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BY ALAN SMITH The camera sets the scene of the Ford Mustang rolling onto the brick streets of the Mount Ayr square from the north. ANGIE: Rick, why don’t I go in and get a couple of copies of my birth certificate. You never know when you might need them. RICK: We might as well do that while we’re here. The car parks and ANGIE and RICK walk up to the courthouse doors, with the camera lingering on the “Equality Before The Law” inscription above the door. The couple nod to a person sit-ting on the bench in the foyer. RICK: Could you tell us where the recorder’s office is? BENCH SITTER: That would be on the second floor. Right up those stairs, you can’t miss it. RICK: Thanks for your help. The camera follows RICK and ANGIE in a couple of quick shots that take them to the Recorder’s Office door. Okay, this isn’t really a page from a screen play. This isn’t an announcement of the movie deal. That’s getting ahead of the story. But two books of the trilogy of military action novels are already available, just in case Hollywood wants to come calling on author Don Triechler. “Cold War Warriors” and “Shadow Warriors” are the two novels that Triechler, a former Ringgold county resident, has pub-lished. Amidst the story of the career of a Marine Corps pilot and his encounters with the Soviet block during the cold war and then in southeast Asia during the Vietnam era, Ringgold county has a role. It seems that Captain Ange-lika Steiger, also known as Nancy

Glendenning is all-staterJake Glendenning performed Monday, March 28, at the individual speech all-state celebration. He was one of 38 individuals who per-formed in the improvisation category. Glendenning had the draw of a truck driver, a baby and instructions for making the bed. The all-state critic said that Glendenning was a very enthusiastic performer and he liked how he developed both of his characters well. The critic said he was impressed with Glendenning’s performance.

Kevin Kilgore of rural Diago-nal will not be seated as a Jefferson township trustee, an election con-test court decided after a hearing on the matter held Monday, March 21, in the Ringgold county court-house. Kilgore had contended that he was elected to the position by re-ceiving a majority of the votes cast for both the township trustee and township clerk positions. After hearing evidence from Kilgore, incumbent trustee Spen-cer Lumbard and county auditor Laurie Greenman, the court met in private session and set aside the November 2, 2010 Jefferson town-ship election. While the court agreed that Kilgore received a majority of the votes, it ruled that the positions should not have been on the elec-tion ballot and the action of the county auditor and county board of supervisors in invalidating the 2010 township trustee and clerk election for Jefferson township was correct. The decision was made on a

Lane restrictionsplanned on Iowa2 for summer Road construction work on Iowa Highway 2 between Ring-gold county road P-68 near Keller-ton and Decatur county road R-34 near Decatur City will restrict traf-fic to one lane beginning Monday, March 28, until Friday, July 29, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transpor-tation’s (DOT) Chariton construc-tion office. Motorists will be assisted through the work zone by flaggers and pilot cars. The roadway will be returned to normal traffic patterns when workers are not present. The Iowa DOT reminds mo-torists to drive with caution, obey posted speed limits and other signs in the work area, and be aware that traffic fines for moving viola-tions are at least double in work zones. As in all work zones, driv-ers should stay alert, allow ample space between vehicles and wear seat belts.

Evelyn Stevenson, a resident at Clearview Home in Clearfield was selected to have her life story shared with Iowa’s state legislators at an event on March 29 in Des Moines. The Every Senior Has A Story display is sponsored by the Iowa Health Care Association and Iowa Center for Assisted Living and is being presented to legislators at a reception held by the associations’ member nursing facilities, assisted living communities and residential care facilities. The Every Senior Has A Story display features 11 Iowans ranging in age from 78 to 106 who live in nursing homes and assisted living programs in 10 different commu-nities across the state. Long-term care professionals commemorated the remarkable lives of all their residents in nursing facilities and assisted living communities by submitting the life story of one resident to the Every Senior Has A Story program. Legislators and other attendees at the reception will have an op-portunity to read a brief biography of each senior which is accompa-nied by current photos and young-er photos of the individuals. These 11 are representative of the 42,000 frail and elderly served annually by Iowa’s long-term care profes-sion. The intent of the display is to

Two people were injured in a head-on accident at the north end of North West Street in Mount Ayr Friday, March 25, at 2:32 p.m. Taken to the Ring-gold County Hospital by ambulance were Emily Ann Ide, driver of one of the vehicles, and Lawrence Osborn, a passenger in the other. According to a report from the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office, a 1988 Chevrolet S-10 pickup, driven by Steven F. Scarlett, was traveling southbound and coming up a steep hill. A 2002 Saturn SI driven by Ide of Af-

ton was cresting the hill traveling northbound on the street. The two vehicles collided in a head-on colli-sion, causing both vehicles to be totaled. Damage to the Saturn, owned by Daniel James Ide of Afton, was listed at $7,000 and damage to the pickup, owned by Cristel Rae Scarlett of Mount Ayr was listed at $2,500. The pickup stayed on the roadway while the car went into a ditch. At the time of the press report, who was at fault had not been determined and the incident was still under investigation.

Two injured in head-on Mount Ayr collision

Seven detainedon prescriptiondrug charges Seven Ringgold county resi-dents were detained following an investigation concerning the il-legal sale of prescription drugs in Ringgold county sheriff’s depart-ment action Monday, March 28. Four adults and three juveniles were detained on the charge of de-livery of a controlled substance. Other charges are pending and investigations into related inci-dents will continue, according to the sheriff’s department. Adults arrested included Sa-mantha Paxson, 19, 2794 220th Street in Mount Ayr; Tammy Prud-den, 43, 601 S. Cleveland, Apart-ment A, in Mount Ayr; Andrew Guy Morgan, 25, 202 W. Jeffer-son Street in Mount Ayr, and Zack Ian Hall, 301 W. Monroe Street in Mount Ayr. Names of the juveniles detained were not released by the sheriff’s office.

Election courtleaves townshipresult the same

Clearfield Clearview resident’s story picked for display in state capitol

Ringgold county localehas role in spy novels

(Angie) Porter, a KBG spy, uses a cover identity of a dead college roommate. The real Nancy Porter, whose father was a history profes-sor at Graceland College in Lamo-ni for a time, grew up in Mount Ayr and went to high school here. Steiger has the good sense to subscribe to the Mount Ayr Re-cord-News to keep up with her cover of having grown up in Ring-gold county. (Steiger must be an exceptional spy to subscribe to the Mount Ayr Record-News). She and Holt fall in love and get married and Steiger goes in deep cover, with the understanding that if back channel messages need to be passed to United States authori-ties at some time in the future she could do so through her husband. But enough of the story line. The books are an interesting read and telling too much might spoil some of the fun. The novels provide background of military action in the Mediter-ranean Sea, Belgian Congo and Cuban missle crisis in “Cold War Warriors.” In “Shadow Warriors” the story continues during the battles in Laos and Vietnam in the mid-1960s. The trilogy gets wrapped up in “Crusader Warriors,” the next book of the trilogy that has yet to be released. Treichler draws on his back-ground in the military to tell his stories. A retired Marine Corps Colonel and former fighter pilot who flew F8U-2 Crusader fighters during the Cold War era, his ser-vice ranged from the Atlantic to the Caribbean to the Far East. According to his biography, he also flew worldwide as an airline captain and was a former director of the 40,000 member airline divi-sion of the country’s largest private

sector labor union. A graduate of the Army War College, he as a Ph.D. degree and enjoys traveling widely. He is mar-ried with two sons and lives in Ro-seville, CA. So where does his Ringgold county background come in? He was born in Ellston, trav-elled briefly with his parents to California between 1942 and 1944 and then grew up near Delphos from 1944-1950. “Despite my wanderings it seems I always have been an Iowa boy,” Treichler says. After a varied career he has found enjoyment in writing. “It seemed natural to include Ring-gold county in those works.” It’s not just Lamoni and Mount Ayr that are mentioned in the books. Benton, Blockton, Del-phos, Diagonal, Ellston, Kellerton, Maloy, Redding and Tingley all are mentioned in some place in the books. Since the Record-News is a backdrop to the intrigues of the ficticious espionage, Triechler sent along courtesy copies of the books. As well as his fiction writing, he has penned a biography: “I Do Sol-emnly Swear --the Biography of Commander Alfred Edgar Grove, U. S. Navy.” The “Warrior” books are action filled and like other military action novels, provide insights into the equipment and minds of the war-riors who work to keep the country safe. Details right down to the words of drinking songs or the pomp and circumstance of military ceremo-nies are included. The action keeps the reader

2-1 vote with James W. Brown and Claire Newton voting in favor of the decision and Lois Monday vot-ing against the decision. Since the election was set aside, the costs of the proceedings were taxed to Ringgold county. The $500 bond posted by Kevin Kilg-ore was released and was to be re-turned to him. The matter of whether there should have been a trustee elec-tion in November 2010 grew out of inconsistent paperwork follow-ing the election in 2006 where the official abstract of election said that the township voted in a close election to have township officers appointed rather than elected. With the result of the contest court, the appointment of Spencer Lumbard to a four-year term as township trustee and Melinda Eng-land to a four-year term as town-ship clerk will remain in place. If there is an appeal of the con-test court decision, it would be made to district court. No indica-tion of an appeal had been made early this week.

reiterate to elected officials that long-term care residents have brought – and continue to bring – immeasurable value to the lives of all Iowans. “These seniors’ contributions to our state and nation remind us of the importance of providing ad-equate funding and support for the health and well-being of Iowa’s frail and elderly,” said Steve Ack-erson, IHCA Executive Director. Evelyn Stevenson, a resident at Clearview Home, has an inspiring

life story. This is only a glimpse of one resident’s story. There are many other remarkable resident stories shared by those living at Clearview Home.

Evelyn Stevenson story Evelyn McMath was born in Davis county to Elvin McMath and Myra Griffis on March 30, 1910. Her family and she moved to Clearfield when she was four years old. She has been residing here in Clearfield for going on 97 years. After graduating high school, Evelyn took normal training, to allow her to teach country school. She taught country school for five years. She quit teaching and be-came a housewife after she met and married Dwight Morey in 1930. They had four children together, Jim, Ed, John and Myra Bell.

Morey was a housewife on the farm while raising her four kids. Her oldest son Jim states she cooked for everyone. Dwight and Evelyn owned and operated Morey’s Dry Good Store. Dwight passed away at the age of 50 in 1953 and left Evelyn with four children under the age of 18. She ran and operated the store for a few years after her husband’s death. She then got hired on back at the Clearfield school as a school board secretary. She was 43 years old when this sudden death of her husband left her and the children alone. She stepped up to the plate and was a wonderful provider for her family . She bought a small little house

Former Ringgold county resident Don Treichler is shown with two of the

military action spy novel trilogy he has written.Ringgold county is used for a locale as part of the books.

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Evelyn Stevenson

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This red, red robin needed snowshoes to go bob, bob, bobbin’ along following Friday’s snow storm that dumped three inches of snow on the county. About the time that had pretty well melted, another inch of snow fell over Monday night. Precipitation coming in the next week

was forecast to be rain as temperatures are to be in the 50s and 60s but just for reference, Lenox received two feet of snow in late April to set a record back in the early 1900s. Folks looking for spring are hoping that records like that aren’t challenged for a long time.

Red, red robin needs snowshoes for bob, bob, bobbin’

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Habitat build a great way to celebrate

THOUGHTS& other thingsBY ALAN SMITH

How do you celebrate your 30th birthday? If you are our daughter Cara, you get creative. With a “birthday that ends in a zero” coming up, Cara got creative and decided to organize a Habitat for Humanity work day. She ended up with 35 or more friends and family on site at a Habitat for Hu-manity home in Independence, MO, Saturday morn-ing, and Valle and I were among those who pitched in. Son Nathan, Cara and I pitched in with the physi-cal labor while Valle took charge of the food for noon. Cara also had an uncle, two aunts and seven cousins to help, along with a host of friends from work, church and her life in general. It was quite a way to celebrate. The three Habitat for Humanity staff on hand helped keep the jobs rolling from a list made for the day. The first plan was to do framing in of a house at another site, but because of threatening weather we were moved to a site where the house was already up to provide shelter should the rain or snow come in abundance. They checked each person in as we arrived beginning a little before 8:30 a.m. and had us fill out liability forms. One of the jobs where Nathan and I got to work was an earth moving project. The foundation was close enough to a lot line fence on one side that a skid loader could not be used to replace the dirt around the foundation. That meant a line of wheel barrows and buckets were used to move a dirt pile from the back yard to fill in around the basement and the dirt had to be tamped down. There was a hard crust on the clay-filled soil pile, but after awhile we got the pile so it could be dug more easily. People took turns digging and moving the dirt. A smaller pile in the front yard was moved around the foundation in the front of the home. Out on the front porch, the decking needed to be screwed down and a group of Cara’s child life friends took on that job. Inside some baffles for insulation had to be placed, an entry to the attic built, interior walls built and erected, doorways and headers built, a frame built around the heating ducts to provide a way they could be dry walled around and probably a few more items that have slipped my mind. Everyone dug in and offered help up to their expertise level or learned a new skill to gain new proficiency. Valle had brought all kinds of snacks to start the day, brought in a mid-morning round of hot choco-late that tasted good on the chilly day, then brought pizza and birthday cake for lunch. After working with the dirt crew and cleaning up logs, rock and concrete out of the front yard dirt pile as it was whittled down to smooth out the front cor-ner of the yard, I moved inside to look for a job. I helped raise a long wall piece and get it set in place. I was tall enough to hold up door headers while they were nailed in place. I helped cut wood when needed and served as a gofer for one of the more expert builders in the group. The home was being built for a family with five children. Built with a full basement, there was room for five bedrooms, two baths, a furnace room, laun-dry room, kitchen, front room and an added room in the basement. To help with the efficiency of the house after it was completed, there were energy efficient walls and windows built in as part of the plan. The family was not on site on Saturday, but they have to put many hours of their own labor into helping get the home completed.

Executive director Pat Turner and her husband visited during the day and she shared the vision of Habitat for Humanity with the group. Habitat homeowners meet three criteria: need, willing-ness to partner and ability to pay their no-interest mortgage. Because ownership of a Habitat home is “a hand up, not a handout,” homeowners (with help from their friends and family) are required to complete at least 350 hours of “sweat equity” to help match the 2,000 hours typically donated by volunteers. Applicants must also demonstrate that they have the long-term capability and intention of assuming payments on their no-interest mortgage and maintaining their new home as good neighbors in their community. The Independence, MO chapter built five houses last year and is working on doubling that number this year, she told the group. Around the world the Christian-based program has built over 400,000 homes and affected the lives of more than two million people, she noted. Helping people find safe and affordable housing can make a big dif-ference in the lives of the children growing up in those households, she said. The habitat chapter gave each of the workers a t-shirt and we all sang happy birthday to Cara at the noon break to get lunch at which Pat Turner spoke. As the day progressed, each of the items on the check list for the day began to be crossed off. A good cleaning was done of the interior so the next crew working would not have to climb through construction rubble to get their jobs completed. By 2:30 p.m. most of the work was done. Cara and I stayed around until the crew working on the front porch railing finished up and then we left for our next adventure. We had decided to go to a new Golden Corral buffet place for supper, even though we heard the the line was out the front door and had been since 10 a.m. that morning. It also was the birthday of Peter Cornish’s sister Rebecca so we celebrated both Rebecca and Cara’s birthdays with the trip to the restaurant by 16 peo-ple. All of the Smith clan were there along with the Cornish clan, Valle’s mother and young friends Cara was looking after. All of the group had to arrive at the front of the line together and since they arrived in several separate cars, this was a problem. By the time we all arrived, the first crew decided to get back out of line and go back out into the cold so we would all be together. Valle’s mother and Peter’s mother waited inside for us. It was a momentous occasion in more than one way. Valle and I took the senior citizen discount for the first time. It only saved us 40 cents each, but being 60 is now good for something anyway. We all stuffed ourselves and the loud speaker blared the news of Rebecca and Cara’s birthdays for us to clap for. By the end of the day we felt that there wasn’t much of a better way we could have celebrated Cara’s big day with her.

Picture postcard of the Mount Ayr Mill and Feed from about 1940.

Snapshots of History

BY MIKE AVITT The Mount Ayr Mill and Feed started out as a creamery. In the original picture, the words “Mt. Ayr Creamery” can still be seen in the front gable. At some point the creamery became a mill and the Mount Ayr Record-News of August 4, 1927, reported, “O. C. Fry, who has conducted the Mount Ayr Mill for the past several months, sold his equipment and stock Saturday to G. A. Tennant and J. M. Anderson, of Rice township, possession given Monday morning. The style of the new firm will be Tennant & Ander-son and the business will be con-tinued at the old stand, one block north of the northwest corner of the square. Mr. Anderson will move to Mount Ayr the latter part of August and Mr. Tennant expects to move to the city later in the fall.” The article goes on to explain that George Tennant and Jesse Anderson are well-known and well-respected stock raisers in the area and will provide high quality service to their customers. George Tennant was Jesse Anderson’s fa-ther-in-law.

After some time, the mill was called Mount Ayr Mill and Feed and Jesse Anderson was the sole owner. Much of the business con-cerned grinding corn into corn meal and grinding buck wheat into buck wheat flour. Some of this was custom work and some of the product was sold in bulk by local grocery stores. Business picked up in the mid-1930s when the mill began selling ice and coal. Coal was used to heat many homes and most businesses. The coal was brought to town by the railroad and the mill bought as many as 72 carloads a year. The mill then delivered coal to its cus-tomers. Also in the mid-1930s, the Mount Ayr Mill and Feed became a Nutrena Feeds dealer and even-tually became the oldest Nutrena franchise in the United States. The mill engaged in the busi-ness of producing its own feed under the MARCO label. MARCO stood for Mount Ayr, Ringgold

County. Max Anderson, Jesse’s son, began buying into the mill in the mid-1950s and Max would be sole proprietor by 1969. By this time, the Mount Ayr Mill and Feed of-fered bulk feed delivery and mo-bile milling. The ice house was removed in the late 1960s and coal sales dropped off dramatically as alternate fuel sources were imple-mented. Mount Ayr got natural gas in 1965. Max continued to operate the Mount Ayr Mill and Feed until his retirement in 1992. The mill had been an Anderson owned business for 65 years. Jamie’s Coffee Mill occupies the location today and some of the old mill is still visible such as the truck scales in front. Thanks to Max and Maxine An-derson for loaning me the picture postcard. If you have an interesting Ringgold County picture and some information to go with it, give me a call at 641-344-0482.

BY LISA WILSONLOOKING BACK in the Early Files

Fifty Years Ago(From the Mount Ayr Record-

News, Thursday, March 30, 1961.)“Over the top” by 29 pints was

the record established Thursday during the regular visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile to Ringgold county. It was the largest contribu-tion in a number of years and more than took care of the county’s need for blood. Much credit for the suc-cessful results obtained is due Mrs. Sam Newton, county blood donor chairman.

Three Mount Ayr youths escaped serious injury Wednesday night of last week in a one-car accident, which happened just north of the Iowa-Missouri line, on the Allendale road. A new station wagon, owned by Joe Thompson and driven by his son, Larry, 17 years of age, overturned when he lost control of the vehicle on a wet graveled road at the corner just west of the A. L. Motsinger farm. Passengers in the car were Del and Jim Worthington, 18 and 16 years of age, respectively. Del suffered forehead and nose cuts, which required several stitches to close. The other two boys escaped injury. Damage to the station wagon was estimated at $1,500.

Passenger service on the branch line of the C. B. & Q. Railroad was re-established Saturday -- just for the day and for the benefit of 117 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and leaders. The excursion on a 96-passenger coach from Leon to Mount Ayr was provided through the cooperation of local Cub Scout leaders; Don Bacon, local agent, and railroad officials for the benefit of the youngsters, whose theme for the month of March has been “Cub Scout Railroader.”

For the second consecutive year, Herbie Bastow, 13 years of age and an eighth grade student in the Mount Ayr Community schools, won the Ringgold county spelling contest held Saturday in Mount Ayr. Eighteen fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth graders competed for the championship. Second place honors

were awarded Nancy Dufty, also a 13-year-old eighth grader in the Mount Ayr schools. Nancy was ad-judged the winner after a spelldown with Connie Morgan (Benton sixth grader), the two of whom had tied for second place in the oral and written contests.

Matthew Bevington, manager of Rogers Cafe in Mount Ayr, will assume his duties the first of April as hotel and restaurant inspector for the Iowa department of agriculture. Mr. Bevington has served as manager of Rogers Cafe for the past three years. Mrs. Bevington will continue to serve in that capacity. A native of Mount Ayr, Bevington graduated from the local high school. He was employed for several years by the Mount Ayr Produce Company, was identified with the Piper Grocery for one year and served as manager of the Mount Ayr Locker.

Births reported at Ringgold County Hospital this week were a daughter, born March 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roach of Mount Ayr; a daughter, born March 23, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trullinger of Creston, and a son born March 27, to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Andrew of Grand River.

The obituary in this issue were Alice May Murray Lawrence and Claude M. Stagner.

Twenty-five Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, April 10, 1986.) Balloons colored up the sky Monday morning when youngsters at the Ringgold County Child Care Center in Mount Ayr sent up balloons as part of a celebration of the week of the young child, being observed in Iowa April 5-12. Notes were in-cluded in each of the balloons so the youngsters hope to hear back from anyone who finds one of the bal-loons. The balloon launch here was timed to coincide with the signing of a proclamation about the week in Des Moines Monday morning. Heritage Cablevision subscrib-ers in Mount Ayr will be paying

higher monthly bills for expanded service by June 1. The basic cable charge once the addition of up to seven channels is made will be $12.50 a month, compared to the present $9.85 a month. The Ringgold County Hospital board of trustees, at an April 4 special meeting, agreed to contract with Mercy Health and Human Ser-vices from Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, for the administration of the Ringgold County Hospital. This action was taken following almost a month of exploring management possibilities. In addition, the board has been taking application for the position of administrator. Board member, Richard Jackson, had been appointed as interim administration following the resignation of Ken Reger at a March 10 regular board meeting. Mrs. Carol Weeda of Mount Ayr has announced her candidacy for the Democrat nomination for Ringgold county recorder. Guns, pictures and other artifacts from Ringgold county’s military and civil history are now on display in a newly designed display space on the second floor of the Ringgold county courthouse. The Ringgold County Historical Society has developed the display. Winners in the Cub Scout Pack 165 pinewood derby were named recently after the event held at the Mount Ayr American Legion build-ing. Winners included J. W. Egly, fifth place; Scott Rhone, fourth place; David Lawhead, third place; Dennis Elliott, second, and Sterling Rhone, first place. Winner of the best design was Dennis Elliott. Lynn Rinehart of Mount Ayr was among the five finalists in one division of “Spring ‘86 Cookoff” held April 4 in Creston in front of the sponsoring Creston News Adver-tiser office. Rinehart, the only male to enter, made sardine canapes. The obituary in this week’s issue was Charles Burbin Padgitt. Ten Years Ago

(From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 29, 2001.) Details about what would be involved in the development of Gooseberry Lake, a 500-acre lake to be located just northeast of Mount Ayr, were shared at a public hearing on the project held at the Ringgold county courthouse in Mount Ayr Thursday. The public hearing was set to notify area property owners of the plans for the lake and the fact that the Gooseberry Lake Agency may move ahead with a process that could take land by eminent domain if negotiations for purchase of the property cannot be worked out. Another change in company is planned for Ringgold county cable television customers of AT&T Broadband. In the second or third quarter of 2001, closing of a transac-tion selling the systems to Mediacom Communications Corporation is planned. A Mount Ayr Community high school student recently spent a week getting a first hand look at careers in defense, intelligence and diplomacy in defense, intelligence and diplomacy in Washington, D.C., an experience that Sean Kilgore says he would recommend to anyone in-terested. Kilgore, son of Kevin and Cathy Kilgore of Diagonal, attended the National Youth Leadership Fo-rum on Defense, Intelligence and Diplomacy from January 30 through February 4. When the state jazz band cham-pionships are held in Des Moines Tuesday, the Mount Ayr Community Raider jazz band will be taking part in the Class 2A competition. Over 135 people celebrated the 27th anniversary of the Tingley meal site by packing the Tingley community building to capacity for a special celebration Monday. A Mardi Gras theme was used for the birthday, which included several special events as part of the day. One of the events was a Mardi Gras parade, which featured “floats” that could be carried through the aisles. The Mount Ayr Community sixth grade math bee team took first place at the Green Valley Area Education Agency math bee in Creston recently and will advance to the state competition. The MAC squad scored 158 to place ahead of Stanton, which scored 129. Leading the way for the MAC team were Brian Inloes, who placed first as an individual, and Lucas Smith, who placed second as an individual. Zach Lynch tied for sixth as an individual and Grant Larsen tied for seventh as

Producers relieved by court rule clarification Pork producers nationwide were rejoicing Mar. 15 when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) overreached its statutory authority in requir-ing concentrated animal feeding operations or CAFOs, that might propose to or might discharge ma-nure into waterways, to apply for a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit. At contention was a 2002 EPA regulation that stated such opera-tions must meet a zero-discharge standard, including a lawful duty to apply for CWA permits if they even think they might have a dis-charge in the future. Opponents said the rule, according to an ar-ticle in the Oklahoma Farm Re-port, “essentially established a pre-sumption that CAFOs ‘proposed’ to discharge if any future discharge occurred.” The report said the rule covered all production areas and cropland on which manure is applied and it imposed fines of up to $37,500 per day, not only for illegal discharges, but for any failure of a CAFO that had a discharge, for whatever rea-son, to apply for a CWA permit. Pork producers, in particular, felt the rule was rigid and obtrusive, and could have a potentially dan-gerous impact on their livelihoods. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) argued in front of the 5th Circuit that the rule and its duty-to-apply provision, “consti-tutes a thinly veiled effort to im-pose the same duty to apply that was invalidated by the 2nd Circuit. It also argued that the ‘failure to apply’ violation creates substantial

economic pressure to apply for a CWA permit and that the regula-tion shifts the burden to a non-per-mitted CAFO that has a discharge to establish that it did not ‘propose’ to discharge,” the Oklahoma Farm Report said. Essentially, the EPA rule as-sumed that all livestock opera-tions were going to discharge ma-nure into waterways even if they haven’t done so. That’s like issuing a speeding ticket to a motorist be-cause he or she might speed in the future. Trouble is the ticket would cost up to $37,500 per day! The court opinion leaves little doubt, noted the NPPC, that the EPA has a clear limit on its author-ity to enforce the Clean Water Act, also making it clear that there must be an actual discharge to trigger the provisions of the CWA—and the EPA’s authority in the matter. “The court recognized a clear limit on EPA’s authority and re-quired the agency to comply with the clean water law. Pork produc-ers have worked hard to meet, and are meeting, the zero-discharge standard, which the pork industry has embraced. Getting a federal

permit is irrelevant to meeting the standard. The time, effort and cost of getting one is a complete waste when all that permit will do is tell producers to do exactly what they already are required and fully in-tend to do – not have a discharge,” said NPPC President Doug Wolf. Needless to say, livestock producers, at least for now, have heaved a collective sigh of relief. I’ll see ya!

