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persuade their fellow legislators
to help raise money for roads.

Theyre always in our corner, he
said.
Education reform
The other main topic of discus-
sion was the effort to reform educa-
tion. Dolecheck said an education
reform package passed through the
Iowa House last week and was sent
on to the Senate for their consider-
ation.
Dolecheck summarized the
highlights of the package and fo-
cused on a few changes from the
governors recommendations. He
said the House version set mini-
mum teacher salaries at $32,000
per year as opposed to the $35,000
in the governors original plan. He
said the change reected push-
back from rural districts that said
the higher salary would create a
compression factor in their salary
schedules that would be difcult
for them to afford.
The House version also included
whats called the Iowa Certicate
Program that replaces the Diploma
Seal Program in the governors
proposal. The certicate, based on
completion of competency-based
requirements, would be above and
beyond a high school diploma.
The House version also eliminated
state payment of ACT testing for
all high school students.
Dolecheck said the House ver-
sion also allows for more school
choice in the form of private
schools and home schools, parent-
taught drivers education and inde-
pendent accreditation for private
schools.

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On Sunday, Jan. 27 members
of the Michael D. Hartsook family
met with individuals who were re-
sponsible for the recovery of Hart-
sooks body from a lake in Sarpy
county, NE last July. And a number
of Ringgold county residents were
instrumental in that recovery.
A group called the Ringgold
Community Water Emergency
Team (RCWET) consists of a
number of local residents who
participate in water rescue and re-
covery whenever the need arises.
Approximately a dozen active
members take part in regular train-
ing exercises both on a local and
regional level to hone their skills in
water rescue.
The group consists of both div-
ers and shore personnel. Divers in-
clude Mike Wimer, Bob Galloway,
Dave Wolfe, Nikki Sobotka, Zach
Schafer, Alex Rotert, Ed Rotert
and Daniel Stull. Wes Zollman is
currently a diver in training. Shore
personnel include Vera Haley, Ed-
Locals serve as water rescue volunteers
die McCreary, Doug Gooding and
Bill Stull.
The Ringgold county team is
part of a larger group called the
Midwest Regional Dive Associa-
tion (MRDA). This group consists
of divers and shore personnel rep-
resenting the Red Oak re depart-
ment, the Clarinda re department,
Adams county EMS, the Cass
county sheriffs department along
with the Ringgold county re and
sheriffs departments.
Each member organization
adds a unique benet to the group.
The Red Oak and Clarinda groups
furnish search and rescue boats
equipped with side scan sonar. Ad-
ams county furnishes emergency
management. Ringgold county has
a portable air compressor system
that can rell scuba tanks on site.
Despite their individual capa-
bilities, once on the site of a water
emergency, all members become
one well-organized team.
Shore personnel, including
those in boats, set up a grid sys-
tem of ropes that help divers orga-
nize the search area to make sure
no area is left unsearched. The
600-foot-long ropes are connected
to car wheels lled with cement
that are dropped to the bottom of
the body of water. The end of each
line is marked with a buoy. Each
rope is spaced about an arm span
from the next so divers can comb
the bottom of the lake while main-
taining their organized location via
contact with the ropes. Once they
reach the end of the rope, they or
another diver will move to the next
set of ropes to continue the search.
Diver and certied dive trainer
Ed Rotert explained that divers
stay submerged on average 20-25
minutes, depending on conditions.
Keeping track of air pressure in
tanks and time in the water is the
sole responsibility of the scribe,
one of the shore personnel. Divers
go into the water with approxi-
mately 3,000 pounds of air pres-
sure. Safety precautions dictate
divers must exit the water when
their tank pressure falls below
1,000 pounds.
Rotert said the shore personnel
provide other crucial support to the
dive team. Not only do they set
up the rope reels and arrange the
grid system of ropes and buoys,
they also help divers with equip-
ment and guide them in and out
of the water safely. They also man
the search boats to monitor diver
safety and communicate with the
divers. All divers wear a full-face
mask equipped with communica-
tion equipment. A back-up diver is
in each boat in case a diver needs
assistance.
Rotert said RCWET rst orga-
nized in 2006 following a drown-
ing at Sun Valley Lake a few years
ago.
Rotert had become certied as
an
A number of budget hearings for county groups are coming up in
the next two weeks around Ringgold county.
Hearings for the Mount Ayr city budget and the Ringgold County
E-911 Service Board are set for Monday, March 4. Hearings for the
Ringgold County Ag Extension Council, the Sun Valley Sanitation
District and the Sun Valley Rural Improvement Zone will be held
Wednesday, March 6.
Mount Ayr city budget
The Mount Ayr city council has set the public hearing on the scal
year 2014 budget for Monday, March 4, at 6 p.m. at city hall.
The proposed budget calls for expenditures of $3,243,561 for the
coming year, down from $3,989,302 estimated in the current year but
up from the $2,431,396 for scal year 2012.
Total revenues for the scal year are estimated at $3,373,722,
down from $3,973,330 for the current scal year but higher than the
$2,602,755 for scal year 2012. Estimated tax levy
for the year will be $15.44 per $1,000 taxable value and $3 per $1,000
taxable value on agricultural land. The levy rate is down slightly from
the $15.56 last year.
The levy will raise $580,998 for the new budget year, up from
$575,310 in the current year and $573,243 in scal year 2012.
The biggest increase in income projected is $1,424,140 in charges
for services, up from $1,373,750 in the current year.
Many line item expenditures have been reduced in the new bud-
get.
The budget calls for spending $288,749 for public safety, down
signicantly from $757,690 in the current year. The public works
budget will be $405,010, down from $416,500 in the current year.
Culture and recreation budget will be $213,771, down from
$346,665. Community and economic development totals are set at
$318,511, down from $332,546. General government expense will
be $126,331, up from $112,008. Debt service will be $166,163, down
from $172,826. Capital projects budget will be $6,000, downsigni-
cantly from $21,979 in the current scal year.
Business type enterprises will cost $1,666,572, down from
$1,701,971 in the current year as well.
Beginning balance as of July 1, 2013 is estimated at $1,135,853
and will end at $1,266,014. This compares with the $1,151,825 esti-
mated at the start of the current scal year.
E911 Service Board
The hearing on the budget for the E911 Service Board is set for
Monday, March 4, at 4 p.m. at the Ringgold county courthouse as-
sembly room.
The budget calls for expenditures of $187,150 for the coming
year, up signicantly from $40,050 in the current year and $29,258 in
scal year 2012.
Estimated ending fund balance for June 30, 2014 will be
$71,069.
Ringgold County Extension
Budget hearing for Ringgold County Ag Extension is set for 5:30
p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at the Ringgold County Iowa State Uni-
versity Extension ofce, 101 N. Polk.
Budget calls for expenditures of $131,488 for the coming year,
down from an estimated $218,950 for the current year but more than
the $207,530 spent in scal year 2012.
Of the total, $81,839 will be raised by taxation with a tax levy of
30 cents per $1,000 taxable valuation.
The extension councils estimated beginning balance is $70,479
and estimated ending balance will be $52,480.
Sun Valley RIZ budget
Hearing on the budget for the Sun Valley Rural Improvement
Zone is set for Wednesday, March 6, at 3 p.m. at the Sun Valley Lake
Community Center.
Surprise snow
Ringgold county was hit by a surprise snowstorm early Tuesday morning,
with snowfall amounts approaching a half-foot accompanied by gusty winds.
Forecasters had expected the brunt of the storm to miss the area.
Budget hearings on
tap for area groups
The spring play at Mount Ayr
Community high school will be
presented Friday and Saturday,
March 8-9 at 7 p.m. each night.
This years play, Donovans
Daughters, is set in 1895 Seattle,
where there are 10 men for every
woman in the territory -- excel-
lent odds for Shamus Donovan, an
Irish sherman with 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 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 Katherine,
they reason. Using William Shake-
speares Taming of the Shrew
as a guide, the men give Danny
OBrien, a federal marshal, advice
on how to tame the wild Kather-
ine. Add to the mix two feuding
Indian tribes, three dim-witted
lumberjacks and a botched kidnap
scheme, and you have all the ele-
ments for one of the most energetic
romances the West has ever seen.
The cast includes:
The Donovans
Shamus Johnathan Triggs
Abigail Madison Hoseld
Katherine Taylor Still
Bridgette Erin Dolecheck
Maeve Maggie Jennett
Moira Hannah Fletchall
Alana Kylie Wilson
Seatilites
Patrick Dawson Knapp
Asa Matt Poore
Judd Jacob Sobotka
Clive Braydee Poore
Danny Hagan Willis
Villains
Darien Zane Sickels
Agatha Allison Wallace
Spectors 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 OMailia
Sarah Ica Hauge
Young Lumberjacks
Larry Lincoln Lutrick
Moe Rhett Murphy
Albert Kyle Dolecheck
Gus Wyatt Jackson
Indians
Running Bear Grant Staats
Lilly Blossom Natasha Van-
Heeswyk
Skulking Fox Lew Knapp
Morning Dove Leah Klejch
Soaring Eagle Ben Saville
The crew for the production in-
cludes:
Director - Mrs. Shaun Kniep.
Assistants to Mrs. Kniep Lo-
gan Wimer and Hannah Glenden-
ning.
Lights Quentin Chumbley,
Laura Davison, Kirsten Dolecheck
and Maddie Mobley.
Makeup Shaley Miller, Taylor
Wilson and Miranda Waugh.
Costumes Jennifer Blair,
Cheyenne Gillespie and Ashley
Paxson.
Set and props Casey Pax-
son, Tyler Triggs, Connor Giles,
Lincoln Martin, Tucker Winemi-
ller, Jed McCreary, Shane Swank,
Jake Ricker, Joe Ricker and Zach
Vanderught.
Sound Dylan Doman, Bailea
Stark and Jay Blair.
Donovans Daughters
on stage March 8-9
Road concerns
expressed at
legislative forum
Road funding, education reform
and Medicaid expansion were the
main topics of discussion at the
Legislative Coffee held Saturday
in Mount Ayr.
Road funding
The majority of the audience at
the coffee were interested in talk-
ing about funding for maintenance
and repair of county roads.
Kevin Kilgore opened the dis-
cussion by presenting the high-
lights of a talking paper he had
created concerning the issue. Cit-
ing a number of sections from
Iowa code, he said he had detected
errors in the way the county road
budget was designed and approved.
He also questioned the formula by
which counties receive road funds
from the state as well as the costs
associated with salaries and ben-
ets for personnel in the road de-
partment.
Paul Dykstra, owner of area
hog connements, questioned why
100 percent of property tax doesnt
go to maintain infrastructure in
the county rather than half going
to education. He said he under-
stands connements such as his
can be hard on roads and bridges
with large trucks coming and go-
ing. Its a sacred cow educa-
tion, he said, but it seems like
theres a tremendous amount of
money poured into that system
as the population continues to go
down. I dont know if the balance
of where our money is being spent
is correct... there needs to be a shift
of that money to where its actually
needed. He asked the legislators
if there was any way to change that
balance. Sen. Ernst replied the in-
creased costs associated with cer-
tain education reforms would be
covered by the state rather than by
local property taxes. She said the
plan would help property tax pay-
ers but not really shift any more
money to roads.
Ringgold county supervisor
Kraig Pennington asked if there
was any chance the fuel tax would
be increased this year. Ernst re-
plied Gov. Branstads priorities in
this legislative session are property
tax reform and education reform.
Once this is taken care of, then
some of these other issues will fol-
low, she said. She added that part
of the problem lies with Iowa hav-
ing more urban legislators than ru-
ral legislators. Right now a num-
ber of them [urban legislators] are
saying, no, our roads are ne here,
and my constituents are happy.
Why would I raise the fuel tax on
them when my roads are good.
Ernst said a proposal to raise
the fuel tax passed through the
Senate Transportation Committee
last year. She said she felt a simi-
lar proposal could pass through the
Senate again this year, but she had
doubts about passage through the
House.
Dolecheck said a bill would be
introduced in the House Transpor-
tation Committee this week pro-
posing a fuel tax increase. If passed
and signed by the governor, the bill
would raise fuel taxes three cents
in the rst year, three cents in the
second year and then four cents in
the third year. Dolecheck said Gov.
Branstad had told him personally
he would not veto the measure if it
got to his desk.
Ringgold County engineer Zach
Gunsolley asked if legislators un-
derstood rural counties are having
to bond their way out of this prob-
lem because of lack of state action
and the underfunding of rural areas
as compared to urban areas. Even
if property tax reduction is a focus
of Gov. Branstad, he said, do they
understand property taxes go up
when bonds are passed? Are they
okay with two different classes
of Iowans? he asked. Dolecheck
returned to the urban versus rural
issue. He said its very hard to con-
vince those with good roads to pay
more. Ernst added urban people
make the argument that its farm
implements ruining our roads, and
therefore the farmers need to pay
more.
Colby Holmes, a Ringgold
County Farm Bureau member,
added rural Iowans need to make
the case to friends and relatives
in the urban areas that good rural
roads are in their best interests
as well. He congratulated Ernst
and Dolecheck on their efforts to
The Ringgold Community Water Rescue Team is shown at the scene of a rescue last year at Viking Lake near
Stanton. The team stores its dive gear, shore lines and communications equipment in a trailer for rapid response
to emergency calls. The Ringgold team is part of the Midwest Regional Dive Association, which responds to
water rescue calls throughout southern Iowa and eastern Nebraska.
The Ringgold county board of
supervisors received some good
news at its meeting this week as
bids for resurfacing of several sec-
tions of county roads came in un-
der predicted costs.
The combination of the three
winning bids for three differ-
ent types of surfacing totaled
$1,013,000, below the engineers
estimate of approximately $1.2
million. The projects will still re-
quire spending for lling cracks
and patchwork prior to the appli-
cation of resurfacing, but the total
project should still come in under
estimates.
The projects include approxi-
mately 35 miles of county roads:
approximately six miles of
P46 (Sale Barn Road) from the
south Mount Ayr city limit to just
past the intersection with J55.
J55 from the intersection of
P46 to the Decatur county line.
J20 from Highway 169
through the town of Tingley.
approximately seven miles of
P33 (Old Highway 66) north from
Highway 2.
approximately one mile of J43
from P27 to the town of Maloy.
P27 from Highway 2 south to
Redding.
The supervisors approved the
awarding of contracts for the win-
ning bids from Sta-bilt of Harlan,
Fort Dodge Asphalt and Blacktop
Service of Humboldt.
Construction should begin in
late spring, weather permitting,
with completion in late summer.
Budget released
The supervisors also completed
their annual budget estimate for
scal year 2014. They set a public
hearing for the budget for Monday,
March 11 at 10 a.m. in the court-
house assembly room.
Public notice of the budget ap-
pears on page 15 of todays Re-
cord-News.
Tax suspension
Last week the board also ap-
proved a request from the Iowa
Department of Human Services to
suspend collection of all taxes on
two parcels of property within the
county. The action does not forgive
the taxes. The total tax bill must be
paid whenever title to the parcels is
transferred to a new owner.
Good news! Road
repair bids in under
original estimates
At its most recent meet-
ing, the Cleareld Community
School board of directors di-
rected superintendent Joe Drake
to contact contiguous school
districts to inquire if there is any
interest in reorganization.
The decision to seek reorga-
nization followed a presentation
by Rick Engel, the districts le-
gal counsel, who discussed in
detail the process of reorgani-
zation and dissolution for Iowa
school districts and answered
board questions.
Cleareld
school to
explore
options
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Farmers Appreciation Event Farmers Appreciation Event
Michael Cotter
a third generation, Southern Minnesota farmer,
dad and storyteller is coming to The Princess
Theater for a performance full of stories about
farming, farmers and their communities.
Cotter is a combination of pride in straight corn
rows and concern for a healthy environment. His
Irish-Catholic heritage gives him the gift of com-
passion and understanding, blended with a little
blarney. His gentle nature invites his audiences to
look deep within themselves to find their own sto-
ries. He believes in farming, in people and the
healing power of storytelling. He has performed
Farmers Appreciation
Roast Beef and Pork Loin Dinner
Served by the the Lions First Christian Church
on the Mount Ayr Square 5 to 7 p.m. Cost $8

