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persuade their fellow legislators to help raise money for roads. “They’re always in our corner,” he said. Education reform The other main topic of discus- sion was the effort to reform educa- tion. Dolecheck said an education reform package passed through the Iowa House last week and was sent on to the Senate for their consider- ation. Dolecheck summarized the highlights of the package and fo- cused on a few changes from the governor’s recommendations. He said the House version set mini- mum teacher salaries at $32,000 per year as opposed to the $35,000 in the governor’s original plan. He said the change reflected push- back from rural districts that said the higher salary would create a compression factor in their salary schedules that would be difficult for them to afford. The House version also included what’s called the Iowa Certificate Program that replaces the Diploma Seal Program in the governor’s proposal. The certificate, based on completion of competency-based requirements, would be above and beyond a high school diploma. The House version also eliminated state payment of ACT testing for all high school students. Dolecheck said the House ver- sion also allows for more school choice in the form of private schools and home schools, parent- taught drivers education and inde- pendent accreditation for private schools. Mount Ayr Volume 148, Number 53 • Thursday, February 28, 2013 • Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854 • USPS No. 365-120 • Visit us on the web at www.mountayrnews.com 75¢ Record News On Sunday, Jan. 27 members of the Michael D. Hartsook family met with individuals who were re- sponsible for the recovery of Hart- sook’s body from a lake in Sarpy county, NE last July. And a number of Ringgold county residents were instrumental in that recovery. A group called the Ringgold Community Water Emergency Team (RCWET) consists of a number of local residents who participate in water rescue and re- covery whenever the need arises. Approximately a dozen active members take part in regular train- ing exercises both on a local and regional level to hone their skills in water rescue. The group consists of both div- ers and shore personnel. Divers in- clude Mike Wimer, Bob Galloway, Dave Wolfe, Nikki Sobotka, Zach Schafer, Alex Rotert, Ed Rotert and Daniel Stull. Wes Zollman is currently a diver in training. Shore personnel include Vera Haley, Ed- Locals serve as water rescue volunteers die McCreary, Doug Gooding and Bill Stull. The Ringgold county team is part of a larger group called the Midwest Regional Dive Associa- tion (MRDA). This group consists of divers and shore personnel rep- resenting the Red Oak fire depart- ment, the Clarinda fire department, Adams county EMS, the Cass county sheriff’s department along with the Ringgold county fire and sheriff’s departments. Each member organization adds a unique benefit to the group. The Red Oak and Clarinda groups furnish search and rescue boats equipped with side scan sonar. Ad- ams county furnishes emergency management. Ringgold county has a portable air compressor system that can refill scuba tanks on site. Despite their individual capa- bilities, once on the site of a water emergency, all members become one well-organized team. Shore personnel, including those in boats, set up a grid sys- tem of ropes that help divers orga- nize the search area to make sure no area is left unsearched. The 600-foot-long ropes are connected to car wheels filled with cement that are dropped to the bottom of the body of water. The end of each line is marked with a buoy. Each rope is spaced about an arm span from the next so divers can comb the bottom of the lake while main- taining their organized location via contact with the ropes. Once they reach the end of the rope, they or another diver will move to the next set of ropes to continue the search. Diver and certified dive trainer Ed Rotert explained that divers stay submerged on average 20-25 minutes, depending on conditions. Keeping track of air pressure in tanks and time in the water is the sole responsibility of the “scribe,” one of the shore personnel. Divers go into the water with approxi- mately 3,000 pounds of air pres- sure. Safety precautions dictate divers must exit the water when their tank pressure falls below 1,000 pounds. Rotert said the shore personnel provide other crucial support to the dive team. Not only do they set up the rope reels and arrange the grid system of ropes and buoys, they also help divers with equip- ment and guide them in and out of the water safely. They also man the search boats to monitor diver safety and communicate with the divers. All divers wear a full-face mask equipped with communica- tion equipment. A back-up diver is in each boat in case a diver needs assistance. Rotert said RCWET first orga- nized in 2006 following a drown- ing at Sun Valley Lake a few years ago. Rotert had become certified as an A number of budget hearings for county groups are coming up in the next two weeks around Ringgold county. Hearings for the Mount Ayr city budget and the Ringgold County E-911 Service Board are set for Monday, March 4. Hearings for