Letter tothe EditorHistory snapshotsbring high praiseDear editor: I am enclosing a check for an-other year’s subscription to your paper. I have especially enjoyed reading the “Snapshots of History” section submitted by Mike Avitt. I especially liked the photo of the north side of the square show-ing the street unpaved. I remember my mother telling us that as a small child she had watched the crew of black men laying the bricks in the street around the square. My husband and I enjoy read-ing the Mount Ayr Record-News, and it is still the only paper we deem worthy of reading. Sincerely, Kay Sickels Mosier Littleton, CO

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Marriages • Robert Eugene Mason, Diago-nal and Shayna Tyler Greene, Mount Ayr. Married March 19, 2011. Date marriage filed March 23, 2011. • Alison Leigh Quick, Redding and Berkley Jay Davidson, Redding. Married March 23, 2011. Date mar-riage filed March 24, 2011.

Dissolutions • Karen Elaine Sublett, petitioner, concerning Thomas James Sublett, respondent. Date dissolution filed March 22, 2011.SIMPLE MISDEMEANOR AND

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Scott Eugene Huntsman, Tingley, $127.50, seat belt violation. Scott Eugene Huntsman, Tingley, $330.00, open container/driver over 21. Robert Dudley Martin, Mount Ayr, $127.50, seat belt violation. Thomas Jay Powell, Menlo, $114.00, speeding 6-10 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Mark Allen Gregg, Mount Ayr, $114.00, speeding 6-10 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Virginia Lee Swank, Mount Ayr, $87.00, speeding 1-5 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Robert Dudley Martin, Mount Ayr, $127.50, seat belt violation. Virginia Lee Swank, Mount Ayr, $127.50, operation without registra-tion. Jason Lee Swierczek, Arispe, $168.00, speeding 11-15 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Marianne Elizabeth Elefson, Lamoni, $330.00, open container/passenger over 21.FROM RINGGOLD COUNTY

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• March 20 - Cody Clinton Cra-ven of Bondurant was arrested on a charge of possession of a controlled substance/marijuana. • March 20 - Curtis Lee Emrich of Norwalk was arrested on a charge of possession of a controlled substance/marijuana.

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

March 17-23, 2011Thursday, March 17

7:13 a.m., caller advised they were sick and wouldn’t be in. (CO) 7:17 a.m., clerk advised she was sick and wouldn’t be in. (CO) 8 a.m., caller asking if the court-house was open. (MA) 8:23 a.m., officer checking in. (CO) 9:13 a.m., caller confirming information regarding an inmate. (MA) 9:35 a.m., clerk advising she was still sick and a visitor was coming in to see an inmate. (CO) 9:55 a.m., call for clerk. (OC) 10:22 a.m., caller with message for inmate. (DE) 10:33 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 10:44 a.m., two calls about de-bris in the middle of Highway 2. (CO) 12:45 p.m., report of a con-trolled burn in Waubonsie town-ship, section 18. (CO) 2:56 p.m., caller advised the fire department was needed south of Benton. (CO) 2:58 p.m., caller advised Life assist was needed in Mount Ayr. (MA) 4:44 p.m., caller reported a transient was walking northbound on Highway 25. (CO) 6:21 p.m., request for an ambu-lance in Mount Ayr. (MA) 8:33 p.m., caller needing lifting assistance. (MA) 9:41 p.m., caller reporting live-stock on the roadway. (CO)

Friday, March 18 3:56 a.m., caller reporting live-stock on the roadway. (CO) 5:04 a.m., caller reporting a

controlled burn. (CO) 6:33 a.m., caller reporting a fire north of the county line. (OC) 7:20 a.m., caller concerned about her husband. (DE) 7:52 a.m., call for sheriff. (EL) 8:09 a.m., officer checking in. (CO) 8:34 a.m., call for sheriff re-garding an inmate. (MA) 9 a.m., call about the permit class. (DI) 9 a.m., call for sheriff. (EL) 9:44 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 11 a.m., call about a warrant. (OC) 11:10 a.m., call regarding an in-jured deer. (OC) 11:38 a.m., caller reporting a controlled burn. (CO) 4:49 p.m., caller reporting a grass fire in Washington township. (CO) 6:01 p.m., caller concerned that their electricity would be shut off. (OC) 6:32 p.m., caller reported a grass fire in Lincoln township. (CO) 8:39 p.m., caller reporting a grass fire on P68. (KE) 8:51 p.m., caller reporting a semi in the ditch at 120th Street and Highway 25 needed a wrecker. (CF)

Saturday, March 19 3:09 a.m., caller reporting cattle out at 125th Avenue and Highway 2. (CO) 3:41 a.m., caller reporting cattle out at 125th Avenue and Highway 2. (CO) 8:55 a.m., caller wanting to know when the next weapons class would be. Dispatch advised them to watch the Record-News. (CO) 9:22 a.m., call for dispatch. (DE) 10:11 a.m., call for chief depu-ty. (MA) 10:49 a.m., caller lost and need-ing directions. (OC) 11:43 a.m., caller reporting that someone had hit her car. (KE) 12:40 p.m., request for an am-bulance. (MA) 8:58 p.m., caller reporting cattle out at P64 and 160th. (CO) 8:59 p.m., caller wanting in-formation on getting a no contact order. (CO) 9:50 p.m., caller reporting cattle out on J55. (CO) 11:26 p.m., caller giving dis-patch correct information regard-ing their driver’s license. (MA)

Sunday, March 20 6:30 a.m., call for chief deputy. (DE) 8:35 a.m., call for chief deputy. (MA) 9:47 a.m., magistrate checking in. (MA) 9:51 a.m., caller with questions regarding an inmate. (GC) 10:13 a.m., caller with message for an inmate. (DE) 11:30 a.m., caller with ques-tions about an inmate. (OC) 1:07 p.m., caller reporting a door open on a house. (CO) 4:20 p.m., grandmother with questions for an officer. (KE) 6:10 p.m., caller reported their mother was missing. They called back later to report they had found her. (CO) 6:27 p.m., inmate’s mother call-ing with questions. (MA) 8:18 p.m., caller reporting a dead deer in the roadway. (MA) 8:56 p.m., caller reporting they had found a white puppy near the school. (MA) 9:03 p.m., caller with informa-tion for an officer. (MA) 9:06 p.m., caller wanting to speak to an officer. (MA)

Monday, March 21 6:39 a.m., caller setting up visi-tation with inmate. (OC) 7:37 a.m., REC call. (OC) 7:57 a.m., caller setting up visi-tation with inmate. (DE) 8:10 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 8:13 a.m., call for chief deputy. (DE) 9 a.m., caller needing to know how to get their car. (TI) 9:54 a.m., caller advising of bonding out of inmate. (OC) 10:28 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 10:54 a.m., call for officer. (DE) 10:59 a.m., call for clerk. (MA) 11:15 a.m., caller needing map information. (OC) 11:15 a.m., caller reporting a controlled burn. (CO) 1:11 p.m., caller wanting to speak to an officer. (MA) 1:35 p.m., caller reporting a controlled burn in Rice township, section 21. (CO)

Tuesday, March 22 4:54 a.m., 911 call, request for an ambulance. (MA) 5:50 a.m., caller reporting hors-

es out eight to nine miles south of the Missouri line on Highway 169. (OS) 8:13 a.m., call for dispatch. (DE) 8:27 a.m., caller checking on her sister. (OC) 9:09 a.m., caller checking on her son. (OC) 9:21 a.m., caller with a pet questions. (OC) 9:35 a.m., caller checking on her son. (OC) 10:04 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 10:04 a.m., caller with ques-tions regarding an inmate. (DE) 11:01 a.m., caller checking on son. (OC) 11:15 a.m., call for dispatch. (OC) 11:15 a.m., call for sheriff. (MA) 11:20 a.m., call regarding in-mate’s car. (OC) 11:30 a.m., call for dispatch. (OC) 11:30 a.m., caller with ques-tions regarding inmates. (OC) 12:08 p.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 12:25 p.m., call for officer. (MA) 12:33 p.m., call for chief depu-ty. (MA) 12:41 p.m., caller wanting to talk with an inmate. (MA) 1:36 p.m., caller wanting infor-mation on an inmate. (MA) 5:49 p.m., tornado warning. (CO) 7:23 p.m., caller reporting pow-er outage. (MA) 11:55 p.m., caller wanting in-formation on an inmate. (MA)

Wednesday, March 23 6:40 a.m., caller advising they had a goat and a dog on their deck. (MA) 6:59 a.m., caller advising the owner of the goat and the dog have taken them home. (MA) 7:20 a.m., caller checking on their son. (OC) 8:32 a.m., caller requesting a siren test. (SV) 9:38 a.m., caller with questions regarding an inmate. (OC) 10:22 p.m., telemarketer. (OC) 11:02 a.m., bondsman calling in regard to inmates. (OC) 11:49 a.m., caller concerned about their granddaughter. (OC) 1:10 p.m., caller wanting to speak to chief deputy. 2:37 p.m., lady holding dog hostage. (MA) 5:18 p.m., report of power out-age. (CO) 5:45 p.m., vehicle lockout. (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: Laurie Greenman, 464-3239. • Board of Supervisors: Dale Walters, chairman, Kurt Shaha and David Inloes, members, 464-3244. Supervisors meetings are open to the public and are held in the su-pervisors conference room located on the second floor between the clerk of court and auditor’s office. On days the board is not sched-uled to be in office, please direct all inquiries to the auditor’s office. To schedule a meeting time with the supervisors, contact the audi-tor’s office. Regular board meetings are held on Monday and Thursday mornings with official public no-tice of the meeting agendas posted at the Ringgold county courthouse, Mount Ayr Record-News, Sun Val-ley Lake and Diagonal city hall the day before. • Clerk of Court (a state of-fice): Jackie Saville, 464-3234; fax: 464-2478. Office hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri-days, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to

4:30 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thurs-days, 8 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. The clerk’s office handles ali-mony and child support payments, probates, civil and criminal filings, 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 certificates, state hospi-tal, traffic violations, trust funds, trusteeships. Certified 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. RCCB Outdoor Bike/Hike Event is being planned for Satur-day, June 18 from 9 a.m. to noon - more details to come. • County Weed Commission-er: Brenda Adams, 783-2348. • Development and Tour-ism: Karen Bender, Coordinator, 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: 641-344-9767; 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 first Tuesday of each month beginning Tuesday, February 6 at 9 a.m. unless there is severe weather. • Engineer: Zach Gunsolley, P.E., 464-3232. Office hours: Mon-day - Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • General Relief: Teresa Jack-son, 109 W. Madison St., Suite 105, 464-3344. Office hours: Tues-day and Friday, 8 a.m. to noon or by appointment. For emergencies call 641-344-9767. • Recorder: Karen Schaefer, 464-3231. Recorder fees March 21-25, 2011: Official records, $1,421.05; DNR registration fees, $299.50; vital records, $95.00; passport fees, $34.00. Total revenue for the time period was $1,849.55. Genealogy researchers are wel-come and can obtain copies of land records and uncertified and certi-fied copies of vital records. The recorder’s office serves as a passport agent. Items needed to apply are: certified copy of birth certificate, driver’s license or state issued ID, two-inch square pass-port photos and passport applica-tion (both available at recorder’s office) 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 office. Be aware that some countries have travel restrictions for individ-uals whose passport expires within six months and will deny entry. Travelers need to check destina-tion requirements in order to avoid delays. For additional information call the recorder’s office or go to www.travel.state.gov/passport. When registering a newly-pur-chased boat, you are required to present a bill of sale, previous reg-istration, title (if applicable) and fees. Four spring turkey seasons are starting April 11 through May 15.

Hunting and fishing licenses are available at the recorder’s office. • 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. Road Conditions - dial 511 or online at www.IowaRoad-Conditions. org. • Treasurer: Debbie Cannon, 464-3230. The second half of the 2009 property taxes are due March 31, 2011. Mailed payments post-marked by March 31, 2011 will not have a penalty assessed. When paying your taxes, please include the tax stub from your tax statement. You can pay your property tax online at www.iowatreasurers.org with Visa, Master Card and Discover credit cards or e-checks. Payments made in the office may be with cash, checks at the present time. Due to equipment failure, we will NOT be able to accept in of-fice debit/credit transactions until the equipment is repaired. Pay-ments using cards may still be made online through the website. We apologize for this temporary inconvenience. 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 office. 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 identifica-tion number (PIN). Please be aware that the PIN can only be used one time. Contact the treasurer’s office for more information. Those with February birth dates are reminded to register their mo-tor vehicles by March 31, 2011. Bring in the renewal statement re-ceived in the mail so renewals can be quickly processed. • Driver’s License Office: Lo-cated in the Treasurer’s Office. 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.

an individual. Other members of the team included Stephanie McDonnell and Katie Kemery. A Mount Ayr Community high school senior has been given honor-able mention on the Iowa Newspaper Association’s all-state team as one of several honors given to Raider basketball players following the season. Matt Lynch, a 5’8” guard, was among players in Class 2A receiving honorable mention when the Iowa Newspaper Association named its teams recently. Lynch averaged 18.7 points per game, 8.2 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game for the Raiders. Obituaries in this week’s issue Wayne Oscar Burchett, Carroll (Lefty) Porter Geist, Violet Leoan Grose Trower, Lester Sickels and Coralyn (Lorrayne) Clayton Swank.

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March 28 - Sunday - At Sun-day school they had the story of the farmer who plants seeds and some of them fall on good ground and some fall on different kinds of ground that don’t grow the seed very well. They then had some flower pots, good soil and some flower seeds and they planted the seeds. They are into Lent and are talking about what Jesus did his last week on earth and one thing he did was talk to the people in para-bles or stories and this was one of them. Monday - Linda Bell went to town this morning and stopped ;in for coffee. Jeannie Jean Stephens was in and she and Dick had been to Canada to see their son. They had to drive through a blizzard in the Dakotas but ran out of it further north. She said there were lots of vehicles in the ditch but they went slow and made it through. She thought things were really expen-sive up there. They took the family to a movie and by the time she paid for the tickets and treats, it took a $100 bill. Thursday - The Lions met this evening at the Lions hall and the Diagonal Archery Club served the supper. They did a good job and it was a good meal. Two of Gaylan and Linda Bell’s granddaughters, Katie and Erin, were on the serving detail. There was a good turnout, more than usual. You never know how many to plan for. There were several things on the agenda. One was the new convenience store. Another was updating the kitchen to meet codes for the congregate meal site and they are also work-ing on a chairperson for July 4. Al thought he had someone who will do it. Everyone will help. Friday - Today was JB Routh’s funeral at the Methodist church. There was a huge crowd and they had over 100 for the dinner after-wards. Linda Bell has been helping with those now that she’s retired and she really enjoys it. She gets to see so many people she hasn’t seen for awhile and gets to visit with them. She also gets to work with women she doesn’t get to see very often and gets to visit with them. Eydie Stephens conducted the service. Pastor Shurmaine is on vacation. Also Joe Routh and Al Rusk told of some of the favorite memories of JB. He and his wife, Dorothy, ran a hardware store on Main Street for several years. Saturday - Today was the huge garage sale at the Methodist church. They started at 8 a.m. and ran until 7 p.m. They also had a bake sale. From 5 to 7 p.m. they also had a taco supper and it was well attend-ed. Gerald Scott was celebrating his 90th birthday at his house that evening and their daughter came in and got 12 to go. They are having a card shower for him. They are us-ing the money for their rabbit mis-sion. They will also run the garage sale next Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. So if you missed this week-end, you can still shop. There is a lot of good stuff. Closing this week with “Re-member that what’s right isn’t al-ways popular and what’s popular isn’t always right.” From the coffee table, Linda B.

March 28 - Bob and Linda Swanson enjoyed having their grandson, Shane Swanson of Omaha, NE, spent his spring break with them last week. Friday morn-ing Linda and Shane visited with Cathy Coulson and grandson Cody Jones. That evening they went to the movie in Mount Ayr. They met his folks for lunch Saturday noon in Red Oak and Shane went home with them. Saturday evening Bob and Linda attended the UMW’s omelets supper in Tingley and Sunday evening Linda attended the community-wide sing at the Unit-ed Baptist-Presbyterian Church in Mount Ayr. Hester Derscheid was among the folks who helped Lela Dukes celebrate her birthday at Darlene’s Place in Ellston Thursday. Hope it was a good one, Lela. Ernie and Judy Mercer, Gary and Ardith Keplinger of Mount Ayr and Angie Ratloff of Wood-bine attended funeral services in Jamesport, MO for their cousin, Barry Lane, Tuesday. Sunday Judy attended the song fest at the United Baptist-Presbyterian Church in Mount Ayr. She commented that the county has lots of good talent and it was a fun evening.

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Unemployment rateholds at 6.1 percent,six percent in county The Iowa job market continued to show improved hiring in Feb-ruary, while the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 6.1 percent. Iowa’s jobless rate was also 6.1 percent for February 2010. Mean-while, the U.S. jobless rate for February edged down to 8.9 per-cent, the first time the rate fell be-low nine percent since April 2009. In Ringgold county, the unem-ployment rate droped to six per-cent for the month of February, down from 6.5 percent in January. The statistics showed the civil-ian labor force in Ringgold county at 2,480 in February with total em-ployment of 2,330 people and 150 unemployed. In January the civilian labor force was pegged at 2,620 with total employment of 3,360 and the number of unemployed at 160. “The weak recovery that began in the summer of 2009 appears to be stabilizing,” said Teresa Wahl-ert, director of Iowa Workforce Development. “Nonfarm employ-ment has increased steadily since September, a departure from the slow hiring pattern experienced last summer.” The pool of unemployed Iowans increased slightly to 102,200 in February from 101,900 in January. The year ago level of 101,500 was 700 less than the current month’s estimate. The total number of working Iowans advanced to 1,578,900 in February, the highest figure re-corded since April 2009. Total employment stood at 1,576,500 in January, and 1,565,600 in Febru-ary 2010. Leisure and hospitality led all sectors with a gain of 2,500 jobs in February. Hiring in recreational activities accounted for a large portion of the monthly increases.

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Thursday, March 31 Ringgold County Hospital Auxiliary cookie walk at the Ring-gold county courthouse lobby at 7:45 a.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meet-ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr.

Saturday, April 2 Regional meeting of the Iowa Federation of Republican Women will meet at Romano’s Pizza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bridal shower for Brittany Hunt, bride-elect of Chad Schla-pia, at the Diagonal community building from 1 to 3 p.m. American Legion Auxiliary will meet at the Senior Activity Center in Mount Ayr at 2 p.m. An evening of fun, food and inspiration at the Diagonal Com-munity school gymnasium. Doors open at 4 p.m. Meal will be at 5 p.m. and Matt Stutzman, “The Inspirational Archer,” will speak at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, April 4 Thin Within support group will meet at 5 p.m. at the Lighthouse. Ringgold County Tourism will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce building. Visitors welcome. Mount Ayr City Council will meet at 6 p.m. at Mount Ayr City Hall. Jam session at the Mount Ayr American Legion building from 6 to 9 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, April 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 Iowa Roadhouse for dinner during the meeting. Faith Lodge #179 A.F. & A.M. meets at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, Mount Ayr.

Wednesday, April 6 Bag Day all day - thrift shop and tables only at the Ringgold County Neighborhood Center. The Mount Ayr Public Library board will meet at 5:15 p.m. at the

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Ringgold County Master Gar-deners will meet at the Iowa State Extension office at 5 p.m. Ringgold County Tourism meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Cham-ber of Commerce building. 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 7:30 p.m. at the Mount Ayr Legion hall. Alcoholics Anonymous meet-ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr.

Saturday, April 9 Breakfast for supper at the Benton community building from 5 to 7 p.m. Freewill offering.

Monday, April 11 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 to 9 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, April 12 Mount 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, April 13 Bag Day all day - thrift shop and tables only at the Ringgold County Neighborhood Center. Public is invited to attend a support group, “Touching Our Grief,” sponsored by Hospice of Central Iowa from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Extension office. For information, contact Kathy Rine-hart, 464-2088. Ringgold Outdoor Alliance monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Iowa Roadhouse.

Thursday, April 14 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.

Mary Kathryn Gepner

Library Leafings

New to the library is the con-troversial book, “Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua. Controversial because author Amy Chua writes of the marked differ-ences in the parenting styles of Chinese versus Western parents. The daughter of Chinese immi-grant parents, she made the iron-willed decision to raise her children the Chinese way. Her daughters were never allowed to: “attend a sleepover, have a play date, be in a school play, complain about not being in a school play, watch TV or play computer games, choose their own extracurricular activi-ties, get any grade less than an A, not be the #1 student in any subject except gym and drama, play any instrument other than the piano orviolin, not play the piano or vio-lin.” In chapter 10, “Teeth Marks and Bubbles,” she identified what she believes to be three big dif-ferences between the Chinese and Western parental mind-sets. “First, I’ve noticed that Western parents are extremely anxious about their children’s self-esteem. They worry about how their children will feel if they fail at something, and they try to reassure their children about how good they are not withstand-ing a mediocre performance on a test or at a recital....For example, if a child comes home with an A- on a test, a Western parent will most likely praise the child. The Chinese mother will gasp in horror and ask what went wrong. Second, Chinese parents believe their kids owe them everything. . . Chinese mothers get in the trenches, putting in long grueling hours personally tutoring, training, interrogating and spying on their kids. Anyway, the understanding is that Chinese children must spend their lives repaying their parents by obey-ing them and making them proud. Third, Chinese parents believe that they know what is best for their children and therefore override all of their children’s own desires and preferences.” Chinese parents care about their kids and would do anything for them; it is just a different parenting style. “In a survey of 50 Western American mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers, almost 70 per-cent of the Western mothers said either that ‘stressing academic suc-cess is not good for children’ or that ‘parents need to foster the idea that learning is fun.’ By contrast zero percent of the Chinese mothers felt the same way... .the vast ma-jority of Chinese mothers said that they believe their children can be ‘the best’ students, that ‘academic achievement reflects successful parenting’ and that if the children did not excel at school, then there was ‘a problem’ and parents ‘were not doing their job.’” Studies indicate that “compared to Western parents, Chinese par-ents spend approximately 10 timesas long every day drilling academ-ic activities with their children.” It can’t be denied that Chinese par-ents raise stereo-typically success-ful kids, producing so many math whizzes and music prodigies. New to the library: In paperback fiction: “L.A. Dead” and “Loiter-ing With Intent” by Stuart Woods, “Killing Floor” by Lee Child and “Comstock Cross Fire” by Gary Franklin.

Births

Tripp Nathaniel Trammel • Jamie and Amanda Trammel of West Des Moines are the proud parents of a new son, Tripp Na-thaniel Trammel, who was born at 2:19 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, 2011, at the Iowa Methodist Medi-cal Center in Des Moines. Tripp weighed in at eight pounds, 11.2 ounces and was 20 inches in length. Grandparents include Bob and Teri Campbell of Mount Ayr and Linda Trammel and Bob Decker of Des Moines. Great-grandmother is Margaret Campbell of Mount Ayr. Tripp was welcomed home by his two big brothers, Tyler and Kaden.

