to Dr. Phipps seeing patients are underway and the estimated arrival time period for the new staff physi-cian is mid-to-late February. Winkler also reported on the continued efforts to make long-term changes in the way staff-ing is handled in the emergency room. Ringgold County Hospital struggles along with most other small hospitals to maintain suf-fi cient physician staffi ng and met Wednesday, January 22 to explore alternatives. Options being considered in-clude: • Mid-level coverage which would provide nurse practitioners and physician assistants during daytime hours and physician cov-erage for night hours. • 24/7 coverage which would utilize nurse practitioners and physician assistants full time with local physicians covering the on-call and provide backup as needed. Physician rotation would staff all physicians rotating 24 hour shifts • Winkler noted that nurse prac-titioner and physician assistant availability is much greater. On short notes of interest, jail meals will no longer be provided by RCH after February 9. This will provide a cost report improvement

low than it is to lower after it gets high. Look for these materials at your next visit. One of the best ways to control blood pressure and cholesterol is by eating a healthy diet. The Cen-ter for Disease Control offers these tips: 1) Choose food and drink with little to no added sugars. A 12 ounce soda has 10 packets of sug-ar. Water has zero. Diet sodas have been shown to have unhealthy side effects. 2) Read those nutrition labels! It is hard to reduce sugar and so-dium if the amounts are unknown. High sugar and salt levels don’t go away by ignoring them. Pay close

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Record NewsRecord News More details concerning the high speed chase and gunfi re inci-dent last week have been released by the Iowa Department and Pub-lic Safety and the Decatur County Sheriff’s Offi ce. Chance Newton, 16, of Keller-ton faces two counts of attempted murder after leading law enforce-ment on a pursuit through Ringgold and Decatur counties and shooting a weapon at several offi cers. Ad-ditional charges are pending. According to the state patrol, Ringgold county law enforcement received a report of a stolen blue Ford Focus early Monday, Jan. 14. The car reportedly belonged to Newton’s sister. Then at approximately 5 a.m. Tuesday a Ringgold county sher-iff’s deputy located the stolen car. When attempting to stop the ve-hicle, the driver, now identifi ed as Newton, led the deputy on a short pursuit, but the deputy soon lost sight of the stolen car. At approximately 6:20 a.m., Newton and the stolen vehicle

were relocated in Kellerton. Again, Newton evaded offi cers and a sec-ond pursuit began. Law enforce-ment from the Ringgold and Deca-tur County Sheriff’s Offi ces and the Iowa State Patrol followed Newton eastbound on Highway 2 to Leon. The pursuit then continued north on Highway 69 out of Leon at speeds approaching 120 miles per hour, according to Decatur county sheriff Herbert Muir. The pursuit ended when Newton lost control and crashed along 240th Avenue, just north of 150th Street in rural Decatur county. As offi cers drove upon New-ton’s crashed vehicle, Newton fi red his shotgun. Several rounds struck both a Decatur county deputy’s car and a state trooper’s car. According to Muir, two shots went through the windshield and driver’s window of the Decatur county vehicle and another two shots hit the roof and windshield of the trooper’s car. Muir said the trooper was forced to lie down in his seat to avoid serious injury.

In their fi rst meeting of the new year the Ringgold County Hospi-tal Board swore in new trustees, Mike Hopkins and Jen Main. New offi cers for 2013 were appointed: Kathi Braby, chair; Vicki Sickels, vice-chair and Bill Armstrong, sec-retary. Kathi Schuster gave the patient care report citing numbers up again due in part to the fl u season that iswell underway. In an effort to keep fl u cases down, the hospital has posted signs asking visitors to re-frain from visits if they are ill and providing masks for waiting room patients. Teresa Roberts shared the fi -nancial report. Utilization is up and revenue is up with overall revenuenumbers still 5.63 percent under budget but showing improvement. Under budget areas in surgical and outpatient care were attributed in part to holiday schedules. Car-diology and respiratory therapy showed peak usage with respira-tory directly related to the early fl u season. The nursing depart-ment has remained under budget by 11percent for the month and 12 percent for 2012. RCH’s self-funded insurance has taken a heavy hit this year with insurance claims. A huge savings on the fi nancial side is the completion of the transi-

The Mount Ayr speech team advanced four events to the state large group speech contest after district competetion last weekend. Those advancing to state in-cluded: • Group improvisation team of Johnathan Triggs, Braydee Poore, Jacob Sobotka and Matt Poore. The boys’ situation was “fi nding what was lost.” The judge said the boys “had good scene develop-ment taking a ‘vague’ scene and turning it into something specifi c.” He also said they developed their characters well. • Group improvisation team consisted of Taylor Still, Maggie Jennett, Allison Wallace, Tyler Triggs and Hagan Willis. Their

Four Mount Ayr teams qualifi ed for the state large group speech contest following district competition Saturday at Clarke high school. Pictured are (front row, L-R) Ica Hauge, Caitlin Giles, Emily Fox, Lew Knapp, Allison Wallace and Maggie Jennett; (back row) Matt Poore, Wyatt Jackson, Hagan Willis, Johnathan Triggs, Taylor Still, Tyler Triggs, Jacob Sobotka and Braydee Poore. (Not pictured are Leah Klejch and MaKayla O’Mailia.) State competition will be held February 2 at Waukee.

The remains of a walk-out basement is all that remains of a rural home after a fi re Sunday afternoon. Firefi ghters were called to 2905 270th Street at approximately 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19. By the time fi refi ghters arrived, they found the home of Adrian and Norma Wolfe fully involved in the fi re. The home is considered a total loss. Norma Wolfe, her four-year-old son Avery and her sister, Mallory Wintern, were home at the time of fi re, but ac-cording to authorities, all escaped without serious injury. They were transported to Ringgold County Hospital by ambulance and private vehicle for treatment of smoke inhalation. Adrian Wolfe was out of town at the time of the blaze. According to authorities, the fi re is believed to have begun in the garage area but cause and other specifi c details are still under investigation. They report the home had working fi re detectors that operated properly at the time of the fi re. Firefi ghters from the Kellerton, Mount Ayr, Ellston and Tingley responded to the call, along with Kellerton fi rst responders and an ambulance from Ringgold County Hospital. A Ringgold county deputy sheriff also responded to the scene.

Disneyland in southern Califor-nia calls itself “the happiest place on earth.” If that is true, the second happiest place may well be located on South Henderson Street right here in Mount Ayr, the home of Ringgold County Supportive Ser-vices (RCSS). RCSS is a day facility for adults with intellectual disabili-ties. According to an informational brochure published by RCSS, its primary goal is “to provide its members with activities and re-sources that assist them in becom-ing more independent members of society while improving their quality of life as a whole and to gain self-esteem and confi dence in achieving personal goals.” How-ever, it’s the nurturing environ-ment and caring people that set RCSS apart from similar facilities. Director Cathy McGahuey doesn’t consider those who attend RCSS as clients, members or other similar titles. “To me they’re indi-viduals, just like you and me,” she said. “They may not all have the same abilities, but we still try to give them choices and opportuni-ties.”Daily activities McGahuey explained a typical day at RCSS runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Some days are longer depending upon the activity, such as trips to the county or state fair or the pro-duction of their annual play. The day begins with a group discussion where individuals can share personal events or activi-ties as well as get a preview of the day’s planned activities from the

The Ringgold County Supportive Service facility is abuzz with activity recently. Twenty-one individuals and fi ve staff members take part in daily activi-ties that include crafts, life skill lessons, exercise sessions, day-trips into the community and a variety of other events.

Ringgold County Supportive Services enhance quality of life for many area individuals

staff. The discussion is followed by a morning activity that usually in-volves learning independent living skills such as balancing a check-book or following directions. Mc-Gahuey said activities are tailored to individual abilities and interests. Also included in morning activi-ties is an exercise period that may include active games, videos and even dances. Each indi-vidual brings his or her own lunch, and mi-crowaves and cooking facili-ties are avail-able. The lunch period also in-cludes a quiet time during which some individuals may choose to rest while oth-ers may work on computers or be involved in other quiet activities. In the afternoons individuals of-ten get out into the commu-nity. They visit nursing homes to work on crafts and play games. They may visit the library or go bowling. Some even work on science experiments of their choice. Indi-viduals take part in an annual staff-ing that includes RCSS staff, their guardian and their case managers to set personal goals.

Besides the regular activities, McGahuey explained individuals participate in special activities on their birthdays and at Christmas. Individuals get to choose a treat to celebrate their birthdays, and they often choose a favorite activity such as fi shing, visiting a farm to see baby animals or other outings. At Christmas individuals draw

names, go shopping and wrap presents for each other. Christmas is celebrated at McGahuey’s house with a special visit from Santa Claus. McGahuey was especially proud of the variety of quality com-munity-based experiences enjoyed by RCSS individuals, including hiking, picnics, shopping, a buddy program with elementary students and restaurant dining along with attendance at many community events. McGahuey said the re-sponse from the community has been overwhelmingly positive. McGahuey said she and her staff are currently trying to arrange smaller groups to add to the variety of activities based on individual skills. Not all individuals spend fi ve days a week at RCSS. Some work part-time in their home communi-ties and come to RCSS on alternate days.History Services in Ringgold County for citizens with intellectual dis-abilities were once offered by In-novative Industries in a building in downtown Mount Ayr. Due to con-cerns about the health and safety of the individuals due to the condition

of the building, the facility was eventually closed and plans were in place to transport individuals to the Innovative Industries headquarters in Creston. Many individuals and their families did not want to go to Creston, so on February 1, 2000 the beginnings of RCSS opened at the 4-H building on the Ringgold County Fairgrounds. In October of

that year the new building on South Henderson Street was opened and has been in contin-uous service ever since.Admissions In 2000 RCSS serviced eight in-dividuals. Today that number has grown to 21. In-dividuals at RCSS come from Ring-gold, Decatur, Clarke and Taylor counties. Thirteen of the 21 current individuals are Ringgold county residents. Based upon federal guidelines, RCSS has four criteria for admis-

sion: 1) individuals must be 18 or older; 2) they must be diagnosed with a mental disability; 3) they must be able to function on a six-to-one ratio of clients to staff; and 4) they must have secured a fund-ing source or have methods of self funding. McGahuey explained since 2006 most individuals at RCSS have come under what is known as a Federal ID (Intellectu-al Disability) waiver that is funded through Medicaid. All funds asso-ciated with the staffi ng and opera-tion of RCSS come from the fed-eral government to the county. In general, RCSS is a line item in the county budget much like the roads department or sheriff’s offi ce, ex-cept RCSS is not funded through the county. Transportation to and from RCSS is provided by the trolley service or family members or other authorized people may provide private transportation. This “com-munity choice option” allows re-imbursement for travel expenses. Staffi ng and leadership RCSS is governed by a board of directors who oversee the budget and programming of the facility.

New details emerge in high speed chase, gun incident

No offi cers involved in the pursuit returned fi re. The offi cers driving the vehicles that received fi re were transported for medical treatment; their injuries were non-life threat-ening. After fi ring at the offi cers, Muir said Newton grabbed a rifl e and fl ed on foot into a nearby fi eld. A number of personnel from the De-catur and Ringgold county sher-iffs’ departments and state patrol offi cers set up a perimeter around the section in which the incident occured. Deputy Shannon Arends and his dog K-9 Murphy from the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Offi ce and another offi cer and his dog from the state patrol began to track Newton across farm fi elds. At approximately 9 a.m. New-ton was located roughly one and a half miles away from the crash scene hiding in a van behind a ru-ral farm house. He was taken into custody without incident. Muir reported Newton is cur-rently being held in a state institu-tion.

Four MACHS large group teams heading to state

scene was “wrestling alligators.” Tyler Triggs was the alligator. The judge stated the kids had “good en-ergy,” and she “enjoyed it a lot!” • The ensemble acting team of Caitlin Giles and Emily Fox also advanced to state. This is the fi rst year the girls have gone out for speech. Their piece, “Dear John,” was well received by the judge. He stated the girls did a “very nice job with initial characterization - large personalities.” • The MKIS radio broadcast team of Taylor Still, Allison Wal-lace, Maggie Jennett, Matt Poore, Leah Klejch, Ica Hauge and Ma-Kayla O’Mailia are advancing to state. The judge said the kids had “good enthusiasm throughout” and

the broadcast was “easy to follow and listen to.” Also participating, but un-fortunately not advancing on to state was the group improvisation team of Caitlin Giles, Emily Fox and Lew Knapp. Their scene was “washing windows 80 fl oors up.” The judge said the kids had “nice facial expressions and were fun to watch with lots of energy.” “Sniper Games,” the short fi lm by Lew Knapp and Wyatt Jackson, also received a II rating. The judge said the boys had lots of “interest-ing shots and angles and had good choice of sound effects and cos-tuming.” Those advancing to state will go to Waukee on February 2.

Family escapes as fi re destroys rural home

Hospital board reorganizes, hears report on addition of new doctor

tion to the new Electronic Health Records system. The old and new systems have both been fully avail-able while the changes were beingapplied and this month RCH was able to fi nalize implementation of the new system and eliminate the $15,000 in monthly charges for the old system. Additional grant fund-ing is anticipated with the new sys-tem now in place when fi nal docu-mentation is submitted. A new stress test monitor has been purchased replacing the old monitor and the ultra sound ma-chine had its power supply re-placed. A grant has been provided to help pay for telecommunications and Internet through a govern-ment program designed for rural areas. On that same note, Ring-gold County Hospital is the fi rst to be part of the Iowa Rural Health Telecommunications Project set up through the Iowa Hospital As-sociation which will benefi t RCH by using the state’s fi ber optics net-work. Good news for helping allevi-ate the current physician overload was administrator Gordon Win-kler’s announcement that Dr. Jerry Phipps has signed a contract to accept employment with RCH as a family practice physician. Insur-ance applications necessary prior

RCSS staff members Chandra Poore (left) and Denise Golliday (leaning at right) help set up a hands-on activity.

“Let’s Get Healthy Kits” delivered to local health care providers Ringgold County Public Health (RCPH) recently visited local health care providers to encourage them to join a statewide awareness campaign about the importance of blood pressure and cholesterol screenings. The campaign goal is to increase healthy behaviors that can prevent heart disease. “Let’s Get Healthy Kits” that include posters, brochures, mag-nets, and bracelets for patients and staff were delivered to Ringgold County Hospital, Mount Ayr Med-ical Clinic, Crain Medical Clinic, and the Lawhead Dental Clinic. These materials are to serve as a reminder to make health a priority before blood pressure and choles-terol get high. It is easier to keep it

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Eli’s humor put to good useTHOUGHTS& other thingsBY ALAN SMITH

“What did the zero say to the eight?” grandson Eli wanted to know. We got the call on Sunday afternoon and Eli had a joke to tell. “I don’t know,” I said. “What did the zero say to the eight?” “Nice belt,” was the reply. I laughed and told the joke to Valle. It took her a second, but she joined in the laughter. It seems Eli had checked a joke book out of the library and he wanted to tell us jokes. So for 15 minutes or more we laughed along with Eli. “What’s the hardest thing about falling out of bed?” he asked. “The fl oor,” was the answer. He pointed out the puns or the words that sound-ed the same or were spelled differently. “Why did the student eat the dollar bill?” he wanted to know. “Because his mother gave it to him for lunch.” A couple of the jokes he spelled out a word that he wasn’t quite sure of, then went on with the joke from there. On and on he went. “What kind of fun does a math teacher have?” he questioned. “Sum fun. Get it s-u-m fun.” It was a revelation to see that the family pun gene was being expressed in my grandson. He and I cer-tainly enjoy some of the same kind of silly humor. “Why did the nurse fail art class,” Eli asked. “She could only draw blood. Get it.” He was on a roll with school related jokes. “Why did the boy bring a rope to class?” he went on. “Because he wanted to skip the test. Skip the test like miss it, not jump rope.” “Why did the girl bring lipstick to the test?” he read. “Because it was a makeup exam.” He chuck-led. After a couple of chapters out of the book, he promised to read us some more another time. One can only laugh or groan so much at one time, so we said our goodbyes.

We had had a full weekend, having a party with Printcraft, Inc. owners and staff on Saturday night, then having a visit from my brother Doug, who was the speaker for our church service Sunday. He shared testimonies of courage from his trip to Africa, including the full version of the story from the Republic of the Congo that I shared in an earlier column. After cleaning up from lunch we served to a dozen or so family members, we had our feet up when Eli called to share his treasure trove of jokes. Sunday evening we went to Lamoni for a sup-per and campfi re. My brother Ron led a winter term at Graceland University in beginning guitar and campfi re lead-ership this year. For the past two weeks our church group has shared with the 16 students in his class in a Sunday evening campfi re where they tried out their leadership skills and played their guitars to accompany some of the songs. So when one of the students started the song “Keep On The Sunnyside,” where a joke is called for after each chorus, I was ready. “What did the zero say to the eight?” I called out. “I don’t know. What did the zero say to the eight,” the leader called back. “Nice belt.” “Oh keep on the sunnyside, always on the sunnyside, keep on the sunnyside of life,” we all sang. Not a bad idea, and it was a little easier to do it because Eli had brightened up our day with his jokes.

Fifty Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, January 17, 1963.) Salaries and ages of employees of the engineering department and for maintenance and construction workers of Ringgold county will be substantially the same as paid last year. The wage scale was fi xed by the board of supervisors at the regular January session. The county engineer will be paid an annual sal-ary of $9,000 instead of $10,000 as last year. The starting wage of instru-ment men, $330 instead of $310 per month, will range upward to $400. All other wages remain unchanged. The wage scale is as follows: county engineer, $9,000; assistant engineer, $6,500; bookkeeper and secretary, $3,720; instrument men, $330 per month, $400 per month; Rodman, inspector, rock checker and offi ce work, $1 to $1.45 per hour, and extra typing, $1 per hour. Leo A. Saltzman was elected chairman of the Ringgold County Hospital board of trustees . He succeeds Everett Reynolds, who continues to serve as a member. Ora Miller was re-elected vice chairman and Billy Breckenridge was elected secretary to succeed John Faust, who continues to serve as a member of the board. Other members are Ora Fugate and Ray Pottorff. Russell Boyd serves as administrator. The Mount Ayr Community high school Raiders grabbed a pair of victories Friday night at Lenox to run their seasonal record to 10-1, as they defeated the Lenox Tigers, 75 to 41, and the Diagonal Maroons, 65 to 60, Saturday night on the local fl oor. Royce Davis was elected presi-dent of the Security State Bank in Mount Ayr at the annual meeting of the board of directors held Wednes-day of last week. Mr. Davis succeeds Harold M. Ross, who was named chairman of the board and chief ex-ecutive offi cer. Mr. Ross had served as president of the bank since June 1948. Other offi cers elected and the time they became identifi ed with the

bank are as follows: Ray J. Jayne, January 1951, vice president; Doris Hannon, August 1947, cashier; Veronica Markley, August 1947, assistant cashier, and Glea Andrews, teller. Andrew Johnson of Mount Ayr has been re-elected by members of the Iowa Automobile Dealers Asso-ciation in Ringgold county to serve as director of the state organization for a term of three years starting January 1, 1963, according to an announcement made by Frank D. Potts, state president. Marshal Matthews of Benton was elected chairman of the Adult Education Council of the Mount Ayr Community school district. Other offi cers elected were Mrs. Vance Geiger of Redding, vice chairman and Mrs. Dave Jobe of Tingley, secretary-treasurer. Births reported at Ringgold County Hospital this week were a daughter, born Jan. 13, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Andrews of Redding; a son, born Jan. 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Drake of Mount Ayr, and a daughter, born Jan. 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Agnew of Lamoni. Obituaries this week were Clara Elizabeth Petrie Clark, Bertha May Coulson Shackleton, Fred Virgil Bonebrake, Peter J. McGrath

Twenty-fi ve Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, January 28, 1988.) Visiting Ringgold county as part of a Southern Africa speakers tour of Iowa last week were three spokesmen for various aspects of the problems of the region. Rob Jones of New York City, program director at the American Committee on Africa, an anti-apartheid group active in lobbying for economic sanctions against South Africa; Rev. Maurice Nkagane, a South African Lutheran pastor, currently at Trinity Theological Seminary in Columbus, OH, and Fernando Lima, news editor for the Mozambique News Agency, who has currently been working in the United States, all spent last Tuesday night in Mount Ayr.

Two speech contest entries from Mount Ayr Community high school received “I” ratings at the district speech contest in Indianola Saturday and qualifi ed to advance to the state contest Saturday, Feb. 6. The two “I” rating entries were from four entries in the individual and small group speech contest. Betsy Jones sponsors the program. Jerry Noble, Shawn Buckner and Rhonda Bennett performed the ensemble acting segment titled “Babies” and received a “I” rating as did the solo mime presentation about growing old done by Tricia Trullinger. A check for $827.50 for use in the food pantry projects of the Neighborhood center in Mount Ayr was delivered this week, part of the money raised in the annual CROP walk in Ringgold county for hunger. The check represents 25 percent of the $3,310 raised in the county CROP walk October 6, 1987. The check was presented to Mary Cavin, director of the Neighborhood Center, by Rev. Dorie Hanson of Mount Ayr, who headed up the CROP committee of the Ringgold County Ministerial Association this year. The Raider wrestlers fi nished in 11th place in the 16-team John Harris Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Corning January 22-23. Cody Shay, consolation champ at 132, clinched the top placing for the Raid-ers with Jeff Scott, fourth at 104, Joe Love, fourth at 145, Ed McCreary, fi fth at super heavyweight and Scott England, sixth at 126, rounding out the MACHS medal winners. A presentation of $50 worth of beef certifi cates was made to the Challenge Center in Mount Ayr this week by the Ringgold County CattleWomen. The certificates help with the meat purchases for the lunches the clients make at the center. Ringgold county beef queen Racinda Jackson of Kellerton made the presentation to Connie Bailey, program manager at the Challenge Center, a sheltered workshop for handicapped adults. Total contribution from the an-nual Ducks Unlimited banquet held in Mount Ayr for the 100 Point Chap-ter raised $12,800 for conservation activities. The total was announced this week by Greg Jobe, chairman of the 1987 event. The total was higher than that amount raised in 1986. Obituaries in this issue were Glenn Edward Lesan, Otto E. Sobotka, Quentin Bayard Abarr, Margaret P. Trower, Grace C. Rob-erts, Inez M. Dolecheck and Gardie Earnie Lewis.

Ten Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, January 16, 2003.)

Local deer hunter Bill Sickels of Mount Ayr shows off the 20-point nontypical buck that he killed with his muzzle loader on January 6. The deer may have the second or third largest rack for any deer ever shot with a muzzle loading rifl e in Iowa.

Two longtime teachers an-nounced their plans for retirement and requested early retirement ben-efi ts at the Mount Ayr Community school board meeting Monday night. Letters of resignation were received from Joan Jackson, elementary school librarian who has 25 years of service there, and Marie Still, lead Title I teacher, who has taught for 35 years including 24 years in the Mount Ayr Community school district. Clifton Gunderson, LLP, of West Des Moines released an audit report on Ringgold county recently. The auditing company reported that Ringgold county had local tax revenue of $7,425,076 for the year ending June 30, 2002, which included $867,305 in tax credits from the state. The county forwarded $5,008,348 of the local tax revenue to the townships, school districts, cities and other taxing bodies in the county. The US Bank Foundation re-cently made a donation of $1,000 to the Ringgold County Family Resource Center to be used to in-crease their endowment fund with the South Central Iowa Community Foundation. Tony Trullinger recently earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Commencement ceremonies were held December 21 in Lincoln. Trul-linger is the son of Kent and Debbie Trullinger of Tingley. He and his wife, Nancy, and their daughter, Carolyn, are moving to Ann Arbor, MI where Tony accepted a post doctoral research appointment at the University of Michigan. Letterwinners for the Mount Ayr Community high school wrestling squad this season included Kyle Hayse, Kegan Bishop, Dany Ray, David Head, Kevin Trullinger, Tomie Overholser, Chris Ford, Daniel Stull, Mark Trullinger, Mi-chael Smith, Zach Schafer and Wes Zollman. Three Ringgold county students participate in a youth free throw contest held January 12 at the Central Decatur high school gym in Leon. Daniel Showalter (12 years), David Showalter (10 years) and Molly Bu-dach (10 years) took part in the free throw contest sponsored by the local council of the Knights of Columbus of Mount Ayr and Leon. Budach will represent the 10-year-old age group in the district contest in Osceola in February. Obituaries this week were Lois Breckenridge Jensen and Sam Ed-ward Wilkey.