at many events and locations from the Three Apples Storytelling Festival in
Harvard, Massachusetts to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
and his credits include schools, hospitals, libraries, conferences and agri-
cultural meetings.
Thursday, March 14, 7 p.m.
Tickets: $10 at the Princess Theater door
SPONSORED BY: Mount Ayr Chamber of Commerce,
and The Princess Theater
Memories of snow days...and other breaks
THOUGHTS
& other things
BY ALAN SMITH
Snow days.
After students and teachers had some of their
spring break last week with some snow days, it got
me remembering back to days off from school that I
had growing up.
I started school in Minneapolis, MN. We only
lived a short distance from John Hay Elementary
School, where I began kindergarten. If we ever had
a snow day there, I certainly dont remember it. But
then I dont remember a whole lot about kindergar-
ten, which I started at age four.
Next my family lived in Hawaii. We didnt have
snow days there. I do remember a headline at one
point which read Hilo shivers in 60 degree weath-
er. The only snow we saw was on the top of Mauna
Kea, the big volcanic mountain that towers over the
big island of Hawaii.
We did hike up the mountain at one point and
bring back a cooler full of snow with which we made
sno cones for the neighborhood. That doesnt mean
that there was a reason for skipping a day of school,
however.
In Hawaii the only school skip day I remember
came because of a volcano. Volcanoes erupted sev-
eral times while we lived in Hawaii. One eruption
was up the mountain at the Kiluea Iki crater on my
birthday in 1959. That was quite a birthday present,
but it didnt effect us much down in Hilo.
In January of 1960, however, the Kapoho erup-
tion came. At night we could see the fountain of lava
far away down the mountain from our front window.
Often the winds brought the fumes from the volcano
up the mountain. People were wearing wet handker-
chiefs over their face to help them breathe. If I re-
member correctly, there was at least one day when
the fumes were so strong that we didnt go to school.
I dont know if they called it a volcano day or not.
There were a couple of snow days that I remem-
ber in elementary school when I lived in Lamoni. I
had a paper route then, so even if it snowed quite a
bit, that had to be worked into the day. We didnt
have television at home, so the hours we didnt
spend outside meant spending time reading a book
or playing a board game. We did have an old record
player that we could get out and play records like the
sound track album to West Side Story that I had
purchased with my paper route money.
Next our family moved to south Texas, so snow
days were out of the question again for the rest of my
school career.
But that didnt mean that we didnt have skip
days either.
In Texas, hurricanes were the weather event that
brought schools to a close.
While we lived in Weslaco, we were visited by
Hurricane Buelah. We felt some of the brunt of the
hurricane winds of 120 miles an hour or more and
two feet of rain that fell in a 36-hour period.
There wasnt school during the storm itself and
there were a couple of days of recovery time in the
mix where students helped man sandbag operations
around the Valley instead of going to school.
That was probably the biggest story I ever cov-
ered for my high school newspaper, the Hi-Life.
It was a pretty frightening storm and there werent
many carefree moments during that down time
from school for hurricane days.
Snow days here in Mount Ayr where our chil-
dren all had their educational years meant special
times -- if they came at the right time of the week.
The newspaper deadline always had to be met. But
the occasional snow storm at the end of the week
or over a weekend gave us an opportunity to play
in the snow, read, watch movies or something like
that.
The snow storm last week, however, brought a
rst to our household.
Erin and Peter were snowed in in Columbia,
MO. Cara was snowed in in Independence. And
we had a snow day here last Friday.
Valle worked on some school reports while I
took it a little easier. We have a Netix account
where I have discovered a BBC series of Robin
Hood. I can watch the shows from the three sea-
sons it ran, without commercial breaks, with my
ear phones hooked to my iPad. It doesnt bother
Valle and I can enjoy the fun adventures.
We popped popcorn and spent some time catch-
ing up on the news and emails on our iPads.
But I did something else that I have never done
on a snow day before. I played a board game with
Erin, Peter and Cara. Over the internet.
We enjoy the game Ticket to Ride, where the
object is to get your train built from target city to
target city. Different lines are different colors, and
you have to collect the cards that then allow you
to put your color cars on the line. Sometimes this
blocks others, who must then try to nd an alter-
nate route to the city they are seeking.
We found an iPhone app for $2.99 that allowed
us to play the game with each other over the in-
ternet. When it comes around to my turn again,
my iPhone gives a little fanfare to tell me that its
my turn to make a play. We can use either our cell
phone or our iPad to play.
Since getting the app set up in all three sites,
we have played several games. Sometimes it takes
as long as a day to play when people are busy and
only get to their cell phones or iPads from time to
time.
Other times we all get on at the same time and
play away.
If I had tried to dream up things to do on a snow
day when I was a kid, Im sure it wouldnt even
have entered the realm of possibility that I could
play board games with people hundreds of miles
away.
But then the only wrist phones with photo capa-
bility were in the Dick Tracy comic books.
My what a difference technology makes in a
snow day.
Fifty Years Ago
(From the Mount Ayr Record-
News, Thursday, February 21,
1963.)
The Mount Ayr Chapter of Fu-
ture Farmers of America is observ-
ing its 25th anniversary this week,
February 16-23, during National
F.F.A. Week.
Loch Ayr, the old city reservoir,
and the Lions Club pond, north
of Mount Ayr, were stocked with
9,460 sh last year, according to the
report of Homer Butler, president of
the Ringgold County Sportsmens
Club.
The Mount Ayr Raiders made
the Lenox Tigers their 16th victim of
the season Friday night by a score of
113 to 51. Two records were broken
during the Raiders conquest of the
Tigers. The Mount Ayr team, with
its 113 points, shattered the scoring
record of 107 points set in 1960.
By scoring 40 points, Jerry Waugh
eclipsed Ken Pickens 1955 record
of 482 points in 27 games. Waugh
has scored a total of 512 points in
17 contests and has one more game
to play on the seasons schedule and
at least one in tournament competi-
tion.
Ringgold county farmers, who
participated in farm programs during
the past year, received payments for
compliance in the total amount of
$1,152,215.09, according to gures
submitted by the ASCS ofce in
Mount Ayr. A total of 898 farms, or
slightly more than 60 percent of the
1,391 farms of the county, was oper-
ated under provisions of the 1962
Feed Grain program. Payments for
compliance totaled $765,703.56.
Cleareld, which had barely
slipped by two of its sectional tour-
nament foes, rallied in the fourth
quarter Saturday night to upset East
Union, 55 to 52, in the championship
game.
At recent res in the community,
members of the Mount Ayr Fire
Department have, according to the
statements of several, been ham-
pered in the efcient performance
of their duties because of trafc
violators.
A fashion show, which will in-
clude the newest styles of 1963, with
the latest retail cottons by-the-yard,
will be presented February 26, at 2
p.m., by the Farm Bureau Women in
the social rooms of the First Christian
Church in Mount Ayr.
Births reported at Ringgold
County Hospital this week were a
daughter, born Feb. 13, to Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Hardy of Grant City, MO;
a son, born Feb. 14, to Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Creveling of Mount Ayr; a
son, born Feb. 17, to Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Lee Sickels of Cromwell; a
daughter, born Feb. 17, to Mr. and
Mrs. Virgil Dean Howie of Redding;
a son, born Feb. 18, to Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Martin of Lamoni, and a
son, born Feb. 20, to Mr. and Mrs.
William Boyd of Corydon.
The obituary in this weeks issue
was Grace Gertrude Maudlin.
Twenty-ve Years Ago
News, Thursday, March 3, 1988.)
Expanded services in the physi-
cal therapy department at the Ring-
gold County Hospital in Mount Ayr
began February 15 with the hiring of
a resident physical therapist. Linda
Winkler of Mount Ayr, a licensed
physical therapist, now staffs the
ve-day-a-week physical therapy
department at the hospital. If the rst
few weeks are any indication, there
was a need for the additional hours,
as Mrs. Winkler has been working
most of those 40 hours. She also
gives attention to those needing her
services who are in the two nursing
homes.
The halls of the Mount Ayr
Community high school have been
full early in the morning long before
students arrive this winter as walkers
and joggers have taken advantage of
being able to exercise indoors.
The installation of an intoxilyzer
machine in the Ringgold County
Sheriffs Ofce last month will allow
ofcers to administer an ofcially
approved breath test for intoxica-
tion. The machine is expected to
feed back, in a matter of minutes,
information on the content of alcohol
in the system. Before, a blood and/or
urine sample was sent to the Division
of Criminal Investigation laboratory
in Des Moines, the results of which
could take two to three weeks to
return.
Approximately 100 people at-
tended the Boy Scouts Blue and
Gold banquet held February 15 at
the Mount Ayr American Legion
building. Past Cubmasters from the
area were honored. Those honored
were Kelly Main, Terry Boese, Bob
Shafer and Bob Erickson.
Elizabeth Greene, an accounting
clerk for Iowa Southern Utilities
Company at Mount Ayr, received a
plaque from the utilitys director of
marketing, Dean Ekstrom, for sales
performance. During 1987 Greene
had three months in which she had
achieved the greatest percentage
increase in appliance sales from
among the utilitys 19 sales repre-
sentatives.
A rural Tingley couple partici-
pated in the Land OLakes Young
Farmer Program annual meeting in
Minneapolis, MN February 22-25.
Patrick and Brenda Weeda were
among those attending on the basis
of their farming operation and their
interest in community and coopera-
tive involvement.
Five Grand Valley students have
been representing their school lately
in various honor festivals. The stu-
dents are Racinda Jackson, Stacie
Shaub, Rick Vanderught, Randy
Jackson and Stacey Foland.
Raider state qualiers Jeff Scott
and Scott England both fell to place
winning opponents in the rst round
of the state wrestling tournament at
Veterans Auditorium Thursday, Feb.
25.
Four Mount Ayr Community
Raiderettes made the Tall Corn Con-
ference all-conference girls bas-
ketball team announced this week.
Leading the way were two rst team
selections -- senior forward Kim
McGinnis and senior guard Emily
McAlexander. Senior guard Angel
McDonnell and sophomore guard
Dawn Huff made the second team
in the selections.
Three records fell during the
1987-88 basketball campaign
for the Mount Ayr Community
Raiderettes which ended last week
with the regional tournament loss
to Bedford. The girls nished their
season with a 17-6 record and third
place in the Tall Corn conference
in the last season for competition
in that loop. Setting new records
during the year were Kim McGin-
nis and Dawn Huff. McGinnis, a
senior forward, broke the school
career scoring record with 2,849
points -- overcoming the old record
of Kim Henry of 2,213. McGinnis
also broke her own school record
of the best eld goal percentage in
a single game when she poured in
13 of 17 shots from the eld in the
sectional win over East Union. Also
setting a new school record this year
was sophomore guard Dawn Huff,
who made 98 steals during the year
to break the old mark set by Shelly
Taylor last year with 93.
No obituaries were published in
this issue.
Ten Years Ago
News, Thursday, February 20,
2003.)
Winter sent along its biggest
snow storm of the season to Ring-
gold county over the weekend, with
Mount Ayr city crews estimating the
snowfall in Mount Ayr at between
six and seven inches.
Approval was given for the
Mount Ayr Medical Clinic to operate
a satellite medical clinic in Afton
when hospital trustees met in a
regular meting of the board Monday
night. The satellite clinic will be held
in ofces in the Afton Care Center
beginning in early March. Medical
staff from Mount Ayr Medical Clinic
will staff the satellite clinic three
days a week.
Diagonal Community high
school held its coming activities
last week despite the threatening
weather Friday night and DaNelle
Moftt and Greg Goodale were
crowned homecoming queen and
king following the boys basketball
game Friday night.
County supervisors were advised
by the Iowa Department of Natural
Resources to adopt a construction
evaluation resolution in order for
the county to submit formal recom-
mendations to the DNR concerning
construction permit applications.
Conservation ofcers from Iowa
and Missouri seized parts of 18 deer
and 27 turkeys from two southern
Iowa residences on Tuesday, Feb.
4, ending a three-month two-state
investigation.
A 25-year service award was
recently presented by the Iowa
Department of Transportation to a
Ringgold county employee. Jerry
Haley of Mount Ayr was recently
presented the award at the District
4 ofce in Atlantic during a regional
staff meeting. Haley began his career
with the Iowa Highway Commission
in 1977 at the Mount Ayr garage as
an equipment operation. He and his
wife, Janet, live in Mount Ayr.
Mount Ayr community elemen-
tary school students made cards and
booklets for the families of astro-
nauts killed in the shuttle Columbia
tragedy.
Obituaries in this weeks issue
were Jane Bliss Bennett, Willis Gene
Newby, Jaonna B. Rogers, Richard
Dick L. Stuck and Cora Robinett
Weigel.

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ALIGNMENTS:
Front-End Alignments
Starting at $60
4-Wheel Alignments
Starting at $75
Community Center.
The budget calls for expendi-
tures of $1,051,368 for the coming
year, down from $1,796,859 in the
current year and $1,599,219 in s-
cal year 2012.
None of the funds to be used
comes from a levy by the RIZ
though the dollars come from tax-
es which go to the RIZ instead of
other county taxing agencies.
The budget calls for $706,224 in
general expenditures and $345,144
in debt service.
Estimated ending fund balance
for June 30, 2014 will be $61,067.
Sun Valley Sanitation District
Hearing on the budget for the
Sun Valley Sanitary District is set
for Wednesday, March 6, at 2 p.m.
at the Sun Valley Lake Community
Center.
The budget calls for expendi-
tures of $316,037 for the coming
year, nearly identical to $316,788
in the current year and up slightly
from $305,180 in scal year 2012.
The proposed taxation rate is
$1.49 per $1,000 valuation.
The budget calls for $248,500
in general expenditures and
$67,537 in debt service.
Estimated ending fund bal-
ance for June 30, 2014 will be
$891,032.
Ringgold County Hospital
The public hearing for the scal
year 2014 budget for the Ringgold
County Hospital is set for 5 p.m.
Monday, March 11 in the hospital
conference room, Room C.
Expenditures are estimat-
ed at $16,398,531, down from
$17,422,987 in the current scal
year and from $18,900,543 in s-
cal year 2012.
Proposed taxation is $4.69 per
$1,000 valuation, which will raise
an estimated $1,243,452.
The estimated beginning fund
balance on July 1 is a negative
$1,255,589. The fund balance at
the end of the scal year on June
30, 2014 is a negative $1,929,350.
Kellerton city budget
The Kellerton city council has
set the public hearing on the s-
cal year 2014 budget for Tuesday,
March 12, at 7 p.m. at city hall.
The proposed budget calls for
expenditures of $215,817 for the
coming year, down from $221,647
estimated in the current year and
down from the $247,900 for scal
year 2012.
Total revenues are listed as
$229,339, up from $222,133 this
year but down from $248,867 in
2012.
Estimated tax levy for the year
will be $14.05 per $1,000 taxable
value and $3 per $1,000 taxable
value on agricultural land.
The levy will raise $40,168 for
the new budget year, slightly less
than the $40,664 in the current year
but slightly more than the $39,604
in scal year 2012.
The biggest increase in income
projected is $32,206 in intergov-
ernmental, up from $28,980 in the
current year.
The budget calls for spending
$6,200 for public safety, down
from $6,860 in the current year.
The public works budget will be
$29,610, down signicantly from
$40,060 in the current year.
Culture and recreation budget
will be $6,701, up from $4,575.
General government expense will
be $43,092, up from $41,493. Debt
service will be $5,109, identical to
this year.
Business type enterprises will
cost $125,105, up from $123,550
in the current year.
The scal year will begin with
an estimated balance as of July 1,
2013 of $190,518. The estimated
end balance on June 30, 2014 is
$204,040.