Tingley meal site held 37th birthday celebration Thirty-seven years of food, fun and fellowship were celebrated by the Tingley meal site at a party held Monday, March 21. Told by the food inspector back when they started that they’d never last three months, the Tingley site has had the satisfaction of proving him wrong. A western theme, “Ropin’ ‘Em In,” was used in planning the party. Site manager Nancy Jarred extended a welcome to all before turning the program over to co-em-cees Bonnie Manders and George Hosfield. Music was provided by a combined group made up of band and singers. They opened the pro-gram with “When You’re Smiling” and closed with “Happy Trails to You.” Peggy Skarda accompanied the group on her chord organ. A special, “Back in the Saddle Again,” was provided by two gents, Bill Webb and George Hosfield, plus Peggy Skarda sang “They Cut down the Old Pine Tree” as a solo. Naomi and George Hosfield danced to “The Anniver-sary Waltz.” All those with western attire who wanted to were asked to pa-rade around and show their stuff as “Deep in the Heart of Texas” was played. At that time, judge Bonnie Young got an opportunity to take a look at all the attire worn. She chose Nancy Yates to be the most authentic cowgirl in appearance and Al Clough as the most authen-tic cowboy. Special mention was given little Savannah McKnight and Jeremy Monroe. Marge Werner gave a reading written by Walt Main, a former site participant. Ethel Campbell shared two readings, one entitled “A Farmer’s Wife” and the other, “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” that everyone got to act a part. Nancy Jarred shared a brief ac-count of the site’s history acknowl-edging the present cook, Richard Larson, and the importance volun-teers have played through the years. She introduced special guests pres-ent, which included Steve Bolie, executive director; Lily Ripperger, nutrition director, and Pam Stow, transportation director, all from the Area XIV Agency on Aging cen-tral office. Recognition was given to the site council members -- Bonnie Manders, Sharon Case, Marge Werner and Irma Johnston -- who plan and help carry out all the ac-tivities at the site. Recognition was given to Irma and Neil Johnston, Ringgold coun-ty’s representatives on the adviso-ry board, and Larry Ford, Ringgold county’s member on the board of directors. Members of the Ellston U.M.W. ladies group were recog-nized and given a hand for all the birthday cakes they provided in 2010. Steve Bolie presented a certifi-cate to George Hosfield recogniz-

ing him as an outstanding volun-teer at the Tingley site, an honor he certainly deserves. He joins Marge Werner, Edith Wood and Naomi Hosfield, who previously received this award. Pastor Lila Greene gave the blessing before all dined on a roast beef menu. Those present received a nut cup and a bean bag, gifts from the site. They also received a note pad and fan from the Area Agency plus badges and a key chain from the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office. A drawing was used to give away several donated items. Four candles donated by Sue Rich-ards were won by Velma Lorenz, Naomi Hosfield, Bernard Craw-ford and Betty Yates. A tote bag was won by Frances Davenport and Kathy Stammer won a water bottle, both gifts from Area XIV Agency on Aging. Ken Halm won a bean pot and Bill Webb won glasses donated by Peggy Skarda. Winners of tin hangings were Di-anne Hulsebus, Marge Werner and Marge Yashack. Margaret Wilkins, Jeremy Monroe, Al Clough and Marlys McPherson each won a bag of beans and Wilmoth Nichols, Marge Perry, Barb Walters, Jake Daily and Mary Van Heeswyke each won kerchiefs. The building looked quite fes-tive in its western attire, so skill-fully provided and arranged by Sue Richards and Turk Allen. Festivities closed with a pre-sentation by another guest present, Flat Stanley. He was visiting the meal site as a guest with Amanda Monroe, Kathy Stammer’s grand-daughter.

Auxiliary to meet Saturday, April 2 The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Saturday, April 2, at the Senior Activity Center in Mount Ayr at 2 p.m.

ExtensionNews & Notes

Judy Hensley

Club NotesChapter CK, P.E.O.

Chapter CK met at the Senior Citizens Activity Center on March 21, 2011 with 25 members present. The business meeting was opened at 7 p.m. by JoAnn Buckner, presi-dent. Marie Still acted as guard while Dixie Taylor served as trea-surer. Chaplain Nancy Sackett read scripture from Psalm 62: 5-6. Min-utes of the March 5, 2011 meeting were read by recording secretary Camille Jackson and approved. The corresponding secretary, Cheryl Taylor, reported that she had sent the annual membership report as well as the slate of officers to the state office. She also mentioned the Viewpoint, a publication from Cot-tey College. The next meeting will be the scholarship meeting held on April 18 at the Mount Ayr high school. Joan Rinehart gave the report of the courtesy committee. Historian Grace Moser read the minutes of the October 29, 1909 meeting. New committees were named by President JoAnn. Those officers not present at the last meeting were installed. The list of officers for 2011-2012 is as follows: JoAnn Bucker, presi-dent; Dorothy Hughes, vice presi-dent; Cheri Dessinger, treasurer; Nancy Sackett, chaplain; Camille Jackson, recording secretary; Cher-yl Taylor, corresponding secretary, and Cynthia Mitchell, guard. The ceremony of initiation was held. Marcy Crain gave the report for the 2011 budget. Membership has increased from 55 to 57 members. An item added to the budget was for the Star Scholarship. The report of the auditing committee was giv-en by Dixie Taylor. March birth-days were recognized with the only ones present Marie Burmeister and Teri Campbell. Phyllis Sickels gave the pro-gram about quilting. She told about her love of quilting, showed pho-tos of some quilts she had made and brought several quilts she had made. Everyone enjoyed and ap-preciated her program. She closed with a reading “Tragic Magic, It’s not quite as easy as it looks.” The hostesses, Nida Solliday, Marcy Crain and Cheryl Taylor, served Saint Patrick’s Day dessert, nuts, mints and drink.

Maloy Shamrocks The Maloy Shamrocks met on March 27, 2011 at 4 p.m. Abbey Schafer called the meeting to or-der. Alyssa Johnson led the Pledge of Allegiance. Caylie Hickman took roll call and there were 32 members present answering the question, “Have you started a 4-H project?” There were no minutes from the previous meeting read. Laura Davison gave the treasurer’s re-port. Hannah Glendenning made a motion to approve the report and was seconded by Zach Murphy. Old business included the money-making project at the Pizza Ranch. New business included talk of par-ticipating in food prep at the Unit-ed Baptist-Presbyterian church on April 19 and also discussion about choosing t-shirts for the club. A new design was voted in by the club members. Abbey Schafer mo-tioned to adjourn the meeting and Hannah Jackson seconded it. Zach Murphy led the 4-H pledge. Presentations were made by Paige Lynch, Elsie Schafer, Caylie Hickman and Abbey Scha-fer. Snacks were brought by Scha-fers, Lynches and Hickmans. Caylie Hickman. Secretary

Shafer to help lead tourWhen the St. Anthony Village high school band and choir from St. Anthony Village, MN, took their Scandinavian and European friend-ship tour over the school’s spring break March 24- April 3, choir director Michael Shafer helped lead the tour. Shafer and his wife Kayla will be joining with the students who will be traveling to Salo, Finland and Nagykanizsa, Hungary, to enhance the village’s sister-city relationships with these two communities. The tour will feature musical and cultural exchange opportunities for the students. The tour will visit Helsinki, Finland before traveling on to Salo, Finland, where the students will stay with host families. They will tour the area, present a concert and visit a school for a day. Then they will travel on to Budapest, Hungary, where they will have a tour before traveling on to Nagykanizsa. They will spend time with students in school, present a concert and then travel back to Budapest to return home. Michael and Kayla Shafer are shown above. Shafer is the son of Bob and Sheila Shafer of Mount Ayr.

For those of us who share the road with a farmer, this is the time of year to travel safely and to be aware that they will be pulling in and out of fields with heavy equip-ment. It is not possible to stop on a dime with all that power and weight of machinery. Practicing safe driving prevents an accident. Don’t text and be sidetracked by cell phone talking. It’s our friends out there shar-ing the road on the busy day of a farmer, let’s keep everyone alive and safe. Tractor operations represent a significant portion of annual on-farm fuel costs. Rising fuel prices present a challenge for Iowa’s farmers as they prepare for spring field work. A new publication from Iowa State University Extension illustrates the “shift up, throttle back” technique to reduce tractor fuel consumption and related ex-penses. “Shift Up and Throttle Back to Save Tractor Fuel” (PM 2089M) is available to download from the Extension Online Store, www.ex-tension.iastate.edu/store. “Spring is here, and this year’s rising temperatures are accompa-nied by rising fuel prices,” said Dana Petersen, ISU Extension pro-gram coordinator with ISU Farm Energy. “Striving to get the best performance from any tractor can help farmers to reduce costs by conserving fuel.” Late-model tractors with “infi-nitely” or “continuously” variable transmissions are designed to au-tomatically perform at maximum fuel efficiency, but older models need more attention. Spring field work requires vary-ing amounts of drawbar force de-pending on the size of the tractor, the size of the implement and soil conditions. With a partial drawbar load, the fuel efficiency of a die-sel engine is fairly forgiving if the operator will “shift up and throttle back.” “The first step to reduce fuel consumption is remembering to shift up to a higher gear and ease back on the throttle when the trac-tor is only partially loaded,” said Mark Hanna, ISU Extension agri-cultural engineer. “This technique alone can easily improve fuel sav-ings by 10 percent.” For more tips on tractor main-tenance from Hanna and other ISU ag engineers, visit http://farmen-ergy.exnet.iastate.edu and register for the upcoming Farm Energy webinar scheduled for May 11. The Farm Energy webinar and publications are part of a series of farm energy conservation and effi-ciency educational materials being developed through the ISU Farm Energy Initiative. The purpose is to increase farm-ers’ awareness of opportunities for improving efficient use of farm en-ergy. The initiative also will help farmers and utility providers to explore alternatives to reduce farm energy demand and to improve overall profitability in a rapidly changing energy environment.

NWMSU alumniplan social April 8 Southern Iowa Chapter of Northwest Missouri State Univer-sity Alumni and Friends will have their annual anniversary social in Mount Ayr on Friday, April 8. The event will be held at Ram-sey’s Supper Club starting with a social at 6:30 p.m. A buffet meal will start at 7 p.m. followed by a short program. Guest speakers will be Bev Schenkel, dean of enrollment and Steve Sutton, director of alumni relations. Special guest will be Dr. John Jasinski, president of North-west Missouri State University. He has been in office for two years and is anxious to meet alumni and friends around the nation. Reservations are not needed, but recommended by April 5 by contacting Dennis Bunch at bunchhardward@lenoxia.com or 641-414-0058, Darin Goins at darin_goins@hotmail.com or 816-260-7565 or Joan Jackson at joanjackson@iowatelecom.net or 641-344-7905. All Northwest alumni and friends are welcome to come enjoy an evening connecting with other Northwest friends.

Grandson battlingchildhood cancer Blake Wood, grandson of Jim and Kathy Wood of Colfax, has Ewing’s Sarcoma, a childhood cancer. Wood, who turned 15 in Febu-rary, was diagnosed with the dis-ease a year ago and chemotherapy was immediately started. Jim Wood is originally from Clearfield and the son of the late Howard and Mabel Wood. Jim and Kathy Wood would appreci-ate thoughts and prayers for their grandson. Cards may be sent to Blake Wood, 1274 South Goodrich Street, Colfax, IA 50054.

Bloodmobile busto visit April 12 A bloodmobile visit to Mount Ayr by the LifeServe Blood Cen-ter, the organization that provides blood products for Ringgold Coun-ty Hospital, will be held Tuesday, April 12. The bloodmobile bus will be parked on the south side of the Ringgold county courthouse square in Mount Ayr from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. that day. Generous volunteer blood do-nors are the foundation of a stable community blood supply, accord-ing to Christine Hayes, vice presi-dent of communications for the blood center. In fact, more than 38,000 vol-unteers are needed to give blood each day to ensure an adequate blood supply for area hospitals and patients. Eligible blood donors must be at least 16 years of age, weigh at least 120 pounds and be in general good health. For more information or to schedule an appointment to donate blood, call 800-287-4903.

Clearfield Meal Site March 28 - On April 1 there will be a white elephant gift ex-change for the April Fools party…come early. March 25 an Iowa Legal Aide program was conducted by Jennie about debt issues. The Clearfield Meal Site is open every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Call 641-336-2924 to make reservations and to hear the menus.

Lions Club movesdrop off box forglasses, hearing aids The Mount Ayr Lions Club has moved the location of their drop off box for used glasses and hear-ing aids. The drop off box, which is an old mail box, is now located at CGI Foods in Mount Ayr. People should recognize that the mail box is for these items and not for mail, it was noted. A newer box has been readied for this service and the old box has been repainted and will be placed at the Mount Ayr American Legion to collect used flags for the annual flag burning ceremony where the old flags are taken out of service.

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Senior CitizenActivity Center

March 28 - Things were really humming at the Activity Center this week. Doug Still and his son from Timberline Flooring came early Monday morning to lay the new flooring in the kitchen and the two bathrooms on the north end of the building. The Antiques Club, hosted by Helen Schardein, met in the main room and were very gra-cious about being moved around and in closer quarters. The steering committee met Monday afternoon, again in the main room. Because there was a sealer put down on the seams that could not be walked on, the kitchen and both bathrooms were blocked off until Tuesday around noon when everything was completed. PEO met Monday eve-ning at the Center with Cheryl Tay-lor hosting. Again, they were very gracious about being in the main room in a smaller area because of the kitchen appliances, coffee table and large island being there also. They had 26 people at their meet-ing. Tuesday morning brought the sewing/quilting group, again in the main room. Doug and his son fin-ished up by 11 a.m. Tuesday morn-ing and the task began of putting everything back in the kitchen. They took care of the appliances but the tables, chairs, coffee bar and island had to be put back in....and the dust from sanding the floor before laying the new had to be wiped off everything. All was done in time for bingo Tuesday after-noon. With pitch playing Wednesday, dominoes Thursday, a family using the Center Saturday and snack and game night Sunday evening, ev-eryone was certainly busy. Some weeks are like that, busy as can be, but they all even out in the end as they have some slower weeks at times. It is good to see the Center used as much as it is, though. The Activity Center has had people stopping by about the New York trip all week. Some visited to see the Center and meet people who were setting up the trip. Phone calls are still coming in about the trip so the word is really getting out. Mike Gregory, hearing spe-cialist, was at the Activity Center Thursday, March 24. Mike is at the Center the second and fourth Thursdays of the month from 9:30 to 11 a.m. for walk-ins. Stop by and see him if you need batteries or tubes for your hearing aid or if you would like to have your hear-ing checked to see if hearing aids could help you. The world heard that Elizabeth Taylor passed away last week also. At the Activity Center they have two large print books, both biog-raphies, about Miss Taylor. Stop by and check these out and find out about how she became a movie star, her many marriages, her mov-ies and her humanitarian works. They have other great books to borrow also, so stop by and visit. DON’T FORGET – Friday, April 1, at 10 a.m., is the first day of “Keepin’ Me Fit,” exercises for seniors to keep them in the best shape for getting around in their homes, walking and driving. Crys-tal Storhoff will be leading these exercises. Come in and check these out. Friday, April 8, is the first round table discussion and those at the Center hope you will be on hand to help them figure out the “future for senior citizens in Ringgold coun-ty.” They’ll have lots of discussion and probably a lot of laughs, too. Come in and be a part of aging ac-tively in the community!

Redding

Bobbi Bainum • 767-5211

March 28 - Eunice (Sheumaker) Jones, a former Redding resident, died Friday, March 25. Her funeral will be held Tuesday, March 29, at

2 p.m. at the Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home in Grant City, MO. Charles, Becky and Ian Abarr called on Tim Jones and family in Grant City, MO Sunday afternoon. Mary (Oli-ver) Eighmy, also a former Red-ding resident, died Friday. The Abarrs also called on the Eighmy family Sunday. Dorothy Barber visited with Madalyn Meek in Grant City, MO Friday. She visited Colleen Saville at Mount Ayr Health Care Center Saturday morning and attended the open house celebrating Theola Weeda’s birthday at the Heritage Park community room Saturday afternoon. Uva Stegman, Dakota and Ri-ley visited with Oney Brumfield Saturday evening. Dalton Brum-field visited Oney Thursday. Mary and Morris Carpenter vis-ited his aunt and uncle, Darrell and Doring Olson, in Sigourney Thurs-day. Helen Combs, Lil Rinehart, Zack Rinehart, Bill and Patty Wimer, Lavina Wimer of Mount Ayr and Jeff and Denise Kelly and family of Afton were dinner guests at Kevin and Lori Wimer’s Sat-urday to celebrate Jacob Wimer’s 12th birthday. Fran Frese was an afternoon caller. Helen Combs visited Vera Combs at Mount Ayr Health Care Center Sunday after-noon. Former Redding resident Gif-ford Knapp of DeSota, KS died March 16. Tracee Knapp and sons attended his funeral Saturday in Overland Park, KS. David Knapp was a weekend visitor at Steve and Tracee’s. Tracee, Lew and Reas Knapp took part in the “Power Climb” sponsored by the Ameri-can Lung Association Sunday in Des Moines. Louden and Calvin Main vis-ited their grandparents, Ginny and Bill Quick, over the weekend. Shirley and Lee Brand visited with Betty and J.W. Robertson Saturday afternoon. Gary Lambert was a Sunday afternoon caller of the Robertsons. Naomi Shafer went with Bob and Sheila Shafer to the music pro-gram at the United Baptist-Presby-terian Church Sunday evening. Laura, Peter and Anna Shervheim were in Des Moines for the Teen Pact meeting Mon-day through Friday. Nathan Shervheim attended Friday. Melin-da Shervheim and Bobbi Bainum attended the 4-H leaders meeting Tuesday evening at the Extension office in Mount Ayr. Sharon and Dale Walkup, An-nabel Walkup and James Walkup went to Diagonal Sunday afternoon to visit Ann and Darrin Schlapia and their new baby, Adrian. An-nabel went to Tom Miller’s funeral Saturday in Blockton. Darlene Bear visited Don Bear and Nova Giles at Mount Ayr Health Care Center Friday. Jacque and Art Davis of Weeping Water, NE were Sunday visitors at Dar-lene Bear’s. Lucas Angus was also a Sunday visitor. Bobbi Bainum visited Jubal Hunt at the Ringgold County Hos-pital Saturday and Sunday. Bobbi and Opal Hunt visited with Lena Hunt and Lisa Hargrave and sons Sunday afternoon in Grant City, MO. Snowball Hanks, David Hunt and Michael Bainum went to Al-lendale, MO for breakfast Sunday morning. Bernie Rothman, Chaz Abarr and Snowball Hanks were Sunday afternoon visitors of Bai-nums.

BentonMary Swank • 785-2205

March 28 - Patty Stark visited Tuesday afternoon with Patty So-botka. Jacque Sobotka and Ronnie and Jacob visited Wednesday with Patty and Wallace Sobotka. Mike and Nancy Gepner and Mary Gepner ate lunch together Friday at Jamie’s Coffee Mill and Deli. Mike, Malinda, Shane and Mitchel Swank, Joan and Don Stringham and Jamie Stringham spent the weekend in Des Moines. Friday night they attended a wres-tling meet that Shane wrestled in. Saturday they attended the AAU state wrestling meet in which Mitchel wrestled. Mary and Junior Swank and

Matt Swank attended the AAU state wrestling meet Saturday in Des Moines in which Mitchel Swank wrestled. Matt Swank stayed in Des Moines with his family. Mike, Matt, Shane and Mitchel Swank attended the garden tractor pull Saturday evening. Eva Sobotka was an overnight guest of Patty and Wallace Sobot-ka Saturday night. Karla and Jarred Larson visited Sunday with Mary and Richard Swank.

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March 28 - All April birthdays will be celebrated at a party to be held at the meal site Friday, April 1. Friday Singers will provide the entertainment. Know who to blame for the snowfall? The snowbirds. Several have returned home after wintering south. Welcomed back this week at the site were Harold Brown, Shir-ley and Lee Brand, Darlene Mor-gan and Pauline Murphy. Every-one loves to kid them but all sure have missed them and are mighty glad to have them back. Everyone hopes Harold Brown mends quick. He came back with a broken arm. The site got off to a big start last week. A belated birthday party was held to celebrate the site’s 37th birthday Monday. One hundred and twenty-one people shared the festivities, which were rated a big success by all. Tuesday was back to normal. The band was present to entertain. Peggy Skarda was present to ac-company band members Wilmoth Nichols, Harold Brown, Mary Jane Narigon, Norma and Bill Webb and Marge and Dave Patch. Pinkie and John Cline were proud to have Mount Ayr’s cook, Rose Miller, as their guest. Then came Friday. It was an-other big, fun day. Those at the site celebrated again. The site hosted a special 90 party for Maxine Wer-ner. The Friday Singers provided half of the day’s program. Darlene Morgan was back as their accom-panist while Marge Werner served as director. Others present includ-ed Iona Triggs, Wilmoth Nichols, Mary Jane Narigon, Harold Brown, Norma and Bill Webb, Darlene and Don Wimmer and Marge and Dave Patch. Maxine Werner was escort-ed forth and seated up front. Nancy Jarred was privileged to crown her with a special 90 crown made by Karon Naomi. Two poems were shared, one by her sister-in-law, Marge Werner, and one by great-grandson Race Kelly. Great-grand-daughter Ashley Ingram favored with a song. Peggy Skarda accom-panied Dave Patch as he sang “I Want a Girl” and Fred Sherer sang “The Spirit Song.” Daughter Nancy Kelly intro-duced family present. They in-cluded her son-in-law, Mike Kelly; granddaughter, Julie Ingram; great-grandchildren, Ashley Ingram and Race Kelly; sister-in-law, Marge Werner, and her daughter-in-law, Ann Werner and family and Bon-nie Larson and Matt; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Carol and Dean Bryan and their son, Mike Bryan. Being a retired school teacher, sev-eral teachers who taught school when she did, bus driver, several students she taught were present plus a host of friends. Program closed with all wishing Maxine a happy birthday. Ice cream and cake was enjoyed due to the gener-osity of Nancy Kelly. This special day sure meant a lot to Maxine. The site was glad to be part of this celebration. This day was important to an-other dear lady, Lela Dukes, who was present with her granddaugh-ter, Brenda Butchko. This dear

lady observed her 98th birthday Saturday, March 26. Happy birth-day wishes were extended to her also. Two Ringgold county public health nurses, Carol Galloway andSharla Norris, visited the meal site Friday and were available to check blood pressures for anyone who wished to have their’s checked.

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March 21 (delayed) - Sympa-thy is extended to the family of Naomi Bryant upon her passing. The funeral was held at the Wat-son-Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr with burial in the Grand River Cemetery. The Beaconsfield United Methodist Women served lunch to the family. Eugene McAlexander reported .14 inches of rain Saturday night. Robert and Julia Smith of Du-rant visited with Jim and Mary Ann Smith over the weekend. They all attended the 50th wedding anniver-sary celebration for Bill and Nancy Daughton. Jim and Mary Ann Smith at-tended funeral services for Naomi Bryant Saturday. Friday Emily Roepsch and sons Ryan and Justin of Des Moines came and visited with her parents, Eugene and Esther McAlexander. The boys got out the lawn mower and tiller and changed the oil and replaced a belt on one of the mow-ers, getting them ready for spring. They also did some yard work. Anne, Kevin, Abbey and Ash-leigh Moore of Chicago, IL came Friday to visit with her parents, Ed and Loretta Rotert, for the week-end. They left for home Sunday evening.

–––––––––––––––––– March 28 - Eugene McAlexan-der reported that they received two and one-half inches of snow Thurs-day evening and Friday morning, which melted to .30 of moisture. Tom Rotert of Creston visited with his parents, Ed and Loretta Rotert, Tuesday afternoon. Friday night Jim Smith helped with the Pheasants Forever banquet in Mount Ayr. Jim and Mary Ann Smith at-tended funeral services for Tom Miller at Blockton Saturday. Phyllis Manning has been stay-ing in Des Moines with her daugh-ter, Jan, after undergoing shoulder surgery. Ed and Loretta Rotert traveled to Hudson Friday afternoon and spent the weekend with their daughter’s family, Russ, Kathy, Rene, Reese, Ridge, Rylan and Kateri Van Daele. Saturday evening they attended the kids’ Easter program for the Cedar Falls Home Schoolers’ group.

March 28 - Oh, springtime, sunshine and breezy days -- where have you gone? Everyone looks forward to your return again, be-fore too long. Hopefully the early planted garden will survive the cold 25 degrees and snow. Time will tell. Ivan Schrocks of Chetek, WI spent a day with a sister, Emma and Jonas Bontrager and family, and daughter Delilah, who had been helping along at her aunt’s house, went along home. Eli, Lydia and Katie Yoder, Mrs. Junior Kauffman and Rosemary and Mrs. Aaron Troyer spent last

Thursday in Princeton, MO with daughter/sister, Daniel and Edna Detweiler. They also took a tour of Junior Detweiler’s new house and greenhouse. Junior and Barbara Hershberger went to Augusta, WI last week. Levi and Rosa Miller and Mar-tha Yoder went to Jamesport, MO Friday to visit sisters, Lydia Dick-erhof and the Dan Bontragers. Joe Keim, Rosa’s dad, came along back to spend several weeks with them. He is 94 and likes to garden and putter around. Daniel and Edna Detweiler and Jonathon Detweiler of Princeton, MO spent the weekend with par-ents Eli Yoders, except Jonathon, he had other interests. Lizzie Bontrager, Ada Bontrag-er, Lydianne Miller, Dena Beechy and Emma, Lena and Mary Troyer spent Wednesday with Edna Bon-trager, helping with quilting.

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March 28 - Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stephenson returned home Sunday from Weslaco, TX. En route home they visited relatives in Kansas City, MO. Terry Son was a visitor Sunday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stephenson and helped them un-load and was a supper guest. Visitors in the home of Jim and Debbie Roach were Becky Caldwell and Gerri Uresk. Jim and Debbie Roach went to Junction City, KS for the funeral for Debbie’s mother, Pat Wertz. She passed away March 20. They returned home Friday evening.

