot Cross Buns,” “Go Tell Aunt Rhodie,” “March Steps.” “Listen to Our Sections,” “Lightly Row,” “A Mo-zart Melody” and “Old MacDon-ald Had a Band.” The sixth grade band will play “When The Saints Go Marching In,” “Starlight” and “Battle Creek March.” Together the fi fth and sixth grade bands will play “Hard Rock Blues.” Director for the concert is Carol Cason.

Possible litigations against the city, a public hearing for a prop-erty exchange, property tax abate-ments and project updates were among agenda items at the regular city council meeting held Tuesday, Jan. 22. The meeting had been postponed from Monday because of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.Litigations A closed session was held with city attorney Richard Wilson “to discuss strategy with council in matters that are presently in liti-gation or where litigation is im-minent or its disclosure would be likely to prejudice or disadvantage the position of the governmental body in that litigation.” The liti-gation surrounds the city’s refusal to pay $18,720 claimed by former city consultant Kevin Stocker his claim of work beyond his con-tracted terms. Coming out of the closed session, the council adopted a resolution “to respectfully reject CAM-PS [City Administration and Management Professional Servic-es, LLC]/Kevin Stocker’s request for additional compensation, when the written contract was a lump sum fee per month. No modifi ca-tion was ever presented or accepted and no written agreement to amend was ever signed.” Mayor Solliday informed the council a civil rights complaint has been fi led by a former city su-perintendent Bob Strange in con-nection with his termination. The suit names the city of Mount Ayr, council members Wes Mathany and Deloris Stutzman and mayor Solliday. The complaint alleges age discrimination as cause for Strange’s termination. City attor-ney Wilson said to his knowledge age was never discussed during the proceedings leading to the termi-nation decision. He recommended council members listen to the tape recordings of the appeal hear-ing conducted in Creston several weeks ago so as to know what was discussed in the appeal. The city has retained the Bradshaw law fi rm of Des Moines as its defense attor-ney to the complaint. A representa-tive from the law fi rm interviewed council members individually ear-lier this week.Property exchange The council held a public hear-ing for the proposed land deed ex-change with the developers of the Van Buren Square housing project. The proposed change will trade the north four feet of the alley run-ning though the Van Buren Square property for the north four feet of property owned by Van Buren Square adjacent to the south bor-der of the alley. The change would benefi t the city by having utilities run down the center of the alley rather than bordering the alley. No one was present to speak for or against the exchange. At a future meeting the council will consider the legal document to fi nalize the exchange.Property tax abatements The council approved tax abate-ment resolutions for the following residents: • $60,000 - Chad and Jennifer Main for a new garage • $250,000 - Robert and Mar-

lene Hinz for a new house and one outbuilding • $900,000 - Farmers Coopera-tive Company for a third grain bin • $111,000 - Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home for remodeling • $11,900 - Lynn and Kathy Rinehart for a sunroom addition to their homeGarbage service The council discussed the city’s contract for garbage collection and recycling with Waste Management which ends June 30. The current contract can roll over for another year with no increase in costs or the city could take bids for a dif-ferent contract altogether. Council-man Wes Mathany asked if the city could operate their own garbage and recycling service as other cit-ies do. He contended the city could create one or two additional jobs by taking over the service. Mayor Solliday and councilman Gerald Cannon said the city had looked into such an arrangement in the past but had found the operation unprofi table. City superintendent Brent Wise said he would research the costs for a self-operated ser-vice and report at the next council meeting.City superintendent report Superintendent Wise reported on a number of updates and items. • The lift station at the corner of Columbus and Grant streets needed repair. Wiring to the probes within the control box had become pinched, but the problem has been resolved. Wise said the station also has faulty valves and needs a new compressor. He said the station ac-tually needs two compressors, but since the city already has one com-pressor on hand, the installation of a second one can wait until the

next budget year. The Council ap-proved replacement of the valves and installation of the compressor. • Wise reported the city will need to remove sludge in the hold-ing tank at the sewer plant. He said the tank is currently at 85 percent capacity, well over the 60 percent capacity recommended by the manufacturer. Wise said he esti-mated six loads of sludge will need to be transported to Des Moines to immediately address the situation. The cost to haul the sludge is $700 per load for a total of approximate-ly $4,000. In the spring the city can begin to surface apply the remain-ing sludge. He added the city will need to address the system’s sludge capacity at some point. • A new effl uent meter has been installed at the sewer plant and is functioning properly. Wise is cur-rently researching the cost of a small structure to cover the new meter to protect it from the ele-ments. • Wise voiced some concern about the condition of the lift sta-tion near the concrete plant. He said he is currently researching grants that might fund moving the station. • The council had voted to pur-chase a used pickup to replace the one recently totalled, but upon in-spection of the vehicle it was de-cided not to follow-through on the purchase. • Wise reported a water main break on West Jefferson Street has been repaired. • The city backhoe has been re-paired and has been outfi tted with new tires.Other business Carl Elshire from MSA Pro-fessional Services attended the

meeting to update the council on progress on the water distribu-tion project. He said his company was reviewing some comments from the Department of Natu-ral Resources about plans for the project, but he foresaw no major roadblocks at this time. After re-ceiving fi nal okay from the DNR, MSA can complete the design and obtain the construction permit. He predicted bids for the project could go out in March or April. The council transferred title of a 1974 GMC pickup to the fi re de-partment so they can complete the sale of the truck. The pickup has been used in recent years as the brush fi re truck. The truck has been sold to Preston Hayse for $3,000. The council approved two li-cense applications from city busi-nesses. They granted an outdoor service license to Ramsey’s Supper Club for their proposed outdoor patio. The council also approved the Class B wine, Class B beer and Sunday sales application for Dol-lar General Store. City clerk Pam Poore presented a packet of information for coun-cil members to begin planning the city budget for next year. Included were budget requests from various city departments as well as salary and benefi t information for city employees, property valuation and debt statistics and other related in-formation. Mayor Solliday reminded the council the lease with Heartland Energy for their use of the city building on South Clevelend Street expires in March. Solliday said he has had no communication from Heartland about their intentions to extend the lease or to buy the building.

The Ringgold County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Monday, Jan. 28. The main discus-sion surrounded county road proj-ects with County engineer Zach Gunsolley. [The issue of infrastructure maintenance is one that contin-ues to plague not only Ringgold county but all of rural Iowa. A more detailed discussion of the county’s road maintenance needs will appear in next week’s Record-News.] Gunsolley brought to the board construction bids to complete a two-inch mill-and-fi ll project on County Road P33. The low bid for the project was $975,000, a full 20 percent over the $800,000 estimated in the county’s fi ve-year plan. Gunsolley told the board oth-er counties are fi nding construc-tion bids coming in considerably over original cost estimates. He attributed the overruns in part to vast swings in the cost of asphalt, which no one can accurately pre-dict. The board followed Gunsol-ley’s recommendation to reject all bids for the project. The supervisors spent consider-able time discussing how to best maintain county roads and how to prioritize maintenance proj-ects. Supervisor Kraig Penning-ton questioned where the county should fi rst turn its attention. “I don’t know if we have a plan for P68 [the Beaconsfi eld road],” he said. “Every road needs something done. It seems we’re working this

way [pointing to the west], and we need to do something that way [pointing to the east].” Supervisor Royce Dredge said the board could really not make any fi rm decisions until bids came in for other road projects already in the planning stages. After continued discussion about priorities in light of available funds, the board authorized Gun-solley to seek bids for resurfacing projects for county roads J20, J43, J55, P27, P33 and P46. Total esti-mated cost of the resurfacing proj-ects is $1.37 million for approxi-mately 35 miles of roadway. Gunsolley also asked for a reso-lution to allow a width variance on the Monroe 13 bridge. He ex-plained county ordinances require

bridges on gravel roads to have a width of 33 feet. The Monroe 13 bridge currently has a width of 16 feet. County crews are set to begin a reconstruction and repair proj-ect on the bridge, and without the variance they would be required to reconstruct the bridge to the man-dated 33 feet at considerable cost. The bridge is currently posted as a one-way bridge and serves area residents satisfactorily, Gunsolley explained. The supervisors ap-proved Gunsolley’s request for the variance. The supervisors voted to table another request from Gunsolley to amend the 28E agreement with the

100 and counting...Students in Kristin Graham’s and Tracy Giles’ fi rst-grade classes celebrate the 100th day of school by dressing up as if they were 100 years old.

District 12 State Representative Cecil Dolecheck and District 12 State Senator Joni Ernst met con-stituents Saturday at the legislative coffee sponsored by Iowa State ex-tension. The event, sponsored by the Mount Ayr Chamber of Com-merce, was the fi rst of the new leg-islative session. Both legislators began the ses-sion by introducing themselves and listing their committee ap-pointments for the current session. Dolecheck serves on the house appropriations, education, local government, natural resources and education budget committee of which he is chair. Ernst’s assignments include transportation, veterans, local gov-ernment, natural resources and environment standing committees as well as the administration and regulation budget subcommittee. Ernst outlined the two top pri-orities in the Senate for the new session: education reform and property tax reform. She reviewed Governor Branstad’s fi ve-point education reform proposal: 1) teacher leadership and com-pensation, which includes a tar-geted $35,000 base salary for Iowa teachers along with a mentorship program for select teachers;

2) the Teach Iowa Initiative, a program to reward high achieving teachers a total of $20,000 over fi ve years in return for remaining in Iowa over that time; 3) a teacher development/evaluation system tied to student achievement; 4) the Iowa Promise Diploma Seal, a promise to employers and higher education that Iowa high school graduates are fully pre-pared for technical jobs or further academic work; and 5) increased access to online learning opportunities especially in rural areas for advanced course-work. “There’s a lot going on in this bill,” said Ernst. “I know we’ll see a number of changes, and we need to make sure that what we’re doing is not only a good step for what’s going on in the urban areas but also in rural areas.” Although she supports the bulk of the reform proposal, she ex-pressed some hesitation about the power the proposal gives to the State Department of Education. “There’s a lot of power given to the director [education director Jason Glass],” she said. “I would rather see some of that come down to the local level. Our school ad-

ministrators know where they’re weak and where they’re strong, and I think they could develop a mentorship plan that would meet the objectives of the governor.” Dolecheck echoed Ernst’s fo-cus on education reform and prop-erty tax relief. He reviewed the governor’s stance on the current controversy on which should come fi rst – setting the allowable growth percentage for state aid to schools or passing education reform. Dolecheck said leadership in the house has set its goal to have both accomplished within 30 days after the governor submits his budget in the middle of February. “I know that only gives school districts one month before they have to certify their budgets March 15,” he said, “but we’re going to try our best to meet that goal.” After their opening remarks, Dolecheck and Ernst opened the fl oor to questions from the ap-proximate 15 members of the audi-ence. Many questions surrounded education reform. Barb Hutton questioned which should come fi rst – an increase in teacher sal-ary or increased accountability for student performance? Ernst said she understood the reasoning be-hind the question, but she still sup-ported the governor’s plan. “It’s a good starting proposal,” she said. “We’ll continue to manipulate it a bit to make sure it is working for all school districts.” Judy Hensley asked how much input local boards of education had in the development of the propos-al. Ernst said that representatives from school boards, superinten-dents, principals and parents were part of the task force that crafted the proposal. She pointed out that regional school boards were not part of the plan, but the state would continue to study the sharing of services such as superintendents and fi nancial offi cers between dis-tricts. Dolecheck added he considered the changes to the professional de-velopment model of great impor-tance. He said too often teachers go to professional development meetings and come home with great ideas, but they don’t know how to implement them back in

City council eyes litigation, conducts property action, discusses garbage contract

State representative Cecil Dolecheck and state senator Joni Ernst listen to constituents at recent legislative coffee.

Education reform, road funds major topics of fi rst legislative coffee here

Supervisors tackle road issues

Sharing the dreamIn conjunction with the observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Mount Ayr fourth and fi fth grade students were encouraged to write their “dreams” in hopes of making a positive impact on their community.AmeriCorps worker Cindy Allen and Julie Neas with the Volunteer Center of Southern Iowa spoke to stu-dents about Rev. King on Martin Luther King Day. Allen and Neas collected dreams written by the students for an AmeriCorps committee to review. The committee then granted fi ve grants from the Dekko Foundation to fulfi ll student dreams for the school community. Partners on this project included Graceland University, AmeriCorps Youth Launch, Sites For Learning and the Volunteer Center of Southern Iowa. Pictures of “dream winners” can be found on page 6 of this week’s Record-News.

Diagonal council reaffi rms urban revitalization plan

plication to the Alliant Energy Foundation for the “Freedom Rock” project. The council authorized city clerk Julie Malcolm to make cer-tain payments prior to council ap-proval when they come in confl ict with council meeting dates. The council designated the Di-agonal Progress as the city’s offi -cial newspaper. Mayor Lowell Johnson in-formed the council the city would need to stay with its current street lighting as Alliant gradually up-dates to LED lighting. The council also discussed what to do with houses that had water turned on but no one was living in them. The council agreed a mini-mum just be charged. The current minimum landfi ll charge is $1.25 for one person.

MAC concert next week

Trolley provides valuable service Transportation service in rural Iowa has long been a challenge. Many may remember when rails provided trips between small towns, but those days are long gone. Bus service has never caught on in rural Iowa, and taxis were reserved for the larger towns. For example, in the 1960s Creston had two taxi companies, but even they are now gone as well. As late as the 1970s, public transportation in Ringgold and surrounding counties remained a hodge-podge of groups and agen-cies that serviced only select popu-lation, such as the elderly, pre-school children and handicapped.

In addition, service was often unavailable between cities and towns. In 1979, however, the Iowa leg-islature mandated the creation of regional transit authorities across the state. Here in southern Iowa, the boards of supervisors in Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ring-gold, Taylor and Union counties authorized the Executive Board of the Southern Iowa Council of Governments to create the South-ern Iowa Trolley system. The local trolley system is one of 16 transit authorities across the state.____________________________ Continued on page 2

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Making some new reading buddiesTHOUGHTS& other thingsBY ALAN SMITH

Every school morning for the past week or so I’ve taken on a new assignment, now that I have more time. I walk the block to the Mount Ayr Community elementary school. I’ve made the trip many times before if Valle for-got a cell phone or needed an errand run and some-thing brought to school. But these trips aren’t to do something for Valle, though she volunteered me af-ter I expressed interest. I go up as a reading buddy. That’s my name for it anyway. I have two new second grade friends that I spend 15 minutes a morning with. They read to me and I talk about the books they read with them and help them with words if they are unfamiliar. I get to play a grandfatherly role to keep me in practice for when I have time with my own grand-children. Reading has been a joy for me for as long as I can remember. When I was a fi rst and second grade student, I would walk to the library in Hilo, Hawaii, almost every day after school. My parents would pick me up there. I learned to love books. That’s where I met Fred-die the Pig and a host of other characters that I en-joyed sharing time with. Now that I have more time, I’ve been averaging a book a week of reading for my own enjoyment. Arriving home from school one afternoon, Valle found me listening to Yo Yo Ma’s cello on the ste-reo and relaxing with a book. It’s been years since I had taken the time to do those two things together. For some reason, that scene of me in total relaxation mode touched her. I’ve tried to pass my love of reading on to oth-ers. That’s why I give books for Christmas to family members, hoping that I can fi nd something that will be fun for them to relax with. And I have volunteered at the elementary school in the past when reading opportunities have come up. When Valle was teaching second grade, I volun-teered to come read a chapter from my “Freddie the Pig” books to her students. I soon discovered that these books may have only spoken to me and my younger brother Doug. The second graders didn’t seem to “get into” the stories of a pig being a detective on his home farm. Maybe with their farm background, talking animals was too much of a stretch. I didn’t do that again. From time to time in the past I was called on to go and share a book or two with a class. If I remember correctly, the last time I did that there was sort of an

ignominious result. When I sat down on the stool to read my pants split from stem to stern and my underwear was in view to the children sitting on the fl oor. I didn’t realize this until afterward. I’m not sure whose em-barrassment made that the last time for that. So far this time around, however, things have gone pretty well. I go to the room at the appointed time, my read-er grabs the box of books he is working on, and we go to a couch in the library where he reads to me and we talk about the book. My two readers have different tastes in books, and that makes the visits more interesting. I’ve heard about who might win if a Komodo dragon tangled with a king cobra. I struggled a little my-self to help one of my new buddies pronounce the scientifi c names for the dragon and cobra. He got a chance to see how I attacked trying to sound out a word. When we read books about George Washing-ton and the National American History Museum I could share some memories of visiting Mount Ver-non and the Museum after we fi nished the books. My other buddy tends to read more fi ction books. I have heard about an apartment building where the electricity went off so the kids learned to enjoy hearing stories and acting them out them-selves. I heard about a sand castle building contest. All of the early entries in the book were by fami-lies who had names dealing with bodies of water. When a name wasn’t given for the two kids whose small sand castle was judged in fi rst place, we tried to come up with a name for their family. I don’t know how long my services as a reading buddy will be needed, but I certainly am enjoying my few minutes each day trying to pass on my en-joyment of reading by helping them with theirs. Valle works with students all day on just this skill -- learning to read. This skill is one that can make a real difference in the life of a child -- open-ing up whole new worlds to them. It’s an admirable profession for her -- and a fun morning interlude for me.

Fifty Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, January 24, 1963.) “Bev’s Pantry,” owned and operated by Matthew and Carolyn Bevington, which was opened to the public on Tuesday, is Mount Ayr’s newest business establishment. The restaurant, one of the most modern in southwest Iowa, is located on the north side of the square in the building formerly owned by L. L. Smith and recently purchased by the Bevingtons. Fire of unknown origin com-pletely destroyed the farm home and furnishings of Cleo Burchett Thursday night about 10:30 p.m. Mount Ayr fi remen were summoned by neighbors to the home, located about three-fourths of a mile west of Loch Ayr, but were unable to save the property because of lack of water. Mr. Burchett was absent from his home at the time the fi re was detected. The town council of Mount Ayr, at the January 16 meeting, autho-rized a fi ve percent increase in wages of city employees, effective January 15. Affected are 11 employees, seven of whom are paid every two weeks and two, monthly. The Lucky Lanes team of Mount Ayr took over a commanding lead in the Iowa-Missouri Traveling Bowl-ing League by beating Lamoni in all three games rolled Sunday in Mount Ayr. Mount Ayr had held a one-game lead over the second-place Lamoni team prior to Sunday’s matches. Mount Ayr now has a 19-8 record compared to a 15-12 for Lamoni. The Mount Ayr team rolled an excel-lent 2,608 three-game series, which included a 937 game. Lamoni’s total was 2,410. The partnership of Arch C. Dunfee and Donald (Jake) Dailey in the ownership of the Mount Ayr Furniture Company was dissolved, effective January 1, 1963, and Mr. Dailey became sole owner after the purchase of Mr. Dunfee’s half inter-est in the business. The partnership has existed since March 1, 1954, when the business was purchased from Barker & Webb. Mr. Dunfee retired from the business to devote full time to his Mount Ayr and Grant City funeral homes. E. M. Watson, vice president since 1961, was elected president of the First State Bank of Diagonal, to succeed M. I. Roberts, during the annual meeting of the bank’s board of directors. Mr. Roberts, who served as president of the fi nancial institution for a period of 25 years, was named chairman of the board.

Prior to serving as vice president, Mr. Watson had been cashier of the bank since 1946. Vicki Newton was installed as Worthy Advisor of Mount Ayr Assembly No. 160, Order of the Rainbow For Girls, during a cer-emony open to the public on Sunday afternoon in the Masonic Temple. Harold R. Webb has purchased from Doris Barker her half interest in what is known as the Harvey Brothers garage building, 200 North Taylor Street, Mount Ayr. Mr. Webb plans to remodel the interior of the building. The birth reported at Ringgold County Hospital this week was a son, born Jan. 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mahi of Lamoni. The obituary in this issue was Andrew (Andy) Thornton.

Twenty-fi ve Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, February 4, 1988.) Pat Robertson will be the second Republican candidate to visit Ring-gold county in preparation for the caucuses next week in a campaign stop today (Thursday). Robertson will visit Mount Ayr as part of a helicopter tour of southern Iowa. Architect John Knapp of Cres-cent spent a week in the Mount Ayr Community schools as part of the Artists in the Schools program last week. Knapp was master of ceremonies for an assembly at the elementary school Friday afternoon where classes showed each other what they had accomplished during the week. In 1963 Mount Ayr Clearview Nursing Home was opened to give long-term, proprietary care, to 35 persons in this area. This month, a much larger unit, with many more employees and services offered, celebrates 25 years of operation. The concept of a nursing home was relatively new at that earlier time, according to Rich Routh, then partner in the venture with the late Paul Varner. Three residents of Clearview Home in Mount Ayr now were among the 40 people who loaned the money which got the nursing home going here 25 years ago. Anna and Porter Havely, formerly of Keller-ton, and George German of Mount Ayr are now residents at the home. There have been 29 of the original investors who have spent some time staying at Clearview Home through the years. Ten of the original inves-tors are still living. Nathan Smith of Mount Ayr was named alternate to the state piano contest sponsored by the Iowa

Music Teachers Association held in Centerville Saturday, Jan. 30. Smith received a “I” rating and placed second overall in the competition among 15 piano students from across southern Iowa. Smith is a student of Mrs. Gerri Gale Ramsey of Lamoni. Memories fl ood those who fol-lowed the 1973 Mount Ayr Com-munity high school boys basketball team that made it to state, when they read the January 18, 1988 Kansas City, MO Star’s account of that team’s coach, Glen McDonald. The newspaper was telling of McDon-ald’s coaching the Lee’s Summit, MO boys high school team to a 12-0 record this year and a No. 1 ranking by the Star/Times poll and No. 2 in the state (class 4A) by the Missouri Sportswriters and Sports-casters. McDonald called the Lee’s Summit team of 1987-88 one of the best in his 23 years of coaching that is nearing 300 victories. He has an overall record of 293-139. Two of those 23 years were spent in Mount Ayr coaching the 1972-73 team to state. The MACHS team had a nucleus of six boys -- Kurt Nichols, David McNeill, David Henderson, Rick Adams and Bob Johnson with Rich Johnson as fi rst sub. Obituaries in this week’s issue were John Ivan Pritchard, Floyd G. Moore and Lt. Col. Russell A. Verploegh.