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Irish music for
St. Patricks Day
at Warren Center
Irish music will ll the Warren
Cultural Center just in time for St.
Patricks Day, when Kennedys
Kitchen takes the stage. The group
will appear Saturday, March 16,
7 pm. Wine and hors deouvres
From an Irish Kitchen will be
available before the show.
Tickets are on sale now at Ed &
Evas, 154 Public Square, Green-
eld. Call 641-743-2566 for store
hours. Tickets can also be ordered
online at warrenculturalcenter.
com. A limited number of premium
seats (front half or balcony) remain
for $30; standard seats are $20.
In January, 88 counties notied
the DNR that they plan to evaluate
construction permit applications
and proposed locations for animal
connements by using the master
matrix.
Animal producers in these
counties must meet higher stan-
dards than other connement pro-
ducers who also need a construc-
tion permit. They must earn points
on the master matrix by choosing a
site and using practices that reduce
impacts on air, water and the com-
munity.
With 11 exceptions, all counties
will use the matrix during the next
12 months. The following counties
will not use the matrix in 2012: De-
catur, Des Moines, Iowa, Keokuk,
Lee, Mahaska, Osceola, Plymouth,
Wapello, Warren and Washington.
Counties that adopt the master
matrix can provide more input to
Iowa livestock matrix
passes in 88 counties
producers on site selection, the
proposed structures and proposed
facility management. Participating
counties can also join in DNR vis-
its to a proposed connement site.
While all counties may submit
comments to the DNR during the
review process for permit applica-
tions, counties that adopt the mas-
ter matrix can also appeal approval
of a preliminary permit to the En-
vironmental Protection Commis-
sion.
Producers and citizens can ob-
tain more information and view a
map of participating counties by
looking for preconstruction re-
quirements for permitted conne-
ments at www.iowadnr.gov/afo.
Or, look at www.iowadnr.gov/En-
vironment/LandStewardship/Ani-
malFeedingOperations/Conne-
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Courthouse News
Ringgold County
Courthouse
News & Notes
You have the Power!
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www.rchmtayr.org
February is National Heart Health Month.
Are you doing all you can to keep your
most important muscle in great shape?
Nows a good time to make some changes
that can improve your health and keep you
strong and active.
Eat well. The information on how your diet
affects your hearts health is abundant and
easy to fnd. From books, the Internet, to
resources here at Ringgold County Hospital,
there is no shortage of sound advice on the
best eating plans for you. Take some time to
research your best options.
Move more. Muscles need exercise, and
your heart is no exception. You dont have
to be an Olympic athlete to get a good
workout. Your doctor can help you get
started at a level thats just right for your
age and ftness level.
Keep score. Knowing your blood pressure
and cholesterol levels is an important step
in keeping a healthy heart. When you know
your scores, you can take charge of your
own health! Sign up for our monthly email
newsletter, which is full of tips, recipes,
and more ideas to keep you healthy. Email:
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Serving the areas
Crop Insurance needs
for over 30 years.
Jim George 641-344-1107
Vince Taylor 641-344-5820
We will start
taking orders for
chicks and ducks
Friday, March 1.
CHICK DAYS event
scheduled for
Saturday, March 16
403 E. South Street, Mount Ayr
Ph. 641-464-3821
HOURS: Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Mount Ayr Retail Store www.farmerscoopco.com
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MONDAY - SATURDAY, 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
CLOSED THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS
SOLID WOOD FURNITURE
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for your new or existing home.
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and 7 different wood species.
DINING TABLES
Available in pedestal-base or leg-style.
ALSO: Recliners Rockers
Hall Trees Occasional Tables
Chests Benches
Quilts
Candies
SIMPLE MISDEMEANOR AND
TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS
February 14-21, 2012
Vicki Jo Abell, Lenox, $168.75,
operation without registration.
Timmy Lee May, Ellston,
$168.00, speeding 11-15 m.p.h.
over the speed limit.
Tyler Brandon Wasson, Rock
Hill, SC, $114.00, speeding 6-10
m.p.h. over the speed limit.
Bryce Gregory Still, Creston,
$114.00, speeding 6-10 m.p.h.
Alison Marie Stucker, Orient,
$114.00, speeding 6-10 m.p.h.
RINGGOLD COUNTY
SHERIFFS LOG
(Call Origination Code: MA = Mount Ayr; KE = Keller-
ton; EL = Ellston; TI = Tingley; DI = Diagonal; DE =
Delphos; MO= Maloy; BE = Beaconseld; BO= Benton;
SC = Shannon City; BL = Blockton; RE = Redding; SV
= Sun Valley; CO = In County; OC = Out of County; OS
= Out of State)
February 14-21, 2012
Thursday, February 14
8:40 a.m., call for ofcer.
(MA)
8:44 a.m., call for dispatch.
(MA)
9:02 a.m., call for jail. (OC)
9:05 a.m., call for sheriff.
(MA)
9:18 a.m., call for all ofcers.
(CO)
10:09 a.m., call about identity
theft. (CO)
(MA)
10:55 a.m., caller reporting sto-
len animals. (CO)
11 a.m., caller requesting a
house and dwelling check be done.
(CO)
12:18 p.m., call for clerk. (OC)
12:50 p.m., call in reference to
domestic issue. (OC)
1:19 p.m., caller looking for
place to park. (DE)
1:31 p.m., call for dispatch.
(OC)
2:26 p.m., call for sheriff. (CO)
3:50 p.m., call for sheriff. (CO)
3:54 p.m., report of a controlled
burn. (CO)
5:18 p.m., report of a power
outage. (CO)
7:36 p.m., domestic issue.
(MA)
8:14 p.m., call for jail. (OC)
10:06 p.m., call for chief depu-
ty. (MA)
Friday, February 15
8:13 a.m., 911 call, dialed by
mistake. (CO)
8:21 a.m., caller needing ad-
dress of jail. (OC)
8:43 a.m., vehicle lockout.
(MA)
9:55 a.m., report of stolen four-
wheeler. (KE)
10:20 a.m., caller reported see-
ing a mountain lion. (MA)
(MA)
(OC)
(OC)
1:50 p.m., school drill. (MA)
2:57 p.m., ofcer called to
speak to another ofcer. (OC)
3:10 p.m., domestic call for of-
cer. (RE)
3:52 p.m., ofcer calling in ref-
erence to ongoing investigation.
(MA)
4:40 p.m., caller reporting
pushy salesman. (EL)
10:02 p.m., report of a con-
trolled burn. (MA)
11 p.m., caller reporting suspi-
cious vehicle/person. (MA)
Saturday, February 16
9:14 p.m., REC power problem
call. (OC)
Sunday, February 17
4:57 a.m., request for an ambu-
lance. (MA)
7:38 a.m., caller needing to
speak to an ofcer. (MA)
11:35 a.m., request for an am-
bulance. (MA)
1:35 - 1:37 p.m., REC calls re-
garding power problems. (OC)
6:15 p.m., report of a horse out.
(MO)
10:14 p.m., report of a break-in.
(DI)
Monday, February 18
7:05 a.m., caller reported a truck
tire had hit their house. (MA)
7:43 a.m., caller with questions
regarding a dune buggy. (CO)
8:13 a.m., caller wanting to set
up visitation with inmate. (OC)
9:03 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC)
9:22 a.m., call for ofcer. (KE)
9:44 a.m., call for sheriff. OC)
9:53 a.m., report of a controlled
burn. (CO)
up visitation with inmate. (KE)
11:37 a.m., caller with message
for inmate. (OC)
12:06 p.m., gas drive-off.
(MA)
12:46 p.m., sex offender enter-
ing county. (OC)
1:26 p.m., caller wanting to set
2:42 p.m., caller wanting jail
information. (OC)
3:20 p.m., call for civil clerk.
(OC)
3:48 p.m., dog complaint.
(MA)
3:57 p.m., call for jailer. (OC)
6:07 p.m., caller needing to
speak to an ofcer. (KE)
Tuesday, February 19
8:32 a.m., caller with questions
about visiting an inmate. (KE)
8:47 a.m., call for dispatch.
(CO)
9:08 a.m., call for dispatcher re-
garding accident. (MA)
(MA)
10:18 a.m., call for clerk. (OC)
1:30 p.m., caller wanting infor-
mation regarding inmate. (OC)
2 p.m., call for chief deputy.
(OC)
5:04 p.m., caller needing an of-
cer. (MA)
5:41 p.m., REC call. (DI)
6:30 p.m., page for dive team.
(MA)
Wednesday, February 20
4:13 a.m., ofcer checking in.
(MA)
4:31 a.m., ofcer with message
for clerk. (MA)
8:28 a.m., chief deputy check-
ing in. (MA)
12:26 p.m., call for sheriff.
(OC)
(OC)
12:37 p.m., call back request
from ofcer. (MA)
12:50 p.m., call for phone num-
ber. (MA)
1:15 p.m., call for sheriff.
(MA)
(OC)
(OC)
2:15 p.m., caller with message
for sheriff. (MA)
2:39 p.m., call for ofcer.
(MA)
2:48 p.m., caller reporting
chunks of tires on the roadway.
(MA)
3:30 p.m., caller wanting to talk
to ofcer. (DI)
6:25 p.m., caller wanting to
speak to ofcer. (MA)
7:42 a.m., request for an ambu-
lance. (CO)
8:21 a.m., caller reported nd-
ing a Yorkie. (MA)
8:35 a.m., ofcer needing infor-
mation. (MA)
10:40 a.m., caller needing of-
cer. (MA)
10:42 a.m., caller needing to
speak to ofcer. (OC)
10:44 a.m., caller reported tak-
ing Yorkie to Hilltop Vet Clinic.
(MA)
10:46 a.m., caller requesting a
call back. (MA)
11:22 a.m., attorney calling to
speak to inmate. (OC)
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 oor between the
clerk of court and auditors ofce.
On days the board is not sched-
uled to be in ofce, please direct
all inquiries to the auditors ofce.
To schedule a meeting time with
the supervisors, contact the audi-
tors ofce.
Regular board meetings are
held on Mondays with ofcial
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-
ce): Jackie Saville, 464-3234; fax:
464-2478. Ofce 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 clerks ofce handles ali-
mony and child support payments,
probates, civil and criminal lings,
magistrates court and records and
services of adoptions, conservator-
ships, court proceedings, divorces,
estates, grand jury, guardianships,
judgments, juvenile proceedings,
mechanics liens, mental health
admissions, petit jury, surety
company certicates, state hospi-
tal, trafc violations, trust funds,
trusteeships. Certied 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 trafc
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 ofce 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 rst Tuesday
of each month unless there is se-
vere weather.
Engineer: Zach Gunsolley,
P.E., 464-3232. 707 South Hender-
son Drive. Ofce hours: Monday -
Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
General Relief: Teresa Jack-
son, 109 W. Madison St., Suite
105, 464-3344. Ofce 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. Certied
vital records can be obtained from
8 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
The recorders ofce serves as
a passport agent. Items needed to
apply are: certied copy of birth
certicate, drivers license or state
issued ID, two-inch square pass-
port photos and passport applica-
tion (both available at recorders
ofce) 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 recorders
ofce. For additional information
call the recorders ofce or go to
www.travel.state.gov/passport.
Avoid a $5 penalty by renew-
ing boat registrations by April 30,
2013.
Sanitarian: Ringgold County
Public Health Agency, 464-0691.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
Public Health Agency: 119 S.
Fillmore, 464-0691. Hours: Mon-
day - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sheriff: Mike Sobotka, Emer-
gency Only 911, Non-Emergency
(Available 24/7) 464-3921 or 464-
2911. New location at the Ringgold
County Law Enforcement Center,
801 West South Street. Hours are
8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Road Conditions
- dial 511 or online at www.Io-
waRoadConditions. org.
Treasurer: Debbie Cannon,
464-3230.
Property taxes can be paid on-
line at www.iowatreasurers.org
with Visa, Master Card and Dis-
cover credit cards or e-checks.
Payments made in the ofce 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-
surers ofce.
Motorists can now renew mo-
tor vehicle registrations online at
www.iowatreasurers.org if a re-
newal notice is received through
the United States Postal Service
that contains a personal identica-
tion number (PIN). Please be aware
that the PIN can only be used one
time. Contact the treasurers ofce
for more information.
Those with January birth dates
are reminded to register their mo-
tor vehicles by February 28, 2013.
Bring in the renewal statement re-
ceived in the mail so renewals can
be quickly processed.
Drivers License Ofce: Lo-
cated in the Treasurers Ofce.
Drivers licenses may be re-
newed any time during the period
of 30 calendar days before and
up to 60 calendar days after the
drivers birth date.
The drivers 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.
schools.
The reform package called for
two percent allowable growth in
state aid to schools as compared
with four percent favored in the
Iowa Senate. He said school dis-
tricts may now prepare their bud-
gets for the next school year with
the knowledge that their allow-
able growth will not be less than
two percent. Dolecheck said the
House preferred the term state
supplemental aid over allowable
growth because increased costs
for certain provisions in the reform
package would be picked up by
the state rather than added to local
property taxes.
Dolecheck said the reform
package will now be taken up by
a Senate-House conference com-
mittee to hammer out the nal pro-
posal.
Now that the House reform
package has been sent to the Sen-
ate, Ernst said she didnt know
what the Senate proposal would
look like, but she said Senate Dem-
ocrats will likely replace the House
bill with one of their own design.
She predicted, however, that sever-
al provisions dealing with private
schools and home schools would
likely be struck out of the Senate
version.
Medicaid expansion
The topic of Medicaid expan-
sion was raised during Ernsts dis-
cussion of a redesign of the states
mental health funding. She said her
subcommittee as well as the Iowa
House had approved the supple-
mental for transition funding to 26
counties, but the measure had not
yet been debated on the oor of
the Senate. Ernst said one concern
she had about the measure was
that funding was coming from the
Childrens Health Insurance Pro-
gram (CHIP) rather than from the
states general fund. She explained
that since the money was not com-
ing from the general fund, it may
not be eligible to pay outstanding
Medicaid bills the counties cur-
rently have on their books.
Gov. Branstad has stated re-
peatedly he does not favor an ex-
pansion of the Medicaid program,
which is part of the Affordable
Care Act. Instead, he prefers a con-
tinuation of the Iowa Cares pro-
gram. In the year 2000, Ernst said,
250,000 Iowans were enrolled in
the Medicaid program. Today that
number stands at 400,000. If the
state would accept the Medicaid
expansion, an estimated additional
150,000 Iowans would be eligible
for Medicaid coverage. The fed-
eral government has said it will
fully fund the rst three years of
the Medicaid expansion and then
cover 90 percent of the costs in
subsequent years. The main con-
cern, she said, is what happens if
the federal government is unable to
More on legislative forum discussion
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meet this obligation.
Ringgold County Hospital ad-
ministrator Gordon Winkler asked
representative Dolecheck if the
House had yet considered Medic-
aid expansion. Dolecheck respond-
ed the House would likely wait
for recommendations from Gov.
Branstad before proceeding with
crafting a bill. Winkler reminded
legislators the Iowa Cares program
would sunset at the end of this year.
A decision to redesign Iowa Cares
or adopt a Medicaid expansion will
need legislative approval soon. He
said hospitals have already been
assessed approximately $500 bil-
lion to help fund the Affordable
Care Act for the next few years. If
we dont do something, he said,
our state hospital revenues and
state taxes are then going to fund it
in Illinois and other states around
us. Weve already paid our share.
Ernst added some states are
looking at taking Medicaid fund-
ing and using it as a stipend for
people to purchase their own pri-
vate health insurance. Since not all
physicians or facilities accept Med-
icaid, this would allow individuals
more choice for their healthcare
needs.
Other issues
Ringgold county assessor Neil
Morgan brought up the ag produc-
tivity formula. He estimated the
state of Iowa assessed value will
be up over 40 percent. After the
rollback that takes average value
increases down to four percent
statewide, he said Ringgold county
assessed values would be down ap-
proximately eight percent to a level
less than what they were in 1989.
As an example of the disparity of
values across the state, Morgan
said an acre of pasture in Dubuque
county is valued at $80 income per
acre while an acre of pasture in
Ringgold county is valued at ve
dollars income per acre.
Dolecheck said he would prefer
a system where no county would
receive less in revenue due to the
rollback. Morgan invited the leg-
islators to attend a hearing at the
Iowa Department of Revenue in
early April to discuss the issue.
In a side note, Dolecheck said
he was introducing a bill to add
algae-culture (the agricultural
production of algae) to the ofcial
denition of agriculture. He said
the addition is in response to re-
search into using algae to produce
ethanol, a developing industry that
could mean jobs and increased rev-
enue for the state of Iowa.
The next Legislative Coffee is
planned for 1 p.m. Saturday, March
23 at the Extension Ofce. The
events are sponsored by the Mount
Ayr Chamber of Commerce.
Winners have been announced
from last weeks Mardi Gras Poker
Run contest.
A full house of kings over aces
won rst place for Leonard Swank
of Mount Ayr.
Another full house with three
5s and two 6s won second place
for Bernard Crawford of Mount
Ayr.
Ramona Brand of Mount Ayr
took third place with her jack-
through-seven straight.
The Poker Run was sponsored
by 16 local businesses, including
Great Western Bank, McDonnell
Appliance, Lynns Sinclair, Aunt
Jennies Attic, CGI, Smith Oil,
First Federal Savings Bank, Cun-
ning Insurance, Hy-Vee, NAPA,
US Bank, Vetter Equipment,
Country Blossoms, Sweet Escapes,
Farmers Co-op and the Record-
News.
Mardi Gras poker
run winners are
announced
Laminating services
available at the
Mount Ayr Record-News.
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Eggers, Hanna to
speak at Wallace
Foundation
The public is invited to attend
the 22nd annual meeting of the
Wallace Foundation for Rural Re-
search and Development scheduled
for Friday, March 8 at the Learning
Center located at the Armstrong
Research Farm near Lewis.
This years program will be-
gin at 10 a.m. with presentations
by Tim Eggers, ISU extension ag
economist, speaking to the public
about Land Values: Is This Farm
Boom Different?; and Mark Han-
na, ISU extension agricultural en-
gineer, talking about Farm Energy
Consumption and how that relates
to a project to be done at the ISU
Armstrong Research Farm.
Social
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including Medicaid! We also offer a sliding fee program
that allows us to provide services at a discounted rate
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contact Record-News staff at
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Deadline for Judge Lewis
scholarship applications for 2013
graduates.
Alcoholics Anonymous meet-
ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood
Center, Mount Ayr.
Friday, March 1
Card shower for 91st birthday
of Velma King Lorenz. Cards and
correspondence may be sent to her
at 826 Quiet Harbor, Creston, IA
50801.
Saturday, March 2
Open Closet at the Mount Ayr
Assembly of God from 8 to 11
a.m.
Chapter CK, P.E.O. will meet
at the Heritage Park community
room for brunch at 9:30 a.m. Host-
esses are Mari McGehee, Mitzi
Hymbaugh and Ruth McDonnell.
Program will be A Reason for
Responsibilities. Election and
installation of ofcers and election
of delegate and alternate to state
convention will take place.
Chili cook-off at Leftys Club
Tavern in Mount Ayr. Judging sarts
at 6 p.m.
Sunday, March 3
Card shower for Doris Gibsons
98th birthday. Cards and corre-
spondence may be sent to her at
3072 210th Street, Kellerton, IA
50133.
Monday, March 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.
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, March 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
Jamies 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, March 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.
Basic desserts class at the La-
moni Community Center at 6:30
p.m.
Thursday, March 7
Ringgold County Master Gar-
deners will meet at the Iowa State
Extension ofce at 5 p.m.
Southwest Iowa Shutterbugs
will meet at the Creston Pizza
Ranch. Chatter and food begins
at 6 p.m. Regular meeting begins
at 7 p.m.
Sons of the American Legion
will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Mount
Ayr Legion hall.
Alcoholics Anonymous meet-
ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood
Center, Mount Ayr.
Friday, March 8
MACHS Drama Department
presents Donovans Daughters
in the MACHS auditorium at 7
p.m.
Saturday, March 9
Breakfast for supper at the
Benton community building from
5 to 7 p.m. Freewill offering.
MACHS Drama Department
presents Donovans Daughters
in the MACHS auditorium at 7
p.m.
Monday, March 11
Thin Within support group will
meet at 5 p.m. at the Lighthouse.
Mount Ayr Community School
board meets at 6 p.m. in the MACS
board room.
Jam session at the Mount Ayr
American Legion building from
6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Mount Ayr Golf and Country
Club board will meet at 5:30 p.m.
at the clubhouse.
Sowing in Tears Support Group
will meet at 7 p.m. at the Light-
house Church, two miles west of
Mount Ayr.
Eli Birnbaum will present
Christ in the Passover at the
Wishard Chapel Community
Church at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 12
Volunteer Recognition Break-
fast at the Mount Ayr United
Methodist Church from 7:30 to 9
a.m.
Mount Ayr American Legion
Post 172 will meet at 6:30 p.m. at
the Post.
V.F.W. Lamoni Post will meet
at 7:30 p.m. at Lamoni Community
Center.
Mary Kathryn Gepner
Library Leangs
Club Notes
Births
Clarissa Vogel and Mitch Pas-
nek of Orient are the parents of a
daughter, Gracie Ella Pasnek who
was born Thursday, February 21,
2013 at Greater Regional Medi-
cal Center in Creston. The little
miss weighed in at six pounds,
four ounces and was 18 3/4 inches
long.
Grandparents are Robin and the
late Ray Vogel of Arispie, Mike Pa-
shek of Orient and Barb Peckham
of Diagonal.
Great-grandparents include Jim
and Bonnie McGuire of Thayer,
Beth and the late Jim McGrath of
Afton, Larry Ripperger of Hansom,
AK, Doris and the late Arthur Pa-
shek of Orient and Louise and the
late John Peckham of Macksburg.
Great-great-grandmother is Mari-
am Wallace.
Gracie was welcomed home by
sibling, Brodie Pashek, age three.
Never too late to learn
Geraldine Gerri Smith of rural Ellston graduated in January with
her master of arts in mathematics education from the University of
Phoenix. Smith, 75, said she began pursuit of the degree to see if I
still had the ability to learn. Originally from Texas, Smith began her
career as one of the rst African-American women to work for AT&T
as a design engineer. She currently substitute teaches in the Diagonal,
Cleareld and Murray school systems.
Monday, February 18, Presi-
dents Day honored Presidents
George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln, who were both born in
February. George Washingtons
actual birth date was February 22.
In his book, Great Political Wit,
Laughing (Almost) All The Way
To The White House, former Sen-
ator Bob Dole tells a story that the
late Texas Governor John Connolly
liked to tell. Connolly gave Wash-
ington Texas roots. According to
the story, young George one day
went out into the backyard with a
hatchet in hand and chopped down
the familys mesquite tree. In due
course, he was summoned inside
by a very angry parent. Did you
chop down my mesquite tree? de-
manded Georges father. I cannot
tell a lie, Father,said George. I did
chop down your mesquite tree. On
hearing this, the elder Washington
ordered his son to start packing his
bags. Were moving to Virginia,
he announced. Why, Father? Is it
because I chopped down your mes-
quite tree? No, George, came the
reply. Because, if you cannot tell
a lie, youll never amount to any-
thing in Texas.
George Washington was born a
British subject as were Presidents
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison, James Monroe,
John Quincy Adams and Andrew
Jackson. Martin Van Buren was
the rst president born a U.S. Citi-
zen, making him the rst president
born after the Declaration of In-
dependence was signed. George
Washington was the only president
to be elected unanimously by the
electoral college.
Although involved in the plan-
ning for the new national capital,
Washington was the only president
not to live in the White House. He
was inaugurated in two cities: New
York and Philadelphia. He had to
borrow money to go to his inaugu-
ral. He did his own bookkeeping,
faithfully recording every expense
and every prot. An excellent
manager and innovative farmer,
Washington made many improve-
ments to his estate at Mount Ver-
non. He left a provision in his will,
for his slaves to be freed. One of
the crops grown at Mount Ver-
non was marijuana which, in the
1790s, was grown mainly for the
industrial purpose of hemp and soil
stabilization. And, as a farmer, he
introduced the mule to America.
His two favorite sports were sh-
ing and fox hunting. Along with
Thomas Jefferson and John Ad-
ams, George Washington was an
avid collector and player of mar-
bles. He loved to help ght res.
New to the library: In large print
Christian ction: Autumn Winds,
the rst book in the Seasons of the
Heart series by Charlotte Hubbard.
In regular print Christian ction:
Christmas in Apple Ridge by
Cindy Woodsmall. These books
were donated by Karyn Graham.
Names in
the News
Dr. Hicks attends
congress in KC
Dr. Larry Hicks, with optom-
etric ofces in Creston and Mount
Ayr, attended the 52nd Annual
Heart of America Contact Lens and
Primary Care Congress in Kansas
City February 15-17.
Educational programs covered
new and advanced techniques for
contact lenses available today,
glaucoma management, plus latest
information on the diagnosis and
treatment of many eye diseases.
This congress brings together
many internationally known opto-
metric and medical specialists as
well as educators in the eld of eye
care. In addition, there were many
exhibitors displaying and demon-
strating the latest in contact lens
and eye care products and many
new advances in diagnostic instru-
mentation.
Cancer Society
daffodil ordering
in progress
Daffodil Days, an annual event
sponsored by the American Can-
cer Society, is now in the process
of taking orders. This is the only
fund-raiser sponsored by the Ring-
gold County Unit of the American
Cancer Society which has received
word that this will be the last year
for this project. Delivery is expect-
ed to be March 11-15.
A variety of items may be or-
dered including a bunch of daffo-
dils for $10; a bunch of daffodils
and a vase for $15; Dainty daffo-
dils, which may be planted outside
in the spring, for $15; a collectible
bear and a bunch for $25; Gift of
Hope for $25; Bear Hugs for Hope
for $25, and a Sunshine Bouquet
for $75.
Places or persons to contact to
order the daffodils include Cindy
Snethen of Redding, Martha Ham-
mond or Dixie Taylor in Diagonal,
Nancy Jarred in Tingley, Linda
Swanson of Kellerton, Wanda Mc-
Gahuey, Pat Weddle, Cleone Hos-
eld, Dorothy Hughes, Deanna Ad-
ams, Phyllis Riggs and Helen Terry
in Mount Ayr, Stacy Andreason at
Mount Ayr Community School,
the Public Health ofce, Ringgold
County Hospital, Mount Ayr Medi-
cal Clinic, US Bank, Great Western
Bank and Patti Dolecheck at Dr.
Crains ofce.
If you have any questions, con-
tact the co-chairmen, Phyllis Riggs
at 464-2655 or Helen Terry at 464-
2355.
Birthdays
Gibson to celebrate
98th birthday
Doris Gibson will be celebrat-
ing her 98th birthday on March 3.
Cards and correspondence may
be sent to her at 3072 210th Street,
Kellerton, IA 50133.
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runs to full-color glossy sales
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Crooked Creek 4-H Club
The Crooked Creek 4-H Club
met December 16, 2012 at the
Ringgold County Extension build-
ing for a holiday gathering with
Abbey Adams hosting the group.
The meeting was called to order
by Abbey, and the roll call ques-
tion of Who is your favorite mu-
sical performer? was answered
by Abbey Adams, Ryker Hen-
son and Hallie Still. Also present
were leaders Cindy Schlapia and
Karie Wasteney and guest Keely
Wasteney and Brenda Adams. The
group discussed favorite types
of music and different ways it is
used. The members started a sign-
up sheet for hosting meetings in
2013. The small group had a gift
exchange and then they enjoyed
making pet snacks from ingredi-
ents and recipe provided by Abbey
Adams with thanks to Brenda for
helping. They all enjoyed refresh-
ments also provided by the Ad-
amses.
The Crooked Creek 4-H Club