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March 28 - Congratulations to Jensen Stewart. She was one of five Mount Ayr basketball players to be named KAAN radio all-stars. A dinner to honor these athletes was held in Trenton, MO Sunday evening. Neil and Jill Weehler at-tended the dinner with Jensen. Jensen, along with two other team-mates, have received the honor of having been chosen for the Iowa Basketball Coaches Associa-tion all-region team. Their coach, Thad Streit, was named Region 7 coach of the year. The girls and their coach will be participating in games in Cedar Rapids on April 3. Several from the community attended the visitation and funeral service for Tom Miller Friday eve-ning and Saturday. David and Nancy Lynch took their grandchildren, Paige and P.J., out to eat Saturday night. Mervyn and Alice Husband vis-ited with Brian Terrell and Betsy Keenan Tuesday afternoon. Jensen Stewart was one of the actors in the play presented by the drama department at the school. The play was presented Friday and Saturday nights and attended by several from the Maloy commu-nity. Tim, Mel and Lauren Burton enjoyed the Shrine Circus in Des Moines Saturday. They stayed overnight and did some shopping. Veronica Mecko, who had been

visiting with Brian Terrell and Bet-sy Keenan, left Tuesday to return to Florida. Joyce Weehler and Joan Jack-son went to Winterset Wednesday to attend the funeral of a cousin. Greg and Amy Mobley attend-ed the Pheasant Forever Banquet Friday evening. Wendell and Joan Jackson went to the Division II Elite Eight Women’s Basketball Tournament in Saint Joseph, MO Tuesday night and Wednesday night. They were there to watch the Northwest Mis-souri State University women’s team. The team got into the final four before losing Wednesday night. Kathi Braby and Jane Buck at-tended a baby shower for Shawna (Braby) Rolph Saturday. Cary, Debbie and Taylor Braby of Saint Joseph, MO came Saturday. Deb-bie and Taylor accompanied Kathi and Jane to the baby shower. Wendell Ray of Creston and Don Ray were supper guests of Brian Terrell and Betsy Keenan. The Maloy Shamrocks 4-H club met at the Waubonsie Center in Benton Sunday afternoon. Wy-att and Hannah Jackson, Laura and Amber Davison, Ashton and Al-yssa Johnson, Paige and PJ Lynch and Maddie, Emma and Gracie Mobley of the Maloy area attend-ed. Donna Warin accompanied her sisters to the Kenny Chesney con-cert at Wells Fargo Arena Thursday night. Kathi Braby took her grand-kids, Hattie and Holden Dukes, to the movies in Des Moines Sunday. She visited with Lafe and Laura Dukes before the movie. Visitors for lunch in the Richard and Carole Davison home Sunday were Robert, Julie, Laura and Am-ber Davison of Maloy, David and Dianna Pederson and Mark and Diane Thomsen of Maryville, MO, Jim, Brenda, Mikaela and Samuel Jorgensen of Norwalk and Rod, Darla and Levi Davison of Cosby, MO. The Warin family went to a cattle show in Fort Dodge over the weekend. Katelyn and Megan showed their heifers. Liz Lynch accompanied Lorene Reasoner and Dorothy Main to lunch Monday with the Classy 40. They met others from the class at Rumors for fun and visiting.

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Fuemmeler. Sunday night the Jea-neses ate supper in the home of Abby and Troy Hawk near Sheri-dan, MO. Amon Hunt and Doris Over-holser visited various ones at the Clearview Home including Virgil Findley, Frank Dredge and Lois Ann Sobotka.

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March 28 - Looks like “Old Man Winter” has reared his head one more time. We woke up to snow more than once this past week. The sisters are certain spring is just around the corner. They know they are truly ready! Kellerton is really in need of some first responders. This is an important service in the communi-ty. At this time there are only two persons. The community needs some young people to be willing to take the training and be able to keep this service in Kellerton. They work with the EMTs. There is a short training program required. Please contact Doug or LaDonna Prime for further information. The community was saddened to hear of the death of Gary Eas-ton this past week. Sympathy is extended to family and friends. Saturday visitors of Melvin and Judy Doolittle were Larry and Beth Doolittle of Redding and Gary and Kay Doolittle. Lorene Reed had been staying with Melvin and Judy for a short time and was able to move back to her apartment this week. Connie Smith and Donna Webb were in Des Moines for a doctor’s visit and some shopping Thursday. Sandy Campbell assisted with the Taste of Home cooking school in Osceola Monday. She reported it was well attended and very good. Stacey Foland of Ohio visited this past week with Sandy and other family and with her sister, Cheriè Foland, who remains a patient at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Dean and Rose Fugate were shoppers in Lamoni Saturday. Ed and Colleen Minnick went to Terrible’s Casino Friday night and attended the Joey and Rory concert. Monday evening Col-leen and Nici Minnick attended the Taste of Home cooking school which was held at Terrible’s Ca-sino in Osceola. David and Connie Holmes called their sisters, Jan Holmes and Kathryn Still, last Tuesday. They had heard on their news in Minne-sota about the storms in southern Iowa and wanted to be sure ev-eryone was okay. They are having much flooding with the melting of the snow up there. Both are well and still working, even though retired. Dave volunteers with the local police department, working on cold cases, doing computer fo-rensics and Connie volunteers at the local hospital in the business department, as well as serving as mayor of their community. Debbie Holmes was a supper guest of Jan Holmes and Kathryn Still Wednesday evening before church and helped Jan celebrate her birthday. Jan and Kathryn were shoppers in Mount Ayr Friday. Ronche, Katie, Cassie and Jesse Still were supper guests of Jan and Kathryn Sunday evening and cel-ebrated Ronche’s birthday.

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BY JORDAN CLYMER If a movie were going to be made about you, who would you want to be the movie star, starring your character? Elisha Doubleday answered El-len Page from Juno, since we are both pregnant in high school. Dylan Doman answered Will Smith. Dylan believes he is of African descent. Megan Double-day answered Reese Witherspoon, because her favorite candy is Re-eses. Cody Stackhouse requested Jackie Chan, so he could do some flips. Johanna Scott picked Lucy Liu, since she is a good-looking Asian, and was in Charlie’s An-gels. Dusty Lyden choose Will Fer-rell solely because of his well-complimented pants. Mr. Gregg answered that he would choose Zach Galifianakis, with reasoning unknown. Ariel Dickerson chooses Jenni-fer Lopez from her many compli-ments of being her double. Mrs. Triggs decided she would like Kathy Bates from her award win-ning performance in “Water Boy.” Mrs. Mobley picked Kirstie Alley for her character, since she has her way of saying what she thinks. Mr. Lambert answered that he would like Vince Vaughn, since he is a classy actor. And Cody Doolittle chooses Mark Walberg for his strong jaw line.

The happenings in alternative school at MACBY JORDYN GROSE In an interview with Mr. Mike Still I asked him questions about the alternative school. I didn’t know much about it so I was really curious to figure out just what happened in his classroom. My first question for Mr. Still of course was, “Who is enrolled in the alternative school?” The people enrolled are Pete Larsen, Shelby Wambold, Bran-don Majors, Jared Munyon, Austin Steinbach (who just started Mon-day) and Charity Roach. Charlie Schuster and Ashley Welton were also enrolled, but have already graduated. The alternative program is very important and we are lucky to have it. It gives students in difficult sit-uations the option to go to school a half-day to get an education while still working if they need to. Also, for students who do not excel in the classroom, it gives them a sec-ond option to succeed. Next I wanted to know what was going on in his classroom. He explained that last year they started an online program for the students called Odyssey Ware. It puts all of the individual’s classes online and lets them work at their own pace. Still is in charge of each class for the students and helps them when they need it. If the student needs extra help, he gets them in touch with a teacher in that spe-cialty. As far as discipline and atten-dance go, Mr. Still is completely in charge. He has to make the tough calls and handle things on his own. Mr. Still has done an excellent job with the alternative students and continues to keep them achiev-ing their goals.

BY COLTON BOLLES Cat’s urine glows under a black light. Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year. Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale. Bees have five eyes. There are three small eyes on the top of a bee’s head and two larger ones in front. You burn more calories sleep-ing than you do watching televi-sion. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. There are four cars and 10 light-posts on the back of a $10 bill. There are 336 dimples on a reg-ulation golf ball. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum.

BY MELISSA HAVEMAN The word for the week was bathyscaphe -- a navigable sub-mersible ship for deep-sea explora-tion having a spherical watertight cabin attached to its underside. Here are some of the student guesses: Logan Wimer -- A fish item. Hagan Willis -- Soap. Noah Larson -- A boat. Leah Klejch -- A fish bite. Maddi Hosfield -- A profane word. Josh Fernandez -- Scabs in the bath. Dusty Lyden -- Skin disease. Kylee Klommhaus -- Infection on your feet. Levi Stark -- Disease. There was one student who guessed it right. It was Maggie Jennett with the guess of subma-rine.

What’s happening in Ms. Taglauer’s ag classroom?BY ALYSSA ADAMS Courtney Taglauer has been a teacher for two years. She was re-cently employed to the Mount Ayr Community staff at the start of this year. This school year she teaches around 60 different students rang-ing from eighth graders to seniors. When asked what her favorite thing about teaching is, she an-swers by saying, “Everyday is dif-ferent and also she likes being able to teach a large variety of materi-als.” Ms. Taglauer teaches the fol-lowing classes Ag I, Ag II, Ag III, Ag IV and her exploratory class that are all the eighth graders. In her exploratory classes they are currently learning what agri-culture is. In Ag I they are learning about trees and nursery crops. In Ag II they are working in the shop. In Ag III the students are learn-ing about Ag sales and marketing. In Ag IV they are learning about Ag economics. Currently many of these students are prepping for state competitions through FFA. Ms. Taglauer feels she has made this school year successful and is looking forward to continue doing that next year.

BY ANNIE UHLENKAMP On Tuesday, March 22, Mount Ayr Community high school stu-dents finally had a legitimate rea-son to get out of class. The Blood Center of Iowa came to MACHS and took donations from about 45 students and fac-ulty members who had previously signed up for the blood drive. More people were signed up, but found they could not donate because of health problems with their blood, such as high heart rate, low red blood cell count or low iron. The procedure for donating is actually quite simple. A donor receives an information packet, health questionnaire and bottle of water upon arrival. After reading through the material (which states the risks of donation, exactly what happens in the process, etc.) the donor is escorted to a private table where a Blood Center staff mem-ber takes their temperature, blood pressure and a small blood sample to check for anemia. If the donor is healthy enough, they are taken to a chair and asked which arm they would like to do-nate from. The staff member swabs the donors’ arm with iodine and marks the vein, then inserts the needle. For a whole blood donation,

Brittni Gillespie Brittni Dawn Gillespie is the daughter of Tim and Rhonda Gillespie of Mount Ayr. Brittni has a younger sister, Cheyenne. Activities that Gillespie has participated in during high school are drama (four years), cross coun-try (four years), track (four years), cheerleading (three years), SADD (three years), speech (one year) and FCA (two years). She has lettered in cross coun-try all four years, track for two years (so far), cheerleading for three years, drama for three years, perfect attendance her junior year, she made Iowa All-Star Cheer-leading Squad in 2011 and was an All-American Elite Cheerleader in 2009-2010. Gillespie has many favor-ites including Cheez-its for food, “Spongebob Squarepants” for TV show, and “Despicable Me” for her favorite movie. Her favorite thing to wear is jeans and she drives a ’05 Pontiac GXP. She says she’s still a kid inside. Her most favorite part of high school was her last year in cross country. Instead of taking it real seriously, Stephani Brown and her-self jogged through the whole meet and when finishing they held hands and finished together. Gillepsie says, “Instead of com-peting for state, we figured we’d make it fun, especially since it was out last meet. We had a blast, but will definitely miss it!” The most influential person in her life is her mom. She says, “I can tell her anything and she al-ways knows what to say. She is my best friend. We always have our talks before bedtime, which I will definitely miss when I leave for college, but I know she will always be there supporting me through anything!” Bubbly is the way she would

MACHS golfers begin practiceBY ALLIE KNAPP The Raider and Raiderette golf teams are coached by Scott Giles. The golfers started practice this Monday in preparation for their first meet, which will be held at the Mount Ayr Golf and Country Club on April 7 at 4 p.m. The Raiderette golf team in-cludes: seniors – Molly Budach, Allie Knapp, Jordyn Grose, Jo-hanna Scott, Annie Uhlenkamp, Shannon Fox and Ariel Dickerson; junior – Shelby Wambold; sopho-mores – Logan Wimer, Caitlin Giles and Jena James, and fresh-man – Allison Wallace. The Raider golf team includes: seniors – Jake Glendenning and Jordan Klejch; junior – Joey Taylor, and freshmen – Dawson Knapp, Quency Vos, Seth Leonard and Trevor Shelley. Coach Giles has high expecta-tions for the season. He expects each player to improve his or her golf skills throughout the season. Giles says that, of course, he would like to win each of the meets. He hopes to place in the top three at the conference meet and place first or second at sectionals. Good luck to Coach Giles and all MACHS golfers on their up-coming season!

David ShowalterBY MATT SOBOTKA David Showalter is the son of Delwyn and Marcia Showalter of Mount Ayr and has one brother, Daniel. Throughout high school Show-alter has been very active. He has been in football, basketball, base-ball, drama and student council for four years. He has also been involved in FTA, NHS, golf and track during his high school days. Showalter has been named first team all-district twice in football along with a second team all-dis-trict honor. He has been on the sec-ond team all-conference baseball team and academic all-conference and all-district. Showalter is the student council president, drama club vice-presi-dent, homecoming king and Arron Eilberts Service Award winner. His favorite food is tacos, fa-vorite show is “Glory Days” and his favorite vehicle is a ’92 Dodge Dakota. His favorite movie is “Forever Strong” and he likes Nike clothing the best. He also likes hip hop music. His most memorable moment from high school was homecom-ing of his senior year. He plans to attend the University of Iowa and major in journalism.

which is the most common, rough-ly one pint of blood is taken out. Once a pint is filled, the donor is taken to a “rest area” where they are given more water and a snack to keep their blood sugar and other essentials at a healthy level. The entire process usually takes about an hour. I asked students who donated why they do what they do. Johnnie Veatch answered, “I’ve seen a lot of accidents, and I know how giv-ing blood can save people.” Joey Taylor simply replied, “It’s for the best!” Then I asked students who could donate, but chose not to, why they wouldn’t step up. A Student Coun-cil member, who wished to remain anonymous, said, “It seems scary! I don’t like the thought of maybe feeling queasy or like I’m going to pass out. I feel bad, but it just freaks me out.” Another student said it was simply a phobia of needles that was holding him back. For readers of this article who haven’t donated blood before, con-sider this: one pint of blood can save up to three lives at a time, and someone in the hospital needs blood every two seconds. Some 38 percent of Americans are eligible to donate, but of those, only 10 percent donate annually. There is no substitute for human blood. There will be no more blood drives at the high school until this fall, but for people who are inter-ested in donating, the Red Cross bloodmobile comes to Mount Ayr every eight weeks.

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describe herself. She says she feels that she is always in a cheerful mood and she likes to be on the optimistic side of things. The best advice Gillespie re-ceived was to not stress over the little things. She says she tends to freak out over tiny things a lot, which then adds more stress. Gillespie states, “It is still a work in progress, but I don’t think I’ll ever be stress free!” Her future plans are to attend the University of Iowa to major in pharmacy.

The most influential person in his life is Coach Lambert because “he always looks out for me, and has made a good example of doing the right thing.” Showalter thinks “dedication” is the best fit word when describ-ing him because he always tries to get the job done. The best advice he has ever received is to choose the difficult right over the easy wrong.

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Little Raiderpreschool awaitslegislative action The Mount Ayr Community 4+ preschool and Matura Head Start, also known as the Little Raider Preschool, and the Family Re-source Center have collaboratively worked together over the past four years to provide a preschool for all four-year-olds. The future of the effort is up in the air, however, awaiting deci-sions from the state legislature. The cooperative effort on the lo-cal level has provided many oppor-tunities for four-year-old children to come together and strengthen social, cognitive and motor skills. The voluntary preschool has helped provide the following: -- Problem solving, caring/empathy and overall social crite-ria for life are practiced, enabling the students to voice their needs, explore different problem-solving techniques and learn to play and cooperate in a group. -- Cognitive skills emerge as letters, letter sounds, shapes, col-ors, creativity and imagination are repeatedly explored. -- Large and small motor play is necessary to strengthen muscles as new writing skills and more coor-dination is developed as the child progresses. This puts all four-year-olds in a place where they all have similar experiences before they start their “formal” schooling in the kinder-garten through 12th grade system. At this point in time, the state legislature is working on a bill for the future of preschool and collab-orative efforts of the Mount Ayr 4+ voluntary preschool cannot move forward until the legislation is set. The Mount Ayr Community el-ementary school is working with its partners to make sure the best possible decision is made regard-ing the programs. As soon as the state government makes it decisions on the bill, the preschool will be administered ac-cording to the rules and regulations the state has set. Anyone with questions about next year’s 4+ voluntary program are invited to call Lynne Wal-lace at 464-0539, Brenda Ad-ams at 464-3385 or Head Start at 464-3107.

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Sports

Career scoring ` Points in a single season1. Tess Myer 1167 06-09 1. Tess Myer 409 20092. Melissa Eighmy 1166 95-98 2. Sarah Geist 389 20063. B. Penniington 1093 08-11 3. B.Pennington 387 20104. Cara Smith 933 96-99 4. B. Pennington 381 20115. Jensen Stewart 883 08-11 5. Brandi Lininger 359 19946. Sarah Geist 865 03-06 6. Beth Gourley 355 20047. Jolene Frost 827 98-01 7. Cara Smith 345 19988. Kelsey Geist 809 05-08 8. Jensen Stewart 341 20119. Tiffany Wimer 744 07-10 9. Melissa Eighmy 334 199810. Brandie Shields 714 95-98 10. Tess Myer 333 2007 PPG season Ave. Career games played1. Tess Myer 18.6 2009 1. B. Pennington 96 08-112. Brandi Lininger 17.1 1994 2. Tiffany Wimer 94 07-103. Sarah Geist 16.9 2006 3. Tess Myer 90 06-094. Beth Gourley 16.1 2004 4. Melissa Eighmy 89 95-985. B. Pennington 15.2 2011 5..Brandie Shields 89 95-986. Sarah Geist 14.7 2005 6.. Kelsey Geist 88 05-087. Tess Myer 14.5 2007 6. Jensen Stewart 88 08-118. Cara Smith 14.4 1998 8. Bailey Myer 83 08-119. B. Pennington 14.3 2010 8. Jolene Frost 83 98-0110. Kelsey Geist 14.2 2008 10. Claire Andresen 75 09- Career rebounds Career blocked shots1. Cara Smith 729 96-99 1. Jolene Frost 134 98-012. Kelsey Geist 684 05-08 2. Cara Smith 84 96-993. Jolene Frost 640 98-01 3. Kelsey Geist 78 05-084. Sarah Geist 591 03-06 4. Alicia Clymer 61 00-035. Tiffany Wimer 572 07-10 5. Tess Myer 44 06-096. Heidi Winkler 564 01-04 6. B. Pennington 42 08-117. Alicia Clymer 456 01-03 7. Ashley Clymer 40 01-058. B. Pennington 435 08-11 8. Bailey Myer 31 08-119. Claire Andresen 421 09- 8. Tami Trullingter 31 94-9610. Bailey Myer 412 08-11 10. Katie Routh 28 94-96

Career steals Career assists1.Tess Myer 368 06-09 1. Melissa Eighmy 344 95-982. Melissa Eighmy 327 95-98 2. B. Pennington 319 08-113. B. Pennington 319 08-11 3. Tess Myer 308 06-094. Jensen Stewart 270 08-11 4. Bailey Myer 293 08-115. Bailey Myer 265 08-11 5. Jensen Stewart 270 08-116. Am. Pennington 222 04-07 6. Beth Gourley 211 01-047. Beth Gourley 212 01-04 7. S. McKern 146 90-018. Tiffany Wimer 185 07-10 8. Am. Pennington 138 04-079. Heidi Winkler 175 01-04 9. Jamie Goins 111 00-0210. Jolene Frost 173 98-01 10 Debbie Stephens109 96-99

Season rebounds Season steals1.Cara Smith 255 1998 1. Bailey Myer 112 20102. Jolene Frost 252 2000 2. Tess Myer 111 20073. Sarah Geist 248 2005 3. Bailey Myer 110 20114. Cara Smith 224 1997 4. Jensen Stewart 103 20115. Kelsey Geist 221 2007 5. B. Pennington 98 20116. Tiffany Wimer 220 2010 6. Beth Gourley 95 20037. Sarah Geist 208 2006 7. Melissa Eighmy 94 19988. Heidi Winkler 203 2004 8. Tess Myer 93 20089. Alicia Clymer 188 2002 9. Beth Gourley 91 200410. C. Andresen 186 2010 10. B. Pennington 90 2010

Season Assists Season blocked shots1. Bailey Myer 127 2010 1. Jolene Frost 49 20012. Beth Gourley 121 2004 2. Jolene Frost 48 20003. Melissa Eighmy 121 1997 3. Ashley Clymer 36 20054. Melissa Eighmy 112 1998 4. Kelsey Geist 32 20075. Tess Myer 108 2008 5. Jolene Frost 30 19996. Bailey Myer 107 2011 6. Alicia Clymer 29 20037. Tess Myer 103 2007 7. Cara Smith 29 19998. Jensen Stewart 100 2010 8. Cara Smith 28 19989. B. Pennington 98 2010 9. Kelsey Geist 27 200810.Jensen Stewart 92 2011 9. Cara Smith 27 1997

Season free throw percentage Season field goal percentage1. Melissa Winkler 83% 2001 1.Cara Smith 57% 19982. Melissa Eighmy 82% 1998 2. Cara Smith 56% 19973. Brandie Shields 79% 1998 3. Randi Reynolds 56% 20014. Tess Myer 77% 2009 4. Cindy Walters 55% 19945. Kylee Minnick 76% 2003 5. Alcia Clymer 54% 20036. Allison Walter 76% 2005 6. Tiffany Wimer 53% 20097. Kylee Minnick 71% 2001 7. B. Pennington 53% 20098. Jolene Frost 70% 1998 8. Sarah Geist 53% 20069. Annie Johnson 70% 1999 9. B. Pennington 52% 201110. TJ Groves 68% 1996 10. Jensen Stewart 52% 2010

Season three point percentage Most points in a game1. Brandie Shields 44% 1996 1. Tess Myer 40 20092. Melissa Eighmy 38% 1996 2. Beth Gourley 34 20043. Jensen Stewart 37% 2011 3. Sarah Geist 32 20064. Claire Andresen 36% 2011 4. Tess Myer 31 20095. Bailey Myer 35% 2010 5. Tess Myer 30 20096. Melissa Eighmy 35% 1998 6. Tess Myer 29 20097. Amber Brown 35% 2000 7. Tess Myer 28 20098. Tess Myer 34% 2007 8. Beth Gourley 27 20049. Kylee Minnick 34% 2003 9. Melissa Eighmy 27 199810.Jody Denney 34% 1994 10. Sarah Geist 26 2006 10. M. Winkler 26 2001 10. B. Pennington 26 2011

Best winning percentage Team season three point percent1. 26-2 92.9% 2010 1. 35.9% 20072. 24-2 92.3% 1978 2. 34.9% 19963. 22-2 91.6% 1998 3. 31.5% 20104. 22-2 91.6% 1993 4. 31.0% 20035. 21-2 91.3% 1966 5. 31.0% 2001 6. 20-2 90.9% 1997 6. 29.7% 20117. 19-2 90.4% 1980 7. 29.4% 19988. 22-3 88.0% 2011 8. 29.1% 20008. 22-3 88.0% 1968 9. 28.1% 200910. 20-3 86.9% 2003 10. 27.3% 1999 Season free throw percentage Season field goal percentage1. 63.4% 1998 1. 47.5% 19942. 61.1% 1997 2. 45.7% 20113. 60.2% 2009 3. 44.2% 20094. 59.0% 2001 4. 44.0% 20045. 58.0% 2004 5. 44.0% 19986. 57.7% 2011 6. 42.0.% 19977. 56.7% 1996 7. 41.8% 20108. 55.8% 2005 8. 41.0% 20019. 54.8% 2003 9. 40.9% 199610. 54.0% 1999 10. 40.4% 2003

Most Points in a game92 1-23-09 Wayne90 11-25-02 Diagonal86 1-20-11 Lenox80 12-9- 08 East Union80 1-21-03 East Union80 12-7--10 East Union80 2-7--11 Lenox79 1-21-11 Wayne78 12- 7-02 Clarke78 12-10-02 East Union78 1-12-98 Lenox

Mount Ayr Community will be well represented in this year’s Pride of Iowa boys All-Star game this Saturday, April 2, in Corydon. Bret Ruggles and Jeff Levine will be coaching the West All-Stars that will include all five Raider se-nior basketball players. They will face the East All-Stars coached by Nate Rankin, Steve Hunt and Zach Clark. West team players include:Andrew Alborn LenoxColton Bolles Mount AyrJake Glendenning Mount AyrChristian Overholtzer Mount AyrDavid Showalter Mount AyrMatt Sobotka Mount AyrShane Walston BedfordTyler Witt BedfordZach Crouch East UnionBrandon Decker East Union

The Mount Ayr Community Raiderettes career marks have many changes after the completion of the 2011 season. The seniors of 2011 completed their four year careers with an overall won-loss record of 81-16. They made back to back trips to the state tournament in 2010 and 2011, finishing second in the Class 1A tourney in 2010. The 2011 Raiderettes were the highest scoring team in five-on- five history, averaging 65.8 points per game this season. Mount Ayr Community’s 2011 squad record-ed three of the top 10 scores in a Raiderette season by scoring 86 points against Lenox, 80 against East Union and 79 against Wayne during the most recent campaign. The team ranks second in field goal percentage (45.7 percent), sixth in free throw percentage (57.7 percent) and sixth in three-point shooting (29.7 percent). The Raiderettes 22-3 win-loss record is the eighth best season mark in Mount Ayr Community’s 52 year history. Three Raiderette seniors are listed in several one season and ca-reer categories. Becca Pennington became the third player to score over 1,000 career points this season and ranks third all-time with 1,093 points. She scored 381 points this

season, which places her fourth on the all-time list, which is six points less than her total scored in 2010. She is number five on the points per game average with her 15.2 mark this season. Pennington played in 96 games, which is more than any Raiderette in Mount Ayr Community history. She is num-ber two on the career assist list, number three on the steals list, number six on the blocked shot list and number eight on the rebound list. Pennington appears twice on the season field goal percentage list, at number seven in 2010, and number nine this season. She also is on the steal list twice at num-ber five in 2011 and number 10 in 2010. Pennington moved into a tie for 10th place on the most points in game list by scoring 26 points this season on January 21 against Wayne. Jensen Stewart’s 883 career points is number five on the scor-ing list. Stewart tallied 341 points in 2011, which is the eighth most in Raiderette history. She played in 88 games, which puts her in the number six slot in that category. Stewart ranks number four in career steals and number five in career assists. She recorded 103 steals in 2011 which is number four on the single season list and

Track and field and aquatic events of the 2011 South Central Area Iowa Special Olympics will be hosted on Saturday, April 9, on the Graceland University campus in Lamoni, and area residents can volunteer to help with the event. About 250 athletes from a 12-county area will gather at Grace-land to compete in this premier an-nual event. There is no charge to attend. Opening ceremonies begin at 10 a.m. Volunteers should report at 9 a.m. People who would like to be a Special Olympics volunteer, please contact Chauntel Ranney at Grace-land, at 641-784-5146. This is a great volunteering opportunity. Graceland’s football team has been volunteering with the event for the past nine years. The event moved from Creston to Graceland last year. Head football coach Jeff Douglas said, “It is a privilege for Graceland’s coaches and players to volunteer for this great event. We welcome these wonderful athletes and their families and friends to Lamoni and Graceland.” The south central area of Spe-cial Olympics Iowa includes Cass, Adair, Madison, Montgomery, Ad-ams, Union, Clarke, Wayne, Page, Taylor, Ringgold and Decatur counties. More than 20 teams from around the region are expected to participate on April 9. Special Olympics Iowa is a

statewide nonprofit organization that serves athletes in all 99 coun-ties of the state. It builds on the principle that the value of sports training and competition can deep-ly enrich and inspire a person’s life. Other events are scheduled at venues around the state like the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. Graceland President John Sell-ars said he is also pleased that this “very special event” will be held at Graceland. “We look at this as a tremendous opportunity to share with those involved with Special Olympics Iowa all that Graceland and Lamoni have to offer. We hope

Basketball skills winnersSix Ringgold County Supportive Services clients took part in the Special Olympics state basketball skills competition in Iowa City on March 18-19. Participants and their placings in their divisions included, from left: Josh Egly, sixth; Cindy Nulph, fifth; Don Clark, fourth; Kristyn Ford, second; Don Graham, fourth, and Tanner Bet-tin, sixth.