Ten Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, January 23, 2003.) When the fi rst real snow of the winter fell this past week and temperatures turned as cold as they have been all winter, January seemed more like January in Ringgold county. Taking the oath of offi ce as hospital trustees at Monday night’s meeting of the board were Bill Armstrong and Randy Gregg, both of Mount Ayr. Vicki Sickels, board president, administered the oath of offi ce. Mount Ayr city offi cials and state and federal government personnel met with offi cials of the Iowa De-partment of Economic Development in Des Moines Friday to discuss the grant previously approved for the city’s sewage treatment plant. Senator Jeff Angelo urged the DED offi cials to let Mount Ayr keep the

grant money previously approved. Two small pieces of land at the end of streets in the western part of Mount Ayr will be taken over by the city of Mount Ayr, the city council decided after a hearing at a short meeting Monday night. There were no objections to the council pro-ceeding to accept quit claim deeds from Barton and Patricia French for two small pieces of property in the French Subdivision west of West Street in Mount Ayr. A new doctor for the Mount Ayr Medical Clinic and Ringgold County Hospital was welcomed to Mount Ayr at a reception at the hospital Sunday afternoon. Lance Barker, D.O., a former Ringgold county resident, was welcomed back to Mount Ayr. Seeking funds for the project to restore the football fi eld for the Mount Ayr community school dis-trict is underway in earnest. Mount Ayr Community high school football co-coaches Delwyn Showalter and Derek Lambert are heading the project to continue work on the fi eld. Last fall the school made the commitment to sand, vertidrain and seed the game and practice fi elds. A total of $20,000 needs to be raised to provide the funds needed for the complete project, according to the coaches. Graceland University is repre-sented in a recently-released movie, “Catch Me If You Can,” produced by Stephen Speilberg. Melissa Gribbon, who graduated from the university last May, appears in the movie which is based on the true story of Frank Abagnate, who was on the FBI list for forgery in the late 1960s. Gribbon appears as one of the half-dozen college girls in airline stewardess uniforms who get out of a car and walk through the Miami airport with Leonardo DeCaprio. Still photographs of the scene have been used in media around the world as publicity for the movie. Gribbon previously appeared in two episodes of the television show, “The X Files” and was a background dancer in the movie, “Austin Powers III: Gold-member.” Obituaries were Dale E. Black, Dortha Lenore Nigh Davenport, Merna Dean Overholtzer McDowell, Retta “Sue” Young Rychnovsky and Clarence Otis Wood.

Today, the Southern Iowa Trol-ley operates a full-time bus in Ringgold county. Daily door-to-door service is available between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday in Mount Ayr. In addition, service to Des Moines is available the fi rst Monday of each month. Service is open to riders of all ages and abilities. All buses are equipped with ramps or lifts. The trolley service also provides non-emergency medical transportation for the Department of Human Ser-vices through the TMS manage-ment group for government agen-cies, managed care organizations and many other healthcare facili-

ties. Cost to ride the trolley is $2.75 per ride for the general public and $1.50 for students and seniors over 60. Senior costs are subsidized by funds available through the Older Americans Act. Monthly passes are also available. One-way passes cost $27.50 and two-way passes run $49.75. Twelve-ride or six-ride punch tickets are available for $30.25 and $7.50 respectively. For more information or to ar-range a ride, residents may contact the Southern Iowa Trolley at 866-782-6571.

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Obamacare, Obamacare, Obam-acare. Sick of hearing about it? Well, don’t be, because most of its provisions are yet to be promulgat-ed, and the Affordable Healthcare Act will have a far-reaching impact on rural America. Obamacare became law March 23, 2010. The act’s anniversary is fast-approaching, and few people really know how it will impact them and their way of life, par-ticularly rural folks. The Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons, NE has prepared information that may be helpful -- for small business own-ers, rural communities, seniors on Medicare, for people with, and without, health insurance and more. Small businesses, the cen-ter said, will receive a tax credit (it actually started right away in 2010) for up to 35 percent of the cost of their health insurance -- if they have fewer than 25 full-time employees, and their average wage is less than $50,000. The Small Business Health Calculator allows them to see the potential savings for their business. Rural communities will ben-efi t from the $11 billion (over fi ve years) in increased funding for Community Health Centers, the center said. It is likely to double

Obamacare: What does it mean for rural folks?

the number of patients seen at these clinics over the fi ve years. There will also be new money for training programs to increase the number of primary care phy-sicians, nurses and public health professionals -- in underserved ru-ral areas. Seniors on Medicare, the CFRA said, will fi nd that they qualify for co-payments for preventive servic-es, something many elderly peo-ple have had no access to on any level, let alone in rural communi-ties. That has been effective since 2011. Perhaps even more cogent will be provisions that will be the closing of the infamous Medicare Part D “donut hole,” which the center noted can cost most seniors thousands of dollars, if they have

substantial prescription drug re-quirements. In 2010, some of these seniors received a $250 rebate un-der Obamacare, and in 2011 donut hole seniors became eligible for a 50 percent discount. By 2020, the donut hole will be a goner. For people with health insur-ance, the Affordable Healthcare Act is a real boon. Several provi-sions that took effect September 23, 2010 banned lifetime caps on insurance coverage and also will heavily regulate annual limits until 2014, when they will be prohibited by the law. Perhaps the most highly publicized of the changes is the one that prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions. The law also requires that preventive services be provided at no cost to consumers, and bans plans from dropping consumers when they get sick. For young adults without in-surance, the CFRA said the act extends the ability for parents to keep their children on their insur-ance plans until age 26. And, if you have no insurance, the act provides (since 2010) a temporary high-risk pool to provide immediate access to insurance for pre-existing con-ditions. The pool will remain in effect until 2014, when such dis-crimination will be banned alto-gether. There are many other provi-sions in Obamacare, many of them due to begin soon, and whether you support the concept or not, as a rural American you should make yourself aware of just how this mammoth law will work -- or not work - for you. One way is to con-tact the Center for Rural Affairs at 402-687-2100 or write to info@cfra.org. I’ll see ya!

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January 17-24, 2012 Deborah Kay England, Clear-fi eld, $161.25, seat belt violation. Trent Jamison Guess, Saint Jo-seph, MO, $141.00, speeding 6-10 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Patricia Ann Miller, Lenox, $127.50, dark window/windshield. Richard Aaron Schmitz, Lenox, $114.00, speeding 6-10 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Roger Dean Boswell, Lamoni, $335.00, open container/passenger over 21.

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(Call Origination Code: MA = Mount Ayr; KE = Keller-ton; EL = Ellston; TI = Tingley; DI = Diagonal; DE = Delphos; MO = Maloy; BE = Beaconsfi eld; BO = Benton; SC = Shannon City; BL = Blockton; RE = Redding; SV = Sun Valley; CO = In County; OC = Out of County; OS = Out of State)

January 17-23, 2012Thursday, January 17

1:24 p.m., 911 call, wrong num-ber. (EL) 1:26 p.m., caller needing sher-iff’s offi ce address. (OC) 1:41 p.m., caller needing phone number. (MA) 1:48 p.m., 911 call, wrong num-ber. (MA) 2:12 p.m., caller wanting to know if a certain inmate was being held. (OC) 2:25 p.m., caller needing offi cer to call them back. (OC) 3 p.m., caller needing phone number. (OC) 3:05 p.m., caller needing to speak to an offi cer. (MA) 3:26 p.m., vehicle lockout. (DI) 3:27 p.m., call for sheriff. (MA) 4:49 p.m., caller needs offi cer. (MA) 5:07 p.m., caller trying to get mailing information for inmate. (KE) 5:15 p.m., caller reporting bro-ken windows in car. (KE)

Friday, January 18 6:07 a.m., 911 call, false alarm. (CO) 8 a.m., caller needing an offi cer. (CO) 8:30 a.m., caller reporting a break-in. (KE) 8:59 a.m., call for jail. (OC) 10:03 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 10:07 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 10:28 a.m., vehicle lockout. (MA) 11:08 a.m., call about mail. (OC) 11:18 a.m., call for jail. (MA) 12:28 p.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 1:05 p.m., caller with questions about a case. (OC) 1:49 p.m., report of cows out. (CO) 2:49 p.m., animal complaint. (CO) 3:02 p.m., caller with questions regarding an inmate. (OC) 6:17 p.m., report of a fi ght in progress. (MA)

Saturday, January 19 7:47 a.m., request for an ambu-lance. (MA) 9:40 a.m., 911 call, non-emer-gency. (MA) 10:26 a.m., caller wanting to speak to an offi cer. (MA) 11:49 a.m., caller wanting to speak to an offi cer. (OC) 11:57 a.m., offi cer checking on phone number. (OC) 12:32 p.m., attorney wanting to speak to inmate. OC) 1:24 p.m., call for information on trailer with cats in it. (OC) 5:14 p.m., report of cattle out on Highway 25. (CO)

Sunday, January 20 7:32 a.m., caller wanting to speak to offi cer. (MA) 1:02 p.m., fi re alarm. (MA) 4:28 p.m., report of house on fi re. (CO) 4:36 p.m., second report of (same) house on fi re. (CO) 7:19 p.m., caller advising they needed the power turned off. (CO) 7:31 p.m., caller advising they would be coming in to bond out inmate. (OC) 8:09 p.m., caller concerned about house fi re. (CO) 9:55 p.m., caller asking about house fi re. (OC)

Monday, January 21 12:46 a.m., call for neighboring county. (OC) 9:03 a.m., caller requesting house check. (MA) 9:35 a.m., caller needing a page test. (DI) 10 a.m., call for sheriff. (MA) 10:15 a.m., caller wanting to set up prisoner visitation. (MA) 10:51 a.m., call for jail. (OC) 1:05 p.m., caller wanting acci-dent report. (OC) 1:26 p.m., 911 call, request for an ambulance. (MA) 1:46 p.m., call for offi cer. (MA) 1:54 p.m., call for civil clerk. (OC) 2:55 p.m., caller needing to speak to offi cer. (MA) 3 p.m., call about gun permit class. (OC) 3:01 p.m., caller wanting to speak to sheriff. (MA) 3:20 p.m., caller needing to speak to offi cer. (BL)

3:31 p.m., caller wanting in-formation about gun permit class. (OC) 3:59 p.m., caller wanting to set up visitation time with inmate. (OC) 4:15 p.m., call about gun permit class. (OC) 5:07 p.m., caller needing REC. (OC) 5:15 p.m., caller needing to speak to offi cer.

Tuesday, January 22 6:49 a.m., call for jail. (OC) 7:54 a.m., caller needing ve-hicle removed. (MA) 8:11 a.m., call for clerk. (OC) 8:39 a.m., caller with contact information question. (CO) 8:56 a.m., caller with question regarding stolen items. (CO) 9 a.m., call for offi cer. (KE) 9:17 a.m., call for court records. (OC) 9:44 a.m., call for jail. (OC) 10:35 a.m., 911 test. 10:47 a.m., call for offi cer. (OC) 10:49 a.m., call for chief depu-ty. (OC) 11:40 a.m., caller with ques-tions regarding protective order. (MA) 12 p.m., report of cows out. (CO) 12:10 p.m., 911 call. (MA) 1 p.m., call for sheriff. (CO) 1:01 p.m., vehicle lockout. 1:26 p.m., caller wanting con-tact information. (MA) 1:28 p.m., caller wanting to speak to offi cer. (MA) 2:25 p.m., caller left message for sheriff. (MA) 3:26 p.m., call from post offi ce. (MA) 3:30 p.m., call for offi cer. (OC) 7:20 p.m., 911 call, request for an ambulance. (MA) 8:46 p.m., 911 call, non-emer-gency. (DI)

Wednesday, January 23 8:10 a.m., caller advised they were sending proof of insurance. (MA) 8:21 a.m., call for chief deputy. (OC) 9:22 a.m., wrong number. 9:06 a.m., caller checking 911. (CO) 9:10 a.m., request for an ambu-lance. (CO) 9:18 a.m., call for chief deputy. (CO) 10:15 a.m., call for dispatch. (MA) 10:29 a.m., call for chief depu-ty. (OC) 10:58 a.m., caller with ques-tions about gun permit. (MA) 12:37 p.m., caller needing sher-iff’s offi ce address. (OC) 2:03 p.m., caller wanting civil clerk. (OC) 3:44 p.m., caller reporting a large lost puppy. 4:14 p.m., caller wanting to speak with offi cer. (MA) 4:59 p.m., 911 call. (OC) 5:18 p.m., caller wanting to drop off an item. (MA)

COURTHOUSE NEWS Ringgold County Courthouse hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. unless noted otherwise. Ringgold county now has a website at www.ringgoldcounty.us. • Assessor: Neil Morgan, 464-3233. • Auditor: Amanda Waske, 464-3239. • Board of Supervisors: David Inloes, chairman, Royce Dredge and Kraig Pennington, members, 464-3244. Supervisors meetings are open to the public and are held in the su-pervisors conference room located on the second fl oor between the clerk of court and auditor’s offi ce. On days the board is not sched-uled to be in offi ce, please direct all inquiries to the auditor’s offi ce. To schedule a meeting time with the supervisors, contact the audi-tor’s offi ce. Regular board meetings are

held on Mondays with offi cial public notice of the meeting agen-das posted at the Ringgold county courthouse, Mount Ayr Record-News, Sun Valley Lake and Diago-nal city hall the day before. • Clerk of Court (a state of-fi ce): Jackie Saville, 464-3234; fax: 464-2478. Offi ce hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. The clerk’s offi ce handles ali-mony and child support payments, probates, civil and criminal fi lings, magistrate’s court and records and services of adoptions, conservator-ships, court proceedings, divorces, estates, grand jury, guardianships, judgments, juvenile proceedings, mechanic’s liens, mental health admissions, petit jury, surety company certifi cates, state hospi-tal, traffi c violations, trust funds, trusteeships. Certifi ed copies can be made of above listed records. Court records are also available at www.iowacourts.gov. • County Conservation Board: Kate Zimmerman, phone: 464-2787, email: rangerkate@io-watelecom.net. Please contact for information on rules and regulations, parks, trail ways, camping, shelter reser-vations, environmental education and more. Parks are open March 15 - November 15. Walk-in traffi c is allowed year round. • County Weed Commission-er: Brenda Adams, 641-344-9629. • Development and Tourism: Karen Bender, Coordinator, 464-3704. If anyone has any calendar events, please contact the develop-ment offi ce at 641-464-3704. • E-911 Service Board: Merle Walter, 307 N. Webster St., Mount Ayr, 464-3311. • Emergency Management Agency: Teresa Jackson, Coordi-nator, 109 W. Madison St., Suite 105, cell: 641-202-9671; phone: 464-3344; fax: 464-0663, email: tjackson@iowatelecom.net. Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The tornado sirens in Mount Ayr will be tested the fi rst Tuesday of each month unless there is se-vere weather. • Engineer: Zach Gunsolley, P.E., 464-3232. 707 South Hender-son Drive. Offi ce hours: Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • General Relief: Teresa Jack-son, 109 W. Madison St., Suite 105, 464-3344. Offi ce hours: Tues-day and Friday, 8 a.m. to noon or by appointment. For emergencies call 641-344-9767. • Recorder: Karen Schaefer, 464-3231. Passport applications are taken daily from 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. and noon - 4 p.m. Certifi ed vital records can be obtained from 8 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. The recorder’s offi ce serves as a passport agent. Items needed to apply are: certifi ed copy of birth certifi cate, driver’s license or state issued ID, two-inch square pass-port photos and passport applica-tion (both available at recorder’s offi ce) and fees. Allow four to six weeks from date of application to receive passport book or card from the passport agency. Expedited service is available for an addi-tional fee. Individuals with recent name changes can get their passport book/card updated without a fee within one year of issue. Forms may be obtained at the recorder’s offi ce. For additional information call the recorder’s offi ce or go to www.travel.state.gov/passport. Avoid a $5 penalty by renew-ing boat registrations by April 30, 2013.

• Sanitarian: Ringgold County Public Health Agency, 464-0691. Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Public Health Agency: 119 S. Fillmore, 464-0691. Hours: Mon-day - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Sheriff: Mike Sobotka, Emer-gency Only 911, Non-Emergency (Available 24/7) 464-3921 or 464-2911. New location at the Ringgold County Law Enforcement Center, 801 West South Street. Hours are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Road Conditions - dial 511 or online at www.Io-waRoadConditions. org. • Treasurer: Debbie Cannon, 464-3230. Property taxes can be paid on-line at www.iowatreasurers.org with Visa, Master Card and Dis-cover credit cards or e-checks. Payments made in the offi ce may be with cash, checks or with a Mas-ter Card, Visa or Discover credit or debit card. All documents conveying real estate need to have the name and address of the person to whom the property tax statement is to be mailed. Please check renewal notices and tax statements for the correct information. If the infor-mation is wrong, contact the trea-surer’s offi ce. Motorists can now renew mo-tor vehicle registrations online at www.iowatreasurers.org if a re-newal notice is received through the United States Postal Service that contains a personal identifi ca-tion number (PIN). Please be aware that the PIN can only be used one time. Contact the treasurer’s offi ce for more information. Those with December birth dates are reminded to register their motor vehicles by January 31, 2013. Bring in the renewal state-ment received in the mail so re-newals can be quickly processed. • Driver’s License Offi ce: Lo-cated in the Treasurer’s Offi ce. Driver’s licenses may be re-newed any time during the period of 30 calendar days before and up to 60 calendar days after the driver’s birth date. The driver’s license station hours are Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Phone 464-3230 with ques-tions. • Veterans Affairs: Gary Smith, 464-2397. Mondays and Thurs-days, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Tuesdays, 8 a.m. - noon; Closed Wednesdays and Fridays. In case of emergency 641-464-2397 or 641-202-1199.

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BY MIKE AVITT The Mount Ayr Assembly of God Church was dedicated June 11, 1945 and was located just west of Hawkeye Lumber Co. Rev. Den-son Henderson gave the afternoon message while Rev. Coles spoke to the youth at 7 p.m. The dedication message was delivered by Rev. Charles E. Long, secretary/trea-surer of the Assembly of God West Central District. Rev. Zelma Shaw would be the regular pastor. I be-lieve she also guided the Assembly of God churches at Kellerton and Redding. This is “Snapshots of History” article number 100 so I’ll take this opportunity to tell you about this picture and many others. I took this photograph in March 2005 know-ing that this building, which was abandoned at the time, would be torn down, moved, or transformed physically to accommodate a new occupant. The old church was torn down in or around 2009. A few weeks ago, I used a pic-ture of Dr. Reynolds’ offi ce I took

in November 2007. The old doc-tor’s offi ce in Caledonia was in bad shape and would eventually fall over if not restored. The owner burned it down about six months after I took the picture. So these two buildings are gone but I have photos of them and many other structures that have gone by the wayside. I began to take pictures in Ringgold county in 2001, but only a few. In 2004, I got serious about this area of recording our history and took many more photos. I got a digital camera in 2008 and took even more pictures. I took a picture of the old res-taurant building in Tingley in 2004 and it was torn down less than six months later. The restaurant went under the names of Tingley Cafe, Badah’s Kitchen, The Old Fort, and Bert’s Bakery. Both of the churches in Benton were torn down in 2008 and I got pictures of both before they disappeared. I got photos of many other build-ings, houses, and barns which have passed into history.

Snapshots of History

The old Assembly of God Church building at the corner of Adams and Pierce in Mount Ayr. There are, however, many that I missed, too. The Side Hill coun-try school was torn down in the spring of 2005 (I think). I waited to shoot this school because the sun wasn’t right or the brush was too thick or...anyway, I missed it. The good news is I found a photo of this country school at the Mount Ayr Public Library and they were kind enough to share it with me. Many of my pictures appear on my Facebook page, Flickr.com., and iagenweb.org/ringgold/. The latter website is coordinated by Sharon Becker and I have contrib-uted non-photo items, as well. I have a long list of business open-ings, closings, and transactions throughout Ringgold county’s his-tory and I hope to share these with Sharon this winter. I have also recently been loaned many historic photos and newspa-pers which will provide fodder for dozens of articles. I will tell you more about these when I run the articles. Hopefully, I can write an-other 100.

city of Kellerton for maintenance on roads in that immediate vicin-ity. The supervisors asked for more time to review the proposal and to gather more information prior to making a decision. In other business the board re-ceived budget requests from Ring-gold County Development and from the Rural Iowa Crisis Center.

Iowa State Savings Bank (ISSB) employee owners created a unique idea to support the food pantries in the areas while earning the right to wear blue jeans for a bank-wide training held Monday, January 22, Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Each employee owner who wanted to wear jeans to the train-ing could do so if he or she brought a jar of peanut butter, a box of gra-ham crackers plus paid $5. The food and money was then divided and given to the food pantries in each community with an ISSB

ISSB employees make contributionbranch. “This is one of those win-win-win situations,” said Jan Knock, vice president of marketing. “We’re contributing to a great cause, the foods we are donating are won-derful for children and employee/owners get to learn new things in relaxed attire,” said Knock. The effort raised $185 and the food and money were divided to be delivered to food pantries serving Creston, Corning, Diagonal and Lenox.

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Friday, February 1 The annual Ringgold county reunion will be held at Ann’s Res-taurant, 221 W. Bus. Hwy. 83, San Juan, TX. Registration will begin at 11 a.m. with lunch following.

Saturday, February 2 Soup supper at the Mount Ayr First Christian Church with serv-ing from 5 to 7 p.m.

Monday, February 4 Thin Within support group will meet at 5 p.m. at the Lighthouse. Mount Ayr City Council will meet at 6 p.m. at Mount Ayr City Hall. Beekeeping class at the Lamoni community center from 6 to 9 p.m. Jam session at the Mount Ayr American Legion building from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mount Ayr Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, Mount Ayr. Sowing in Tears Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. at the Light-house Church, two miles west of Mount Ayr.

Tuesday, February 5 Calico Quilters will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Senior Citizens Activity Center, Mount Ayr. Mount Ayr Chamber of Com-merce will meet at 5:30 p.m. at Jamie’s Coffee Mill & Deli for dinner during the meeting. Faith Lodge #179 A.F. & A.M. meets at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, Mount Ayr.

Wednesday, February 6 Order deadline for the Fourth Annual Judge Lewis Aquatic Center Valentine’s Day cookie plate fund-raiser. $1 sack day every day at the Ringgold County Neighborhood Center. The Mount Ayr Public Library board will meet at 5:15 p.m. at the library.

Thursday, February 7Ringgold County Master Gar-

deners will meet at the Iowa State Extension offi ce at 5 p.m. Beekeeping class at the Lamoni community center from 6 to 9

p.m.Southwest Iowa Shutterbugs

will meet at the Creston Pizza Ranch. Chatter and food begins at 6 p.m. Regular meeting begins at 7 p.m.