Letters to the EditorWriter recalls connection to TarkioEditor - My wife and I had the plea-sure of attending the showing of the movie “Lincoln” Friday night at the Princess Theater. As I was driving home, I contemplated the Republican President Lincoln, and my mind drifted to an article Alan Smith wrote not long ago in which he spoke of current senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Cuban heri-tage, who is positioned to run for

President in four years. Mr. Smith, with tougue in cheek, made mention of Rubio’s slight connection to Ringgold county as he was, at one time, attending Tarkio College on a football schol-arship and set foot in Lamoni on Graceland’s football fi eld. That made me chuckle as the fact is Rubio had a far closer con-nection to Ringgold county than Alan realized since my uncle Jim

Arneal was on the Tarkio College board of directors at the time. Jim Arneal, with my mother Mary, was born and raised on a farm south-east of Redding just a mile or so north of the Missouri border. They both graduated from Redding high school and graduated from Tarkio College where Uncle Jim was a prominent member of the basket-ball team which won the NAIA national championship in the early 40s. I suspect that Uncle Jim is the only native Ringgold county resi-dent to be a member of a college national championship team. In any event, Uncle Jim was on the board at “Tark,” as we called it at the time and also a few years lat-er when it closed. His parents, J.D. and Bessie, are buried in Mount Ayr. You older folks in Mount Ayr may recall Bruce and Grace Arneal, who had a house and small acreage in east Mount Ayr of which some of the pasture was sold off to Gerold Plumbing and Heating for their building. Uncle Jim has many relatives, though distant, still liv-ing in Ringgold county. As a side note, I too am a proud “Tark” grad-uate, and I tell people I have it the best since I have a diploma from an accredited four-year college but never get solicited for alumni do-nations... but I digress. It was delightful to be able to view the movie a short distance from home in a “jewel” that the Mount Ayr community put a huge amount of sweat equity, let alone money, into, and with a full house that evening, it was truly a testa-ment to those individuals and the community who had the foresight and resolve to complete. Kudos to all involved - job well done.

Bill HendersonClearfi eld

Tarkio College, ‘72

Members of the board currently include Becky Fletchall, Central Point Coordinator; community representatives Becky Caldwell and Chandra Poore; family mem-ber representatives Jim Routh and Judy Hensley; Kathy Lerma, case manager representative and Kraig Pennington, Ringgold County Board of Supervisors representa-tive. RCSS currently has a staff of fi ve, including McGahuey, who began work with RCSS in Novem-ber 2000 as a staff member. They include Denise Golliday (2000), Jo Ann Pollock (2005) and Elizabeth Creveling (2005) as full-time staff and Chanelle Cole (2012) as part-time. All staff have been trained in fi rst aid, CPR, prevention of depen-dent adult abuse and medication management. McGahuey said she and her staff welcome volunteers, especially for special events like trips to the state fair. Because of the requirement for the six-to-one staffi ng ratio, RCSS is considered at full capacity. McGahuey also said RCSS ac-

cepts donations of money or items to benefi t the individuals. In the past these items have included furniture and craft supplies. In ad-dition RCSS conducts occasional fundraisers such as their annual play to purchase items for the fa-cility. RCSS is accredited through the Commission on Accredita-tion of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and recently completed an accreditation visit from a CARF surveyor. McGahee said facilities such as RCSS have 700 standards they must meet to qualify for ac-creditation. She said the surveyor was highly complimentary of the RCSS facility in programming and praised the facility for its wide variety and quality of service. She especially was impressed by the scrapbooks designed and created by each individual to show their own personal activities throughout the year. So, in the new year if you have resolved to volunteer or get more involved in your community, give RCSS some thought. It may not be Disneyland, but it is most defi nite-ly warm and sunny inside.

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depressed less often. RCPH continues their work on a Community Transformation Grant to reduce the impact of chronic diseases. Those wanting more in-formation on walking, biking, or healthy eating may call Ringgold County Public Health at 641-464-0691. Visit RCPH on the web and sign up for their monthly newslet-ter at www.rcph.net or fi nd them on Facebook: www.facebook.com/rstop.

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January 10-17, 2012 Timothy A. Newton, Mount Ayr, $222.00, speeding 20 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Richard Aaron Schmitz, Lenox, $114.00, speeding 6-10 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Casey L. Riedel, Bedford, $114.00, speeding 6-10 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Stephen Alan Sickels, Mount Ayr, $262.50, employee providing tobacco to minor/fi rst offense. Stephanie Marie Crouse, Wau-kee, $87.00, failure to display reg-istration plate. Danny Lee Gentry, Princeton, MO, $114.00, speeding 6-10 m.p.h. over the speed limit. Richard Dawane Cena, Grand River, $397.50, driving while li-cense denied, suspended or can-celled.FROM RINGGOLD COUNTY

MAGISTRATE COURT• January 14 - A judgment was

fi led in magistrate’s court fi nding Brian Atteberry of Creston guilty of theft in the fi fth degree. Atteberry was sentenced to one day in jail, given credit for time served and ordered to serve the re-mainder of the sentence within one day of this fi ling. In addition he was ordered to pay a law enforce-ment initiative surcharge of $125, court costs of $60, jail fees of $35, service fees of $25 and restitution to Jerry’s Sinclair in the amount of $128.62, all monies payable to the clerk of court. Atteberry was ordered to be fi ngerprinted by the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Offi ce. Appeal bond was set at $300. • January 16 - A judgment was fi led in magistrate’s court fi nding Jason Naill of Blockton guilty of theft in the fi fth degree. Naill was ordered to pay a fi ne of $100, a surcharge of $35, a law enforcement initiative surcharge of $125, court costs of $60 and restitution to Lynn’s Sinclair in the amount of $100.75, all mon-ies payable to the clerk of court by February 27, 2013.

FROM RINGGOLD COUNTY DISTRICT COURT

• January 14 - A deferred judg-ment was granted to Damon Curtis Dustin of Braddyville on a charge of posession of a controlled substance/marijuana. Dustin was placed on two years supervised probation with the Iowa Department of Correctional Ser-vices and ordered to pay their $300 supervision fee. In addition, Dustin was ordered to pay a civil penalty of $315, jail fees of $140, a law enforcement initiative surcharge of $125 and court costs of $100, all monies payable to the clerk of court. Dustin was also ordered to reimburse the state of Iowa for his court-appointed attorney fees. Ap-peal bond was set at $1,000. If all terms of the judgment are met, this conviction can be expunged. • January 14 - A deferred judg-ment was granted to Trena Lorene Anderson of Sidney on a charge of child endangerment. Anderson was placed on two years supervised probation with the Iowa Department of Correctional Services and ordered to pay their $300 supervision fee. In addition, Anderson was ordered to pay a civil penalty of $625 and court costs of $100, all monies payable to the clerk of court. Anderson was also ordered to undergo evaluation for substance abuse and to satisfy all recommen-dations of the evaluation and to reimburse the state of Iowa for her court-appointed attorney fees. Ap-peal bond was set at $2,000. If all terms of the judgment are met, this conviction can be expunged.

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• January 19 - Kegan Evan Bish-op was arrested by Ringgold County Sheriff Offi ce personnel on a count of OWI/fi rst offense.

RINGGOLD COUNTYSHERIFF’S LOG

(Call Origination Code: MA = Mount Ayr; KE = Keller-

ton; EL = Ellston; TI = Tingley; DI = Diagonal; DE = Delphos; MO = Maloy; BE = Beaconsfi eld; BO = Benton; SC = Shannon City; BL = Blockton; RE = Redding; SV = Sun Valley; CO = In County; OC = Out of County; OS = Out of State)

January 10-17, 2012 6:27 a.m., call for magistrate. (OC) 7:19 a.m., offi cer checking in. (MA) 8:26 a.m., call for sheriff. (MA) 9:21 a.m., call for clerk. (OC) 10:31 a.m., call for sheriff. (MA) 10:42 a.m., call for sheriff. (CO) 3:04 p.m., caller returning offi -cer’s call. (CO/EL) 3:23 p.m., 911 call, wrong num-ber. 3:28 p.m., Union county calling with information. (OC) 8:15 p.m., caller signing up for security check. (MA) 9 p.m., caller reported BBs shot at her house. (KE) 9:23 p.m., caller needing sal-vage deer tag. (DI)

Friday, January 11 12:50 a.m., caller reporting their dog got loose. (MA) 8:13 a.m., caller with questions about inmate. (CO) 10:22 a.m., caller with ques-tions for dispatch. (CO) 10:42 a.m., caller with com-plaints about county roads. (CO) 10:57 a.m., caller with questions about papers that were served. 12:09 p.m., caller with concerns about county roads resolved. (CO) 12:12 p.m., caller needing to speak to the sheriff. (MA) 1:06 p.m., caller needing to speak to the sheriff. (MA) 1:50 p.m., caller wanting court dates for inmates. (MA) 7:56 p.m., dog complaint. (KE) 8:14 p.m., caller reporting van-dalism. (MA)

Saturday, January 12 1:59 a.m., caller reporting dis-ruptive vehicle. (SC) 7:02 a.m., magistrate checking in. (CO) 7:33 a.m., offi cer checking in. (CO) 8:26 a.m., request for an ambu-lance. (MA) 8:51 a.m., caller with a message for offi cer. (MA) 9:14 a.m., report of power out-age. (OC) 9:52 a.m., reserve offi cer check-ing in. (MA) 11:17 a.m., caller ready for es-cort. (MA) 11:22 a.m., caller looking for driver. (CO) 12:20 p.m., dog complaint. (MA) 12:23 p.m., caller wanting a plat book. (MA) 12:34 p.m., caller wanting to speak with an offi cer. (KE) 11:30 p.m., caller advising their car had broken down.

Sunday, January 13 1:35 a.m., burglar alarm sound-ing. (MA) 3:53 p.m., caller wanting offi -cer to call back. (DI) 5:36 p.m., caller advising there was a window open at the court-house. (MA)

Monday, January 14 7:40 a.m., caller wanting Rural Iowa Crisis number. (MA) 8:39 a.m., caller checking on an inmate. (OC) 9:02 a.m., call for offi cer. (OC) 9:08 a.m., call for sheriff. (MA) 10:48 a.m., request for a copy of an accident report. (OC) 11:12 a.m., caller needing war-rant returned. (MA) 11:31 a.m., caller wanting to schedule a visit. (OC) 11:37 a.m., sex offender check-ing in. (CO) 11:43 a.m., caller wanting to know the address of the sheriff’s offi ce. (MA) 12:05 p.m., caller reporting they found their dog. (DI) 12:10 p.m., caller wanting to leave message. 12:35 p.m., caller wanting of-fi cer to call them back. (OC) 1:30 p.m., call about more cal-endars. (MA) 1:47 p.m., caller wanting fax number for sheriff’s offi ce. (MA) 3:04 p.m., caller reporting sto-len items. (KE) 3:59 p.m., request for an ambu-lance. (OC) 6:17 p.m., caller needing offi -cer. (MA) 6:35 p.m., caller reporting loose dog. (KE) 8:46 p.m., caller with travel concerns. (MA)

Tuesday, January 15 4:41 a.m., caller reporting car missing. (KE) 6:21 a.m., call for offi cer. (KE) 7:49 a.m., caller checking on son. (KE) 7:50 a.m., call for dispatch. (OC) 9 a.m., call for offi cer. (OC) 9 a.m., call for sheriff. (CO) 9:36 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 11:38 a.m., call for jail. (MA) 12:30 p.m., caller reporting missing dog. (MA) 1:19 p.m., call for civil clerk. (MA) 2:25 p.m., call for sheriff. (MA) 3:09 p.m., caller reporting sto-len items. (DI) 3:30 p.m., caller wanting ad-dress for sheriff’s offi ce. (OC) 3:57 p.m., caller wanting to speak to chief deputy. (EL) 4:21 911 call, request for an ambulance. (TI) 5 p.m., dog complaint at CGI. (MA) 6:25 p.m., caller needing to speak to offi cer. (RE) 7:31 p.m., request for an ambu-lance. (TI) 8:19 p.m., caller reporting an alarming solicitor call. (CO) 8:20 p.m., call for information regarding prisoner. (OC) 8:25 a.m., reserve offi cer check-ing in. (CO) 10 a.m., caller with problem for offi cer. (OC) 10:50 a.m., caller with confi -dential stuff - transferred to offi -cer.

Wednesday, January 16 5:28 a.m., caller reporting a wa-ter leak. (MA) 5:40 p.m., caller reporting a water leak. (MA) 7:35 a.m., caller advised they didn’t need offi cer. (CO) 7:51 a.m., sheriff checking in. (CO) 8:50 a.m., caller requesting a picture on investigation. (CO) 9:21 a.m., caller advising of transport information on inmate. (OS) 9:47 a.m., 911 call, false alarm. (MA) 10:10 a.m., caller with question on civil papers that needed served. (OC) 10:37 a.m., 911 call for Decatur county - call transferred. (OC) 10:51 a.m., 911 call, report of a semi rollover with hogs escaping. (CO) 10:57 a.m., 911, caller advised they had just approached a wreck and hogs were escaping. (CO) 11:11 a.m., request for informa-tion. (DI) 11:35 a.m., caller reporting a phone deal. (CO) 3:07 p.m., domestic call. (MA) 3:46 p.m., 911 call. (TI) 4:08 p.m., caller with informa-tion for offi cer. (CO) 4:30 p.m., caller reporting pow-er outage. (OC) 5 p.m., request for an ambu-lance. (MA) 5:21 p.m., caller with a request for information. (MA) 6:02 p.m., 911 call, hang up. (CO) 6:22 p.m., call for offi cer. (DI) 6:24 p.m., caller wanting a wel-fare check done. (OC) 6:35 p.m., caller looking for missing dog. (KE) 7:23 p.m., 911 call, hit and run complaint. (DI)

Thursday, January 17 12:58 a.m., 911 call, domestic problems. (MA) 2:36 a.m., 911 call, request for an ambulance. (MA) 6:32 a.m., 911 call - not an emergency. (CO/MA) 6:33 a.m., 911 call, request for an ambulance. (TI) 7:02 a.m., caller returning phone call to offi cer. (CO/EL) 7:21 a.m., Department of Cor-rections calling to speak to sheriff. (OC) 7:22 a.m., caller needing infor-mation. 7:25 a.m., Ringgold County Hospital calling in need of infor-mation. (MA) 9:33 a.m., Department of Cor-rections calling to speak to the sheriff again. (OC) 8:27 a.m., caller checking on an

inmate. (CO) 9:59 a.m., 911 call, request for an ambulance. (MA).

COURTHOUSE NEWS Ringgold County Courthouse hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. unless noted otherwise. Ringgold county now has a website at www.ringgoldcounty.us. • Assessor: Neil Morgan, 464-3233. • Auditor: Amanda Waske, 464-3239. • Board of Supervisors: David Inloes, chairman, Royce Dredge and Kraig Pennington, members, 464-3244. Supervisors meetings are open to the public and are held in the su-pervisors conference room located on the second fl oor between the clerk of court and auditor’s offi ce. On days the board is not sched-uled to be in offi ce, please direct all inquiries to the auditor’s offi ce. To schedule a meeting time with the supervisors, contact the audi-tor’s offi ce. Regular board meetings are held on Mondays with offi cial public notice of the meeting agen-das posted at the Ringgold county courthouse, Mount Ayr Record-News, Sun Valley Lake and Diago-nal city hall the day before. • Clerk of Court (a state of-fi ce): Jackie Saville, 464-3234; fax: 464-2478. Offi ce hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. The clerk’s offi ce handles ali-mony and child support payments, probates, civil and criminal fi lings, magistrate’s court and records and services of adoptions, conservator-ships, court proceedings, divorces, estates, grand jury, guardianships, judgments, juvenile proceedings, mechanic’s liens, mental health admissions, petit jury, surety company certifi cates, state hospi-tal, traffi c violations, trust funds, trusteeships. Certifi ed copies can be made of above listed records. Court records are also available at www.iowacourts.gov. • County Conservation Board: Kate Zimmerman, phone: 464-2787, email: rangerkate@io-watelecom.net. Please contact for information on rules and regulations, parks, trail ways, camping, shelter reser-vations, environmental education and more. Parks are open March 15 - November 15. Walk-in traffi c is allowed year round. • County Weed Commission-er: Brenda Adams, 641-344-9629. • Development and Tourism: Karen Bender, Coordinator, 464-3704. If anyone has any calendar events, please contact the develop-ment offi ce at 641-464-3704. • E-911 Service Board: Merle Walter, 307 N. Webster St., Mount Ayr, 464-3311. • Emergency Management Agency: Teresa Jackson, Coordi-nator, 109 W. Madison St., Suite 105, cell: 641-202-9671; phone: 464-3344; fax: 464-0663, email: tjackson@iowatelecom.net. Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The tornado sirens in Mount Ayr will be tested the fi rst Tuesday of each month unless there is se-vere weather. • Engineer: Zach Gunsolley, P.E., 464-3232. 707 South Hender-son Drive. Offi ce hours: Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • General Relief: Teresa Jack-son, 109 W. Madison St., Suite 105, 464-3344. Offi ce hours: Tues-day and Friday, 8 a.m. to noon or by appointment. For emergencies call 641-344-9767. • Recorder: Karen Schaefer, 464-3231. Passport applications are taken daily from 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. and noon - 4 p.m. Certifi ed vital records can be obtained from 8 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. The recorder’s offi ce serves as a passport agent. Items needed to apply are: certifi ed copy of birth certifi cate, driver’s license or state issued ID, two-inch square pass-port photos and passport applica-tion (both available at recorder’s offi ce) and fees. Allow four to six

weeks from date of application to receive passport book or card from the passport agency. Expedited service is available for an addi-tional fee. Individuals with recent name changes can get their passport book/card updated without a fee within one year of issue. Forms may be obtained at the recorder’s offi ce. For additional information call the recorder’s offi ce or go to www.travel.state.gov/passport. • Sanitarian: Ringgold County Public Health Agency, 464-0691. Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Public Health Agency: 119 S. Fillmore, 464-0691. Hours: Mon-day - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Sheriff: Mike Sobotka, Emer-gency Only 911, Non-Emergency (Available 24/7) 464-3921 or 464-2911. New location at the Ringgold County Law Enforcement Center, 801 West South Street. Hours are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Road Conditions - dial 511 or online at www.Io-waRoadConditions. org. • Treasurer: Debbie Cannon, 464-3230. Property taxes can be paid on-line at www.iowatreasurers.org with Visa, Master Card and Dis-cover credit cards or e-checks. Payments made in the offi ce may be with cash, checks or with a Mas-ter Card, Visa or Discover credit or debit card. All documents conveying real estate need to have the name and address of the person to whom the property tax statement is to be mailed. Please check renewal notices and tax statements for the correct information. If the infor-mation is wrong, contact the trea-surer’s offi ce. Motorists can now renew mo-

BY MIKE AVITT There were many efforts to ob-tain health care facilities decades before the Ringgold County Hos-pital was built in Sheldon Heights. A local doctor rented rooms at the Commercial Hotel in Mount Ayr for use as a sanitarium. Dr. Gilmour tried the same thing at the Willow Home boarding house around the turn of the century. Lat-er, in 1921 I believe, Dr. A. J. Ah-rens turned his home (the former Baptist Church) into a legitimate hospital with fi ve patient’s rooms upstairs and a couple downstairs. This effort lasted long enough for Dr. Ahrens to build an offi ce on the south side of his hospital. I don’t know how long the hospital last-ed, but the house sits at 201 West Jefferson and is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Cole. The house was built as the Baptist Church in 1872. Another attempt to establish a

hospital came when the Ringgold County Home was discontinued in the late 1930s. The building was only about 17 years old, but, for whatever reason, this idea was scrapped in favor of construct-ing a new facility. In the fall of 1946, a bond issue was passed for $100,000 and a group of commis-sioners appointed by the Ringgold County Board of Supervisors set out to secure a site for the new hos-pital.

In the meantime, more money was needed and this came in sever-al different ways. The land for the new facility was donated by I. J. Dailey, Dr. C. C. Lawhead, Clyde Lesan and Mount Ayr’s Security State Bank. Additional revenue was raised by the county selling the County Home and the adjoin-ing farm. My notes say that Roy Larson bought the poor farm (as it was sometimes called) at public

Snapshots of History

Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr in the early 1950s.auction on August 5, 1948. Soon after this move, another bond issue was passed for $70,000 and dona-tions were collected until funding was suffi cient. Construction began in the fall of 1949 and the Ringgold County Hospital was completed in April of 1951. Open House was held April 15, and the community was introduced to the fi rst administra-tor, Miss Genevieve Greene. Miss Greene supervised a staff of 21 doctors, nurses, aides and offi ce workers. Dr. C. C. Lawhead, H. M. Ross, Paul Beymer, Homer Den-ney, William Breckenridge, Billie Finch and Carl Hogue served as the fi rst trustees. The fi rst baby born in the hos-pital was Janet Dennis, born on April 19, 1951 to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Dennis. There would be more births and even an expansion of the hospital building, but that’s anoth-er article.

tor vehicle registrations online at www.iowatreasurers.org if a re-newal notice is received through the United States Postal Service that contains a personal identifi ca-tion number (PIN). Please be aware that the PIN can only be used one time. Contact the treasurer’s offi ce for more information. Those with December birth dates are reminded to register their motor vehicles by January 31, 2013. Bring in the renewal state-ment received in the mail so re-newals can be quickly processed. • Driver’s License Offi ce: Lo-cated in the Treasurer’s Offi ce. Driver’s licenses may be re-newed any time during the period of 30 calendar days before and up to 60 calendar days after the driver’s birth date. The driver’s license station hours are Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Phone 464-3230 with ques-tions. • Veterans Affairs: Gary Smith, 464-2397. Mondays and Thurs-days, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Tuesdays, 8 a.m. - noon; Closed Wednesdays and Fridays. In case of emergency 641-464-2397 or 641-202-1199.

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The honor roll lists for Grace-land University’s 2012 Fall Term have been announced. Students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average are named to the president’s list. Students with a GPA between 3.65 and 3.99 are named to the honors list. Students with a GPA between 3.25 and 3.64 are named to the dean’s list. Named to the president’s list are Julie Neas of Kellerton, Cassan-dra Still of Mount Ayr and Anne Uhlenkamp of Mount Ayr. Ariel Dickerson of Ellston was named to honors list. Appearing on the dean’s list are Jennifer Leeper of Kellerton, Eugene Waugh of Mount Ayr and Heather Percifi eld of Redding.

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Thursday, January 24 Alcoholics Anonymous meet-ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr.

Saturday, January 26 Card shower for Guelda Bark-er’s 90th birthday. Cards and cor-respondence may be sent to her at 201 South Lincoln Street, Mount Ayr, IA 50854.

Sunday, January 27 Missionary Elizabeth Carter, granddaughter of Helen Moon of Blockton, will speak at the United Baptist-Presbyterian Church in Mount Ayr at 2 p.m.

Monday, January 28 $1 sack day every day at the Ringgold County Neighborhood Center. Second Childhood Doll Club will meet for lunch at Rumors at 12:30 p.m. Meeting is at the Ring-gold County Extension offi ce at 1:30 p.m. Program will be show and tell. Thin Within support group will meet at 5 p.m. at the Lighthouse. Ringgold County Tourism meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Cham-ber of Commerce building. Sowing in Tears Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. at the Light-house Church, two miles west of Mount Ayr. Jam session at the Mount Ayr American Legion building from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, January 29 Card shower for Rev. Doris Kinton’s 80th birthday. Cards and correspondence may be sent to her at 1440 45th Street, Des Moines, IA 50311.

Wednesday, January 30$1 sack day every day at the

Ringgold County Neighborhood Center.

Thursday, January 31 Alcoholics Anonymous meet-ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr.

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

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

Tuesday, February 5 Calico Quilters will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Senior

Citizens Activity Center, Mount Ayr. Mount Ayr Chamber of Com-merce will meet at 5:30 p.m. at Jamie’s Coffee Mill & Deli for dinner during the meeting. Faith Lodge #179 A.F. & A.M. meets at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, Mount Ayr.

Wednesday, February 6 $1 sack day every day at the Ringgold County Neighborhood Center. The Mount Ayr Public Library board will meet at 5:15 p.m. at the library. Ethan and Amelia Baker

Couple exchanged vows December 26 Mr. Rod White of Mount Ayr is pleased to announce the marriage of his daughter, Amelia Michelle, to Ethan Daniel Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Baker of Clearfi eld. The couple was married December 26, 2012 in Mount Ayr. This was the groom’s grandparents’ 64th wedding anniversary.

Mr. and Mrs. Baker are both 2009 graduates of Mount Ayr Com-munity high school. The bride, an LPN, will join her husband in North Carolina where he is a cor-poral in the USMC. The couple will return to Iowa in July and plan to further their educations. A reception for the couple will be held at a later date.

Birthdays

Chuck Meacham

Meacham observed 65th birthday Chuck Meacham of Tucson, AZ, formerly of Mount Ayr and a member of the infamous MACHS Class of 1967, celebrated his 65th birthday anniversary on January 21, 2013. Cards and correspondence may be sent to him at 7601 Hopdown Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85741.

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Guelda Barker

Barker to celebrate 90th birthday The family of Guelda Barker is hosting a card shower in honor of her 90th birthday on January 26. Cards and correspondence may be sent to Guelda at 201 South Lin-coln Street, Mount Ayr, IA 50854.