Raiderette career marksfall with 2010-11 season

appears twice on the assist list with the eighth best total in 2010 and the tenth best total in 2011. She shot 37 percent from be-yond the arc this season, which puts her in third place on the single season chart. She hit at 52 percent clip from the field in 2010 which places her at 10th on the field goal percentage list. Bailey Myer is listed on four career categories. She is number four in career assists, number five in career steals, number eight in games played, and number 10 in career rebounds. Myer’s 127 assists in 2010 is the most ever in one season by a Raiderette and her total of 107 this season ranks sixth on the one-season list. She is also first on the season steal list with 112 thefts in 2010 and third on the list with 110 steals this season. Myer also ap-pears on the three-point shooting percentage list at number five with her 35 percent shooting recorded in 2010. Junior Claire Andresen is num-ber 10 on the games played list and number nine on the career rebound list. Claire’s 186 rebounds in 2010 is the 10th best one season total and she ranks fourth on the single season three-point list hitting at a 36 pecent clip in 2011.

Raidererette Six-On-Six Basketball Records

Teams set for POI loop all-star boys game

Blake Thompson CorningBraxton Lydden CorningStephen Hansen Nod.ValleyJR Hicks Nod.ValleyCoaches--Steve Fisher, Bret Rug-gles and Jeff Levine. East team players include:Myles Hanna Central DecaturPreston Pedersen Central DecaturKyle Freeman Interstate 35Andrew McKinney Interstate 35Logan Tibbits Interstate 35Jacob Schrodt Martensdale-St. Mary’sSam Nutting SE WarrenSeth Nutting SE WarrenRyan Lamb WayneRyan Kirsch WayneJared Walker WayneCoaches--Nate Rankin, Steve Hunt and Zach Clark.

Graceland Univeristy to host regional Special Olympics track, aquatic teams

participants will truly enjoy them-selves on our campus and in our community and that spectators will join us for what promises to be a spectacular event.” Special Olympics Iowa has been serving the needs of children and adults with intellectual dis-abilities since 1968 by providing sports training and competition in 22 Olympic-type sports. These events provide the op-portunity for participants to de-velop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and share skills and friendships with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and their communities.

A good crowd was on hand for the annual Pheas-ants Forever banquet held Friday at the Mount Ayr American Legion building. The fund-raising evening included a dinner, games and raffles and an auction for outdoors gear and art. Here Jim Wooley, Quails Forever director of field operations

and speaker for the evening, talks with Josh Rusk, president of the Ringgold County Pheasants For-ever chapter and John Newton, secretary-treasurer of the group. A thank you for the many donors who helped make the event a success is included in to-day’s Mount Ayr Record-News.

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Swank at state tournamentMitchell Swank participated in the state AAU wrestling tournament in Des Moines recently. Swank wrestled in the B-90 division and had one win and two losses to be eliminated. Here he is shown in action at the tournament.

An endowment fund of $200,000 to help ensure the con-tinued operation of Lucky Lanes, Mount Ayr’s bowling alley, is in sight with the announcement of a grant from the Dekko Foundation this week. The Ringgold County Bowling Association’s endowment fund, which is managed by the South Central Iowa Community Foun-dation, has received an outright grant of $100,000. The remaining $66,666 is a two-for-one match grant. The RCBA will need to raise $33,333 over the next three years to receive the $66,666 from the Dekko Foundation. While the endowment funds are being sought, the bowling alley is continuing to make improvements. A new $18,000 flat-screen scor-ing system is being installed this week. The grant proposal said the RCBA would have at least one fund-raising event each quarter starting April 1. A fund-raising committee will be established by April 1 and select at least four events with goals, a committee leader and a time line. These events will be particular to bowling such as a tournament or bowl-a-thon. The RCBA officers are asking for volunteers for the fund-raising committee, suggestions for types of events and persons to head up

Diagonal Archery is sponsor-ing a special evening of food and entertainment to help raise money for the Diagonal Maroons Archery teams to travel to the National Ar-chery in the Schools Program na-tional shoot in Louisville, KY, and for equipment expenses. “Changing Lives One Arrow At a Time” is the theme for the evening on Saturday, April 2. An evening of food, fun and inspira-tion with special guest Matt Stutz-man, “the inspirational archer,” is planned in the Diagonal school south gymnasium. Doors will open at 4 p.m. with a variety of games, raffles includ-

Bluegrass LeagueWeek of March 22, 2011

Team StandingsJust Power 31-17Rolling Stones 30.5-17.5Hutton Construction 28-20Sassy Strikers 24-24Ragamuffins 20.5-27.5Raging Ravens 9-39 High games (150 and over): Katie Still, 175, 172, 159; Deb Ayres, 171, 169; Neva Allee, 161; Cassie Still, 155; Dawn Dolecheck, 155; Margie Bishop, 154; Janet Haley, 153; Barb Hutton, 152. High series (450 and over): Katie Still, 506; Deb Ayres, 486.

The Iowa Department of Natu-ral Resources has released a fish-ing report for the period ending Thursday, March 24. The report is compiled from information gath-ered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys and county and state parks staff. For more information, contact the Mount Ayr Fisheries Station at 641-464-3108 or the southwest Iowa regional office in Lewis at 712-769-2587. All of the lakes are completely open. Water temperatures vary widely. Small lakes can be near 50 degrees but the bigger lakes are at or just below 40. All species of

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the event committee. People who would like to volunteer, donate or suggest events are asked to contact Rick Fox, Steve Fetty, Ron Sick-els or Deb Ayres. The group also has some on-going fund-raising efforts. These include the annual beef raffle and brick sales. The sale of shirts, t-shirts, caps and sweatshirts is an-other possibility. Lucky Lanes will donate any open bowling fees over the night-ly average and 25 percent of the group bowling fees from birthday parties and the like to the endow-ment effort. The more open bowling the greater the donation to the endow-ment fund. Each bowling league could also be invited to do some-thing such as donating a part of the prize fund or some other method. Donations to the endowment fund should be made out to Ring-gold Bowling Endowment and sub-mitted to Lucky Lanes or treasurer Steve Fetty. Direct donations can receive a state income tax credit. Once the endowment is in place, it should be able to generate $10,000 or so a year to help with the operations of the bowling al-ley. An advertisement about the brick fund-raiser is included in this week’s Mount Ayr Record-News on page 3.

Endowment fund forbowling alley sought

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ing a general raffle for a Mathews DXT bow and shooting games for prizes. At 5 p.m. a pork loin or beef rib-eye sandwich supper with green beans and cheesy potatoes will be served. At 6:30 p.m. Matt Stutzman will be the guest speaker, perform-ing amazing archery shots using his feet. Stutzman was born with no arms and has become an inspi-ration to many with his bow shoot-ing prowess. Following his speech and dem-onstration, there will be a live auction with a variety of items of-fered.

sport-fish are being caught but the success varies. Reports are com-ing in of very successful trips and others are not as productive. Green Valley Lake (Union): The water level is down about nine feet for the sediment removal project. The lake is open and the main boat ramp has enough water to easily launch a boat. All sport-fish species are biting enough to interest the angler. Channel Catfish - Good: The channel catfish are biting well on shad bait in the shal-low areas where the wind is blow-ing into shore. Most are from two to four pounds

Three Mile Lake (Union): The main boat ramp is usable but some ice remains on the lake. Most of the ice should be gone by the week-end. Channel Catfish - Fair: A few real nice-sized channels are being picked up from the shallow bays at the upper end. Walleye - Fair: A few males are being caught from the rocky areas near dark. Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) - Fair: Sev-eral wipers are being caught on crank-baits by walleye anglers trolling the rocky points. Twelve Mile Creek Lake (Union): The lake is open and the temperatures range is 40 to 50 de-grees. Shoreline access is possible from any of the popular access points. Bullhead - Good: Several giant-sized bullheads are being caught on crawlers at the upper end. Walleye - Fair: Several males are being caught from the rocks of the dam and the rock points and reefs.Laminating services are provided by the Mount Ayr Record-News. We can preserve items up to

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March 28 - Well, is March going to go out like a lamb? Everyone certainly hopes so as many are get-ting anxious to spend time outside. Several residents have taken short walks but that is just not the same as being able to spend an afternoon on the patio. Several enjoyed going out with family members over the past week or weekend. They included Evalee White who spent time with her daughter, Dee, Luella Adkisson who spent time at her apartment, Ed and Lorraine King who en-joyed spending time at their home in Blockton and Maxine Werner who went out for supper Wednes-day evening and out for her 90th birthday celebration Sunday. Calvin and Danny Gregg en-joyed having their daughter and sister, Connie, and her husband join them for lunch over the week-end. Everyone would like to wel-come Marvin Main to Health Care. Marvin is from Mount Ayr and is known to many. All are pleased to have Marvin with them. Last week zoomed by with a flurry of activity. It all started with spelling Monday morning and then moved on to Wii games which in-cluded bowling, air hockey and target practice. Also on Monday Nova Giles, Lorraine King and Maxine Werner dressed in their western gear and traveled to the Tingley meal site for their 37th anniversary celebration. All had a great time. Tuesday found everyone gath-ered for coffee before enjoying dominoes and Bible study. Neil Stanley stopped in and shared his and wife Susan’s 20-day medical mission trip to Nepal during that time. It was very interesting. Pastor Lila Greene arrived for church after residents finished word searches. Special music by Fred and Pam was enjoyed dur-ing church before a message about prayer was delivered. Bingo was

enjoyed with the help of Phyl-lis Sickels, Dorothy Hughes and Deanna Adams. Winning games were Donna Benegas, Wayne Bohn, Lorene Triggs, Maxine Kean, Maxine Werner, John Sud-duth, Catherine Crawford, Marvin Morse and guests Harold Craw-ford and Phyllis Sickels. Blackout winners were John Sudduth and Lorene Triggs. Nail care was provided by Marlys McPherson Thursday morning while Marie Still manned the shopping cart and Malinda Swank fixed hair. The Community Singers performed soon after lunch with the ladies from the Methodist church in Mount Ayr providing re-freshments for the March birthday party. All enjoyed the cookies and strawberry floats after they joined in singing “Happy Birthday” to Nova Giles, Marie Campbell and John Sudduth of Maple Ridge, Lorene Triggs, LaDene Brown and Maxine Werner. Horse races Friday were a blast as several coaxed their horses to the finish line. Bingo was once again enjoyed after lunch with Lin-da Swanson calling and Deanna Adams helping. Winners were Earl Brand, Lorene Triggs, Lorraine King, Catherine Crawford, June Steinman, Vergene Higgins, Mar-garet Campbell, Colleene Saville, Phyllis Dukes and Vera Combs. Guest players were Jean Gilliland and Harold Crawford. One of the favorite word games is taking a phrase such as “Out Like A Lamb” or “Spring is Here” and making words from the letters in the phrases. Residents found 71 words in the first phrase, 40 in the second and 100 words in “The Last Snowfall.” Everyone is hoping to have seen the last snowfall of the season as they complete the game. Nida Solliday and Charlotte Swank were in for Sunday school Sunday morning. Nida delivered the message while Charlotte pro-vided the music. Welcome visitors over the weekend have been Linda Wilt and Larry Campbell with Georgia Campbell; Lil Rinehart and Helen Combs with Vera Combs; Nancy and Rae Kelly and Julie Ingram of Winterset, Marilyn and Steve Werner, Brandon Werner, Amanda Werner of Memphis, TN, Melissa and Dave Stenburg of Ames and Pam Cooper with Maxine Werner; Dawn Dugan and boys and Mike and Joni Dugan with Bernadine McBride; Dan King with Ed and Lorraine King; Sue Buck with Juanita Horst; Paul and Frances Smith with Max-ine Kean; Ted and Bryce Bear and Darlene Bear with Don Bear; Dar-lene Bear with Nova Giles; Gilbert and Helen Campbell of Benton-

ville, AK and Ethel Campbell with Don Campbell; Dorothy Barber with Colleene Saville; Jim and Jane Lee Feeback with Phyllis Dukes; Bob and Teri Campbell with Margaret Campbell and Kenny Driftmier; Wilma Scha-fer, Lois Triggs, Jean Gilliland and Lee and Shirley Brand with Earl Brand; Betty Karas, Jack and Vera Moore and Jeannette Lutrick with Bev Moore, and Bobbie and Anne Rinehart of Hatfield, MO and Rhonda Cooper of Kent with Kath-ryn Adams.

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March 28 - Can you believe the snow we received this last week? And look outside now and it’s no-where to be seen, knock on wood! Monday morning at Clearview residents woke up to some exercise from the Light ‘N’ Lively CD. Af-ter exercises they read a few dif-ferent stories about the importance of reaching and achieving any goal you may have and, of course, they read a quick story about April Fools Day. Monday afternoon Scott Mar-cum came in for Bible study which was enjoyed greatly. Afterwards everyone had some coffee and cookies. Tuesday morning everyone did some quick exercises fol-lowed by throwing the trivia ball around. Millie also started a new book called “Chicken Soup for the Golden Soul.” Tuesday afternoon Dorothy Parrish came in and called bingo. Lila Barker won the regular, dou-ble picture frame, four corners, large picture frame and B’s & O’s. Lila won five different games! Clara Kilgore won the small pic-ture frame and four corners. Wednesday morning residents warmed up with the morning ex-ercise routine and Jeani did some random trivia questions with ev-eryone. Scott Marcum came back that afternoon to deliver a church sermon. Thursday morning Millie played Name That Tune. Residents are getting good at naming those

songs. Millie and Cotty Huffman got up and danced to a few songs. Thursday afternoon was the monthly resident birthday party. All enjoyed cheese, summer sau-sage, chex mix, crackers and trail mix. Millie read some stories about Elizabeth Taylor, her life and mov-ies. After those stories residents played several games, ones like find the missing word and picture puzzles. Friday morning Rachal helped residents warm up to the exercise routine which was followed by a discussion about how life was in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Friday morn-ing several staff members went to enjoy the celebration of JB Routh’s life. Jeanie held resident council with several residents that after-noon also. Saturday afternoon homemade ice cream was made for everyone. Freezing the ice cream took much longer than expected so residents were able to enjoy the chocolate ice cream with supper. Evelyn Ste-venson also had a nice birthday party with family and friends. Her birthday is March 30. Visitors this week were Peg Althous, Wayne Beck and Trudy Weaver with Mary Beck; Su-zanne and Allen Brown, Meredith Dredge, Maralyn Schlapia, Betty Lou Groves and Bob and Shirley McMath with Lavon Brown; Liz Kilgore, Ashley and Kathy Valen-zuela and Kerry Saville with Clara Kilgore; Dick and Nancy Gilbert with Darlene Gilbert; Marcia Nickel and Robert Wetzel with Dorothy Wetzel; Dixie Taylor, Darla Sobot-ka and Jack Taylor with Lorabel Taylor; Amy, Kenny, Justin, Lane, Claire, Isabel and Carol Trost, Ver-la Monk, John and Donna Morey, Jill and Malcom Houston, Jim and Shirley Morey and Ed and Georgie Morey with Evelyn Stevenson; Alberta, Calvin and Lila Spoonemore with Hazel Stoaks, and George and Sherry Haidsiak with Jean Haidsiak.

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March 28 - Spring activities are keeping the Wishard Chapel

people busy. Last week Jim and Arlene Burdette spent several days with Arlene’s sister, JoAnn Winker, in Cedar Rapids. Many from Wishard Chapel attended the birthday party for Theola Weeda at the Heritage Park community room Saturday after-noon. More than 100 people came and went during the afternoon and Theola received 200 cards. Mary Lee Foltz, Elizabeth and friends baked cakes and made food for family visiting for the birthday party. Some who came the farthest were Annette Burnstein of San Diego, CA and her sister, Cherry Love of Sandy, UT. They came Thursday and stayed until Sunday. Louise McCall and Vicky Lefen-bure came from Cedar Rapids. Other family and cousins came from points in Iowa. The busy weekend has not slowed Theola down. She was busy Sunday and attended the snack and fun party at the Se-nior Citizens Center. Monday she went to Clearview to visit Minnie Breckenridge on her birthday and also visited with Twila Lininger and others. In the afternoon Cathy Ward and Iris Osborn stopped by for coffee. They were celebrating Cathy’s birthday. Faith Shinkle, Carol Anne Mc-Creary, Grace Warin, Jodie Wurster and Barbie Belzer sang at the com-munity sing at the United Baptist-Presbyterian Church Sunday night. Jim and Carol Anne McCreary also sang with The Ringgold Sing-ers group. After the sing Sunday evening Grace and Mike Warin hosted a birthday supper and party for Coo-per Bradley’s fifth birthday. Courtney Weeda was home last weekend visiting her family. Courtney is currently attending the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, NE. Arlene Burdette, Theola Weeda and Pattie Foltz spent Friday in Creston. Phil Foltz joined them for supper at the Burdettes’. The next meeting of Wishard Chapel United Methodist Women will be held Wednesday night, April 6, at the home of Grace Warin. The Bible study by Max Lucado will be continued and final plans for the fish fry on April 15 will be made.

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Mount Ayr Community school’s board of directors will be holding the hearing on a new proposed budget Monday, April 11, at 6 p.m. at the school board room. The budget calls for expendi-tures of $9,887,388 and revenues of $9,387,300 for the coming fiscal year. Taxes levied on property will total $3,396,585 for the coming year with a levy rate of $16.51 per $1,000 taxable valuation. An addi-tional $128,000 will be raised from income surtaxes. When the new fiscal year is completed, the beginning balance of $769,340 will have an ending fund balance of zero, according to the budget summary published in today’s Mount Ayr Record-News. The budget calls for expendi-tures of $5,363,010 for student instruction. This compares to $5,572,135 in the current year and $4,882,780 in 2010. Support services including ad-ministration will cost $3,128,561, up from $2,522,500 in the current budget and $2,276,798 in fiscal year 2010. The major increase is a jump in plant and maintenance costs

to $1,303,904 in the coming year compared to $731,500 in the cur-rent budget and $631,017 in 2010. Non-instructional programs will cost $350,471 for the com-ing year, down from $414,953 in the current budget and $372,797 in 2010. Other expenditures will total $1,045,346, which is down from $2,538,270 in the current budget and $6,362,337 in 2010. In this category debt service will total $778,617 and AEA support will total $266,252. Both numbers are down from the current budget year. As well as local tax funds for the budget, income of $556,700 from local sources, $364,000 in student activities and sales and $150,000 in nutrition sales are projected. The federal government will be providing some $610,000 in funds for the coming year. Estimated revenue for the current budget year will be $10,293,918 with a beginning bal-ance of $1,959,791. Estimated expenditures for the current budget year will be $11,484,369 with an ending bal-ance of $769,340.

Employment fairplanned at SWCC Southwestern Community Col-lege’s annual iHire Employment Fair is scheduled for Thursday, April 7, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., in the Student Center gymnasium on the Creston campus. More than 40 employers will be on-hand representing business and industry, education and the mili-tary. During the employment fair, individuals will have opportuni-ties for one-on-one contact with human resources professionals, on-site interviews, career explora-tion and possible employment of-fers. In conjunction with the iHire Employment Fair, an employer panel will be held from 11 a.m. to noon in room 180 of the college’s Instructional Center. The event is open to the pub-lic, at no cost, as well as to South-western’s students and alumni. For more information, please visit www.swcciowa.edu. At this time, there is booth space still available for business and in-dustry, education and the military. Inquiries may be directed to Pat Butcher, SWCC Career Services coordinator, at (800) 247-4023 or locally at (641) 782-1446.

The USDA’s Farm Service Agency is currently accepting of-fers for the 41st signup of the Con-servation Reserve Program (CRP). Many Ringgold county resi-dents may be familiar with CRP as a USDA program that offers producers and landowners an op-portunity to develop a contract for establishing perennial vegetation on qualifying crop land. CRP contracts offer an annual per acre rental payment as well as cost share to establish vegetation on land enrolled into the program. To assist FSA the Ringgold County Natural Resources Conser-vation Service (NRCS) field office would like to extend an invitation for individuals to schedule a per-sonal meeting with NRCS staff to discuss the CRP program. A per-sonal meeting will give interested

Audit reportfor area landfillagency available Income and expenditures for the Wayne-Ringgold-Decatur County Solid Waste Management Com-mission showed decreases over the previous year in the audit report released this week by Auditor of State David A. Vaudt. The Commission had total re-ceipts of $727,144 during the year ended June 30, 2010, a 20 percent decrease from the prior year. The receipts included member assess-ments of $199,698, landfill gate receipts of $481,086 and interest of $49,769. Disbursements for the year to-taled $505,609, a 45 percent de-crease from the prior year, and included $171,394 for salaries and benefits, $77,126 for disposal/recy-cling/hauling services and $58,976 for loan repayments. The significant decrease in re-ceipts and disbursements is primar-ily due to the purchase of equip-ment with proceeds from a bank loan in the prior year. A copy of the audit report is available for review at the Wayne-Ringgold-Decatur County Solid Waste Management Commission, in the Office of Auditor of State and on the Auditor of State’s web-site at http://auditor.iowa.gov/reports/1014-2328-B00F.pdf.

Bill Menner, USDA Rural De-velopment state director in Iowa, was in Creston on Monday, March 21 to recognize Southern Iowa Ru-ral Water Association’s (SIRWA) for their efforts and dedication to bring improved water and waste-water services to thousands of ru-ral Iowans. Since 2009, SIRWA has utilized more than $22 million in Ameri-can Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds administered through USDA Rural Develop-ment to help fund seven projects that have improved water and wastewater services to communi-ties in southern and southwestern Iowa. Many of these projects were for Ringgold county communities. Menner made his presenta-tion during SIRWA’s annual board meeting. “It’s with great pleasure that we recognize Southern Iowa Ru-ral Water Association for helping bring more than $22 million in Recovery Act funds to rural Iowa,” Menner said. “Rural water systems such as SIRWA have been great partners over the years, joining with us in our commitment to im-proving the quality of life in rural communities.” SIRWA is using ARRA funds to assist with a wide range of proj-ects including construction of a wastewater system in the cities of Benton, Delphos, Maloy and Red-ding; construction of a wastewater collection system in the city of Ellston; rehabilitation of a waste-water collection system for the city of Bridgewater; construction of 15 miles of pipe to connect wa-ter sources of Corning Municipal Utilities and Creston Municipal

Utilities; replacement of water ser-vice and sub meters throughout its service area; expansion of water services to southwest Cass county and improvements to the Creston water treatment plant. Through a system of more than 3,600 miles of pipe, SIRWA cur-rently provides water services to residents and businesses in Adair, Adams, Cass, Clarke, Decatur, Lu-cas, Madison, Montgomery, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Union and War-ren counties. “Keeping rural Iowa vibrant and prosperous requires a dedica-tion to innovation, education and infrastructure,” Menner said. “The continued efforts of rural water as-sociations such as SIRWA will en-sure that as many rural Iowans as possible will have access to pota-ble water and sanitary wastewater treatment,” Menner said. USDA Rural Development cur-rently administers and manages more than 40 housing, business and community infrastructure and facility loan and grant programs designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers and improve the quality of life in rural America. During the past year the agency helped a record number of Iowans receive funding for economic de-velopment projects and quality of life improvements. The agency’s investment in Iowa helped create or retain more than 2,200 jobs, aid-ed 2,500 families in buying their own homes and assisted more than 250 communities as they made im-provements to their facilities, ser-vices and infrastructure.