met February 24, 2013 at the Ring-
gold County Extension building.
The group decided to have the
January and February meetings
both at this time due to the stormy
weather that postponed the Janu-
ary meeting. As the group arrived,
they were given a sheet to ll in
for goals for one year, ve years,
20 years, and 50 years which they
completed. Madi Hoseld was in
charge of the January agenda and
called the meeting to order. Taylor
Still led the Pledge of Allegiance,
and the roll call question of what
is your main goal for 4-H this year
was answered by Abbey Adams,
Cauy Bickel, Mady Henson, Madi
Hoseld, Blake Rychnovsky, Brook
Rychnovsky, Zane Sickels, Hallie
Still, Taylor Still and Drew Willis.
Clover Kids present were Micayla
Henson and Kash Wasteney. The
minutes of the last meeting were
read and the treasurers report
given with Cauy Bickel moving to
approve both, seconded by Drew,
with all in favor. There were no
county council activities to report.
The club discussed those who still
need to enroll and pay fees. They
were congratulated by the leaders
for winning the pizza party for the
most in attendance at the awards
day. The club unanimously agreed
to purchase new t-shirts this year
with the same design and color to
be chosen next month, with them
to be paid from the club treasury.
The group decided to not have the
chili/salsa cook-off this year.
The group was encouraged
to start a record book and proj-
ects now for a better year in 4-H.
A discussion was held about the
importance of record keeping and
short-term and long-term goals,
competitions, rules and how they
help them be prepared for life.
Members shared some of their
goals and then passed them to a
friend to predict for them what
they believe they will be doing in
those years ahead. The group also
discussed many ways they plan
ahead from their own and other
peoples predictions. The Clover
Kids attempted to make fortune
cookies during the business meet-
ing and then discussed their goals
and things they would use to make
a 4-H time capsule. After the meet-
ing the 4-H members had success-
ful fortune cookies with all learn-
ing they must be folded very fast
when warm and also learning that
they are only in American Chinese
restaurants, not from China at all.
The group all enjoyed a gazing ball
with predictions for each other.
Zane led the February meeting
with the same members present
answering the roll call question of
what improvement they would like
to see at the fair, on the grounds or
in the garden. The group discussed
the importance of community and
citizenship projects as well as fund-
raising opportunities. There was
discussion of helping others and
the importance of safety in all situ-
ations, along with survival skills
in different places. They discussed
some community service projects
with more ideas to be brought for
this and fund-raisers to the next
meeting. The Clover Kids made
clover fresh scents to share with
others during this meeting and dis-
cussed things they could do to help
others. New booklets for the year
were provided for the members
and challenge projects for the club
were discussed with handouts.
Brook led the 4-H Pledge and
Ryker moved to adjourn the meet-
ing, seconded by Hallie.
The group then enjoyed a pizza
party. Judy Hensley delivered the
pizzas and Cindy provided the
chips and drinks. Everyone also en-
joyed reading their fortune cookie
notes while sampling them.
The next meeting will be March
24 with Brook and Blake Rych-
novsky hosting.
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February 25 - Well, time for
the news article again. The week
sure rolls by quickly. Everyone got
through last weeks snowstorm in
good shape. Mr. Crawford took
care of the sidewalks and ramps
at the Center during the bouts with
the weather while Lyle is gone. The
weather media is saying this area
may be in for another one tomor-
row. At least this is a snow in Feb-
ruary and not November so they
can feel like there is a light at the
end of the tunnel. It just wouldnt
be Iowa without snow.
The Antiques Club met Mon-
day, Feb. 18, and there was a steer-
ing committee meeting at 2 p.m.
the same afternoon. They had a
nice group in for bingo and Jake
Daily was the caller. Because of
the snow and school closing early,
the Center closed at noon Thurs-
day and it was also closed all day
Friday. If the school closes, the
Center closes.
There were at least 27 at the Se-
nior Citizens Activity Center Sun-
day night, Feb. 24, for snack and
game night. Good food and fel-
lowship were shared by everyone
in attendance.
The chair exercises are going
very well. They had ve people
this morning. It only takes about
45 minutes out of our morning so,
if you would like to join them, you
still have a lot of the day left for
other activities and errands.
Sharon has been working on
getting an AARP Driving Safety
class set up at the Center in the
near future. The details arent com-
pletely worked out yet but it looks
like, as of now, it will be on Mon-
day, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. with a light luncheon being
served. They will keep you posted
as they receive more information
on the class.
February 25 - Have you noticed
how much longer the days are get-
ting? Its a sure sign spring is not
far off.
What a week last week turned
out to be. Everyone was once more
reminded by Thursdays snow
storm how quickly Mother Nature
can change plans for everyone. It
shortened up the week at the meal
site. Like the schools, the meal site
was closed Friday. Everyone will
be glad to see one another when
Monday rolls around.
Believe it or not, its time to cel-
ebrate birthdays already this Fri-
day, March 1. All March birthdays
will be honored at this time. Friday
Singers will provide the extra en-
tertainment.
Last week was short but plenty
of good things took place at the site
on Monday and Tuesday.
Monday the Community Sing-
ers, 17 in number from the Lenox,
Cleareld and surrounding areas,
brought another delightful program.
This time their theme was old-time
gospel music. Many thought it was
their best program ever. They will
be returning to Tingley in April.
Welcomed back Monday were a
couple of dear friends, Barb Bent-
ley and Lu Schoeld of Cleareld,
who those at the site hadnt seen
for awhile. Hopefully theyll be
back before too long.
Bill and Norma Webb were hap-
py to have their son and daughter-
in-law, Steve and Marcia Webb,
as their guests. They left for their
home in Nebraska the next morn-
ing, hoping to be ahead of the pre-
dicted snow storm.
Monday was a holiday, Presi-
dents Day. Pie ala mode was a treat
enjoyed. Ice cream was provided
by Ted and Nan Derscheid.
Tuesday found the band on hand
to entertain. Thirteen in number,
what good music they made. Mem-
bers were Carmene James, the ac-
companist, Bill and Norma Webb,
Evelyn Sickels, Iona Triggs, Doris
Overholser, Dorothy Clough, Vern
Brown, Bonnie Manders, Mary
Jane Narigon, Dave Patch, Darlene
Morgan and Virginia Walden.
Happy birthday wises were
extended to George Hoseld and
George (Dave) Patch, who both
observed birthdays on Friday, Feb-
ruary 22 and Jack England, who
observed his birthday on Saturday,
February 23.
Biggest event of the week at
Tingley was the potato bar sup-
per held at the community build-
ing on Wednesday evening before
the snow storm hit. The event was
well-attended and a good amount
of money was raised to benet the
community building.
February 25 - Marietta Cobbs
two daughters, Toni Schlapia
and Jacque Nelson from the Des
Moines area, came to visit the
Cobbs Tuesday. They had an en-
joyable day. Missy the Yorkie got
to come too.
Sherry Skinner visited Will, Ni-
cole, Ella and Emma Skinner over
the weekend.
Josh and Nicole Crain spent the
weekend with Delbert and Shirley
Molt and visited other family.
Earl, Connie, Clint, Destiny,
Nolan and Khloe Drake and Mary
Weaver met Nate, Crystal, Weston
and Hayse Drake in Des Moines
last Sunday for lunch.
Shirley Molt and Nicole Crain
visited Peggy and Ben Roed in
Bedford Saturday.
Jerry and Karen Kemery went
to Fort Riley, KS to welcome their
grandson, Nick Rucker, home from
overseas.
There was a good crowd at the
remens breakfast Saturday.
Jerry and Karen Kemery at-
tended the Villisca ball game in
Council Bluffs. They watched Col-
ton Drake (son of Todd and Kris-
tie) play basketball.
Tiffany Green was home to visit
her parents, Bob and Linda Green,
and friends over the weekend.
Greg Loutzenhiser, Danielle
and Aubrey Loutzenhiser and Peg-
gy and Ben Roed and Bazel were
Sunday dinner guests of David and
Mary Kay Loutzenhiser.
Remember: How we spend our
days is, of course, how we spend
our lives.
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February 25 - Helen Combs
visited with Dale Olney Monday
morning at Kim and Bill Scharfen-
kamps.
Gary and Linda Hoseld spent
the weekend with Tom Hoseld at
UNI in Cedar Falls.
Kathy Quick visited with Doro-
thy Barber and her guests, Kelly
Roach of Helena, MO and Brandon
Thomas of Maryville, MO Sunday
afternoon.
Wanda Hoseld and her grand-
son, Donnie Hoseld, called on
Betty and J.W. Robertson Saturday
afternoon. Gary Lambert visited
the Robertsons Sunday morning.
The local Red Hatters group
met on Sunday with Meredith
Dredge in Mount Ayr for supper
and games. Present were Cindy
Snethen, Peggy Overholser, Cathy
Coulson, Donna Melvin, Debbie
Gray and Joyce Brown. Cindy
Snethen, Dave and Ellen Brand,
Jennifer and Michael Younts
and family and Shelly and Alissa
Brand were Sunday lunch guests at
Ramona Brands in Mount Ayr.
Caitlyn Bainum was an over-
night guest at Bobbi and Michael
Bainums Thursday. Bill Hunt vis-
ited the Bainums Sunday morning
and Charles Abarr and David Hunt
were Sunday afternoon guests. Lil
Rinehart and Bobbi Bainum vis-
ited with Lori Wimer and Helen
Combs Saturday and had lunch in
Allendale, MO.
February 25 - The beautiful
snow of last week is fast losing its
beauty and disappearing.
Eli and Rachel Miller and son
Samuel and Mrs. Roy Bontrager
went to Arthur, IL several weeks
ago for Cora to visit her parents,
Marvin Mullets.
Levi Millers, David Yoders
and Vernon Troyers attended the
funeral of Levi Hochstetler, 67, in
Jamesport February 16. He was a
Down Syndrome boy and a pleas-
ant brother to have around, accord-
ing to his siblings.
Rudy and Mary Jane Kurtz of
Guys Mills, PA were overnight
guests of Nelson and Lucy Troyer
February 12. The women had the
same birth date and age and have
been exchanging letters since the
age of 10. This was the rst time
they met after 16 years of writing.
They traveled on to Montana and
Utah to visit a brother.
Going to Bloomeld for the
weekend were Samuel Bontragers,
Mary, Miriam, Chris and Wilbur,
Vernon and Mary Troyer, Joanna,
Nancy and Jesse Troyer, Dena
Bontrager and Wilma and John
Miller. Lorene Bontrager, who had
been in Bloomeld several weeks,
returned home with them.
Felty Bontragers and Eli Mill-
ers both bought real estate in Min-
nesota with plans to move this
spring.
Reuben Troyers are busily
working in the greenhouse with
transplanting seedlings and ower
plugs and packaging garden seeds
with their opening day March 2.
February 25 - Pews were full
Sunday at Wishard Chapel as Pas-
tor Bill gave an awesome sermon.
David Weeda and Jim McCrea-
ry scooped walks and the driveway
for Sunday services.
The women will meet Wednes-
day at 6 p.m. in the church base-
ment before Bible study. Plans are
being made for the annual sh fry
to be held on March 22.
This Friday night will be Fun
Night at the Kellerton community
building. There will be basketball
and games for all ages! Come,
bring a snack to share and bring a
friend. Fun starts at 6:30 p.m.
Bible studies are continuing
with the youth nine to 12 at 4:30
p.m. Sunday afternoons. The
young women are also meeting at
that time, followed by supper and
then the teens at 6:15 p.m. Adults
meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday nights.
They are having a great turnout in
each of the classes.
Prayers go out to Alice Dillen-
burg, who has been ill and hospi-
talized this week. Get well, Alice.
The McCreary family gathered
Saturday at the farm to ready the
barn for more baby calves that are
arriving. It was a fun day and end-
ed with a chili supper.
Faith Shinkle and Doris Rule
spent the afternoon together Mon-
day and ran errands uptown and
enjoyed a hot drink at Jamies Cof-
fee Mill and Deli.
February 25 - We seem to be
having our typical Iowa weather,
but if you dont like it, you can wait
an hour or so and it will change.
Saturday Sandy Campbell went
to Osceola and had lunch with a
couple of friends and then went to
the Osceola Methodist Church to
help Bill and Jan Short celebrate
their 50th wedding anniversary.
A large crowd attended. Jan was
a co-worker of Sandys when she
worked at the bank. It was a very
nice celebration as all of their chil-
dren were able to attend.
Ed and Colleen Minnick took
Darlene Minnick to Lamoni Sun-
day for an early birthday lunch.
Joining them to help her celebrate
were Kylee, Cory, Payton and Pres-
ton Fleharty and Nici Minnick.
Evalee White joined Dee and
John Euritt for the day Saturday at
their home. After the homemade
meatloaf supper meal, the ladies
played Skip-Bo for several rounds.
It was a tie between them this time.
Sunday Dee and John celebrated
their 23rd wedding anniversary
quietly. They plan on a springtime
anniversary adventure with either
a remarriage event or a short trip
to visit family. Wintertime for the
Euritts is not the time to work in a
special event.
Glenn and Donna Payton had
Dola and Raymond Doser and
Ernest and Judy Mercer out for a
pizza lunch Monday, Feb. 18, to
celebrate all their birthdays. The
birthdays are the end of February
and the rst part of March. They
enjoyed playing cards after sup-
per.
Judy Doolittle went to Bethany,
MO to Toot-Toots with Ben and
Bessy Hewlett Friday evening.
Judy and Kay Doolittle went to
Leon Saturday evening and attend-
ed Roger and Beth Elliotts 25th
wedding anniversary. Teena Hash
of Leon and Judy went to Bea-
conseld to Howard and Rose Pe-
tersons after church Sunday. They
visited in the Gene Reed home in
Ellston afterward.
Rod and Debbie Holmes and
Chad and Jamie Holmes and fam-
ily went to I-35 to watch Mount
Ayr Raiders play in the basketball
tournament there Friday evening.
Tracey Goddard of Chariton
visited overnight with Marlene
Greimann Saturday and attend-
ed church with Marlene Sunday
morning.
Kathryn Still attended the
Mount Ayr boys basketball game
in Lamoni Tuesday evening with
Ronche Still. Friday Kathryn at-
tended the boys basketball tourna-
ment at I-35 with Ronch and Katie
Still. The boys lost to the strong
Murray team by a small margin and
the boys played a very hard-fought
game. Jacob Still stopped by to see
his grandmother and Aunt Jan after
church Sunday afternoon. Kath-
ryn and sister Jan Holmes went to
Bethany, MO Monday to get their
van worked on, had lunch at Toot-
Toots and stocked up on supplies.
February 25 - Several girl-
friends helped Hannah Jackson
celebrate her birthday Friday night
and Saturday. A family celebration
was held Sunday evening at her
parents home. Family who were
able to attend were Joe and Linda
Murphy, Curt Jackson and Joan and
Wendell Jackson of Maloy, Leslie,
Rhett and Zach Murphy, Justin,
Jessica, Ayla and Kaley Murphy of
Mount Ayr and Tyanna Jackson of
Creston.
Richard and Carole Davison
visited in the home of Jim and
Brenda Jorgensen in Norwalk Fri-
day. The Davisons granddaughter,
Mikaela, was visiting from Chi-
cago, IL.
Many from the community fol-
lowed the Raider basketball team
as they played in the tournament in
Truro Friday night. Some of those
who attended were Donna and Me-
gan Warin, Robert, Julie and Laura
Davison, Neil, Jill and Payton
Weehler, Dick and Joyce Weehler
and Joan Jackson.
Amy Mobley spent Monday
and Tuesday in Independence, MO
attending her BSN classes.
Wyatt Jackson participated in
the district speech contest in Adel
Saturday.
Craig Brabys brother, Curt of
Morning Sun, visited with Craig
and Kathi and Jane and Roland
Buck from Friday until Sunday.
Richard and Carole Davison at-
tended the noodle dinner in Hop-
kins, MO Sunday. This is a month-
ly event put on by the community.
Donna and Megan Warin went
to Atlantic Saturday. Megan played
basketball with the team made up
of Mount Ayr girls. They spent the
night in Carroll Saturday night.
Sunday Megan played ball with
the Hydra girls.
Robert Davison went to the
Western Farm Show in Kansas
City Sunday.
Joan Jackson and Shirley Wine-
miller attended a basketball game
at Northwest Missouri State Uni-
versity Saturday afternoon.
Emma Mobley, Paige Lynch
and Amber Davison spent the night
with Hannah Jackson Friday.
Laura Davison and Maddie
Mobley played AAU volleyball in
Afton Saturday. Amy and Gracie
Mobley went to Afton to watch the
girls.
Craig and Kathi Braby attended
a Daytona 500 party at the home of
Steve and Chantelle Jennett Sun-
day.
Julie, Laura and Amber Da-
vison attended Raines Sacketts
ninth birthday party at the home of
Tom and Kristi Sackett Saturday
evening.
February 25 - Finally my inter-
net is back, just not a great deal of
news.
Sandy Mercer was a weekend
visitor of her parents, Ernie and
Judy Mercer.
Bob and Linda Swanson drove
to Omaha, NE Sunday and enjoyed
going out to dinner with their son
and family, Gary, Dawn and Shane.
The occasion was Garys birthday.
Connie Huff met with her on-
cologist Tuesday. Her daughter,
Chris, met her there and later they
visited with Candy Huff.
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State Academic Decathlon
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Boys State Basketball
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7 A.M. High School Softball
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Pitchers and Catchers
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Seminar Tech Squad
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Mrs. Lynch Grandparents Day
ACTIVITIES
Tournament
7 P.M. Spring Play
1 2
10
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ACTIVITIES
POI Band Festival at
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6 P.M. School Board
7 P.M. K-3 Vocal Concert
11
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State Academic Decathlon
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March 2013
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POI Sr. All-Star
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Mrs. Greene Grandparents Day
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Students in the third and sixth grades have recently been working on
raising money for the American Cancer Society. The sixth graders cre-
ated duct tape products and third graders created items made out of pipe
cleaners. The items were sold to other students before school. Including
a hat and jeans day for students and staff in the district, a total of $787
was raised and donated to the American Cancer Society. Pictured are
some of the students who lead the way in the planning of the fund-raisers.
(Top) Sixth graders include Jessica McCreary, Jentri Ruby and Gabrielle
Hunke; (front) Haylee Whittington and Abbigail Haley. (Above) Third
graders are Payten Lambert, Halsie Barnes, Jace Grose, Brady Bickel,
Maddie Stewart, Adalyn Reynolds and Raines Sackett.
Cleareld at the capitol
Cleareld elementary students led the Iowa House in the Pledge of Allegiance during a visit ot the capitol
recently. Pictured in the House chamber are the students along with Rep. Cecil Dolecheck.
STUDENT AYR
A Publication of the Publications Classes at Mount Ayr Community High School
Senior Spotlights
Jennifer Blair
BY MADISON HOSFIELD
Jennifer Morgan Blair is the
daughter of James and Suzanne
Blair. Jen has one brother, Jay,
who is a 15-year-old freshman.
While in high school, Jennifer
has been involved in golf for one
year, drama for two years, march-
ing band, pep band, jazz band and
concert band all for four years,
basketball cheerleading for one
year, wrestling cheerleading for
one year and football cheerlead-
ing for two years. Her junior year
Jennifer received the Outstanding
Marcher title at the 2011 Clarinda
Band Jamboree.
Some of Jens favorites include
steak and potatoes as her favor-
ite food, her favorite TV show is
American Idol, Hyundia Elan-
tra is her favorite car, her favorite
movie is A Walk To Remember,
jeans, t-shirt and boots are her fa-
vorite clothes, and she likes all
kinds of music.
Jennifers most memorable mo-
ment from high school was dur-
ing the Clarinda Band Jamboree
her junior year. It was her rst
Levi Martin
BY SHAUN KNIEP
Levi James Martin is the old-
est son of Lee and Heather Martin
of rural Mount Ayr. Levi has two
younger brothers, Lincoln and Cra-
ven. While in high school Levi has
been involved in football for four
years, baseball for two years, FFA
for four years and 4-H for eight
years.
Levi was named all-conference
honorable mention in football his
sophomore year, second team All
State offensive line his junior year,
rst team All State offensive line
his senior year and will be playing
football in Australia this summer.
Levis most memorable moments
from high school were playing in
the Tackle Cancer game his sopho-
more year, being district champi-
ons in football, having a 9-0 regu-
lar season record and making it to
the quarternals.
Some of Levis favorites in-
clude prime rib, Ford trucks,
watching Duck Dynasty on TV,
the movies The Hangover, 21
Jump Street and Ted, listen-
ing to country music and wearing
camo. If he could describe himself
in one word, it would be deerslay-
er because he likes to hunt.
The best advice Levi ever re-
ceived was, If you aint rst
youre last. His parents are the
most inuential people in his life
because my freshman year I didnt
want to play football, but my par-
ents told me I needed to. Now Im
glad I did because I received rst
team honors and get to go to Aus-
tralia to play in a bowl game.
Levis future plans are to farm
with his family and increase his
cattle herd.
Megan Pearce
BY SHAUN KNIEP
Megan Lynn Pearce is the
daughter of David and Theresa
Pearce of rural Mount Ayr. Me-
gan was welcomed home by older
brother, Brandon. While in high
school Megan was involved in FFA
and SADD for one year. Megan
currently works at Hy-Vee which
keeps her very busy.
This recipient of the Student-
of-the-Month award likes chicken
strips and jalapeno poppers, watch-
ing the TV shows Pretty Little Li-
ars, driving Ford trucks, watching
the movies The Final Season,
Pitch Perfect and Dirty Danc-
ing, listening to country music
and wearing t-shirts, jeans and
boots.
Megans most memorable mo-
ment occurred at prom her junior
year when she was freaking out
having to walk into the gymna-
sium in front of everyone. There
were a lot of cameras ashing, and
her prom date practically drug her
through the walkway to get it over
with.
Megan says the most inuential
people in her life are her parents
because they have always been
there for her no matter what she
Mrs. Howie
BY EMILY FOX
Fay Howie is a teacher at Mount
Ayr high school.
She went to college at North-
west Missouri State for two years
and then transferred to Drake for
two years. She originally wanted
to be a physical therapist, but after
realizing she would have to go to
school for two more years, she de-
cided to become a teacher, like her
mom.
As for her career she has taught
in Grant City for four years, Di-
agonal for one and Mount Ayr for
twenty-seven. The classes she has
taught throughout her career are
physical science, biology, chem-
istry, physics, anatomy, and AP
chemistry. Chemistry is her favor-
ite class to teach.
Howies favorite part about
teaching is the bond that she makes
with her students, watching them
grow up, teaching them new things
and learning new things from
them, as well. Her least favorite
thing about teaching is not having
enough time to teach the students
new things, because the criteria
for the classes change, and she has
to switch and start teaching new
things.
The best advice she gives to her
students is to listen and participate
in class.
year marching with the baritone
saxophone, and she was extremely
tired and claimed to play horrible.
Despite all of this, she ended up
getting the Outstanding Marcher
award during eld marching.
After high school Jennifers
future plans are to attend Iowa
Central Community College in
Fort Dodge and go into the dental
hygiene program. She also plans
to be a part of the pep band, con-
cert band, jazz band and marching
band while in college.
Jens parents are who she claims
to be the most inuential people in
her life. They have always taught
me to follow my dreams and do the
best I can in life, says Jennifer.
When asked if she could de-
scribe herself in one word, Jen
chose sweet. I am always
friendly to everyone I meet. I try
to get along with everyone and I
like helping everyone, she said.
The best advice Jennifer has
ever received is to live life with no
regrets.
Coach Lambert
opens up about his
teaching experience
BY MAGGIE JENNETT
Graceland University is where
it all started; this is where Mr.
Derek Lambert went to college.
Coach Lambert has been teaching
at Mount Ayr for 16 years now,
which is the rst place he started
teaching.
He teaches high school physi-
cal education. While he has been
teaching at Mount Ayr, he has
coached basketball and is current-
ly coaching football for the Mount
Ayr Raiders. He is also in charge of
the strength and conditioning pro-
gram at Mount Ayr.
When asked what he liked about
our school, Mr. Lambert replied,
The students. They understand a
good work ethic. I also like the fa-
cilities.
However, the heating and cool-
ing system are the things that
Coach Lambert would change
about Mount Ayr.
Throughout his career, Mr.
Lambert has helped young athletes
try to reach their full potential and
become the best they can be. He
helps them become active in high
school and teaches them to stay ac-
tive throughout their life.
has done. Megan describes herself
as ambitious. I am always trying
to do better and be successful at
the things I do, she said. The best
advice she ever received was no
matter what just have fun. It is just
life!
Megans future plans are unde-
cided.
The spring play, Donovans Daughters, opens next Friday.
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An area student earned a top
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Tuesday, Feb. 20.
Jacob Estrella, a sixth grader at
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The arrival of a new physican
and discussion of the Affordable
Health Care Act were among top-
ics at the February 18 meeting of
the Ringgold County Hospital
board of directors.
Administrator report
Hospital administrator Gordon
Winkler shared good news about
the arrival of a new physician, Dr.
Jerry Phipps. Dr. Phipps began his
orientation to the hospital, clinic
and the new electronic health sys-
tem February 20 to be followed by
clinic orientation beginning March
18. It is anticipated Dr. Phipps will
begin seeing a limited number of
patients by the middle of March
and then phase into a full sched-
ule.
Efforts continue to search for
ways to provide emergency room
physician coverage. Winkler met
with representatives from a com-
pany to explore the coverage
needed and establish a possible
relationship with RCH to provide
physician or mid-level provider
care for the ER.
Winkler also shared informa-
tion on the upcoming Iowa Hos-
pital Association Legislation Day
on March 27 and more on the
Medicaid expansion which is part
of the Affordable Health Care
Valentines Day royalty
The Valentines Day celebration at Ringgold County Supportive Services included the crowning of the queen
and king. Pictured (L-R) are attendants Myranada Drake and Kristin Ford, queen Carma Binning, king
Cimaron Weichmann, and attendants Steve Gilbert and Don Clark. Attendant Don Graham was absent.
Hospital board welcomes new
physican, discusses health act
Act. Noting this will be a debated
topic, Winkler reiterated the pros
and cons of the Medicaid expan-
sion compared to the current Iowa
Cares program.
Governor Terry Branstad con-
tinues to support Iowa Cares and
extended programs, while busi-
ness and health care entities weigh
heavily on the side of the expand-
ed Medicaid program. As was re-
ported in past meetings, the Iowa
Hospital Association supports the
Medicaid expansion for several
reasons.
The Medicaid expansion would
be paid for 100 percent by federal
funds in the rst three years and
then phased out to 90 percent,
while the Iowa Cares program
receives only 58 percent federal
funding. The expansion would pro-
vide wider coverage with a broader
eligibility base, while Iowa Cares
provides limited benets, and pro-
vider facilities are not easily acces-
sible for many Iowans.
It was also pointed out that Iowa
hospitals were assessed $5 million
to fund the Affordable Health Care
Act and if it is not adopted, Iowa
will essentially be providing cov-
erage for the states that opt into the
Medicaid expansion program.
In addition, the Medicaid ex-
pansion would free county dollars
that are now currently used for
mental health costs the expansion
would cover. The bottom line for
Iowa and health care providers is
this: Every dollar of unfunded care
provided means someone else is
picking up the cost.
Patient Care Report
Kathi Schuster reported cen-
sus is up as is use of dialysis and
physical therapy services. The
clinic numbers are still down, but
emergency room and ambulance
services are higher than ever for
this time of year. Continuing phy-
sician shortages and a high u sea-
son combine to account for these
numbers.
In the area of Quality Improve-
ment, Schuster noted improvement
in ground and air out the door
time, indicating newly imple-
mented procedures have facilitated
quicker times.
Areas of concern still exist,
with hand washing noted as one,
but staff are working diligently to
encourage and monitor hand wash-
ing, not only for employees but for
visitors as well.
Financial Report
Teresa Roberts reported slightly
increased revenue. With the com-
pleted implementation of the new
electronic health system, state-
ments were sent out the end of
January. Putting the new system
into full operation has held up bill-
ing for several months, but with
statements recently being sent out,
billing is back on track.
Roberts happily noted an elec-
tronic health record incentive pay-
ment request was sent to Medicare
for an amount over $1 million. If
the request is fully approved, the
money received, coupled with
Medicaid payments, will retire the
IT loan. This will result in signi-
cant monthly savings for the hospi-
tal.
Notes of Interest
Radiologist Lillian Cavin was
approved by the board to be ap-
pointed to the staff.
Tuesday, Feb. 19 begins com-
munity health screening at Ring-
gold County Hospital. This screen-
ing is provided as part of efforts
to partner with the community for
better health. Strength and balance
testing as well as BMI and weight
circumference are part of what will
be offered in the screening with
quarterly follow-up encouraged
for those participating.
The annual budget hearing is
set for March 11 at 5 p.m. with the
regular monthly board meeting to
follow.
The Ringgold County Strategic
Prevention Framework State In-
centive Grant (SPF SIG), Ringgold
County Sheriffs Ofce and SAFE
Coalition, are offering a free TIPS
(Training for Intervention Proce-
dureS) workshop for on premise
alcohol retailers this week.
On average, 20 percent of es-
tablishments in Ringgold county
sell alcohol to underage youth each
year. Keeping children safe from
the dangers of drugs and alcohol
in our community is everyones
responsibility- parents, other com-
munity members, schools and lo-
cal businesses.
Alcohol retailers can help keep
children safe by ensuring youth are
not able to purchase alcohol, and
by properly training employees on
safe selling techniques for alcohol.
As part of the grant, we will be
working with local law enforce-
ment to complete compliance
checks at all businesses in Ring-
gold county that sell alcohol for
the next two years. Our goal is for
all alcohol retailers to be 100 per-
cent compliant and with this train-
ing, we anticipate success.
To ensure that businesses are
fully equipped to pass these com-
pliance checks, we strongly en-
courage all employees who sell al-
cohol attend. TIPS is a skills-cased
training program that is designed
to prevent intoxication, underage
drinking, and drunk driving. TIPS
will teach employees how to prop-
TIPS training for Ringgold county
alcohol retailers is scheduled
erly check identication cards and
to serve responsibly, as well as the
legal issues.
The insurance industry dis-
counts liquor liability premiums
up to 25 percent for TIPS-certied
clients. Courts recognize TIPS
as the standard for server training
programs. Liquor boards mitigate
nes and penalties for violators
who incorporate TIPS training at
their establishments.
There will be four TIPS work-
shops per year, two for off
premise and two for on premise
alcohol retailers. Deputy Mark Da-
vison is the certied TIPS trainer
for Ringgold county and will con-
duct a workshop at the Ringgold
County Sheriffs Ofce on March
3, at 1 p.m. Please contact Jodi
Haley at 641-344-3585 or rjam-
haley@windstream.net to register.
Pre-registration is required.
Continued perseverance in
making sure alcohol is only sold
to persons 21 and older will help
in making Ringgold county a safer
county for our youth. If you have
any questions, feel free to contact
Jodi Haley-Ringgold County SPF
SIG Coordinator.
A postharvest handling and
food safety workshop for fruit and
vegetable growers is planned by
Iowa State University Extension
and Outreach.
The free workshop will be
March 8 from 8:30 a.m. to noon
in the Memorial Union Oak Room
on the Iowa State campus in Ames.
The workshop also will be broad-
cast to 12 host locations through-
out Iowa, one of which is at Ring-
gold County Extension, 101 N.
Polk, Mount Ayr.
Wholesale Success: A Farmers
Guide to Food Safety, Selling,
Postharvest Handling, and Packing
Produce is for fruit and vegetables
growers, including farmers mar-
ket members, school and commu-
nity garden participants, and other
local foods stakeholders.
How fresh produce is handled
after harvest has a critical impact
on its shelf life, quality and safe-
ty, said Angela Shaw, Iowa State
University food safety assistant
professor and workshop host. The
workshop will look at tools, tech-
niques and philosophies for proper
handling at each step of the Cold
Chain harvest, cooling, cleaning,
drying, storing and transporting.
Atina Difey, a former co-
owner of Gardens of Eagan and a
Midwest Organic and Sustainable
Education Service board member,
will speak at the workshop. Difey
will draw on her years of experi-
ence in vegetable production and
marketing to provide growers with
useful, practical and prot-making
Extension
News & Notes
Judy Hensley
guidance on how to achieve the
highest quality of sale.
To register, visit http://bit.ly/
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ofce at 464-3333 and staff will
register for you. Participants will
receive a free copy of the Family-
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Manual, the recently revised 312-
page manual that contains work-
shop materials.
Postharvest workshop
planned for growers
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The Northwest Missouri State
University Tower Choir and the
Blue Valley Northwest High
School Chorale will present a con-
cert at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 2, in
the Charles Johnson Theater at the
Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building
on the Northwest campus.
The joint concert, which is free
and open to the public, will feature
a variety of musical selections.
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Raiders close 2012-13
campaign with district
semi-nal loss to Murray
The Mount Ayr Raiders downed
a talented Lamoni squad in the
second round of district play to
advance to the semi-nals against
Murray. Unfortunately, the season
came to a conclusion after a hard-
fought loss to the Mustangs.
Mount Ayr 44, Lamoni 40
The Raiders traveled to Lamoni
and beat the Demons, 44-40, Tues-
day, Feb. 19 in the Class 1A District
seminal game. In a contest that
kept fans on the edge of their seats,
Mount Ayr handled everything that
was thrown at them, according to
coach Bret Ruggles, and worked
as a team and played with great de-
fensive intensity and discipline.
In his nal game in a Raider uniform, senior Jake Still scored 27 points
and grabbed 10 rebounds against Murray in the district semi-nal loss.
The Raiders and Demons traded
buckets through the rst half with
both teams playing tight defense.
Mount Ayr had a brief one-point
lead in the second quarter, but
Lamoni quickly responded, capital-
izing on a turnover and a chance at
the foul line, ending the half leading
22-18.
The second half saw Lamoni
gaining their biggest lead of the
night, 30-23, on a seven-point run,
but coach Ruggles Raiders weath-
ered the storm, in his words, and
waited for their chance to be that
Storm!
The Raiders stayed close with
Lamoni for 3 1/2 quarters and then
Murray 70, Mount Ayr 61
Mount Ayrs Raiders faced the
Murray Mustangs Friday, Feb. 22
at Truro in the District 11 Champi-
onship. Mount Ayr fell short of the
victory, 70-61, after a hard-fought
contest.
As a spectator you always hope
that two teams show up to play and
create a great atmosphere said
coach Bret Ruggles, and that was
true of both teams in this matchup.
Mount Ayr hit the scoreboard
rst, followed by seesaw scoring as
both teams fought for the early lead.
The rst quarter ended with Murray
leading, 14-13.
In the second quarter the Mus-
tangs outscored the Raiders 8-2 in
the rst three minutes to stretch
their lead to 22-15. After Murray
added another bucket to widen the
gap to 24-15, Mount Ayr responded
with a vengeance. Led by seniors
Jake Still and Braydee Poore, the
Raiders rallied to chisel Murrays
lead to one point by halftime, 26-
25
Fully charged after the strong
comeback in the second quarter,
Mount Ayr hit three buckets in the
first 44 seconds of third-quarter
play to quickly take the lead, 31-
26. Murray fought back and tied
the game at 31. A late third-quarter
breakdown in the Raider defense
gave Murray the opening they
needed. The quarter ended with the
1 2 3 4 TP
MA 13 12 12 24 61
Murray 14 12 20 24 70
2pt 3pt FT TP R S B A
Doman 3-6 1-2 0-0 7 2 4 0 2
Jones 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0
Quick 1-5 1-3 0-1 3 0 0 0 1
Poore 7-13 2-7 0-0 16 5 1 0 2
Still 12-19 0-5 3-7 27 10 1 2 4
Sobotka 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 4 0 1 0
Triggs 2-5 0-0 0-1 4 4 0 0 3
Braydee Poore skies for two of his 16 points against Murray.
Mustangs back on top, 46-37.
By giving tremendous effort,
in coach Ruggles words, the Raid-
ers narrowed the gap to six at one
point in the nal quarter, but Murray
held onto the lead as time ran out to
claim the district title.
In one of his best games, senior
Jake Still led the team with 27
points, 10 rebounds, four assists,
one steal and two blocked shots.
Fellow senior Braydee Poore added
16 points and ve boards.
Coach Ruggles praised his entire
squad. I am especially proud of
this team, he said, my ve se-
niors, who did a great job leading
the team and my six juniors, two
sophomores, one freshman and our
alternates. This varsity group really
jelled at the right time, and we be-
came a very good team towards the
end of the season. We now head into
break season, and I look forward to
watching my guys on the track or
the golf course.
got their chance with a 10-0 run
that gave Mount Ayr the lead, 33-
30. Hitting the three-minute mark,
the game was tied 36-36. Lamonis
Jackson Carr hit a three-point
bucket, and Raider Braydee Poore
answered with a basket and a make
at the line, giving Mount Ayr the
39-37 lead.
Acrucial foul called against La-
moni with 54 seconds remaining put
senior Dylan Lame at the line. Lame
came through with one to give
the Raiders the three-point lead.
Lamoni was forced to foul as the
clock ran down and Raiders, Jake
Sobotka, Jake Still and Braydee
Poore all scored at the line to build
a four-point lead. With :01 left in the
game, the Demons had possession,
but with no chance to tie the game,
the Raiders stood back to avoid the
foul and ended the game.
Coach Ruggles concluded,It
was a great win that got us into the
district championship. Its nice to
be back after four years.
Senior leaders Jake Still and
Braydee Poore shared top stats hon-
ors, with Still scoring 17, pulling
down nine rebounds, nabbing three
steals and recording two blocked
shots and one assist. Poore scored
16 points with six rebounds and four
assists.
Defensively the Raiders held
lead scorers for the Demons, Jeremy
Deemer and Jackson Carr, to 11 and
eight points, respectively.
1 2 3 4 TP
MA 6 12 10 16 44
Lamoni 7 15 8 10 40
2pt 3pt FT TP R S B A
Doman 1-2 0-1 1-3 3 4 1 1 1
Jones 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0
Quick 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Poore 5-9 2-3 4-5 16 6 0 0 4
Still 6-12 2-6 3-4 17 9 3 2 1
Triggs 0-4 0-0 2-3 2 7 2 0 1
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Diagonal will host its annual
Elementary Basketball Fun Night
Thursday, March 7.
The evening will begin at 5 p.m.
with a meal deal of grilled pork
burgers, chips, beans and home-
made bars and a drink for $4.
Following the meal at 6 p.m.,
activities will include a preschool-
er free throw shoot, kindergarten
through eighth grade basketball
games, a Rent-a-Kid auction and
a seniors vs. faculty basketball
game.
Admission to the Fun Night ac-
tivities is free.
Diagonal hosts
elementary
basketball fun night
5th grade boys in competition
A team of Mount Ayr fth grade boys participated in a tournament at
Leon February 16. Pictured are (front row, L-R) Blake Rychnovsky, Ryker
Hickman, Jordan McAlexander and Austin Allen; (back) Darrian Hol-
mes, Tyler Jones, Josh Cowley, Grant Anderson and Jacob Rushing. The
team is coached by Mark Rychnovsky, who commented, The boys played
well together as a team and showed improvement as the day went on.
The Ringgold County Pheasants
Forever committee is preparing for
its 24th annual banquet. The event
will take place at the American Le-
gion Building on March 15 begin-
ning at 6 p.m.
With the exception of member-
ship dues, all proceeds raised at
these banquets are spent locally to
promote upland wildlife habitat.
Specically, the chapter has spent
over $73,000 in Ringgold county.
Over $42,000 helped purchase the
Kellerton Grassland Bird Con-
servation Area, Fogle Recreation
Area and the Don and Connie Huff
Wildlife Area. Over $27,000 has
been used to improve habitat on
private lands. The rest has been
used for other conservation pro-
grams such as hunter safety.
Early Bird registration is due
by March 1. To purchase tickets
for this years banquet, please call
Andy Kellner (712-621-4227),
Ringgold Pheasants Forever
banquet to be held March 15
John Newton (464-3942), or Dan-
iel Stull (464-5139).
Even small ads are noticeable in
the Record-News. You read this one.
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Name G FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT% Pts Pts/G OReb DReb Tot Reb Reb/G Assists Steals Blocks TO
Hannah Fletchall SR 22 54 18 33.3 1 0 0.0 20 7 35.0 43 2.0 18 27 45 2.0 8 11 2 21
Emily Fox SR 21 36 14 38.9 1 0 0.0 14 3 21.4 31 1.5 7 15 22 1.0 10 17 7 23
Caitlin Giles SR 22 180 50 27.8 71 17 23.9 30 17 56.7 134 6.1 30 51 81 3.7 31 39 0 39
Morgan Quick SR 18 8 1 12.5 0 0 0.0 2 2 100.0 4 0.2 6 6 12 0.7 20 4 0 18
Taylor Still SR 22 255 123 48.2 2 1 50.0 123 64 52.0 311 14.1 82 124 206 9.4 31 54 36 70
Logan Wimer SR 18 19 5 26.3 0 0 0.0 16 7 43.8 17 0.9 14 25 39 2.2 3 8 0 6
Paige Daughton JR 22 136 53 39.0 8 1 12.5 67 29 43.3 136 6.2 57 71 128 5.8 58 53 2 88
Leah Klejch JR 14 11 6 54.5 0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 12 0.9 2 9 11 0.8 2 3 0 8
Brook Rychnovsky JR 22 125 35 28.0 110 30 27.3 22 7 31.8 107 4.9 12 24 36 1.6 24 37 0 62
Ashton Johnston SO 22 133 30 22.6 44 5 11.4 51 27 52.9 92 4.2 20 33 53 2.4 60 32 0 91
TEAM 11-11 957 335 35.0 237 54 22.8 347 163 47.0 887 40.3 248 385 633 29.6 216 258 47 426
Two Raiderettes have been named to the Pride of Iowa all-conference
teams. Senior Taylor Still (left) returns as a rst team honoree after also
appearing as a rst-team honoree as a junior. Junior Paige Daughton
was a unanimous pick for the second team.
Season stats released for 2012-13 Raiderettes
Season statistics for the Mount
Ayr Raiderette basketball team
have been compiled.
The Raiderettes scored a total
of 228 points in the rst quarter
and 229 in the second quarter.
Scoring in the second half
dropped off slightly, with the
Raiderettes scoring 215 points in
the third and fourth quarters.
Overall, Mount Ayr out-scored
their opponents 887-824, an aver-
age margin of 2.9 points per game.
Individually, Taylor Still scored
a season-high 30 points against
Orient-Macksburg on November
19. The senior also led the team in
overall scoring with 311 points, in
rebounding with 206 (including 18
against Pleasantville February 1),
in steals (including seven against
Nodaway Valley January 29) and
blocked shots with 36 (including
four against Bedford December
7).
Sophomore Ashton Johnson led
the team with 60 assists, including
seven against Clarke January 7. Ju-
nior Paige Daughton recorded 58
assists, including six against Nod-
away Valley January 29. Morgan
Quick also recorded a six-assist
game against Orient-Macksburg
November 19.
Junior Paige Daughton recorded
53 steals, one back of Still. Daugh-
ton had a six-steal night against
Martensdale-St. Marys January 4.
Junior Brook Rychnovsky
scored a season-total 30 three-
pointers, including four in the
game against Lenox February 4.
The Raiderettes will lose six
seniors next year: Hannah Fletch-
all, Emily Fox, Caitlin Giles, Mor-
gan Quick, Taylor Still and Logan
Wimer. In Still and Giles, they will
lose their #1 and #3 scorers.
But the future looks bright as
juniors Paige Daughton, second
leading scorer and rebounder, and
starting guard Brook Rychnovsky
return along with sophomore point
guard Ashton Johnston.
All Pride of Iowa
6th grade girls take rst
A Mount Ayr sixth grade girls basketball team won rst place at a tourna-
ment in Ravenwood, MO on Saturday, Feb. 16. Pictured are (front row,
L-R) Emma Mobley and Paige Lynch; (back) Caitlyn McLead, Abbigail
Haley, Amber Davison, MacKenzie Shields, Hayley Whittington, Hannah
Jackson, Kylee Smith and Sammy McGill. The team is coached by (L-R)
Rob Haley, Clint Whittington and Jason Lynch.
Hickman advances
Caylie Hickman has advanced
to the state free throw contest spon-
sored by the Knights of Columbus.
Making 22 of 25 shots, she took
rst place in her division at the re-
cent regional competition held Feb-
ruary 24.
The state competition will be
held in Clarion March 17.
Caylie Hickman
RUBBER STAMPS
Knoxville Raceway announces
the ofcial 2013 schedule featur-
ing more than 30 races from April
September at the Sprint Car
Capital of the World in Knoxville.
The top drivers in dirt track racing
will compete for prestigious titles
throughout the season in events like
the Knoxville Nationals, Knoxville
Championship Cup Series and the
Late Model Knoxville Nationals.
More than 200,000 open wheel
and dirt track fans from across
the world immerse themselves at
Knoxville Raceway every year for
the most exhilarating and intense
dirt track racing in the world.
A complete schedule and tick-
ets are available at www.knoxvil-
leraceway.com/Schedule.aspx.
Knoxville Raceway announces slate
Archery takes hold in schools across the state
There is a new look ... and sound ... to gym class. Traditional tness,
health and recreation still anchor todays physical education curriculum.
Stroll past the gym on a winter day, though, and you may notice a line
of archers and hear the soft thunks of eld points hitting large target
circles.
Across Iowa, more than 100 schools take part in the National Archery
in Schools Program (NASP). Certied instructors work with phys ed
instructors from the participating schools to introduce a standards based
curriculum which schools demand; tailored for elementary, middle or
high school. A grant through the Department of Natural Resources pro-
vides the gear for successful applicants.
Naturalist Brad Friedhof, from the Johnson County Conservation De-
partment, rotates between two middle schools in the Iowa City school
district. This winter, 640 seventh and eighth graders get their shot.
However, before students ever nock an arrow ... they learn about the
history of archery, how to stay safe and the progression up to arrow re-
lease and follow through.
For some, the gym class instruction turns into a winter league, maybe
even participation in the annual high school championship. Formation
of an archery club depends on student interest, of course; but also with a
few adults as coaches or sponsors. More than 1,500 kids took part in the
December to February league. More than 800 of them, from 24 schools,
will be in Des Moines, March 2 for the state shoot.
A lot of these young archers-for-a-week may never pick up a bow
again. For some, it may open the door to bowhuntingor competition
archery. It is an Olympic sport. In any case, it is a life skill they might
chase well into adulthood; long after they have given up noon hour bas-
ketball or over-40 softball leagues. The kids have a lot of fun with it. It
encourages them, emphasizes Kuepker.
For more information, go to www.iowadnr.gov and enter: National
Archery in Schools Program, in the search window.
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NOTICE
Now accepting bids for sidewalk repairs at
the Ringgold County Courthouse.
Now accepting bids for commercial air
conditioner replacement at the Ringgold
County Courthouse.
All inquiries should be submitted to the
Ringgold County Auditors Office. Deadline
to submit bids is Thursday, March 7, 2013
Ringgold County Auditor
109 W. Madison Street
Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854
Ph. 641-464-3239
NOTICE
The City of Mount Ayr Insurance package renews on April
1, 2013. Agents interested in providing a renewal quote can pick
up the bid specifications at City Hall. Only insurance companies
licensed to do business in Iowa will be considered.
Bids must be presented to City Hall, 200 S. Taylor Street,
Mount Ayr, by Tuesday, March 26, 2013.
Ph. 641-464-2402
Someone to mow and trim The Ellston Pioneer
Museum yard for 2013 at Ellston, Iowa
Taking bids from Friday, March 1 to Friday, March 22,
2013. For information, call 641-783-2155. To send a bid,
mail to:
Robert Swanson
2110 County Highway P-64
Kellerton, Iowa 50133