Sons of the American Legion will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Mount Ayr Legion hall. Alcoholics Anonymous meet-ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr.

Saturday, February 9Breakfast for supper at the

Benton community building from 5 to 7 p.m. Freewill offering.

Sunday, February 10 Surprise card shower for Bud Breckenridge’s 88th birthday. Cards and correspondence may be sent to him at 1600 La Grant Pkwy., Apt. 108, Waukee, IA 50263-8329.

Monday, February 11 Fourth Annual Judge Lewis Aquatic Center Valentine’s Day cookie plate fund-raiser delivery date. Thin Within support group will meet at 5 p.m. at the Lighthouse. Mount Ayr Community School board meets at 6 p.m. in the MACS board room. Jam session at the Mount Ayr American Legion building from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mount Ayr Golf and Country Club board will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the clubhouse. Sowing in Tears Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. at the Light-house Church, two miles west of Mount Ayr.

Tuesday, February 12Mount Ayr American Legion

Post 172 will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Post. V.F.W. Lamoni Post will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Lamoni Community Center.

Wednesday, February 13$1 sack day every day at the

Ringgold County Neighborhood Center. Public is invited to attend a support group, “Touching Our Grief,” sponsored by HCI Care Services (formerly Hospice of Central Iowa) from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Extension offi ce. For more information, contact Kathy Rinehart, 464-2088. Ringgold Outdoor Alliance monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Iowa Roadhouse.

Thursday, February 14 Valentine’s Day prime rib dinner at the American Legion building in Mount Ayr. Auction items for view at 5:30 p.m. Meal at 6 p.m. Hear the romantic and uplifting music by the Graceland University choir. Evening hosted by the Mount Ayr Assembly of God Church. Mount Ayr Lions will meet at 6 p.m. Board meeting at 5:30 p.m. Waubonsie Memorial Center meeting at 7 p.m. in Benton. Topaz Lodge #438 A.F. & A.M. meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Temple on Main Street in Kellerton. Alcoholics Anonymous meet-ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr.

Names in the News

Iowa State Savings Bank (ISSB) board of directors named Kevin L. Stewart to replace David R. Driskell as president of the bank at their annual meeting held Wednes-day, Jan. 23 in Creston. Stewart has been with the bank since 1996, starting as a loan offi -cer, specializing in agriculture and commercial loans. His most recent title was senior vice president. He is also on the bank’s board of di-rectors. Stewart is a graduate of Mount Ayr Community high school and Iowa State University. He is married to Julie and has three daughters, Samantha, Madalynn and Danielle. He resides in rural Maloy. Driskell stepped out of his role as president but will remain with the bank part time as a senior loan advisor. He will review the bank’s credit fi les and analyze fi nancial statements. He will also remain on the bank’s board of directors. Also continuing on the board of directors with Driskell and Stewart are Karl Knock, bank chief execu-tive offi cer and board chairman; Jan Knock, Adam Snodgrass, Dr. John Charles “Chuck” Hoyt, Lee McNichols and Robert Snodgrass. Other promotions announced at the annual meeting include Adam Snodgrass- chief fi nancial offi cer, cashier and trust; Joann Moore – vice president, real estate and consumer lending; Linda Lamb, vice president, business banking manager and physical security of-fi cer; Theresa Huck – compliance, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Offi ce of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Safe Act offi cer, identity theft program administrator; Robert Miller – agriculture loan offi cer; Logan Larsen – assistant agricul-ture loan offi cer and Trisha Riley – head customer service relationship (CSR). ISSB is an employee owned, community bank with branches in Creston, Corning, Diagonal and Lenox.

Stewart named as ISSB president

Kevin Stewart

Local students named to Dean’s list at Iowa State More than 6,669 Iowa State University undergraduates, includ-ing a number from this area, have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the 2012 fall semester dean’s list. Students named to the dean’s list must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded course work. Students listed below who qual-ifi ed for the Dean’s List are from our area are:Mount Ayr Kelsey R. Glendenning, Ac-counting; Jordan Thomas Klejch, Micro-biology; Allie Michele Knapp, Journal-ism and Mass Communication;Clearfi eld Karl C. Kerns, Animal Sci-ence; Matthew Lewis Kerns, Animal Science;Grand River Hanna Brynn Jones, Public Service and Administration in Ag-riculture;Redding Taylor Dea Lynch, Child, Adult, and Family Services;Lamoni Nathaniel Colte Silver, His-tory;Maloy Katelyn Marie Warin, Agricul-tural and Life Sciences Education.

Mount Ayr’s Gregg volunteers at AIB for MLK Day AIB College of Business stu-dent Rebecca Gregg of Mount Ayr honored the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 21 by serving the Des Moines commu-nity on the day the U.S. Congress declared MLK Day of Service. More than 130 AIB students and employees participated in hands-on volunteer activities, producing 225 books for Jefferson Elementary in Des Moines, 870 school awards for Des Moines public schools, 135 sensory kits for Alzheimer’s patients and caregivers, 940 book-marks for Everybody Wins! Iowa’s Power Lunch reading program and 266 cards for inclusion in Basic Necessity Bags for Central Iowa Shelter & Services. AIB students volunteer for a variety of projects through the school’s Community Engagement program. Students are required to complete at least 20 hours of com-munity engagement and a Service Learning project in order to gradu-ate. Gregg is earning an Associ-ate in Applied Science degree in Business Administration-Sales and Marketing at AIB.

Birthdays

Bud Breckenridge

Breckenridge to celebrate 88th birthday Bud Breckenridge will be cel-ebrating his 88th birthday anni-versary February 10. His family is hosting a surprise card shower for him. Cards and correspondence may be sent to Bud Breckenridge, 1600 La Grant Pkwy., Apt. 108, Wau-kee, IA 50263-8329.

Evan Miller • Tony and Abby Scarlet Miller of Grove City, MN are the proud parents of a baby boy, Evan An-thony Miller, who was born on Sunday, January 6, 2013, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. The little guy weighed nine pounds, four ounces. Grandparents are Fred and Ruth Miller of Grove City, MN, Bonnie Randles of Mount Ayr and Kurt Randles of Covington, IN. Great-grandparents are Dick and Joann Green of Mount Ayr and Maxine Holycross of Covington, IN. Evan was welcomed home by siblings Brooklyn, three years old, and Vivian, two years old.

Births

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Library Leafi ngs

An election and an inaugura-tion brings to focus the presiden-cy. Already there is speculation about who will run in 2016. One president, Andrew Jackson, cam-paigned for four years. Believing he had been cheated out of wining in 1824, he immediately began his campaign for 1828. There were four candidates in 1824, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, An-drew Jackson and William Craw-ford. Jackson received the most votes but did not win a majority. The election was thrown into the House of Representatives where Clay, who despised Jackson, threw his support to Adams. Adams was elected and when he appointed Clay his Secretary of State, Jack-son and his supporters denounced it as a “corrupt bargain.” Andrew Jackson never backed down from a fi ght or a challenge. Of Scotch Irish descent, he really was born in a log cabin on the Car-oline frontier. Orphaned at an early age, he had a long colorful career as a frontier lawyer, storekeeper, Indian fi ghter and military com-mander. The stories about Jackson, his temper and his fi ghting abilities are legendary. In 1818 in the First Seminole War, Jackson led an in-vasion of Spanish Florida to punish the Indians for attacking settlers on the Georgia frontier. He found two British agents he suspected of supplying and encouraging the In-dian attacks. A court martial found them guilty. Both were executed; one by hanging and one by fi ring squad. Jackson fought many duels mostly to defend the honor of his wife, Rachel. When Jackson fi rst met Rachel, she was unhappily married to a ne’er-do-well named Lewis Robards. Robards told Ra-chel that he was getting a divorce so the Jacksons were married. Two years later Robards had not gotten the divorce. He then obtained a di-vorce accusing Rachel of adultery. The couple remarried but the stain on her name remained and for 37 years Jackson kept pistols in per-fect order to defend her honor. In 1806, he killed a man named Charles Dickinson in a duel. In 1813, in a fi ght with Thomas Hart Benton, Jackson received a bullet which remained in his arm un-til a surgeon fi nally removed it is 1832. By then Benton was a distin-guished senator from Missouri and a supporter of Jackson. Offered the bullet, he said, “Twenty years pos-session made the bullet Jackson’s property.” Benton used to tell peo-ple, “I had a fi ght with Jackson. A fellow was hardly in the fashion who didn’t.” As president, Andrew Jackson was a staunch supporter of the union. In 1828 the state of south Caroline led by Jackson’s vice

resident John C. Calhoun tried to “nullify” an act of Congress. Jackson threatened to take a federal army to invade South Caro-lina and hang the nullifi cationists, including Calhoun, “to the nearest tree I can fi nd.” Later South Caro-line Senator Robert Hayne ex-pressed doubts that Jackson would hang anyone. Benton replied, “when Jackson begins to talk about hanging, they can begin to look for the ropes.” To read more about Andrew Jackson and our other presidents, the library recommends “Presiden-tial Anecdotes” by Paul F. Boller, Jr. New to the library: In regular print fi ction: “This Heart of Mine” by Susan Elizabeth Phillips and “No Eye Can See,” book two in the Kinship and Courage Series by Jane Kirkpatrick.

Club NotesChapter CK, P.E.O.

Chapter CK, P.E.O. met Mon-day, Jan. 21, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the Ringgold County Extension offi ce. There were 18 members and one visitor in attendance. President Ruth McDonnell con-ducted the business meeting which included the winter letter from the president of Iowa State Chapter, news of the upcoming Iowa State Chapter Convention in Des Moines and the International Chapter Con-vention in Dallas, TX. Committee reports were heard and coins were collected for Cottey College. The program theme was “A Reason for Reminiscing,” Found-ers Day given by Jo Ann Buckner. January 21, 1869 seven young college women on the campus of Iowa Wesleyan College at Mount Pleasant met to create a society for themselves which they called P.E.O. Seven girls more diversifi ed in tastes could not be found. Each brought her own special gift to the sisterhood which today binds together almost 250,000 women in the United States and Canada for the purpose of advancement of women through education. Fun facts about the founders’ lives, careers and legacies were shared along with a quiz. A fruit dessert was served by hostesses Cheryl Taylor, Marie Still and Marian Jennings. Next meeting will be February 18 at Heritage Park meeting room at 1 p.m.

Taiko Drummers at Warren Center The ancient Japanese musical art of taiko combines with next-generation sound and choreog-raphy when TAIKOPROJECT 2 comes to the Warren Cultural Cen-ter in Greenfi eld on Saturday, Feb. 16. Tickets are on sale now at Ed & Eva’s, 154 Public Square, Green-fi eld, and online at warrencultur-alcenter.com. A limited number of premium seats in the front half of the fl oor and the balcony remain, at $30. Standard seating is $20. For more information, check out www.taikoproject.com and follow the group on Facebook and Twitter.

Mount Ayr PersonalsCall 464-2440 Mondays

• Cathy Ward, owner of Iris’ Beauty Salon in Mount Ayr and instructor at Creston’s Hair Tech, and Mary Lee Foltz, Jim Sissel and Glen Tull, owners and instructors of Hair Tech, attended the Winter/Spring Iowa Cosmetology Educa-tors’ meeting January 19-21, 2013 at the Baymont Inn & Sites at Cor-alville. Some of the classes attended were the New Iowa Laws, Net-work: Getting Business Facebook Page Up and Going, the ICE De-sign Team, the New Trifecta Col-lection of Haircuts for women and men, Color Technique, the New Nail Art - Triple Technique, Trifec-ta Color, Triple Fade and a class on the New Trifecta Make-up Look. • Visitors recently in Guelda Barker’s home were Phil and Mary Stamper of Colorado Springs, CO; Janet and Jim Knedler of Topeka, KS; Cory, Beth, Hope and Marshal Knedler of Vermillion, SD; Den-zle and Betty Bethards of Garden Grove, and JR Miller, Joan Har-vey, Don Stamper, Louise Stamper and Doris Drake, all of Mount Ayr. Several family members also met Jerry and Jean Barker of Mount Pleasant in Osceola to have lunch and celebrate Guelda’s birthday.

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January 28 - A great group of people were present Sunday eve-ning for the annual soup supper and game night. Considering what the weather had been earlier in the day, the Center was thinking the turnout would be lighter than nor-mal, but there were 28 people and some great food. The Activity Center is getting ready for chair exercises to begin on Monday, February 4 at 9:30 a.m. If you want to help out your shoulders, strengthen your legs and arms, become more fl exible or keep what fl exibility you have, this is the place to be on Monday and Wednesday mornings at 9:30 a.m. Dorothy Saville, Marlene Keller and Sharon Hubbard will be assist-ing in February to get the exercises started. It does not make any dif-ference if you do them perfectly or not, just that you do them. If you have them, bring along a set of hand weights and a towel. Now that towel is interesting, is it not? Want to fi nd out how to exercise with a towel, come and join in the fun!! February is the short month of the year, but there will be plenty of activities going on at the Center, so come up and join in with the group. No one has been turned away yet!! The coffee is always on and you might fi nd a cookie or two.

The Albuquerque-Santa Fe motorcoach trip leaving in June is now full with a couple of people on stand-by in case there is a cancel-lation. The Pigeon Forge-Smokey Mountain trip for October sounds like it is going to be very popular. If you want on that list, let the Cen-ter know so they can get your name down. Deposits won’t be collected until a little later on.

Less than two more months un-til the fi rst day of spring. It seems like the winter has not lasted as long this year, but suppose it is because it has not been a bad one again. I doubt if the last two win-ters are going to hold out in the fu-ture. We have to get back to a nor-mal winter one of these years, do we not? We need some really cold weather to kill off all these germs running around. The Activity Center hopes you all are staying healthy this winter and that you are enjoying doing any activities that you can. If you need some more, come up to the Center and join in.

Mount Ayr Meal Site

January 28 - The numbers were down a lot this past week. Staff aren’t sure if there are those who are ill or if they just didn’t want to get out in the cold. Either way they hope to see more people at the meal site soon. Everyone was so sorry to hear of the serious illness and death of Sleepy (Duane) Poore. He was a faithful attendee of the meals. He always came early to play cards and stayed after the meal to play bingo. They will certainly miss him and wish to extend sympathy to all of his family. Several from the meal site attended his funeral on Monday morning, Jan. 28. Colleen Kendle of Green Bay, WI was a guest of her mother, Lu-ella Wilson, Thursday. Guelda Barker had special guests with her Friday. Coming to the meal site with her were her brother, Phillip Stamper and his wife, Mary, of Colorado Springs, CO. They were in town to help Guelda celebrate her 90th birthday Saturday. Guelda was also expect-ing many more family members

coming on Saturday to celebrate with her. A card was signed for her. Happy birthday, Guelda, with wishes for you many, many more. Guelda reported that her sister-in-law, Louise Stamper, is on the mend and getting out some. Every-one hopes she is able to come to the site for dinner soon. She is getting some meals delivered to her from the meal site. Don’t forget the Legion’s supper on Sunday night, Feb. 10. Chicken and dumplings, ham and beans, chili and desserts will be served from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The cost is only $5 and you can have all you care to eat. Proceeds will go toward a vent system for the American Le-gion hall.

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January 21 (delayed) - The weather took another nosedive, dropping 40 degrees overnight. Saturday was balmy and sunny, temperature at 60 degrees. Sunday morning it dropped to 18 degrees. Felty and Lizzie Borntrager attended church in Bethany, MO Sunday. The Levi Mast family is mak-ing preparations to move to Hom-er, MI next week. It will leave a big vacancy in the church and school. Levi’s son, William, will move to Princeton, MO. Floyd Plank had surgery done on one eye at a hospital in Des Moines as an outpatient. He’s coming along as well as can be ex-pected. Robert Detweilers had a nut-picking for the church women and girls. They had a good turnout. Vernon and Mary Troyer re-ceived the news of their third great-grandchild born to Matthew and Rachel Miller of Monte Vista, CO December 20 and named Han-nah Lynn. Grandparents are Ivan Troyers and Eddie Millers, both of Monte Vista. The other great-grandparents are Dan Kauffmans of Bloomfi eld, Bill Hostetlers of Jamesport, MO and Levi Millers of Clark, MO and also one great-great-grandmother, Sarah Hersh-berger of Stuarts Draft, VA.

––––––––––––––– January 28 - Temperatures fl uc-tuate quite a bit, from a low of six degrees and sunny days to a high of 50 degrees Sunday, plus rainy and foggy. The rain is needed in this area. Going to the Downing, MO area over the weekend were Roy, Cora, Dena and Wilma Bontrager and Vernon and Mary Troyer. The drive home was rather tense with the dense fog, misty rain plus the windshield wipers gave out that day. Levi Masts are leaving Tuesday for their new home in Homer, MI. Friends and neighbors were helping them pack last week. The teachers at Timber View school had a fare-well party Friday in behalf of the four Mast pupils. They brought hot lunch to school and also froze ice cream to everybody’s delight. Mrs. Daniel Detweiler and two little girls of Princeton, MO spent several days with her parents, Eli Yoders, last week. Katie Yoder (Albert’s) traveled with some others to Hale, MI to be with her sister, Ada and John Born-trager. Felty Bontrager, Eli Miller and

Joe and Rosa Miller went to Min-nesota last week in the interest of real estate.

January 28 - Monday supper guests of Mary Gepner were Kay and Don Hove. Mike, Malinda and Mitch Swank, Don and Joan Stringham and Matt Swank and Katie at-tended the Raider wrestling meet at Mount Ayr Thursday night and the Quad Invitational Saturday at Maryville, MO and watched the Raiders, along with Shane Swank, wrestle. Congratulations, Shane, in winning your matches in Mount Ayr and receiving second place at Maryville. Mary Swank and Karla Larson also attended the meet at Mount Ayr. Bob and Lucy Ricker attended the wrestling meet in Mount Ayr Thursday night and the Quad In-vitational in Maryville, MO and watched the Raiders, especially Joe Ricker, wrestle. Congratula-tions to Joe in winning his match in Mount Ayr and receiving second place at Maryville. Saturday night Mary Gepner watched the fi lm, “Les Miserables” at the Mount Ayr Princess Theater. Callers during the week of Mary Swank were Karla Larson and Jarred, Rich Swank and Mitch Swank. Mary Gepner was a Sunday dinner guest of Bob and Karyn Graham. Bob and Lucy Ricker hosted a birthday dinner for Jessie Ricker Sunday in their home. Other guests were Brent and Martha Ricker and Jake and Joe and Bruce and Mi-chell Ricker.

January 28 - Sherry Skinner and Jennifer, Roger and Baker Peters went to Des Moines to see Aaron Green and then on to Will and Ni-cole Skinner’s over the weekend. Donna Melvin and Terry Hen-son were in Des Moines over the weekend. Sunday guests of David and Mary Kay Loutzenhiser were Kip and Vicki Burke of Alpena, MI, Greg, Danielle and Aubrey Lout-zenhiser of Des Moines and Peggy and Ben Roed of Bedford. Jerry and Judy King have re-turned from a trip cruising and vis-iting the southern states. Clint, Destiny, Nolan and Khloe Drake have moved into their new home. “It is not half as important to burn the midnight oil as it is to be awake in the daytime.”Redding

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January 28 - Helen Combs was a Sunday dinner guest at Lil Rine-hart’s. Others present were Virginia Combs of North Liberty and Lori, Jacob, Jeremy and Justina Wimer of Grant City, MO. Kevin Wimer was an afternoon visitor. Peggy and Jerry Overholser’s supper guests Saturday were Cindy and Dick Snethen and Sharon and Dale Walkup in honor of the Walk-ups’ 40th wedding anniversary. Jeanette Todd was a lunch guest at Overholsers’ Sunday. Peggy went to Deb Gray’s Wednesday eve-ning for a late Christmas celebra-tion with the local Red Hat group. Also present were Cindy Snethen, Donna Melvin, Meredith Dredge and Cathy Coulson. Katie and Preston Hayse went to Grandparents’ Day at the el-ementary school Friday for Tessa Kniep. Ginny and Bill Quick were overnight guests at Rebecca and Cliff Smith’s Saturday and went to the Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Sunday. Their grandson, Bryson Smith, competed and won fi rst place in his pack. Berta and Kenny Quick went to Shenandoah and visited with

Norm and Jeanie Castille there. They visited with Bess Pickering in Grant City, MO Thursday. Betty and J.W. Robertson went to visit Marie and Everett Camp-bell in Grant City, MO Friday. Darrell Roach and son of Lamoni visited the Robertsons Saturday. Lil Rinehart was guest of honor Monday for lunch at Sharon Walk-up’s for her birthday. Other guests were Peggy Overholser, Cindy Snethen, Bobbi Bainum and James Walkup. Joe, Gina, Maya and Eli Bainum were overnight guests Saturday at Bobbi and Michael Bainum’s. Matt Bainum, Caitlyn Bainum, Al-yssa Ross and Joe, Gina and family were supper guests Saturday and brunch guests Sunday of Bainums. Alyssa Ross left Sunday afternoon to return home to Las Vegas, NV. Travis, Julie, Tanner and Jaynee Snethen were Sunday afternoon visitors of Bainums.

January 28 - Wow! It’s hard to believe it’s time to begin a new month already. January, a month that usually seems to just drag along, has fl own by already. A new month means it’s time for another birthday party. All February birth-days will be celebrated at a party to be held at the meal site Friday, Feb. 1. Friday Singers will provide the extra entertainment. A piano duo featuring Peggy Skarda and Virginia Walden made its debut at the Tingley site Mon-day. They received plenty of posi-

tive comments and plan on being a regular Monday routine. Tingley’s not Tingley without some morning music taking place. A good number of band mem-bers were on hand to provide Tues-day’s entertainment. They includ-ed accompanist Carmene James, plus Dick and Virginia Walden, Dave and Wilmina Jennings, Do-ris Overholser, Evelyn Sickels, Norma Webb, Iona Triggs, Junior Brown and Dorothy Clough. Pinkie Collins shared a story with her meal site friends. Friday found a good number of Friday Singers present to provide the morning’s special entertain-ment. Members included accom-panist Kay Henderson, director Bonnie Manders, plus Iona Triggs, Dorothy Clough, Bill and Norma Webb, Dave and Marge Patch, Dick and Virginia Walden and Dave and Wilmina Jennings. How blessed the site is to have all these different groups and folks who so willingly share their time and tal-ents. Ronda Engels, the nutrition program coordinator for Area XIV Agency on Aging, was a visitor at the Tingley site Friday. Folks at the site were shocked Monday to learn that Duane (Sleep) Poore had suffered a heart attack over the weekend and had been life-fl ighted to Des Moines, where he then passed away Thurs-day. His services were held Mon-day morning at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr. Sleep loved his card games and bingo at the meal site. He rarely missed coming to Tingley on Monday and Tuesday and sometimes on Friday. He will be missed up there. Sym-pathy is extended to his family. It was also discovered Mon-day that Harold Brown had been fl own back to Mount Ayr over the weekend and was now a patient at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr. He was dismissed Fri-day and had returned to his home. All hope he will be able to remain there. There’s no place like home. Those at the site also heard that Marge Werner had returned home. Her daughter, Jeanneatte Buell, is staying with her at this time. Also, Marge Perry is also recu-perating at home with the Hynek family.