Visitors to Judge Lewis Park in Mount Ayr will be greeted with new tobacco-free signs posted at entrances and playgrounds this spring. The city of Mount Ayr ad-opted a policy prohibiting the use of all tobacco products on any park property March 21. “This park policy is a good thing. Kids will follow what adults do,” said city council mem-ber Brent Ricker. Although Ricker smokes, he says “I tell my boys, don’t do it! People just don’t know what smoking does to you.” Judge Lewis is the first Ring-gold county park to be awarded a $1,000 mini-grant, free signs and help from Ringgold Standing to Oppose Pressure (R-STOP) to make the parks safe, healthy places to play and keep tobacco products away from children. “The park is a central part of our community and we want people to have the best possible experience here,” said Don Solliday, mayor of Mount Ayr. “Cigarette smoke and tobacco litter are not part of a healthy environment.” City councils in Kellerton and Diagonal are expected to be mak-ing decisions on the policy for their parks at council meetings in April. The policy is expected to be largely self-enforcing as 80 per-cent of Iowa adults do not smoke. According to a 2010 public health survey of more than 150 Ringgold residents, at least two out of every

three people (67 percent) are sup-portive of tobacco-free parks. Mount Ayr is not the first city in Iowa to protect the right for all res-idents to breathe clean air in public parks. Indianola was the first to implement a policy that covers ev-ery park and outdoor recreational facility at all times. Colo, Nevada, and Slater in Story county have also adopted tobacco-free policies. A growing trend nationally, over 80 cities in Minnesota have tobac-co-free park and recreation areas, and states from Maine to Califor-nia are ridding their parks of ciga-rette litter. The largest source of litter in the U.S. -- cigarette butts - contain toxic chemicals that can be harmful to small children, pets and birds if swallowed. The mini-grant and free signs are available to any Ringgold county or city park that wants to update the healthy image of their park by enacting a tobacco free policy. This program is part of a larger effort to keep kids from starting to chew or smoke. R-STOP invites the community to think about how positive role modeling can be encouraged in Ringgold county towns, schools, and parks to help keep youth from using tobacco. To learn more about R-STOP, the $1,000 park mini-grant or to-bacco-free signs, contact the Ring-gold County Public Health office at 641-464-0691, or find R-STOP on facebook.com/rstop.

A review of courthouse security procedures and work of a new fil-ing system for the district clerk of court were among topics for the Ringgold county board of supervi-sors in meetings this past week. The board met with district court judge Gary Kimes to review the courthouse security proce-dures, something that is done peri-odically, on Monday, March 28. In other action Monday the board visited with veterans’ affairs director Gary Smith to make sure that the local hours of operations are meeting the guidelines for a grant the county has received. Tax abatement for a parcel of land where a trailer home burned down and where a house was con-fiscated in a drug seizure and torn down were approved by the board. Debbie Cannon presented the treasurer’s monthly report and Laurie Greenman presented the auditor’s monthly report in other action. In action at the meeting Thurs-day, March 24, information on new document storage in the clerk of

A lawnmower from Hensley Trailer Sales in Mount Ayr will be making the trip to a mission in Haiti as part of the effort of Bless-ing Heart International, a Palmy-ra, MO, based Christian mission group. The mowers will be packed in one of two buses ready to ship to Haiti. Each bus is packed full of food, water, medical and school supplies, church pews, clothes and other essential items. The busses will provide safer transportation for all involved with the mission, along with giving the opportunity to provide transporta-tion for the children and other vari-ous church activities. The supplies,

Shown loading the mower on its way to Haiti are David Dukes from the First Baptist Church in Bedford, Josh Waske and Raymond Hensley.

Signs, grant forLewis Park aftertobacco policy

court vault was shared. The state will be replacing the current files with a series of rolling filing cabinets that will make re-cords more accessible. More filing cabinets can be stored in the vault, so supervisors were notified in case this would increase the weight too much for the floor to handle. After consulting with county engineer Zach Gunsolley the board noted that there should be no prob-lem with this. The old filing cabinets from the clerk’s office are being offered to the county board of supervisors and the supervisors have accepted that offer. Gunsolley also talked with the board about the budget amendment and how it related to the secondary roads department at the meeting. A liquor permit for the Sun Valley Country Club was also ap-proved by the supervisors at the meeting. Supervisors will not hold a meeting today (Thursday) but will go on a fact-finding tour of county roads.

Supervisors lookat security plan

Hensley adds mowerto Haiti aid mission

especially the water are extremely important in the light of the recent cholera epidemic. In addition the group has ac-quired a rollback truck and used pickup truck, all of which need to be shipped. The vehicles need to be shipped from Bedford, where the First Bap-tist Church has been involved in the project, to Haiti, with $28,000 needed in all to get all of the items shipped. Some $7,500 has already been donated. According to those involved in the project, checks can be sent to Blessing Hearts International, 5923 CR 324, Palmyra, MO 63461.

SIRWA recognized for expanding service

MAC school budget hearing set April 11

individuals the opportunity to dis-cuss the requirements of vegetation establishment and conservation planning associated with CRP. During this meeting NRCS staff will take time to answer any ques-tions a landowner may have about the CRP program and explain how this program might work into their operation. Call the Ringgold County NRCS office at 1-641-464-2201 or stop in the office at 1201 E. South Street, Mount Ayr to schedule an appoint-ment with either Alan Lange (soil conservationist) or Wayde Ross (district conservationist). The 41st CRP signup ends April 15, so please do not wait, make a call and staff will take time to dis-cuss this program and the opportu-nity it provides to Ringgold county producers and landowners.

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Thank YouThank YouRINGGOLD CHAPTER OF PHEASANTS FOREVER would like to thank all the 2011 Pheasants Forever sponsors for their generous donations to enable our organization to help create more food and shelter plots for a better pheasant habitat in our county. Money spent in Ringgold county includes LAND ACQUISITIONS: Fogle Recreation Area, $20,620; Kellerton Grassland BCA, $18,000, and Don and

Advanced Ag LLC - CrestonAmerican Legion AuxiliaryAunt Jennie’s AtticB & M RecyclingBarker ImplementBass Pro Shop - AltoonaBedford Building SupplyBoyer’s BarBoyt Harness CompanyBrundage ElectricButch MillerCGI FoodsClearview Homes and Clearview EstatesClint SpurrierCommunity Meat ProcessorsCountry BlossomsCunning Insurance Co IncCunning Real Estate and Land AuctionCurt Turner - American Family Ins.Dari SweetDeBruce Ag Services - BentonDiagonal Building ProductsDick’s Barber ShopDollar GeneralDredge Feed ServiceEdward Jones InvestmentsEighmy Monument Co.Excel Engineering - DiagonalFarm & HomeFarm Bureau InsuranceFarmers Cooperative - Mount AyrFirst Federal Savings Bank - CrestonFirst National Bank - CrestonFogle Lake 3D ArcheryFord ConstructionG & I Feed and GrainGerold’s OffspringsGlendenning Motor Co.Great Western Bank - Mount AyrHeartland Energy SolutionsHensley TrailersHilltop Veterinary ClinicHymbaugh Construction

Hy-Vee - Mount AyrIowa State Savings Bank - CrestonIris’ Beauty ShopJ.D. Moberg Real EstateJames L. Pedersen, P.C.Jami’s House Cleaning - Jami LoveJamie’s Coffee Mill and DeliJeremiah and Eleisa MurphyJim NewtonJim Smith AuctioneeringJohn Parrish - PioneerJohnson Trailer Sales - TingleyKelly James AuctioneeringKelly Tire and ExhaustKlejch Insurance AgencyK-Town Legends - KellertonLeMar Industries Corp.Lefty’s Club TavernLongfellow DrillingLongfellow FoundationLucky LanesLynn’s Sinclair Food MartMickey D’sMidwest Fur/Bruce HuttonMike FordMount Ayr Community FFA ChapterMount Ayr Health Care and Maple Ridge Assisted LivingThe Mount Ayr Inn & SuitesMount Ayr Massage TherapyMount Ayr Record-NewsMount Ayr TractorMount Ayr Veterinary ClinicMunyon Plumbing & HeatingNAPA Auto Parts- Mount AyrNewton Sporting Goods and GunsmithingPamidaPeggy Sue’sPodium InkPrincess TheaterPzazz Dog Food - Todd Glendenning/ Craig BrabyRandy BishopRicker Air Conditioning, Heating and Plumbing

Rieper Law Office - Des MoinesRinggold County Beef ProducersRoberts Auto Inc.Romano’s PizzaSavanna Sky Landscape Design - Jeremy NewtonScheel’s - West Des MoinesSecond Home - KellertonShafer Insurance AgencySickels AutomotiveSickels Lime and RockSilver Spur Café and Bar - Grand RiverSmith OilSmith and Reynolds Car WashSouthwest Builder Supply, Inc.Southwest Iowa Rural Electric CooperativeSplash ‘N DashSportsman’s LodgeSportsman’s Warehouse - AnkenyStephens Land ConstructionStephens Tire and OilSteve Newton ConstructionStill in StyleSubway - Mount AyrSunBest Foods LLC - ClearfieldSur-Gro - DiagonalSweet EscapesTaygold CooperativeTaylor FiberglassThe Insurance Station - Deb LarsonGail Trullinger FamilyTrullinger FarmUS BankVetter Equipment/Case I.H.Walmart - CrestonWayde RossWhite’s WoodworkingWiley Pest ControlWatson-Armstrong Funeral HomesWm. H. French AgencyWoodLink, Ltd.

Ringgold County Pheasants ForeverBanquet Committee

Connie Huff Wildlife Area, $3,000. HABITAT & PUBLIC AWARENESS: Food Plots, $18,650; Food Plot Seed, $656; Woody Cover, $2,330; Ringgold County Hunter Safety, $1,100; Conservation Camps (Boys and Girls), $1,250; Buffer Strips, $4,000; Southwest Iowa Seed Drill, $675; Ringgold County S.W.C.D. Tree Planter, $1,000; Nesting Cover, $627, and Archery in the Schools Program, $1,000 - for a total of $72,908. The following donors sup-port Pheasants Forever -- Please support them!

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Ringgold County Supervisors ProceedingsMarch 21, 2011 The Ringgold County Board of Supervisors met in regular ses-sion Monday, March 21, 2011. The meeting was called to order 9 a.m. with the following members present: Dale Walters, Kurt Shaha and David Inloes. A motion was made by David In-loes and seconded by Kurt Shaha to approve the agenda. AYES: Unani-mous. NAYS: None. A motion was made by Kurt Shaha and seconded by David In-loes to approve the previous meeting minutes. AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. County attorney Clint Spurrier was present to give legal updates. The claims checks will be issued on March 22, 2011.

Adams, Brenda Sue, weed com-missioner mileage, $106.60.

Adams, Madeline, DECAT ser-vices February 16-28, $600.00.

Alex-Teck, crane inspection, $510.20.

Alliant Energy, conservation util-ity/Diagonal, $359.55.

American Institutional Supply, sheriff jail supplies, $42.35.

Bankers Trust Company, sheriff jail bond fee, $200.00.

Briggs Corp., public health nurs-ing supplies, $302.36.

Buck, Bob, Rice township meet-ing, $20.00.

Calhoun-Burns & Associates, bridge inspections, $17,620.00.

Cannon, Debra, treasurer post-age, $16.05.

Central Iowa Fasteners, parts, $92.51.

Certified Power, Inc., parts, $1,598.55.

Chat Mobility, attorney/cell/RCSS phones, $141.98.

City of Delphos, February street payment, $77.33.

City of Diagonal, February street payment, $546.19.

City of Kellerton, February street payment, $919.43.

City of Maloy, February street payment, $86.69.

City of Mount Ayr, shop, $91.46.CNH Capital/Vetter, parts,

$559.05.Cool Concepts Performance,

Coatings, parts, $200.19.Cross Dillon Tire, tires, $512.00.Crossroads Mental Health Cen-

ter, sheriff MMPI test, $50.00.Culligan, office items, $5.50.Derscheid, Scott, sheriff jail

school meals/mileage, $220.46.

Mount Ayr City Council Proceedings

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March 21, 2011 The city council met in regu-lar session on March 21, 2011 with mayor Solliday calling the meeting to order at 6 p.m. Roll call was taken with the following members present: Greene, Feeback, Ricker, Cannon. Absent: Mathany. A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Greene, to approve the agenda. Ayes: Greene, Feeback, Ricker, Cannon. Nays: None. Mayor Solliday asked if any cor-rections needed to be made in the minutes. With no corrections being made, a motion was made by Ricker, seconded by Cannon, to dispense the reading of the minutes previously presented to council members and approve them as presented. Ayes: Greene, Feeback, Ricker, Cannon. Nays: None. Chris Doster and community youth JEL and SADD representa-tives Ariel Dickerson, Charmaine Johnson, Jordan Klejch and Becca Pennington were in attendance with a presentation of support for a “Tobac-co Free Park Policy.” Others present to speak in support of adopting such a policy included: coach Derrick Lambert, park board member Shelly Shields and Family Resource Center manager Brenda Adams. Children from the Family Resource Center, Abby Adams and Caden Lambert,

shared pictures drawn “Don’t Smoke in the Park,” etc. to emphasize their support of the policy. Doster point-ed out the importance of sending a consistent message to youth like at school and the day care. A motion was made by Ricker, seconded by Feeback, to adopt Res-olution No. 2011-464 entitled, “City of Mount Ayr Tobacco Free Park Policy” for Judge Lewis Park. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Feeback, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. Park board member Shelly Shields asked for council consider-ation to appoint non-residents of the city to the Mount Ayr park board. Currently there is a vacancy on the board. She expressed that youth from all over the county use the park and there has been interest expressed by some who don’t live within the city limits to serve. A motion was made by Can-non, seconded by Greene, to amend Chapter 23.02 of the City Code in regard to the residency requirement for appointed park board members. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Feeback, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. A motion was made by Greene, seconded by Ricker, to approve the seasonal contract of Mike Still as recreation director as recommended by the park board. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Feeback, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. Councilman Feeback shared in-formation he had been gathering that if found to be feasible could ser-vice the city’s water capacity needs without the cost of building a new storage structure. That opportunity would come from utilizing storage in the SIRWA towers and pumping it directly to the city’s current tow-ers. More information, such as chlo-rination treatment needs, pressure overpowering pump and the current contract with SIRWA will have to be evaluated. MSA Professional Services rep-resentatives Sarah Campbell and Justin Vogel brought a “Summary of Water System Improvements” to the meeting for review and consid-eration as they continue to fine-tune the “Water System Analysis” report they were contracted to provide. Storage demand regulations and the storage capacity the council wants to plan for were discussed. MSA recommended a structure that would provide 300,000 gallons of capac-ity and provided a cost estimate at four different sites for elevated stor-age compared to clear well storage. Estimated cost for an above ground tower was projected to be consider-ably higher than a ground storage structure. Council members thought that planning for storage capacity more in line with what they currently have would be a better option. MSA was asked to estimate the cost of a 150,000 gallon capacity structure as well as looking to the feasibility of utilizing the SIRWA storage option. A motion was made by Greene, seconded by Cannon, to approve Change Order Request No. 1 in the amount of $7,390.04 to the project contractor “Smith Seeding, Inc.” as recommended by HR Green, Inc. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Feeback, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. Mayor Solliday shared informa-tion following a preliminary dis-cussion with Waste Management representatives Jeremy Olsen and Tom Marquart in regard to recycling options. WM finds the need to make some changes as the number of resi-dents utilizing the curbside recycling has greatly increased following the removal of the large bin that had been placed by the Ringgold county supervisors. WM shared three possi-ble options with the mayor: 1) Bring-ing the large bin back on a cost share basis with the county; 2) Implement-ing a program called Single Stream Recycling, or 3) Continue with the curbside method, by increasing com-pensation to WM. This matter will be discussed further when WM comes to a future council meeting with cost figures for each option. A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Ricker, to approve the renewal application of American Legion Post #172 for a Class C li-quor license. Ayes: Greene, Feeback, Ricker, Cannon. Nays: None. A motion was made by Cannon,

seconded by Greene, to add the “longevity pay” received prior to his change to Maintenance I to Bob Strange’s supervisory salary amount. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Feeback, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. Bob Strange report: Following discussion, Strange was directed to get more details in regard to a sewer pump maintenance program. Water meter replacement has been a priori-ty in recent weeks and it was decided to purchase an additional 50 meters utilizing funds from the budgeted main replacement and rural water line items. It was noted the backhoe is still being repaired, hauling in some one-inch clean rock needed for street repairs is planned and a con-versation with Eva Knapp in regard to getting city sewer to her property along Henderson Street was brought forward. Council would like to see that project worked on. In other discussion it was decided to rerun the ads for mowing bids and the office job. Mayor Solliday ap-pointed Gerald Cannon, Jim Feeback and Pam Poore as the interview com-mittee. Cannon thought it best prac-tice to keep costs down that council members agree prior to phone calls being made to the city attorney. A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Ricker, to approve the treasurer’s report. Ayes: Greene, Fee-back, Ricker, Cannon. Nays: None. A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Greene, to pay the fol-lowing bills: Ayes: Greene, Feeback, Ricker, Cannon. Nays: None.

Hach, testing supplies, $491.04.US Bank, federal withholding/

FICA tax, $1,821.16.CSC, child support, $108.50.IAMU, CEU, $10.00.Richard Wilson, legal fees,

$163.50.Southwest Builder Supply, gate,

$118.42.Blue Cross Blue Shield, insur-

ance, $3,280.38.Municipal Supply, meters,

$13,048.75.Chamber, dues, $120.00.Windstream, phone lines,

$452.30.Pam Poore, insurance reimburse-

ment, $500.00.Ringgold County Treasurer, prop-

erty tax, $6,289.00.Safety-Kleen, solvent, $251.44.Lawson, clamps/washers,

$171.10.Steve’s Tractor, parts, $47.68.Schaefer Excavating, gravel park,

$1,817.42.MBS, wash window, $34.00.SICOG, housing grant,

$18,543.00.US Cellular, cell phones,

$144.75.Tyler Insurance, insurance,

$38,327.00.Eagle Engraving, identification

tags, $11.40.Bob Strange, insurance reim-

bursement, $500.00.MVP, handle, $95.00.Jessica Jay, deposit, $200.00.Gross Claims, $86,545.84.(By fund: General, $28,170.38; industrial build-

ing, $6,736.00; E.B., $500.00; Loch Ayr, $1,829.00; CDBG housing, $18,543.00.) FEBRUARY RECEIPTS General $10,145.13Downtown renovation 1,223.33Industrial building 1,667.00Garbage 13,800.85RUT 15,947.96Employee benefit 362.40Emergency 53.74LOST 10,043.07Urban Ext. TIF 555.30FEMA storm shelter 25,432.00CDBG housing 31,349.00Debt service 789.01Special assessment 1,656.64Water 34,109.82Sewer 68,525.27

Sewer improvement 3,189.46 Total = $218,849.98FEBRUARY DISBURSEMENTSGeneral $ 35,969.43Garbage 10,887.68RUT 27,335.78Employee benefit 4,183.31Aquatic Center 10,531.50FEMA storm shelter 2,532.00CDBG housing 31,349.00Water 34,126.67Water improvement 3,500.00Sewer 44,206.03Sewer improvement 6,189.46 Total = $233,710.86 A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Greene, to adjourn. DONALD B. SOLLIDAY MayorATTEST: PAMELLA POORE City Clerk

PublicNotices

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’SSALE AND LEVY

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTFOR RINGGOLD COUNTY

STATE OF IOWACourt Case No. EQCV506159

Special ExecutionEVERHOME MORTGAGE COM-PANY, Plaintiff,

vs.CHRISTINA A. BOWEN; JUDD BOWEN; KEY BANK N.A.; BEN-EFICIAL IOWA, INC., Defendants. As a result of the judgment ren-dered in the above entitled case, an execution was issued by the clerk of the district court to the sheriff of Ringgold county, Iowa. The execution ordered the sale of defendant’s real estate. The execution was issued to satisfy a judgment in rem. The property is described below: Description: Lots Four (4) and Five (5) of Block Nine (9) of the Original Plat to the Town of Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa. E-911 Address: 203 N. Appanoose Street, Kellerton. Sale Date: 04/29/2011. Sale Time: 10:30 a.m. Location of Sale: Ground floor of the Ringgold County Courthouse, Mount Ayr, Iowa. Homestead: Defendant is advised that if the described real estate includes the homestead, (must not exceed 1/2 acre if in the city or town plat, or, if rural, must not exceed 40 acres). The defendant must file a homestead plat with the office of the sheriff of Ring-gold county, Iowa, within 10 days after the service of this notice, or the sheriff shall have it platted and will assess the costs of this case. After sale of said real estate, the defendant may redeem the property within. No redemption: THIS SALE IS NOT SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION PER ORDER OF THE COURT. Property exemption, certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file the appropriate notice, if applicable. Judgment Amount: $33,273.01. Interest: 7.875 percent per annum from 9/09/10 to sale $1,665.76. Costs of Suit: $235.00. Other costs: $950.00 attorney fees PLUS COSTS OF THIS ACTION AND ACCRUING COSTS. Attorney for Plaintiff: James V. Sarcone, Jr., 666 Walnut Street, Ste. 2000, Des Moines, IA 50309. Phone: 515-243-7100. Dated 3-14-2011. MIKE E. SOBOTKA, Sheriff Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office Phone: 641-464-3921 Fax: 641-464-0626

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF’SSALE AND LEVY

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURTFOR RINGGOLD COUNTY

STATE OF IOWACourt Case No. EQCV506183

Special ExecutionNATIONWIDE ADVANTAGE MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff,

vs.JACKI K. STARK a/k/a JACKI STARK, Defendant. As a result of the judgment ren-dered in the above entitled case, an execution was issued by the clerk of the district court to the sheriff of Ringgold county, Iowa. The execution ordered the sale of defendant’s real estate. The execution was issued to satisfy a judgment in rem. The property is described below: Description: Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3), Four (4) and Five (5) in Block Two (2); and Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3), Four (4), Five (5), Six (6) and Seven (7) in Block Four (4); and Lot One (1) in Block Seven (7), all in Cornwall’s Addition to the town of Ellston, Ringgold county, Iowa; and, Lots One (1), Two (2) and Three (3) in Block Three (3) of the original

plat to the town of Ellston, Ringgold county, Iowa; and, The east and west alley between Lots One (1), Two (2) and Three (3) in Block Three (3) in the original plat to the town of Ellston, Ringgold county, Iowa, and Lot Four (4) in Block Four (4) of Hughey’s Addition to the town of Ellston, Ringgold county, Iowa; and, Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3), Four (4), Five (5), Six (6), Seven (7), Eight (8), Nine (9), Ten (10) and Eleven (11) in Block One (1); and Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3) and Four (4) in Block Four (4) of Hughey’s Addi-tion to the town of Ellston, Ringgold county, Iowa; and, Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3) and Four (4) in Block Three (3) in Cornwall’s Addition to the town of Ellston, Ringgold county, Iowa. E-911 Address: 300 N. Kirkwood, Ellston, IA 50074. Sale Date: 04/29/2011. Sale Time: 11 a.m. Location of Sale: Ground floor of the Ringgold County Courthouse, Mount Ayr, Iowa. Homestead: Defendant is advised that if the described real estate includes the homestead, (must not exceed 1/2 acre if in the city or town plat, or, if rural, must not exceed 40 acres). The defendant must file a homestead plat with the office of the sheriff of Ring-gold county, Iowa, within 10 days after the service of this notice, or the sheriff shall have it platted and will assess the costs of this case. After sale of said real estate, the defendant may redeem the property within. No Redemption: THIS SALE IS NOT SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION PER ORDER OF THE COURT. Property exemption, certain money or property may be exempt. Contact your attorney promptly to review specific provisions of the law and file the appropriate notice, if applicable. Judgment Amount: $55,751.00. Interest: $1,668.42 at 5.875 per-cent from 10/24/10 to sale date. Costs of Suit: Attorney fees $850.00 at 5.875 percent interest from January 18, 2011 to sale $26.04. Other costs: PLUS COSTS OF THIS ACTION AND ACCRUING COSTS. Attorney for Plaintiff: David R. Elkin, 315 East Fifth Street, Ste. 5, Des Moines, IA 50309. Phone: 515-244-3188. Dated 3-14-2011. MIKE E. SOBOTKA, Sheriff Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office Phone: 641-464-3921 Fax: 641-464-0626

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Public NoticesActivities Staff