the Ringgold County Ag Extension Council, the Sun Valley Sanitation District and the Sun Valley Rural Improvement Zone will be held Wednesday, March 6. Mount Ayr city budget The Mount Ayr city council has set the public hearing on the fiscal year 2014 budget for Monday, March 4, at 6 p.m. at city hall. The proposed budget calls for expenditures of $3,243,561 for the coming year, down from $3,989,302 estimated in the current year but up from the $2,431,396 for fiscal year 2012. Total revenues for the fiscal year are estimated at $3,373,722, down from $3,973,330 for the current fiscal year but higher than the $2,602,755 for fiscal year 2012. Estimated tax levy for the year will be $15.44 per $1,000 taxable value and $3 per $1,000 taxable value on agricultural land. The levy rate is down slightly from the $15.56 last year. The levy will raise $580,998 for the new budget year, up from $575,310 in the current year and $573,243 in fiscal year 2012. The biggest increase in income projected is $1,424,140 in charges for services, up from $1,373,750 in the current year. Many line item expenditures have been reduced in the new bud- get. The budget calls for spending $288,749 for public safety, down significantly from $757,690 in the current year. The public works budget will be $405,010, down from $416,500 in the current year. Culture and recreation budget will be $213,771, down from $346,665. Community and economic development totals are set at $318,511, down from $332,546. General government expense will be $126,331, up from $112,008. Debt service will be $166,163, down from $172,826. Capital projects budget will be $6,000, downsignifi- cantly from $21,979 in the current fiscal year. Business type enterprises will cost $1,666,572, down from $1,701,971 in the current year as well. Beginning balance as of July 1, 2013 is estimated at $1,135,853 and will end at $1,266,014. This compares with the $1,151,825 esti- mated at the start of the current fiscal year. E911 Service Board The hearing on the budget for the E911 Service Board is set for Monday, March 4, at 4 p.m. at the Ringgold county courthouse as- sembly room. The budget calls for expenditures of $187,150 for the coming year, up significantly from $40,050 in the current year and $29,258 in fiscal year 2012. Estimated ending fund balance for June 30, 2014 will be $71,069. Ringgold County Extension Budget hearing for Ringgold County Ag Extension is set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at the Ringgold County Iowa State Uni- versity Extension office, 101 N. Polk. Budget calls for expenditures of $131,488 for the coming year, down from an estimated $218,950 for the current year but more than the $207,530 spent in fiscal year 2012. Of the total, $81,839 will be raised by taxation with a tax levy of 30 cents per $1,000 taxable valuation. The extension council’s estimated beginning balance is $70,479 and estimated ending balance will be $52,480. Sun Valley RIZ budget Hearing on the budget for the Sun Valley Rural Improvement Zone is set for Wednesday, March 6, at 3 p.m. at the Sun Valley Lake Community Center. Surprise snow Ringgold county was hit by a surprise snowstorm early Tuesday morning, with snowfall amounts approaching a half-foot accompanied by gusty winds. Forecasters had expected the brunt of the storm to miss the area. Budget hearings on tap for area groups The spring play at Mount Ayr Community high school will be presented Friday and Saturday, March 8-9 at 7 p.m. each night. This year’s play, “Donovan’s Daughters,” is set in 1895 Seattle, where there are 10 men for every woman in the territory -- excel- lent odds for Shamus Donovan, an Irish fisherman with five daughters to marry off. Several town council members immediately fall for the younger daughters, but unfortunately, a family tradition says the oldest must marry first. But the oldest daughter is Katherine, a wild cat! In a woman-starved town like Se- attle, there has to be someone des- perate enough to take on Katherine, they reason. Using William Shake- speare’s “Taming of the Shrew” as a guide, the men give Danny O’Brien, a federal marshal, advice on how to tame the wild Kather- ine. Add to the mix two feuding Indian tribes, three dim-witted lumberjacks and a botched kidnap scheme, and you have all the ele- ments for one of the most energetic romances the West has ever seen. The cast includes: The Donovans Shamus – Johnathan Triggs Abigail – Madison Hosfield Katherine – Taylor Still Bridgette – Erin Dolecheck Maeve – Maggie Jennett Moira – Hannah Fletchall Alana – Kylie Wilson Seatilites Patrick – Dawson Knapp Asa – Matt Poore Judd – Jacob Sobotka Clive – Braydee Poore Danny – Hagan Willis Villains Darien – Zane Sickels Agatha – Allison Wallace Spector’s Young Ladies Elsa – Jena James Clair – Caitlin Giles Lucy – Emily Fox Julia – Shelbie Greene Marie – Jazmine Spurrier Bethany – Christiana Over- holtzer Rachel – Neesie Brand Megan – Adrian Richards Bonnie – MaKayla O’Mailia Sarah – Ica Hauge Young Lumberjacks Larry – Lincoln Lutrick Moe – Rhett Murphy Albert – Kyle Dolecheck Gus – Wyatt Jackson Indians Running Bear – Grant Staats Lilly Blossom – Natasha Van- Heeswyk Skulking Fox –Lew Knapp