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January 28 - What wild and crazy weather we are having, just hope it doesn’t turn violent. Hester Derscheid enjoyed a visit from her son, Dale, Saturday. Linda Swanson went to At-tica Thursday where she attended a UMW district offi cers meeting. Friday she and her granddaughter, Brenna, met 13 other family mem-bers at Mama Lacona’s for lunch. Ernie and Judy Mercer were lunch guests of Gary and Ardith Keplinger Saturday. Jason and

Sandy Mercer were included in the gathering. Ernie and Judy will take Jason to the airport today (Tuesday) for his trip to Califor-nia where he will be taking more graduate classes. Kathy Garner was a guest of her mother, Connie Huff, Tuesday. She brought the makings and they enjoyed homemade clam chowder for lunch.

January 28 - Sympathies go to the Warin family. Donna’s father, Duane Poore, passed away on Thursday. The funeral was Monday morning. Saturday Hannah Jackson, Amber Davison and Paige Lynch played basketball in a tourna-ment in Bethany, MO. The team, coached by Jason Lynch, won the tournament. Richard, Carole, Rob-ert, Julie and Laura Davison, Teya Still, Kevin, Melanie and Joan Jackson and Tara Lynch were there to watch the girls. Craig and Kathi Braby hosted a belated Haynes family Christmas at their home Sunday. Because of the ice, several family members were unable to attend. Even with that, 15-20 were present.

Laura Davison helped with the middle school basketball tourna-ment in Mount Ayr Saturday morn-ing. Kevin, Melanie and Hannah Jackson and Joan Jackson attended the wrestling meet in Mount Ayr Thursday night. Wyatt Jackson won his match that night. Wyatt Jackson accompanied the Mount Ayr wrestlers to a tourna-ment in Maryville, MO Saturday. Robert, Julie, Laura and Amber Davison, Teya Still and Mackenzie Shields had lunch at the home of Keith and Nancy Sackett. Later the Davisons, Teya Still and Mack-enzie Shields went to Bethany, MO so the girls could play in the bas-ketball tournament there. Gracie Mobley spent Saturday night with Samantha Stewart. Riley Weehler and Maddie

Mobley had junior varsity basket-ball games in Clarinda Monday night and home games Tuesday and Friday night. Samantha Stewart played bas-ketball in Leon Saturday. Her team won both games. Payton Weehler played basket-ball in Leon Saturday. That night he spent the night with Dick and Joyce Weehler.

January 28 - Wishard Chapel had a good crowd Sunday despite the inclement weather. Bible study is into its third week. Children meet at 4:30 p.m., parents upstairs. Supper is served at 5:30 p.m. and the teens meet fol-lowing supper. February 10 is slated to be the annual Valentine’s Day brunch at Wishard. They will also be pack-ing goodies for shut-ins. As of now, there are at least 12 on the list. Adults meet Wednesday eve-nings at 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall. There has been a good turn-out and anyone interested is still invited to join in. Condolences go out to the Duane Poore family. The funeral was held Monday at the Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home and was offi ciated by Pastor Bill Arm-strong. Wishard Chapel helped the Beaconsfi eld Church with the fu-neral dinner. Faith Shinkle and Doris Rule traveled to Fremont, NE with Grace Warin to visit Virgil Main. Lyle and Virginia Main picked them up Saturday and brought them back to Mount Ayr. Carol Anne McCreary and Tina McCreary traveled to Bethany, MO Saturday to watch Jessica and the sixth grade girls play round-robin basketball games. The Mount Ayr girls won fi rst place. Sunday dinner at the McCreary farm included the Ed McCrearys and Barbie Belzer and family. The kids spent the afternoon outside in the calf shed with Jessica’s cow and new calf.

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3 4 MENUSausage Gravy

and Biscuits OR GoulashACTIVITIES

AHA Awareness Game “Red Out”

6:30 A.M. Drill TeamPractice – FB Field/Gym4:45 P.M. JV G/B BB –

Lenox (H)5:15 P.M. SophomoreParents’ Fund-RaisingSupper in Commons6:15 P.M. G/B BB –

Lenox (H)8:30 P.M. Sparks

Perform at halftime

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ACTIVITIES7 A.M. HS Softball Pitchers

and Catchers (HS Gym)

11:30 A.M. - HELP Pod Meeting

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Pork FritterOR Chicken Nuggets

ACTIVITIESSeminar – Tech Squad

MeetingStrade Over Lunch – Senior

Composite Pictures6:30 A.M. Drill Team Prac-

tice – FB Field/Gym4 P.M. AAU VB (MS Gym)

4 P.M. MS Wresting at Corning

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OR Chicken Noodle Soup

ACTIVITIES7 P.M. Pops Concert

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ACTIVITIESBoys District BB

7 A.M. - HS SoftballPitchers and Catchers

(HS Gym)

4 P.M. - MS Wrestling at Bedford

6 P.M. School Board

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Sausage PizzaOR Walking Taco

Mr. Longley – Grandparents Day

ACTIVITIESGirls Regional BB

6:30 A.M. Drill TeamPractice – FB Field/Gym

4 P.M. AAU VB (MS Gym)

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Pulled Pork Sandwich

ACTIVITIES7 A.M. HS Softball Pitchers

and Catchers (HS Gym)

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Valentine’s DaySeminar - FFA Meeting

State WrestlingTournament

Boys District BB6:30 A.M. Drill Team

Practice – FB Field/Gym9 A.M. POI Speech

at Graceland University10 A.M. State Qualifiying

Bowling at Leon4 P.M. AAU VB (MS Gym)

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ACTIVITIESPresidents’ Day

Girls Regional BB

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(HS Gym)

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ACTIVITIESBoys District BB

6:30 A.M. Drill TeamPractice – FB Field/Gym

4 P.M. AAU VB (MS Gym)

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ACTIVITIES7 A.M. HS Softball Pitchers

and Catchers (HS Gym)

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OR Tuna Noodle CasseroleACTIVITIES

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Co-Ed State Bowling Tournament

SWI District Jazz

6:30 A.M. Drill TeamPractice – FB Field/Gym

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Mrs. Sobotka – Grandparents Day

ACTIVITIESSeminar - FCA Meeting

Co-Ed State Bowling Tournament

Coe Jazz Festival

7 P.M. Sparks Expo

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ACTIVITIESGirls State BB Tournament

7 A.M. - HS SoftballPitchers and Catchers

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6:30 A.M. Drill TeamPractice – FB Field/Gym

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ACTIVITIES7 A.M. HS Softball Pitchers

and Catchers (HS Gym)

4 P.M. MS Wrestlingat Wayne

7 P.M. Elementary Winter Band and Vocal Concert (4th - 6th) at Elementary

ACTIVITIESState Wrestling Tourna-

ment

9 A.M. All-State

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at Corning

1 P.M. Little Sparks Camp (HS and MS Gyms

and Commons)

7 P.M. Girls Regionals BB vs. Central Decatur

at Leon

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FEBRUARY 2013

ACTIVITIESBoys Sub-State BB

Raider Hoopla Elemen-tary BB Tournament(MS and HS Gym)

9 A.M. District Individual Speech

ACTIVITIES9 A.M. POI Bowling

at Lenox

9 A.M. State Large Group Speech

12 P.M. Sectional Wrestling at Nodaway Valley

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ACTIVITIESGirls State BB Tournament

7 A.M. HS Softball Pitchers and Catchers (HS Gym)

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6:30 A.M. Drill TeamPractice – FB Field/Gym

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4 P.M. Adult League BB (MS Gym)

6 P.M. Sparks Practicein HS Gym

ACTIVITIES1 P.M. Pitching Practice -Tori Larsen (MS Gym)

4 P.M. Adult League BB (MS Gym)

6 P.M. Sparks Practicein HS Gym

ACTIVITIES1 P.M. Pitching Practice –

Tori Larsen (MS Gym)

4 P.M. Adult League BB (MS Gym)

6 P.M. Sparks Practicein HS Gym

ACTIVITIES4 P.M. Adult League BB

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OR Cheese Soup

ACTIVITIESSimpson Jazz Festival

4 P.M. AAU VB (MS Gym)

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Academic Decathlon competes at regionalsThe Mount Ayr Academic Decathlon team placed fi fth at the regional competition held in Des Moines recent-ly. Coaches and team members include (front row, L-R) coach Mary K. Overholtzer, Christiana Overholtzer, Adrian Richards and Kody Weeda; (back row) Naomi Richards, coach Sherry Adams, Samantha Crawford, Alexandra Young and Zach Tipton.

Sixth grade girls win tournamentA team of Mount Ayr sixth grade girls won the Bethany Basketball Tournament Saturday, Jan. 26. Pictured are (front row, L-R) Gabby Hunke, Paige Lynch and Ryann Martin; (back row) Sammi McGill, Caroline McAlex-ander, Amber Davison, Hannah Jackson, Jessica McCreary and coach Jason Lynch. (Not pictured: Mackenzie Shields.)

MAC academic decathlon team places fi fth in region

Mount Ayr Community’s aca-demic decathlon team placed fi fth in the small-school division for the 28th regional event hosted by Des Moines Central Academy and Drake University. This fi nish will place them in the wild-card division to determine if they go on to the state event at Mount Vernon. Perry and Adel-Desoto-Minburn (ADM) each had two teams place ahead of the Mount Ayr team, but they can com-pete only as one individual team in the 24-team state fi eld. All regional qualifi ers will be announced on Wednesday.

The highlight of the event was Zach Tipton’s strong showing in the varsity division when he placed fi rst in science, second in language and literature and third in speech. He also garnered a third place overall medal for individual place-ment within his division. He was

number one on the team in point totals with 3,750. It was a relaxing Thursday evening for him when compared to last year’s speech event. He doubled his score in speech from last year’s speech cat-egory. This catapulted him to an individual medal. The freshmen in the group - Al-exander Young, Kody Weeda and Samantha Crawford - proved to be great contenders for the future. Young brought home a second place, and Weeda brought home a third place in music.

Even though the Mount Ayr “seasoned veterans” - Naomi Rich-ards, Christiana Overholtzer and Adrian Richards - had strong in-dividual scores and improvements over last year, they came home empty-handed. There are hopes that the wild card event might bring them back to their third con-secutive trip to state.

The purposes of the decathlon are to encourage students to de-velop a greater respect for knowl-edge, promote wholesome inter-school competition in academic areas, stimulate intellectual growth and achievement and to encourage public interests and awareness of outstanding education programs by recognizing academic achieve-ment among high school students who go above and beyond the reg-ular curriculum. The 10 testing divisions in-cluded the study of the “Russian Revolution.” The seven-member team was broken up into two hon-or, three scholastic and two var-sity students for the opportunity to move onto the state event. The change in rules this year will help the Mount Ayr team since the top two scores from each division are tabulated for a team score. This team will await the offi cial results that were posted Wednesday.

“Dream winners” given donationsWriters were recognized for their dreams to improve their communities. (Beginning at left) Picture 1: Cindy Allen and Julie Neas present a $100 check to the Mount Ayr elementary for new books. Representing the school were Alexa Anderson, Eldon Paxson and Mr. Chris Elwood, elementary principal. Picture 2: Neas and Allen present a $100 check to the city of Kellerton for a park improvement project. Students representing Kellerton are Olivia West, Bricey Gorman and Kinze Butcher. Picture 3: Neas and Allen present a $100 check to the Mount Ayr elementary for playground equipment. Representing the school were Madison Birkenholtz, Byanca Smith and Mr. Elwood. Picture 4: Neas and Allen present a $100 check to the Ringgold County DNR for trees. Students pictured are Elizabeth Sobotka, Preston Dine and Justin Hyde. Rachel Gregg was part of this winning dream but is not pictured. Picture 5: Neas and Allen present a check to Karen Bender of the Chamber of Commerce for small business ads. Zach Doster was the student dream winner but is not pictured.

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Saturday, February 2, 10 a.m.ANTIQUES and COLLECTIBLES

Kitchen cupboard with glass doors, oak secretary with glass door, (2) oak chests of drawers, trunks, blonde china cupboards with glass doors, commode, cupboard top, hall tree, oak fireplace surround, several large picture frames, pie safe, small table, several wooden chairs (some pressed-back), wooden children’s chairs, baby bed, poster bed and dresser, cedar chest, over 100 crocks of all sizes including: Churn with lid, water cooler, brown jug with lid, sponge bowls (one blue, one red), Western stoneware, Redwing stoneware, Roseville stoneware.

Sugar buckets, several small antique wooden kitchen tools, cheese box, kraut cutter, spice cabinet, salt box, several teapots, several wicker baskets, pickle jar, Depression cracker jar, miniature cast iron items, aluminum coffeepot, finger lamp, gallon milk enamel jug, several granite pieces including coffeepot, blue granite wash basin, coffee grinder, coffee jar, several meat grinders, (2) picnic baskets, sewing basket, several tins including Butternut coffee, wire egg baskets, butter mold, beater jar, butter jar, (3) brass washboards, (3) glass washboards, pictures (with angels, girl in hayfield, Beatitudes), copper boiler with lid, lots of glassware including: Cake plates, berry bowls, fruit bowls, sugar and creamers, goblets, pitcher and glass sets, blue dishes, spoon dish, several hand painted plates and bowls, green and pink depression, daisy bowl, Occupied Japan, amber basket, salt and pepper, Carnival glass, large collection of glass cruets. Old buttons, old marbles, miniature Singer sewing machine (Great Britain), boxes of cookbooks, Centennial books including: Kellerton, Beaconsfield, Diagonal, Ellston, Tingley, Redding, Delphos, Grand River. Old IHC parts books, Fisher Price toys, hat boxes, high-top shoes, rug beaters and white pot commode.

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Large recliners, glider rocker, large metal desk, lamps, Ham radio equipment, tubes, CB radios, large amount of boxes of craft materials including fabric for quilts, jewelry-making supplies, tin crafts, flowers, Christmas decorations, wooden crafts, suitcases, towels, bedding, office supplies, knick-knacks, Cabbage Patch doll, wall hangings, keyboard piano, afghans, humidifier.

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January 28 - It is always nice to share special days with loved ones. Paul and Frances Smith came last week and joined Maxine Kean for lunch in celebration of her birth-day. Nancy and Race Kelly had a nice time as they were lunch guests of Maxine Werner last Friday. Merna Cox enjoyed having her husband as a lunch guest last week also. Irene Merical was a welcome lunch guest of Shirley Brown. Danny and Calvin Gregg were pleased to have their daughter and sister, Connie, and her husband, Jay, who stopped in and ate lunch with them Saturday. Junior Karr and Patti Page-Jones were lunch guests of Elaine McCampbell and Phyllis Sickels joined her mother, Sylvia Hall, for lunch Sunday. Residents and staff will say so long to director of nursing, Jenni-fer DeMott, this Thursday morning with a going away party scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. They will all miss Jennifer very much and do wish her the best! Friday will fi nd residents enjoy-ing music by Marlys McPherson. This will begin at 2 p.m. followed by refreshments. Don’t forget to watch for the Ground Hog Saturday! Even though it has been a nice winter, all are still hoping for an early spring. This past Monday dictionary words, along with ladies club and celebrating National Pie Day, were the activities enjoyed. Residents had a choice of either peanut butter or oatmeal pie as a refreshment for pie day and also enjoyed playing pie trivia. During coffee hour Tuesday Ruth Angus was honored as resi-dent of the month. Dominoes and Skip Bo were played in the af-ternoon with the help of Cheri Dessinger and Phyllis Sickels, along with Bible study with Seth Denney. Wednesday brought along a busy day with shop cart in the morning and church service with Rev. Skip Rushing from the Meth-odist church and his message en-titled “Love Lifting Us.” Residents enjoyed having Ellen Powell come to play the piano during the ser-vice. Bingo was a hit again in the afternoon. Phyllis Riggs, Phyllis Sickels, Corwin Karr and Harold Crawford were helpers. Winners included Earl Brand, Dorothy So-botka, Irene Bohn, Kenny Drift-mier, Bev Moore, Nieda Cunning-ham, Marie Campbell, Merna Cox, Catherine Crawford and Kathryn Adams. Blackout winners were Maxine Kean and Corwin Karr. Thursday morning nail care was the highlight to those wanting a new color or touch-up to their nails and the Record-News was read by Dorothy Hughes in the afternoon along with the everyday exercises. Friday was another busy day beginning with men’s club and the topic discussed was ice fi shing. Earl Brand and Paul Campbell shared a lot of their fi shing stories from their earlier years along with a huge catfi sh picture shared by Earl. The residents’ favorite game of bingo was again enjoyed in the afternoon with Phyllis Sickels, Harold Crawford, Cheri Dessinger and Phyllis Riggs helping. Guests playing along with family were Neil Stanley with Ada Stanley and Nancy and Race Kelly with Max-ine Werner. Winners were Maxine Werner, Ruth Angus, Darlene Min-nick, Sylvia Hall, June Steinman, Marvin Morse, Margaret Camp-bell, Phyllis Faubion and Cathe-rine Crawford. June Steinman was the blackout winner. Sunday residents appreciated

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having Rhonda Brand come and have a Sunday school lesson for them. Also Mary Hixson and Nida Solliday arrived with new lap robes for all of the new residents. Welcome visitors over the past week have been Irene Merical of Adel, Wayne and Suzanne Brown of Pleasant Hill and Marilyn Bolte of West Des Moines with Shirley Brown; Steve and Marilyn Wer-ner, Drew, Natalie, Trenton and Cadence Ingram of Waukee and Nancy and Race Kelly of Winter-set with Maxine Werner; Korbie Munoz, Kendra, Ash, Jason and Haley, all of Indianola, and Vera Moore with Bev Moore; Neil Stanley with Ada Stanley; Bobbie and Anne Rinehart of Hat-fi eld, MO and Rhonda Cooper of Kent with Kathryn Adams; John and Mary Howell of Glenwood with Paul and Marie Campbell; Lyle Hogue of Hatfi eld, MO and Larry Hogue of Ankeny with Irene Hogue; Pastor Ed Shields and the confi rmation class from Diagonal with Dorothy Sobotka and Betty Ruby; Ellen Powell and Warren An-gus with Ruth Angus; Merna King of Bedford and Dan King with Ed and Lorraine King; Ramona Brand and Jean Gilliland with Earl Brand; Donna Stark, Judy Doolittle and Vickie Parrott with Loreen Reed; Harold Crawford and Jennifer, Brian, Chad and Rebecca Quick, all of Slater, with Catherine Craw-ford; James Ruby and Lois Grace with and celebrating the birthday of Betty Ruby; Larry and Pat Teply and Missy the dog with Gerald Gardner; Darwin and Ellen Stark of King City, MO and Phyllis Sick-els with Sylvia Hall; Connie Wor-thington of Des Moines and Hank Smith with Margaret Fletchall; Frank Gunsolley with Wayne and Irene Bohn; Amanda Angus with Luella Adkisson, and Ed Min-nick with Darlene Minnick.

January 28 - One day it is above normal temps and the next it is windy and cold. Residents do enjoy the sunshine when it ap-pears. Hopefully February will be a perfect month to enjoy some un-seasonable temperatures and mois-ture. To start off the month, Friday staff and residents will be dressed for the beach. In the afternoon the dining room will be transformed into a sandy resort. Music, games and food will be enjoyed starting at 2 p.m. Other activities for February include the Mardi Gras party on Feb. 12 and the Chocolate Affair on Feb. 14. The Tingley Kitchen Band will be back on Feb. 5 and the Community Singers will enter-tain on President’s Day, Feb. 21. Valentine and presidential games are planned throughout the month. The birthday party for February is set for Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. with the National Honor Society members as hosts. Residents with a birthday in February include Milo Jones and Pam Larsen on Feb. 2; Iris Osborn, Feb. 12; Socorro Waugh, Feb. 18; Virginia Weaver and Helen Stick-ler, Feb. 26, and Jack Padgitt, Feb. 27. Staff with a birthday in Febru-ary are Amber Fooken on Feb. 8; Brad Holden, Feb. 15, and Lisa Conklin, Feb. 28. Condolences go out to Virgil Findley’s family. Virgil was a spe-cial man to Clearview and the Ben-ton community. He will be missed by everyone there. Prayers and sympathy are sent to them. Monday Pattie gathered a group of residents to read to. Sommer took Joe’s dog, Sarge, around to visit with residents. It was In the

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Kitchen with Liz in the afternoon. They baked some special treats for themselves. They tried their hand with penuche chews, O’Henry bars and lemon pudding cake. They shared the penuche chews with staff after cooking, while the O’Henry bars and lemon cake were served for dessert at lunch. To celebrate National Activ-ity Professionals Week, the activ-ity staff hosted a cheese party for coffee club. Several cheeses were served including smoked Guda, smoke white cheddar, Brie with jalapeño jelly, Munster, colby jack, Swiss cheese, cinnamon apple pie cheese, cheddar and a speciality white cheddar. They were served with crackers and coffee. Lisa played the keyboard for music in the morning. They also sang-along in the special care unit. In the afternoon Pattie and Sommer played bingo. Winners were Doyle Murphy, Jessie Woollums, Shorty Umbarger, Laura Osborn, Perme-lia Fletchall, Vera Daughton and Gerata Scott. Wednesday the activity staff was honored by the rest of the facility. Several staff members brought in treats for break to show how much they appreciate the ac-tivity staff. Kathi, Sommer and Pattie were busy with hand care all morning. Kathi took the hand care cart to the special care unit. Skip Rushing was in for church in the afternoon. Thursday morning Kathi Blunck read the Mount Ayr Re-cord-News to a large group in the center lobby. She also read the news from the Diagonal Progress. Liz held residents’ council. Shirley Molt, kitchen supervisor, was in-vited to hear residents’ requests. To continue celebrating activity week, Liz prepared some special popcorn and served it with pop in the after-noon. They enjoyed caramel corn, cinnamon corn, white chocolate corn, maple bacon popcorn and other fl avors like nacho cheese, cheddar cheese and ranch. Activities were cancelled Fri-day and over the weekend to allow for tired and weak residents and staff to rest. Activities resumed on Monday. Visitors last week were Larry and Tommie Hull with Larry Hull; Joyce England with Lois Anne Sobotka; Kay Sickels with Vera Daughton; Dee Jones with Milo Jones; Terry and Trudy Weaver with Virginia Weaver; Jami Taylor and Janis Taylor with Anna Lin-key; Shirley Erickson with Don Strange; Donna Richards with Marilyn Richards, Anna Linkey, Shirley Karr and Carmeta and For-rest Shields; Trenneth and Joan Johnson with Winifred Johnson; Dave and Lisa Richards with Marilyn Richards; Dorothy Barber with Doyle Murphy; Vicki Taylor with Arloa Wackernagle; Sheri Frost and Connor Rolph with Pau-line Wood; Richard O’Dell and Pat Straight with Hazelee Saxton; Jim and Jean Hanks with Lawrence Hanks, and Alicia, Teya and Carter Still with Ray Umbarger.