Rev. Doris Kinton

Kinton to observe 80th birthday The family of Doris Kinton -- Tom Kinton, Lorinda Parker and Karla McNulty -- would like to host a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday on January 29. Cards and correspondence may be sent to Doris Kinton, 1440 45th Street, Des Moines, IA 50311.

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“With malice toward none, with charity for all . . . .” the words of Abraham Lincoln’s second inau-gural echo through the ages, as does Lincoln himself. Kudos to the Princess Theater for bringing the very excellent movie “Lin-coln” to the community. We can all be proud of our theater for such high quality and affordable fam-ily entertainment. The fi lm was oddly modern in its portrayal of the struggles between President Lincoln and the house of Repre-sentatives. Particularly acrimoni-ous was the fi ght over the passage of the 13th amendment outlawing slavery. The inauguration of a President is proof that our system works. Our fi rst President George Washington proved that when he refused a third and, if he had wanted it, a lifetime term stepping aside for the election of a new president, John Adams. Washington had already demon-strated his commitment to repre-sentative government. In 1783 he resigned his commission as Com-mander in Chief of the Continental Army and returned to Mount Ver-non. When his old nemesis, George III, was told of Washington’s plans, he said, “if he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.” Until the passage of the 20th amendment in 1933, the date for the inauguration of the president and vice president was March 4. With that amendment, the date was changed to January 20. During the Great Depression the period between the election of Franklin Roosevelt in November and his taking offi ce in March seemed way too long. At that inaugura-tion Franklin Roosevelt uttered the words that helped restore the nation’s confi dence when he said, “that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. . . .” Roosevelt did not attend any of the inaugural dances but went to work on a solution to the banking crisis. In the four months since his election, a run on bank deposits by frightened depos-itors threatened every bank in the United States. But, as a matter of fact, Franklin Roosevelt could not dance, an attack of polio had crip-pled his legs. The next morning the nation awoke to a “bank holiday,” he closed every bank in the Unit-ed States until federal inspectors could examine them. Once con-fi dence was restored, people put their money in the banks and the crisis passed. George Washington had the shortest inaugural speech, only 135 words. William Henry Harri-son had the longest, 8,445 words in 1841. Harrison stood bareheaded without a coat on the podium on a cold, wet and windy day in March delivering his speech. He caught

a cold that turned into pneumonia and died within a month of taking offi ce. New to the library: In regular print fi ction: “The Suspect” by John Lescroat. In paperback fi c-tion: “A Rocky Mountain Christ-mas” by William W. Johnstone.

Mount Ayr honor rolls told for fi rst semester Mount Ayr Community offi cials recently released the names of high school and middle school students listed on the A and B honor rolls for the fi rst semester. A total of 107 students were named to the honors list. Nine-teen high school and eight middle school students were included on the A honor roll. Forty-two high school and 38 middle school stu-dents were listed on the B honor roll. A honor roll students are listed below by grade: Seventh grade: Mercadez Birkenholtz, Alyssa Johnson and Abbey Schafer. Eighth grade: Sadie Frost, Mitchell Jennett, Macy Larsen, Tessa Shields and Megan Warin. Freshmen: Trevor Anderson, Lincoln Lutrick and Trina Restau-ro. Sophomores: Laneesa Brand and Ashton Johnson. Juniors: Leah Klejch, Naomi Richards, Brook Rychnovsky, Ja-cob Sobotka and Allison Wallace. Seniors: Hannah Fletchall, Mad-ison Hosfi eld, Jena Janes, Maggie Jennett, April Shields, Taylor Still, Johnathan Triggs, Kylie Wilson and Logan Wimer. B honor roll students are listed below by grade: Seventh grade: Eian Adams, Bailey Anderson, Cauy Bickel, Alex Booth, Marcus Daughton, Madyson Henson, Caylie Hick-man, Russell Holmes, William Hunt, Mitchell Lutrick, Craven Martin, Dylan McAlexander, Zach Murphy, Bradley Phelps, Amarillo Reyes, Kenisha Ross, Hallie Still, Brayden Swank, Mitchell Swank, Chania Vos, Bradley Wurster, John Young, Kirsten Young and William Young. Eighth grade: Tristen Ackley, Molly Anderson, Cal Daughton, Haylea England, Hope Fletchall, Blair Glendenning, Breanne Haley, Michael Hanan, Cheyenne Have-man, Mike James, Kyler Martin, Ashton Sheil, Kelcie Shields and Clay Wimer. Freshmen: Samanth Crawford, Laura Davison, Kirsten Dolech-eck, Kyle Dolecheck, Cheyenne Gillespie, Ica Hauge, Shaley Mill-er, Madison Mobley, Rhett Murphy, Ashton Quick, Baylee Stark, Taylor Wilson and Alexandra Young.

Sophomores: Quintin Chum-bley, Shelbie Greene, Christiana Overholtzer, Mariah Restauro, Adrian Richards, Allie Shields, Grant Staats, Tyler Triggs and Ri-ley Weehler. Juniors: Jacob Beamgard, Paige Daughton, Jack Jones, Noah Lars-en, Mason Mercer, Matthew Poore, Zachary Tipton, Quency Vos and Hagan Willis. Seniors: Jasper Abarr, Charles Corum, Erin Dolecheck, Emily Fox, Caitlin Giles, Levi Martin, Megan Pearce, Braydee Poore, Zane Sickels, Jacob Still and Natasha Van Heeswyk.

First county Legislative Coffee in 2013 Saturday The fi rst Legislative Coffee of the season will be held in Ringgold county at the Senior Activity Cen-ter at 110 North Taylor in Mount Ayr, Saturday, Jan.26. Senator Joni Ernst and Repre-sentative Cecil Dolecheck will be meet and greet citizens from 1:00 to 2:00 pm with light refreshments provided. Anyone is welcome, including youth. The elected offi cials will give comments of what is happen-ing in the Legislature as well as take comments or questions from the audience. It is interesting so come, listen, and learn. Note the change of usual location. The Senior Activity Center is north of Shafer Insurance just off the East side of the square. Upcoming Legislative Cof-fee’s will be held February 16 and March 16 at the Extension offi ce at 101 N. Polk Street in Mount Ayr. They are also scheduled to be-gin at 1:00 pm. The Legislative Coffee is sponsored by the Mount Ayr Chamber.

Kraybill to give organ recital To celebrate the renovation of the Shaw Center and the re-instal-lation of the Casavant pipe organ, the Graceland Music Department presents a free organ recital by Dr. Jan Kraybill on Friday, February 15, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. in Lamoni. The recital will be held in the Shaw Center Family Auditorium at Graceland University. This free concert will explore multiple genres of organ music.

ExtensionNews & Notes

Judy Hensley

Mixed media artist showcased The work of mixed media artist, calligrapher and abstract painter John Y. Chang will be showcased in the latest exhibit at Northwest Missouri State University’s Olive DeLuce Art Gallery in Maryville, MO. Chang’s exhibit, “Encounters of Space,” will open with a lecture and reception at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, in the Charles Johnson Theater at the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building.

Yard and Garden: Pruning Trees There are many valid reasons for pruning trees and shrubs. The most important reasons include pruning for safety, health and ap-pearance. Iowa State University Exten-sion and Outreach horticultur-ists discuss the best time to prune common Iowa trees. To have addi-tional tree, yard and garden ques-tions answered, contact Hortline at 515-294-3108 or email hortline@iastate.edu. Find answers to common yard and garden questions at the ISU Horticulture Department’s Yard and Garden FAQs website, http://expert.hort.iastate.edu/. You can also stop by the Ringgold County Extension offi ce at 101 N. Polk, Mount Ayr, Iowa Monday through Friday noon. When is the best time to prune oak trees? Winter (December through Feb-ruary) is the best time to prune oak trees in Iowa. Pruning oak trees in winter greatly reduces the risk of an oak wilt infection. Oak wilt is a fungal disease that is lethal to many oaks. It can be spread from infected trees to healthy trees by sap-feeding bee-tles (“picnic bugs”). Oak wilt in-fections occur most commonly in spring and early summer. The sap-feeding beetles are very active in spring and early summer.

During this same time, oak wilt infected trees are producing masses of spore-producing fungal material (spore mats). These mats release a fruity odor that attracts sap-feeding beetles and other in-sects. As the beetles feed on the spore mats, spores often accumu-late on the surface of their bod-ies. Sap that forms at the surface of pruning cuts made in spring or early summer may attract sap-feeding beetles that may have been previously feeding on an oak wilt infested tree. As the beetles feed on the sap of the pruning cut, fungal spores get into the fresh wound, infecting the tree. Pruning oak trees in winter greatly reduces the risk of an oak wilt infection as the beetles and fungal mats are not present at that time of year.

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• Laurance and Margaret Bish-op attended the installation of of-fi cers ceremony of the Hobbs, NM Masonic Lodge. Their son, Larry K. Bishop, was installed as Worshipful Master. Also attending were his son, Ross, and his daugh-ter, Brenna.

January 21 - Brrr, it was a cold morning coming into the Activ-ity Center Monday but they had a very nice turnout for the memorial service honoring Marsha Luckett-Smithson, a substitute hostess and longtime supporter of the Activity Center. Marsha helped them out in many ways, one of which was watching out for lights that they may have left on in the evening or over the weekend. She would make sure those lights got turned off to help conserve electricity. She was a very helpful person remem-bered for her uniqueness. This Sunday evening the Cen-ter has its soup supper and game night. They will be offering chili and cheesy potato soup along with a dessert and relishes for a free-will offering. And, they will have a great bunch of people playing cards that evening, too, so come on up and enjoy yourselves. Starting February 4 on Monday and Wednesday mornings the Cen-ter will be having exercises at 9:30 a.m. These exercises are geared for those who should not be doing strenuous exercises and are mainly seated exercises with some stand-ing holding onto a chair. They hope you will join them to become more fl exible with your neck, arms, shoulders and trunk in addition to other areas. Dorothy Saville is the hostess for the Monday morning exercises and Marlene Keller is hostess for the Wednesday morn-ing exercises along with Sharon Hubbard for those days. They have several great DVDs to help with these exercises that make it fun so come on and join in starting Mon-day, Feb. 4, at 9:30 a.m. The Center is trying to get some day trips lined up for May and later on in the summer, so bear with them while they try to fi gure out how to do some great trips for those of you who want to go along. Trip information will be posted as soon as they can get the fi rst one scheduled. Stop by the Activity Center and have a cup of coffee with them any time. It is a great place to re-lax, play games or borrow a book or movie. They would be happy to see you!

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January 21 - On Wednesday Joyce Waters of Des Moines came down to have lunch with her mother, Fay Sickels. She stayed and played bingo with the bingo bunch and reported having a good time. The Tingley Band enter-tained Wednesday accompanied by Carmene James. The band was short some members due to ill-ness. Hopefully everyone is feel-ing better soon. Dave Patch sang “The Lord’s Prayer” prior to the meal. Joyce Smith was not present Wednesday as she went to the fu-neral for Darlene Deemer in Leon. Darlene’s late husband was a cous-in of Joyce’s dad, the late Albert Deemer. Coming down from Creston Thursday were Bill and Nor-ma Mercer. Many remembered them and enjoyed visiting with them. Sharla Norris from Ring-gold County Public Health did blood pressure checks. All appre-ciate this service to try and keep them healthy and enjoy the “Chef Charles” handouts. Joyce tried the brown rice recipe that was in the current handout and she and Max both thought it was very good. Friday Garland and Mary Roach came up from Grant City, MO to have lunch at the site. They used to come up quite often as Mary is a cousin of the late Millie Eighme and they came to visit and have lunch with her at the meal site. All are glad to see them anytime they come and hope they come back soon. Before the meal Joyce

shared the “7Ups of Life” and the “Beatitudes of Aging.” “Your attitude, not your apti-tude, will determine your altitude.” (Zig Zigler)

January 21 - Karen Kemery of Blockton visited with Dorothy Barber Saturday. Mary and Morris Carpenter and Cindy and Dick Snethen were spe-cial guests at Middle Fork United Methodist Church’s family night church supper Wednesday. Helen Combs visited with Dale Olney and Kim Scharfenkamp at Kim’s Thursday afternoon. Lew Knapp went to the speech contest Saturday in Osceola. Peggy and Jerry Overholser helped Bob and Verna Martin cel-ebrate their 58th wedding anniver-sary with supper out in Lamoni Wednesday. Louden and Calvin Main are visiting with their grandparents, Ginny and Bill Quick, for a few days. Kenny and Berta Quick went to Kansas City Thursday to visit Robert Meek in the hospital there. They also visited with Kris Quick who is recuperating from surgery at home. The Sunshine Workers 4-H Club went to Clearview Home Sunday and helped the residents celebrate their January birthdays. The 4-Hers, parents and leaders present were Tammy and Jena James, Jan, Melinda, Peter, Anna and Nathan Shervheim, Lesa, Aaron, Tucker, BayLee and Alexis Darrah and Bobbi Bainum. They played bingo with the residents and served refreshments. The Brand family had a family dinner Sunday at the Senior Citi-

January 21 - Thirty-nine years and holding. There has sure been lots of good food, a lot of fun and fellowship taking place during that time. The reason was that 39 is the milestone reached by the Tingley meal site Monday, Jan. 14. As al-ways, Tingley’s looking forward to throwing a party to celebrate this special event sometime in the fu-ture. It’s the most important party of all because without the meal site none of the others would have tak-en place. Happy 39 Tingley meal site. Wonder how many heeded Pres-ident Obama’s suggestion to get out and do some volunteering in observance of Martin Luther King Day? Ringgold County Farm Ser-vice Agency took the suggestion. Alle Buck and Daniel Curry came to the Tingley meal site Tuesday to do just that, volunteer. Everyone was really impressed with these young folks and sure appreciated their help. Alle went on the home delivery route and Daniel helped at the site. Everyone would love to have them back anytime. All were happy to welcome John and Mary Overholtzer back to the site Monday. It was the fi rst time since Mary had her knee re-placement. It was also good to have Dave and Marge Patch both able to be at the site again Monday and Tues-day. Both have been on the ailing list. Marge Werner and Ethel Camp-bell both brought jokes to share with folks at the site Monday. A good laugh makes everyone feel better. Janelle Taylor and Cindy Go-lightly accompanied their parents, Bill and Norma Webb, to the site Monday. They returned to their homes following dinner. The band was on hand to en-tertain Tuesday. Again not a lot of members but that didn’t affect how good they sounded. Members included accompanist Carmene James, plus Dave Patch, Doris Overholser, Evelyn Sickels, Doro-thy Clough, Iona Triggs, Marge Werner and Dave and Wilmina Jennings. Kathy Stammer shared a joke to make everyone’s day better. Friday Singers provided the special entertainment Friday. There were not a lot of members but they were so good anyway. Members

included accompanist Kay Hender-son, director Bonnie Manders, plus Norma Webb, Dorothy Clough and Don and Darlene Wimmer. Ringgold County Public Health nurse Sharla Norris was available to check blood pressures Friday. She also had grape tomatoes to sample and more Chef Charles pamphlets. Darlene White brought a joke to share for the day’s bit of humor. Get well wishes were extended to Marge Werner, who was taken by ambulance Thursday morning to the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr for treatment and care. All wish her a speedy recovery. Happy birthday wishes are ex-tended to two home delivery folks, Paul Smith, who observed his 89th birthday January 12, and Ruth Egly, who observed her birthday January 15. Also, happy birthday to Wilmina Jennings, who observed her birthday Friday, Jan. 18. Happy anniversary wishes were extended to Lloyd and Muriel Johnson, who observed their 55th wedding anniversary January 17.

zens Center in Mount Ayr with 25 in attendance. Annabel Walkup went to NCP Club Thursday in Blockton with Lynn King as hostess. Max and Susie Haidsiak called on Annabel Saturday afternoon. Annabel vis-ited with Vera Carson at Clearview Home Sunday. Matt Bainum of New Albany, IN is visiting Bobbi and Michael Bainum and other relatives. Alyssa Ross of Las Vegas, NV is also vis-iting. Joe and Eli Bainum of Cam-eron, MO were weekend guests of Bainums. Sunday dinner guests of Bainums were Gina and Maya Bai-num, Caitlyn Bainum, Alyssa Ross and Matt, Joe and Eli Bainum.

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January 21 - Modern Mothers Club met Wednesday evening in the home of Lucy Ricker. Games were provided by Mary Gepner. Jamie Stringham was a guest of Don and Joan Stringham from Thursday until Sunday. Recent visitors of Wallace and Patty Sobotka were Phillip and Mary Stamper of Colorado Springs, CO. Joan and Don Stringham, Mike, Malinda and Mitchel Swank and Jamie Stringham attended the John Harris wrestling tournament in Corning Friday night and Satur-day to watch Shane Swank and the other Mount Ayr Raider wrestlers. Congratulations to Shane Swank in receiving second place in his weight division. Bob and Lucy Ricker attended the John Harris wrestling tourna-ment Friday night and Saturday and watched the Mount Ayr Raider wrestling team and Joe Ricker wrestle. Congratulations to Joe on receiving third place in his weight division.

Ann Baker spent Sunday visit-ing Beverly Straight. Patty and Wallace Sobotka at-tended a birthday party for Ronny Sobotka Sunday evening at the Pizza Ranch in Creston. This par-ty was also a surprise party for Patty Sobotka in honor of her 80th birthday anniversary. Chuck and Corinna Sobotka were one of the surprises who attended the party.

January 21 - A really nice breakfast for supper was held Saturday night at the community center. Everyone seemed to enjoy the food and good fellowship. Join them the third Saturday of every month at the community center. It is a freewill donation to help keep the facility available for use by persons in the area. Saturday afternoon Shirley and Myron Ingram were visited by Mike and Connie Ingram of Rob-ins. Tamera and Cyrus Rustin of West Des Moines also spent the afternoon and evening. Kay and Judy Doolittle went Friday to Leon and Osceola shop-ping. Saturday visitors were Larry and Beth Doolittle of Redding and Howard and Rose Peterson of Tin-gley. They all enjoyed the break-fast for supper at the community center. Larry and Dorothy McAtee were surprised by a visit from Dorothy’s niece one day last week. They had not seen her for some time. Jan Holmes is feeling better at this writing after an overnight stay in the Ringgold County Hospital. The sisters were in Mount Ayr and Creston Friday afternoon. Kathryn Still went to the basketball game Friday evening in Corydon with Ronche, Katie and Cassie Still and

Jake’s friend, Jordan. Cassie Still stayed overnight with her grandma and Aunt Jan Friday night. The sis-ters helped with the breakfast for supper Saturday evening. Sunday they enjoyed a special presentation at the Kellerton Assembly of God Church by a gentleman from Hope Mission in Des Moines. They had a potluck luncheon following at the church and helped Pastor Bart Shields celebrate his birthday. Monday the sisters had doctors’ appointments in Mount Ayr.

January 21 - Happy birthday wishes to Lil Rinehart on January 21. She brought a nice brunch to the Redding Methodist church Sunday for everyone to enjoy. Supper guests of the Hanawalt family Thursday evening were Amanda and Riley Waske and Charlie and Vickie Jeanes. Saturday Kayla and Tyler Hanawalt spent the day with their grandparents, Charlie and Vickie Jeanes. They enjoyed lunch to-gether at the OldTowne Cafe in Al-lendale, MO. In the evening Char-lie and Vickie took a birthday cake and fl owers to her sister, Colleen Hiatt, at her home near Bethany, MO. Both she and her husband,

Bob, have been patients in the hos-pital in Liberty recently. They were certainly glad to be home. Get well wishes to all the friends and neighbors suffering from colds and fl u.

January 21 - Winter is back. Hope it doesn’t last too long. Ernie and Judy Mercer celebrat-ed their 50th wedding anniversary with a weekend in Des Moines. Friday they had lunch with friends and spent the afternoon playing cards. Saturday their sons, Mark and Jason, and daughter, Sandy, joined them for lunch at City Buf-fet. They enjoyed shopping and swimming at their hotel. They also enjoyed a movie. Sunday the snow changed plans and they came home to miss the worst of it. The snow didn’t follow them home though. Linda Swanson enjoyed a visit Friday morning from her uncle, Carlton Greenman, and Friday af-ternoon they were in Creston for their granddaughter, Brenna Swan-son’s graduation from Hair Tech. Willis Huff came Wednesday and was a houseguest of his moth-er, Connie, until Sunday evening. He fi nished out his deer hunting for the year with a good weekend.

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Large Estate Household and Antique

AUCTION LOCATION: Kellerton Community Center (southeast part of town)

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

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

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

HOUSEHOLD GOODSRefrigerator, automatic washer and dryer, stainless steel gas stove with stainless steel hood,

convection oven, complete line of pots, pans, baking pans, dishes, glassware, rolling metal cart, canning pots, lots of cookbooks, Black and Decker steamer vacuum cleaner, crockpot, breadmaker, electrical kitchen appliances, Tupperware, George Forman grill, food dehydrator.

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

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Emmalee Schafer donates hair to charity Emmalee Schafer, eight, with the help of stylist Aimie Larsen, cut off 11 inches of her hair last week in order to donate to the Locks of Love program. Schafer is the daughter of Ron and Liz Schafer of Mount Ayr. Locks of Love is a public non-profi t organization that provides hairpieces to fi nancially disadvan-taged children under age 21 suffer-ing from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. The program seeks to return a sense of self confi dence and nor-malcy to children suffering from hair loss by utilizing donated po-nytails to provide the highest qual-ity hair prosthetics to fi nancially disadvantaged children. The chil-dren receive hair prostheses free of charge or on a sliding scale, based on fi nancial need. Recipients are fi nancially disad-vantaged children, age 21 and un-der, suffering from long-term med-ical hair loss from any diagnosis. Most of the children suffer from an autoimmune disorder called alope-cia areata, which causes the hair follicles to shut down. In addition to the loss of scalp hair, many also lose their eyelashes, eyebrows and all body hair. This hair loss is per-manent in most cases, and there is no known cause or cure. Other re-cipients have been victim to severe burns, endured radiation treatment to the brain stem as a treatment for cancer or suffer from any number of skin disorders that cause perma-nent hair loss. The children who receive these hairpieces have lost more than their hair; they suffer from a loss of self.

Emmalee Schafer shows off her new “do” along with her missing pony-tails.

Many children have been teased by classmates and/or embarrassed by the attention they receive because of their hair loss. They often will withdraw from normal childhood activities such as swimming, go-ing to the mall or even playing with their friends. While wearing a hairpiece is certainly not a cure for these children, it can help re-store some of the normalcy to their everyday lives that most of us take for granted. The goal of Locks of Love is to help provide a founda-tion on which they can begin to rebuild their self-esteem. Several problems face children who suffer long-term medical hair loss. Most wigs sold by retailers are made to fi t adult heads and are much too big for children to wear. They often require the use of tape or glue to keep them from falling off, and these adhesives can burn or irritate the scalp. Often the styles of adult wigs are not age-appropri-ate and synthetic wigs can mat and frizz with excessive styling. The hair prosthetics Locks of Love provides are custom-made from donated ponytails for each child’s head. They retail between $3,500 to $6,000. The hairpiece forms a vacuum seal, like a suction cup, and does not require the use of tape or glue. Only the wearer of the hairpiece may remove it, by break-ing the vacuum seal at the temples. Children can dismiss insecurities about classmates pulling off their hairpiece, or losing it at recess. They can swim, shower and do gymnastics – in short, they can be kids again.

Diagonal Homecoming royaltyAshley Parrish and Ryan Parrott were named homecoming queen and king in festivities held January 11 after the Maroons’s victory over Mormon Trail. In last week’s edition the Record-News misidentifi ed the queen. We apologize for the error.

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Mrs. CrossBY NATASHA VANHEESWYK Mrs. Pamela Ann Cross is a his-tory teacher at the Mount Ayr high school. Cross is married to Mac E. Cross of Mount Ayr. Together, they have three girls; Jody Greene, Niky Taylor and Lory Stewart. Cross was hired at the high school in 1989, having a series of different jobs in the school system anywhere from a secretary, librar-ian and even teaching keyboard-ing. In 2001, Cross was hired to start teaching. Subbing from time to time beforehand, she knew this was the job for her. Cross has lived in Mount Ayr since she was in sixth grade. Grad-uating from Mount Ayr high school and furthering her studies at Grace-land University in Lamoni, Cross did her student teaching at Lincoln high school in Des Moines. Everyone has their reasons why they do the things they do. Cross had three great aunts who all taught. She knew this would be her dream when she got older. They all gave her the dream to do what she did, and that was to teach. Little did she know that when she was in high school her government teacher would make a huge impact on her to make her fully follow her dream of teaching. The best part about Cross’ job is the students. Seeing many of them mature and make a future of their own is lovely to watch. One of Cross’ best memories of teach-ing was chaperoning a student in Washington, D.C. Although, Cross got bright red and seemed very embarrassed while telling me, her most embarrassing moment would have been one day in a classroom incident with Mitch Grose. When Cross was asked what advice she would give to students pursuing a career in teaching, she said, “Learn something new everyday. Be thankful for the opportunities you have had as a student at Mount Ayr high school.” If Cross would have gone down a different path instead of teaching, she would have gone to law school to become a lawyer. As a student of Mrs. Cross, I am extremely thank-ful for the path that she has gone down as many others would agree.