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and use when they need to find new construction and remodeling home improvement services, loans,
insurance, real estate sales, building materials, etc.
Pictures of new homes and buildings that have been built in Ringgold County in the past year will also be
featured.
Call the Mount Ayr Record-News today at for cost and size
of advertisements available in this special section.
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MOWING BIDS
Ringgold County Fairgrounds
We are now accepting bids to mow and trim the Ringgold
County Fairgrounds (including the new campground).
Submit bids in writing by Friday, March 8, 2013, to:
Ringgold County Fair
P.O. Box 335, Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854
Questions? Contact Keith Miller 641-464-0746 (after 6 p.m.)
or Amanda Waske at 641-344-2559.
an open water diver in 2005 and
has since received certications in
advanced open water and full face
mask with communication gear.
He is now a certied dive instruc-
tor and conducts training for local
divers as well as those across the
region.
Members of RCWET must rst
be members of either the re de-
partment or sheriffs department
for insurance purposes. Then they
must commit to attendance at a
series of trainings and meetings
throughout the year. Rotert esti-
mated the regional team meets
between eight and 10 times per
year so that members can become
familiar with each other. Without
that familiarity and trust, Rotert
said, the group cannot function.
Those wishing to become dive
certied must also complete that
training. While members of the re
department get a discount on their
training, Rotert estimated out-
of-pocket costs of approximately
$500 for dive training. In addition,
RCWET pays $250 for members
to receive their Public Safety Div-
ing Association certication.
RCWET receives no assistance
from the county or any other gov-
ernment agency. Instead, the group
receives money from donations
and grants and from performing
pond xes, which Rotert said
make for good training. Any mon-
ey earned is used to benet the en-
tire MRDA.
Rotert said RCWET does not
respond to water emergencies on
its own. Whenever an alert goes
out for assistance, all MRDA
members, regardless of location,
respond immediately. Within a
matter of minutes, each group as-
sembles and begins transport to the
emergency site. Unless called back
prior to arrival, the whole MRDA
team assembles at the site and be-
gins organizing the rescue mission.
The dive team responds to any re-
quests within a 200-mile radius
of Clarinda. In 2012, the team re-
sponded to four dive recoveries in
Iowa and Nebraska. Rotert said the
MRDA team has responded as far
west as Lincoln, NE and as far east
as Lake Red Rock near Pella. Rot-
ert said RCWET gear is stored in a
trailer. Once an alert goes out, his
team hooks up the trailer and heads
to the site. Last year Rotert said
MRDA responded to four calls in
Iowa and Nebraska, including the
one in Sarpy county.
The MRDA team was requested
by the Sarpy county sheriffs ofce
for a dive recovery for a possible
drowning victim from July 1, 2012
who hadnt been located by other
local dive teams. MRDA respond-
ed on July 3 and battled 100 degree
weather for nearly 10 hours. A sys-
tematic grid of 96,000 square feet
was searched before the body of
Michael Hartsook was recovered.
Ironically, Hartsooks mother,
Connie Palmerton, had ties to
Ringgold county. She had met with
Rotert prior to the rescue, and Ro-
tert promised her the MRDA team
would not leave until they had lo-
cated her sons body. Several hours
later it was Rotert who found the
body, bringing the ordeal to an
end.
At the January reunion, Hart-
sooks family donated $2,500 and
a plaque to MRDA to show their
appreciation and support for the
recovery. Even though six months
had passed since the tragedy, the
family wanted to meet with the
members of the dive team to bring
them one step closer to closure.
They wanted to share Michaels
birthday with those who were able
to recover him from the lake that
day.