A meeting to introduce “Thin Within” will be held 5 p.m. Mon-day, Feb 4 at the Lighthouse Chris-tian Center west of Mount Ayr. The support group will go through the Thin Within book for 30 consecutive weeks after the in-troductory meeting. There is no cost for this class and no weigh-ins. Thin Within makes it possible to: 1) identify and resolve issues that cause someone to overeat, 2) leave diets behind forever, 3) discover and enjoy those foods that promote health and vi-tality, and 4) experience abundant life while reaching and maintaining a natural size.

‘Thin Within’ introduced Monday in Mount Ayr

A special fi ndRich Elmer found this hornet’s nest at the edge of a timber on his property southwest of Mount Ayr. According to the Iowa State University Depart-ment of Entomology, the nest probably belonged to a colony of baldfaced hornets, related to yellowjackets and paper wasps. Each nest is used only one year and then abandoned.

More on meeting with state legislatorstheir local schools. “We can con-tinue to do things the way we’ve done it for 20 years,” he said, “but will probably end up, as the axiom says, with the same result. We can do better. Going to a professional development class for a half-day isn’t going to get it done.” Keith Miller suggested schools focus more on the basics. “I’ve seen students whose basic spelling and math is atrocious,” he said. “And they’re doing everything on com-puters now. Part of the time, I’m told by the students themselves, that students are on Facebook and they’re playing games and some other student even took a test on the computer for one of them.” Dolecheck explained the recently implemented Iowa Core Standards seek to set basic profi ciency stan-dards in writing, reading and math. “Will we ever go back to the policy we had in the past -- probably not,” he said. “Society has changed and methods have changed. Future adults in Iowa and across the na-tion are probably never going back to doing things without comput-ers.” Ed Johnston asked about any discussion of increasing transpor-tation funds to counties. Ernst said the issue of an increase of the gas tax has not been talked about yet, but maybe it will come up later in the session. Dolecheck added the governor did not mention trans-portation in his State of the State address. “The governor wants to make sure we work on property tax and education reform,” he said, “and I think the leadership is wait-ing to see how that goes. Then we’ll go from there with it.” Dolecheck added that if legislation wasn’t in-troduced to address the issue, he would introduce it himself. Raymond Shields said that if the state doesn’t act, the counties will be forced to raise property taxes. He added that county engi-neer Zach Gunsolley had predicted even if a 10-cent gas tax would pass, Ringgold county could re-ceive only $400,000 in state funds. “That’s going to be a Bandaid on the problem,” he said. “It’s not go-ing to be enough to fi x the problem we’re in.” County supervisor Royce Dredge added a recent road project came in $175,000 over projected cost. Dolecheck also brought up the need to maintain bridges as part of the discussion. “We have to main-tain the gravel,” he said, “and we have to maintain the roads and bridges so we can have access to the farm-to-market road system so school buses can cross them and fi re trucks can cross them to get to somebody’s house.” Dolecheck concluded the road discussion with a prediction. “I haven’t seen a pro-

posal out there,” he said. “There’s been no legislation introduced, but there will be.” Mental health issues, especially in light of recent debates about gun violence in America, came up briefl y in the discussion. Miller asked what focus was being placed in the legislature on mental health as part of any debate on gun own-ership in the state. Ernst was quick to agree that mental health is at the heart of the discussion at the state-house. “There’s an epidemic that we need to take care of,” she said. She said only $3 million was tar-geted for mental health transition funds in last year’s budget. “That’s not enough to fund the three larg-est counties, none of those being in southwest Iowa,” she said. County assessor Neil Morgan asked the legislators about a new agriculture adjustment rule to as-sess farmland values that may be proposed to the legislature this term. He said his offi ce has used a state-approved computer program to fi gure values for the past 17 years. A new program to determine values using the changes required by the adjustment rule might cost up to $250,000. Even if the new program is used, the rule calls for county assessors to make judge-ment calls on the quality of the ground. He said that requirement alone would create 10 times as much work as is currently neces-sary because land use continually changes as farmers fi ll in ditches and make other improvements. “It’s a dumb idea,” he said, “even if it didn’t cost so much.” Morgan asked the legislators to look into the issue and consider the impact it could have on Ringgold county and other rural areas of the state. The next legislative coffee is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Ringgold County Extension of-fi ce.

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Tips to protect workers in cold environments Prolonged exposure to freez-ing or cold temperatures may cause serious health problems such as trench foot, frostbite and hypothermia. In extreme cases, including cold water immersion, exposure can lead to death. Danger signs include uncontrolled shiver-ing, slurred speech, clumsy move-ments, fatigue and confused be-havior. If these signs are observed, call for emergency help. OSHA’s Cold Stress Card pro-vides a reference guide and recom-mendations to combat and prevent many illnesses and injuries. Avail-able in English and Spanish, this laminated fold-up card is free to employers, workers and the pub-lic. Tips include: • Recognize the environmental and workplace conditions that may be dangerous. • Learn the signs and symptoms of cold-induced illnesses and inju-ries and what to do to help work-ers. • Train workers about cold-in-duced illnesses and injuries. • Encourage workers to wear proper clothing for cold, wet and windy conditions, including layers that can be adjusted to changing conditions. • Be sure workers in extreme conditions take a frequent short break in warm dry shelters to al-

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little diffi culty in his fi rst round match against Logan Campbell of Cameron. It took Staats just a lit-tle over a minute to take Campbell down and get the pin. His semi-fi nal match against Luke Brown of Bishop Meige was a little more diffi cult. Staats was in total control in this match. He led 12-1 before pinning Brown in the third period. Top-seeded Nathaniel Alexander of Maryville was Staats’ fi nals op-ponent. He was overpowered in this match losing by a third-period technical fall. In his march to the fi nals at 132 pounds, Erik Freed had a fi rst-round bye. In the semifi nals he went up against Kyle Anderson of Cameron. Freed scored fi ve points in the second period of this match with a reversal and a near fall as he won easily by a score of 10-4. In the fi nals Freed’s opponent was Alex Mendez of Millard South. Freed fell behind 10-1 after two pe-riods in this match. He outscored Mendez in the third period, but ran out of time and lost the match by a 12-7 score. At 160 pounds Shane Swank quickly put Trevor Zimmerman of Maryville on his back and scored a pin. He faced Dylan French of Bedford/Lenox in the second round. Swank got a takedown in the fi rst period to grab the early lead. After a scoreless second pe-riod Swank scored a reversal in the third period and went on to win 4-0. In the fi nals Swank faced undefeat-ed Josh Hartzell of Lathrop. After a scoreless fi rst period, Swank fell behind 5-1 after the second period. He rallied in the third period, but Hartzell hung on for a 6-4 win. Joe Ricker won two matches and lost one to place second in the 285-pound weight class. Devon Wheeler of Bedford/Lenox was Ricker’s fi rst victim. He pinned Wheeler in less than a minute. In the semifi nals Ricker faced Bren-dan Waybrew of Maryville. After a scoreless fi rst period Waybrew took the lead with an escape in the second period. Ricker seemed unable to reverse Waybrew in the third period until he fi nally scored it as time ran out in the match giv-ing Ricker the 2-1 win. In the fi nals Ricker went against Free-man Coleman of Millard South high school of Omaha. Coleman quickly disposed of Ricker getting the

8 Mount Ayr Record-News Thursday, January 31, 2013

SportsWrestlers see plenty of action The Mount Ayr Raider wres-tlers were busy over the past week with a triangular at Osceola, a quad at Mount Ayr and the Quad State Tournament at Maryville, MO.

Clarke triangular Mount Ayr Raider wrestlers picked up wins against Clarinda Academy and Clarke in a triangu-lar meet held Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Osceola. Mount Ayr defeated Clarinda Academy in their fi rst meet of the evening by a score of 50-13. There were only seven matches actually wrestled in the meet as Mount Ayr picked up four forfeits while only giving up one. Picking up for-feits for the Raiders were Daw-son Knapp, Trevor Anderson, Ben Saville and Joe Ricker. The Raiders won fi ve of the seven contested matches. At 126 Jonathan VanBuskirk lost a major decision to Roberto Munoz, 18-5. At 132 Jacob Beamgard won a 11-8 decision over Jared Smith. Erik Freed won by fall over Chris-tian Lopez at 145. Zach Lemon lost a 7-1 decision to Kip Hartwick at 152. Eric Miller won by tech fall, 25-10, over Taran Torkelson at 160. Shane Swank scored a fall at 170 over Christian Jones. Anoth-er pin was scored at 182 by Zane Sickels over Nathan Weidner. Mount Ayr won the meet against Clarke by a 48-18 score. Again only six of the 14 weights were actually wrestled it, with each team winning three apiece. At 113 Dawson Knapp won by fall over Landon Spurgin. At 120 Trevor Anderson won by forfeit. Jona-than VanBuskirk lost by fall at 126 to Chasen Selsor. Jacob Beamgard won by forfeit at 132. Ben Saville lost a close decision at 138 to Jon Cutshall, 7-6. Erik Freed received a forfeit at 145. Eric Miller pinned Gable Reece at 152. Zach Lem-on won by forfeit at 160. Shane Swank lost a 9-3 decision to Jacob Bair at 170. Zane Sickels won by forfeit at 182. Mount Ayr gave up a forfeit at 195. Both teams were open at 220. Joe Ricker pinned Roberto Ventura at 285 to close out the action.

Mount Ayr quad It was Mount Ayr wrestling se-nior night at Mount Ayr on Thurs-day, Jan. 24. Recognized during the eve-ning were cheerleaders Maddie

Hosfi eld, Jena James, Maggie Jennett and Kylie Wilson. Senior wrestlers recognized were Zach Lemon, Zane Sickels and Shane Swank. The wrestling squad hosted the squads from Bedford/Lenox, Maryville, Missouri and Pleasantville. Mount Ayr fi rst took on Maryville. Only six matches were wrestled in this dual and all of them were decided by a fall. Un-fortunately for the Raiders, they lost four of those six, which gave Maryville a 42-36 victory. Here are the results:106 Maryville received a forfeit113 Dawson Knapp received a forfeit120 Maryville received a forfeit126 Jon VanBuskirk was pinned by Nathaniel Alexander132 Grant Staats lost by fall to Ben Wilmes138 Erik Freed won by fall over Kale Hefl in145 Jacob Beamgard lost by fall to Derek Stiens152 Eric Miller lost by fall to Dane Hull160 Zack Lemon received a for-feit170 Shane Swank received a for-feit182 Zane Sickels received a for-feit195 Maryville received a forfeit220 Both teams were open285 Joe Ricker won by fall over Brendan Waybrew In the next dual Mount Ayr took on Bedford/Lenox. The Raiders lost this dual by a score of 50-28. Here are the results for this dual.113 Bedford/Lenox received a forfeit120 Dawson Knapp received a forfeit126 Jon VanBuskirk lost by deci-sion to Josh Mitchell132 Grant Staats won by major decision over Zach Johnson138 Erik Freed received a for-feit145 Jacob Beamgard lost by fall to Hunter Russell152 Eric Miller lost by fall to Grant Christensen160 Zack Lemon lost by tech fall to Dylan French170 Shane Swank pinned Seth Willets182 Zane Sickels lost by fall to Cole Bonde195 Bedford/Lenox received a forfeit220 Bedford/Lenox received a

forfeit285 Joe Ricker won by fall over Brendan Waybrew106 Bedford/Lenox received a forfeit In their fi nal dual of the eve-ning Mount Ayr picked up their 17th dual win of the season as they defeated Pleasantville by a score of 40-23. Here are those results:120 Dawson Knapp pinned Dal-ton Weaver126 Jon VanBuskirk received a forfeit132 Grant Staats lost by tech fall to Trey Busek138 Ben Saville won by fall over Max Johnson145 Erik Freed pinned Zach Squires152 Zack Lemon lost by fall to Matt Prill160 Eric Miller lost by fall to Gunnar Sampson170 Shane Swank won by major decision over Joe Kaufman182 Zane Sickels won by fall over Darren McLead195 Pleasantville received a for-feit220 Both teams were open285 Joe Ricker received a for-feit106 Both teams were open113 Both teams were open In other action Bedford/Lenox won over Pleasantville, 51-14, andBedford/Lenox won over Maryville 64-18. In junior varsity action, at 138 Jeremy Vanbuskirk (Mount Ayr) won by pin over Zachary Marxen (Bedford/Lenox) 1:22. Also at 138 James Dickson (Pleasantville) won by pin over Jeremy Vanbuskirk (Mount Ayr) 1:09. At 145 Wyatt Jackson (Mount Ayr) won by pin over James Dickson (Pleasantville) 3:12.

Maryville tournament The Mount Ayr Raiders trav-eled to Maryville, MO for the Quad State Classic Saturday, Jan. 26. Place winners in the tournament for the Raiders were Grant Staats, Erik Freed, Shane Swank and Joe Ricker with second-place fi nishes and Zane Sickles with a fourth-place fi nish. “We wrestled good overall,” said coach Eric Ehlen. “I thought we looked in better shape. It was a good fi nish to regular season.” Grant Staats was seeded second in the 126-pound class. He had ____________________________

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Wyatt Jackson of Mount Ayr competes for the Raiders in wrestling action last week.

February is tournament time for Iowa high school athletes.

Wrestling The Mount Ayr wrestling team will open sectional action Saturday at Greenfi eld. Competition begins at 12 noon. Teams competing with Mount Ayr in the sectional are Corn-ing, East Union, Martensdale-St. Marys, Nodaway Valley, Panorama and West Central Valley of Stuart. The fi rst and second place win-ners in each weight class will ad-vance to the district tournament at Corning February 9. At districts, the champions in each weight class of the Greenfi eld sectional will be matched against

Mount Ayr teams move into postseason action

the runners-up of the Underwood sectional, and vice-versa.

Girls basketball The Mount Ayr Raiderettes will face conference rival Central De-catur as they open post-season play 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9 at Leon. The winner of that contest will take on Des Moines Christian Tuesday, Feb. 9 at Urbandale.

BowlingThe Mount Ayr Community bowl-ing teams will open substate com-petition February 14 at the Leon Lanes in Leon. The Raiderettes will bowl at 10 a.m. followed by the Raiders at 1 p.m.

Teams competing at the Leon site include Central Decatur, Clarke, Creston, Lamoni, Lenox, Mormon Trail and Mount Ayr.

Boys basketballThe Mount Ayr Raiders and the Diagonal Maroons begin the post-season tournament trail in the same Class IA district, but site location and opponents have not yet been released by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Teams competing in Class 1A District 12 include Corning, Diag-onal, East Union, Lamoni, Lenox, Martensdale-St. Mary’s, Mormon Trail, Murray, Orient-Macksburg and Mount Ayr.

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Sports

The Mount Ayr Raiderettes split in action this past week, falling to Bedfrod but beating Southeast War-ren.

Bedford 48, Mount Ayr 38 Mount Ayr’s Raiderettes hosted the Bedford Bulldogs, Tuesday, Jan. 22 but lost 48-38. It was a tough fi rst quarter with the Raiderettes struggling to score and the Bulldogs fi nding the basket. By the end of the fi rst period, the Raiderettes trailed 18-6. Mount Ayr came back the second quarter to outscore the Bulldogs by two, but they couldn’t fi nd an opportunity to chisel the early lead as the game continued with even scoring on both sides. Defensively the Raiderettes again played a solid game coming up with some good rebounds and blocked shots. Taylor Still tallied 17 points, eight rebounds, one steal, three blocked shots and two assists for a nice overall game. Paige Daughton

Raiders get hot, go 3-0 for week The Raiders are playing some of their best basketball of the sea-son as they went 3-0 over the past week.

Mount Ayr 65, Southeast War-ren 29 The Mount Ayr Raiders hosted Southeast Warren and easily han-dled the Warhawks in their 65-29 win. The Raiders took a strong lead in the fi rst two quarters of play and headed to the halftime locker room leading 36-14. Mount Ayr played with defen-sive intensity “forcing Southeast Warren into athletic plays all night and keeping the pressure on,” said coach Bret Ruggles. With the increasing lead, Mount Ayr took the opportunity to use some different lineups as everyone saw playing time. Seniors Jake Still and Braydee Poore led the team again. Still scored 19 points, pulled down seven rebounds, recorded three steals, blocked three shots and dished four assists. Poore racked up 16 points, had fi ve rebounds, four steals, four assists and one blocked shot. John Triggs tied for top re-bounds with Still, also recording a total of seven. 1 2 3 4 TP SEW 7 7 10 5 29MA 18 18 21 8 65 2pt 3pt FT TP R S B ADoman 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 0 1 0 2Jones 3-4 0-1 2-2 8 1 2 0 0Quick 0-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0Poore 6-14 0-3 4-4 16 5 4 1 4Still 7-13 1-5 4-6 19 7 3 3 4Martin 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0Triggs 4-7 0-0 0-0 8 7 0 0 0Schnoor 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0Weehler 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0Paxson 1-2 0-0 2-2 4 0 0 0 0Willis 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 0McCreary 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 5 0 1 0

Mount Ayr 44, Bedford 43

The Raiders claimed victory over Bedford, 44-43, in a hard fought game, Tuesday, Jan. 22. Coach Bret Ruggles commented, “We knew that Bedford was getting better every night. Our guys did a great job of staying tough during the stretch and our bench guys were an asset in the win.” The Raiders and the Bulldogs traded baskets and defensive attacks in the fi rst half before retiring to the locker room with Mount Ayr ahead by one point, 22-21. The Raiders went on a run and stretched the lead in the third quarter to 36-28, but the Bulldogs responded in the fourth quarter and pulled back within one point, but the Raiders were able to maintain that margin for the one-point win. Braydee Poore topped the stats with 13 points, four rebounds, one steal, two blocked shots and two assists. John Triggs and Jake Still pulled down 10 rebounds each, and Dylan Doman rounded out the top stats with three assists.

1 2 3 4 TPBedford 14 7 7 15 43 MA 13 9 14 8 44

2pt 3pt FT TP R S B ADoman 3-7 1-2 0-0 7 2 3 1 3Jones 2-6 0-1 1-1 5 2 1 1 2Quick 2-4 1-2 0-0 5 0 0 0 1Poore 5-8 0-1 3-6 13 4 1 2 2Still 2-10 0-3 2-5 6 10 2 2 0Martin 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0Triggs 4-7 0-0 0-0 8 10 0 0 0

Mount Ayr 45, Chariton 39 The Raiders defeated Chariton at home, 45-39, in an impressive comeback effort in Mount Ayr Janu-ary 28. Chariton took an early lead as the Raiders struggled to fi nd the basket in the fi rst two quarters of play. Returning after the half, Mount Ayr went on a six-point run, with a three-point shot by Austin Quick providing the turning point for the

Raiders as they nudged ahead by one. Missed shots and turnovers by Chariton were all Mount Ayr needed to boost their efforts as they took the lead to 40-37 at the end of the third quarter. The fourth quarter was a tight contest with both teams vying for the lead, but with 32.9 seconds left in the game, Chariton was forced to foul and John Triggs stepped to the line to sink both shots. The gap widened to 42-37, and a second Chariton foul put Jake Still at the line. Still delivered on both shots, taking the score to 44-37. Chariton was able to get in one more shot with only 10 seconds remaining, but the Raiders held their lead and claimed the vic-tory. Leading the way for the Raiders were seniors Braydee Poore, Jake Still and John Triggs. Poore scored 15 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and had one blocked shot and two assists. Still also recorded 15 points and seven rebounds, with one steal, three blocked shots and four as-sists.Triggs tallied 12 points, eight rebounds, one steal and one assist. Coach Bret Ruggles had praise all around for his team. “Coach Levine made a zone adjustment that held Chariton out of the lane,” he said. “Jake and Braydee did a great job coming off the ball screens and John responded well after a tough fi rst quarter. [Jack] Jones was great off the bench and gave quality min-utes to help get guys some rest. We are playing really hot right now!”

1 2 3 4 TPChariton 13 8 8 10 39 MA 5 7 15 18 45

2pt 3pt FT TP R S B ADoman 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1Jones 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Quick 1-6 1-4 0-0 3 0 0 0 0Poore 6-10 0-2 3-5 15 7 0 1 2Still 6-15 1-5 2-2 15 7 1 3 4Triggs 3-6 0-0 6-10 12 8 1 0 1

Raiderettes earn splitcame up with four points, eight re-bounds, two steals and three assists. Ashton Johnson had the most steals with three.