Morning Dove – Leah Klejch Soaring Eagle – Ben Saville The crew for the production in- cludes: Director - Mrs. Shaun Kniep. Assistants to Mrs. Kniep – Lo- gan Wimer and Hannah Glenden- ning. Lights – Quentin Chumbley, Laura Davison, Kirsten Dolecheck and Maddie Mobley. Makeup – Shaley Miller, Taylor Wilson and Miranda Waugh. Costumes Jennifer Blair, Cheyenne Gillespie and Ashley Paxson. Set and props – Casey Pax- son, Tyler Triggs, Connor Giles, Lincoln Martin, Tucker Winemi- ller, Jed McCreary, Shane Swank, Jake Ricker, Joe Ricker and Zach Vanderflught. Sound – Dylan Doman, Bailea Stark and Jay Blair. ‘Donovan’s Daughters’ on stage March 8-9 Road concerns expressed at legislative forum Road funding, education reform and Medicaid expansion were the main topics of discussion at the Legislative Coffee held Saturday in Mount Ayr. Road funding The majority of the audience at the coffee were interested in talk- ing about funding for maintenance and repair of county roads. Kevin Kilgore opened the dis- cussion by presenting the high- lights of a talking paper he had created concerning the issue. Cit- ing a number of sections from Iowa code, he said he had detected errors in the way the county road budget was designed and approved. He also questioned the formula by which counties receive road funds from the state as well as the costs associated with salaries and ben- efits for personnel in the road de- partment. Paul Dykstra, owner of area hog confinements, questioned why 100 percent of property tax doesn’t go to maintain infrastructure in the county rather than half going to education. He said he under- stands confinements such as his can be hard on roads and bridges with large trucks coming and go- ing. “It’s a sacred cow – educa- tion,” he said, “but it seems like there’s a tremendous amount of money poured into that system as the population continues to go down. I don’t know if the balance of where our money is being spent is correct... there needs to be a shift of that money to where it’s actually needed.” He asked the legislators if there was any way to change that balance. Sen. Ernst replied the in- creased costs associated with cer- tain education reforms would be covered by the state rather than by local property taxes. She said the plan would help property tax pay- ers but not really shift any more money to roads. Ringgold county supervisor Kraig Pennington asked if there was any chance the fuel tax would be increased this year. Ernst re- plied Gov. Branstad’s priorities in this legislative session are property tax reform and education reform. “Once this is taken care of, then some of these other issues will fol- low,” she said. She added that part of the problem lies with Iowa hav- ing more urban legislators than ru- ral legislators. “Right now a num- ber of them [urban legislators] are saying, ‘no, our roads are fine here, and my constituents are happy. Why would I raise the fuel tax on them when my roads are good.’” Ernst said a proposal to raise the fuel tax passed through the Senate Transportation Committee last year. She said she felt a simi- lar proposal could pass through the Senate again this year, but she had doubts about passage through the House. Dolecheck said a bill would be introduced in the House Transpor- tation Committee this week pro- posing a fuel tax increase. If passed and signed by the governor, the bill would raise fuel taxes three cents in the first year, three cents in the second year and then four cents in the third year. Dolecheck said Gov. Branstad had told him personally he would not veto the measure if it got to his desk. Ringgold County engineer Zach Gunsolley asked if legislators un- derstood rural counties are having to bond their way out of this prob- lem because of lack of state action and the underfunding of rural areas as compared to urban areas. Even if property tax reduction is a focus of Gov. Branstad, he said, do they understand property taxes go up when bonds are passed? “Are they okay with two different classes of Iowans?” he asked. Dolecheck returned to the urban versus rural issue. He said it’s very hard to con- vince those with good roads to pay more. Ernst added urban people make the argument that it’s farm implements ruining our roads, and therefore the farmers need to pay more. Colby Holmes, a Ringgold County Farm Bureau member, added rural Iowans need to make the case to friends and relatives in the urban areas that good rural roads are in their best interests as well. He congratulated Ernst and Dolecheck on their efforts to The Ringgold Community Water Rescue Team is shown at the scene of a rescue last year at Viking Lake near Stanton. The team stores its dive gear, shore lines and communications equipment in a trailer for rapid response to emergency calls. The Ringgold team is part of the Midwest Regional Dive Association, which responds to water rescue calls throughout southern Iowa and eastern Nebraska. The Ringgold county board of supervisors received some good news at its meeting this week as bids for resurfacing of several sec- tions of county roads came in un- der predicted costs. The combination of the three winning bids for three differ- ent types of surfacing