Mrs. Kniep’s History Behind TeachingBY BAILEA STARK Shaun Kniep started teaching in 1999, the same year she got mar-ried. After graduating from MACHS in 1991, she went to the University of Missouri where she got a degree in sociology and a minor in theatre. She also has her masters degree in English education with a speech emphasis from Northwest Mis-souri State. When asked if college was challenging for her, Kniep claimed it was. She had studied a lot more in college than in high school. She enjoyed college, though, because there were so many new opportu-nities and freedoms in college. When Kniep fi rst started teach-ing, she taught at Diagonal for three years. She enjoyed teaching there and loved the people she worked with. However, when Mount Ayr Community high school had an opening she felt as if she had to take it, with that being her alma mater. She wanted to teach here because she loved all her teach-ers and felt like she needed to give back to the children of this com-munity as much as what she was given when she was our age. Kniep loves teaching at Mount Ayr because she teaches with most of her high school teachers. She also loves seeing the changes each year they do to the building to im-prove it. The funnest thing for her is seeing all her classmates children in her classroom and noticing how much they are like their parents. The classes Kniep teaches are one section of eighth-grade Eng-lish, Speech, Fundamentals of Writing, College Composition I and II for Southwestern Commu-nity College, Communications, and two sections of English I. She also keeps busy by being sponsors for the elementary and high school yearbook, speech contest, the ju-nior class, drama club and the Stu-dent Ayr. Mrs. Kniep has twin daughters who are in second grade at Mount Ayr Community elementary.

Question of the WeekBY DYLAN DOMAN The speech that we are re-minded of at this time of the year is Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream.” In his speech King told us about a world that he hoped and prayed for. This week we asked students around the school what their dreams are: Jordan Jones - To open my own ministry. Logan Wimer - To be a very successful person. Quency Vos - To be a profes-sional pilot. Paige Daughton - To make money. Jake Ricker - To be a profes-sional hunter. Baylee Arends - To be success-ful. Logan Stark - To be a profes-sional athlete. Laura Davison - To be a profes-sional volleyball player. Cal Daughton - To become fa-mous with Braydee Poore. Macy Larson - To become a professional athlete. Marcus Daughton - To be suc-cessful. Sara Winemiller - To be a WNBA player.

50+ named to Cast and Crew List of Spring PlayBY JENNIFER BLAIR “Donovan’s Daughters” is the spring play which will run on the MACHS stage March 9 and 10. The play takes place in Seattle the late 1800s. There are 10 men for every woman in the territory, excellent odds for Shamus Dono-van, an Irish fi sherman with fi ve daughters to marry off. Several town council members immediately fall for the younger daughters, but unfortunately, a family tradition says the oldest must marry fi rst. But the oldest daughter is Katherine, a wild cat! In a woman-starved town like Se-attle, there has to be someone des-perate enough to take on Kather-ine, everyone reasons. Using William Shakespear’s “Taming of the Shrew” as a guide, the men give Danny O’Brien, a federal marshal, advice on how to tame the wild Katherine. Add to the mix two feuding Indian tribes, three dim-witted lumberjacks, and a botched kidnap scheme, and you have all the elements for one of the most energetic romances the West has ever seen.The cast and crew list includes:The Donovans Shamus – Johnathan Triggs Abigail – Madison Hosfi eld Katherine – Taylor Still Bridgette – Erin Dolecheck Maeve – Maggie Jennett Moira – Hannah Fletchall Alana – Kylie WilsonSeatilites Patrick – Dawson Knapp Asa – Matt Poore Judd – Jacob Sobotka Clive – Braydee Poore Danny – Hagan WillisVillains Darien – Zane Sickels Agatha – Allison WallaceSpector’s Young Ladies Elsa – Jena James Clair – Caitlin Giles Lucy – Emily Fox Julia – Shelbie Greene Marie – Jazmine Spurrier Bethany – Christiana Over-holtzer Rachel – Neesie Brand Megan – Adrian Richards Bonnie – MaKayla O’MailiaYoung Lumberjacks Larry – Lincoln Lutrick Moe – Rhett Murphy Albert – Kyle Dolecheck Gus – Wyatt JacksonIndians Running Bear – Grant Staats Lilly Blossom – Natasha Van-Heeswyk Star Blanket – Ica Hauge Skulking Fox –Lew Knapp Morning Dove – Leah Klejch Soaring Eagle– Ben SavilleAssistants to Mrs. Kniep – Logan Wimer and Hannah GlendenningLights – Quentin Chumbley, Laura Davison, Kirsten Dolecheck and Maddie MobleyMakeup – Shaley Miller, Taylor Wilson and Miranda WaughCostumes – Jennifer Blair, Chey-enne Gillespie and Ashley PaxsonSet and props – Casey Paxson, Ty-ler Triggs, Connor Giles, Jed Mc-

Creary, Tucker Winemiller, Lin-coln Martin and Cole WilmesSound – Dylan Doman and Bailea StarkVideographer – Angel Adleman

Joe CatanzaretiBY CASSIDY MCATTEE Joseph William Catanzareti is an English teacher at Mount Ayr high school. He has taught and lived here for 18 years and enjoys it very much.

Catanzareti is a very interesting man and has plenty of stories. He says the most embarrassing mo-ment in his teaching career is when he was having a pizza party and ac-cidentally sat on a piece of pizza. The students did not inform him of the pizza, so he walked around with a piece of pepperoni stuck to his bottom. He says it made the kids laugh.

Catanzareti has been teaching at Mount Ayr for 18 years and before he taught here he taught at Fairfax and Corydon. He taught at Cory-don for fi ve years, teaching Chap-ter One reading to high schoolers. He also taught at Fairfax for four years. He coached junior high and high school track, basketball, foot-ball, and taught English. He also taught elementary P.E.

He says the best part about teaching would be socializing with the high school students. The best advice Mr. Catanzareti would give is, “Grades matter and they will matter in the future as well.” Cat-anzareti says, “I’m not going to lie, I went into teaching because sum-mers appeal to me.”

Catanzareti graduated high school from New Jersey and grad-uated college from Tarkio College, MO. Mr. Catanzareti is one of 15 children. He is married to MACHS ag teacher, Susie Catanzareti. They have one son, Joe.

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provide a cost report improvement for the hospital. New inquiries have also been received regarding the old hospital facility, and Winkler will share in-formation as it is received with the board in the ongoing efforts to sell the property. Dialysis has been a topic of discussion for several board meet-ings, and Winkler again addressed the concerns. He noted that he is in discussions to fi nd ways to contin-ue to provide dialysis locally and improve the cost report implica-tions for RCH. Ringgold County Hospital is working on continuing to provide oncology/hematology clinics since Dr. Robert Schreck is no longer available for RCH clinics. A hot topic in the news with signifi cant potential impact for Ringgold County Hospital is the ongoing debate of the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010. Under that plan, Medicaid is set to ex-pand eligibility to age 19-64 and income-based on federal poverty level guidelines only. The catch that has come up for Iowa is the section of the act that allows states to opt in or out of the Medicaid ex-pansion. Governor Terry Branstad is re-sistant to the Medicaid expansion, citing his preference for the Iowa Cares Program. While the Iowa Cares Program provided a bridge for care at its inception, that pro-gram will sunset December 31, 2013, and it is not expected to fi nd federal waivers offered again based on the federal government’s support of the Medicaid expansion. The Iowa Cares Program is limited in its benefi ts and creates travel constraints for many, particularly in rural areas. The Medicaid expansion is to be covered 100 percent by federal funds for the fi rst three years, thenmove to 90 percent federal/10 per-cent state funding after the three years. In terms of what it provides to Iowa, this expansion would cover an estimated 150,000 Iowa residents as opposed to the 65,000 now eligible under the Iowa Cares Program. Further reasoning behind support for the Medicaid expan-

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sion comes from the $1.3 billion in Iowa dollars mandated from Iowa providers to fund the Affordable Health Care Act which will be re-allocated nationally to those states opting into the Medicaid expan-sion portion of the act. These will be lost funds to Iowa if this option

is not legislatively supported. In old news Winkler and Rob-erts both spoke about the board’s request to look into refi nancing current hospital bonds. After meet-ing with bond representatives, it appears that no options are avail-able for refi nancing at this time.

The archery skills of a junior at Mount Ayr high school have gained the attention of a national bow manufacturer. Jake Ricker, son of Martha and Brent Ricker of Mount Ayr, has received word that Performance Shooting Equipment (PSE) of Tuscon, AZ has chosen to sponsor Ricker as he competes in amateur shoots in the Midwest. Ricker is a relative new-comer to archery. After having won a bow at a Ringgold County Outdoor Al-liance auction three years ago, Ricker started shooting at a make-shift range set up in the backyard of his grandparents, Bob and Lucy Ricker. Ricker credits his dad with sparking his interest in bow hunt-ing for sport, but as his skills im-proved, he branched out into the fi eld of competitive archery. He said he practices mostly on weekends because of school activ-ities, like football and basketball. During the summer he may prac-tice three or four times a week. Ricker said he still enjoys shooting at the archery range at Fogle Lake in Diagonal and having friendly competition with students at Diagonal high school, which sponsors a student archery team. Doug Still, owner of Timber-line Sporting Goods in Mount Ayr

and a PSE dealer, alerted the com-pany about Ricker’s performance in youth and adult shoots around the area. “He doesn’t get beat in the youth category,” he said, “and he now beats most of the adults in the area.” Ricker has competed in the Iowa Deer Classic shoot the past two years and placed third in the 300-yard event last year. He placed second in the adult category in last year’s Taylor County Fair event and won both the youth and adult categories at the Ringgold County Fair last year. Sponsorship from PSE consists of a new bow each year as long as Ricker remains competitive in var-ious shoots and continues to pres-ent a good image for the company. “They can’t give money” in order to protect Ricker’s amatuer status, said Still. “But it’s still a big honor for a kid of his age.” Still said young sportsmen like Ricker are in demand in the out-door sports industry, and compa-nies like PSE are eager to locate and promote these young people. Ricker said he doesn’t foresee himself moving into professional archery or trying to land a spot on an Olympic team. He much pre-fers bow hunting and competing in amatuer shoots.

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Jake Ricker tries out his new bow, compliments of PSE.

In a world where big is now often small, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new microloan program could have a great im-pact on little farmers’ lives. The program was announced in Mem-phis, TN January 15 by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. It is designed to aid “small and family operations, beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers.” They can secure loans of up to $35,000 with the program. The idea, Vilsack said, is to bolster the progress of younger producers as they move through their diffi cult start-up years. The program does that by providing resources to increase the farmer’s equity, making it possible a bit lat-er on for them to eventually qual-ify for commercial credit -- and expand their operations. The pro-gram, in expanding producer ac-cess to credit, can provide simple

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and fl exible loans for small opera-tors. The secretary said he’s met sev-eral small and beginning farmers, some returning veterans, and “dis-advantaged producers,” who are interested in farming as a career but, “too often must rely on credit cards or personal loans with high interest rates to fi nance their start-

up operations.” The USDA seeks to help these producers put down roots in agriculture by expanding their credit opportunities. Vilsack said he’s concerned about this new generation of farmers. He wants to help them “while ensuring the strength of an American agricul-ture sector that drives our econo-my, creates jobs and provides the most secure and affordable food supply in the world.” The program allows producers to apply for a maximum of $35,000 to pay for what the USDA terms “start-up expenses.” They include such things as hoop houses to ex-tend the growing season, essential tools, irrigation, delivery vehicles and annual expenses, such as seed, fertilizer, utilities, land rent, mar-keting (essential these days!) and distribution expenses. The loans can also pay for purchase of land, livestock, equipment, feed, seed

and supplies or can be put toward construction of buildings and help make farm improvements. The program is administered through the Farm Service Agency, so farmers have local access to in-formation and guidance in the loan process. The FSA looks at any unintended barriers these start-up producers might encounter in ob-taining needed fi nancing. The mi-croloan program offers a simplifi ed loan application process and the program also offers help for farm-ers interested in niche farming, raising products to sell directly to ethnic markets and through farm-ers markets throughout the nation. And, Vilsack noted, the program provides a bridge for past FSA Ru-ral Youth Loan recipients to suc-cessfully transition to larger-scale operations. It should be noted that more than 40 percent of the USDA’s farm

loans now go to beginning farmers and the agency has increased its lending to socially-disadvantaged producers by nearly 50 percent since 2008. Interested producers can get more information or make applications through their local county FSA offi ce. Vilsack, a former Iowa gov-ernor, has announced that he will stay on as ag secretary in President Obama’s second term, which be-gan offi cially January 19. I’ll see ya!

The Grand Lodge of Iowa, A.F. & A.M. is pleased to announce that two scholarship programs are now available for 2013 graduating seniors from Iowa’s Public High Schools. Information is available both from School Guidance Coun-selors and on the Grand Lodge of Iowa’s website at www.grandlod-geofi owa.com. One scholarship program is for graduating seniors from Iowa Pub-lic High Schools who will gradu-ate in 2013 and plan to study in an academic fi eld. 60 scholarships of $2,000 each will be awarded. Since the program’s inception in 1970, the Grand Lodge of Iowa has awarded more than $2.6 million in scholarships to 1,985 graduating seniors from Iowa Public High Schools all across the state. The deadline for applications is Febru-ary 1, 2013. The second scholarship pro-gram is the “Mark Earl and Esther Ruth Spencer Technical Scholar-ship” or MCEC Technical Scholar-ship. Scholarships will be awarded to graduating Iowa High School seniors planning to enroll in a me-chanical or trade course of study at an accredited Iowa Community College. 20 scholarships of $1,250 each will be awarded. This is the fourth year for this scholarship. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2013. For more information about these scholarships, email scholar-ships@gl-iowa.org, visit www.grandlodgeofi owa.com, or call 319-365-1438.

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Time running out for Social Security, other federal benefi ts to switch to direct deposit The U.S. Department of the Treasury has reported that fi ve mil-lion checks continue to be mailed to federal benefi ciaries each month. With just two months remaining until the March 1, 2013, electronic payment law goes into effect, the Treasury Department is urging Social Security and other federal benefi t recipients to not delay and switch now to either direct deposit or the Direct Express® Debit Mas-terCard® card. “Choosing direct deposit or the Direct Express® card makes it easier, safer and more conve-nient for benefi ciaries to receive

their payments. Switching to an electronic payment is not optional – it’s the law,” said David Lebryk, commissioner of the Treasury De-partment’s Financial Management Service. “If you or a loved one still receive paper checks for your ben-efi t payments, now is the time to switch. It’s free and easy – just call 1-800-333-1795 or visit www.Go-Direct.org.” Currently, approximately 93 percent of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments are being made electronically. Converting the re-maining paper check recipients

to electronic payments will save American taxpayers $1 billion over the next 10 years. The Treasury Department published a fi nal rule in Decem-ber 2010 to gradually phase out paper checks for federal benefi t payments. Since May 1, 2011, all people newly applying for federal benefi ts, including Social Security, SSI, Veterans Affairs, Railroad Retirement Board, Offi ce of Per-sonnel Management benefi ts and other non-tax payments, have had to choose direct deposit or the Di-rect Express® card at the time they sign up for their benefi ts. March 1, 2013, is the fi nal deadline by which all remaining federal benefi t check recipients must receive their money electronically. The Treasury Department’s Go Direct® public education campaign is working with more than 1,800 partner organizations throughout the country to spread the message about the electronic payment rule and educate federal benefi t recipients about their op-tions. The campaign has developed and shared a variety of public ser-vice announcements, educational videos, check inserts and other materials to explain how electronic payments work and how to make the switch from paper checks. “The Treasury Department has taken great strides to support and guide check recipients through the change to electronic payments, and we’re increasing our efforts sig-nifi cantly in the fi nal two months before the deadline,” Lebryk said. “We have a team of friendly, help-ful agents standing by at our call

center, and many fi nancial institu-tions, caregivers, senior services providers and advocates for people who are homeless or have disabili-ties have the necessary information and resources to help federal ben-efi t recipients make the switch.” Check recipients can sign up for direct deposit or the Direct Express® card by calling toll-free 1-800-333-1795, visiting www.GoDirect.org, or talking to their local federal paying agency offi ce. The process is fast, easy and free. By taking a few minutes to gather the necessary information ahead of time, most federal benefi t recipients can sign up for electron-ic payments with one phone call. Individuals will need their So-cial Security number or claim num-ber, their 12-digital federal benefi t check number and the amount of their most recent federal benefi t check. If choosing direct deposit, recipients also will need their fi -nancial institution’s routing transit number (often found on a personal check), account number and ac-count type (checking or saving). There are no sign-up fees or monthly fees to receive benefi ts electronically.

The Iowa Beef Industry Coun-cil is calling on home cooks to start grilling, broiling, roasting, stir-fr ying and stewing on their healthy beef menu ideas for the 2013 Na-tional Beef Cook-Off recipe com-petition. From January 15 to April 15, 2013, Iowa home cooks can sub-mit their best beef recipes online at www.beefcookoff.org for a chance to win $25,000 and a trip to the Metropolitan Cooking and Enter-taining Show in Washington, D.C. This year’s contest theme is “Making the Most of MyPlate,” which will encourage delicious, healthy recipes from a variety of food groups. Entrants are asked to develop original and tasty beef-fo-cused recipes that include broadly appealing ingredients from the fruit and vegetable, grain products and dairy products groups. (The MyPlate initiative is led by the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion and is designed to help consumers make better food choices.) The 2013 National Beef Cook-Off features four unique contest categories that demonstrate beef’s

National Beef Cook-off openversatility and encourage creativ-ity with a variety of ingredients, cuts and preparation methods. The four recipe categories in-clude: • Belt-tightening beef recipes; healthy and affordable beef recipes that are great values to prepare. • Semi-homemade beef recipes: recipes that combine beef and fresh ingredients with prepackaged food products. • Real worldly, real simple beef and potato recipes: easy and healthy lean beef and fresh potato recipes that feature international fl avors. • Craveable fresh beef and California avocado recipes: easy, fresh beef and avocado recipes that highlight California cuisine and cooking trends. To enter the contest, partici-pants must visit www.beefcookoff.org.

8 Mount Ayr Record-News Thursday, January 24, 2013

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Mount Ayr picked up another two road wins this week.

Mount Ayr 75, Wayne 57 The Raiders took a good win on the road at Corydon Friday, Jan.18 as they defeated the Wayne Falcons, 75-57. Mount Ayr outscored Wayne all four quarters with Jake Still and John Triggs “doing a great job on the glass all night and owning the lane,” in coach Bret Ruggles’ words. A second quarter dunk by Brady Poore was a crowd pleaser as Mount Ayr continued the offensive fi re-works. Wayne found themselves facing a tough Raider defense all night as the Raiders took away their offensive game. “This was one of the best games we played all year,” added Rug-gles. All around leaders for the night were Jake Still with 26, John Triggs with 23 and Braydee Poore with 19 points. Triggs was top rebounder with 10 while Poore dished out

Raiders notch two more road victories

eight assists and grabbed three steals to top the stats. Triggs and Still both recorded one blocked shot.

1 2 3 4 TPMA 20 21 23 11 75Wayne 15 16 13 13 57

2pt 3pt FT TP R S B ADoman 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3Jones 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 3Quick 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 1 1 0 1Poore 7-9 2-4 3-8 19 6 3 0 8Still 11-17 1-3 3-4 26 6 1 1 5Martin 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 2 0 0 0Triggs 10-14 0-0 3-8 23 10 0 1 0Weehler 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0

Mount Ayr 74 Clarinda Academy 52 Mount Ayr’s Raiders recorded their third win in a row, topping Clarinda Academy, 74-52, Monday at Clarinda. Mount Ayr took the lead and held it throughout, going into the locker room after the fi rst half up 40-24. Coach Bret Ruggles compli-

mented his team. “I am very proud of our effort,” he said. “We got three good wins in a very tough road series and are starting to jell at the right time.” Good team effort all around brought home the win with seniors leading the way again. Jake Still scored 25 points, dished out eight assists, pulled down six rebounds and made two steals. Braydee Poore tallied 24 points, seven rebounds, two steals and one blocked shot. Johnathan Triggs scored 11 points with one assist and one steal. He was also top rebounder with eight.

1 2 3 4 TPMA 12 28 17 11 74CA 7 17 13 15 52 2pt 3pt FT TP R S B ADoman 2-2 1-1 2-2 7 0 2 0 3Jones 3-3 0-0 1-1 7 0 0 0 1Quick 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 1Poore 8-14 1-3 7-8 24 7 2 1 0Paxson 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Still 7-14 4-7 7-11 25 6 2 0 8 Martin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0Triggs 5-6 0-0 1-2 11 8 0 1 1

The Raiderettes had a great win on the road Friday, Jan. 18 as they downed the Wayne Falcons at Corydon, , 42-28. Mount Ayr came out in the fi rst quarter outscoring the Falcons by fi ve. They then tightened their de-fense and left Wayne scoreless in the second quarter, retiring to the halftime locker room with a 22-7 lead. A strong Raiderette defense continued to shut down the Falcons as the third quarter closed with Wayne scoring only one point. The Falcons came alive in the fourth

Raiderettes dump Waynequarter to score 20 points, but the Raiderettes held onto their early lead and claimed the win. Taylor Still led the team with an all-around good game, putting up 15 points, pulling down 11 rebounds and recording four blocks, three steals and three assists. Caitlin Giles had top rebounds with 12, and Paige Daughton had the most assists with four. Coach Streit was very pleased with his team. “This was a great win against a good Wayne team,” he said. “Our defensive play continues

to be fantastic!”1 2 3 4 TP

MA 11 11 11 9 42Wayne 7 0 1 20 28

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Mount Ayr rollsMount Ayr basketball teams had a strong week as the Raiders notched victories over Wayne and Clarinda Academy while the Raiderettes beat Wayne. Above, Johnathan Triggs goes up for two of his 23 points against Wayne while (right) Taylor Still goes between Wayne defenders for two of her 15 points.

Maroons compete in Blue Grass Conference tourney After a thrilling win over Twin Cedars in the Blue Grass Confer-ence Tournament, the Maroons dropped their next two games, falling to Murray Friday night and Moulton-Udell Saturday. Coming off the two tournament games back-to-back, the Maroons dropped a close game to Lenox Monday night.

Murray 89, Diagonal 35 Murray proved to be too big a hurdle to overcome as the Maroons dropped an 89-35 decision in the semi-fi nals of the tournament. Murray rode a huge fi rst quarter in opening a 30-4 lead and stretch-ing that to 46-17 at the half and 70-31 after three periods. Murray was able to force numerous turn-overs and controlled the pace of the game in the loss. Although Diagonal shot 44 per-cent for the game and 67 percent from three-point land, Murray wasalso able to hold Diagonal to only 25 total shots. For the Maroons, Blake Butler totaled 14 points, two rebounds, two assists and one steal. Heath Evans had six points, four rebounds, three assists and a steal. Shad Haidsiak had fi ve points, four rebounds, two assists and four steals. Jacob Taylor had three points, 10 rebounds, four assists and fi ve steals. Ryan Parrott

had two points and seven boards, Leigh Davis had two points, Kade Means had one point and one re-bound and Levi Jarred added one point.

Moulton-Udell 56, Diagonal 42 In the consolation fi nals, the Maroons took on Moulton-Udell and dropped a 56-42 decision in a game that was closer than the fi nal score indicated. Diagonal trailed 13-9 after one period but took the lead midway through the second quarter when foul trouble started plaguing the team. Even with foul trouble, the Maroons only trailed by a 25-21 score at the half. As the fouls mounted, the Maroons slowly started falling further behind, trail-ing 42-31 after three periods. On the evening Diagonal com-mitted 22 fouls, with Jacob Taylor, Shad Haidsiak, Levi Jarred and Ryan Parrott all fouling out. The Maroons were led in scor-ing by Heath Evans who just missed a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds. Blake Butler tossed in eight points and tallied seven rebounds, three as-sists and two steals. Shad Haidsiak had six points. Ryan Parrott also had six points plus nine rebounds and four assists. Jacob Taylor had three points, Levi Jarred had three

points and Kenny Weaselhead had two points. The Maroons struggled all night as they only hit on 18 of 49 shots (37 percent). That total included only 19 percent from three-point range on 3-of-16 shooting. They also only hit on 38 percent of their free throws, going 3 of 8. Moulton-Udell connected on 16 of 28 free throws, which was the difference in the game.