More on water rescue
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A rescue diver uses reels holding 600-foot long ropes to search a grid of a lake bottom during a recent search.
Initiative is sponsoring a net-
working opportunity for local
growers, businesses, and institu-
tions interested in increasing their
use or production of local foods
on Thursday, March 14 at A&G
Steakhouse & Lounge in Cres-
ton, 211 W. Adams Street (across
from the train depot) at 3 p.m. This
meeting will serve as forum to net-
work, gain information, and forge
business relationships that will
result in more local, fresh foods
being served in our communities.
Please bring business cards if you
have them.
Speakers include compliance
ofcer James Romer from Inspec-
tions and Appeals, Dale Raasch
from Bridgewater Farm, and Bri-
an Zachary, manager of Creston
Farmers Market. Mr. Romer will
speak on state regulations of inter-
est to both producers and consum-
ers of local foods. Mr.Raasch is an
organic farmer who raises cage-
free chickens and eggs and grows
chemical-free produce, and will be
sharing some of his experiences in
marketing his products. Mr. Zach-
ary will discuss the farmers mar-
ket role in bringing producers and
buyers together.
Please R.S.V.P by Monday,
March 11 by calling Alexi Grou-
moutis at the Southern Iowa
RC&D ofce at 641-782-4033 or
by emailing her at sircddev1@io-
watelecom.net.
Participating in the local foods
initiative will help build health-
Meeting to bring local
food producers and
buyers together
ier, more prosperous communi-
ties while creating a vibrant local
foods system. The Southern Iowa
Regional Foods Initiative is a proj-
ect of the Southern Iowa Resource
Conservation and Development
(RC&D) Area. Financial sup-
port is provided by the Iowa De-
partment of Agriculture and Land
Stewardship and the US Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
An area woman has been se-
lected for induction into the Iowa
Volunteer Hall of Fame.
Shirley Kessel of Lamoni re-
ceived an engraved plaque during
the recognition ceremony held
recently. In addition, names of in-
ductees are engraved on a special
plaque on permanent display in the
State Historical Museum.
According to a press release
from the Iowa Commission on
Volunteer Service announcing this
years inductees, Kessel is de-
scribed as having spent thousands
of hours volunteering to improve
Lamoni and Decatur county.
Being inducted into the Iowa
Volunteer Hall of Fame is the high-
est state-level recognition a citizen
can receive for their volunteer ser-
vice.
Area woman
honored for
volunteering
The 598,000 people who hunt
or sh in Iowa have a tremendous
impact on the states economy.
In 2011, these outdoorsmen and
women spent $779 million with a
ripple effect of $1.16 billion, and
supported 11,549 jobs in the state.
New data released today by the
Congressional Sportsmens Foun-
dation (CSF) documents the impor-
tance of sportsmen and womens
activities in Iowa and across the
nation. The state fact sheets follow
the release of CSFs national re-
port, Americas Sporting Heritage,
Fueling the American Economy,
that was released in mid-January.
Many people may not fully
comprehend how important hunt-
ing and shing are to the fabric of
this country. Yet nationally there
are more people who hunt or sh
than go bowling, and their spend-
ing would land them at #24 on the
Fortune 500 list, commented Jeff
Crane, President of the Congres-
sional Sportsmens Foundation.
Sportsmen and women spent $779
Hunters, anglers have huge
impact on Iowa economy
million on hunting and shing in
Iowa in 2011, almost as much the
receipts from dairy products, one
of the states leading agricultural
commodities ($779 million vs.
$888.7 million).
Nationwide, the impact is even
more impressive. There are more
than 37 million hunters and an-
glers age 16 and up in this country
- about the same as the population
of the entire state of California.
These sportsmen and women spent
$90 billion on hunting and shing
in the United States in 2011.
Beyond the impact to business-
es and local economies, sports-
men and women are the leaders in
conserving sh and wildlife and
their habitats. When you combine
license and stamp fees, motorboat
fuels, excise taxes on hunting and
shing equipment and member-
ship contributions to conservation
organizations, hunters and anglers
directed $3 billion towards on-the-
ground conservation and restora-
tion efforts in 2011 - that is over
$95 every second. This does not
include their own habitat acquisi-
tion and restoration work for lands
owned or leased for the purpose of
hunting and shing, which would
add another $11 billion to the mix.
The base data for the Congres-
sional Sportsmens Foundation
report and state fact sheets comes
from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Services 2011 National Survey
of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife
Associated Recreation. From this
base data, CSF and its partners the
National Shooting Sports Founda-
tion and the American Sportshing
Association commissioned South-
wick Associates to develop detailed
reports on the hunting and shing
industries, respectively. These re-
ports provide the information that
CSF uses in their comparisons to
other industries and activities that
may be more recognizable to the
general public. The CSF report and
state information for all 50 states
are available on the CSF website.
Many Iowans start planning
their spring and summer gardens
months in advance. For those plan-
ners and other garden enthusiasts,
Iowa State University Extension
and Outreach provides garden
publications and resources.
Several of the garden publica-
tions recently have been updated
and are available for free down-
load from the ISU Extension on-
line store.
Among the various updated
publications are topics on veg-
etable gardening, mulches, owers
and more. ISU Extension and Out-
reach not only provides these use-
ful garden publications, but also
supplies Iowans with the garden
ISU extension offers updated
garden publications
hotline, Hortline, and the Yard and
Garden FAQs website.
When individuals browse
through garden catalogs, they
arent necessarily seeing plants
that will perform well in this
state, Jauron said. ISU Extension
and Outreachs goal is to provide
science-based, unbiased garden-
ing information so that consum-
ers can plant fruits, vegetables and
ornamentals and get good results.
These publications are a great way
to provide basic information to Io-
wans.
For more information on gar-
dening publications, visit the ex-
tension online store at https://store.
extension.iastate.edu/.
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A public sale in Knowlton draws a big crowd on a cold, cold day.

BY MIKE AVITT
This weeks photo appears on
page 79 of Images of America
- Ringgold County by Sharon
Becker and yours truly.
This view is of the north side of
the main thoroughfare and shows
the restaurant building on the right.
Delbert Spencer contributed this
photo to our book and we are very
grateful.
I have nished looking through
the Twice-A-Week News news-
papers from 1893 to 1900, and I
have gleaned some pertinent infor-
mation concerning Diagonal and
Knowlton. It is difcult to research
the early history of these towns
because very few Diagonal and
Knowlton newspapers still exist
from this time frame. Diagonals
newspaper ofce burned down
about 1917 and took the old news-
papers with it. Only a handful of
Knowlton newspapers remain to-
day, and most of them are housed
in the Diagonal Printing Museum.
Knowlton is supposed to have
had ve different newspapers and
I found evidence of four of them.
The Knowlton Express was in ex-
istence in 1893, and the Knowl-
ton Local preceeded that paper.
Knowlton lost their printing press
to Diagonal in 1895 and the paper
ceased. In 1896 we see the emer-
gence of the Knowlton World with
R. D. Lancaster as editor. Howev-
er, the printing press for this paper
also left town, this time to Arispe,
in July of 1897. Knowlton was
without a newspaper until the rst
week of September 1898 when Al
Burton published The Knowlton
Sentinel. Diagonals newspaper
seemed to be in continuous opera-
tion from 1891 to 1900.
Knowlton suffered many res
in its short life and the rst one I
found was on December 4, 1894
when A. Longs hardware store
burned to the ground. The next one
I found was the biggest re. The
north side of Main Street caught
re on July 7, 1895, destroying
F. T. Furchts general store, Wm.
Harshaws barber shop, Jordan &
Nesmiths store, and Baker & Gus-
tins stock and building. All three
of Knowltons general stores were
lost. I found one minor re in Di-
agonal that was of suspicious ori-
gin.
Knowlton rebounded by at-
tracting other retail businesses and
building brick buildings in place
of the frame buildings that burned.
In fact, Knowlton seemed to have
the edge on Diagonal as far as
business and industry. Diagonal
seemed to be ahead of Knowlton
in the school and church areas. Di-
agonal voted to be an independent
school district in the late 1890s and
had placed an organ in their school
by September 1899. Diagonal did
a better job of maintaining their
teachers and preachers. Also, Di-
agonal had a town band whereas
Knowlton did not.
The 1896 census listed Knowl-
ton with 322 residents and Di-
agonal with 320. The 1899 census
gave Knowlton 362 inhabitants
and Diagonal 360. So through the
1890s these two rivals probably
only succeeded in motivating each
other.
There was one thing that hap-
pened in 1900, though, that would
be advantageous for Diagonal in
the future. The well for the water
tank on the Chicago Great Western
at Knowlton went dry in the sum-
mer of 1900 and a water tank was
erected at Diagonal. Both of these
towns were born on the CGW and
they relied on the railroad for busi-
ness and consumers.
Another thing I picked up
while reading these old papers was
Knowlton and Diagonals second-
ary feuds. Knowlton had a feud
with Blockton during this time
period. I think it was over busi-
ness with the CGW. A petroleum
facility was later established at
Blockton by the CGW. Diago-
nal began taunting Mount Ayr in
1896 because the county seat had
no passenger rail service. Its true.
Passenger service was returned
to Mount Ayr November 6, 1899
when the Grant City branch of the
Burlington road was extended to
Albany, MO. Diagonal petitioned
to have the county seat moved
there due to Diagonal having both
the CGW and the Keokuk & West-
ern Railroad, both of whom had
passenger service.
Ill start gathering information
about Diagonal and Knowlton for
the years 1900-1910 and write
a few more articles about them
somewhere down the road.
By Peter Graham
Hereabouts snow has been y-
ing, not for the rst time this win-
ter, but it has been awhile since last
we saw any. In the parched Mid-
west, such a nice covering of white
stuff is welcome, indeed. For farm-
ers it is critical, especially for those
with wheat in the elds.
In my neck of the woods, were
experiencing a snowfall that is cre-
ating an excellent ground cover and
will convert, eventually, into some
nice ground water accumulation.
It aint a steady rain, but beggars
cant be choosers! Well take what
we can get in a cycle where rainfall
is little and latetoo often.
According to Dow Jones News-
wires, Feb. 21, wheat futures fell to
a 7 -month low just as the major
winter storm began to drop signi-
cant moisture on the wheat crops in
the Great Plains. The agency said
heavy snow fell in the big wheat-
growing states, such as Kansas and
Oklahoma. Analysts, Dow said,
have been worried about the kind
of impact long-term drought would
have on wheat crops and wheat fu-
tures. The winter wheat, planted
in the fall, is dormant, but will be
harvested in just a few months.
Dow said the storm, which
dumped a foot of snow on parts of
Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma
(and is moving across the Upper
Midwest at good clip as I write),
is the rst major moisture this
seasons hard red winter wheat
crop has received. Meanwhile,
wheat prices have settled to their
lowest level since June 22, Dow
said. They had been supported in
the past few months by worries
that drought would sharply reduce
yields.
With the heavy snows, John
Kleist, senior analyst with the
brokerage, Ebottrading.com,
Lakemoor, IL, said We are see-
ing traders, who had bet that poor
weather conditions would cut crop
yield potential, rush to exit those
bets. That, even though declines
Snow to help renew
ground water levels
in wheat futures were limited by
improved export demand for U.S.
grain.
Dow said traders are looking
for additional evidence that export
business is improving before push-
ing prices higher. In recent months,
the agency reported, export de-
mand for U.S. wheat has been gen-
erally weak as supplies from other
nations have been cheaper.
Meanwhile, Dow also report-
ed that soybean futures closed
mixed on Feb. 21, with futures
for near-term delivery supported
by concerns that strong demand is
draining precariously tight U.S.
stockpiles. Some experts think
dry climes in Argentina will push
foreign buyers to U.S. supplies at
a time when the U.S. needs a slow-
down in demand.
Corn futures also ended lower
during that reporting period, pres-
sured, Dow said, by weakness in
wheat prices and government pro-
jections that U.S. corn harvests
may rebound in 2013 (the analysts
havent looked at soil conditions
around these parts, Id bet). They
do remind us that corn prices often
move in tandem with wheat be-
cause both are signicantly part of
our animal feed sourcing.
So it goes with the tiny white
snowake, so innocent, yet so ter-
ribly important to the economic
well-being of so many.
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February13 in Des Moines.
Day on the Hill
Raymond Shields (far left), representing Ringgold county, and members of the Taylor, Mills, Montgomery and
Adams county Farm Bureaus traveled to the state Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 19, for Iowa Farm Bureaus annual
day on the hill. The local members met with Senator Joni Ernst (R-Red Oak) to discuss agriculture legislation
as well as important issues facing Iowa farmers.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad
and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds were
joined by Iowa Secretary of Agri-
culture Bill Northey and Director
Chuck Gipp from the Iowa Depart-
ment of Natural Resources to re-
cently announce that nominations
are open for the 2013 Iowa Farm
Environmental Leader Awards.
Nominations are due by June
15, 2013.
These awards are an op-
portunity to recognize the many
farmers that are taking signicant
voluntary steps to protect the soil
and improve water quality here in
Iowa, Branstad said. Iowa farm-
ers take great pride in caring for
the soil and water, and we want to
lift them up as examples for other
farmers to follow.
The award is a joint effort be-
tween the Governor, Lt. Governor,
Iowa Department of Agriculture
and Land Stewardship, and Iowa
Department of Natural Resources
to recognize the efforts of Iowas
farmers as environmental leaders
committed to healthy soils and im-
proved water quality.
It seeks to recognize the exem-
plary voluntary actions of farmers
who improve or protect the envi-
ronment and natural resources of
the state while also encouraging
other farmers to follow in their
footsteps by building success upon
success.
Nominations sought for
environmental award
Farmers who are nominated
should have made environmen-
tal stewardship a priority on their
farm and adopted best manage-
ment practices throughout their
farming operation. As true stew-
ards of the land, they recognize
that improved water quality and
soil sustainability reaps benets
that extend beyond their elds to
citizens of Iowa and residents even
further downstream.
An appointed committee of
representatives from both conser-
vation and agricultural groups will
review the nominations and select
the winners. The recipients will be
recognized at the Iowa State Fair.
The award was created in 2012
and 67 Iowa farm families were
recognized during the inaugural
award ceremony at the Iowa State
Fair. Winners receive a certicate
as well as a yard sign donated by
Monsanto.
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home, the hamburger is a staple
of most Iowa restaurants. In this
years quest to nd the best burger
made in the state, the Iowa Cattle-
mens Association and the Iowa
Beef Industry Council are encour-
aging you to nominate the burger
that you think is Iowas Best Burg-
er.
This is the fourth year the two
groups are holding the annual con-
test, which ofcially kicks off Feb.
15. All nominations must be in the
IBIC ofce by 5 p.m. on Mar. 18.
Details about the contest rules
and nomination procedures are on
the Iowa Beef Industry Councils
website, www.iabeef.org. A nomi-
nations form can also be found
at the Iowa Beef Industry Coun-
cils Facebook page, Iowa Beef
Council; or you can text BEEF to
313131 and receive information
about submitting a nomination.
The more nominations a burger
Iowans can select the
states best hamburger
receives, the better are the chances
that it will be on the Top Ten list
announced in late March. Finalists
will receive a certicate and be
eligible for the secret taste-test of
contest judges. The winner will be
announced the rst week of May to
kick-off Beef Month.
Last year, 4,250 nominations
for 212 restaurants were received
in the contest. The nal winners in
previous years are:
2012 Coon Bowl III, Coon
Rapids.
2011 Rusty Duck, Dexter.
2010 Sac County Cattle Com-
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County Columns
Mount Ayr Health
Care Center
Activities Staff
Activities Staff
Clearview Home
Hickory
Grove
Rose James 464-2630
Beaconseld
Phyllis Manning
February 25 - Jim and Mary
Ann Smith attended Westin Pier-
schbachers 21st birthday at the
home of Curt and Sandy Piersch-
bacher. Congratulations, Westin!
Raymond and Dola Doser of
Lovilia visited in the home of
Eugene and Esther McAlexander
Monday afternoon.
The Beaconseld United Meth-
odist women served a lunch for
the family and friends of Michelle
Schrodt following her funeral. Mi-
chelle was the daughter of David
and Donna Schrodt.
Bob and Connie Eason have
been staying with Mike and Con-
nie Nesseen while they are work-
ing on their house in Mount Ayr
and will soon be moving in.
Howard and Rose Peterson
visited in Red Oak last weekend
and brought Russ Peterson back to
Beaconseld after he had spent a
week in Red Oak.
Eugene McAlexander reported
that his weather station recorded
seven inches of snow last Thurs-
day/Friday. It melted down to .51
inches of precipitation.
February 25 - The month will be
over as you read this. It may have
been a short month, but it was lled
with activities from day one. Com-
ing up in March will be even more
activities to keep everyone busy.
The Chatterbox will be available
this afternoon (Thursday). Stop by
to pick up your copy.
Residents with a birthday in
March include Theola Cameron
on March 4; Don Lowman, March
8; Ray Miller, March 19; Eileen
Lesan, March 24; Pearl Grout,
March 26, and Minnie Brecken-
ridge, March 28. Charlotte and
Dwight Cunning will celebrate
their 66th wedding anniversary
on March 2. Staff with a March
birthday are Emily Fox and Amy
Osborn on March 13. The birthday
party is planned with the National
Honor Society on March 28.
Monday Pattie had a great group
out to listen to her nish her story
about Deweys Nine Lives. Now
she has started the book, The Dog
Next Door. In the afternoon it was
a special day to celebrate the Feb-
ruary birthdays. The Community
Singers were in to entertain. Band
members were Mary Jan Baker,
Ron Bradley, Vern Brown, Wanda
Campbell, Phyllis Faubion, Judy
Henderson, Jim Hullinger, Wilma
Hughes, June Irvin, Betty Karas,
Ellen Lemke, Verla Monk, Bob
Osburn, Ann Robinson, Donna
Smithson, Mary Weaver, Myrna
Wilson and Lois Wurster. The
Blockton Christian Church ladies
provided refreshments of punch
and cookies. Church members
were Karen Kemery, Mary Kay
Loutzenhiser, Joyce Brown with
granddaughter Kerrigan Henson,
Mary Weaver, Phyllis Faubion and
Debbie Marcum.
Tuesday was Rice Krispie day
for those out to coffee club. These
are always a treat to enjoy. Peggy
Wagenknecht was in to play the pi-
ano for music in the morning. Ev-
eryone enjoyed having a new face
in the building. She also assisted
the staff with music in the special
care unit. Bingo was played in the
afternoon, Winners were Rose
Hunt, Doyle Murphy, Roxie Trul-
linger and Anita Hayworth.
Kathi, Pattie and Sommer were
busy with hand care all morning.
Kathi took the hand care cart to the
special care unit to work on nails.
Doug Rohrer was in to lead church
with Carmene James playing the
piano. After church residents en-
joyed the very rst episode of
Dallas from 1978 with a bowl of
popcorn.
Thursday Sommer read the
Mount Ayr Record-News and Di-
agonal Progress. Following the
newspaper, they gathered in the
south lobby to learn a little bit
about Alabama. They learned
several facts about people born in
Alabama including George Wash-
ington Carver. They also were
sent home with some homework
-- a puzzle about the four presi-
dents with birthdays in February.
All know Washington and Lincoln
were born in February because we
celebrate Presidents Day. But there
are two others. Do you know who
they were? At noon Charles Hawk-
ins held a patriotic service in honor
of the presidents. Helping with
some special readings were Kathi,
Liz and Amber. In the afternoon
Kathi and Sommer played a round
of Presidents Jingo with the resi-
dents. The snow was coming down
pretty fast by the afternoon so Liz
gathered some fresh snow and
mixed up some ice cream. Those
out for the game enjoyed the fun.
Kathi read several stories dur-
ing reminisce reading. Lisa and
Kathi had some music fun in the
special care unit. Sommer and
Lisa played bingo in the afternoon.
Winners were Gerata Scott, Rose
Hunt, Helen Banks, Doyle Mur-
phy, Donnie Johnston, Thelma
Grimes, Henry Peterson, Permelia
Fletchall and Anna Linkey.
Saturday Sommer played a
game of jackpot with the residents
in the morning. The rst to go out
was Permelia Fletchall.
Sunday Norma Stringham was
in to lead Sunday school. Carmene
James was the piano player.
Visitors last week were Peggy
Wagenknecht with Colleen Green-
man; Carol May with Virginia
Weaver; Rich and Peggy Hunt and
Estelle Hall with Rose Hunt; Joni
Taylor with Anna Linkey; Brenda
Comer with Eddie Overholser and
Kathleen Freed; Marlene Wyer
with Ione Veatch; Kay and Bob
Sickels with Vera Daughton; Shir-
ley and Bob Erickson with Don
Strange; Joyce England with Lois
Anne Sobotka and Anna Linkey;
Lisa and Dave Richards with Mari-
lyn Richards;
Shelli and Alissa Brand, Ellen
Brand, Joey Beltran and Linda
Konnath with Roxie Trullinger;
Leonard, Lyla and Sue Miller with
Ray Miller; Larry Hull and Trudy
Cohen with Larry Hull; Jim and
Arlene Pearce with Edna Scott;
Woodie, Martan and Joe Ladmeir
with Berniece Hoffman; Dorothy
Barber with Doyle Murphy, and
Doug and Sherri Hymbaugh with
Charlotte and Dwight Cunning.
February 25 - As the month of
February comes to a close, resi-
dents look more and more forward
to spring! Although, with this last
bit of winter weather residents did
enjoy not only watching the snow
and snow removal but also had the
chance to go out and enjoy it rst
hand. A few brave souls took a nice
winter walk and made tracks in the
snow. How good it felt to once
again be able to be the rst to make
marks in the fresh fallen snow!
Evalee White and Darlene Min-
nick both enjoyed going out with
family members over the weekend.
Together Darlene and her fam-
ily celebrated her birthday. Danny
Gregg spent several afternoons
out with his family this past week.
Lunch guests over the weekend
included Phyllis Sickels who en-
joyed eating with her mother, Syl-
via Hall, and Neil Stanley who
joined his mother, Ada. The fam-
ily of Bernadine McBride brought
lunch in to share with her Sunday
and to celebrate a family birthday.
Irene Merical was a lunch guest of
Shirley Brown this past week also.
Music will be heard throughout
the building Friday afternoon as a
sing-along will be led by Marlys
McPherson. This will also bring
the celebration of March birthdays.
Hosting the March party will be the
ladies from the United Methodist
Church. If you have a resident who
is celebrating a birthday in March,
please plan to join those at Health
Care for an afternoon of fun begin-
ning at 2 p.m.
Another music group will be
there Monday evening, March 4,
beginning at 6:30 p.m. Please feel
free to come listen to Musically In-
clined with them.
Presidents Day was last Mon-
day and with that residents took
part in presidential trivia during
the morning hours. They did learn
a few facts about their leaders as
well as some interesting tidbits.
Ladies club found the gals examin-
ing several kitchen gadgets. Exam-
ining them and naming them are
two different things as some were
things they have never used before
while others showed their purpose
without explanation. Ladies shared
their favorite and most used gad-
gets from their own kitchens while
enjoying refreshments.
Judy Green was the caller for
evening bingo which is always fun.
Deanna Adams and Harold and
Melynda Crawford helped while
those winning were Donna Ben-
egas, Nieda Cunningham, Ruth
Angus, who was also the blackout
winner, Irene Bohn, Evalee White,
Catherine Crawford, Kenny Drift-
mier, Margaret Campbell, Kathryn
Adams, Elaine McCampbell, Vir-
ginia Albers and Lorene Triggs.
A large group of residents gath-
ered to honor the resident of the
month Tuesday morning over cof-
fee and mufns. Everyone enjoyed
learning more about the special
resident as she came to be a part of
their family in October. Congratu-
lations to February resident of the
month - Darlene Minnick.
It was nice to see Pastor Charles
Hawkins again as he was with them
Tuesday afternoon for Bible study.
Everyone also enjoyed dominoes
and Skip Bo with Phyllis Sickels
and Cheri Dessinger.
Colleene Saville and Marie
Campbell held high score during
box ball just before church services
Wednesday morning. Church was
led by Pastor Doug Rohrer. Char-
lotte Swank was present to play the
piano.
Men at Health Care viewed
several antique banks all models
of cars. These were enjoyed while
those in the group shared memo-
ries of their rst cars or trucks as
well as a few experiences they
might just like to forget.
Nail care was provided by Dor-
othy Hughes and Phyllis Riggs this
week. These two also helped with
bingo which was enjoyed both
Wednesday and Friday afternoons.
Winners were Marvin Morse, Cor-
win Karr, Elaine McCampbell,
Virginia Albers, Lorene Triggs,
Kenny Driftmier, Sylvia Hall,
Margaret Campbell, Donna Ben-
egas, Wayne Bohn, Dorothy Main,
Evalee White, Kathryn Adams,
Nieda Cunningham, Ruth Angus,
Vergene Higgins, Annabelle Jones,
Catherine Crawford, Samantha
Crawford, Paul Campbell, Gerald
Gardner and Darlene Minnick.
Ada Stanley, Darlene Minn-
ick, Dorothy Main, Lorraine King
and Lorene Triggs all raced horses
one morning this past week at the
Healthy Meadows Race Track and
were winners. Congratulations, la-
dies.
Deanna Adams and Charlotte
Swank brought Sunday school this
past Sunday morning with Deanna
delivering the message and Char-
lotte providing the music.
Welcome visitors over the past
week have been Judy Doolittle,
Donna Stark, Larry Scadden and
granddaughters of Sioux City and
Vickie Parrott with Loreen Reed;
Marie Still, Olive Davis, Oleta
Jones, Dennis, Nina, Tate and Isac
Dugan, Warren Angus and Norma
Jones with Ruth Angus; Art and
Jacque Davis of Weeping Water,
NE, Jodi Angus and Darlene Bear
with Nova Giles and Don Bear;
Larry and Arletta Hogue of
Ankeny with Irene Hogue; Merna
King of Bedford with Ed and Lor-
raine King; Jeannette Lutrick with
Bev Moore; Connie Worthing-
ton of Des Moines, Hank Smith
and Judy Pottorff with Margaret
Fletchall; Irene Merical of Adel,
Lorrie Schwalbe and Wayne and
Suzanne Brown of Pleasant Hill
with Shirley Brown; Rhonda Coo-
per of Kent and Bobbie and Anne
Rinehart of Hateld, MO with
Kathryn Adams;
Jean Gilliland with Earl Brand;
Pat Teply and Missy the Dog with
Gerald Gardner; Ed, Colleen and
Nick Minnick with Darlene Minn-
ick; Harold, Melynda and Saman-
tha Crawford and Jim and Rose-
mary Hullinger with Catherine
Crawford; Ruth Egly with Nieda
Cunningham;
Regan Main with Dorothy
Main and Earl Brand; Ethel Camp-
bell with Don Campbell; Steve
and Marilyn Werner with Maxine
Werner; Corwin Karr with Elaine
McCampbell; Phyllis Sickels with
Sylvia Hall, and Mike and Joni
Dugan, Dennis, Nina, Tate and Isac
Dugan, Michelle, Weston and Lilly
Lucht of Conrad and Andy, Dawn,
Carson and Cade Dugan with Ber-
nadine McBride.
February 25 - Happy Birthday
wishes to Gene Motsinger and
Amon Hunt.
Friday night Gene Motsinger
called on Daryl and Brad Holden.
Saturday evening he and Amon
Hunt celebrated together with sup-
per at Doris Overholsers home. Es-
telle Hall was also a guest. Sunday
morning Allen Jarred and his son-
in-law, Bill Weiderholt, brought
pie and others goodies, along with
birthday wishes, to Gene. The Bill
Stringham family held a birthday
dinner at their home for Gene and
their son-in-law, Mark Spencer,
Sunday.
Walt and Bev McGinnis went
to Omaha, NE to watch grand-
daughter Jasmine play basketball.
Her team lost by only one point so
it would have been a great game to
watch.
Josh, Lizzie, Kayla and Tyler
Hanawalt were supper guests of
Charlie and Vickie Jeanes Sunday
night for pizza.
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This institution is an equal opportunity
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Thank You
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THANK YOU
Words cannot express our appreciation for all the cards,
visits, food, flowers, memorial gifts and prayers at the time of
the loss of our loved one. Special thanks to the Clearview
Nursing Home in Mount Ayr for all they did to care for Arloa.
Thanks to the Clearfield First Christian Church for the
wonderful service and luncheon. We would also like to thank
the Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home for their support and the
beautiful service provided.
The Arloa Wackernagle Family
Jack and Debbie Wackernagle
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last supper have last supper have
in common? in common?
The public is invited to hear
Eli Birnbaum
with Jews for Jesus answer that question as he presents
Christ in the Passover
Wishard Chapel Community Church
Monday, March 11, 7 p.m.
Youll gain wonderful insights on how the pieces of Gods
plan of salvation fit together, and youll remember this visual
display of the Passover for years to come. Jews for Jesus has
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I would like to thank my family for helping me celebrate my
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Church Public Notices
Church Notes
Mount Ayr Larger Parish
United Methodist Churches
Pastor Skip Rushing
Redding
9:00 a.m., Worship.
10:00 a.m., Sunday School.
Middle Fork
9:00 a.m., Sunday School, all
ages.
10:00 a.m., Worship.
Mount Ayr
10:30 - 11:00 a.m., Refreshments
and Fellowship.