1 2 3 4 TPBedford 18 13 7 10 48 MA 6 15 6 11 38 2pt 3pt FT TP R S B ARychnovsky 0-0 2-5 0-0 6 0 1 1 0Daughton 2-7 0-0 0-0 4 8 2 0 3Johnson 2-3 0-1 0-0 4 3 3 0 0Fox 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0Giles 1-3 1-4 0-0 5 3 0 0 2Fletchall 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 0 0Still 5-13 1-1 4-4 17 8 1 3 2

Mount Ayr 36, Southeast War-ren 26 The Raiderettes came up with a nice win against Southeast Warren Friday, Jan. 25 as they defeated the Warhawks, 36-26 at Mount Ayr. Mount Ayr took the lead as the game opened and held SEW to only two points in the fi rst quarter. In the second quarter the Warhawks outscored the Raiderettes by one

basket, but Mount Ayr continued to play tough defense to keep South-east Warren’s top scorer at zero the entire game. Mount Ayr had all the right ingredients as they stretched their early lead back to 10 points in the fi nal minutes of the win. Coach Thad Streit complimented his team’s overall performance. “We played really well and scored when we needed to,” he said. “And we played great defense.” Taylor Still led the way with 14 points, eight rebounds and fi ve blocks. Paige Daughton and Ashton Johnson both recorded three as-sists. 1 2 3 4 TP SEW 2 10 6 8 26 MA 8 8 5 14 36 2pt 3pt FT TP R S B ARychnovsky 1-1 0-5 0-0 2 2 1 0 0Daughton 5-8 0-0 0-2 10 5 1 0 3Johnson 3-4 0-1 1-4 7 2 0 0 3Fox 0-0 0-0 1-4 1 1 2 0 2Giles 1-8 0-4 0-2 2 3 2 0 1Fletchall 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0Still 5-9 0-0 4-7 14 8 3 5 1

Brook Rychnovsky (above) takes a shot for the Raiderettes in action last week while (below) Johnathan Triggs scores for the Raiders.

Bowlers drop two duals last week

The Mount Ayr bowling teams hosted Shenandoah Saturday, Jan. 26 but dropped both matches to the Mustangs. Both teams traveled to Osceola to face Clarke January 28 but again came home winless.

Raiderettes vs. ShenandoahOnce again the girls were hand-

icapped by fi elding only four girls in the competition. In round one Holly Karr paced Mount Ayr with a two-game total of 246. 1 2 THolly Karr 137 109 246Samantha Crawford 80 146 226Adrian Richards 116 115 231Naomi Richards 108 117 225

Shenandoah’s Justine Marsh led all bowlers with an outstanding 305. After the fi rst round, the Lady Mustangs led Mount Ayr, 1378-928. In round two, the Raiderettes won two of fi ve games, but they were unable to beat the Mustangs. 1 2 3 4 5 T MA 101 96 110 125 142 574Shen 104 101 163 118 127 613 After both rounds were added, Shenandoah had won the match, 1,991-1,502.

Raiders vs. Shenandoah The Mount Ayr boys trailed the Mustangs by only 30 pins, but they could pull no closer in the second round. In round one, Mount Ayr had two bowlers break 300. Jasper Abarr rolled an outstanding two-game total of 363 to lead all bowl-ers. Blake Roberts recorded a 320. 1 2 TQuinton Chumbley 138 144 282Trevor Shelly 116 96 212Blake Roberts 175 145 320Keven Ralston 63 92 155Nathan Roberts 119 178 297 Jasper Abarr 194 169 363

Shenandoah’s Damien Daw-son rolled a 329 to lead his team. Four Mustangs recorded two-game scores above 300. After the fi rst round, the Raiders trailed the Mustangs 1,504-1,474. Unfortunately, the Mustangs pulled away in round two.

1 2 3 4 5 T MA 108 169 104 137 144 662Shen 127 128 157 202 181 795

Overall score for the meet was Shenandoah 2,299, Mount Ayr 2,136.

Raiderettes vs. Clarke In round one Samantha Craw-ford paced the short-handed Raiderettes with a two-game total of 236. 1 2 THolly Karr 95 97 192Samantha Crawford 127 109 236Adrian Richards 103 99 202Naomi Richards 95 108 203

Clarke’s Shyanne DeVore led all bowlers with a 280, but all six Indian bowlers rolled between 249 and 280. After the fi rst round, Clarke led Mount Ayr, 1,325-833. In round two, the Indians con-tinued their domination. 1 2 3 4 5 T MA 83 61 75 94 75 388Cl 149 147 133 105 100 634 After both rounds were added, Clarke had won the match, 1,959-1,221.

Raiders vs. Clarke The Mount Ayr boys were more competitive but still came up short in their match against Clarke. In round one, Mount Ayr had three bowlers break 300. Quinton Chumbley paced the Raiders with his 347, with Jasper Abarr and Na-than Roberts rolling 335 and 333 respectively. 1 2 TQuinton Chumbley 190 157 347Trevor Shelly 119 156 275Blake Roberts 116 157 273Keven Ralston 68 79 147Nathan Roberts 205 128 333 Jasper Abarr 162 173 335

Clarke’s Damon Helgevold led all bowlers with a 393. After the fi rst round, the Raiders trailed the Indians 1,647-1,563. In round two, the Raiders strug-gled to fi nd consistency. 1 2 3 4 5 T MA 170 107 174 147 132 725Shen 125 180 197 160 183 843

Overall score for the meet was Clarke 2,492, Mount Ayr 2,288.

The Diagonal Maroons rolled to their second straight easy win with a 68-24 victory over Moravia Friday night. The Maroons were never headed in the win, jumping out to a 17-5 fi rst-quarter lead, then rode a big second quarter to a 42-11 half-time advantage. The Maroons shut out Moravia in the third period, leading 59-11. Diagonal was led in scoring by Ryan Parrott as he netted 18 points to go along with three rebounds and two assists. Also in double fi gures was Blake Butler with 12 points, two rebounds, four assists and three steals. Shad Haidsiak had 11 points, fi ve rebounds, threeassists and a steal. Levi Jarred had 10 points, three rebounds and an assist. Rounding out the stats for Diagonal were Heath Evans with fi ve points, three rebounds, one assist and two steals; Jacob Taylor with three points, fi ve rebounds, four assists and seven steals; KadeMeans with three points; Colter Pickering with two points, one re-bound and a steal; Kenneth Weaselhead with two points and two re-bounds, and Bryce Still’s two points as 10 different players scored in the game. The Maroons connected on 29 of 54 shots for 54 percent from the fi eld, two of seven (29 percent) from the three-point line, and eight of 13 from the line for 62 percent. The team had 16 assists and 16 steals to help the offense roll. The Maroons stand at 10-9 for the season and face a tough Lamoni team on Friday night for the last home game of the year.

Maroons notch 10th victory of season

Bedford 27, Mount Ayr JV 17 Mount Ayr’s Raiderette JV was unable to come up with the win as Bedford defeated Mount Ayr, 27-17 on the Raiderette home court, Tuesday, Jan. 22. Coach Mark Budach com-mented, “We played good defense, but struggled to score.” Bedford took the lead in the fi rst quarter and held it throughout the game. Katie Holmes had fi ve points and seven rebounds, and Kirsten Dolecheck had two steals and three assists for the night.

Pts R SGlendenning 3 2 2

Raiderette JV drop a pairMobley 0 1 1 Shields 2 6 0Hague 0 2 0Gillespie 2 0 0 Dolecheck 3 2 2 Greene 2 2 0 Holmes 5 7 1

Southeast Warren 28, Mount Ayr JV 27 Mount Ayr’s Raiderette JV came up short by a point Friday, Jan. 25, as they were defeated by the South-east Warren Warhawks, 27-28. Coach Mark Budach commented, “We played good defense, but our cold shooting cost us the game.”

Kirsten Dolecheck recorded the most stats for the night coming up with eight points, fi ve rebounds, seven steals and four assists. Other top rebounders were Katie Holmes with eight and Shelbie Greene with seven. Pts R S A Glendenning 4 0 3 0Mobley 0 1 0 0Shields 6 2 0 0Hague 1 1 0 0Dolecheck 8 5 7 4Greene 4 7 0 1Holmes 4 8 1 0

Mount Ayr White JV 36, South-east Warren 20 The Raider JV White beat South-east Warren, 36-20, Friday, Jan. 25. Using a “tough man-to-man defense,” according to coach Bret Ruggles, the Raiders “created several turnovers and were able to score in the transition.” Seven Raiders contributed to the scoring using a balanced scoring at-tack. Casey Paxson and Jack Jones both tallied nine, Riley Weehler added fi ve, Quency Vos and Tyler Triggs scored four, Lincoln Martin recorded three and Weston Schnoor rounded out the scoring with two. Also seeing playing time were Hagan Willis and Kyle Young.

Mount Ayr JV Black 49 Chari-ton 43 Mount Ayr’s Raider JV Black secured another great win, 49-43, Monday, Jan. 28 at home against Chariton JV. Citing “great defensive effort and balanced scoring” as key to the win, coaches Bret Ruggles and Jeff Levine were very happy with their overall team effort.

JV boys notch two victories Leading the way in scoring was Caleb Schnoor with 11, Nick Wurster and Rhett Murphy with 10 each, Jed McCreary with nine, Kyle Dolecheck with fi ve and Jake Ricker with four. The coaches praised their play-

ers, adding, “Murphy, Dolech-eck, Giles, Gooding and Young contained the dribble entries and forced tough shots, while our guards handled the press well and our big guys owned the lane in the second half.”

The Mount Ayr junior varsity wrestlers participated in the Pride of Iowa conference JV tournament January 21 at Greenfi eld. Trevor Anderson at 120 and Eric Miller at 152 brought home fi rst-place medals while Jonathan VanBuskirk placed second at 126. Here are round-by-round results for the Raider JV:Round One At 120 pounds, Trevor Ander-son won by fall over Dalton Weav-er of Pleasantville. At 126, Jonathon VanBuskirk lost to Clayton Dale of CD, 7-0. At 132, Jeremy VanBuskirk pinned Nash Rekemmer of Pleas-antville. At 138, Ben Saville lost to Brennon Short of CD, 7-1. At 145, Wyatt Jackson lost by fall to Monty Dowell of CD. At 152, Eric Miller pinned Gun-ner Sampson of Pleasantville.Round Two

JV wrestlers crown two champs at POI tourney

Trevor Anderson pinned Dan Bond of Pleasantville. Jonathan VanBuskirk pinned William Vanderlip of Wayne. Jeremy VanBuskirk lost by fall to Billy Bakerink of Nodaway Val-ley. Ben Saville lost by fall to Blake Kozak of I-35. Wyatt Jackson lost to Alex Young of Pleasantville, 18-7. Eric Miller pinned Jamie Dick-son of Pleasantville.Round Three Jonathan VanBuskirk won by injury default over Jordan Johnson of Nodaway Valley. Jeremy VanBuskirk lost by fall to Zach Marxen of Martensdale-St. Marys. Ben Saville lost by fall to Nash Wiegart of Martensdale-St. Marys. Wyatt Jackson lost by fall to Zach Brewer of Nodaway Valley. Eric Miller decisioned Matt Avila of Corning.

Mount Ayr at Bedford The Mount Ayr middle school wrestlers traveled to Bedford to face Bedford/Lenox, East Union, Wayne and Central Decatur. John Young (1-1) was won by fall over Cedric Nelson Bedford/Lenox and then lost to Trenton Barnette of Bedford/Lenox. Cal Daughton (2-0) with a pin over Riley Songer of East Union and a 14-1 decision over Kyle Pot-ter 14-1 of Central Decaur. Marcus Daughton (1-1) lost to Stetson Baker of Wayne and beat Craig Beavers with a pin. Jacob McCreary (0-2) lost to Jonathan Stewart of East Union and Jesse Williams of Wayne. Hunter Wilson (1-1) pinned Ce-dric Nelson of Bedford/Lenox and was defeated by Jeremy Arends of East Union. Lucas Wurster (2-0) started with a fall over Davin Veach Bedford/Lenox and beat Lawson Vander-fl ute of Central Decatur, 17-6. Gavin Dine (0-2) lost to Nathan Briggs of Bedford/Lenox and Mat-thew Whittstock of East Union. Jeb South (0-2) had losses to Sundon Cheers of East Union and Kyle Potter of Central Decatur, 5-2. Bradley Phelps (1-0) pinned Dalton Wagner of East Union. Jacob Vanbuskirk (2-0) had two pins, one over Riley Songer and another over Tate Kerrigan, both of East Union.Home meet The young Raiders did their best to stay ahead of the competi-tion in their second home meet of the season. Lucas Wurster was 1-2 with some hard-fought matches. He pinned Davin Veach of Wayne but lost to Jace Petterson of Corning and Lawson Vanderfl ute of Central Decatur, 13-11.

Middle school wrestlers compete in pair of meets

Gavin Dine was 0-2 with losses to Craig Beavers of CD and Grant Riley of Corning. Marcus Daughton went 1-1 with a win over Taylor Kuhn of Corning, 4-2, and a loss to Matt Wittstock of East Union. Hunter Wilson was 0-2 with losses to Sanden Cheers and Dal-ton Wagner, both of East Union. John Young went 1-2 with a win over Zane Black of EU, 12-2, and losses to Sanden Cheers and Jer-emy Arends, both of East Union. Brayden Swank was 0-2 against Jeremy Arends and Zane Black of East Union. Bradley Phelps went unde-feated on the night, with a 4-0 win over Riley Songer of East Union, a pin over Nick Mattley of Wayne and a 7-5 decision over Kyle Potter of Central Decatur. Cravin Martin was 0-2 with losses to Kyle Potter of Central Decatur and Riley Songer of East Union. Cal Daughton was 2-0 with a 14-4 win over Chance Cobb of Corning and a pin over Evan Ske-ton of Corning. Jacob VanBuskirk was also 2-0 with a pin over Evan Skelton of Corning and Gaule of Corning. Zach Murphy went 3-0 with pins over Jacob Waters of East Union, Andy Seals of Corning and Bryce Newton of Corning. Cauy Bickel lost his only match to Jessy Williams of Wayne. Logan Kelley went 1-1 with a 15-6 decision over Jonathan Stew-art of East Union and a loss to Kyle Andrews of Wayne. Jeb South was 1-1 with a pin over Spencer Calkins of Corning and a 12-2 loss to Torrie Phillips of Wayne. Jacob McCreary was 1-0 with a pin over Johnathan Stewart of East Union.

the pin in the fi rst period. Placing fourth for the Raiders was Zane Sickels at 170 pounds. Sickels lost his fi rst match 5-2 to Ryan Madrigal of Bishop Meige. He had a third period pin over Col-ton Chubick of Cameron in the fi rst consolation match. He soundly de-feated Steven Wilson of Lathrop 16-4 in the consolation semifi nals. In the consolation fi nals Sickels was defeated again by Madrigal of Bishop Meige. Here are the other team results: At 113 Dawson Knapp was pinned in the fi rst round by Jus-tin Gans of Cameron. In his fi rst consolation match Kanpp had a

More on Mount Ayr wrestling results toldbye. He lost to Carlos Gonzalez of Trenton in his next match by a score of 11-8. At 120 Trevor Anderson was pinned by top-seeded and unde-feated Trevor Burkhart of Cameron in his fi rst match. He lost his other match by fall to Dustyn Wilmes of Maryville. At 138 Jacob Beamgard was pinned by Francisco Vazquez of Omaha South in his fi rst match. Beamgard pinned Caleb Feagins in his next match. In the consola-tion semifi nals he was pinned by Hunter Russell of Bedford/Lenox At 145 Ben Saville was pinned by Ty Calder of Millard South in his fi rst match. In his second match Saville pinned Zach Marxen

of Bedford/Lenox. He was pinned by Travis Leeper of Trenton in the consolation semifi nals. At 152 Zach Lemon was pinned in his opening match by Marshall Colson of Cameron. He was

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pinned in his second match by Dane Hull of Maryville. The Raiders have completed their regular season and will open sectional action Saturday at Green-fi eld.

Mount Ayr Sports CalendarJanuary 31 - February 7

1/31 MS W Pleasantv’l 4:002/1 MS W Greenfi eld 4:00 GB BB Pleasantv’l 6:152/2 POI Bowl Lenox 9:00 Var W Greenfi eld 12:00 Sectionals2/4 Bowl Home 4:00 MS W Corydon 4:00

2/5 JV GBBB Home 4:45 GB BB Home 6:152/7 MS W Corning 4:00

Diagonal Sports CalendarJanuary 31 - February 7

2/1 BBB Home 6:152/2 Archery Home TBA2/5 BBB Essex 6:15

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January 22, 2013 The city council met in regu-lar session on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, with Mayor Solliday calling the meeting to order at 6 p.m. Roll call was taken with the following members present: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Cannon. Absent: Ricker (Arrived Later). A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Greene, to approve the agenda. Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Cannon. Nays: None. Mayor Solliday asked if any cor-rections needed to be made in the minutes. With no corrections be-ing made, a motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Mathany, to dispense the reading of the min-utes previously presented to coun-cil members and approve them as presented. Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Cannon. Nays: None.

PUBLIC HEARING DEED EXCHANGE

The mayor announced that now was the time (6 p.m.) and place (city hall) for the public hearing “TO CONSIDER THE EXCHANGE OF CITY PROPERTY FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY - PROPERTY TO BE EXCHANGED IS: “The North four (4) feet of the alley on Van Buren Square property for the North four (4) feet of property owned by Van Buren Square adjacent to the South border of the alley.” The City of Mount Ayr will need to transfer ownership of Tract 1 to Van Buren Square, LLC and Van Buren Square, LLC will need to transfer ownership of Tract 2 to the City of Mount Ayr as illustrated in the Plat of Survey prepared by Midland Surveying and dated Nov. 26, 2012. Those wanting to be heard on the matter were given the opportunity at this time. No one appeared and no written objections had been submitted for consider-ation. Mayor Solliday announced that the public hearing was closed. Carl Elshire, MSA was present to keep in touch with the council on “Booster Station Project” prog-ress. DNR comments are still being received that require engineer re-sponses. Once DNR is satisfi ed, they will issue the construction permit, the design phase will conclude and the project would be on tract for the bidding phase. A motion was made by Mathany, seconded by Cannon, to accept the bid of $3,000 to purchase the 1974 GMC fi re department pickup and ap-prove the “Assignment of Certifi cate

of Title” to the buyer Preston Hayse. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Cannon, Yes. A motion was made by Mathany, seconded by Cannon, to approve Resolution No. 2013–489 entitled “Application For Tax Abatement Under the City of Mount Ayr Urban Revitalization Plan” for Chad and Jennifer Main. Ayes: Greene, Matha-ny, Stutzman, Cannon. Nays: None. A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Greene, to approve Resolution No. 2013–490 entitled, “Application For Tax Abatement Under the City of Mount Ayr Urban Revitalization Plan” for Robert and Marlene Hinz. Ayes: Greene, Matha-ny, Stutzman, Cannon. Nays: None. A motion was made by Greene, seconded by Mathany, to approve Resolution No. 2013–491 entitled “Application For Tax Abatement Under the City of Mount Ayr Urban Revitalization Plan” for Farmers Co-operative Company. Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Cannon. Nays: None. A motion was made by Stutzman, seconded by Cannon, to approve Resolution No. 2013–492 entitled, “Application For Tax Abatement Under the City of Mount Ayr Urban Revitalization Plan” for Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home. Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Can-non. Nays: None. A motion was made by Greene, seconded by Cannon, to approve Resolution No. 2013–493 entitled “Application For Tax Abatement Under the City of Mount Ayr Ur-ban Revitalization Plan” for Lynn and Kathy Rinehart. Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Cannon. Nays: None. A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Mathany, to approve the new application of DOLGENCORP, LLC dba Dollar General Store #9103 for a Class B Wine Permit, Class C Beer Permit and Sunday Sales Privi-lege. Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutz-man, Cannon. Nays: None. A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Greene, to approve the new application of Ramsey’s Supper Club for an Outdoor Service Privi-lege effective 02/01/2013 through 07/20/2013. Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Cannon. Nays: None. It was reported that the city’s contract with Waste Management ends June 30, 2013. The mayor, city clerk, city superintendent Wise and councilmember Stutzman had met with WM representation and shared information from that meeting and asked that council members consider options going forward. It was noted the current contract could roll over as is but would be subject to change if put out for bids. Councilman Mathany wanted to consider the city purchasing a garbage truck and tak-ing over, which superintendent Wise said he would work on a feasibility study to present at the next meeting. Councilmember Stutzman shared in-formation that the WRD Landfi ll has a pool of money retained specifi cally for recycling programs that will pos-sibly be disbursed. City superintendent Brent Wise presented his report and asked for council guidance on a matter of ur-gency in regard to operations of the Bennett lift station. Following discussion, a motion

was made by Mathany, seconded by Cannon, to move ahead with the replacement of faulty valves at the Bennett lift station to avert an emergency situation. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutz-man, Yes; Cannon, Yes. Superintendent report summary: Backhoe repaired and returned; new effl uent meter installed; Bennett LS in need of more repairs; sludge too full, needs hauled to Des Moines; water main break repaired near 104 W. Jefferson; Miller meter pit in-stalled; met with MSA; pickup for purchase in Wellman for $5,750; dog kennel improvements complet-ed and waiting for inspection; lab equipment purchases on hold; bridge planks at CP lift station a concern; 8’x 8’ structure to cover effl uent me-ter needed; storm water grant funds, if awarded, could benefi t lift stations; work on budget fi gures done, and re-quired water treatment training and exam scheduling underway. A motion was made by Stutzman, seconded by Mathany, to approve the treasurer’s report. Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Cannon. Nays: None.

A motion was made by Greene, seconded by Stutzman, to pay the fol-lowing bills: Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Cannon. Nays: None.

US Bank, federal withholding/FICA tax, $2,284.15.

Treasurer, State of Iowa, sales tax, $2,533.00.

Aramark, rugs, $29.89.City of Mount Ayr, deposits,

$230.00.Ringgold County Supervisors,

jail payment, $5,917.21.Alliant, depot bill, $178.55.Gerold’s, fi ttings, $108.39.Farmer’s Cooperative, potash,

$26.50.Municipal Supply, meter/pads/

clamps, $4,191.33.Windstream, phone bill, $74.12.MES, analysis, $584.00.IMFOA, dues, $40.00.MBS, wash windows, $22.50.US Cellular, cell phones,

$149.25.USABLUEBOOK, sludge judge,

$85.30.Tyler Insurance, premium,

$97.00.Quill, offi ce supplies, $284.04.HR-OneSource, background

checks, $250.00.Tools Plus, tools , $269.74.Central Pump, LS upgrades,

$32,759.00.UnitedHealthcare, group insur-

ance, $3,729.92.Oakview, safe room construction,

$140,239.00.B&M Auto, repairs, $656.15.Hilltop, boarding fees, $112.00.City of Wellman , pickup,

$5,750.00.CobraToday, insurance, $971.67.DMACC, training, $450.00Payroll, 1/11/2013, $3,022.16.Payroll, 1/18/2013, $3,908.28. Gross Claims, $208,953.15.(By fund: General, $6,524.82; RUT, $850.00;

E.B., $1,315.00; aquatic, $27,670.27; LOST, $5,917.21; FEMA SS, $112,568.73; water, $11,552.38; sewer, $42,554.74.) At 6:50 p.m. a motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Mathany, to go into Closed Session Pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5 (c) To discuss strategy with counsel in mat-ters that are presently in litigation or where litigation is imminent where

its disclosure would be likely to prej-udice or disadvantage the position of the governmental body in that liti-gation. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Can-non, Yes. The council came out of closed session at 7:17 p.m. and the follow-ing action was taken: A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Stutzman, to respectful-ly reject CAM-PS/Kevin Stocker’s request for additional compensation, when the written contract was a lump sum fee per month. No modifi cation was ever presented or accepted and no written agreement to amend was ever signed. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. Initial proposed budget fi gures for the new fi scal year beginning July 1, 2013 were distributed for review. Council members will take some time to study the worksheets and work will be done at the next meeting to fi nalize fi gures. In other discussion it was re-ported council members will need to be available for interviews with counsel in regard to a complaint fi led by Robert Strange to the Civil Rights Commission for age discrimination; tobacco violations were turned over to the city attorney for prosecution; an emergency management budget hearing to be held; concerns in re-gard to water billing and charges for services were voiced to councilmem-ber Stutzman, superintendent to re-view the matter, and councilmember Mathany shared he had been hearing good reports about the new city su-perintendent.

