Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, March 26, 1987

The Rev. Jesse JACKSON was leading the junior and senior high school students of Ringgold county in a cross between a responsive reading and a pep rally cheer. The Rev. JACKSON was challenging young America to "come alive" as he does in schools three or four times a week across the county. But this time he was in Mount Ayr, talking to students from Mount Ayr Community, Grand Valley and Diagonal high schools.

Ag Day in Mount Ayr Friday was celebrated in a number of ways. Lee KLINE of Des Moines was the speaker at the annual MARC Ag Day observance Friday night. Ringgold County Cattlewomen served more than 90 people with their annual Ag Day coffee featuring beef snacks.

Ringgold County Hospital administrator since June 30, 1986, Mike LANCTOT, resigned after an executive session of the hospital board last Wednesday night, March 18, at the hospital. No indication was given as to the reason for the resignation.

Ringgold county farmers grew the second highest amount of corn and third highest amount of soybeans when compared to surrounding counties in 1986, according to statistics released this week by the Iowa Agricultural Statistics office in Des Moines. Ringgold county farmers raised over seven million bushels of corn and two million bushels of soybeans during the 1986 season, the report showed.

A Ringgold county resident has evidence that the celebration for the 75th birthday of girl scouting was participated in by a group of girl scouts in Arizona. Kathy QUICK, who lives just south of Delphos, found a balloon stuck in a tree on their farm Saturday morning , March 14, two days after it had been launched during the celebration in Whitman, AZ.

Mount Ayr's newest business opened up this week in the former SMITH Jewelry building on North Taylor Street. Video World will feature video tape and VCR rental at the new facility. Video World has another store facility in Lamoni. The store opened for business Friday.

Patricia TAYLOR, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Jack TAYLOR of Diagonal, has been selected as a finalist for Iowa's seventh annual Homecoming Queen selection to be held April 4-5 at the Airport Hilton in Des Moines. She is the Diagonal homecoming queen.

Some of the top bowlers in the junior bowling program in Mount Ayr this year were Bill HIGHTSHOE, the top bowler in the league; Judd BOWEN, the top average among junior high bowlers, and Susan BASTOW, Dee Dee STARK, Wayde SHOESMITH, Kevin CANNON and Ron SCHAFER -- the CANNON team -- won the junior-senior high school league.

Ringgold county's first big winner in the Iowa Lottery was found this week when Neil CHICKEN of Mount Ayr won $6,000 with a lottery ticket he purchased at Hy-Vee in Mount Ayr.

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2012

 

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