St. Josephs Catholic Church
100 N. Polk, Mount Ayr
Fr. Bashir Abdelsamad, Pastor
Sunday mass, 8:00 a.m.
St. Patricks Catholic Church
Grand River
Fr. Bashir Abdelsamad, Pastor
Saturdays, mass at 5:30 p.m.

United Church of Diagonal
Pastor Ed Shields
9:30 a.m., Church.
10:30 a.m., Sunday school.

Tingley First Christian Church
Al Rusk, Pastor
10:00 a.m., Church school. Mar-
garet Hull, Superintendent.
Sunday, February 24:
4:00 p.m., Musical gathering.

First Lutheran Church
Mount Ayr - LCMS
Vacancy Pastor: Rev. Jonathan
Watt
Sunday, March 3:
8:00 a.m., Worship with holy
communion.
Free Methodist Church
Charles Weiman, Pastor
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
6:00 p.m., Sunday evening wor-
ship.
Wednesday, 7:00 p.m., Adult Bible
study.
Blockton Christian Church
Scott Marcum, Pastor
9:30 a.m., Bible School.
Second and fourth Sundays of each
month, Youth Groups.
First Wednesday of each month,
Church Night.
Tent Chapel
Church 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 Lords
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 Church
Mount Ayr
464-3293 (Church)
Pastor Seth Denney
11:00 a.m., Morning worship
service. Nursery available.
6:30 p.m., Evening service.
Wednesday, 6:30-8 p.m., AWANA;
7 p.m., Midweek Bible study and
prayer. 7 p.m., Youth service.
Hickory Grove
Advent 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 God
Pastor Doug Rohrer
(515-783-7712)
See our facebook page
8:15 - 8:45 a.m., Prayer
9:00 a.m., Sunday school for all
ages.
10:00 a.m., Fellowship.
10:30 a.m., Worship service. Nursery
available. Childrens church.
5:00 p.m. Men of Valor
Saturday, March 2: 8 - 11 a.m., Open
Closet.
Thursdays: Revolution Youth - 6 to 8
p.m.
Wednesdays: Kids Club - 5-7 p.m.

Kellerton
United Methodist Church
Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor
9:30 a.m., Sunday School
Beaconseld
Sunday, 9:00 a.m., Morning Wor-
ship.
No Sunday School.
Faith United Parish
Pastor Bruce Giese
Platte Center
8:30 a.m., Worship.

First Christian Church
Pastor Chris Conklin
Sunday, March 3:
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.
United Baptist-Presbyterian
Church
Mount Ayr
Michael Maddy, Pastor
(641-464-2127)
www.ubpchurch.com
Sunday, March 3:
10:00 a.m., Church service.
Greeter, Dean Blades; Call to worship,
Ellen Powell: Musician, Nancy Sackett;
Childrens sermon, Amanda Maddy;
Message, Mike Maddy.
Monday, March 4:
5:00 p.m., Stretch exercises-UBP
Church.
Tuesday, March 5:
7:00 a.m., Mens breakfast at UBP
Church.
Wednesday, March 6:
5:00 p.m., Stretch exercises.
5:30 p.m., Choir practice at UBP
Church. Director Judy Cunning.
6:30 p.m., Bible study at Mount
Ayr Health Care.

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.

Wishard Chapel Community
Church
Pastor Bill Armstrong
Women of Wishard (WOW): Every
rst Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Ellston
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
Tingley
United Methodist Women: Every
Third Wednesday.
Youth Group: Second and Fourth
Sundays, 5 p.m., at Ellston.
The Lighthouse
Non-Denominational Fellowship
Doug Greene, Pastor
Darin Dolecheck, Youth Pastor
(west 2 miles on Hwy. 2)
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 p.m.,
Bible Study and Prayer led by Darla
Dolecheck.
Sermons available online at: light-
houseonline.org.
Area Bible Fellowship Church
204 North Van Buren, Cleareld
Pastor Ron Christian
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m., AWANA.
Friday, February 22:
7:00 p.m., Highroad 3 at church.
Website: www.areabiblefellow-
ship.org
Trinity Christian Church
Terry 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 p.m., Youth/Small
group Bible study. Nursery avail-
able.
The Community of Christ
Tony and Sandy Crandell, Co-
pastors,
Sunday, March 3:
11:00 a.m., Worship service with
Tony Crandell speaking.