Clearview Home

March 28 – Residents are get-ting excited about the change in the weather. So is the staff. Many things are coming up in April, especially the volunteer supper. Coming up next week will be a popcorn party in honor of National Caramel Corn Day on April 4 at 2 p.m. The monthly nature program will be April 7 and it will be on prairie chickens. The general store will be open in the afternoon as well as a group of fifth graders in at 2 p.m. to work puzzles with the residents and visit. Kathi will be in for high rollers April 9 at 9:30 a.m. The monthly birthday party is set for April 14 at 2:30 p.m. with the Tingley UMW group hosting the event. Residents with a birth-day in April are Roxie Trullinger on April 2; Vera Daughton, April 5; Ed Poppe, April 17, and Mary Ann Marvin, April 22. Staff with a birthday in April are Vanessa Corbett on April 9; Joyce John-son, April 11; Kris Davis and Julie Routh, April 12; Jenny Vasquez and Lacy Doolittle, April 16, and Lloyd Miller and Holly Karr, April 20. The general store was open for business Monday morning. Kathi and Sommer were busy with store patrons. Pattie and Sommer played plinko with the residents since Faith and Grace were unable to perform. They will come to enter-tain another time. The teams were Dillies and Dollies. Each team took two games. Vera Daughton’s chip fell in the 50 point slot five times. Playing were Anita Hayworth, Loren Drake, Permelia Fletch-all, Iona Groves, Henry Peterson, Larry Blunck, Vera Daughton, Roy Beck, Ed Poppe and Joan Hill. Tuesday was coffee club day. Residents enjoyed a fresh-baked peanut butter cookie. Jane Buck played the keyboard for music in the morning. Helping Pattie and Lisa with the singing was Peggy Wagenknecht. Lisa continued the piano music in the south lobby be-fore lunch. Winners at bingo were Iona Groves, Donnie Johnston, Dwight Cunning, Lorraine Rea-soner, Colleen Greenman, Shorty Umbarger and Norma Paxson. Residents and staff gathered for a baby shower for Amber and Ken-leigh Fooken following bingo. She received many special gifts and cards. Cookies and punch were served. Kathi, Pattie and Sommer were busy with hand care Wednesday morning. Lila and Jack Greene brought church in the afternoon. Thursday Kathi read the Mount Ayr Record-News and Diagonal Progress. Liz, Sommer and Kathi assisted residents with a spring frog craft along with the Lil’ Raid-er preschoolers. The preschoolers sang three fun songs with actions for everyone to enjoy. The students made extra door decorations for the residents who were unable to attend the activity. The high school trumpets cancelled so residents play high rollers with Kathi. Mike Maddy was in for Bible study to finish the afternoon activities. The Eastern Star group delivered eight blankets made with several dif-ferent textures, zippers, buttons, snaps, ties, lace and bows for resi-dents to touch and relate to. Mary Kathryn Gepner of the Mount Ayr Public Library delivered books for some residents. Christine Bishop was in for her special reading to the residents Fri-day. Lisa played the piano in the south lobby and special care unit. Bingo in the afternoon was a lot of fun. Winners were Ed Poppe, Vera Daughton, Joan Hill, Dwight Cun-ning, Doyle Murphy and Minnie Breckenridge. Minnie Breckenridge’s fam-ily was in to host a birthday open house for her 85th birthday. Fam-ily served pineapple punch with cake and coffee. Peggy Skarda was in to play for Minnie’s birth-day. Everyone enjoyed seeing Peggy and Elbert. Saturday night the aides brought residents out to the south lobby to enjoy watching a vintage Elizabeth Taylor movie. Many were excited to see “Na-tional Velvet” starring Taylor and Mickey Rooney from 1944. Pearl Grout also celebrated her birth-day with family and friends in on Saturday. They enjoyed their noon meal together. Sunday Dora Ann Shields and Jane Buck led Sunday school. Residents enjoying time out of the facility with family were Do-nElla Reed, Shorty and Helen Um-barger, Dick Barnes and Norma Paxson. Visitors last week were Linda McNutt with Anita Hayworth and Lois Anne Sobotka; Carolyn Der-rick with Dorsey Derrick; Norma Lee Jones with Pearl Jones; Trudy Weaver with Virginia Weaver and Roy Beck; Shelli Brand, Jessie Woollums, Ellen Brand and Jen-nifer Younts and Gabrielle and Alexander with Roxie Trullinger; Peggy Skarda with Minnie Breck-enridge and Cleone Thompson; Alyce Reed Mattis with DonElla

Reed; SuAnn Cook, Olivia, Caitlin and Iver Wackernagle, Deb and Jack Wackernagle, Jadene Brown and Marilyn Maltzuhn with Ar-loa Wackernagle; Larry and Leta Thompson with Cleone Thomp-son; Cleone Hosfield with Cleone Thompson, Minnie Breckenridge and Charlotte Summers; Mary Sue McIntosh with Minnie Breck-enridge; Kay Sickels with Vera Daughton; Darlene Beck with Roy Beck; Greg Storhoff with Millie Storhoff; Aaron and Andrea Am-ick, Emily, Jason and Conor Lyons and Bill and Diane Breckenridge with Minnie Breckenridge; Roger Bickel with Mildred Bickel; Fred and Virginia Siverly with Jean and Karl Wurster; Doro-thy Barber with Doyle Murphy; Lorna and Casey Paxson with Norma Paxson; Louise Frost with Iona Groves; Rev. Gary and Donna Keller with Dora Shields; Peggy Skarda with Twilla Lininger; Paula Larsen and Barb Garrett with Pam Larsen; Dale Mager with Pearl Jones; Tommie R. Stoner with Raymond Wake; Mike and Phyllis Olszewski with Permelia Fletchall; Mike and Bev Auer and Norma Lee Jones with Pearl Grout; Jody and Larry Lipcamon, Norma and Jerry Shields and Callie and Cavan O’Brien with Vernice Shields; Chuck and Arlene Carlson with Don Strange; Pattie Barnes, Abigail Barnes and Hal-sie and Linsie Barnes with Dick Barnes, and Louise and Dean Frost with Iona Groves, Tom Golliday, Arloa Wackernagle and Lucille Siple.

Caledonia

Brenda Karr • 464-2486

March 28 - What a crazy week it has been for weather. Only in Iowa can we have thunderstorms with hail, tornadoes and heavy rain and a few days later have measur-able snow. Brenda Karr has been by to vis-it and eat lunch with Shirley Karr. She also stopped by the hospital to visit with her other mom, Trisha White. Danny, Brenda, Karissa and Holly Karr took a road trip to Beth-any, MO to do some shopping. Visitors and lunch guests Fri-day, March 18, in the home of Gene and Lucy Comer were Steve and Mila Comer, Kelly Ann McKibbin and children Brooke and Beth and Tanya Sanson and children Drake and Tyce. They all brought food in to share with everyone. Tanya came down last week to visit Gene and Lucy Comer and to help them around the house. Gene Karr and friend Charlie Brown of Union Star, MO arrived Thursday to visit Shirley Karr, see her new apartment and take her out to lunch at Rumors. The Caledonia gang wants to wish Barb Shields a speedy recov-ery and wellness. The picnic gang went to Keller-ton Saturday for their picnic. The hostesses were Rich and Jody Hen-sley. Those attending were Danny and Brenda Karr, Lyndell Davis and Bob and Debbie Brumfield. They enjoyed grilling out, wonder-ful food, watching it snow, playing games and everyone’s company. Until next time, Caledonia read-ers.

Mount Ayr envelopes spread the word about some of the features of Mount Ayr with every

letter mailed. Available exclusively at the Mount Ayr Record-News, 464-2440.

Department of Management - Form S-PB-6

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED MOUNT AYR SCHOOL BUDGET SUMMARY

FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012

Location of Public Hearing: Date of Hearing: Time of Hearing:

Mt. Ayr CSD - Board Room 1 04/11/11 1 6:00 PM 1

The Board of Directors will conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2011/12 school budget at

the above-noted location and time. At the hearing, any resident or taxpayer may present objections

to, or arguments in favor of, any part of the proposed budget. This notice represents a summary of

the supporting detail of revenues and expenditures on file with the district secretary. A copy

of the details will be furnished upon request.

Budget 2012

Re-estimated

2011 Actual 2010

Avg %

10-12

Taxes Levied on Property 1 3,396,585 3,167,774 3,102,605 4.6%

Utility Replacement Excise Tax 2 97,933 97,846 104,825 -3.3%

Income Surtaxes 3 128,000 127,870 120,233 3.2%

Tuition\Transportation Received 4 350,000 350,000 383,168

Earnings on Investments 5 40,774 40,270 74,901

Nutrition Program Sales 6 150,000 151,500 150,447

Student Activities and Sales 7 364,000 364,000 352,067

Other Revenues from Local Sources 8 556,700 532,000 581,950

Revenue from Intermediary Sources 9 10,000 10,000 30,171

State Foundation Aid 10 3,401,726 3,530,883 2,388,766

Instructional Support State Aid 11 7,830 15,058 0

Other State Sources 12 4,500 4,500 491,187

ARRA Fiscal Stabilization (in formula) 13 0 130,000 293,007

Title 1 Grants 14 182,000 182,000 165,456

Other Federal Sources 15 428,000 1,147,706 602,705

Total Revenues 16 9,118,048 9,851,407 8,841,488

General Long-Term Debt Proceeds 17 0 0 2,885,000

Transfers In 18 269,252 436,511 425,390

Proceeds of Fixed Asset Dispositions 19 0 6,000 15,931

Total Revenues & Other Sources 20 9,387,300 10,293,918 12,167,809

Beginning Fund Balance 21 769,340 1,959,791 4,082,557

Total Resources 22 10,156,640 12,253,709 16,250,366

*Instruction 23 5,363,010 5,572,135 4,882,780 4.8%

Student Support Services 24 217,000 217,000 214,196

Instructional Staff Support Services 25 270,000 270,000 269,109

General Administration 26 355,000 325,000 315,816

Building Administration 27 340,000 340,000 295,048

Business Administration 28 195,657 190,000 180,770

Plant Operation and Maintenance 29 1,303,904 731,500 631,017

Student Transportation 30 447,000 449,000 370,842

This row is intentionally left blank 31 0 0 0

*Total Support Services (lines 24-31)31A 3,128,561 2,522,500 2,276,798 17.2%

*Noninstructional Programs 32 350,471 414,953 372,797 -3.0%

Facilities Acquisition and Construction 33 0 1,472,500 5,308,225

Debt Service 34 778,617 795,576 786,907

AEA Support - Direct to AEA 35 266,729 270,194 267,205

*Total Other Expenditures (lines 33-35)35A 1,045,346 2,538,270 6,362,337 -59.5%

Total Expenditures 36 9,887,388 11,047,858 13,894,712

Other Financing Uses: Transfers Out 37 269,252 436,511 395,863

Total Expenditures & Other Uses 38 10,156,640 11,484,369 14,290,575

Ending Fund Balance 39 0 769,340 1,959,791

Total Requirements 40 10,156,640 12,253,709 16,250,366

Proposed Property Tax Rate (per $1,000 taxable

valuation) 16.50747

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Church Obituaries Public Notices

Church Notes Obituaries

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 Ayr 10:00 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 Bruce Giese

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

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

Rev. Don Craig Sunday, April 3: 10:00 a.m., Sunday School/Adult Bible Study. 11:00 a.m., Worship.

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 10:00 a.m., Sunday School. 11:00 a.m., Worship service. 7:00 p.m., Evangelistic service. 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

(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.

Regular Baptist ChurchMount Ayr

464-3293 (Church) 9:45 a.m., Sunday School. 11:00 a.m., Morning Worship Service. 6:30 p.m., Evening Service. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., AWANA; 7 p.m., Youth Group.

Hickory GroveAdvent Christian Church

Sherry Wiley, supply pastor 11:00 a.m., Worship service.

Mount Ayr Assembly of GodPastor Doug Rohrer

(515-783-7712)www.102983.agchurches.org

9:00 a.m., Sunday school, all ages. 10:00 a.m., Fellowship. 10:30 a.m., Worship service. Nursery available. Children’s church. Wednesdays: Service at 7 p.m. Thursdays: Youth night at 6:30 p.m.

KellertonUnited Methodist ChurchRick Hawkins, Minister

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

BeaconsfieldUnited Methodist ChurchRick Hawkins, Minister

Sunday, 9:00 a.m., Morning Wor-ship. No Sunday School.

United Baptist-Presbyterian Church

2343 State Highway 169Mount Ayr

Michael Maddy, Pastor Wednesday, March 30: 7:00 p.m., Bible Study. 7:30 p.m., Women’s study group. Sunday, April 3: 9:00 a.m., Sunday school. 10:00 a.m., Worship. Tuesday, April 5: 7:00 a.m., Men’s breakfast at Peggy Sue’s. 1:30 p.m., Low-impact exercise class.

Faith United ParishPastor Bruce Giese

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

Bank of Christ Outreach and Hope Center

2nd & Ringgold, Kellerton 10:00 a.m., Sunday school for children and adults. 11:00 a.m., Church service with Kathy Johnston speaking.

First Christian Church Pastor Chris Conklin

Sunday, April 3: Food Pantry Sunday. 9:00 a.m., Sunday school. 10:00 a.m., Worship. Fellowship dinner following. Wednesday, April 6: 9:30 a.m., CWF. Sundays: S.T.O.M.P. at 5 p.m. Wednesdays: L.A.M.B.S. at 3:30 p.m.; Choir at 5:30 p.m. Thursday Prayer group at 12 p.m.

Wishard ChapelUnited Methodist Church

Rev. Dan Fernandez, Pastor 10:00 a.m., Sunday school. 11:00 a.m., Worship. Missionary Sunday: Every first Sunday of the month. United Methodist Women: Every Second Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Youth Group: Second and Fourth Sundays, 5:00 p.m. at Ellston.

EllstonUnited Methodist Church

Rev. Dan Fernandez, Pastor 9:00 a.m., Worship. 10:00 a.m., Sunday School. United Methodist Women: Every 2nd Monday, 1:30 p.m. Youth Group: Second and Fourth Sundays, 5:00 p.m. at Ellston. Website: ellstonumc.org

TingleyUnited Methodist Church

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

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.

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, April 3: 9:50 a.m., Sunday school. 10:30 a.m., Worship service with Donn Henson speaking.

Mount Ayr Restoration BranchSherman Phipps, Presiding Elder

Alan Smith, Assistant Sunday, April 3: Welcomers: Gordon Winkler. 9:45 a.m., Family Worship, Rob Rolfe. 10:00 a.m., Classes. 11:00 a.m., Worship. Ron Smith, presiding; Sherman Phipps, speaking; Jan Jordison, pianist; Lynda Rolfe, special music. Custodians: Sherman Phipps. 6:00 p.m., Family fellowship at Bob Rowland home. Wednesday, April 6: 7:00 p.m., Prayer service at Gordon Winkler home. Alan Smith presid-ing.

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Gary HensleyGARY LEE HENSLEY

Gary Lee Hensley, son of Lloyd Wayne Hensley and Ruby Belle Hobbs, was born in Mount Ayr, Iowa on September 23, 1942. Gary graduated from Mount Ayr Com-munity high school in the class of 1961 before joining the army reserves. After the army reserves, he worked as a farmer and later su-perintendent for the City of Mount Ayr for many years. On July 16, 1967, Gary mar-ried Dianna Elizabeth Grune. They have been married for 43 years and had two children, Randy Lee and Russell Allen. Over the years he enjoyed nu-merous hobbies and interests in-cluding pony pulling, horse pull-ing, his grandchildren and driving members of the Amish community. Through these endeavors, Gary made many friends and acquain-tances with whom he relished hav-ing a good conversation. He is survived by his wife, Di-anna; son, Randy and wife Dennell of Orient, Iowa; son, Russell and wife Calli of Portland, Oregon, and grandchildren, Wyatt, Owen, Isabella and Oliver. He is preceded in death by his parents. Gary passed on March 23, 2011. He was laid to rest in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Mount Ayr. Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr was in charge of the arrangements.

Tom MillerTHOMAS JAMES MILLER

Thomas James Miller, only son of John Duane and Laura Anderson Miller, was born in rural Blockton, Ringgold county, Iowa on March 13, 1939 and passed away March 19, 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Tom attended the one-room Miller school and later graduated from Blockton high school with the class of 1957; he also gradu-ated from Northwest Missouri State College with a degree in agriculture and biology. While in college he joined the army reserves and served six months in Fort Ord, California. He later taught the vet-erans agriculture class sponsored by Southwest Iowa Community College in Creston. Tom served on the soil conservation board, was a member of the Bethany Lodge No. 320 and Scottish Rite of Freema-sonry, Blockton Christian Church and served as deacon and elder. Tom and Barbara Brown were married in Gentry, Missouri on June 16, 1962 and to this union three children were born. Tom loved his family and preached hon-esty and character building. His other love was farming the land, seeing the crops grow and buying and trading farm equipment. Tom is survived by his wife, Barbara of Maryville, Missouri; son, Scott Thomas and wife Mi-chelle of Grain Valley, Missouri; daughter, Leslie Drake and hus-band Mark of Mankato, Minne-sota; grandsons, Shane Thomas and Justin Scott Miller and Spen-cer Jeffrey Hawk; granddaughters, Mackenzie Grace and Alexis Dan-ielle Hawk, and great-grandson, Kruz Jeffrey Miller. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Laura Miller; parents-in-law, Harvey Brown and Paul and Louetta Shaffer, and son, Jeffrey Duane Miller in 1990. Tom will be missed by his fam-ily and friends. Memorials are to the Blockton Christian Church,

Blockton Fire Department and the Blockton ambulance. Wat-son-Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr was in charge of the ar-rangements. Services were held at the Chris-tian church in Blockton on Satur-day, March 26, 2011, with Rev. Scott Marcum officiating. Pianist was Jodi Lawrence. Casket bearers included Ken-neth Smith, Dan Freeman, Rick Ridge, Steve Knapp, Caleb Ridge, Taylor Ridge, Shane Miller, Justin Miller and Spencer Hawk. Honorary pallbearers were Gary Hoover, Doyle Saville, Bill Free-man, Kenny Goff, James Ridge, L.C. Ridge, Mark Hoover, Steve Oxley, Bill Meyer, Lloyd Glen-denning, Gary Cavenaugh, John West, Mike Travis, Dean Cobb, Paul Smith, Doug Wall, Granville Brown, Larry Brown, Jim Wine-miller and Ron Thompson. Military rites were by Blockton Post #443, American Legion. Tom was laid at rest in the Red-ding Cemetery in Redding.

Services pending for Alice Boyd Alice Boyd, 93, passed away March 28, 2011 in Mount Ayr. Her services will be later in the week. Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr is in charge of the ar-rangements. Her full obituary will appear in next week’s edition.

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JB Routh, 89, of Clearfield, Iowa died March 22, 2011, at Clearview Home in Clearfield. JB was born February 25, 1922, in Clearfield to Addis and Gladys (Bailey) Routh. He graduated from Clearfield high school in 1940. In May 1943 he joined the navy, trans-ferring to the Seabees after boot camp and was discharged in De-cember 1945. He married Dorothy Clarey on May 23, 1946 at Olathe, Kansas. They operated a produce business and a hardware store in Clearfield for 25 years. He was a member of the Clearfield United Methodist Church, the Platte River Sports Complex, Ducks Unlimited and was a former member of the Clearfield Lions Club. Survivors include his daughters, Janet Becker of Hedrick, Iowa and Kathy Butler of Diagonal, Iowa; five grandchildren, Jason (Melis-sa) Butler of Creston, Iowa, Chris (Sarah) Becker of Ottumwa, Iowa, Jennifer (James) Tull of Diagonal, Iowa, Julie (Andy) Johnson of Ankeny, Iowa and Joni (Jeremy) Gillam of Creston, Iowa; six great-grandchildren, Blake Butler, Gavin and Haylee Gillam, Landon and Emma Becker and Jasper Johnson; brothers, Ronnie (Bonnie) Routh of Creston, Iowa, Bernard (Mari-lyn) Routh of Whiting, Iowa and Bill (Anna) Routh of Coffee Creek, Montana; sister, Gwen (Spencer) Sandeman of Creston, Iowa; sis-ters-in-law, Martha Routh of Cres-co, Iowa and Mary Lou Schlapia of Boulder, Colorado; special friend, Bette Frakes of Owasso, Okla-homa, and a host of loving nieces, nephews and friends. Preceding him in death were his wife, Dorothy; his parents; broth-ers, Mick and Richard, and infant sister, Betty. A memorial, to be determined at a later date, has been established in his name. Services were held at the United Methodist Church in Clearfield on Friday, March 25, 2011, with Rev. Eydie Stephens officiating. Memo-ries were by Rev. Al Rusk and Joe Routh. Pianist was Patty Parrish. Casket bearers included Ja-son and Melissa Butler, Chris and Sarah Becker, Jennifer and James Tull, Julie and Andy Johnson, Joni and Jeremy Gillam and Joe Routh. Honorary pallbearers were Matt Routh, Lincoln Parrish, Brett Routh, John Parrish, Frank Gun-solley, Don Howard and Fred Wil-son. Military rites were by Wood-side Post #97. JB was laid at rest in the Clear-field Cemetery in Clearfield.

$2,607.68.Gerold’s Plumbing & Heating,

conservation supplies/parts/welding supplies, $120.37.

Giles, Tom, Athens township meeting, $20.00.

Glendenning Motor Co., parts, $684.95.

GLS Mfg., miscellaneous metal supplies, $352.21.

Greater Regional Medical Center, public health PT, $561.50.

Greene, Curtis, sheriff jail school meals, $56.48.

Greene, Doug, Rice township meeting, $20.00.

Grose, Nancy, Athens township meeting, $20.00.

Hallett Materials, sand, $2,897.62.

Hensley Trailers, brush cutting supplies, $396.55.

Hy-Vee Food Store, RCSS gro-ceries, $36.28.

ISAA, assessor ISAA dues, $600.00.

IACCVA, veterans affairs train-ing, $30.00.

ICA, IICA Secretary/Treasurer, assessor ICA dues, $25.00.

ILEA-Camp Dodge, sheriff jail school, $290.00.

Interstate Batteries, batteries, $321.80.

Iowa DOT, airmeter inspection/sign post, $794.37.

Iowa Prison Industries, signs, $993.60.

Ivans, Inc., public health Medi-care connect fee, $22.82.

Jacobson Supply, LLC, snow chains, $142.30.

Johnson, Jean, assessor mileage, $19.68.

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

Kelly Tire & Exhaust, tire repair, $30.00.

Keystone Laboratories, material inspection, $60.00.

Lawson Products, Inc., parts, $160.16.

M & M Sales Co., public health annual contract overage charge, $89.27.

Magers, Dr. E. Michael, attorney trials, $300.00.

Mail Services, treasurer postage/mailing, $121.89.

McKenna Truck Center, parts, $2,348.42.

Medline Industries, public health nursing supplies, $172.82.

Meyer Laboratory, Inc., court-house janitor supplies, $115.00.

Mobley, Glee, Waubonsie town-ship meeting, $20.00.

Mobley, Ronald, Waubonsie township meeting, $20.00.

Morgan, Neil E., assessor mile-age, $108.65.

Mount Ayr Community School, public health CPPW meeting, $100.00.

Mount Ayr Farm & Home, Inc., miscellaneous shop supplies/miscel-laneous supplies/parts, $60.47.

Mount Ayr Post Office, auditor election postage, $25.00.

Mount Ayr Record-News, con-servation office supplies $20.60.

MTE Office Center, computer/courthouse janitor/office supplies, $495.23.

O’Dell, Roger, Athens township meeting, $20.00.

OfficeMax Contract, Inc., trea-surer office supplies, $95.00.

O’Halloran International, parts, $504.37.

O’Kelley, Denae, sheriff telecom-municator school, $309.40.

Pamida, conservation office/of-fice/public health nursing supplies, $84.06.

Polk County Treasurer, medical examination fee, $25.00.

Quality Inn, weed commissioner lodging, $115.16.

Radar Road Tec., sheriff radar certification, $670.00.

Reasoner’s Garage, Inc., grease, $226.40.

Red Oak Welding Supply, weld-ing supplies, $298.40.

Reliable Office Supply, recorder supplies, $99.40.

Ringgold County Group Home, mental health services, $12,260.50.

Ringgold County Recorder, re-corder analysis fee, $3.76.

RK Fuels, Inc., fuel/gas, $7,325.85.

Roberts, Greg, Rice township meeting, $20.00.

SIRWA, conservation utility, $80.55.

Schildberg Construction, rock, $922.59.

Shields, Rodney, March cell phone use, $30.00.

Sickels Automotive, conservation maintenance, $41.85.

SICOG, traffic counters, $1,783.00.

Smith Oil Co., conservation fuel, $173.40.

Smith, Gary, veteran affairs trans-portation/veterans affairs, $535.69.

Sobotka, Steve, March cell phone use, $30.00.

Southern Iowa Resources, mental health services, $144.00.

Southern Iowa Rural Water Asso-ciation, Beaconsfield shed, $36.00.

Southwest Builder Supply, part/miscellaneous shop supplies, $22.46.

Southwest Iowa Rural Electric, conservation utility/Tingley light, $186.00.

Stivers Ford, parts, $137.70.Troyer, Jonas, lumber, $151.20.Trullinger, Steve, March cell

phone use, $30.00.Upper Limits Teen Center, public

health April rent, $450.00.US Bank, RCSS recreation,

$130.19.Wallace, Wendell R., Waubonsie

township meeting, $20.00.Waubonsie Township Clerk, Wau-

bonsie township meeting, $20.00.Wilson Home & Office, office

supplies, $16.99.Windstream Communications,

attorney phone, $87.67.Windstream Iowa Communica-

tions, assessor/auditor/conserva-tion/DHS/EMA/sheriff/supervisors phones/public health/veterans af-fairs phone/internet/recorder/trea-surer phone/fax, $1,666.60.