Lenox 61, Diagonal 52 The Diagonal Maroons dropped a 61-52 decision to Lenox in the fi rst game back from conference tournament action. The team was never able to get much offense going as they appeared to be a step behind the Tigers most of the night. Lenox jumped out to a quick 15-8 fi rst quarter lead, which was pretty much the difference in the game. The teams played the second quar-ter even, both scoring 16 points tomake the score 31-24 at the half. Lenox then outscored the Maroons by a single point in the next two quarters, leading 43-35 after three periods before winning by the 61-52 score. The Maroons only connected on 32 percent of their shots from the fi eld (18 of 57) and a respect-able 31 percent (5 of 16) from

three-point range. They converted 11 of 14 free throws for 79 percent. Lenox had a hot shooting night as they shot 51 percent from the fi eld and made 19 of 28 free throws (68 percent) as the Maroons were again plagued by fouls. Diagonal was led in scoring by Shad Haidsiak’s 16 points plus fi ve rebounds and two steals. Levi Jarred had nine points while Heath Evans added eight points, six re-bounds, one assist and one steal.Ryan Parrott also had eight points to go along with seven rebounds,

three assists and a steal. Jacob Tay-lor had fi ve points, four boards, two assists, three steals and a block. Blake Butler had four points, four boards and two assists, and Kenny Weaselhead had two points and three rebounds. With the loss the Maroons fall under .500 for the fi rst time this year with a record of 8-9. Next up are two road games beginning with Orient-Macksburg Thursday and a conference game at Moravia Fri-day.

Ringgold county residents Sarah McAlexander, Tessa Kniep and Amy Ford have been diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension (HP), a rare condition that normally affl icts only between 15-50 people out of a mil-lion. The Mount Ayr athletic teams encourage fans to wear purple to games Thursday and Friday to support research and awareness of HP. (Not pictured is Diane Peters, another Ringgold resident with HP.)

The Mount Ayr Community athletic department is asking ev-eryone who attends events Thurs-day and Friday (Jan. 24-25) to wear purple in order to support its Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Awareness event. Pulmonary Hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) drains energy from those who are affl ict-ed, and if left untreated can result

Athletic department urges fans to wear purple for PH awareness

in the failure of the right side of the heart. It is a rare disease, affecting just 15-50 out of a million people. However, in our community there are four known cases of PH - Amy Ford, Sarah McAlexander, Diane Peters and Tessa Kniep. The wrestling and basketball

teams are proud to wear purple warmups to help raise awareness of Pulmonary Hypertension. The teams ask that fans please wear purple to show their support of those who fi ght against this debili-tating disease.

Mount Ayr Sports CalendarJanuary 24 - January 31

1/24 MS W Creston 4:00 Var W Home 5:301/25 MS GBB Leon 4:00 JVGBBB Home 4:45 GB BB Home 6:151/26 Var W Maryville 10:00 Bowl Home 10:001/28 Bowl Osceola 4:00 JVGBBB Home 4:45 GB BB Home 6:151/29 JV BBB Greenfi eld 4:45 GB BB Greenfi eld 6:151/31 MS W Pleasantv’l 4:00

Diagonal Sports CalendarJanuary 24 - January 31

1/24 BBB Orient 6:151/25 BBB Moravia 6:151/31 BBB Home 6:15

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Raider co-coaches Delwyn Showalter and Derek Lambert have been named Class 1A region-

al coaches of the year by the Iowa Football Coaches Association. The Raiders posted their fi rst-

ever 11-1 record and advanced to the quarterfi nals of the state play-offs this season.

Mount Ayr football coaches honored

Thursday, January 24, 2013 Mount Ayr Record-News 9

Sports

The Raider wrestlers traveled to Corning twice last week. Tuesday they took part in a triangular meet with Corning and Van Meter and Saturday they participated in the John J. Harris Tournament. Harris Tournament Mount Ayr was among the 22 schools that participated in the 58th Annual John J. Harris Wres-tling Tournament that was held January 18 and 19 at Corning. The tournament is considered to be among the toughest in the state, and this year it contained two state ranked teams and numerous state ranked wrestlers. It was a tough two days for the Raiders as they only had three wrestlers place and only two other wrestlers who won a match. Erik Freed and Shane Swank both placed second and Joe Ricker placed third. Team standings Creston-OM dominated the tournament with Clarinda coming in a distant second. Creston 95.5 Clarinda 58.5 Tri-Center 47 Riverside 46 Atlantic 39 Corning 38.5 Chariton 37.5 Coon Rapids 36 Panorama 32 Missouri Valley 32 Mount Ayr 31.5 Winterset 29 Red Oak 28 Griswold 27.5 Shenandoah 26 Bedford/Lenox 25 East Mills 21 Central Decatur 20.5

Wrestlers win Corning triangular, compete in Harris tournament

Southwest Iowa 15 Clarke 12 Nodaway Valley 11.5 Wayne 4Mount Ayr results Erik Freed began his tourna-ment in the 132-pound class with a second-period technical fall over Hunter Simmons of Panorama. He then decisioned Joey Huntington of Creston by the score of 10-6. In the semifi nals he eked out a 7-5 victory over Zach Evans of Coon Rapids. In the fi nals Freed’s op-ponent was Joseph Heitshusen of Shenandoah. It was a close match that ended in a tie after regula-tion time. In overtime Heitshusen scored the takedown to give him the victory. For Shane Swank at 160, his fi rst victory of the tournament was an 11-3 major decision over Spen-cer Winnett of Coon Rapids. In the next round Swank pinned Barrett Brown of Panorama. He defeat-ed Adam Baker of Creston in the semifi nals. He lost his fi nals match to Kallan Schmelzer of Corning in overtime. In this match Swank fell behind by fi ve in the fi rst period. He controlled Schmelzer in the second and third periods and tied the score but was taken down in overtime to lose the match. Joe Ricker had a bye in the fi rst round of his 285-pound class. He had a second-period pin over Mitch Hilder of Red Oak. He lost his semifi nal match 7-3 to Garrett Johnston of Panorama. He then pinned Dakota Calfee of Clarinda in his next match. In the consola-tion fi nal Ricker pinned Nate Rob-inson of Creston. At 126 Grant Staats was pinned in his fi rst match by top-seeded

Geoff Sellers of Red Oak. He pinned Liam McAlister of Coon Rapids in his fi rst consolation match. He was eliminated by Gage Cheers of Creston by a score of 16-9. Staats almost pulled off the upset in this match as he had Cheers on his back at the end of this match. Jacob Beamgard in his open-ing match had a fi rst-period pin over Tanner Allensworth of Red Oak. He lost his next match by technical fall to eventual champion Darrian Irlbeck of Tri-Center. He was pinned by Josh Matheny of Griswold to be eliminated from the tournament. At 113 Dawson Knapp was pinned in his fi rst match by eventu-al champion Dustin Reed of Bed-ford/Lenox. He next lost a close 11-9 decision to Dakota Petty of Red Oak. Trevor Anderson at 120 lost both of his matches by fall. He lost fi rst to Christian Hilgenberg of Coon Rapids and then to Caleb Orme of Red Oak. Ben Saville at 138 lost by tech-nical fall to Brennan Short of Cen-tral Decatur. At 152 Eric Miller was pinned by Justin Marn of Corning.

Corning triangular Mount Ayr went to Corning Tuesday, Jan. 15, and came home with two dual wins although three of their regulars were out of the lineup. Zach Lemon, Shane Swank and Zane Sickels were all held out of the meets due to injuries. Mount Ayr won the Corning dual, 39-36, despite giving up fi ve forfeits. The meet started at the 113-pound weight class where

Dawson Knapp received a forfeit. At the next two weights Trevor Anderson and Jonathan VanBus-kirk also received forfeits. The Raiders won the next two weights by pin. At 132 Grant Staats pinned Taylor Mullen in 30 seconds. At 138 Erik Freed’s pin over Buck Schafroth came at the end of the fi rst period. Jacob Beamgard won his match at 145 by a 9-7 decision over Gar-rett Newton. Eric Miller lost his match at 152 by fall to Corning’s Justin Marn. Mount Ayr forfeited the next four weights. Both teams were open at 220. It took Mount Ayr heavyweight Joe Ricker just eight seconds to insure the Raider victory when he pinned Ralph Morales. Mount Ayr forfeited the fi nal match at 106. Mount Ayr won the Van Me-ter dual by another close score of 36 to 33. The meet started at 285 where Joe Ricker received a for-feit. Mount Ayr forfeited at 106. Mount Ayr’s Dawson Knapp and Trevor Anderson received forfeits at the next two weights. At 126 Jonathan VanBuskirk of the Raiders was pinned by Jackson Agey of Van Meter. Chase Wyant won a 7-2 decision over Raider Grant Staats at 132. The Raiders scored six more points when Ja-cob Beamgard received a forfeit at 138. Erik Freed kept the scoring go-ing for the Raiders as he pinned Isaac Benton at the end of the sec-ond period. Mount Ayr clinched the win when Eric Miller pinned Kurt Sankey at 152. The three for-feits Van Meter received to end the meet were not enough to catch the Raiders.

Raider wrestler Erik Freed fi nished second in the 22-team Harris tournament in Corning.

The Mount Ayr bowling teams hosted Lamoni and Mormon Trail January 14 and Central Decatur January 21.

Raiderettes vs. Lamoni, Mor-mon Trail The Raiderettes won against Mormon Trail but lost to Lamoni. In round one Samantha Craw-ford paced Mount Ayr with a two-game total of 265. Four Raiderettes broke the 200 mark in the round. 1 2 THolly Karr 108 119 227Samantha Crawford 118 147 265Cheyenne Percifi eld 121 98 219Adrian Richards 115 90 205Naomi Richards 106 81 187 Lamoni’s Amber Edwards led all bowlers with a 280. Team scores after round one were Lamoni 1,173, Mount Ayr 1,103 and Mormon Trail 912. In round two, Lamoni and Mount Ayr traded games back-and-forth, but the Demons eventu-ally won the round by seven pins. 1 2 3 4 5 T MA 112 92 107 109 124 544Lam 111 143 111 106 80 551MT 84 77 111 88 102 462 After both rounds were added, Lamoni won the meet 1,724 to Mount Ayr’s 1,647 and Mormon Trail’s 1,374. “The girls rolled their best score of the season and broke the 1600 mark,” said coach Mike Zarr. “If they keep working in practice and stay focused, their best score could be in the 1800s.”

Raiders vs. Lamoni, Mormon Trail The Mount Ayr boys outdis-tanced both Lamoni and Mormon

Trail last week. In round one, Mount Ayr had three bowlers break 300: Jasper Abarr 325, Nathan Roberts 308 and Trevor Shelly 303. Shelly had an excellent fi rst-game score of 196. 1 2 TQuinton Chumbley 120 137 257Trevor Shelly 196 107 303Blake Roberts 107 135 242Keven Ralston 77 82 159Nathan Roberts 174 134 308 Jasper Abarr 158 167 325 Lamoni’s Andrew Vannest edged Abarr for the meet’s top scoring honors with a 327. After the fi rst round, the Raid-ers held a commanding lead, 1,435 to Lamoni’s 1,265 and Mormon Trail’s 1,144. The second round again saw the Raiders outdistance the fi eld. 1 2 3 4 5 T MA 146 118 139 147 171 721Lam 129 120 126 90 128 593MT 121 110 111 111 96 549 Overall score for the meet was Mount Ayr 2,156, Lamoni 1,858 and Mormon Trail 1,693. Coach Zarr complimented his team’s improved performance. “For the last few weeks the boys have had an improved attitude,” he said, “and our scores have refl ected it. Now we need to keep it up until our regionals.”

Raiderettes vs. Central Decatur The Raiderettes dropped their match against Central Decatur Monday, 1,696-1,350. Mount Ayr was again handi-capped by fi elding a short team as only four Raiderettes competed in the match. In round one Samantha Crawford paced Mount Ayr with a

two-game total of 231. 1 2 THolly Karr 101 103 204Samantha Crawford 109 122 231Adrian Richards 111 98 209Naomi Richards 96 116 212 The Cardinals’ Kilee Petty led all bowlers with a 287. Team scores after round one were Central Decatur 1,125 and Mount Ayr 856. In round two, Central Decatur expanded its lead. 1 2 3 4 5 T MA 103 88 103 106 94 494CD 100 135 113 123 100 571 After both rounds were added, Central Decatur won the match 1,696 to Mount Ayr’s 1,350. Raiders vs. Central Decatur The Mount Ayr boys dropped their meet to the Cardinals, 2,113-1,979. Quintin Chumbley and Jasper Abarr paced the Raiders in round one with two-game totals of 309 and 303 respectively. 1 2 TQuinton Chumbley 180 129 309Trevor Shelly 101 123 224Blake Roberts 120 148 268Keven Ralston 84 89 173Nathan Roberts 120 142 262 Jasper Abarr 157 146 303 Central Decatur’s Nathan Har-rah led all bowlers with a 346. Af-ter the fi rst round, the Cardinals led 1,423-1,366. In the second round Central De-catur padded its lead. 1 2 3 4 5 T MA 118 104 120 133 138 613CD 158 132 155 131 114 690 Overall score for the meet was Central Decatur 2,113, Mount Ayr 1,979.

Bowlers host triangular, fall to Central Decatur

Middle school girls basketball teamThe middle school girls basketball teams will bring their season to a close this week with a game against Cen-tral Decatur at Leon. In the group picture above, the seventh-grade team is wearing white. Pictured are (front row, L-R) Alex Booth, Addy Ebersole, Kirsten Dolecheck, Adrianne Bennett, Mercedez Birkenholz; (second row) Amarillo Reyes, Molly Anderson, Hallie Still, Macy Larsen, Caylie Hickman, Blair Glendenning, Alyssa Johnson, Cheyenne Haveman, Bailey Anderson; (back) coach Jules Daughton, Megan Warin, Sara Winemiller, Kelcie Shields, Chania Vos, Tessa Shields, Abbey Schafer, Sadie Frost and coach Tori Braby.

Mount Ayr’s middle school Raiderettes racked up two more wins at Afton January 17 and followed-up with another pair of wins over rival I-35 Monday.

Mount Ayr 8th 44, East Union 6 The eighth grade Raiderettes “came out of the game playing great defense,” remarked coach Tori Braby, as Mount Ayr held the East Union Eagles to six points the entire game.

Haveman 3 2 2

Mount Ayr 7th 24, East Union 13 The seventh grade girls “mixed it up to let everyone get a lot of playing time,” said coach Jules Daughton, and they brought home the 24-13 win. The fi rst half saw the Raider-ettes with a nice lead, 17-4, as they “moved the ball well and got easy buckets,” according to coach Daughton. Points leaders were Sara Wine-miller and Chania Vos with six. Abbey Schafer topped the stats with seven rebounds, and Mercedez Birkenholz recorded three steals.

Pts R SWinemiller 6 5 0 Vos 6 4 0 Johnson 3 0 0 Boothe 2 0 0 Birkenholz 0 0 3 Reyes 4 6 0 Schafer 3 7 0

Mount Ayr 32, I-35 29 The eighth-grade Raiderettes gave a great performance in a nail-biting 32-29 win over I-35 Monday. Looking for revenge after a loss to I-35 early in the season, the game was close throughout with both teams playing well. With 10 seconds left on the clock, Macy Larsen launched a three-point shot and sealed the victory. A very pleased coach Tori Braby praised the entire team: “Everyone of my girls did a great job today on both ends of the court and deserve credit for a well earned win.” Leaders for the night were Me-gan Warin with 13 points and seven rebounds and Macy Larsen with three steals. Pts R SWarin 13 7 2 Larsen 7 2 3 T Shields 6 4 0 K Shields 0 4 0 Glendenning 0 3 2

Middle school girls win two more at Afton

Sadie Frost scores for the middle school eighth-grade basketball team.

Kelcie Shields stepped up with a great game, recording a double double, 21 points and 13 rebounds. Kelcie also tied for most steals with Blair Glendenning both nabbing three. Pts R SWarin 6 1 1 Larsen 4 2 4 T Shields 8 12 0 K Shields 21 13 3 Glendenning 2 5 3 Frost 0 4 0

Frost 6 3 1 Haveman 0 0 1

Mount Ayr 7th 21, I-35 9 Mount Ayr’s seventh-grade girls played well at home in taking a win against Interstate 35, 21-9. The young Raiderettes did a great job on defense holding the Roadrunners to nine points. Points leader was Abbey Schafer with seven. Sara Winemiller led in rebounds with fi ve and in steals with four. The fi nal games for the middle school girls is Friday at Central Decatur at 4 p.m.

Pts R S Winemiller 3 5 4 Vos 1 4 3 Johnson 6 2 0 Hickman 2 1 0 Anderson 0 2 0 Schafer 7 4 0Still 2 1 1

The Raiderette junior varsi-ty picked up a pair of wins this week.

Mount Ayr JV 29 Wayne 25 The Mount Ayr Raiderette JV took a win over the Wayne Falcons, 29-25, Friday, Jan. 18. After losing to the Falcons earli-er in the season in double-overtime, coach Mark Budach commented, “Our girls played well, it was nice to get this win on the road.” Kirsten Dolecheck was points

Raiderette JV pick up pair of winsleader with eight while Shelbie Greene racked up an impressive 13 rebounds. Katie Holmes recorded three steals. Pts R SGlendenning 6 4 1 Mobley 1 3 1 Shields 4 3 0 Dolecheck 8 3 1 Greene 6 13 0 Holmes 4 6 3

Mount Ayr JV 41, Clarinda Acad-emy 4

The Raiderette JV dominated in the win against an inexperienced Clarinda Academy team, winning 41-4 Monday night at Clarinda. Coach Mark Budach comment-ed, ‘This wasn’t a competitive game for our team, but we were able to work on some set plays and gave a lot of players good playing time.” Leaders for the night were Katie Holmes with 13 points and four steals, followed by Allie Shields with 11 points and three steals. Top rebounders were Shields with

eight, Hannah Glendenning with seven and Shelbie Greene with six. Kirsten Dolecheck topped stats in assists with fi ve.

Pts R S AGlendenning 3 7 2 2Mobley 4 2 2 1Shields 11 8 3 0Hague 2 1 1 1 Dolecheck 2 5 2 5Gillespie 0 4 1 0Greene 6 6 2 0Holmes 13 2 4 0

Raider JV split with Wayne, Clarinda Academy The Mount Ayr boys JV White team split a pair of games this week.

Mount Ayr JV White 39, Wayne 28 The Raider JV White team “did a great job in a tough environment,” according to coach Bret Ruggles, commenting on his Raiders’ 39-28 win against the Wayne Falcons in

Corydon, Friday, Jan. 18. Points leader for the night was Casey Paxson with 15. Weston Schnoor added eight, followed by Jack Jones with six, Lincoln Martin with four, and Tyler Triggs, Riley Weehler and Quency Vos all scoring two points each. Hagan Willis was top rebounder with six.

Clarinda Academy 43, Mount Ayr JV White 36 Clarinda Academy handed the Raider JV White team their third loss of the season Monday by a score of 43-36. A sluggish first half got the Raiders behind. Mount Ayr returned stronger in the second half and worked to “chisel the Eagle lead,”

according to coach Bret Ruggles, but Clarinda Academy continued to make all the right plays at the end and sealed the win against the Raiders. Jack Jone was top scorer for the night with 17, followed by Casey Paxson with nine, Lincoln Martin with four and Quency Vos, Tyler Triggs and Kyle Young all scoring two.

Fogle Lake in Diagonal will be the scene of a two-person ice fi sh-ing contest Satruday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. According to event organizer Lester Elliott, registration will run from 9:45 - 10:30 a.m. at the boat ramp. Participants are allowed to pre-drill holes and set up equipment prior to start time, but fi shing cannot begin until the shotgun start at 11 a.m. Winners of the contest will be determined by the total weight of pan fi sh. In the event of a tie, the team with the least number of fi sh will be named winner. All judges’ decisions will be considered fi nal. Crappie, bluegill, yellow perch, redear and green sunfi sh are the only species accepted at weigh-in.All bass are to be released alive immediately. All other species may be kept for personal use, and par-ticipants are responsible for their own fi sh after weigh-in. Entry for the contest is $15 per person. Payback is 100 percent after expenses, with fi rst place claiming 50 percent, second place 30 percent and third place 20 percent of the remainder. In addition, tro-phies for longest and shortest fi sh will be awarded. All state laws regarding fi shing license and ATV registration will be in effect. Cabins at Fogle Lake will be available for rent at $35+tax per night. Rental information is available at the Diagonal City Hall - 641-734-5491. For more information on the contest, contact Elliott at 641-344-7477 or co-organizer Jason Smith at 641-344-2262.

Fogle Lake to host ice fi shing tournament

Bluegrass LeagueWeek of January 15, 2013

Team StandingsHutton Construction 14-2Giggling Girlies 8-8Raggamuffi ns 8-8Sassy Strikers 7-9Rolling Stones 6-10Lucky Ladies 5-11 High games (150 and over): Mer-na King 152, 201; Janet Haley 184; Lori Poppa 172, 163; Deb Ayres 171; Brenda Woody 161, 158, 155; Jan-ice Johnston 157; Lorrie Haver 153; Debra Larson 150; Renda Smith 150. High series (450 and over): Mer-na King 500, Brenda Woody 474,

Lori Poppa 472, Deb Ayres 454.

Thursday Men’s LeagueWeek of January 17, 2013

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The Rural Iowa Crisis Center (RICC), which provides safety and support services for victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence, is recruiting volunteers to perform a variety of duties in Ad-ams, Ringgold, Taylor and Union counties. Volunteers are always needed to assist in providing direct servic-es to victims. Direct service volun-teers are needed to answer the cri-sis hotline, provide court support, medical advocacy and transporta-tion to safe shelter, among other services. However, there are many non-direct service areas in which vol-unteer assistance is vital, including: community awareness/education, reception and light clerical duties in the main center, helping with chil-dren’s group activities and child care at the facilities, fundraising events, and assistance in process-ing donated goods. Volunteers are also needed in the thrift shop, My Sister’s Closet. All of these non-di-rect service duties are just as vital to victims as are the direct services offered. RICC is additionally inter-ested in recruiting volunteers who

Nate Becker, ShopKo manager, presents Mount Ayr middle/high school principal Lynne Wallace with a check for $2,500 at the store’s grand opening last week. The donation comes from the ShopKo foundation, a company charity that seeks to give back to the communities served by ShopKo stores.

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RICC seeks volunteers in Ringgold countyare fl uent in both English and other languages, especially Spanish, to assist the growing number of non-English speaking victims within the service area. RICC’s main center is located in Creston and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The program also operates outreach sites in Corning, Bed-ford, and Mount Ayr. Additionally, RICC provides a 24-hour crisis hotline where callers, who can re-main anonymous, may obtain in-formation or access services such as emergency shelter, advocacy and counseling. All services are free and totally confi dential. The services provided by RICC are vital to survivors and their fam-ilies. The effort, talent and time given by volunteers make huge differences in the lives of victims and survivors. Volunteering for RICC is an excellent opportunity for persons looking to gain experi-ence for the purpose of furthering their education in a social service fi eld and for persons who desire to strengthen the services available to survivors. Direct service volunteers are

also needed to provide On-Call coverage of the crisis line nights, weekends and holidays. RICC op-erates their 24-hour crisis hotline during non-business hours by us-ing call-forwarding to the mobile phones. On-call work can also include: responding in-person to requests from hospitals and law enforcement centers to provide emergency support services to victims immediately following an assault. Indirect service volunteers are needed to assist with informa-tional events, fundraising, and do-nations processing. Individuals interested in volun-teering should possess the ability to maintain strict confi dentiality and to remain non-judgmental. Good oral and written communication skills are required. Volunteers can expect to work with people from diverse racial, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Most volunteers can expect to commit, on average, eight to 15 hours per month depending on their area of interest. All volunteers will need to com-plete the Crime Victim Counselor training which is required by and

described in Iowa Code 915.20A (d). In addition to required con-tinuing education hours of 12 per year, the opportunity for further advanced training is possible for those interested in obtaining ad-vanced certifi cation levels. Upon completion of training, direct service volunteers should expect to work under the supervi-sion of a Certifi ed Domestic Abuse Advocate (CDAA) and/or a Certi-fi ed Sexual Abuse Advocate Coun-selor while completing their direct service hours requirements for the CDAA certifi cation. The next Crime Victim Coun-selor training will begin January 31, 2013. Therefore, individuals with immediate interest in vol-unteering should respond prior to January 24, 2013. Interviews will be scheduled once an application is received. Successful applicants are required to agree to child abuse registry and criminal background checks. Interested individuals, or those needing more information, may call 641-782-2706 weekdays or 1-888-782-6632 evenings and weekends for questions or to ob-tain an application.

Ringgold county residents re-ceiving Section 8 rent assistance through SIRHA may be eligible for the Family Self Suffi ciency (FSS) Program. The FSS Program is a volun-tary program designed to assist Section 8 participants in becoming economically independent and self suffi cient. With the support of local

Some county residents may be eligible for FSS program

agencies, FSS combines case man-agement, education and training skills as well as rent assistance to aid families in becoming self suf-fi cient. There are many supportive services available to help families overcome barriers and to become successful. One main reward for participat-ing in the FSS Program is a sav-ing account that is established for the family as their earned income increases over the years through working. Participants have the potential to earn a lot of money

while participating in the no-cost program. Participants are eligible to receive the money when they have met their goals and achieved self suffi ciency. This program is an incentive for people to work. Interested individuals may call or e-mail Billie Jo Greenwalt at the Southern Iowa Regional Housing Authority (SIRHA) in Creston for more details on eligibility and how to get signed up. Contact informa-tion is (641) 782-8585 ext. 25 orBGreenwalt@sirha-ia.org.

