Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 27, 2014, Pages 1 & 9

Results for competitors from Ringgold County in contests and activities at the Iowa State Fair continue to come in.

Make It with Lard In the Make It with Lard competition, Judy Kirbuz-Harrison of Mount Ayr placed in a number of categories.

She captured first in the drop oatmeal, ginger snaps, unfrosted and cookies - other - than named divisions. She placed second in the chocolate chip cookie division. She also placed second and third in the overall dessert division.

In the quick breads - pumpkin (non-yeast) division, Kiburz-Harrison placed third.

Cookies Judy Kirburz-Harrison won the reserve sweepstakes honor in the Midwest Living & Gold Medal Flour Cookies competition.

She also placed in many categories in the cookie contest.

She won first place ribbons in the molded or pressed - sugar (not rolled or cut) division, in the drop cookies - dried fruit (other than oatmeal raisin) division, in the drop cookie - oatmeal butterscotch (with or without nuts) division, in the dropped cookie - peanut butter base division, in the refrigerated and rolled - sandwich cookie division, in the health cookie - whole grain division and in the ethnic cookie - Chinese almond division.

Kiburz-Harrison placed second in the drop cookie - potato chip division, in the drop cookie - frosted drop (any flavor) division, in the molded or pressed - peanut blossom division, in the molded or pressed - snickerdoodle division, in the drop cookie - chocolate chip division and in the health cookie - made with sugar substitute division.

She captured third in the molded or pressed - peanut butter division, oatmeal chocolate chip (with or without nuts) division, in the drop cookie - white chocolate division, in the drop cookie - other-than-named division, in the ethnic cookie - Italian division and in the ethnic cookie - Scandinavian division.

In the same contest, Hester Derscheid of Ellston placed first in the drop cookie - no bake division and first in the health cookie - made with sugar substitute division. She was awarded second in the drop cookie - oatmeal (other than named) division.

Danish desserts Judy Kiburz-Harrison of Mount Ayr won second place and a $20 cash award in the Danish desserts competition. First place was no awarded by the judges in this competition.

Favorite Thanksgiving dish Judy Kiburz-Harrison of Mount Ayr received honorable mention in the Favorite Thanksgiving dish competition.

Mariani dried fruit Judy Kiburz-Harrison of Mount Ayr won first place and a $100 gift card in the Mariani dried fruit competition.

Contestants were tasked with creating an entry using Mariani brand dried fruit. Entries were judged on taste.

Cooking with sorghum Judy Kiburz-Harrison placed first in the desserts division of the Cooking with Sorghum competition.

Create a Winner with Gurley's Nuts Judy Kiburz-Harrison placed third in the breads and rolls division in the Create a Winner with Gurley's Nuts competition.

Made with honey In the Foods made with Honey competition, Judy Kiburz-Harrison placed second in the honey cookies division and third in the honey chocolate chip cookie division.

Gracefully Gluten Free Pamela Cooper of Mount Ayr won first place in the entrees and appetizer division of the Gracefully Gluten Free competition.

Pedal power pull In the pedal power pull competition, Clarie Routh of Diagonal placed second in the 5-year-old girls division.

Ella Waske of Mount Ayr placed fourth in the 7-year-old girls division.

Lane Parrish of Diagonal placed second in the 5-year-old boys competition.

Floriculture Patricia Parrish of Diagonal placed first in the "Beauty of the Leaves" division in the Floriculture show.

Maine-Anjou beef show In the Maine-Anjou Beef Cattle show, Willis Show Cattle of Diagonal exhibited two place winners in the MT spring heifer calf division. "Nancy" placed second and "Betty" placed fifth.

Willis Show Cattle also captured fourth place in the MT spring yearling heifer division with "Iggy."

In the MT junior heifer calf division, Adelyda Ebersole of Kellerton placed third with "Breathtaker" and Ebersole Cattle Company of Kellerton placed fourth with "Empress."

In the MT senior heifer calf division, Wyatt Ebersole of Kellerton placed second with "Lacey's Eva."

FFA horse show Morgan Quick of Mount Ayr was champion in the barrel racing competition in the FFA horse show.

First place in the FFA equestrian team competition went to the Mount Ayr FFA chapter.

FFA dairy goat show Megan Reasoner of Mount Ayr exhibited the champion recorded grade junior doe in the FFA dairy goat show.

4-H breeding beef show Brynn Nickle of Clearfield exhibited the champion in the all-other-breeds division in the 4-H breeding beef show.

Stock dog trials In the open class for experienced teams, Bob Johnson of Tingley placed second and fifth at the State Fair stock dog trials.

Niyole Livingston of Shannon City placed third, and Jeff Livingston of Shannon City placed fourth.

In the ranch division for less experienced teams, Johnson place second and third.

Niyole Livingston placed fourth and Jeff Livingston placed seventh.

Wether sire/dam sheep In the wether sire/dam sheep show, Bennett/David Club Lambs of Clearfield placed third in the black face yearling ram division.