DECEMBER RECEIPTSGeneral .........................$ 17,855.37Judge Lewis projects ......29,886.45 Downtown renovation .......1,000.00Industrial building .............1,667.00Garbage ...........................12,673.86Road Use Tax ..................13,168.22Employee benefi t ..............2,538.89Aquatic Center ....................500.00Emergency ...........................399.60LOST ...............................11,834.42Urban Ext. TIF .....................418.38FEMA storm shelter ......159,184.69Debt service ......................6,734.85Streetscape ........................7,785.00Water ...............................38,039.08Water improvements .........5,841.60Sewer .............................122,193.39 TOTAL = $431,720.80 DECEMBER DISBURSEMENTSGeneral .........................$ 35,399.86

WRD Landfi ll 2012 Wages As required by Chapter 349.18 of the Code of Iowa, and an At-torney General’s Opinion, salaries and wages for Employees of the Wayne-Ringgold-Decatur County Solid Waste Management for the calendar year 2012 Douglas Collier, $49,416.89. Karen Denney, $44,301.66. Suzann Ruble, $12,494.52. Stephen Smith, $34,997.29.

Hotel/motel-Restricted ......4,943.23Hotel/motel-Unrestricted ..4,943.22Garbage ...........................11,457.23Road Use Tax ....................3,346.41Employee benefi t ..............5,456.84Aquatic center .................27,990.58LOST ...............................81,949.75FEMA storm shelter ......153,235.22Debt service ....................17,528.75Streetscape ........................3,157.53Water ...............................33,757.05Water improvements .........5,841.60Sewer ...............................65,685.15 TOTAL = $454,692.42 A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Mathany, to adjourn. DONALD B. SOLLIDAY MayorATTEST: PAMELLA POORE City Clerk

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January 28 - Lizzie, Kayla and Tyler Hanawalt and Vickie Jeanes joined family members for lunch at Toot-Toot’s in Bethany, MO to celebrate Colleen Hiatt’s birthday. Sunday supper guests at the Jeanes home were Josh, Lizzie, Kayla and Tyler Hanawalt and Troy and Abby Hawk to celebrate Charlie’s birth-day. Saturday Rod and Stacey Shields went to the basketball tour-nament at Leon to watch Hayley and Hope Whittington play. Sun-day afternoon Rod, Stacy and Aar-on joined the Whittington family at Lucky Lanes to celebrate Harper’s sixth birthday.

January 28 - The weather last week allowed us to remember what winter is all about. It was re-ally cold and then back to warmer, foggy days the fi rst of the week. This is Iowa, after all! Rod and Jamie Holmes went to Mount Ayr Saturday and watched Tristan Holmes play in a basket-ball tournament all day. Debbie and Chad Holmes went to Cory-don Saturday to watch Darrian and Kaidan play in a basketball tour-nament. Rod and Debbie Holmes were supper guests of his sisters, Jan Holmes and Kathryn Still, Wednesday evening. Jan Holmes and Kathryn Still were Mount Ayr and Grant City, MO shoppers Tuesday. They at-tended the basketball games in Mount Ayr Tuesday evening and watched Kathryn’s grandchildren, Taylor and Jacob Still, play ball. Kathryn Still spent the afternoon with her son, Doug Still, Wednes-day. Thursday the sisters were Mount Ayr and Creston shoppers. Cassie Still was an overnight guest of her Grandma Kathy and Aunt Jan Friday night. Saturday morn-ing Katie Still and Cassie had a late breakfast with the sisters. Kathryn’s granddaughter, Taylor Still, was a fi nalist in the Prom Connection’s Elite Prom Runway contest at the Courtyard at the Mar-riott in Ankeny Sunday. She was one of the models who will have her photo on display at the Prom Connection this year. Taylor is the daughter of Doug and Gina Still of Mount Ayr. Other grandparents are Sharon Hubbard and Ed and Glenda Still of Mount Ayr. Doug’s other daughter, Hallie Grace, was in a basketball tournament Satur-day and her team was the winner of the tournament. Congratulations to both girls. Monday the sisters had lunch at the Pizza Hut in Lamoni.

January 28 - It was another busy week at Clearview. They’ve had a trying year so far but they’re enduring together -- that’s what families do. Monday residents started the day with exercise and read from “So Sang My Heart” book. They discussed Martin Luther King Jr. and the impact he had on them as a society. Then everyone tuned into the presidential inauguration. They

watched as the president got sworn in for his second term. Scott Mar-cum arrived for Bible study in the afternoon. The kitchen made pea-nut butter cookies for a treat after-ward. Tuesday residents played Pic-tionary. This was a new game for everyone and they really enjoyed it and put it on the “must play again” list. Community Singers enter-tained in the afternoon. Wednesday residents did ex-ercises and had a discussion of their most embarrassing moments. There were some doozies! There was church in the afternoon with Scott Marcum. After church a grief counselor was there. Kathy Rine-hart led them in a grief session. They have lost so many loved ones as of late and this was a time for everyone to grieve as a group. Thursday residents had a fi re-side tea. Helen Burman’s family brought in coffee cake for her birth-day to enjoy with the tea. The pie contest was great. The judges had a hard time selecting the winners as all of the pies were outstand-ing. Third prize went to Jennifer Bodensteiner with her caramel apple pie, Trisha Vanscoy got sec-ond with her peaches and cream pie and Patty Parrish got fi rst place with her praline sweet potato pie. Congratulations girls, this was not an easy contest to win. Friday residents exercised and did some trivia. The kids came to read to them in the afternoon. Af-ter the kids read, residents played bingo. Winners were Lila Barker, Dorothy Wetzel, Darlene Gilbert and Lorane Leonard. Thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Cotty Huffman. Cotty was an incred-ible person and he will be missed. This writer personally will miss his smile and sense of humor. Visitors were Alvin Gaule with Nioma Gaule; Gordon Kilgore, Kerry Saville, Liz Kilgore and Kathy and Daisy Valenzula with Clara Kilgore; Jack and Dixie Tay-lor with Lorabel Taylor; Rose Roewert with Coletta Bradley; Robert and Jan Imhoff and Chris and Tina Ambrose with Juanita Matthews; Bill, Beth, Ca-leb and Derek Scott, Eric and Sun-dae Nordstrom and Ed and Corene Ramsey with Ona Knott, and Ray and Carol Lee Fisher with Peg Abarr. Food for thought: “Life is like a 10-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.”

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January 28 - Sunday - Linda Bell went over and went to church at Diagonal again. Their grand-daughters are in the confi rmation class there and today they are be-ing confi rmed and baptized. This is a very important event in these young people’s lives and for their families. Monday - Linda Bell went to Bible study at the church and ran several errands around town. They sometimes fi nd it hard to quit vis-iting about things in their lives and get down to the study. Linda guesses that’s part of why they like to get together. Tuesday - Linda Bell went to Bill Scott’s funeral over at Lenox. She got to know him when he and his wife used to camp with the Li-ons and he drove for the shuttle service. Whenever they were short a driver, they could always call on him. There was a huge crowd at his funeral and the family did most of the service and did a good job. Thursday - The Lions met this evening and there was a good crowd, around 40. The speaker was Doug Sobotka from Excel Engineering at Diagonal. He was very interesting and told of his work there and how it all evolved.

He is now installing a gas pipeline from Clearfi eld to his operation to be able to test engines that run on natural gas. There have been a lot of comments like “I always wondered exactly what they did there.” Also on the agenda, president Gaylan Bell got a phone call from Jay Copp from Lions Club Interna-tional. He wondered why a small town like Clearfi eld has such a large club. So he was told the story of the shuttle bus service. So he is sending a photographer there to take some pictures and wants at least 100 people to stand around a shuttle bus for one picture. So they might need help and will let you know when this will be. If you aren’t doing anything, member or not, come up and help with the numbers. This article will be in the magazine that goes all over the world. Friday - Linda Bell had coffee with the girls this morning at the store. They talked about the Lions meeting last night and stuff going on in their families and around town. Jessie (Maines) Gross al-ways comes in to get a drink or something and she is like a tonic, very bubbly and in a good mood. She works across the street in Tay-gold’s offi ce.

Saturday - Today is Cotty Huff-man’s funeral. He passed away ear-lier this week. This community sure has lost a lot of people this month. His family conducted the whole fu-neral and did a very good job. Closing this week with “He has the most who is content with the least.” From the coffee table, Linda B.

Pennington and seconded by Royce Dredge to approve the agenda. AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. A motion was made by Royce Dredge and seconded by Kraig Pen-nington to approve the minutes mi-nus Resolution RC13–30 pending information from the Secretary of State’s offi ce. AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. Neil Morgan, county assessor, was present to discuss the McMil-len Two, LLC (WoodLink) property tax matter. They are requesting a $10,000 reduction on their taxes for the current year. The board has ta-bled this discussion until the January 28 meeting in order to gather further information. It was determined that elected offi cials cannot receive stipends. Therefore, no action was taken on the agenda item Resolution to Ap-prove Medicare Stipend. The board recessed 12 to 1 p.m. for lunch. David Inloes excused himself to attend Decatur County Community Services Case Management Advi-sory Board from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Kevin Kilgore was present to ex-press concerns. He mentioned initial budget documents are to be present-ed to the board by January 20. He questioned whether the oath of offi ce had been administered to the newly elected/appointed township trustees.

RESOLUTION RC13–32 WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-proves to table the property tax mat-ter with WoodLink until the January 28 meeting. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Royce Dredge and sec-onded by Kraig Pennington stating such. The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, audi-tor. Passed and approved January 22, 2013.

RESOLUTION RC13–33 WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-ty

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ObituariesChurch Notes

Mount Ayr Larger ParishUnited Methodist Churches

Pastor Skip RushingRedding

9:00 a.m., Worship. 10:00 a.m., Sunday School.

Middle Fork 9:00 a.m., Sunday School, all ages. 10:00 a.m., Worship.

Mount Ayr10:00 a.m., Sunday School.

10:30 - 11:00 a.m., Refreshments and Fellowship. 11:00 a.m., Worship. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church

100 N. Polk, Mount AyrFr. Glen Wilwerding, Pastor

Sunday mass, 8:00 a.m.

St. Patrick’s Catholic ChurchGrand River

Fr. Glen Wilwerding, Pastor Saturdays, mass at 5:30 p.m.

United Church of DiagonalPastor Ed Shields

9:30 a.m., Church. 10:30 a.m., Sunday school.

Tingley First Christian ChurchAl Rusk, Pastor

10:00 a.m., Church school. Mar-garet Hull, Superintendent. 11:00 a.m., Worship.

First Lutheran ChurchMount Ayr - LCMS

Vacancy Pastor: Rev. Jonathan Watt

Sunday, February 3: 8:00 a.m., Worship with holy communion.

Free Methodist Church Charles Weiman, Pastor

10:00 a.m., Sunday school. 11:00 a.m., Worship service. 7:00 p.m., Evening worship. Wednesday, Family Night Prayer meeting; F.M.Y., C.L.C., 7 p.m.

Kellerton Assembly of God Church

Pastor Barton Shields 9:30 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 a.m., Worship service. 7:00 p.m., Evangelistic ser-vice. Wednesday, 7:00 p.m., Adult Bible study.

Blockton Christian ChurchScott Marcum, Pastor

9:30 a.m., Bible School. 10:45 a.m., Worship. Second and fourth Sundays of each month, Youth Groups. First Wednesday of each month, Church Night.

Tent ChapelChurch of Christ

Richard Reinhardt, Minister(3 miles south of Blockton, Iowa)

Bible study, 10:00 a.m. Morning worship, 11:00 a.m. Watch “In Search of the Lord’s Way” - 7 a.m., Sunday on Ch. 17; KDSM Dish 259, 6:30 a.m. or Direct TV 364, 6:30 a.m. Sundays, 6:30 p.m., evening ser-vices. Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m., Bible study.

Regular Baptist ChurchMount Ayr

464-3293 (Church)Pastor Seth Denney

9:45 a.m., Sunday School. 11:00 a.m., Morning worship service. Nursery available. 6:30 p.m., Evening service. Wednesday, 6:30-8:00 p.m., AWANA;7 p.m., Midweek Bible study and prayer. 7 p.m., Youth service.

Hickory GroveAdvent Christian Church

Sherry Wiley, supply pastor The church has closed for the winter and will reopen in the spring on Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013.

Mount Ayr Assembly of GodPastor Doug Rohrer

(515-783-7712)See our facebook page

8:15 - 8:45 a.m., Prayer 9:00 a.m., Sunday school for all ages. 10:00 a.m., Fellowship. 10:30 a.m., Worship service. Nursery available. Children’s church. 5:00 p.m. Men of Valor

Thursdays: Revolution Youth - 6 to 8 p.m.

Fridays: Kids Club - 5 to 7 p.m.

Kellerton

United Methodist ChurchRev. Robin Thomas, Pastor

9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship.

Beaconsfi eldUnited Methodist Church

Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor Sunday, 9:00 a.m., Morning Wor-ship. No Sunday School.

United Baptist-Presbyterian Church

2343 State Highway 169Mount Ayr

Michael Maddy, Pastor(641-464-2127)

www.ubpchurch.com Sunday, February 3: 9:00 a.m., Sunday school.

10:00 a.m., Church service. Greeter, Dean Blades; Call to worship, Deb Larson: Musician, Ellen Powell; Children’s sermon, Paul Dykstra; Mes-sage, Mike Maddy. Monday, February 4: 5:00 p.m., Stretch exercises at UBP Church. Tuesday, February 5: 7:00 a.m., Men’s breakfast at UBP Church. Wednesday, February 6: 6:30 p.m., Bible study at Mount Ayr Health Care.

Faith United ParishPastor Bruce Giese

Platte Center 8:30 a.m., Worship. 10:00 a.m., Sunday School.

First Christian Church Pastor Chris Conklin

Sunday, February 3: 9:00 a.m., Sunday school. 10:00 a.m., Church. 5-7:00 p.m., Boomer’s Sunday school class soup supper. Wednesdays: L.A.M.B.S. at 3:30 p.m.; Choir at 5:30 p.m. Thursday Prayer group at 9:30 a.m. Bank of Christ Outreach and Hope

Center2nd & Ringgold, Kellerton

10:00 a.m., Sunday school for children and adults. 11:00 a.m., Church service with Kathy Johnston speaking.

Wishard Chapel Community Church

Pastor Bill Armstrong 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. 10:30 a.m., Worship. Women of Wishard (WOW): Every fi rst Wednesday at 7 p.m.

EllstonUnited Methodist Church

Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor 9:00 a.m., Church services. 10:00 a.m., Sunday school and Bible study. United Methodist Women: Every second Monday at 1:30 p.m. United Methodist Men: First/third Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. Youth Group: First/third Wednes-days, 6:30 p.m. Second Sunday - potluck; fourth Sunday - fellowship time. Website: ellstonumc.org

The LighthouseNon-Denominational Fellowship

Doug Greene, PastorDarin Dolecheck, Youth Pastor

(west 2 miles on Hwy. 2) 9:45 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 a.m., Worship. 6:30 p.m., Evening Worship. Mondays, 5 p.m., Thin Within Support Group; 7 p.m., Sowing in Tears Support Group. Wednesdays, 6 - 8 p.m., Crew Kids’ Club; 8 - 9 p.m., SOC Youth Meeting. Saturday Night Service, 7:00 p.m., Bible Study and Prayer led by Darla Dolecheck. Sermons available online at: light-houseonline.org.

TingleyUnited Methodist Church

Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. 10:30 a.m., Worship. United Methodist Women: Every Third Wednesday. Youth Group: Second and Fourth Sundays, 5:00 p.m., at Ellston.

Area Bible Fellowship Church204 North Van Buren, Clearfi eld

Pastor Ron Christian 10:00 a.m., Worship service. 11:15 a.m., Sunday school. Wednesday: 6:30 p.m., AWANA.

Website: www.areabiblefellow-ship.org

Trinity Christian ChurchTerry Roberts, Minister 446-8654

(Hwy. 2 West, Decatur) 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., Sunday morning worship services. 9:30 a.m., Sunday School, all ages. Wednesday: 7:00 p.m., Youth/Small group Bible study. Nursery available.

The Community of ChristTony and Sandy Crandell, Co-

pastors, Sunday, February 3: 9:50 a.m., Sunday school. 11:00 a.m., Worship service with Randy Drake speaking.

Mount Ayr Restoration BranchSherman Phipps, Presiding Elder

Alan Smith, AssistantSunday, February 3:

Welcomers: George Knotts fam-ily. 9:45 a.m., Family Worship, Nor-man Nelson family. 10:00 a.m., Classes. 11:00 a.m., Worship. Sherman Phipps, presiding; Steve Cunningham, speaking; Pat Bolingbroke, pianist; Lynda Rolfe, special music. Potluck following communion service. Custodians: Ed Anderson. 6:00 p.m., Family fellowship at Norman Nelson home. Wednesday, February 6: 7:00 p.m., Prayer service at Bob Rowland home. Rob Rolfe, presid-ing.

Richard BakerRICHARD JUNIOR BAKER

Richard Junior Baker, 77, of Redding passed away Friday, Jan-uary 25, 2013, at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Richard J. Baker was born June 20, 1935 to Richard and Dorothy (Stull) Baker in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He served in the U.S. Army during the Berlin Crisis. Richard was united in marriage to Kathleen Niggli on December 16, 1966 in Sweet Home, Oregon. He worked for the Bureau of Land Management for over 22 years. In his spare time Richard enjoyed gardening and spending time with his family. Richard is survived by his son, Ronald John Baker of Minnesota, and granddaughter, Becky Baker of Redding, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Margaret Boy-ington, and brothers, Allan and David Baker. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.iowacrema-tion.com.

Services to be held for Virgil Findley Virgil Findley, 86, passed away January 26, 2013 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. A visitation will be held at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr on Sunday, Feb. 3, from 2 to 4 p.m. Burial will be in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery at Van Meter. A complete obituary will ap-pear in next week’s edition.

Cotty HuffmanERWOOD “COTTY” HUFFMAN Erwood “Cotty” Huffman, son of Zed and Mary D. (England) Huffman, was born March 18, 1925 at Clearfi eld, Iowa. Cotty served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; helping with the rebuilding of Pearl Harbor and Japan. Cotty was honorably discharged on February 17, 1946 and on March 21, 1946 he married his sweetheart, Norma Jean Levi. Cotty was a draftsman and carpenter. Cotty and Jean loved to dance and people enjoyed watching them. Cotty was a member of the American Legion, Woodside Post #97 in Clearfi eld. Cotty became a resident of Clearview Home in Clearfi eld and he passed away there on Janu-ary 22, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents and his loving wife, Jean, on August 17, 2006 and a brother, Donnie. Survivors include his daugh-ters, Betty (Wayne) Brammer of Clearfi eld, Iowa and Vickie (Kev-in) Kelm of Rockfi eld, Kentucky;

grandchildren, Kimberly Brown, Rocky Huffman, Jason (Angie) Cole, Heather (John) Etheridge and Crystal (Scott) Repp of Altoona, Iowa; great-grandchildren; great-great-granddaughter; brother, T.M. “Mac” Huffman, and other rela-tives and friends. A memorial fund has been es-tablished to the Clearfi eld Cem-etery. Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Clearfi eld was in charge of the arrangements. Services were held at the Chris-tian Church in Clearfi eld on Satur-day, January 26, 2013 with Kevin L Kelm offi ciating. Musical se-lections were “Daddy’s Hands,” “Peace In The Valley,” “Grand-pa,” “Navy Hymn” and “In The Mood.” Casket bearers were Justin Brown, Tristin Brown, Scott Repp, Dalton Kinder, Devon Cole and Logan Lawson. Honorary pallbearers were the Clearview staff. Military rites were conducted by Woodside Post #97. Cotty was laid at rest in the Clearfi eld Cemetery in Clearfi eld.