The Clearfi eld Community School Board of Education met on Tuesday, Jan. 15 in regular ses-sion. Superintendent Joe Drake pre-sented the fi nancial report for De-cember 2012 and talked briefl y about the district’s unspent budget authority. He also presented a “new money” report that outlineed state aid possibilities for the current leg-islative session. The board discussed future re-structuring options for the district, including possible dissolution and reorganization. The board instruct-ed Drake to contact attorney Rick Engels and invite him to the next regular board meeting to share further information on advan-

Clearfi eld board reviews options, including possible reorganization or dissolution

tages/disadvantages of dissolution choices and a timeline to complete either. In her report, principal Jackie Hopkins discussed: • Student activities includ-ing the penny drive and C-Bucks shopping spree; MAP assessments are being administered to students (January 7-21). Dates of upcoming events were also mentioned. • Two days of school have been missed due to weather. Snow makeup days will be February 18 and May 24. • Money was received from a Sun Valley Parrot Head grant for pedometers and “running” shoes for students. The pedometers have arrived, and students will be trans-

ported to the Family Shoe Store in Creston to be fi tted for shoes. When the students receive their shoes, the school will begin the Clearfi eld Walking/Running Club. Clearfi eld staff and students ap-preciate the generous donation of the Sun Valley Parrott Head club members. • Professional development in-cluded a review and discussion in regard to the current crisis/emer-gency response plan. The indoor emergency safety plan was spe-cifi cally addressed with input from staff members. The staff will begin inclusion of the indoor safety drill along with fi re, tornado and bus evacuation drills each semester. A committee is being formed to up-

date the crisis/ emergency plan. In miscellaneous business, a board member mentioned that someone had complained about riding in a cold bus and questioned how a decision was made whether to take a bus or a van on a route. Mr. Drake will check into this complaint and determine if further action is needed. Drake talked about the bus in-spections and repairs needed. The next regular meeting was scheduled for Monday, Feb. 18 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting date was changed from the regular schedule so all board members would be able to attend.

Diary farmers face challenges As 2013 opens, dairy farmers feel the squeeze of tight margins and low prices. Producers’ share of the dairy dollar hovers at a level that doesn’t cover their cost of pro-ducing milk. December milk prices paid to producers fell about two dollar per hundredweight, to $18.66 for Class III milk, which is below their breakeven levels in most cases. Dairymen’s share of the food dollar, as calculated by National Farmers Union’s The Farmers’ Share in December, landed at $1.81 for one gallon of fat-free milk, with a retail price of $4.19. In addition to the price outlook, other challenges facing dairy pro-ducers are the consolidation and closing of several dairy processing and bottling plants, shrinking the number of available markets. This loss of market access reduces the competitive factor in the price lev-els available to producers. Concurrently, there is a surge in the number of plants being pur-chased by foreign buyers. In a cur-rent issue of Dairy Food Magazine, six of the nation’s top 15 proces-sors are now foreign-owned, and that number is expected to grow.

For the second year in a row, Graceland University was ranked in the top 20 Best Online Educa-tion Programs in the country by the U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings edition of the Best Online Education Programs. Released January 15, Grace-land Online Education Programs’ rankings are: Niumber fi ve in the country for Online Bachelor’s Programs. Number 11 in the country for Graduated Education programs.

Graceland highly ranked for online education Number fi ve in the country for Graduate Nursing programs. For the fi rst time, programs administered for distance learn-ers who are 100 percent online were ranked numerically, just like traditional colleges and graduate schools. Online bachelor’s degree programs as well as graduate on-line degree programs in business, engineering, nursing, education, and computer information technol-ogy were ranked. “Online education allows peo-

ple to attend school without having to quit their jobs or disrupt their lives. According to Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, people with a bachelor’s degree earn 84 percent more than those with only a high school diploma in their lifetimes—making online education, with its fl exibility, an increasingly popular option. This is why online educa-tion is becoming an essential part of Graceland’s education,” said Graceland University President John Sellars.

Online bachelor’s degree pro-grams were ranked in three dif-ferent categories: student engage-ment, faculty credentials and training, and student services and technology. All of the online mas-ter’s degree programs were ranked in admissions selectivity in addi-tion to the bachelor’s degree cat-egories. The engineering and busi-ness master’s programs were also ranked based on ratings of their academic reputation by top aca-demics who run online programs at peer institutions.

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted un-employment rate for December was unchanged at 4.9 percent. The current rate is seven-tenths of a percentage point lower than the year ago rate of 5.6 percent. The U.S. jobless rate for December was also the same as the prior month, remaining at 7.8 percent. “The modest pace of job growth in 2012 managed to drop the state’s unemployment rate be-

Iowa unemployment steadylow 5.0 percent in the fi nal months of the year,” said Teresa Wahlert, director of Iowa Workforce Devel-opment. “The December data also refl ected a stronger hiring pattern in construction, which was refl ect-ed in both monthly and annual job gains.” The number of unemployed Io-wans decreased slightly to 80,000 in December from 80,200 in No-vember. The level stood at 93,400 one year ago.

Registration is now open for the 10th Anniversary Motorcycle Safety Forum. This rider-focused event is facilitated by Iowa’s mo-torcycle safety team, a diverse partnership of motorcycle safety advocates; the Iowa Department of Transportation and Governor’s Traffi c Safety Bureau; and motor-

cycle trainers, dealers and riders. The event is being held Friday, April 26, at the Varied Industries Building on the Iowa State Fair-grounds in Des Moines from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To register for the event, log on to http://www.iowadot.gov/mvd/ods/motorcycle.

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Opening a new termRep. Cecil Dolecheck (R-Mount Ayr) is seen here signing his oath of offi ce in the Iowa House chamber as the 85th General Assembly kicked off Monday at the Capitol. During the session, Dolecheck can be reached at cecil.dolecheck@legis.iowa.gov or through the House switchboard at (515) 281-3221.

The 4-State Beef Conference will be held Tuesday, Jan. 29, at six locations, including two in Iowa. Chris Clark, beef specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, said the conference agenda has information for cow-calf, stocker and feedlot opera-tions. “From feed effi ciency improve-ment to consumer engagement, the topics and speakers will provide timely information on relevant top-ics,” Clark said. “Extension spe-cialists from all four states – Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska – will join nationally recognized ex-perts on the conference agenda.” Staff from the respective states will host the six locations, with the

Multistate Beef Conference to offer session in Creston Jan. 29

fi rst and last sessions presented in-person by experts from those states. The second and third sessions fea-ture national experts presenting via webcast. Dinner will be held between these sessions. In Iowa, people can attend the conference at the Armstrong Research Farm near Lewis or Southwest Iowa Commu-nity College in Creston. The event begins at 5 p.m. and the fi nal session starts at 8 p.m. Cost is $20 per person which in-cludes a beef dinner and copy of the conference proceedings. Registrations are requested by Friday, Jan. 25, and can be made by contacting Clark at 636-432-9437, Leann Tibken at 712-769-2600, or the Page County Extension Offi ce

at 712-542-5171. Session information for the Creston location: Session 1 – 5 p.m. “Genetic Im-provement of Beef Cattle Feed Ef-fi ciency” – delivered by Mega Van Emon, animal science specialists, Iowa State University. Session 2 – 5:45 p.m. “Engag-ing Consumers in a Beef Conver-sation” – webcast presentation by Daren Williams, executive director of National Cattlemen’s Beef As-sociation. Dinner – 6:30 p.m. Session 3 – 7:15 p.m. “Beef In-dustry Update and Outlook” – we-bcast presented by Todd Kalous, market analyst with CattleFax. Session 4 – 8 p.m. “The Unset-

tling Truth About Trichomoniasis” and “Preparing for Calving Sea-son” – delivered by Sellers, ex-tension livestock specialists, Iowa State University ; “Pasture Leasing Challenges” – by Tim Eggers , ex-tension farm management special-ist, Iowa State University. Program details and contacts are available on the conference website at www.extension.iastate.edu/feci/4StBeef. The conference will also be held at the Gage Coun-ty Extension Offi ce, Beatrice, NE; Wamego Senior Center, Wamego, KS.; Nemaha Community Build-ing, Seneca, KS.; and Hammer Me-morial United Methodist Church, King City, MO.

A new Iowa law will allow vet-erans to have a “veteran” designa-tion put on their driver’s license (DL) or nonoperator identifi cation card (ID). The Iowa Department of Transportation implemented the law January 15, nearly six months earlier than is required, to demon-strate the state’s support for its vet-erans. Governor Branstad signed Sen-ate File 2112 into law on April 19, 2012; it requires the veteran desig-nation provision of the law to be implemented by July 1, 2013. The designation on Iowa DLs and non-operator IDs is a voluntary initia-tive designed to assist Iowa veter-ans. “There are thousands of busi-

New law allows ‘Veteran’ on driver licensesnesses throughout Iowa and the United States, including restau-rants, hotels and even home im-provement stores that give dis-counts to veterans. Some of those businesses require proof of veteran status. Iowa legislators responded to the veterans’ needs and autho-rized the DOT to include veteran status on DLs and nonoperator IDs so they don’t have to carry offi cial military papers to prove their vet-eran status,” said Iowa DOT Mo-tor Vehicle Division Director Mark Lowe. To get the designation, an hon-orably discharged veteran must present a copy of their DD 214 or applicable discharge document to their county Veterans Affairs of-

fi ce. That offi ce will complete an Iowa DOT form and confi rm the applicant’s veteran status, which authorizes the Iowa DOT to place the designation on the individual’s DL or nonoperator ID. The veteran must then take the completed form to any Iowa DL issuance location and request that the veteran desig-nation be added to his or her DL or nonoperator ID card. Veterans may expedite the pro-cess by bringing a completed ap-plication form with them to the county Veterans Affairs offi ce, along with a copy of their DD 214. The form is available online at: https://va.iowa.gov/. Iowa law only allows the des-ignation to be added when a DL

or nonoperator ID is fi rst issued or when it is renewed. The law does not allow the designation to be added on a duplicate card issued between renewals. Iowa veterans who currently hold an Iowa DL or ID card should be aware that they cannot add the designation to their current DL or nonoperator ID un-til it is time for their next renewal. Iowa law allows a DL or nonop-erator ID to be renewed 30 days before it expires, but if special cir-cumstances are demonstrated that show it would be impractical to wait until then and that good cause exists to renew earlier, Iowa law allows DLs and nonoperator IDs to be renewed up to one year before the expiration date.

By Gerald F. Schnepf, Executive Director, Keep Iowa Beautiful No, I don’t mean a child or a pet! The adoption I’m talking about deals with roads, right-of-ways, trails, parks, beauty spots, public areas and shorelines. This type of adoption is a way for all of us to enhance the properties and help keep them free of litter and debris. In some cases, the assistance may not only be cleaning and picking up but also physical improvements to the area. In some cases it can mean beautifi cation through plant-ings of native prairie plants, trees and shrubs, fi x ups, paint ups, etc. For travelers who are new to the area, the fi rst impression that our public areas and roadways provide creates an initial image to the visi-tor that is either positive or nega-tive. The image that you want for your community is one that makes people feel good and leaves a com-fortable feeling about your place. Most of us have a favorite place that we have a special affi nity for or use frequently. It can be a: • Roadway that you travel re-peatedly, • Segment of trail that you en-joy, • Wildlife area that you use for viewing or hunting,

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• Lake or river that you like to boat on, • Special park area that you visit often, or • Your favorite fi shing spot. Take your choice and see if the local public management agency would like to have you adopt the area to clean up litter periodically or to beautify it. Be prepared to offer a longer term commitment than simply a one-time effort. The clean-up of public areas is costly – well over 15 million dollars per year. We can all help, not only because it is the right thing to do and helps to reduce the agency and taxpayer costs, but, because we ap-preciate and personally enjoy the areas and the comfortable values that they provide to us. A bonus is to involve youth from the com-munity to be a part of the project – what a great benefi t! One of the best known pro-grams is the Adopt-a-Highway program run by the Iowa Depart-ment of Transportation - http://www.iowadot.gov/maintenance/adopt_a_highway.html You can also fi nd the website by using www.keepiowabeautiful.com. A real benefi t to those adopting the state roadway segments is that they get their name on a sign iden-

tifying them as the adopter of that particular segment of road. It lets the public know that you care and are doing your part to help. Some county and city road and street programs also have adoption programs. You will need to con-tact your local county engineer or the city public works director for more information. Natural lands, parks and shore-lines in some cases are also open for adoption – contact your local DNR offi ce or the local county conservation board or city parks department to see if there is an adoption program and of your in-terest in helping. Keeping Iowa clean and at-tractive takes a partnership effort of caring citizens, the user and the management agency in terms of prevention as well as the clean up and beautifi cation of the areas. The traveling public and our own citizens develop a sense of pride and respect for these places. Like any adoption, continued care and nourishment for the ad-opted is critical. Make your New Year’s Resolution for you, your family, service club, church group or friends to adopt a public area and renew it each year!

Northwest Missouri State Uni-versity will have a surplus property sale at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the Materials Distribution Center, located at the corner of West 16th Street and College Park Drive. The sale is open to the public, including Northwest students and employees. Sale items will be available for inspection by potential buyers from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Jan.

NWMS to hold surplus auction28, and 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. Items to be sold include but are not limited to: miscellaneous com-puter equipment and supplies, mis-cellaneous notebook computers, offi ce equipment, desks, fi le cabi-nets, miscellaneous chairs, tables, wooden cabinets, metal shelves, TVs, piano, miscellaneous elec-tronics, doors, kitchen equipment, pastry machine, display cabinets,

power-washers, sinks, Lincoln welder, gas forge, cubbies, ping pong table, table saw, radial arm saw. Vehicles to be sold include but are not limited to: 2005 Ford Crown Victoria-Police Package. For information, call Angie Wolters in the Northwest Purchas-ing Department at 660.562.1178 or go to www.nwmissouri.edu/servic-es/purchasing/surplus/index.htm.

Over 400 million activity min-utes and 925,639 pounds lost. Those are the impressive numbers from the Live Healthy Iowa (LHI) program since 2002. The LHI 10-Week Wellness Challenge starts on January 28. LHI is a fun way to add healthy competition at your workplace to-wards the goal of being healthy. Thousands of Iowans partici-pate in this simple, affordable chal-lenge that tracks activity minutes or weight loss over course of 10 weeks.

Here is how you can be part of the fun and healthy challenge in Ringgold County: • Build your team of two-10 people and choose a team name. • Gather name, email address, t-shirt size, and payment of each team member. • Go to www.livehealthyiowa.org and click “JOIN TODAY.” • Enter “LHIRINGGOLD” in Group ID box. • Registration is $20 but early entrants receive $5 off courtesy of Hy-Vee by entering code LH5423. Entry fee gets you a LHI T-shirt, one-year magazine subscription of choice, a chance to win prizes, weekly motivational emails and more. There are teams from all over Ringgold county registered, includ-ing teams from churches, schools, the hospital, Public Health, nursing home staffs, and other community teams. Family and friends can form teams as well. Participants will be able to see their team on the Ring-gold county leaderboard. Those who don’t want to be a captain but just want to join a team may contact Public Health. A couple teams still have open spots.

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By Ann Bare She said YES! The next question is, “When’s the Big Day?” When it comes to picking the date for a wedding, many factors could be considered. Some choices might include: • The anniversary date of when the couple met. • The parents’ or grandparents’ wedding date. (A great way to honor their marriage!) • Date when the desired reception site is available. • The least expensive night (anything but Saturday). • The least expensive month (January, March and De-cember are usually open). • On or near a favorite holiday. (A Fourth of July early afternoon celebration allows for a full day of festivities.) • In a preferred season. (Chance of snow? Will the cake melt?) • When the families will be available to come. • A date pulled from a hat (for the very indecisive). Sometimes a date is just obvious. July 7, 2007 was the pick of a record number of couples. Who can forget that anniversary - 7/7/07? Those couples who considered seven to be a lucky number found themselves in Las Ve-gas, hoping to increase their chances of a long-lasting marriage. Others who regarded seven signifi cant due to religious or cultural beliefs (seven days of creation, Seven Wonders of the ancient world, seven deadly sins,

seven last words of Christ, Seven Seas, seven lev-els of heaven, 007, etc.) found the date to be a good choice for their wedding also-and even more so since it fell on a Saturday. In selecting a date, couples should consider avoiding Memorial Day or Labor Day weekend since many families use those particular three-day weekends for family holidays. A Super Bowl Sun-day date would probably fi nd many men feeling a headache come on, preventing their attendance at a non-family member’s nuptials. September 11, April Fool’s Day and Halloween, as well as cultural or religious holidays celebrated by family members, could also be risky dates to attempt a gathering. Of course, if the marriage date is limited to only a few attendees, any date goes. However, if a date is selected for a memorable reason, it might be in-teresting to include that information in the program to give the guests a glimpse into a bit more per-sonal side of the couple. A wedding day is obviously more than a date - it’s a whole day of celebration. However, any-thing to make that day even more memorable will make the anniversary date easy to remember - and both husband and wife will win with that! (Hint: 11/12/13 is a Tuesday - if the day of the week doesn’t matter.)

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By Tresa Erickson While some newlyweds can still afford to cap off their big day in grand style with a trip for two to someplace exotic, there are many that can’t. Once they’ve paid for the wedding, there is little left for a honeymoon. Fortunately, you can still have a great honeymoon on a shoestring budget. Here’s how.Leave at a later date Who says you must leave for your honeymoon immediately fol-lowing your wedding reception? Enjoy your big day and postpone the honeymoon of your dreams until you can afford it. Wait six months or a year to book the trip.

Tips for saving on honeymoon tripYou’ll have more cash to spare and more time to fi nd the best deals.Go during the off-season Off-season prices are far cheaper than peak season prices. Schedule your honeymoon dur-ing the off-season, and to save more cash, consider going to a less popular destination. The rates will be cheaper, and there will be less people to contend with.Book way in advance Generally, the earlier you book your honeymoon, the cheaper the rates will be. Start looking for a destination long before your ex-pected departure date and shop around for the best deals.

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By Tresa Erickson When a bride and groom ex-change vows, they hope it is for-ever, but no one knows for sure. While some couples remain to-gether “until death do [them] part,” others split up within days after. The reasons behind the success of one marriage and the failure of an-other are not always clear, but here are some quotes on the matter. “I used to believe that mar-riage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with some-one else when, of course, you have to be someone more.” — actress Candice Bergen, married to Louis Malle from 1980 until his death in 1995 and to Marshall Rose since 2000. “People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you’ll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.” — hu-morist Erma Bombeck, married to Bill Bombeck from 1949 until her death in 1996. “My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me.” — singer Jon Bon Jovi, married to Dorothea Hurley since 1989. “The heart of marriage is mem-ories; and if the two of you hap-pen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your mar-riage is a gift from the gods.” — comedian Bill Cosby, married to Camille Hanks since 1964. “Don’t marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can’t live without.” — evangelical Christian author James Dobson, married to Shirley Dobson since 1960. “A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.” — writer Ruth Bell Graham, married to

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Billy Graham from 1943 until her death in 2007. “Every good relationship, espe-cially marriage, is based on respect. If it’s not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.” — singer-songwriter Amy Grant, married to Vince Gill since 2000. “What a happy and holy fash-ion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.” — writer Nathaniel Haw-thorne, married to Sophia Peabody from 1842 until his death in 1864 “I think what makes our mar-riage work amid all the glare is that my husband is my best friend. He inspires everything in my life and enables me to do the best that I can. I want to hang out with him more than anyone.” — singer Faith Hill, married to Tim McGraw since 1996. “I have a terrifi c marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and fl ow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It’s kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It’s thrilling.” — actor Hugh Jack-man, married to Deborra-Lee Fur-ness since 1996. “One of the good things that come of a true marriage is, that there is one face on which changes come without your seeing them; or rather there is one face which you can still see the same, through all the shadows which years have gathered upon it.” — writer George MacDonald, married to Louisa Powell from 1851 until her death in 1902. “I’m most proud of the longev-ity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don’t have that, you really don’t have very much.” — actor Bob Ne-whart, married to Ginnie Quinn since 1963. “My husband is a homebody

and has nothing to do with the celebrity world. We’ve been mar-ried 44 years and have worked so well together because we’re not in the same business.” — singer-songwriter Dolly Parton, married to Carl Dean since 1966. “I love being married. It’s so great to fi nd that one special per-son you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” — comedienne Rita Rudner, married to Martin Berg-man since 1988. “Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years.” — ac-tress Simone Signoret, married to Yves Montand from 1951 until her death in 1985. “And in a marriage you can’t TRY and be married. You’re mar-ried or you’re not married...as far as I’m concerned.” — singer-songwriter Ringo Starr, married to Barbara Bach since 1981. “I suppose it’s about keeping love alive, learning how to fall in love over and over again, not taking each other for granted, for-giveness, trust.” — actor Patrick Swayze, married to Lisa Niemi from 1975 until his death in 2009. “I once read that in any good marriage, one partner is the gar-dener and the other is the garden. We take it in turns to be either.” — actress Meryl Streep, married to Don Gummer since 1978. “Love seems the swiftest but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.” — author Mark Twain, married to Ol-ivia Langdon from 1870 until her death in 1904. “The secret of a happy mar-riage remains a secret.” — come-dian Henny Youngman, married to Sadie Cohen from 1928 until her death in 1987.

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By Ann Bare “Oh dear,” you think to your-self. “My sister gets cranky so eas-ily. My best friend, although I love her dearly, is unpredictable and undependable. I have some friends from school, but we rarely talk and really only keep in touch through Facebook. My coworkers are be-coming friendlier, but we are not what I would call friends yet. I’m getting married in six months and I want to have a stress-free wed-ding. Whom do I choose to be in my wedding party?” It’s not always possible to se-lect the “perfect” attendants. Per-sonalities, traditions, expectations and cultural mores can infl uence a bride’s choice of her maid or ma-tron of honor and her bridesmaids. There are those who expect to be asked to be in your wedding; after all, you were in theirs. Your sisters and closest cousins would be natu-ral choices-especially to Mom and

Who will stand up for me?sweet Auntie. Your best friend and you pinky-swore years ago that you would be at each other’s side, but now her life decisions are not making her a suitable choice. The hard-to-decide task just got more diffi cult. So whose wedding is it any-way? You want to look back on this day and have pleasant memories so make your decisions accordingly. What do you want to remember? Pasted smiles on an array of size three gals and tuxedoed handsome men fl anking a radiant couple? The hope of having your wedding photo featured in the hometown paper’s next bridal insert? Beau-tifully coiffed hairstyles and tiny ankles beneath tea-length dresses? What will really make your day happily memorable? Do you even have to have at-tendants? Centuries ago the role of the maid of honor or bridesmaid was to attend to the bride several

days before her wedding; an ad-ditional role of attendants, both bridesmaids and groomsmen, was to dress similarly to the wedded couple in order to confuse evil spirits or jealous suitors who might try to sabotage the wedding or in some way harm the couple. Thank-fully, the duties have become less risky and demanding and may be as simple as signing as a witness to the marriage. (Because state laws vary, verify how many witnesses’ signatures are needed on the mar-riage certifi cate.) In selecting whom you will ask to stand up for you at your wed-ding, fi rst share your concern with your fi ance and consider his input. Then consider those who are dear to you and whom you respect. The person whom you select should see the opportunity as both an honor and a privilege to be standing at your side. Perhaps there is an older woman whose marriage you ad-

mire. Maybe your childhood friend would laugh with you before, dur-ing and after the ceremony, adding to a life full of meaningful expe-riences. Perhaps your sister has become the trusted confi dante you have come to appreciate and she would be the “perfect” choice. Per-haps a male friend would serve as your bridesman (with your fi ance’s approval, of course). The choice is yours. The goal of your bridal party selection is to enhance your mem-orable day with favorable circum-stances and experiences. Choose wisely...and enjoy your day!