Outhouse race In the 12th annual outhouse races, the prize for best costume and fourth place went to Clearfield Lions members Celine Beggs, Jack Beggs, Jakob Beggs and Steve Jennett.

Teams composed of three pushers and one driver construct their own outhouses. During the race, teams push the outhouses to a toilet where the drivers must clean off the toilet seat without using their hands. Then the drivers search for a corn cob buried in a cattle trough, change a roll of toilet paper and return to the outhouses where the teams push them back to the starting point.

[Page 10] Five county farms received special recognition at the Iowa State Fair for consecutive years of family ownership.

A farm owned by Sandy Taylor of Mount Ayr and currently operated by Taylor's grandson Daniel and his family received recognition as a Heritage Farm for having remained in family ownership for 150 consecutive years.

Four county farms received Century Farm recognition for family ownership for 100 years. They include farms owned by Derlin Beard and family; Lloyd, LaVerne, Paul and Todd Glendenning; Vicky Leonard and Jeremy and Amy Novak and family.

At ceremonies at the Iowa State Fair, Sandy Taylor (center), surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, accepted recognition as owner of a Heritage Farm, a farm that has been in the same family for 150 years. Taylor's grandson Daniel Graham and his family are currently living on and operating the family farm south of Diagonal.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey presents the Century Farm certificate of recognition to (from left) Paul Glendenning, Lloyd Glendenning and Todd Glendenning at ceremonies held during the Iowa State Fair. A Century Farm must have remained in a family for 100 years.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey presents the Century Farm certificate to Jeremy and Amy Novak and their sons Jacob, Justin and Joey. A Century Farm must have remained in a family for 100 years. The Novak farm is located south of Diagonal.

Nickle shows champion

[Page 15] Brynn Nickle, of Clearfield, presents the Champion All Other Breeds Breeding Heifer in the 2015 4-H Breeding Beef Parade of Champions at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 18. (IOWA STATE FAIR/STEVE POPE PHOTOGRAPHY)

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, September 03, 2014, Page 8

More area state fair winners announced

Haylea England of Mount Ayr exhibited the Grand Champion Simmental Foundation Heifer at the 2015 Iowa State Fair Open Simmental Show. There were over 450 head exhibited at this show, making it the largest Simmental show ever since the Simmental breed came to the United States. Haylea's parents are Todd and Julie England of Mount Ayr.

Results continue to roll in for exhibitors and competitors from Ringgold County from the recently completed Iowa State Fair.

4-H livestock In the 4-H breeding beef show, Brynn Nickle showed the champion in the "other breeds division and brought home a purple ribbon.

Other purple ribbons went to Cassidy Becker, Haylea England and Makayla Jones.

Blue ribbons were awarded to Megan Warin and Tyler Jones.

In the beef showmanship competition, Brynn Nickle, Cassidy Becker, Haylea England and Makayla Jones brought home purple ribbons.

Blues were won by Megan Warin and Tyler Jones.

In the breeding sheep competition, Jolene Ebersole brought home two blue ribbons and another blue ribbon in senior showmanship.

In the breeding swine competition, Caroline McAlexander was awarded two blue ribbons.

McAlexander also brought home a blue ribbon in swine showmanship and a purple in the market swine division.

Heritage show Keith Miller from Mount Ayr exhibited a number of items in the Heritage Show. He placed first in the cookie jar division, second in the Hull pottery division and fourth in the Roseville pottery division.

Stock dogs Due to the misinformation furnished by the State Fair publicity department, we must correct the results of the stock dog competition.

According to the information supplied by Bob Johnson of Tingley, his dogs qualified as grand champion in the open class cattle division, reserve champion in the open class sheep division and reserve champion in the ranch class sheep division.

Niyole Livingston had the grand champion in the ranch class cattle division.

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, September 10, 2014, Page 8

Local state fair prize winners are announced

More results for Ringgold County exhibitors at the Iowa State Fair have been announced.

Spotted swine show Triggs Show Pigs of Mount Ayr captured first place among gilts in their farrow date division and another first place among boars in their farrow date division.

Berkshire swine show England's Berkshires of Clearfield took two third place ribbons in the gilt divisions.

Taking seventh and ninth in another gilt division was 4TK Genetics of Clearfield.

4TK Genetics also placed sixth in one of the boar divisions.

Red Angus cattle show Linsie Barnes of Tingley exhibited the eighth place entry in the February yearling heifer division.

Gelbvich cattle show McCreary Family Gelbvich of Mount Ayr exhibited the third place entry in the early junior heifer calf division.

State fair breaks attendance record

[Page 4] The 2015 Iowa State Fair was one for the record books.

Despite a couple of rainy days, an estimated, unaudited 1,117,398 people visited the 2015 Iowa State Fair, besting the previous 2008 record of 1,109,150.

The 2015 Iowa State Fair was held August 13-23.

Photographs courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News

Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2015