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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, January 9, 2003
Lisa Wilson, Mount Ayr Record-News
Four people were sworn into office at the Ringgold county courthouse Thursday. David INLOES was sworn in as a
new member to the board of supervisors. Karen SCHAEFER was sworn in for her second term as county recorder.
Beverly NOBLE was sworn for her second term as county treasurer. Jim PEDERSEN, county magistrate, administered
the oaths of office to each county official. Clint SPURRIER, county attorney, was not available at that time but
was later sworn in by PEDERSEN on Thursday. SPURRIER will be starting his second term as attorney.
Astronaut
Peggy WHITSON will be coming back to Ringgold county for a public visit in February. As part of a month of
public affairs visits around the country, she will be spending time in the Mount Ayr Community school district
on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
A Mount Ayr student has
been nominated to a U. S. military academy by U. S. Senator Chuck GRASSLEY. Mark TRULLINGER, a senior at
Mount Ayr Community high school, is on a list of 19 students from across the state nominated by GRASSLEY from
which two will be chosen for final admission to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
Fourth through eighth graders
in the Diagonal Community school district recently completed Project T.N.T. (Towards No Tobacco Use), sponsored
by the Ringgold County Public Health Agency. T.N.T. is a 10-session course taught by Sharon CARR, Ringgold
County Public Health nurse, and focuses on consequences of tobacco use, decision making and refusal skills.
Students completed homework assignments, played a TNT game and produced a video. Winning T.N.T. game members
included Janel WORTMAN, Andrew BRIGGS, Jeff STARLIN, Brett ENGLAND and Leslie CAMPBELL.
OBITUARIES in January 9, 2003 Mount Ayr Record-News:
Donna Leslie STEVENS BEAR
Harlan Eugene BROWN
Mona Van WINKLE CREGEEN
Clara Lavelle KUHN KING Elizabeth Ruth NEWTON-PAYNE
V. A. "Pete" WOOD
Carloyn SCOTT ZOLLMAN
Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2013
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