Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, October 01, 1998

Hikers in the annual Ringgold county CROP Walk began their hike from Fife's Grove Park with a long climb up hill Sunday afternoon. Over 100 people from Ringgold county communities hiked to raise money to fight hunger around the world. Participants hiked up to six miles in the event Sunday afternoon, raising money for pledges for their effort. One-fourth of the money stays in Ringgold county to help with the local food banks.

These ten seniors are the candidates for homecoming queen and homecoming king honors at the school [Mount Ayr Community High School] this year. Queen candidates include Jess GEPNER, Annie JOHNSON, Katrina LARSEN, Kary MITCHELL and Rachel DERSCHEID. King candidates are Brooks BROWN, Scott POORE, Brandon YODER, Ben DORR and Cale HAINLINE.

Over 150 people gathered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pioneer Historic Center museum in Ellston Sunday afternoon.

Another new Mount Ayr business was welcomed to the community with a Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony. RICKER Air Conditioning and Heating is headquartered in the former PRENTIS Ceramics building on Highway 2 west of Mount Ayr. The RICKERS recently moved back to Mount Ayr from Arizona, where RICKER had a similar business.

The Mount Ayr Record-News has been presented a reporting award from the state Soil and Water Conservation Society. The conservation reported award is presented each year to a news media outlet in the state for its coverage of soil and water conservation issues. The Ringgold County Soil and Water Conservation District nominated publisher Alan SMITH and the newspaper for the award.

Several Ringgold county residents are featured in "An Autumn Tradition," a story about pheasant hunting in the stae in the fall issue of The Iowan magazine. There is a picture of Bill HIGHTSHOE and his camouflaged pickup truck which won the contest in the Pheasant Festival. The story quotes Crae GEIST about hunters coming back year after year, mentions the Ducks Unlimited banquet held before pheasant season begins, tells about The Lodge in Mount Ayr, and the hunting lodge that Preston and Katie HAYSE offer.

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2012

 

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