Mount Ayr Restoration Branch
Sherman Phipps, Presiding Elder
Alan Smith, Assistant
Sunday, March 3:
Welcomers: Steve Smith family.
9:45 a.m., Family Worship, Sher-
man Phipps family.
10:00 a.m., Classes.
11:00 a.m., Worship. Michael
Jordison, presiding; Jim Barber,
speaking; Pat Bolingbroke, pianist;
Sue Beck, special music.
Custodians: Ron Smiths.
6:00 p.m., Family fellowship at
Bob Rowland home.
Wednesday, March 6:
7:00 p.m., Prayer service at Ron
Smith home. Ed Anderson, presid-
ing.
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Public
Notices
PUBLIC NOTICE
Petitioner, Taja Meek
vs
James Meek, respondent.
A hearing on the petition for ple-
nary order of protection is hereby set
for 1:30 p.m. in court room 207 on
April 10
th
, 2013, in the Circuit Court
of the 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake
County, Illinois.
53-5tp
IN THE IOWADISTRICT
COURT
FOR RINGGOLD COUNTY
NOTICE OF PROOF OF WILL
WITHOUT ADMINISTRATION
Probate No. ESPR208716
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF ROBERT WAYNE RICH-
ARDS, Deceased.
To all persons interested in the
estate of Robert Wayne Richards,
Deceased, who died on or about the
20
th
day of December, 2012:
You are hereby notied that on the
6
th
day of February, 2013, the last will
and testament of Robert Wayne Rich-
ards, deceased, bearing date of the 25
th
day of January, 1984, was admitted to
probate in the above-named court and
there will be no present administration
of the estate.
Any action to set aside said will
must be brought in the district court
of the county within the later to occur
of four months from the date of the
second publication of this notice or
one month from the date of mailing
of this notice to the surviving spouse,
all heirs of the decedent and devisees
under the will whose identities are
reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter
be forever barred.
Dated this 18
th
day of February,
2013.
DEBRADIANE MURPHY
Proponent
James L. Pedersen, P.C.
Attorney for Estate
201 E. Monroe Street
Mount Ayr, IA50854
Date of second publication 28
th
day
of February, 2013.
52-2t
Mount Ayr
City Council
Proceedings
February 18, 2013
The city council met in regular
session on February 18, 2013 with
Mayor Solliday calling the meeting
to order at 6 p.m. Roll call was taken
with the following members present:
Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Ricker,
Cannon. Absent: None.
A motion was made by Cannon,
seconded by Mathany, to approve
the agenda. Ayes: Greene, Mathany,
Stutzman, Ricker, Cannon. Nays:
None.
Mayor Solliday asked if any cor-
rections needed to be made in the
minutes. With no corrections being
made, a motion was made by Greene,
seconded by Cannon, to dispense the
reading of the minutes previously
presented to council members and
approve them as presented. Ayes:
Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Ricker,
Cannon. Nays: None.
Chris Doster and Vicki Sickels
with Ringgold County Public Health
presented an update on plans for the
$1,733 in grant funds to promote
walking and biking, which includes
the placement of signs with health
messages on a route from the el-
ementary school to the business
district and on to Judge Lewis Park.
Any remaining funds will go toward
Judge Lewis Park walking trail re-
pairs. The council thought it was a
good plan and directed they work
with Superintendent Wise in regard
to sign placement.
The citys insurance agent, Phil
Tyler, provided an informative ses-
sion about the citys property, casu-
alty and workers comp insurance in
lieu of the upcoming April 1 renewal.
Employers Mutual Company is the
citys current provider and Mr. Tyler
reported that EMC writes the major-
ity of municipalities. Continental
Western and Corn Husker Casualty
were named as the only other insur-
ance companies that may provide
quotes. Following Tylers explana-
tion of ICAP, detailing the difference
of being assurance in comparison,
council members agreed it wouldnt
be the course to take. Workers comp
will see the largest increase and Tyler
described how the modication fac-
tor affects the costs over a period of
time. Specications will be prepared
and a notice to receive bids on the
citys insurance package will be pub-
lished to be received by March 26.
Charlie Sharp, CEO of Heartland
Energy Solutions, came to the coun-
cil with a request to extend the lease
agreement initiated in April of 2008
that ends March 31, 2013. Sharp
shared a history to date of the wind
turbine companys progress and
their plan to raise the capital needed
to begin full scale production, which
could mean making as many as 200
turbines per year and employing up
to 170 people. He stressed how im-
portant it is that Heartland be able
to secure the building and requested
a nine to 12-month extension of the
current lease and option to pur-
chase.
Great Western Bank representa-
tive Kim Greenland addressed the
council expressing the good working
relationship they have and that it was
imperative to Heartlands nancial
package that they be able to purchase
the building. Randy McDonnell and
Dan Cunning were also in attendance
lending their support to Heartland
and encouraging the extension of the
lease agreement.
Councilman Ricker asked that
Heartland consider paying a little
more since the monthly lease amount
of $1,667 in place for the last ve
years was fairly low and it would
be helpful for the city. Mayor Solli-
day proposed that the lease be a true
triple net lease which would include
Heartland paying the property taxes
going forward.
Following discussion, a motion
was made by Mathany, seconded by
Stutzman, to approve a 12-month ex-
tension to the agreement with Heart-
land Energy Solutions for the op-
tion to purchase and leasing of the
citys industrial building, with the
modication that Heartland will take
over paying all the property taxes.
Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Matha-
ny, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Ricker, Yes;
Cannon, Yes.
seconded by Greene, to set Monday,
March 4, 2013, at 6 p.m. in the city
council chambers as the date, time
and location for the public hearing
on the proposed city budget for the
scal year beginning July 1, 2013.
Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Matha-
ny, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Ricker, Yes;
Cannon, Yes.
A motion was made by Greene,
seconded by Mathany, to approve
the second reading of Ordinance No.
19, An Ordinance Amending The
Code Of Ordinances Of The City Of
Mount Ayr, Iowa, 2007, By Amend-
ing Provision Pertaining To Coun-
cil Compensation. Roll call vote:
Greene, Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutz-
man, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes.
A motion was made by Mathany,
seconded by Stutzman, to approve
the Acknowledgment / Settlement
Agreement First Violation between
Hy-Vee Food Store and the City of
Mount Ayr. Roll call vote: Greene,
Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutzman, Yes;
Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes.
seconded by Ricker, to approve
the Acknowledgment / Settlement
Agreement 1st Violation between
Smith Oil Co. and the City of Mount
Ayr. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes;
Mathany, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Rick-
er, Yes; Cannon, Yes.
Following a recommendation
from Mayor Solliday, a motion was
made by Greene, seconded by Stutz-
man, to raise utility clerk Amanda
Cannons hourly rate from $14.35 to
$15.25. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes;
Mathany, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Rick-
er, Yes; Cannon, Abstain.
A request from the Mount Ayr
school superintendent to utilize the
citys sewer camera to help diag-
nose a sewer problem at the school
was considered. Superintendent
Wise recommended that a city em-
ployee operate the equipment if the
council was agreeable with offer-
ing assistance. It was noted that the
equipment necessary may need to be
smaller; however, it was the coun-
cils consensus to make the effort
and offer assistance to the school.
Superintendent report: Wise had
prepared for council consideration a
detailed spreadsheet with estimated
gures for purchasing a garbage truck
and handling residential garbage re-
moval. A decision on the matter will
be forthcoming in the lieu Waste
Management contract deadlines;
A meeting with CPO Cannon and
ACCO (pool repair company) where
concerns were expressed about pipe
replacement, prompted a reduction
of the quoted gure by $1,000 and
it was pointed out further expense
to apply the Aquan coating to the
surge/trash basket previously ap-
proved may be avoided; Equipment
needs for excavation and conned
space include an impact wrench,
shoring, calibration tests and por-
table concrete saw were pointed out
with council members proactive to
make sure all safety needs are met;
updates in regard to water and sewer
operations covering numerous top-
ics were reported; Justin Kuonens
detail of providing the service of
land applying the bio-solids from the
waste water treatment plant was dis-
tributed for review and comments,
and a request for council authoriza-
tion on the purchase of a used pickup
prompted the following action:
seconded by Cannon, to authorize
the purchase of a pickup for the
citys eet in an amount not to ex-
ceed $15,000. Roll call vote: Greene,
Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutzman, Yes;
Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes.
Other discussion: MSAs Carl
Elshire shared that revised drawings
in response to DNR comments on
the booster station project design are
underway; water and sewer council
liaisons to meet with staff on water
billing customer concern; contact
should be made with Kate Zimmer-
man in regard to the RV dump com-
pletion status; letter prepared to be
mailed on property in need of cleanup
prior was reviewed, and councilman
Mathany stressed the importance of
getting the new streetscape lights lit
right away.
A motion was made by Ricker,
seconded by Cannon, to approve
the treasurers report: Ayes: Greene,
Mathany, Stutzman, Ricker, Cannon.
Nays: None.
seconded by Ricker, to pay the fol-
lowing bills: Ayes: Greene, Mathany,
Stutzman, Ricker, Cannon. Nays:
None.
US Bank, federal withholding/
FICAtax, $2,443.19.
Aramark, rug service, $29.89.
Ringgold County Supervisors,
jail payment, $5,917.21.
Richard Wilson, legal fees,
$895.40.
Alliant, gas/electric, $166.33.
Echo, ballasts, $570.96.
Smith Oil, fuel, $359.90.
Gerolds, ttings, $34.43.
Municipal Supply, meters,
$4,014.84.
Chamber, dues, $240.00.
Windstream, phone/Internet,
$391.05.
Waste Management, garbage
contract, $11,296.28.
Hazardous Waste, oil cleanup,
$424.50.
Ringgold County Recorder, fees,
$39.00.
Schaefer Excavating,
backhoe, $225.00.
Feld Fire, hose, $202.00.
Red Oak Welding, cylinder,
$10.20.
MSA, engineering, $2,434.00.
Central Pump, valves, $6,425.19.
UnitedHealthcare, insurance,
$3,729.92.
Cody Jay, refund, $63.00.
Caseys, refund, $56.25.
Faith Shinkle, refund, $10.00.
Louise Stamper, refund, $10.00.
Vistaprint, business cards,
$41.67.
United Ofce, toner, $489.85.
CobraToday, insurance, $971.67.
Benson Hainline, refund, $10.00.
Peggy Drake, refund, $10.00.
Debbie Robertson, refund,
$10.00.
Payroll, 2/08/2013, $3,502.80.
Payroll, 2/15/2013, $3,648.07.
Gross Claims, $48,672.60
(By fund: General, $3,499.88; garbage,
$11,238.85; RUT, $570.96; employee benet,
$1,315.00; LOST, $5,917.21; water, $8,497.52; water
improvement, $2,434.00; sewer, $15,199.18.)
JANUARY RECEIPTS
General .............................$6,541.93
Downtown renovation ...... 1,486.68
Industrial building ............ 1,667.00
Garbage .......................... 13,388.38
Road Use Tax ................... 13,123.75
Employee benet .................. 399.82
Aquatic Center ......................300.00
Emergency ..............................62.93
LOST ................................ 11,834.42
Urban Ext. TIF ........................36.48
FEMAstorm shelter .......254,614.44
Debt service ....................... 1,057.22
Water ................................37,753.79
Water improvement ..........96,387.05
Sewer ................................50,457.06
Total = $489,110.95
JANUARY DISBURSEMENTS
General ........................... $24,277.77
Judge Lewis projects ........ 36,048.38
Industrial building ............ 20,000.00
Garbage ............................ 15,589.79
Road Use Tax ..................... 3,285.19
Employee benet ............... 5,264.64
Aquatic center .................. 87,933.71
LOST .................................. 5,917.21
FEMAstorm shelter ....... 254,614.44
Water ................................ 51,576.56
Sewer .............................. 115,297.80
Total = $619,805.49
At 8:38 p.m., a motion was made
by Mathany, seconded by Stutzman,
to go into Closed Session Pursuant
to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5 (c) To
discuss strategy with counsel in mat-
ters that are presently in litigation or
where litigation is imminent where
its disclosure would be likely to prej-
udice or disadvantage the position of
the governmental body in that litiga-
tion.
Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Math-
any, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Ricker, Yes;
Cannon, Yes.
The council came out of closed
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Farm Equipment ...............................................$170.00 per ton
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#2 Steel ..............................................................$170.00 per ton
#1 Cast Iron .......................................................$190.00 per ton
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Unprepared Steel ..............................................$160.00 per ton
Woven and Barbed Wire ..................................$120.00 per ton
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Public Notices County Column
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Continued frompage 13
session at 8:47 p.m.
seconded by Greene, to adjourn.
DONALD B. SOLLIDAY
Mayor
ATTEST: PAMELLAPOORE
City Clerk
Mount Ayr
City Council
Proceedings
Ringgold County
Supervisors
Proceedings
February 18, 2013
The Ringgold County Board of
Supervisors met in regular session
Monday, February 18, 2013. The
meeting was called to order at 9 a.m.
with the following members present:
David Inloes, Royce Dredge and
Kraig Pennington.
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 previous min-
utes. AYES: Unanimous. NAYS:
None.
Debbie Cannon, treasurer, pre-
sented the treasurers month end re-
port for January.
The board looked into paying off
the jail bond early. After visiting with
Attorney Robert Josten the board
found that the call date is June 17,
2019. It was suggested to establish
an escrow account and draw interest
on a portion of the sales tax dollars.
Debbie Cannon will look into rates
and discuss with the board at a later
meeting.
The board attended the assessors
commission hearing in the assembly
room.
Kevin Kilgore was present to
submit a ballot proposition using
50 percent of the sales and service
tax for payment of bonds for the jail
construction and 50 percent for the
purchase of gravel for secondary
roads. The board will look into this.
Zach Gunsolley, county engineer,
met with the board to discuss FY
2014 budget. The priority with the
board is nding funds to improve the
condition of the roads. The county
is already budgeting the maximum
amount from general basic and rural
basic that the Iowa Code allows for.
Amanda Waske, auditor, is looking
into an option of paying secondary
roads benets out of general supple-
mental and rural supplemental. This
would free up money in the second-
ary roads budget to be used for proj-
ects.
RESOLUTION RC1348
WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-
ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-
proves the Treasurers monthly re-
port for January.
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 February
18, 2013.
RESOLUTION RC1349
WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-
ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-
proves to suspend the collection of
all taxes for parcels WV010904 &
WV010871 in accordance with Iowa
Code Section 427.9.
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 February
18, 2013.
The claims checks will be issued
February 20, 2013.
Adams, Brenda Sue, jail school
meals, $20.28.
Alliant Energy, conservation util-
ity/VA heating assistance/Diagonal
and Tingley, $882.50.
Area 14 Agency on Aging, coun-
ty contribution FY2013, $11,914.00.
Bob Barker Co., jail supplies and
uniforms, $434.68.
Brady Truck & Equipment, parts,
$237.00.
Briggs Corp., nursing supplies,
$236.19.
Buck, Bob, township trustee
meeting, $20.00.
C&H Distributors LLC, jail cart,
$328.51.
Central Iowa Detention, county
juvenile services, $3,500.00.
Certied Power Inc., parts,
$1,994.46.
Chat Mobility, attorney cell
phone, $77.36.
CJ Cooper and Associates, drug
testing, $32.00.
CNH Capital/Vetter, parts,
$46.65.
Community Grocers Inc., RCSS
groceries, $9.03.
Crawdaddy Outdoors, conserva-
tion env. ed., $78.66.
Creveling, Ron, township trustee
meeting, $20.00.
Cummins Central Power, parts,
$427.94.
Derscheid, Scott, township trust-
ee meeting, $20.00.
Divine Waste Inc., conservation
sanitation, $270.00.
Docs Diesel Repair, outside re-
pairs, $1,852.50.
Dollar General-Charged Sales,
custodial and recreation, $204.80.
Dpt. of Administrative, attorney
telephone and telegraph, $31.14.
Dredge Feed Service, courthouse
janitor supplies, $21.50.
Dredge, Clint, travel meal/parts,
$8.05.
Farm Plan/NAPA, parts, $456.60.
Farmers Cooperative Co., bridge
and spray supplies, $169.86.
Fehrle Sales, conservation ofce
security, $901.00.
GATR Truck Center, parts,
$2,776.91.
Gerolds Plumbing & Heating,
parts, $10.61.
Great Western Bank, jail supplies
and investigation, $251.86.
Greene, Curtis, jail school meals,
$34.40.
Greene, Doug, township trustee
meeting, $20.00.
Greenland, Kevin, township
trustee meeting, $20.00.
Gunsolley, Zach, February cell
phone usage, $30.00.
Hawkeye Truck Equipment,
parts, $335.00.
Hazardous Waste Management,
tank cleaning, $425.00.
Hilltop Veterinary Clinic, K9
supplies, $55.71.
Holiday Inn - Airport, VA train-
ing and lodging, $295.68.
Hotsy Cleaning Systems, parts
shop furnace, $190.08.
Hy-Vee Accounts, public health
LYF supplies/RCSS groceries,
$218.77.
Hynek, Anglea, township trustee
meeting, $20.00.
ICA, IICA Sec/Treas., assessor
education and training, $400.00.
Inland Truck Parts Co., parts,
$153.91.
Inloes, David, supervisors mile-
age/ISAC new ofcer, $98.58.
Iowa Association of Naturalist,
Missy Smith, conservation educa-
tion training, $58.85.
Iowa Communities Assur-
ance, county liability insurance,
$1,545.00.
Iowa Department of Natural Re-
sources, conservation salvage per-
mit, $15.00.
Iowa Law Enforcement Acad-
emy, jail school, $290.00.
Iowa Prison Industries, signs,
$10,635.34.
Iowa Weed Commissioners Con-
fer., Iowa Weed Commissioners
conf., $120.00.
ISAC, EMA registration/su-
pervisors ISAC spring conference,
$520.00.
Jackson, Curt, travel meal/parts,
$19.46.
Jackson, Teresa, EMAcell phone/
mileage, $127.77.
Jeff French Snow Removal, snow
removal, $330.00.
John Deer Financial, janitor snow
blower cable, $38.51.
Johnson, Robert, cell phone,
$30.00.
Kabel Business Services, Kabel
Business SVCS, $105.00.
Kelly Tire & Exhaust, tires,
$349.52.
Kenworth Mid-Iowa, parts,
$751.21.
Lawson Products, Inc., parts,
$1,031.58.
Lilienthal, Victor, cell phone,
$30.00.
Lucky Lanes, RCSS recreation,
$180.00.
Lumbard, Spencer, custodian
mileage for parts, $27.30.
MATURA Action Corp., county
contribution FY2013, $4,618.00.
Meyer Laboratory Inc., jail/cus-
todian supplies, $213.50.
Morgan, Neil E., assessor mile-
age/phone/supplies, $126.70.
MOSAIC, mental health Jan.
2013, $380.28.
Mount Ayr Farm & Home Inc.,
parts/bridge supplies, $89.75.
Mount Ayr Post Ofce, assessor
postage, $276.00.
Mount Ayr Record-News, EMA
proposed budget, $25.58.
MTE Ofce Center, jail/K9/audi-
tor ofce supplies, $1,246.11.
Newton Overhead Doors, shop
door repair, $135.00.
Newton, Steve, township trustee
meeting, $20.00.
OKelley, Denae, jail school
meals, $25.86.
Page County Sheriff, MHMH
101212, $17.00.
Red Oak Welding Supply, weld-
ing supplies, $151.35.
Reliance Telephone Inc., jail
phone cards, $500.00.
Ricker A/C Heating, ofce re-
pairs, $114.55.
Ringgold County Group Home,
MH Jan. 2013, $12,260.50.
Ringgold County Hospital, drug
testing/jail meals and supplies,
$4,111.20.
Roberts, Greg, township trustee
meeting, $20.00.
Schaefer, Karen, business deposit
tickets, $86.85.
Schaefer, Ken, township trustee
meeting, $20.00.
Schildberg Construction, rock,
$24,806.20.
Secretary of State, auditor notary
fees/election, $60.70.
Shields, Rodney, cell phone,
$30.00.
Shopko, conservation ofce sup-
plies, $22.95.
Sickels Automotive, truck repair,
$354.89.
SICOG, ATYRA transportation,
$2,278.00.
SimplexGrinnell LP, jail re sys-
tem inspection, $1,965.00.
Smith Oil Co., conservation fuel,
$190.04.
Smith, Gary, hearing meeting/
VAmeeting/general relief contracted
hours/VAcontracted hours, $683.28.
Snap On Tools Corp., tools,
$100.85.
Southern Iowa Rural Water,
conservation/Beaconseld water,
$85.00.
Southwest Builder Supply, pipe/
sign materials/bridge supplies,
$110.07.
Southwest Iowa Coalition, coun-
ty SWICO dues, $550.00.
Southwest Iowa Rural Elec-
tric, conservation/Tingley service,
$215.00.
Spring Valley Wireless, sheriff
radio equipment, $310.89.
Spurrier, Clinton, attorney delin-
quent collections refund, $918.72.
Stephens Tire and Oil, tire repair,
$150.00.
Stephens, Jerry, township trustee
meeting, $20.00.
Stevens, G. Rawson, MHMH
101212, $120.00.
Stivers Ford, parts, $1,625.63.
Swanson, Lisa, MH December
miles, $33.60.
Trullinger, Steve, travel meal
parts/cell phone, $38.05.
Tyler Technologies, Inc., court-
house business security renewal,
$400.00.
Upper Limits Teen Center, public
health March 2013 rent, $450.00.
Vander Haags Inc., parts,
$650.00.
Waske, Amanda, auditor ISAC
and IMWCAmeeting, $103.15.
Whittington, John, township
trustee meeting, $20.00.
Windstream, supervisors/sheriff/
DHS/ public health/VA/conserva-
tion/ attorney/EMA phone service/
Internet, $1,901.32.
Windstream Communications
Inc., public health phone system
maintenance, $45.81.
Ziegler, parts, $30.01.
Total = $108,440.42
FUND TOTALS RECAP
General Basic ................ $30,717.46
General Supplemental ....... 5,295.70
MH-DD Services ............ 12,811.38
Rural Basic ........................... 120.00
Secondary Road .............. 53,838.84
Case Management ................ 582.36
Jail Sales Tax Account ...... 3,080.49
Emergency Management...... 364.99
Ringgold Co. K9 Unit .......... 163.95
Sheriffs Commissary
Account ....................... 500.00
Assessor ............................... 860.25
Unreimbursed Medical
Exp./AFLAC ............... 105.00
Grand Total = $108,440.42
There was no further business. A
motion was made by Kraig Penning-
ton and seconded by Royce Dredge
to adjourn the meeting at 4:15 p.m.
DAVID INLOES
Chairman
ATTEST: AMANDAWASKE
February 21, 2013

The Ringgold County Board of
Supervisors met in regular session
Thursday, February 21, 2013. The
meeting was called to order at 9 a.m.
with the following members pres-
ent: David Inloes, Royce Dredge and
Kraig Pennington.
Dredge to approve the agenda.
AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None.
Dredge to approve the previous min-
utes. AYES: Unanimous. NAYS:
None.
The Board met with Zach Gun-
solley, county engineer, to review
the budget for FY2014 for secondary
roads. The board will pay second-
ary roads insurance out of General
Supplemental and will create a new
fund, Rural Supplemental, to pay for
secondary roads FICA and IPERS.
The board asked Gunsolley to in-
crease his rock budget to $1 million.
Once the information is entered and
the board sees how the nal numbers
turn out, the board can adjust that
dollar amount if needed.
There was no further business. A
motion was made by Royce Dredge
and seconded by Kraig Pennington
to adjourn the meeting at 12:30 p.m.
DAVID INLOES
Chairman
ATTEST: AMANDAWASKE
Coffee With
The Girls
News from Cleareld
Linda Bell
February 18 (delayed) - Linda
Bell worked at school on Tuesday
and Thursday this week. Marie had
doctor appointments, checking her
out and making sure shes ready
for surgery. She is having both of
her knees done and Linda is lling
in for her while she recovers. She
will be in surgery and a nurse will
come in with a phone, Theres a
Linda Bell who needs to ask Marie
a question. Linda will do the best
she can. The kids are fun.
Friday at the store the girls met
for coffee and Joyce had pictures of
her fun weekend. They celebrated
their 50th with family and friends.
Saturday was the Lions big
day. At 11 a.m. the photographer
lined everyone up in front of the
mural and took (it seemed like)
500 pictures. Jim Parish had his
bucket truck there for getting the
photographer in the air. It was a
great day -- sunny, a little chilly
standing out there so long but it
could have been worse. Then he
moved everyone to Main Street in
front of the Lions building with a
tractor and shuttle bus there. It was
the Allis Chalmer and a short bus
that the Lions started with 50 years
ago. He took another 500 pictures
but he made it fun. Then at noon --
and almost everyone stayed -- they
moved into the Lions hall and had
soup and lots of great cookies and
bars. They were hoping for 100
and they came real close to hav-
ing that many. Visitors from other
Lions clubs, the district governor,
a past district governor and some
Cleareld community people came
and joined them for the special day.
It really turned out great.
Closing this week with: Repu-
tation is what others think you are.
Character is what God knows you
are.
From the coffee table, Linda B.
February 25 - The Cleareld

school kids had a big day this week.
Grades kindergarten through sixth
went to Des Moines to the State
House and opened the day for the
House of Representatives by recit-
ing the Pledge of Allegiance. They
then got a tour of the Capitol build-
ing and had lunch at the Machine
Shed before coming back home.
The Lions picture came out in
three local papers this week and
Linda Bell noticed there was a
problem that she always has get-
ting a family picture. In each one
there are some who arent looking
at the camera, talking to someone,
looking back, down or around. No
wonder he took so many pictures.
Maybe out of 500, there might be
one where everyone is looking at
the camera, but Linda wouldnt bet
on it.
Linda Bell went to the store and
had coffee with the girls. There
was lots of news this morning --
people moving, people sick, plus
what theyre doing this weekend.
There is a storm predicted for this
afternoon and tomorrow and be-
fore they all left for home, which
was about 10:45 a.m., it was start-
ing to snow pretty heavily. Lots
of area school were dismissing
around 11 a.m. to noon. Then there
is another one that may hit this
area again next Monday or so. Lin-
da was planning on going up to her
moms this weekend. Her birthday
is Tuesday but Linda doesnt want
to get snowed in up there and she
doesnt want to drive on bad roads.
Shes done that lots of times the
last 45 years and is not going to
anymore.
Closing with: Ive learned that
a persons greatest need is to feel
appreciated.
From the coffee table, Linda B.
COUNTY NAME: NOTICE OF PUBLICHEARING-- BUDGET ESTIMATE CONO:
Ringgold Fiscal Year July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014 80
The County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year County budget as follows:
Meeting Date: Meeting Time: Meeting Location:
03-11-2013 10:00 a.m. Ringgold County Courthouse Assembly Room
At the public hearing any resident or taxpayer may present objections to, or arguments in favor of, any part of the proposed budget. This notice represents
a summary of the supporting detail of revenues and expenditures on file with the County Auditor. A copy of the supporting detail will be furnished upon
request.
Average annual percentage changes between "Actual" and "Budget" amounts for "Taxes Levied on Property", "Other County Taxes/
TIF Tax Revenues", and for each of the ten "Expenditure Classes" must be published. Expenditure classes proposing "Budget" amounts,
but having no "Actual" amounts, are designated "NEW".
County Web Site (if available): County Telephone Number:
641-464-3239
Iowa Department of Management Budget Re-Est Actual AVG
Form630 (Publish) 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 Annual
REVENUES&OTHERFINANCINGSOURCES %CHG
Taxes Levied on Property* 1 3,359,198 2,701,718 3,059,549 4.78
Less: Uncollected Delinquent Taxes - Levy Year 2 0 0 0
Less: Credits to Taxpayers 3 79,470 97,770 45,525
Net Current Property Taxes 4 3,279,728 2,603,948 3,014,024
Delinquent Property Tax Revenue 5 1,000 1,150 1,032
Penalties, Interest & Costs on Taxes 6 25,100 27,050 26,580
Other County Taxes/TIF Tax Revenues 7 397,592 286,546 430,716 -3.92
Intergovernmental 8 3,838,454 3,253,721 4,150,832
Licenses & Permits 9 4,125 4,125 6,805
Charges for Service 10 541,749 488,589 514,208
Use of Money & Property 11 15,200 14,202 18,564
Miscellaneous 12 910,360 861,141 117,883
Subtotal Revenues 13 9,013,308 7,540,472 8,280,644
Other Financing Sources:
General Long-Term Debt Proceeds 14 0 0 52,962
Operating Transfers In 15 714,738 730,816 649,667
Proceeds of Fixed Asset Sales 16 0 0 0
Total Revenues & Other Sources 17 9,728,046 8,271,288 8,983,273
EXPENDITURES&OTHERFINANCINGUSES
Operating:
Public Safety and Legal Services 18 1,328,046 1,050,346 1,129,118 8.45
Physical Health and Social Services 19 911,398 827,117 1,181,246 -12.16
Mental Health, MR& DD 20 66,113 748,314 664,283 -68.45
County Environment and Education 21 246,562 228,517 309,728 -10.78
Roads & Transportation 22 4,611,010 2,672,941 2,758,368 29.29
Government Services to Residents 23 257,775 222,756 261,478 -0.71
Administration 24 1,576,873 1,508,272 800,897 40.32
NonprogramCurrent 25 11,000 79,540 11,076 -0.34
Debt Service 26 193,315 300,000 194,690 -0.35
Capital Projects 27 420,000 8,000 1,295,687 -43.07
Subtotal Expenditures 28 9,622,092 7,645,803 8,606,571
Other Financing Uses:
Operating Transfers Out 29 711,738 0 649,667
Refunded Debt/Payments to Escrow 30 0 0
Total Expenditures & Other Uses 31 10,333,830 7,645,803 9,256,238
Excess of Revenues & Other Sources
over (under) Expenditures & Other Uses 32 -605,784 625,485 -272,965
Beginning Fund Balance - July 1, 33 3,652,148 3,026,663 3,299,628
Increase (Decrease) in Reserves (GAAP Budgeting) 34 0 0
Fund Balance - Nonspendable 35 0 0
Fund Balance - Restricted 36 0 0
Fund Balance - Committed 37 0 0
Fund Balance - Assigned 38 0 0
Fund Balance - Unassigned 39 3,046,364 3,652,148 3,026,663
Total Ending Fund Balance - June 30, 40 3,046,364 3,652,148 3,026,663
Proposed property taxation by type: Proposed tax rates per $1,000 taxable valuation:
Countywide Levies*: 2,222,478 Urban Areas: 8.38956
Rural Only Levies*: 1,136,720 Rural Areas: 13.65999
Special District Levies*: 0 Any special district tax rates not included.
TIF Tax Revenues: 0
Utility Replacmnt. Excise Tax: 97,512 Date: 02-04-2013
Explanation of any significant items in the budget:

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