By Tresa Erickson Brides have been carrying bouquets for hundreds of years. In ancient times, bridal bouquets generally consisted of garlic, herbs and spices to keep evil spirits away. By Victorian times, fresh fl owers had replaced the garlic, herbs and spices, and many of these fl owers carried special mean-ings, like innocence, faith and love. Floriography, the language of fl ow-ers, continues to this day, with some brides researching fl ower meanings and basing their bouquet selections on those meanings. Floriography isn’t the only trend in bridal bouquets. There are many others. Here is a brief review. • Bridal bouquets are traditionally pale in color, but today’s brides are branching out and choosing bolder colors, like burgundy, red and purple. Bouquet color schemes can be monochromatic-all shades of purple, for example-or complementary. With bouquets getting brighter, they have become a real feature in wedding photography, in particular black and white photography with selective coloring. • Roses remain a bridal bouquet standard, but other fl owers are start-ing to make their way into the mix. Daisies, hydrangeas, lilies, peonies and tulips are popular choices, as are orchids. Many brides, in fact, are asking for more tropical fl owers in their bouquets, either because of their theme or for a unique twist. • While cascades of fl owers were once the norm in bridal bouquets, many brides today are opting to take a simpler route. Hand-tied bouquets are a popular choice. With the fl owers gathered together and wrapped in ribbon, the bouquets are easier to handle and have a contemporary look to them. • While today’s bridal bouquets might be somewhat simpler in design, brides can still add some dazzle to them with beads, crystals, feathers, pearls, sequins and other accessories. Brides with themed weddings can take it a step further and incorporate extra special touches into their bou

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By Tresa Erickson You recently got engaged, and the excitement is brewing. You can’t wait to start the wedding planning. One of the fi rst decisions you’ll face is selecting a color palette. There are so many shades to choose from. How do you decide? While some brides have no trouble selecting a color palette, others struggle with it. The good news is that there are many facets from which you may take your color cues, starting with your color faves. What colors are you drawn to? Gold? Orange? Red? If you love red and can’t picture yourself getting married without it, then you have already won half the battle. All you need to do now is select one or two more colors, and you will have your palette. If the red is rather intense, you might opt for some neutrals like white, silver, black or gray. Don’t have a favorite color? No problem. Look to your choices in apparel for your color cues. Start shopping for bridesmaid dresses, and once you select a style and color, take your cues from it. If the dresses are purple, you’ll want to make sure you work in some shade of purple into your palette. The same goes with the tuxes. If the groom has chosen gray tuxes, then you’ll want to make sure gray is either part of your palette or goes well with it. Flowers also provide important color cues. What fl owers are in season and what are you hoping to incorporate into your wedding? If you have your eye on a lot of pale pink blooms, then you will defi nitely want to work that color into your palette, or at the very least, choose a comple-mentary palette. Location and season can also provide color cues. Check out the ven-ues you have selected for the ceremony and the reception. Do any of the colors there appeal to you? If you are getting married in a gazebo sur-rounded by yellow tulips, perhaps a cream palette with accents of maize and gold would work well. Season can also make a difference. Winter colors differ dramatically from summer colors. Maroon and silver might serve a November wedding well, but not a May wedding. Still having trouble selecting a color palette? Consider current trends. A couple rounds of shopping should clue you in to these. Check out any supplies you might already have on hand, such as some tablecloths you borrowed from a friend who just got married. Think about all of the items you have selected thus far from the wedding dress to the wedding cake. If you’ve got a lot of ivory and cream going on, you might want to select a color that pops. Keep in mind that just because you select a color palette early on doesn’t mean it will work. Be willing to make some changes the deeper you get into the planning. That pale green you chose for your accent color might turn into forest green once you select the invitations. Light green lettering doesn’t show up nearly as well on crisp, white paper as dark green does. Whether you choose the color palette or let it choose you, be open to change. You never know. That burgundy you’re hoping for might serve your April wedding better as fuschia.

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Thank you to Taylor House in East Des Moines for their excellent care, Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home for their professionalism and kindness, Pastor John Shaull for officiating at the service, Dick Jackson and Sandy Campbell for the beautiful music and the Kellerton United Methodist Church ladies for the food they prepared.

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I appreciate so very much Dr. Homedan and his surgical team for doing my hip surgery. Also, thanks to Dr. Ricker and the rest of the staff at Mount Ayr Medical Clinic, the staff at Ringgold County Hospital, the ambulance crew and emergency room staff and the staff at Clearview for the wonderful care I received.

Thanks also to my family, Pastor Chris, my church family and my friends for all of your prayers, cards, phone calls, flowers and well-wishes.

God bless all of you!

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Mount Ayr Larger ParishUnited Methodist Churches

Pastor Skip RushingRedding

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

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

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

10:30 - 11:00 a.m., Refreshments and Fellowship. 11:00 a.m., Worship.

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church100 N. Polk, Mount Ayr

Fr. Glen Wilwerding, Pastor Sunday mass, 8:00 a.m.

St. Patrick’s Catholic ChurchGrand River

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

United Church of DiagonalPastor Ed Shields

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

Tingley First Christian ChurchAl Rusk, Pastor

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

First Lutheran ChurchMount Ayr - LCMS

Vacancy Pastor: Rev. Jonathan Watt

Sunday, January 27: 8:00 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 9:30 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 a.m., Worship service. 7:00 p.m., Evangelistic ser-vice. Wednesday, 7:00 p.m., Adult Bible study.

Blockton Christian ChurchScott Marcum, Pastor

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

Tent ChapelChurch of Christ

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

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

Regular Baptist ChurchMount Ayr

464-3293 (Church)Pastor Seth Denney

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

Hickory GroveAdvent Christian Church

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

Mount Ayr Assembly of GodPastor Doug Rohrer

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

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

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

KellertonUnited Methodist Church

Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship.

Beaconsfi eldUnited Methodist Church

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

First Christian Church Pastor Chris Conklin

Sunday, January 27: 9:00 a.m., Sunday school. 10:00 a.m., Church. Wednesdays: L.A.M.B.S. at 3:30 p.m.; Choir at 5:30 p.m. Thursday Prayer group at 9:30 a.m.

Wishard Chapel Community Church

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

United Baptist-Presbyterian Church

2343 State Highway 169Mount Ayr

Michael Maddy, Pastor(641-464-2127)

www.ubpchurch.com Sunday, January 27: 9:00 a.m., Sunday school.

10:00 a.m., Church service. Greeter, Dean Blades; Call to worship, Deb Larson: Musician, Nancy Sackett; Children’s sermon, Kathi Blunck; Mes-sage, Mike Maddy. 2:00 p.m., TEK Group meeting at the church. Tuesday, January 29: 7:00 a.m., Men’s breakfast at UBP Church. Wednesday, January 30: 5:00 p.m., Stretch exercises at the church. 6:30 p.m., Bible study at Mount Ayr Health Care.

Faith United ParishPastor Bruce Giese

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

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.

EllstonUnited Methodist Church

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

TingleyUnited Methodist Church

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

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.

Area Bible Fellowship Church204 North Van Buren, Clearfi eld

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

Website: www.areabiblefellow-ship.org

Trinity Christian ChurchTerry Roberts, Minister 446-8654

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

The Community of ChristTony and Sandy Crandell, Co-

pastors, Sunday, January 27: 9:50 a.m., Sunday school. 11:00 a.m., Worship service with Julia Ashby speaking.

Mount Ayr Restoration BranchSherman Phipps, Presiding Elder

Alan Smith, AssistantSunday, January 27:

Welcomers: Ron Smith family. 9:45 a.m., Family Worship, Steve Smith family. 10:00 a.m., Classes. 11:00 a.m., Worship. Ed Anderson, presiding; Rodney Bastow, speaking; Cheryl Phipps, pianist; Galusha Fam-ily, special music. Custodians: Michael Jordison. 6:00 p.m., Family fellowship at Bob Rowland home. Wednesday, January 30: 7:00 p.m., Prayer service at Ron Smith home. Jim Barber, presiding.

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Obituaries

Lavon BrownLAVON McMATH BROWN

Lavon Brown, daughter of Le-land and Edna (Hartman) McMath, was born July 11, 1922 at Clear-fi eld, Iowa. Lavon lived her entire life at Clearfi eld and graduated from Clearfi eld high school. Fol-lowing graduation, Lavon taught country school in Ringgold and Taylor counties. In 1945 Lavon married Paul C. Brown and lived on a farm until 1989 when they moved into Clear-fi eld. Two children were born, Ter-ry Lee and Anna Eileen. Lavon be-longed to the United Presbyterian Church and while there she was or-dained an elder, which was a great highlight for her. When the United Presbyterian Church closed, she and her family joined the United Methodist Church. She belonged to the U.M.W. and the American Legion Auxiliary. She was active in both organizations until her health failed. Lavon was a loving and caring mother and she enjoyed cooking for family or anyone else who might come along. Lavon became a resident of Clearview Home in Clearfi eld and it was there that she passed away on January 13, 2013. She was pre-ceded in death by her parents; hus-band Paul on December 21, 2002; brother Dwight McMath and his wife Helen, and brothers-in-law Dale Schlapia and Dale Brown and his wife, Thelma Brown. Those left to cherish her mem-ory include her children, Terry (Nancy) Brown of Jefferson, Iowa and Anna Eileen (Brad) Var-ner of Oak Grove, Missouri; seven grandchildren and 20 great-grand-children, Brandon (Angela) Brown and children Jacob and McKenna, Dominic (Amanda) Brown and children Alivia, Ella and Wil-son, Tristan (Jenni) Brown and children Mara and Becca, Rhett Brown, Tiffany (Todd) Blansit and children Jackson, Abigail, Brook-lyn and Caiti, Leah (Nate) Parks and children Elayna, Brady and Paul, Gabriel (Katie) Hancock and child Tahlula; stepgranddaughter, Bobbi Jo; brother, Bob (Shirley) McMath of Lenox, Iowa; sister, Maralyn Schlapia of Mount Ayr, Iowa; nieces; nephews; cousins;, other relatives, and friends. A memorial fund has been es-tablished in her name to be decided later. Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Clearfi eld was in charge of the arrangements. Services were conducted at the United Methodist Church in Clearfi eld on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, with Rev. Shurmaine McAlpine and Pastor Todd Blansit offi ciating. Musicians were Patty Parrish and Chantelle Jennett. Casket bearers included Bran-don Brown, Dominic Brown, Tristan Brown, Rhett Brown, Ga-briel Hancock and Jackson Blan-sit. Burial was in the Clearfi eld Cemetery in Clearfi eld.

Missionary to speak at UBP Church A missionary will speak at the United Baptist-Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. Elizabeth Carter, granddaughter of Helen Moon of Blockton, will speak about her ministry with the Muslim women and show a video.

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January 14, 2013 The board of directors of the Mount Ayr Community school dis-trict met in regular session Monday, January 14, 2013. There were present: Chris Eaton, Duane Schafer, Rod Shields, P. J. West and Brandi Shay. Also present were Joe Drake, superintendent; Chris Elwood, PK-6 principal; Lynne Wallace, 7-12 principal; Janette Campbell, board secretary/business manager; Darrell Dodge, Record-News; Matt Gillespie, Piper Jaffray, and Valle Smith.

Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. by president Shields.

New Business: A. Consideration of sealed bids opened and reviewed by the super-intendent of schools, secretary of the board and the fi nancial advisor/resolution directing the Sale: Matt Gillespie of Piper Jaffray was pres-ent to explain the process of accept-ing bids for refi nancing the district’s GO Bonds. With the “A Rating” re-cently received, it helped to get more bidders. The district received bids from four bidders with the low bid received from FTN Financial Capi-tal Markets, Memphis, TN with a true interest rate of 1.5398 percent. By refi nancing the bonds, the district shortened the debt payoff time by three years and saved the taxpayers $670,894.33. Director Schafer made a motion to approve the bid received from FTN, Financial Capital Mar-kets, Memphis, TN with the 1.5398 percent true interest rate and adopt the following resolution: RESOLU-TION DIRECTING THE SALE OF $6,615,000 GENERAL OBLI-GATION SCHOOL REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 2013. Motion was seconded by director Eaton. Roll call was taken: Shields, Aye; Eaton, Aye; Schafer, Aye; West, Aye; Shay, Aye. Motion carried 5-0, unanimous-ly.

Previous Minutes: Director West made a motion to dispense with the reading of the December 17 regular minutes and approve them as printed. Seconded by director Eaton. Motion carried 5-0.

Communications: Director Shay noted that the wrestling tournament had been well attended and the dedi-cation to Ron Scott was very nice.

Administration Reports: The ac-tivity fund, buildings and grounds, lunch, transportation and technology reports were reviewed. Under the lunch report, Supt. Drake noted that he is working with Tawnya Jones, head cook, to review labor and food costs in an attempt to get the lunch fund back into a positive balance. Bus inspection was held over Christ-mas break with only a few minor re-pairs needed. Chris Elwood, elementary princi-pal reported: 1) Crisis plan; 2) Crisis drill; 3) Bullying prevention pro-gram, and 4) Iowa Core Curriculum. Lynne Wallace, 7-12 principal, gave her report which consisted of: 1) Crisis – safety meetings and plans; 2) Anti bullying – Olweus; 3) ITBS/ITEDS rewards; 4) Semester tests; 5) Shopko - $2,500 donation; 6) Men-tor/mentee training, and 7) PLTW/POS meeting.

Technology report: Kim Curry, technology director, was present to share: 1) Wireless; 2) Elementary technology integration, and 3) TVs and Apple TVs.

New Business: B. Approval of SBRC Allowable Growth for Increased Enrollment: Director Shay made a motion to ap-prove SBRC Allowable Growth for Increased Enrollment in the amount of $54,036. Director West seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0, unanimously. C. Approval of SBRC Allowable Growth for LEP Instruction Beyond Four Years: Director Eaton made a motion to approve SBRC Allowable Growth for LEP Instruction Beyond Four Years. Director Schafer sec-onded the motion. Motion carried 5-0, unanimously. D. Approval of SBRC Allowable Growth for Drop Out Prevention: Director Eaton made a motion to ap-prove SBRC Allowable Growth for Drop Out Prevention in the amount of $160,424. Director West second-ed the motion. Motion carried 5-0,

unanimously. E. Personnel: Supt. Drake rec-ommended the approval of taking Sara Deskin, special education as-sociate, off the probationary rate of $9.70 per hour and placing her at the base rate of $10.21 per hour. Direc-tor Eaton made a motion to approve the recommendation with a second from director West. Motion car-ried 5-0, unanimously. Supt. Drake recommended the employment of David Groves as bus driver for the remaining 92 student days for the 2012-2013 school year at the proba-tionary rate of $ 14.79/hour. Director Schafer made a motion to approve the recommendation with a second from director Shay. Motion carried 5-0, unanimously.

Consideration Of: On motion by director West and seconded by direc-tor Eaton, it was resolved: That all bills presented be allowed. Motion carried 5-0, unanimously. Director West made a motion to accept the secretary/treasurer fi nan-cial report as submitted. Seconded by director Eaton. Motion carried 5-0, unanimously. Superintendent’s Report: 1) Ear-ly Retirement for Classifi ed - Supt. Drake shared a sample early retire-ment policy for classifi ed staff. They currently have an Early Retirement Policy in place for certifi ed staff. By adopting a policy for Classifi ed staff, it would give them a reward for their service at the end of their careers and also help with budgeting and planning. Supt. Drake will have a policy for the district to present for consideration at the February board meeting; 2) Letter from Bonding Company – Sewer/Floor - Regard-ing the sewer – The bonding compa-ny says the district was not with the “two year limitation” to recognize any liability. The District will make the corrections to the sewer with dis-trict funds. Regarding the fl oor – The district will be submitting a claim on the bonding company (since Betts and Beer Construction Co. has gone out of business) for repairs that are needed on the commons fl oor at the high school; 3) New Money/Reduc-tion Procedures - Their “new mon-ey” to cover new expenses during the 2013-2014 school year at zero per-cent (0%) is approximately $41,000. The legislature has not set allowable growth this year. With the last of their three-year settlement with the certifi ed staff coming up, the district knows that it will cost a minimum of $84,000. The $41,000 “new money” would not cover all raises. Supt. Drake also shared fi gures of new money if they were to get more allowable growth: one percent - $78,148, two percent - $115,168, three percent - $152,158 and four percent - $189,208. It is hopeful that the legislature will settle somewhere in the middle. With the majority of the budget being spent on salaries and benefi ts to employees, that is the fi rst place the district looks to fi nd ways to make reductions. At the February or March board meeting, Supt. Drake will present a spending reduction plan. Once the board gives the superintendent direction for re-ductions, the superintendent and ad-ministration will follow the master contract and board policy for staff reductions and get out notices ac-cordingly. Supt. Drake explained the board’s non-involvement at that time as they will need to remain neutral in case someone requests a hearing.

Closed Session: Director Eaton made a motion at 7:21 p.m. to hold a closed session as provided in Section 21.5(l)(i) of the Open Meetings Law to evaluate the professional compe-tency of an individual whose perfor-mance is being considered to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation, as that individual has requested a closed session. Seconded by director West. Roll call: Shields, Aye; Eaton, Aye; Schafer, Aye; West, Aye; Shay, Aye. Motion carried 5-0, unanimously. Director Eaton made a motion at 7:56 p.m. to go out of closed ses-sion. Seconded by director Schafer. Roll call: Shields, Aye; Eaton, Aye; Schafer, Aye; West, Aye, Shay, Aye. Motion carried 5-0, unanimously.

Adjournment: With there being no further business, director Eaton made a motion to adjourn. Seconded by director West. Motion carried 5-0, unanimously.

GENERAL FUNDAccess Systems, sharp copier

lease, $329.95.Ahlers and Cooney, P.C., legal

services, $63.00.Air Filter Sales & Services, main-

tenance supplies, $513.63.Alliant Energy, gas/electricity,

$18,172.46.

Apple, Microsoft iPad, $1,996.00.

Bedford Community School, second quarter superintendent shar-ing/fi rst semester shared library, $36,519.85.

Benchmark Education Company, title I supplies, $261.80.

Blue Raven Technology, media equipment, $63.00.

Canon Financial Services, Inc., copier lease, $774.08.

Cardmember Service, ag/UPS/el-ementary instruction, $2,034.60.

CFI Tire Service, bus barn tires, $763.92.

CGI Foods, special education Level III supplies, $140.91.

CNH Capital, maintenance win-dow repair, $137.56.

De Lage Landen, copiers lease, $1,186.6.

Divine Waste, landfi ll fees, $585.00.

Dollar General Corporation/Charge Sales, special education Lev-els II/III supplies/media batteries, $171.33.

Federal Express, FedEx ground services, $244.03.

Glendenning Motor Co., bus barn parts, $560.00.

Harris School Solutions, W-2’s $352.80.

Health Ed, special education reg-istration, $378.00.

Howard Clothing & Sporting, protective equipment, $16.00.

Hy-Vee, Inc., special educa-tion Level I/II/TAP/FACS supplies/district study meal/bottled water, $295.38.

Inland Truck Parts Company, bus barn parts, $862.02.

Interstate Power Systems, Inc., bus barn parts, $548.06.

Iowa Communications Network, network services, $2.75.

John Deere Financial, bus barn parts, $1,156.55.

Kris Quick, special education meal reimbursement, $34.83.

Lamoni Community Schools, fi rst semester special education, $10,530.06.

Maryville Glass & Lock Co., Inc., building maintenance/repair/mainte-nance repair lock issues, $1,891.79.

Meyer Laboratory, Inc., mainte-nance supplies, $1,885.00.

MFA Oil Company, gas/diesel, $6,275.23.

Midwest Offi ce Technology, SFL copier maintenance/copier mainte-nance, $811.02.

Midwest Technology Products, industrial technology supplies, $245.30.

Mount Ayr Farm & Home, main-tenance/bus barn supplies, $161.74.

Mount Ayr Record-News, board proceedings/advertising, $266.03. NAPA Auto parts, maintenance/industrial arts/vocational mechanics supplies, $244.81.

Ncs Pearson, middle school read-ing supplies, $278.03.

Parent Institute, Title I supplies, $209.00.

Pearson Education, high school math textbooks, $8,720.24.

Premier Resource Services, bus barn supplies, $128.55.

Red Oak Welding Supplies, Inc., cylinder rent, $20.40.

Riemen Music, equipment repair, $122.30.

Scantron, high school offi ce sup-plies, $78.57.

Scholastic, Inc., elementary in-struction supplies, $131.67.

School Specialty, Inc., ECSE/special education offi ce/Level I sup-plies, $385.45.

School Outfi tters, maintenance supplies, $126.05.

Sherry Adams, language arts sup-plies, $195.87.

Smith Oil Co., lp, $23.72.Southwest Builders, maintenance

supplies, $886.88.Thomas Bus Sales, bus barn

parts, $383.48.City of Mount Ayr, water/sew-

age, $2,513.00.Walmart Community, media

shipping labels, $15.21.West Music Company, elementa-

ry spring concert supplies, $112.50.Wiley’s Pest Control, three

months pest control, $600.00.Ziegler, Inc., bus barn parts,

$652.37. Fund total - $106,058.43

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CAPITAL PROJECTSB & V Electro Coatings, LLC, li-

brary doors paint, $1,595.00.Ryan Still Flooring Installation,

carpet tile installation, $400.00. Fund total - $1,995.00

MANAGEMENT FUNDMercer, Retirees health insur-

ance, $1,165.63. Fund total - $1,165.63

CAPITAL PROJECTSVetter Equipment, snowblower,

$6,700.00. Fund total - $6,700.00

LUNCH FUNDAnderson-Erickson Dairy Co.,

milk/juice, $3,250.40.CGI Foods, food, $344.90.Debbie Shields, clothing allow-

ance, $43.63.Farner-Bocken Co., food/sup-

plies, $2,399.67.Hawkeye Foodservice Distribu-

tion, food/supplies, $4,680.26.Hockenbergs, supplies, $358.45.Hy-Vee Food Store, food,

$1,023.70.Podium Ink, clothing allowance,

$60.00. Fund total - $12,161.01

ACTIVITY FUNDAtlantic Bottling Co., supplies,

$399.35.Bill Huxford, varsity basketball

offi cial vs. East Union, $85.00.Brad Honnold, wrestling offi cial

triangular 12/6, $145.00.Community Grocers, Inc., sup-

plies, $209.21.Dannco, Inc., clipboard/w. bot-

tles, $85.00.David Greene, junior varsity girls

basketball offi cial vs. East Union, $50.00.

Delwyn Showalter, wrestling state tickets reimbursement, $537.00.

Eric Ehlen, stats program reim-bursement, $50.00.

Farner Bocken Co., supplies, $66.10.

Farmer’s Coop Co., drying corn, $17.81.

Iowa Association FFA, CDE ag communication, $5.00.

Glen Jones, varsity basketball of-fi cial vs. East Union, $85.00.

Gopher Performance, ball carts, $1,339.80.

Graphic Edge, sweatshirts, $96.31.

Hy-Vee Accounts Receivable, supplies, $125.02.

James Smith, middle school basketball offi cial vs. I-35/Wayne, $120.00.

Juliane Daughton, scorebook re-imbursement, $26.48.

Mount Ayr Community School, concession work fee, $4,600.00.

Mary Ellen Taylor, banquet sup-plies, $96.00.

Mike Bell, varsity basketball of-fi cial vs. East Union, $85.00.

NAPA Auto Parts, button batter-ies, $177.12.

Nodaway Valley High School, wrestling tournament entry fee, $85.00.

Podium Ink, FFA shirts/hoodies/boys basketball shirts, $6,170.75.

Record-News, play/FFA auction ads, $64.30.

Tracey Barnes, junior varsity girls basketball offi cial vs. East Union, $50.00.

Barnes & Noble, Inc., books, $701.87.

Adam Wuestewald, basketball offi cial vs. Lamoni 12/13, $85.00.

Bryant Abel, basketball offi cial vs. Lamoni 12/13, $85.00.

Carrie Harges, varsity basketball offi cial vs. I-35 12/14, $85.00.

Central Decatur High School, wrestling tournament fee, $75.00.

Country Meats, snack sticks, $445.00.

David Greene, three junior var-sity basketball offi cial 12/11, 12/13, 12/14, $150.00.

Great Western Bank, miscella-neous, $249.63.

James Smith, two junior var-sity basketball offi cial 12/11, 12/14, $100.00.

Jim Wilson, varsity basketball offi cial vs. Nodaway Valley 12/11, $85.00.

Kevin Kelsey, varsity basketball offi cial vs. Nodaway Valley 12/11, $85.00.

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BIDS WANTEDThe Wayne-Ringgold-Decatur County Solid

Waste Management is taking sealed bids for a 1989 Chevrolet 3/4 Ton 4 x 4 pickup. The pickup will be sold to the highest bidder as is, where is.

All sealed bids must clearly be marked sealed and sent to the WRD Landfill, 21377 125th Street, Grand River, Iowa 50108 no later than 4:00 P.M. on Friday, February 8, 2013.

For more information, please call WRD Landfill at 641-773-5229.

