Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, July 17, 1986

Ringgold county is 400 horses richer following the arrival here this week of that number of animals to be adopted by area residents from the wild horses rounded up on the plains, where they are too plentiful. For a year, the horses will be kept together and fed and pastured in the county before adopters can sell their horses. The sight of so many horses together has been a hot topic of conversation. The horses vary in quality, with some surprisingly good animals among the free horses. Doyle RICHARDS is heading up the horse project.

Rivers in some areas of Ringgold county overflowed their banks following the up to five inches of rain that was poured on the county Sunday night and Monday morning. Monday afternoon water still filled the banks at the bridge at Maloy. Much flooding was also reported in the Middle Fork area, where a road was closed for a time when water ran over it.

Steve TRULLINGER of rural Mount Ayr will be the Republican candidate for Ringgold county recorder in the November general election.

Mary RYCHNOVSKY of Diagonal is the youth representative manning the Job Service of Iowa summer youth employment office in the vault of the auditor's office in the Ringgold county courthouse. RYCHNOVSKY provides job development and job placement services for youth ages 12 through 21. She is the daughter of John and Reba RYCHNOVSKY and will be a senior this fall at Diagonal Community school.

Bolts of lightning early Monday morning (July 14) sruck the home of John and Marjorie McFARLAND in west Mount Ayr, putting a hole in the roof and splitting a chimney.

Anita McCLAIN was recently appointed as manager of the Corydon Place's store and Cliff NEELY was recently named assistant manager of the Mount Ayr Place's store to replace her. NEELY recently joined Place's after being employed as a machinist for H & H Tool in Lapeer, MI. He earned his bachelor of science degree in business administration from Graceland College in Lamoni.

Mount Ayr is the home of the Iowa High School Rodeo Association's 1986 state champion barrel racer. Shelly TAYLOR, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve TAYLOR of Mount Ayr, received the award following the rodeo finals held June 20-22 at Albia. TAYLOR, who will be a senior at Mount Ayr Community high school, ended the year as number one, beating about 35 other barrel racers from across the state.

Todd TAYLOR'S grand slam homerun in the second inning got the Diagonal-Clearfield boys baseball team off to an unbeatable start in a 9-4 win over Lineville-Clio July 8. The win moved the Maroons' season record to 17-1 with a game with Grand Valley all that remained on the regular schedule.

Eric MOE and Lance LANE of Mount Ayr finished first and second in the 14-19 age division at the triathlon held in Griswold July 12. The triathlon consists of one-fourth mile swim, an eight-mile bike ride and a five-mile run. MOE completed the event in 57 minutes and 33 seconds. He placed 10th overall in the competition which had 60 participants. LANE'S time of one hour, 2.17 minutes put him in second place in his age division.

July 14, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kevin HENRY, Mount Ayr

OBITUARIES in July 17, 1986 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Audrey Irene COX PICKENS

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2011

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