Woodruff Construction, LLC, sheriff jail project construction, $203,923.00.

Ziegler, core credit/parts/trans-mission, $16,250.27.

Fund total = $290,288.32Fund Totals Recap

General Basic ..................$ 7,799.68General Supplemental ...........245.00MH-DD Services .............12,605.31Rural Basic ............................221.76Secondary Road ...............61,739.90Jail Capital Project Fund ..........................204,123.00Jail Sale Tax Account .........2,607.68Emergency Management.......142.07Assessor ................................675.59Special Appraisals .................128.33 Grand Total = $290,288.32RESOLUTION RC11–54

RECORD AND DETERMINATION OF A

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR 2010-11

BUDGET AMENDMENT The Ringgold County Board of Supervisors met on Monday, March 21, 2011, for the purpose of a public hearing on the First Fiscal Year 2010-11 Budget Amendment to Ringgold county’s current operating budget. The public hearing was called to order at 10 a.m. with the following people present: supervisors: Dale Walters, David Inloes and Kurt Sha-ha; deputy auditor: Amanda Waske. It was found that the time and place of the public hearing had been published in the county’s official newspaper at least 10 and not more than 20 days prior to the date of the hearing as required by law. No written or oral comments were heard before the time of the public hearing. No arguments against the First Fiscal Year 2010-11 Budget Amend-ment were heard from taxpayers. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Kurt Shaha and seconded by David Inloes to adopt the First Fiscal Year 2010-11 Budget Amend-ment as submitted. The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, deputy auditor. Dated this 21st day of March, 2011. There was no further business. A motion was made by Kurt Shaha and seconded by David Inloes to adjourn the meeting at 12:10 p.m. DALE WALTERS ChairmanATTEST: AMANDA WASKE Ringgold County Deputy Auditor

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Celebration ofJoseph Smith III’slegacy set April 3 Liberty Hall Historic Center in Lamoni will help sponsor a cel-ebration of Joseph Smith III to be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 3, at the Shaw Center on the campus of Graceland University. This event is being co-sponsored by Graceland University, the Lamoni-Heartland Mission Center of the Community of Christ and the Decatur City and Mount Ayr Restoration branches. In 1844 Joseph Smith, Jr., found-er of the Latter Day Saint church was assassinated in Carthage, IL. Thereafter a leadership and doc-trinal struggle developed which resulted in the Latter Day Saint church splitting into a number of different factions. Emma Smith, wife of Joseph Smith, Jr., did not follow any of the groups but re-mained in Nauvoo, IL and raised her family there. Among them was Joseph Smith III, who was 11 years old when his father was as-sassinated. At age 27, on April 6, 1860, “Young Joseph” accepted the lead-ership of those who had rejected other leaders. This group became known as The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Joseph Smith III led that organization as prophet and presi-dent for 54 years. The Community of Christ and many other “Resto-ration” groups are descended from his leadership. In 1881 Joseph Smith III moved the headquarters of the Church to Lamoni, a place where many church members had gathered. Joseph Smith III and the Church headquarters remained in Lamoni for a quarter of a century before moving to Independence, MO. During that time Graceland Col-lege (now University) was found-ed. Herald House, the church’s publishing entity, was one of the town’s largest employers. Homes for elderly Saints and orphans were also established. Joseph Smith III died in Inde-pendence, MO in 1914, but his La-moni home has been restored, was placed on the Registers of Iowa and National Historic Places in 1966 and is now known and operated as Liberty Hall Historic Center. The celebration of Joseph Smith III on April 3 will feature Lachlan Mackay, a great-grandson of Joseph Smith III and director of the Community of Christ’s historic sites, who will present “Joseph Smith III in His Own Words.” There will be a short song ser-vice featuring hymns by Joseph Smith III led by Richard Clothier and accompanied by Jack Ergo. Wallace B. Smith, grandson of Joseph Smith III and president emeritus of the Community of Christ, will present a painting of Liberty Hall (with Joseph Smith III, his wife Ada and their son W. Wallace Smith in front of the home) to Liberty Hall. Steve Veazey, president of the Community of Christ, will partici-pate along with Sherman Phipps, pastor of the Mount Ayr Restora-tion Branch. Graceland’s student priesthood members will serve as ushers and Graceland’s Instructional Technol-ogy Services will video record the event. There will be a catered re-ception following the service. All members of the communi-ties in the area are cordially invited to attend this event.

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Diagonal Building products, building supplies, $23.79.

Diagonal Progress, EMA publi-cation/public health CPPW advertis-ing, $162.14.

Dolecheck, Allan, Athens town-ship meeting, $20.00.

Eddy-Walker Equipment Com-pany, parts, $464.54.

Fairway Outdoor Advertising, public health CPPW advertising, $100.00.

Farm Plan/NAPA, filters/oil/parts/tools, $422.22.

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expressions of kindness and sympathy extended to our families during the last few weeks. Dad was overwhelmed by the number of visitors he had at both the Clearview Home and the hospital. Thanks so much to those who visited, brought food, sent flowers, contributed to the memorial or simply thought of us during this time. Thanks to Rev. Eydie Stephens, Joe Routh and Al Rusk for their fantastic tribute to Dad. A very special thanks to Joe, Patty and Matthew for all you did – the love and compassion you have for “Uncle J” is unfathomable; you’re the greatest! Our hearts are sad, but our memories are many!

The Family of JB RouthJanet and Kathy

Jason and MelissaChris, Sarah, Landon and Emma

Jennifer, Toad and BlakeJulie, Andy and Jasper

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Thank YouI wish to thank my family and friends for the cards,

flowers, gifts and your presence at my 85th birthday party at Heritage Park.

A big thank you to Mary Lee, Elizabeth, Karen and Oakel for the planning and food with the help of Mary Lee’s friends: Jeannette Quick, Radene Ward, Sharon Gile and Cathy Ward.

I am so blessed with family and friends.

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$2000 HIRING BONUS: LTL Driv-ers for Waterloo, Council Bluffs, Quad Cities, Des Moines. HOME DAILY NO WEEKENDS. Must live within 50 miles of Terminal & meet hiring guidelines CINDY 651-286-6468 (INCN)______________________________Driver- Strong Freight *REGION-AL or EXPRESS lanes *F/T or P/T *LOCAL orientation *DAILY or WEEKLY pay! CDL-A, 3 months current OTR experience. 800-414-9569. www.driveknight.com (INCN)______________________________DRIVER: OTR for small Gretna, Nebraska, carrier dedicated to ma-jor fleet, Midwest and West, high % drop and hook, reefers, 2 years expe-rience. Lanny, 800-810-5432. (INCN)______________________________OTR DRIVERS Small Fam-ily Owned Omaha Reefer Company seeks Class A Drivers, 2 yrs Exp. Clean MVR, Quality home time, Newer equipment. 888-518-5463 x2101 Apply online ulinetransport.com (INCN)______________________________Attention Reefer, Tanker, Flatbed Drivers Needed! If you’re ready to be the best, join the best! Experi-enced or recent grad with CDL wel-come. Call Prime Inc. Today! 1-800-277-0212 www.primeinc.com (INCN)______________________________

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Myrl and Roy’s Paving. Quarry Su-perintendent. Basic operation and maintenance of heavy equipment. Knowledge of crushing, screening and washing operations, drilling and blasting ledge rock, MSHA regula-tions, accident prevention and loss control, Oral and written communi-cations, Problem solving and deci-sion making, Planning and schedul-ing, Cost and production control. Competitive wages and benefits. Ap-ply at 1300 N Bahnson Ave., Sioux Falls SD. 605-334-0468. www.myr-landroyspaving.com EOE/Drug Free Workplace. (INCN)______________________________Attention OWNER OPERATORS! Earn up to $200,000/yr NO UP-FRONT COSTS! BONUS PRO-GRAMS Home Weekly Must be 25, 2yrs OTR, CDL-A Call 866-946-4322 www.fcc-inc.com (INCN)______________________________

LIVESTOCKFOR SALE: Registered black Angus 2-year-old bulls, $2,500 each. First come, first pick. Eric Fell, 816-810-0076 or 641-464-0728. 3-4tp______________________________

MISCELLANEOUSPlace a 25 word classified ad in over 250 newspapers in Iowa for only $300. Find out more by calling 800-227-7636 or this newspaper. www.cnaads.com (INCN)______________________________DO YOU EARN $800.00 in a day? Your ownl local candy route 25 ma-chines all for $9995.00. All major credit cards accepted. 877-915-8222 VEND 3 (INCN)______________________________NEED COPIES? Copies up to 11 x 17 inches are available in black ink on white or colored paper. Reduction and enlargement also available. Mount Ayr record-news. 12-tfp______________________________

PREGNANT? Considering Adop-tion? Call us First! Living expenses, housing, medical and continued sup-port afterwards. Choose adoptive family of your choice. Call 24/7 Adopt Connect. 1-866-743-9212 (INCN)______________________________ ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meetings every Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr. 47-tfp______________________________

REAL ESTATEHOUSE FOR SALE: 203 W. 5th, Kellerton. Corner lot, 2 bedrooms, 2 car garage, sits on 2 lots. Needs work. $3,500 cash only. Call 515-720-3532. 4-4tp______________________________

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Gary’s Best Buy Handyman Serviceshas joined forces with Office Aides Corp.

to provide:◆ Household ◆ Construction ◆ Yard Clean Upto our elderly and disabled clients at a discounted price.

They have 30 years experience.

Contact: Gary at 515-669-0172, Mike at 515-250-0269 or David at Office Aides 641-464-0776.

Pictured are Dave, Gary and Mike with Office Aides Vice President Doug Schwandt.

OPHTHALMOLOGY CLINICEverett C. Madson, M.D.

Friday, April 1

EAR, NOSE & THROAT CLINICPhillip Linquist, D.O.

Wednesday, April 6Wednesday, April 20

SURGERY CLINICDane Johnson, D.O.

Mon., April 4; Fri., April 8Mon., April 11; Thurs., April 14Mon., April 18; Thurs., April 21Mon., April 25

VASCULAR CLINICAlan R. Koslow, M.D.

Tuesday, April 5Tuesday, April 19For an appointment, please call515-284-1976.

ORTHOPEDIC CLINICShehada Homedan, M.D.

Tuesday, April 5Tuesday, April 12Tuesday, April 19Tuesday, April 26

ONCOLOGY CLINICRobert Shreck, M.D.

Thursday, April 14

NEPHROLOGY CLINICSiva Jagarlapudi, M.D.

Friday, April 22Hermien Creger, A.R.N.P.

Wednesday, April 27

CARDIOLOGY CLINICDepartment of Ringgold County Hospital

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

Kathleen Dewald, A.R.N.P.Wednesday, April 27

HEARING TESTING CLINICKent Webb, M.A.

Tuesday, April 12Tuesday, April 26

SKIN CARE CLINICAnne Nelson, PA-C

Wednesday, April 20For an appointment, please call1-800-325-3695

CONSULTANT SCHEDULECONSULTANT SCHEDULE

504 N. Cleveland Street, Mount Ayrwww.rchmtayr.org

◆ General Surgery ◆ Laparoscopic Surgery◆ Orthopedic Surgery ◆ ENT Surgery

◆ Ophthalmology Surgery

Do your hips and knees ache by the end of the day? Is it progressively getting worse or keeping you from the fun you used to have? Get ahead of the pain before it gets ahead of you. See your family doctor today or call 641-464-4409 to schedule a consult with our orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Homedan, to learn about your options. Don’t lose one more day to aches and pains.

Outpatient Clinic Department - Phone 641-464-4409 Rules for acceptance and participation in the clinics are the same for everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, handicap, creed, religion or political affiliation.

Due to increased operating expenses, Mediacom will be making the following changes to standard monthly rates effective May 1, 2011. These changes do not apply to customers who are in fixed-term promotions or contracts.

Notice

All digital receivers with remotes will increase by $.50Mediacom Online Intro will decrease by $2.00Mediacom Online will decrease by $2.00Mediacom VIP Online will decrease by $2.00Mediacom Online Max will decrease by $5.00Mediacom Ultra 50 will decrease by $5.00Mediacom Online Ultra 105 will decrease by $5.00

New: Mediacom Modem rental $5.00

For more information contact your local Mediacom office or call 1.800.332.0245

HELP WANTED…in Lenox, Iowa

has immediate oppor-tunities for employ-ment on 2nd and 3rd shifts. Michael Foods is

a diversified food processor and distributor with businesses in egg products, refrigerated grocery products and refrigerated potato products. Previous experience in food manufacturing is not required.We will train people with a solid work history.

For further information, contact Human Re-sources at 641-333-4700 or come to the plant to apply Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

EOE/AAP

WANTEDWANTEDMount Ayr Park Board……will be taking bids on constructing an 18-ft. x

24-ft. open-sided shelter house on a concrete pad at the Judge Lewis Park east ball field.

Bids must be returned to Mount Ayr City Hall by Friday, April 15. Shelter house must be completed by May 21. Plans and details are available at Southwest Builder Supply, Inc.

Fogle Lake Recreation Area Parker Tract

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources seeks to receive bids for the purchase and removal of a wood barn, corn crib and a small shed located on state-owned real estate in Section 31, Township 70 North, Range 30, Ringgold County, Iowa, designated as Fogle Lake Wildlife Area.

Sealed bids will be accepted until 2:00 p.m., Thursday, April 7, 2011.

For information, please contact:Chad Paup

IA DNR500 East Taylor

Creston, Iowa 50801Ph. 515-238-5708

• CHARLES E. MANUELCHIROPRACTOR

• DR. BRYAN NOWLIN303 S. LindenLamoni, Iowa

OFFICE HOURS• Monday - Thursday

8:15 a.m. - 6 p.m.• Friday

8:15 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Call 641-784-6677

LAWN MOWING❖ Reasonable rates

❖ References available upon requestGIVE US A TRY!

Ricker Brothers MowingJake and Joe Ricker • Ph. 641-464-0846

(If no answer, leave a message and we’ll get back to you a.s.a.p.!)

We’re Back!

MOWING BIDSRinggold County Fairgrounds

We are now accepting bids to mow and trim the Ringgold County Fairgrounds.

Submit bids in writing by Friday, April 8, 2011, to:

Ringgold County Fair2128 262nd Avenue, Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854

Questions? Contact Keith Miller 641-464-0746 (after 6 p.m.)

DIVINE WASTE, INC.Your local residential and commercial waste services provider.

Ph. 641-464-2143NOTICE

To Whom It May ConcernThe City of Mount Ayr has picked up a small male

black curly-haired dog with a white mark on the chest found in Mount Ayr.

The owner may contact City Hall in Mount Ayr, Iowa at 641-464-2402 to pick up their dog after paying all of the boarding fees. If the dog is not picked up within (7) days from this published notice, the dog will be euthanized.

Leon General

DentistrySarah Hoban, D.D.S.

Ph. 641-446-7766

Leon Recycling & Auto PartsPh. 641-446-7557

Buying all ferrous and nonferrous metals. From cars to machinery, we can pick up anything. If you can deliver, we now have new truck scales on site where we will give you top dollar for your scrap iron. We are also your one-stop shop for nationwide new and used auto parts.

WILSON TILINGWILSON TILINGFred and Lisa Wilson

Clearfield, IowaCall: 641-336-2462

NOTICEThe Ringgold County Driver’s License Station will be

closed Wednesday and Thursday, March 30 and 31, 2011, due to the high volume of tax payment traffic.

turning the pages to see what the next adventure for Rich Holt will be -- and after two books still keeps a reader wanting more and find out how the story finally plays out. The books are carried in print version at Lulu.com (select books and type Don Treichler) or in print and Kindle (digital) version on Amazon.com (select books and type in Don Treichler). So when the third book is done, the movie rights sold and the di-rector comes scouting locations in Ringgold county, be sure to treat him or her nicely. The movie company won’t have any trouble getting the rights to use the Mount Ayr Record-News for props and an occasional mention. Those “maybes” are probably just another fiction, but then again, maybe Rick and Angie really will walk the streets of Mount Ayr someday.

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More than $23 million to Iowa RECs from FEMA The U.S. Department of Home-land Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded funding totaling $23,654,790 to two Iowa rural electric cooperatives through the hazard mitigation grant program. Southwest Iowa Rural Elec-tric Cooperative will receive $2,892,308 to retrofit 41.8 miles of electrical distribution lines in order to lessen damage from se-vere weather. Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative will receive $20,762,482 to retrofit 151.14 miles of electrical distribution lines in order to lessen damage from se-vere weather. FEMA obligates funding for these projects directly to the state. It is the state’s responsibility to en-sure that the eligible sub-grantees receive these awards. FEMA con-tributes 75 percent of the total cost of a project. State and local entities contribute the other 25 percent.

in Clearfield and all four of her children graduated from Clearfield high school. She obtained a good enough salary to support herself and her children. Morey was able to overcome the hardest obstacle that any moth-er of one child, let alone four chil-dren could have to face, and she did it independently. She is known through out our community for the hard-working, caring, loving, ad-mirable individual that she is. When she was 68 years old, after being widowed for 25 years, she remarried Joe Stevenson and they were married for 20 years un-til both of them were admitted into the Clearview Homes in Clear-field. One can hear the love that her children have for her in their voic-es? She had a great impact on not only those four children, but the children she taught in school for those five years right after gradua-tion. She is a prime role model for any single parent out there. Clearview Home is a member of the Iowa Health Care Associa-tion (IHCA) and the Iowa Center for Assisted Living (ICAL) which are nonprofit trade associations; whose 587 facility members and 113 associate members span the continuum of long term care. IHCA ICAL members provide services to Iowa’s frail and elderly served through nursing facilities,

Budget work for the 2011-12 school year, salary increases, a site visit corrective action report and a school start hearing were among topics for the Clearfield Communi-ty school board at its recent March meeting. In budget issues, the board dis-cussed possible budget scenarios before choosing one on which to hold a budget hearing and ap-proved a budget guarantee resolu-tion. Superintendent Joe Drake pre-sented several budget scenarios to the board to compare possible tax levies and the cash flow needed for the 2011-12 school year. It was the consensus of the board to chose a budget estimate for publication with a tax asking levy of $17.63 per $1,000 taxable valuation. The board set the public hearing on the budget for Tuesday, April 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the school. The budget calls for expendi-tures of $1,390,065 for the year and revenues of $1,430,622. Revenues will include $625,543 in property taxes to be raised from the $17.63 levy and another $17,000 will be raised in income surtaxes in the district as part of the budget. The property tax amount compares to $449,080 estimated in the current year in property tax and $14,000 in income surtaxes A total of $437,496 will come from state foundation aid, $98,287 from other state sources and $145,000 from federal sources. The expenditures are led by $842,000 for instruction, $421,3090 in support services, $35,100 in non-instructional pro-grams and $91,665 in other expen-ditures including $50,000 for facil-ities acquisition and construction. The district will have a car-ryover of $1,581,042 at the end of the new budget, compared to $1,483,762 estimated at the end of the current year and $1,673,416 at the end of the 2010 fiscal year. As part of the budget discus-sion, the board discussed the con-dition of the buses and vans and made the decision not to purchase new vehicles at this time. Other budget discussion includ-ed preschool funding and pending legislation that could affect these funds. The board also voted to ap-prove the budget guarantee resolu-tion that allows the district to levy

property tax for fiscal year 2011-12 for the regular program budget ad-justment allowed by state code. This amount would be $22,281 for the coming year. The board made the decision on salary increases for the coming school year as well. A salary schedule increase for certified staff of two percent will be given as well as a two percent increase for classified employees. Elementary principal Jackie Hopkins explained areas of non-compliance listed in the site visit report made after the Iowa Depart-ment of Education team visited the district. Several of the items dealt with board policies that needed to be changed. Those changes were cor-rected with board approval at the meeting. Revised policies 603.4, 301.2, 303.2, 102, 500 and 802.3 were approved by the board and the sec-ond reading waived. A corrective action plan and time line will be submitted to the state within 45 days of receipt of the notification of non-compliance on other changes that needed to be made to bring the district into com-pliance with the state. In another action for the com-ing school year, the board sched-uled a hearing for an early start date waiver on Tuesday, April 12, at 7 p.m. The district has to seek the waiver to be able to begin the school year before Labor Day. The board also approved an application prepared by principal Hopkins for empowerment grant funds for fiscal year 2011-12. The next regular meeting of the board will be held Tuesday, April 12, at 6 p.m. to meet requirements for budget publication and submis-sion to the county auditor.

Budget approval, a tobacco-free park policy, adult prom, sewer budget report, water increases, and street and water system updates were all part of the action for the Diagonal city council at its March meeting recently. A hearing was held on the pro-posed budget for 2011-12 at the meeting. There was no one from the pub-lic to make comment or ask ques-tions pertaining to the proposed budget. The budget was approved as proposed at the hearing. Chris Doster from Ringgold County Public Health, Gina Knox and several parents and children from the community attended the meeting to show support for to-bacco free policies for the city’s parks. The children presented posters and the parents spoke about setting examples for the children. Doster gave a presentation of surveys and presented a draft of a park policy drawn up by the county attorney. The council had some questions about how the policy would work for activities like the Labor Day celebration in the city park and with people who rent cabins and camp at Fogle Lake Park. Instead of making a decision on the matter at the meeting, the coun-cil tabled the vote until the coun-cil’s April meeting to allow more time for the council to think about the decision. Gina Knox requested to work with the city to set up May 28 as a permanent date for an adult prom activity and also requested the city apply for dram shop insurance and Class B liquor license needed for the event, which is a fund-raiser for the community center.

The council approved the pur-chase of the insurance and to apply for the liquor license for the event. The Southern Iowa Rural Water Association will be raising rates to the city on July 2, 2011, 2012 and again in 2013. Council members were in agreement to pass the city’s water increases along to city water cus-tomers. City clerk Julie Malcom will begin paper work for the in-crease for the coming fiscal year. The USDA sewer budget report prepared by the city clerk for the coming fiscal years was presented. Kathy Pfiffner from USDA had previously approved the report. The council added its approval for the report. City superintendent Mitch Eng-land reported on street work and water system needs. England requested being given the go ahead to check into the cost for patch work and gravel projects on city streets this summer. He also updated the council on water loss and the possibility of meter switch out at residences of old meters, buried meters or others in need of replacement. He noted that this needed to be done to keep accurate tack of water usage and to avoid contaminants in the water lines. Mayor Lowell Johnson sug-gested that England prepare a list of properties needing meters to be shared at the next meeting of the council.

Budget, tobaccopolicy lead work for Diagonal council

More about Clearview resident___________________________Continued from front page assisted living and senior housing

communities and residential care facilities. Both organizations are dedicated to enhancing long-term care in Iowa by providing leader-ship, advocacy, information, and education to a broad range of pro-viders, consumers, government agencies, and others comprising

the long-term care community. They are affiliated nationally with the American Health Care Asso-ciation and the National Center for Assisted Living.

Budget work, site visit action for Clearfield board

Republican Womento meet in Mount Ayr The regional meeting of the Iowa Federation of Republican Women will be held Saturday, April 2, at Romano’s Pizza from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Many speakers from the Re-publican party will be on hand to speak to the group. Cost for a coffee and meal will be $9. Everyone is invited to at-tend the meeting. For more information on the plans, contact Tracee Knapp at 641-202-4801.

More aboutaction novels___________________________Continued from front page

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2011 Graceland Community Health Fair set April 5 The Southern Iowa community is invited to attend Graceland Uni-versity’s annual spring health fair on Tuesday, April 5, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event is located in the Memorial Student Center at the university in Lamoni. The fair is organized by Grace-land’s Student Health Services department and is targeted for people of all ages. There will be approximately 35 participants of-fering health and safety related in-formation. The organizations and professionals represented include Alcoholics Anonymous, Alzheim-er’s Association, the Area Agency on Aging, the Area Health Educa-tion Center, the Circle of Life Hos-pice, the Clark County Womens’ Health Project, the Community Health Centers of Southern Iowa, the Crescents’ organization, vari-ous departments from the Decatur County Hospital, Decatur County Public Health, Des Moines Pas-toral Counseling Center, Ringold County Hospital, The Vision Cen-ter and Eye Care from Osceola, GU Athletic Trainers, a GU Health and Movement Science class, Campus Ministries, Hammer Medical Sup-ply, Hospice of Central Iowa, Iowa Highway Patrol, Lamoni Nurs-ing and Rehab Center, Lamoni EMS, Lamoni Police Department, Planned Parenthood, Student Health Services Interns, Southern Iowa Trolley, TOPS, Varsity Drug Store, WIC/Matura and Prevention Concepts. The Decatur County Hospi-tal lab personnel will be drawing blood for testing from 8 a.m. un-til 11 a.m. The lab tests and their prices are as follows: Lipid Profile (includes choles-terol, triglyceride, HDL and blood sugar) -- $25. Cholesterol -- $10. Blood Sugar -- $10 ALT (Liver function -- recom-mended if taking a cholesterol lowering medicine) -- $5. TSH (thyroid function test) -- $15. PSA (prostate cancer screening test) -- $15. A 12-hour fast is recommended before the blood is drawn. Medica-tion may be taken prior to testing with water only. Feel free to call Graceland Uni-versity Student Health Services at 641-784-5372 if you have any questions about the fair.

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Idyllic spring picture?It would be an idyllic winter picture, an isolated pond surrounded by snow-covered trees behind a barbed wire fence. This picture from the southeast corner of

the county was taken Friday, March 25, however. Readers will have to determine if a spring snow shot is still picturesque.

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