Notice given by Order of theWRD Commission

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REAL ESTATEHOUSE FOR SALE: 305 S. Cleveland Street, Mount Ayr. Ideal for home business or services. 1,670 square feet, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, family room, full basement, attached garage, 2 decks, large yard, located on highway close to school and hospital. Wonderful family home. $91,000. Call 202-360-3267, ask for Christopher. By appointment only. 47-2tp______________________________

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January 21 - Sunday - Linda Bell went to church at Diagonal this morning. Their granddaugh-ters, Katie and Erin, are in the con-fi rmation class there. This morn-ing they were doing the worship service. They did a good job and it was fun to watch them. Monday - Linda Bell went to Bible study at the church and heard Lavon Brown passed away last evening. Whenever she was at the nursing home, she always stopped in to see Lavon. She was a neat lady and was always interested in what was going on in your life. Wednesday - Today is Lavon’s funeral and there is six of the la-dies serving the family a lunch. They have a good time working together but miss Leann today. She went with Carroll to Des Moines to an REC meeting. They had 76 for the lunch. They were expecting 75 so that came out fi ne. Everyone told them that it was really good. Linda thinks it’s such a comfort to have something to eat for the fam-ily -- eating together and visiting. Sometimes it has been a long time since some family members have seen each other. Thursday - Linda Bell went in to have coffee with the girls at the store. They never run out of some-thing to visit about. They usually discuss whatever is in the news, what is on TV (nothing) and their family activities and, also, who’s

sick and who’s getting better. There is still a lot of the fl u going around. Linda’s granddaughter, Leah, called. She’s sick and wondered if Linda could come get Jace for a while. Linda sure could, so they had a fun afternoon. It was nice enough outside so they spent some time outside playing. Friday - Keeta Baker and Linda Bell fi nished the grants. They had to make 13 copies of each one and Linda took them down to Bedford. They had to be turned in by Janu-ary 21, which is Monday. It’s a nice day. The temperature on her car said 59 degrees but, boy, is it windy again. Saturday - Gaylan and Linda Bell went to Des Moines to a Li-ons leadership meeting today with Dale Juergens and Bertha. They were met there by Mike, Dale’s son, and wife Mary Beth and Dale’s daughter, Annette, and hus-band Jeff. They were called and asked to get Dale there to the 12 o’clock luncheon, that Dale would be receiving a very prestigious award. They all had no idea what to expect. There was a huge crowd there, 300 or 400 people, and the award he got was the second high-est award that is given to a Lion, the International President’s Med-al. It was quite a deal and some of the things he did to receive it was being a charter member, district governor two terms, president of the club and treasurer. It was a neat time for Dale and his family. Closing this week with “You may be disappointed if you fail but doomed if you don’t try.” From the coffee table, Linda B.

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Mount Ayr Community School Board Proceedings

Larry Jacobus, varsity basketball offi cial vs. I-35 12/14, $85.00.

Mike Caley, varsity basketball offi cial vs. Nodaway Valley 12/11, $85.00.

Rod Russell, varsity basketball offi cial vs. I-35 12/14, $85.00.

Tim Osterhaus, basketball offi cial vs. Lamoni 12/13, $85.00.

Tracey Barnes, junior varsity girls basketball offi cial vs. Nodaway Valley 12/11, $50.00.

David Greene, middle school boys basketball offi cial vs. East Union 12/20, $60.00.

Eric Ehlen, supplies reimburse-ment/help pod, $355.17.

Great Western Bank, $441.70.Deer & Company, back ordered/

service training, $372.47.Neff Company, state football

patches, $614.43.Renaissance Hotels, drill team

rooms, $593.80.Sam’s Club, $2,399.22.Tracey Barnes, middle school

girls basketball offi cial vs. Lenox 12/17, $60.00.

Fund total - $22,203.54

PublicNotice

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF

FUNDSDate of Publication: January 24,

2013City of Mount Ayr200 S. Taylor St.

Mount Ayr, IA 50854Telephone Number (641)464-2402

On or after February 1, 2013 the City of Mount Ayr will submit a request to the State of Iowa, Iowa Economic Development Authority for the release of Community De-velopment Block Grant funds un-der title 1 of the HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 as amended (P.L. 97-35), to undertake the following project: Project Title: 2013 Water Sys-tem Improvements

Purpose: The project includes construction of a booster pumping station, installation of 1,872 linear feet of water main from the corner of West St. and Maple St. to the booster station and installation of a meter pit at the new SIRWA system entry point. Specifi c outcomes include the ability to supply the necessary pres-sure into the water system while al-lowing the city to discontinue opera-tions at the water treatment plant due its deteriorating condition.

Location: City of Mount Ayr, IAEstimated cost: $228,500

CDBG/HUD + $327,720 = $556,220 total Project Costs

The activities proposed are categorically excluded under HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58 from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). An Environ-mental Review Record (ERR) that documents the environmental de-terminations for this project is on fi le at Mount Ayr City Hall, 200 S. Taylor St., Mount Ayr, IA 50854 and at MSA Professional Services, 1555 SE Delaware Ave., Suite F, Ankeny, IA 50021 and may be ex-amined or copied weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PUBLIC COMMENTSAny individual, group or agen-

cy may submit written comments on the ERR to the City of Mount Ayr, 200 S. Taylor St., Mount Ayr, IA 50854. All comments received by January 31, 2013 will be con-sidered by the City of Mount Ayr prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds.

RELEASE OF FUNDSThe City of Mount Ayr certi-

fi es to the Iowa Economic Devel-opment Authority that Don Sol-liday in his capacity as Mayor of Mount Ayr consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfi ed. The Iowa Economic Development Authority approval of the certifi cation satisfi es its re-sponsibilities under NEPA and re-lated laws and authorities and al-lows the City of Mount Ayr to use HUD program funds.OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF

FUNDSThe Iowa Economic Develop-

ment Authority will accept objec-tions to its release of funds and the RE’s certifi cation for a period of fi fteen (15) days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following basis: (a) the certifi cation was not executed by the Certifying Offi cer of the City of Mount Ayr; (b) the City of Mount Ayr has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or fi nd-ing required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not au-thorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by the Iowa Economic Development Authority, or (d) another federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written fi nding that the project is unsat-isfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted

in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to Iowa Economic Development Au-thority at 200 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309. Potential objectors should contact the Iowa Economic Development Authority to verify the actual last day of the objection period. Don Solliday, Mayor of Mount Ayr, IA 48-1t

Ringgold County Supervisors ProceedingsJanuary 14, 2013 The Ringgold County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Monday, January 14, 2013. The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. with the following members pres-ent: David Inloes, Royce Dredge and Kraig Pennington. Also present: Rex and Ann Wal-ters, Harold Cooper, Doug Frost, Jim and Mary Ann Smith, Roger Dolech-eck and Jack and Phyllis Manning. A motion was made by Royce Dredge and seconded by Kraig Pennington to approve the agenda. AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. A motion was made by Kraig Pennington and seconded by Royce Dredge to approve the January 7 and January 11 minutes. AYES: Unani-mous. NAYS: None. The payroll checks will be issued January 16, 2013. Lois Ibbotson with Tyler Insur-ance met with the board to review the county’s insurance plan. Ron Ludwig and Nicci Tucker with MATURA met with the board to review their request for funding and their overall budget. Rex and Ann Walters, Harold Cooper, Doug Frost, Jim and Mary Ann Smith, Roger Dolecheck and Jack and Phyllis Manning met with the board to discuss the condition of the roads in the east half of the county. They would like for the road to be maintained until it can be prop-erly fi xed as funds become available. They do not want it to be converted to gravel as that will pose a hazard to vehicles, semis especially, traveling up and down the road. Royce Dredge excused himself to attend the senior citizens meeting from 1:55 to 2:55 p.m.

RESOLUTION RC13–27 WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-proves the treasurer’s December 2012 monthly report. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Kraig Pennington and seconded by Royce Dredge stating such. The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, audi-tor. Passed and approved January 14, 2013.

RESOLUTION RC13–28 WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-proves the treasurer’s semi-annual report. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Royce Dredge and sec-onded by Kraig Pennington stating such. The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, audi-tor. Passed and approved January 14, 2013.

RESOLUTION RC13–29 WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-proves to retain Patrick Greenwood to defend the appeal of the Jefferson township trustee appeal. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Kraig Pennington and seconded by Royce Dredge stating such. The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, audi-tor. Passed and approved January 14, 2013.

RESOLUTION RC13–30 WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-proves the appointment of the fol-lowing township trustees: Benton - Greg Mobley and Robert Davison; Clinton - Dale Walkup and Steve Knapp; Jefferson - Charles O’Kelley and Jim Werner; Liberty - Mark Triggs and Scott Drake; Lincoln - Roy Davenport and Jerry Brown; Middle Fork - Walt McGinnis and Charles Abarr; Monroe - Richard Jackson and James Smith; Poe - Warren Angus and Melvin Gray; Rice - Bob Buck and Greg Roberts; Riley - Terry Barnes; Tingley - Ken Weeda and John F. Overholtzer, and Washington - John Whittington and Steve Newton. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Royce Dredge and sec-onded by Kraig Pennington stating such. The vote on the resolution: AYES: None. NAYS: Unanimous. Pending further information from the secretary of state’s offi ce. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, audi-tor. Passed and approved January 14, 2013.

RESOLUTION RC13-–31 WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-proves to have David Inloes sign the

Economic Development Assistance Contract for Excel Engineering. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Kraig Pennington and seconded by Royce Dredge stating such. The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, audi-tor. Passed and approved January 14, 2013. There was no further business. A motion was made by Kraig Penning-ton and seconded by Royce Dredge to adjourn the meeting at 9:05 p.m. DAVID INLOES ChairmanATTEST: AMANDA WASKE Ringgold County Auditor

Beaconsfi eld

Loretta Rotert

January 21 - The guest speaker at the United Methodist Church in Beaconsfi eld Sunday will be Art Allen. Mary Ann Smith and Eugene and Esther McAlexander attended the staff parish relation committee meeting Tuesday evening at the Ellston church. Kenneth, Virginia and Shirley McAlexander hosted a birthday dinner for Esther McAlexander for her 81st birthday. Others at the dinner were Eugene McAlexander, Rose McAlexander, Tim McAlex-ander, Jeff McAlexander and Pat McAlexander. Ester was very hap-py to have all of her children call her Wednesday for her birthday. Deb Fiderlein and sons of West Branch spent the weekend with her parents, Jim and Mary Ann Smith. Marshall Matlage of Norwalk spent the weekend in the home of his grandmother, Lil Matlage. Ed and Loretta Rotert visited with Eddie and Shelly Rotert Sun-day and then continued on to Inde-pendence, MO where they visited with Michelle, Jeff, Madison and Carrie Rotert.

MaloyJoan Jackson • 785-2210

January 21 - Greg, Amy, Mad-die, Emma and Gracie Mobley attended a family celebration for Amy’s grandmother, Frances Goff. They helped her celebrate her birthday at Maple Ridge Assisted Living. She was 90 on January 21. Craig and Kathi Braby visited with Lafe, Laura, Hattie and Hold-en Dukes in Norwalk Saturday. Later they attended a dinner with friends in Des Moines. Dick and Joyce Weehler went to Simpson College Thursday night. They went to watch Jensen Stew-art play basketball with the team from William Penn. Playing for the Simpson team was former Mount Ayr Raiderette, Bailey Meyer. The Maloy Shamrocks 4-H Club met for their monthly meet-ing Sunday afternoon in Benton. Wyatt Jackson went to Grace-land University Friday. He went with a group of Mount Ayr fresh-men with the talent search pro-gram. Friday night Wyatt Jackson went with the wrestling team to the John Harris Tournament in Corn-ing. Monday night he wrestled in the Pride of Iowa junior varsity tournament in Greenfi eld. Tuesday night he went to the wrestling meet in Osceola. Tim and Mel Burton attended the Stalker company Christmas party Saturday evening. Kathi Braby visited with her aunt, Jean Ward, in Lenox Friday. She also visited with her parents, Fred and Joyce Haynes. She helped her mother celebrate her birthday. Kathi reported that her dad is get-ting along great after his recent hip surgery. Payton Weehler played in the SFL basketball tournament in Mount Ayr Saturday. Also playing in the tournament Saturday were Paige Lynch, Emma and Gracie Mobley, Hannah Lynch and Amber Davison from the Maloy area. Wyatt Jackson went to speech contest in Osceola Saturday morn-ing. He and Lou Knapp had a movie that they had made. They received a II rating on their entry. Wendell and Joan Jackson and

Kevin, Melanie and Hannah Jack-son attended the junior varsity Pride of Iowa wrestling tourna-ment in Greenfi eld Monday night. Betsy Keenan hosted a craft retreat over the weekend in Maloy. The fi rst of crafters arrived Wednesday. Betsy’s friend, Al-ice, came then and started making rugs. Friday Sandy Maxa of Lenox was there to conduct a basket mak-ing class. Sophie Ryan came from Lamoni. Friday night a carload of crafters arrived from the Quad Cities. Saturday the group busied themselves making rugs and weav-ing dishcloths. Judy Henderson of Bedford came to do some spinning and join the fun. Sunday morning some of the guests went to mass at the monastery in Clyde, MO. In the afternoon the group had a dance and potluck at the Frontier Hall in Redding. Sophie Ryan led the dancers in folk dancing. Monday the crafters fi nished weaving on the loom. Sue Buck of Mount Ayr joined the group to share the rugs she makes by twining on a frame and crocheting. The fun weekend ended Monday afternoon.

Mount Ayr Health Care Center

Activities Staff

Activities StaffActivities StaffClearview Home

Clearview HomeClearfi eld

Jeani Swartwood

January 21 - Brrr…. Winter has returned and it is very hard to get used to this normal winter weather as everyone has been so spoiled this year. One good thing about this is, they do not have to endure it for too long with winter being al-ready half over. Evalee White was happy to have been able to spend the day out Sat-urday with her daughter, Dee. She also helped with the breakfast for supper at the Kellerton commu-nity building that evening. Danny Gregg enjoyed going to the Mount Ayr Meal Site three days in a row this week. Paulette Clem was a lunch guest of her parents, Paul and Ma-rie Campbell. Together they cel-ebrated the Campbell’s 71st wed-ding anniversary. Congratulations! Neil Stanley enjoyed lunch with his mother, Ada, last week also. Weekend lunch guests included Leroy Hammers and Corwin Karr who joined Elaine McCampbell and Phyllis Sickels who was a guest of her mother, Sylvia Hall. Catherine Crawford enjoyed hav-ing lunch brought in to her by her family. Good luck to Mabel Shields as she was able to return to her apart-ment last Tuesday afternoon. All miss her very much but are happy for her and wish her well. Everyone was also sad to say so long to Kathy Elswick, the so-cial worker, as she retired this past week. A coffee was held for her with staff and residents all wishing her a happy retirement. Taking her place will be Marlys McPherson. Residents spent last Monday enjoying a variety of active games including ring toss, pastimes, Skip Bo and dice before an evening of bingo with Jim and Judy Green. Phyllis Sickels and Cheri Dessing-er joined the residents for the day-time games. Winning bingo games were Rosemary Hullinger (guest of Catherine Crawford), Marvin Morse, Betty Ruby, Dorothy Main, Donna Benegas, Virginia Albers, Earl Brand, Darlene Minnick, June Steinman and Elaine McCampbell. Marvin Morse was the blackout winner. Bingo was also enjoyed Wednesday afternoon with the help of Phyllis Riggs. Guests in-cluded Harold Crawford, Judy Doolittle, Phyllis Sickels and Cor-win Karr who also offered a help-ing hand. Winners were Maxine Kean, Margaret Campbell, Mar-vin Morse, Corwin Karr, Vergene Higgins, Myrna Cox, Paul Camp-bell, Kathryn Adams, Earl Brand, Dorothy Sobotka, Virginia Albers and Catherine Crawford who won blackout. Stories about winter happen-ings were read by Deanna from Good Old Days and Reminisce magazines. It is nice to be able to listen to those stories and re-member those times and not have to worry about getting out in that weather. Phyllis Sickels came in to play dominoes with residents during the afternoon while others enjoyed games of Skip Bo. Seth Denney and son Sam spent an afternoon in Bible study with several residents. It is always nice to listen to him as he provides a very nice Bible study session. Church was with Sandy Cran-

dell and Charlotte Swank this week. Sandy delivered the mes-sage while Charlotte played the piano. It is always nice to have chil-dren visit Health Care. Last Wednesday evening just before the supper meal the youth group L.A.M.B.S. arrived from the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr. Together children and residents joined to form a band with rhythm instruments made by the children. A sing-along was enjoyed while a few of the children drew inspi-rational pictures that were then delivered to residents. All enjoyed their visit and look forward to see-ing them back next month. Route 66 was remembered through history, highlights, songs, trivia and their own travels. Three residents and two staff members have traveled that route and shared their stories and memories. Those gathered also shared other interest-ing stories of traveling as well as favorite vacation spots. Listeners were also given an opportunity to visit and learn about other places as they listened to facts before try-ing to name who, where or what the speaker was describing during the game -- Person, Place or Thing. Pastor Joyce Smith and mem-bers from the Methodist church in Mount Ayr and Redding were with residents who are members of those churches Friday afternoon for a special coffee. This is always a nice gathering that those folks look forward to. Rhonda Brand arrived Sunday morning and taught Sunday school class. Welcome visitors over the past week have been Leroy Hammers, Patti Page-Jones of Creston and Corwin Karr with Elaine McCa-mpbell; Steve and Marilyn Werner and Mike, Nancy and Race Kelly of Winterset with Maxine Wer-ner; Joni Dugan with Bernadine McBride; Ed, Colleen and Nici Minnick with Darlene Minnick; Marie Still, Olive Davis, Oleta Jones, Norma Lee Jones and El-len Powell with Ruth Angus; Ethel Campbell with Donald Campbell; Melanie, Doug, Layne and Toby Ruby with Betty Ruby; Connie Worthington of Des Moines, Trudy Taylor of Ames and Hank Smith with Margaret Fletchall; Pat and Larry Teply with Ger-ald Gardner; Irene Merical of Adel and Wayne and Suzanne Brown of Pleasant Hill with Shirley Brown; Roger and Teri Main of Creston, Regan Main and Holly Jerome with Dorothy Main; Lyle Hogue of Hatfi eld, MO, Doris Overhol-ser and Evelyn Sickels with Irene Hogue; Leola Adams with Luella Adkisson and Ruth Angus; Regan Main and Holly Jerome with Earl Brand; Carol and Arlene Sobotka and Robert and Pam Grace with Dorothy Sobotka; Vera Moore with Bev Moore.; Larry Craw-ford of Indianola, Kim Davis of Corydon, Rosemary Hullinger and Harold Crawford with Catherine Crawford; Judy Doolittle with Loreen Reed; Neil Stanley with Ada Stan-ley; Merna King of Bedford and Dan King with Ed and Lorraine Kin; Bobbie and Anne Rinehart of Hatfi eld, MO and Rhonda Cooper of Kent with Kathryn Adams; Lor-rie Haver and Helen Combs with Wayne and Irene Bohn; Helen Combs with Colleene Saville and Maxine Kean, and Paul Smith of Maple Ridge paid several visits to his sister, Maxine Kean.

January 21 - Wow, the week seemed to fl y by! Why is it the older you get the faster time goes by? Monday residents exercised and played 20 questions. They even got the staff making guesses! This was a lot of fun! Bible study was led by Scott Marcum in the afternoon. The kitchen fi xed some yummy cookies for everyone to enjoy af-terward. Tuesday residents played the snowball guessing game. Every-one was pretty surprised by the ob-ject in question. If you’re curious what it was, you’ll have to come in and ask someone. This writer is sure they would love to tell you the surprise they had to guess. It was quite unique. All played bingo in the afternoon. This is always a favorite. Winners were Dorothy Wetzel, Ona Knott, Clara Kilgore,

Evelyn Lund, Gladys Gose and Nioma Gaule. Wednesday was exercise and then everyone got a lot of laughs from the funny church stories that were read. The minister had the fl u so residents watched Johnny Cash’s inspirational music special. Several sang along with Johnny. Thursday was the anniversary of the “Happy Days” premiere. In the morning they had Happy Days trivia and in the afternoon they had a 50s social hour. It was amazing how many memories got brought up. Friday residents exercised and reminisced about prices in the good old days. They discussed the price of gas, groceries, houses, cars, etc. Boy have things changed! In the afternoon everyone watched the Dean Martin Variety Show. They don’t make TV shows like that anymore; all we get now is ‘UN’ reality shows! Saturday residents had another game of bingo. Winners were Gladys Gose, Dorothy Wetzel, Jean Haidsiak, Evelyn Lund and Lila Barker. Thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Lavon Brown. She was a great lady and all will miss her. Visitors this week were Kerry Saville and Gordon Kilgore with Clara Kilgore; Roberta Lockhart with Jeane England; Norma Beggs with Evelyn Stevenson; Marcia Nickell with Dorothy Wetzel; Alvin Gaule with Nioma Gaule; Jack and Dixie Taylor with Lora-bel Taylor; Rose Roewart with Co-letta Bradley, and Robert and Jan Imhoff and Chris and Tina Am-brose came for a birthday party for Juanita Matthews. Food for thought: “Nothing is impossible; the word itself says ‘I’m Possible’!”

January 21 -- January is nearly to its end. However, the activ-ity professions will continue to celebrate their National Activity Professional Week by hosting a popcorn party today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. Lisa will be in over the weekend for a sing-along with the residents. The general store will be open at 2 p.m. Monday. Tune in next week for upcoming February events. Monday Pattie continued to read from “A Forever Christmas” to the residents. Sommer and Kathi played a bean bag toss game with a group of residents in the after-noon. Doctor’s rounds were Tuesday. Anna Linkey, Gerata Scott, Irene Spencer, Ione Veatch and Vera Daughton helped frost fresh fried donuts. Staff also assisted with a sing-along in the special care unit. Lisa played the piano for music in the morning. In the afternoon they played bingo. Winners were Iris Osborn, Donnie Johnston, Gerata Scott, Permelia Fletchall, Doyle Murphy and Laura Osborn. Wednesday was a busy day with hand care in the morning. Kathi took the nail cart to the special care unit to do hand care, too. Sandy Crandall was in to provide church in the afternoon. Carmene James played the piano. Sommer took Sarge, Joe Routh’s dog, around to residents. They enjoyed watching him chase his toy and petting him. Ione Veatch had a birthday par-ty in her honor hosted by her fam-ily and friends. They served choc-olate and white cake to residents and staff. Attending her party were Deb and Hal Dean Veatch, Sharon Miller, Carolyn Reeves, Elizabeth Conard and Marlene Wyer. Kathi read the Mount Ayr Re-

cord-News and Diagonal Progress fi rst thing Thursday. Afterwards residents played the card game “Trash” in the south lobby. Three tables were going at the same time. In the afternoon residents gathered in the dining room to watch the movie “Popeye” starring Robin Williams from 1980. It was the birth date of Popeye (1929). Pop-corn was served to everyone. Friday Lisa played the key-board in the north and south lob-bies for residents to enjoy. She also entertained in the special care unit. Liz played dominoes with a small group in the south lobby. Kathi and Lisa helped with bingo in the after-noon. Winners were Laura Osborn, Anita Hayworth, Ruth Nickle, Vera Daughton, Permelia Fletchall, Doyle Murphy, Gerata Scott and Helen Banks. Sandy Wood was special guest of Pauline Wood. Saturday Lawrence Welk was shown in the south lobby after sup-per. Sunday Norma Stringham was in for Sunday school. Carmene James helped on the piano. Som-mer gathered residents in the din-ing room for the January birthday party in the afternoon. Members of the Sunshine Workers 4-H group were in to host the event. They served cookies and 7Up and played a round of bingo. Blackout winners were Minnie Brecken-ridge and Lesa Darrah. Members of the 4-H group helping were Pe-ter Shervheim, Anna Shervheim, Nathan Shervheim, Jena James, Tucker Darrah, Aaron Darrah, Alexis Darrah, Bailey Darrah and leaders Bobbie Bainum, Jan and Melinda Shervheim and Tammy James. Visitors were Ward and Tina Good with Irene Spencer; Jim and Arlene Pearce, Gary Scott and Dale Scott of Coleridge with Edna Scott; Sue Richards and Da-vid and Quita Koehler with Twilla Lininger and Lois Anne Sobotka; Nancy Greenberg with Forrest and Carmetta Shields; Lesa and Baylee Darrah with Berniece Hoffman; Deb and Jack Wackernagle with Arloa Wackernagle; Granny and Cloyd Richardson and Linda Eivi-ens with Virgil Findley; Becky and Rachel Eike and Chris Harrison Shilhanek with Sarah Eike; Janis Taylor with Anna Linkey; Joyce England with Lois Anne Sobotka; Jim Ward with Roxie Trullinger; Shirley Erickson with Don Strange and Gerald Sum-ma; Grace Warin, Cooper Bradley and Dave and Lisa Richards with Marilyn Richards; George Hunt with Rose Hunt; Sharon Miller, Carolyn Reeves, Hal Dean Veatch, Deb Veatch, Elizabeth Conard and Marlene Wyer with Ione Veatch; Shirley and Bob Erickson with Don Strange; Ann Smith, Janet Ha-ley and Jim, Lori and Allison Nor-ris with Mildred Beymer; Carolyn Derrick with Dorsey Derrick; Estelle Hall with Rose Hunt; Alissa Brand, Jennifer Younts and Alexander and Cassandra and Shelli Brand, Gabrielle Younts and Ellen Brand with Roxie Trullinger; Joyce England with Lois Anne Sobotka; Carol Lee Bentley with Anna Linkey and Mildred Beymer, and Lori Tull and Bethany and Kaitlyn Burgess with Lawrence Bishop, Laura Osborn and Vera Daughton.

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