Duane PooreDUANE ORVILLE POORE

Duane Orville Poore, son of Orville and Pauline Mae (Stetzler) Poore, was born on the family farm south of Beaconsfi eld, Iowa. Duane graduated from Beacons-fi eld high school in 1949. While in high school, he acquired his nick-name, “Sleepy” Poore, which was given to him by his friend, Ralph Jones. He was known as Sleepy to those who knew and loved him. On June 10, 1951, he married his high school sweetheart, Willa W. Crees, in the United Method-ist Church in Beaconsfi eld. They established their home on a farm north of Beaconsfi eld, where they raised their six children. During their 61 years of marriage, Duane and Willa enjoyed working togeth-er on the farm raising livestock, crops and kids. From 1982 to 1990, Duane served two terms (eight years) on the Ringgold County Board of Supervisors. This was a time that Duane enjoyed very much as he got to interact with the people of Ring-gold county and the surrounding counties and he served on various projects and committees. He was particularly proud to serve on the Fifth Judicial Juvenile Court board and helped with the groundbreak-ing for the new Juvenile Home that was built in Lamoni. Duane was a member of the United Methodist Church and the Ellston Odd Fellows Lodge. Duane and Willa retired and moved to Mount Ayr in 1998 and established their home on Dunning Avenue. Some of Duane’s hobbies were fi shing, hunting and playing cards. Many hours were spent fi sh-ing in his big pond that he built behind the house at the farm. He

especially loved hunting turkey in the great outdoors. He spent many hours playing cards, especially cribbage, in Ellston, Grand River, at the Mount Ayr Meal Site and at the Dead Beat Club after mov-ing to Mount Ayr. He also enjoyed entering his antique 1955 Massey Ferguson in tractor shows and rid-ing it in parades. Duane’s pride and joy were his grandchildren and great-grandchil-dren. He and “Grams,” as she was affectionately called, were very ac-tive in the lives of their grandchil-dren. They always knew Grandpa would greet them with a great big “squeeze.” He rarely missed an athletic event, music concert, drama production or other activ-ity that the grandchildren were in and thoroughly enjoyed their suc-cesses. Duane passed away January 24, 2013 in Des Moines, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Doris and Dorine Poore; father and mother-in-law, Michael and Ruth Crees; sisters-in-law, Patricia Crees and Emily Poore, and brothers-in-law, Leo Morgan, Ralph Jones and Willis Crees. Those left to cherish his mem-ory include his loving wife of 61 years, Willa Poore of Mount Ayr, Iowa; children, Steven (Katherina) Poore of Hillsboro, Oregon, Doug-las (Debbie) Poore of Mount Ayr, Iowa, Cynthia (Ken) Stephens of Mount Ayr, Iowa, Clinton (Pamel-la) Poore of Mount Ayr, Iowa, Ruth Ann Gregg of Mount Ayr, Iowa and Donna (Joe) Warin of Maloy, Iowa; grandchildren, Kimberly (Nick) Reid, Christopher (Eliza-beth) Nestlerode, Corissa Nestle-rode, Scott (Chandra) Poore, Kris-ten Poore, Matthew Poore, Josie (Wyatt) Mobley, Aimie (Robby) Larson, Caine Poore, Callie Poore, Braydee Poore, Ryan Gregg, Bec-ca Gregg, Rachel Gregg, Katelyn Warin and Megan Warin; great-grandchildren, Riley Reid, Joshua Nestlerode, Cole Mobley, Kerrigan Mobley, Cody Larson, Tucker Lar-son and Tate Larson; sister, Dar-lene Morgan of Mount Ayr, Iowa; brother, Donald Poore of Kellerton, Iowa; sisters-in-law, Barbara Jones of Leon, Iowa and Peggy Crees of Dysart, Iowa; brothers-in-law, Carl (Carol) Crees of Leon, Iowa, Ken (Bonnye) Crees of Pine Top, Ari-zona and LeRoy (Velma) Crees of Brownstown, Indiana, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. A memorial fund will be desig-nated for handicap transportation at Mount Ayr athletic events. Services were conducted at Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr on Monday, Janu-ary 28, 2013, with Bill Armstrong offi ciating. Musicians were The Hynek Family. Casket bearers included Scott

Poore, Matt Poore, Braydee Poore, Caine Poore, Ryan Gregg, Robby Larson, Wyatt Mobley and Chris-topher Nestlerode. Honorary pallbearers were Josie Mobley, Aimie Larson, Kristen Poore, Callie Poore, Becca Gregg, Rachel Gregg, Katelyn Warin, Megan Warin, Kimberly Reid and Corissa Nestlerode. Duane was laid at rest in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Grand River, Iowa.

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Thank YouWe have been touched by your thought-

fulness. We were lifted by all your kindness and have been renewed by your prayers and goodness.

Rod and Patty Stark

Thank YouOnce again, Gerald and I want to thank all of

Ringgold County and beyond for all the prayers, phone calls, cards and visits for Gerald when he was taken to Mercy Medical Center.

A special thank you to Bill and Faye Stull for taking care of the dog and Retha Dillenburg, Faye and Bill for keeping people informed. Also, thank you to Carlotta and Johnny Carr and Eric Summa for hauling me around and giving me a bed to sleep in. Also thanks to Charles Weiman for his prayers, visits and support.

Gerald and Bonnie Summa

Card of ThanksWe wish to express our sincere appreciation to

neighbors, friends and family for the many gifts of food, floral tributes and memorials as well as the caring and support offered us in the loss of this special man in our lives.

Our gratitude for the kindness, love, laughter and care provided by the entire “special” Clearview staff, and thanks to the many friends who visited Dick during his time there. Also, thanks to the staff of the Ringgold County Hospital and to Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home.

We especially thank Pastor Hawkins for his message and are grateful to Pastor Robin and the Kellerton United Methodist Women for the delicious luncheon served to our family and guests following the service. We have been touched by your thoughtfulness.

The Dick Barnes Family

THANK YOU Special thanks to Joyce Smith for leading the prayer service,

Janet Hogue for arranging and hosting the memorial for Marsha Luckett-Smithson at the Ringgold County Senior Citizens Activity Center and friends and acquaintances who gathered to share their memories of Marsha. We enjoyed the fellowship and the refreshments provided by the volunteers and staff.

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CARDIOLOGY CLINICDepartment of Ringgold County Hospital

Eric Martin, M.D.Wednesday, February 13Wednesday, February 27

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Wednesday, February 20

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FARM FOR SALE80 acres,1 pond, pasture, mostly tillable,

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Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854

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Treasurer's Semi-Annual Publication Report

RINGGOLD COUNTY

Fiscal Year: 2013 Accounting Period(s): 1 - 6

From JULY 1 To DEC. 31

BEG. FUND

BALANCE

JULY 1

TOTAL

REVENUES

COLLECTED

TOTAL AMOUNT

TO BE

ACCOUNTED FOR

TOTAL

COUNTY

DISBURSEMENTS

ENDING FUND

BALANCE

DEC. 31

OUTSTANDING

CHECKS &

WARRANTS

OUTSTANDING

STAMPED

WARRANTS

0001 GENERAL BASIC 1,268,957.43 1,445,372.80 2,714,330.23 1,466,800.21 1,248,881.84 30,019.85 0.00

0002 GENERAL SUPPLEMENTAL 79,259.58 796,211.18 875,470.76 690,811.01 184,659.75 116,175.69 0.00

0003 GIS/GPS FUND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0004 MEDICAD ADM CLAIMING - 10% 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0005 RINGGOLD CO AGENCY GRANT FUND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0010 MH-DD SERVICES 345,089.48 205,131.36 550,220.84 380,985.07 169,235.77 26,088.23 0.00

0011 RURAL BASIC 235,777.46 110,666.48 346,443.94 99,072.07 247,371.87 1,733.19 0.00

0015 ATTORNEY SPECIAL REVENUE FUND 10,137.01 528.41 10,665.42 1,189.99 9,475.43 0.00 0.00

0020 SECONDARY ROAD 1,461,517.10 2,634,769.22 4,096,286.32 1,630,743.56 2,465,542.76 236,945.03 0.00

0023 REAP 53,752.72 8,202.52 61,955.24 0.00 61,955.24 0.00 0.00

0024 RECORDER'S RECORDS MANAGEMENT 3,780.95 831.06 4,612.01 0.00 4,612.01 0.00 0.00

0027 CO CONSERVATION LAND ACQUISITION 4,043.43 -14,043.43 -10,000.00 -14,043.43 4,043.43 0.00 0.00

0028 ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION FUND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0029 I-4 MULTI COUNTY 275.23 0.00 275.23 0.00 275.23 0.00 0.00

0040 CASE MANAGEMENT 0.00 68,529.23 68,529.23 89,927.34 -21,398.11 2,122.39 0.00

1500 JAIL CAPITAL PROJECT FUND 0.25 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.00

2000 RINGGOLD COUNTY DEBT SERVICE 7,312.20 0.00 7,312.20 0.00 7,312.20 0.00 0.00

2100 JAIL SALES TAX ACCOUNT 321,739.86 174,278.83 496,018.69 87,528.57 408,490.12 437.00 0.00

3500 NONEXPENDABLE TRUST FUNDS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

4000 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 56,949.33 50,545.64 107,494.97 32,436.14 75,058.83 884.73 0.00

4001 RINGGOLD COUNTY D A R E ACCOUNT 2,010.44 50.00 2,060.44 0.00 2,060.44 0.00 0.00

4002 SHERIFF'S FORFEITURE ACCOUNT 11,923.91 0.00 11,923.91 5,734.65 6,189.26 0.00 0.00

4003 RINGGOLD CO SHERIFF'S RESERVES 9,590.63 4,601.21 14,191.84 1,037.00 13,154.84 0.00 0.00

4004 INMATE JAIL FEE/60% 36,860.14 2,846.51 39,706.65 0.00 39,706.65 0.00 0.00

4005 INMATE JAIL FEE/40% 0.00 1,897.67 1,897.67 3,677.14 -1,779.47 0.00 0.00

4006 RC GRID SYSTEM 111,785.70 111.20 111,896.90 111,896.90 0.00 0.00 0.00

4007 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION 113.78 0.00 113.78 0.00 113.78 0.00 0.00

4008 RINGGOLD COUNTY K-9 UNIT 15,324.23 0.88 15,325.11 954.48 14,370.63 21.75 0.00

4009 SHERIFF'S SPECIAL FUNDS ACCOUNT 1,396.00 200.00 1,596.00 0.00 1,596.00 0.00 0.00

4010 E-911 SURCHARGE 164,361.42 21,529.66 185,891.08 14,950.03 170,941.05 392.48 0.00

4011 SHERIFF'S COMMISSARY ACCOUNT 6,240.74 7,415.22 13,655.96 4,094.02 9,561.94 500.00 0.00

4012 TRI COUNTY VEHICLE REPLACEMENT 22,434.12 0.00 22,434.12 14,250.00 8,184.12 0.00 0.00

4013 TRI COUNTY DRUG INVESTIGATION 23,727.73 0.00 23,727.73 1,000.00 22,727.73 0.00 0.00

4014 TRI COUNTY FEDERAL FORFEITURE 35,927.35 0.00 35,927.35 1,365.00 34,562.35 0.00 0.00

4100 ASSESSOR 18,442.89 136,435.66 154,878.55 77,493.06 77,385.49 1,780.79 0.00

4103 SPECIAL APPRAISALS 43,320.35 0.00 43,320.35 43,320.35 0.00 0.00 0.00

4120 HOSPITAL 16,125.07 716,634.67 732,759.74 718,297.46 14,462.28 0.00 0.00

4140 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION 1,236.40 43,078.81 44,315.21 43,445.83 869.38 0.00 0.00

4200 DISTRICT SCHOOL 69,637.81 2,427,105.24 2,496,743.05 2,447,680.95 49,062.10 0.00 0.00

4300 AREA VOCATIONAL SCHOOL 3,275.70 114,050.19 117,325.89 115,024.27 2,301.62 0.00 0.00

4400 CORPORATION 17,108.43 411,407.41 428,515.84 422,510.03 6,005.81 0.00 0.00

4450 2001 MOUNT AYR SEWER PROJECT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

4451 SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS 5,463.39 6,606.34 12,069.73 11,258.56 811.17 0.00 0.00

4452 SUN VALLEY RIZ 1,555.26 282,174.93 283,730.19 279,691.13 4,039.06 0.00 0.00

4700 TOWNSHIP 2,141.78 83,197.90 85,339.68 83,569.45 1,770.23 0.00 0.00

4800 BRUCELLOSIS/TUBERCULOSIS ERAD 13.09 473.59 486.68 477.09 9.59 0.00 0.00

4960 SV SANITARY DISTRICT DEBT 482.14 46,531.91 47,014.05 46,350.73 663.32 0.00 0.00

5010 AUTO LICENSE 66,168.50 492,334.50 558,503.00 459,751.00 98,752.00 0.00 0.00

5020 USE TAX 60,835.82 266,621.44 327,457.26 275,672.04 51,785.22 0.00 0.00

5040 ANATOMICAL GIFT 0.00 21.50 21.50 21.50 0.00 0.00 0.00

5050 DRIVER'S LICENSE TRUST FUND 553.00 -553.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

5090 TAX IN ADVANCE 50,210.10 737.31 50,947.41 49,524.82 1,422.59 0.00 0.00

5100 UNAPPORTIONED TAX FUND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

5120 TAX SALE REDEMPTION 8,296.00 13,527.35 21,823.35 21,823.35 0.00 0.00 0.00

5300 CO RECORDER ELECTRONIC FEE FUND 185.00 831.00 1,016.00 757.00 259.00 0.00 0.00

8500 RINGGOLD CO INSURANCE CLEARING FUND 106,966.32 209,571.37 316,537.69 316,537.69 0.00 0.00 0.00

8510 UNREIMBURSED MEDICAL EXP/AFLAC -1,217.78 4,702.00 3,484.22 8,911.48 -5,427.26 0.00 0.00

8511 DEPENDENT CARE 2,491.37 1,130.00 3,621.37 1,256.35 2,365.02 0.00 0.00

9990 HOLDING FUND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

4,763,578.86 10,776,295.77 15,539,874.63 10,047,783.89 5,493,442.56 417,101.13 0.00COUNTY TOTALS:

4,763,578.86BEGINNING CASH BALANCE:

EXPENDITURES 0.0030 - MISC RECEIPTS

4,879,071.7461 - AUDITORS CHECKS ISSUED

4,976,203.7063 - TREASURER DISBURSEMENTS

949.67AP - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

45,736.89TR - TRANSFERS

9,901,962.00TOTAL EXPENDITURES

-145,821.89CHANGE IN OUTSTANDING:

10,047,783.89ADJUSTED EXPENDITURES:

REVENUES 4,999,839.6301 - CURRENT TAXES

5,206.0002 - PENALTY & INT-CURRENT

518.2503 - DELINQUENT TAXES

287.0004 - PENALTY & INT-DELINQUENT

0.0005 - MOBILE HOME TAX

474.0007 - GRAINS TAX

118,666.5210 - HOMESTEAD CREDIT

0.0011 - EXTRAORDINARY TAX CREDIT

157,047.5412 - AGLAND CREDIT

0.0013 - FAMILY FARM CREDIT

4,967.1115 - MILITARY CREDIT

6,606.3417 - SPECIAL CHARGES

492,334.5019 - MOTOR VEHICLE REG & LIC

266,621.4420 - MOTOR VEHICLE USE TAX

147,832.7122 - UTILITY EXCISE TAX

4,111,544.6530 - MISC RECEIPTS

81,360.0461 - AUDITORS CHECKS ISSUED

0.00CL - CLEARING ACCOUNT

382,990.04TR - TRANSFERS

10,776,295.77TOTAL REVENUES

5,493,442.56ENDING CASH BALANCE:

I HEREBY CERTIFY THE ABOVE REPORT TO BE A TRUE AND

ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF TRANSACTIONS DURING THE

PERIOD(S) SPECIFIED.

Debra A. Cannon, Treasurer

Public Notices Ringgold County Supervisors Proceedings_________________________________Continued from page 11

ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-proves to have vice chairman Kraig Pennington sign the following IDOT Project Agreements: Godden RCB, Jeanes RCB, Parker RCB and Smith RCB. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Royce Dredge and sec-onded by Kraig Pennington stating such. The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, audi-tor. Passed and approved January 22, 2013.

RESOLUTION RC13–34 WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-proves the claims that will be issued on January 23, 2013. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Kraig Pennington and seconded by Royce Dredge stating such. The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, audi-tor. Passed and approved January 22, 2013.

ACS, 20/20, $600.00.Air Filter Sales & Service, jail

fi lters, $343.76.Alliant Energy, Diagonal shed,

$189.44.Bankers Leasing Company, copi-

er lease payment/overage charge, $197.19.

Barker Implement Co., parts, $220.84.

C&H Distributors LLC, utility cart, $360.97.

California Contractors Sup-plies, miscellaneous shop supplies, $99.00.

Cannon, Debra, treasurer district meeting, $94.30.

CFI Sales, Inc., tires, $11,305.70.Clear Channel Outdoor, CPPW

advertising, $250.00.CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, county

audit services, $41,668.75.CNH Capital/Vetter, parts/fi lter,

$367.33.Crossroads Mental Health Cen-

ter, testing, $150.00.Culligan, courthouse water,

$11.50.Diagonal Progress, subscription/

miscellaneous ad expense/CPPW advertising/supervisors publications, $1,125.99.

District IV Treasurer, treasurer district meeting, $51.00.

Divine Waste, Inc., trash/1-01 - 3-31/13 courthouse trash service/trash pick up, $1,173.00.

Dollar General, recreation, $64.80.

England, Melinda, mileage, $41.39.

Erickson, Robert A., per diem meeting, $35.00.

Farm Plan/NAPA, parts/fi lters, $1,706.63.

Farmers Cooperative Co., parts/spray, $779.68.

Gateway Holiday Inn, training, $315.84.

Gerold’s Plumbing & Heating, parts, $15.58.

GlaxoSmithKline, nursing sup-plies, $626.00.

Glendenning Motor Co., deduct-ible, $350.00.

GLS MFG., shop repairs, $99.18.

Grandma Jan’s Bake Shop, CPPW meeting expense, $120.00.

Great Western Bank, gun/offi ce supplies, $356.94.

Green Valley Pest Control, exter-mination services, $44.00.

H-E Parts Distribution, parts, $813.96.

Hammer Medical Supply, nurs-ing supplies, $65.89.

Hopkins Medical Products, nurs-ing supplies, $1,157.60

Hy-Vee Accounts Receivable, groceries, $247.54.

Hynek, Angela, RIZ election, $63.75.

Hynek, Bill, tree removal/Merritt Cemetery, $500.00.

IACCVSO, registration dues, $45.00.

Internal Revenue Service, county Medicare, $24.60.

Interstate Batteries, batteries, $552.75.

Iowa County Recorders Asso-ciation, 2013 recorders association dues, $200.00.

Iowa Department of Public Health, 20/20, $71.23.

Iowa Department of Public Safe-ty, Iowa system, $543.00.

Iowa Workforce Development, fourth quarter 2012 unemployment, $439.98.

ISAC, supervisors spring school, $165.00.

ISACA Treasurer, seat training, $135.00.

ISU Extension Service, CPPW meeting expense, $100.00.

Ivans, Inc., Medicare connect fee, $49.99.

Jackson, Teresa, mileage/region meeting, $33.95.

Johnson, Robert, January cell phone use, $30.00.

Kabel Business Services, month-ly fee, $105.00.

Larsen, Paula, well plugging re-imbursement, $800.00.

Lawson Products, Inc., parts,

$1,290.67.Mainstay Systems, Inc., two

computers/software, $3,300.00.Mason, Cathy, RIZ election,

$63.75.McDonnell Appliance, custodial

supplies, $25.99.McGahuey, Cathy, recreation/

postage, $133.22.Medline Industries, nursing sup-

plies, $131.72.Meyer Laboratory, Inc., court-

house custodian/jail supplies, $793.45.

Morgan, Neil E., mileage/offi ce supplies, $247.60.

Mosaic, November/December 2012, $602.11.

Mount Ayr Farm & Home, Inc., miscellaneous shop/pipe supplies/parts/tools, $211.96.

MTE Offi ce Center, offi ce sup-plies, $171.06.

Munyon Plumbing & Heat-ing, well plugging reimbursements, $2,000.00.

NENA, dues, $130.00.Northern Safety & Industrial,

safety equipment, $659.84.O’Halloran International, parts,

$1,649.26.Offi ceMax Contract, Inc., printer

cartridges, $215.87.PATC, recreation supplies,

$225.00.Pitney Bowes Global Financial,

courthouse postage/courthouse post-age lease, $688.00.

Prairie Meadows, ISAC training, $212.80.

Red Oak Welding Supply, weld-ing supplies, $147.90.

Reliance Telephone, Inc., jail phone cards, $500.00.

Ringgold County Group Home, December 2012, $12,260.50.

RK Fuels, Inc., Diagonal/Red-

ding fuel/gas, $4,129.78.RMS, parts, $1,135.78.Rusk, Bill, per diem meeting,

$35.00.Schildberg Construction, rock,

$8,096.48.Shirley & Dave’s Computers,

printer ink, $72.50. Sign-Up Ltd., sign posts/signs,

$394.67.SimplexGrinnell LP, courthouse

annual fi re extinguisher service/maintenance, $230.89.

Smith, Gary, veterans affairs/general relief contracted hours/trans-portation, $643.88.

Snap On Tools Corp., tools, $85.05.

Sobotka, Michael, investigation supplies, $1,000.00.

Southern Iowa Resources, No-vember/December 2012, $180.00.

Southern Iowa Rural Water Asso-ciation, Beaconsfi eld water, $19.00.

Southwest Builder Supply, pipe/shop supplies, $268.52.

Southwest Iowa Rural Electric, Tingley light, $46.00.

Spring Valley Wireless, radios, $475.00.

Stephens Tire and Oil, oil change, $52.00.

The Gate Shop, Randy Mont-gomery, supplies for trash guards, $2,042.40.

Treasurer, State of Iowa, state of Iowa tax withholding/intercom connection fee/tank certifi cation, $91.00.

Trullinger, Steve, travel meal, $9.48.

Union County Auditor, July-December juvenile offi ce expenses, $465.00.

Upper Limits Teen Center, Feb-ruary 2013 rent, $450.00.

US Bank, postage/offi ce supplies/

PAT, $266.44.US Cellular, PAT/CM wireless

modem fee, $103.04.Wallace, Shirley, per diem meet-

ing/transportation, $41.56.Walter, Merle, mileage/address-

ing 140th Street, $24.96.Walters, Ann, RIZ election,

$63.75.Weeda’s Welding, pipe supplies/

parts, $75.00.Windstream, records manage-

ment/supervisors/offi ce/auditor phones, $1,575.44.

Windstream Communications, Inc., phone system maintenance, $45.81.

WRD Landfi ll, county third quar-ter, $5,940.00.

Report total = $122,627.18FUNDS TOTAL RECAP

General Basic ................ $59,446.52General Supplemental....... 1,256.83

MH-DD Services ............ 13,042.61Rural Basic ........................ 5,940.00Secondary Road .............. 37,680.43Case Management ................ 582.55Jail Sales Tax Account ...... 1,194.26Emergency Management ....... 56.95RC Sheriff’s Forfeiture ........ 225.00Inmate Jail fee/60% ............. 360.97E-911 Surcharge................... 947.07Sheriff’s Commissary .......... 500.00Tri Co. Drug Investigation .. 1,000.00Assessor ............................... 288.99Unreimbursed medical expenses/AFLAC............ 105.00

Total = $122,627.18 There was no further business. A motion was made by Royce Dredge and seconded by Kraig Pennington to adjourn the meeting at 5 p.m. DAVID INLOES ChairmanATTEST: AMANDA WASKE Ringgold County Auditor

14 Mount Ayr Record-News Thursday, January 31, 2013