Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, March 16, 2017 Pages 1 & 11
Lending a helping hand
With rakes and garbage bags in tow, students from Mount Ayr Community middle and high school boarded six buses Thursday, March 9 to travel 60 miles to the Wayne County town of Seymour to assist residents there in the clean-up following a direct hit by an EF-2 tornado Monday, March 6. The effort was one part of the Respectful Raider initiative in the Mount Ayr schools that encourages community service.
The middle school Respectful Raidrs for the month of March are, as pictured: Front L-R: Payton Weehler, Montana Birkenholz, Peyton Stull. Back L-R: Stephanie Post, Bricey Gorman, Taylor Shields, Jessie Vanbuskirk, Bryce Shaha. Not pictured: Lacy Post.
The MACHS Respectful Raiders include (front row L-R) Sammy McGill,Macy Larsen, Megan Warin. Middle row L-R: Caroline McAlexander, Kennedy Brokaw, Jaycee Knight, Alexis Main, Blair Glendenning. Back row L-R: Dalton Thomas, Brice Phelps,Ryker Hickman, Devin Russo and Laura Campbell.
Photographs courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2017
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