totaled $1,013,000, below the engineer’s estimate of approximately $1.2 million. The projects will still re- quire spending for filling cracks and patchwork prior to the appli- cation of resurfacing, but the total project should still come in under estimates. The projects include approxi- mately 35 miles of county roads: • approximately six miles of P46 (Sale Barn Road) from the south Mount Ayr city limit to just past the intersection with J55. • J55 from the intersection of P46 to the Decatur county line. J20 from Highway 169 through the town of Tingley. • approximately seven miles of P33 (Old Highway 66) north from Highway 2. • approximately one mile of J43 from P27 to the town of Maloy. • P27 from Highway 2 south to Redding. The supervisors approved the awarding of contracts for the win- ning bids from Sta-bilt of Harlan, Fort Dodge Asphalt and Blacktop Service of Humboldt. Construction should begin in late spring, weather permitting, with completion in late summer. Budget released The supervisors also completed their annual budget estimate for fiscal year 2014. They set a public hearing for the budget for Monday, March 11 at 10 a.m. in the court- house assembly room. Public notice of the budget ap- pears on page 15 of today’s Re- cord-News. Tax suspension Last week the board also ap- proved a request from the Iowa Department of Human Services to suspend collection of all taxes on two parcels of property within the county. The action does not forgive the taxes. The total tax bill must be paid whenever title to the parcels is transferred to a new owner. Good news! Road repair bids in under original estimates At its most recent meet- ing, the Clearfield Community School board of directors di- rected superintendent Joe Drake to contact contiguous school districts to inquire if there is any interest in reorganization. The decision to seek reorga- nization followed a presentation by Rick Engel, the district’s le- gal counsel, who discussed in detail the process of reorgani- zation and dissolution for Iowa school districts and answered board questions. Clearfield school to explore options ____________________________ Continued on page 3 ____________________________ Continued on page 10 _______________________________________________________ Continued on page 2

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persuade their fellow legislators to help raise money for roads. “They’re always in our corner,” he said.Education reform The other main topic of discus-sion was the effort to reform educa-tion. Dolecheck said an education reform package passed through the Iowa House last week and was sent on to the Senate for their consider-ation. Dolecheck summarized the highlights of the package and fo-cused on a few changes from the governor’s recommendations. He said the House version set mini-mum teacher salaries at $32,000 per year as opposed to the $35,000 in the governor’s original plan. He said the change refl ected push-back from rural districts that said the higher salary would create a compression factor in their salary schedules that would be diffi cult for them to afford. The House version also included what’s called the Iowa Certifi cate Program that replaces the Diploma Seal Program in the governor’s proposal. The certifi cate, based on completion of competency-based requirements, would be above and beyond a high school diploma. The House version also eliminated state payment of ACT testing for all high school students. Dolecheck said the House ver-sion also allows for more school choice in the form of private schools and home schools, parent-taught drivers education and inde-pendent accreditation for private schools.

Mount Ayr

Volume 148, Number 53 • Thursday, February 28, 2013 • Mount Ayr, Iowa 50854 • USPS No. 365-120 • Visit us on the web at www.mountayrnews.com 75¢

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On Sunday, Jan. 27 members of the Michael D. Hartsook family met with individuals who were re-sponsible for the recovery of Hart-sook’s body from a lake in Sarpy county, NE last July. And a number of Ringgold county residents were instrumental in that recovery. A group called the Ringgold Community Water Emergency Team (RCWET) consists of a number of local residents who participate in water rescue and re-covery whenever the need arises. Approximately a dozen active members take part in regular train-ing exercises both on a local and regional level to hone their skills in water rescue. The group consists of both div-ers and shore personnel. Divers in-clude Mike Wimer, Bob Galloway, Dave Wolfe, Nikki Sobotka, Zach Schafer, Alex Rotert, Ed Rotert and Daniel Stull. Wes Zollman is currently a diver in training. Shore personnel include Vera Haley, Ed-

Locals serve as water rescue volunteersdie McCreary, Doug Gooding and Bill Stull. The Ringgold county team is part of a larger group called the Midwest Regional Dive Associa-tion (MRDA). This group consists of divers and shore personnel rep-resenting the Red Oak fi re depart-ment, the Clarinda fi re department, Adams county EMS, the Cass county sheriff’s department along with the Ringgold county fi re and sheriff’s departments. Each member organization adds a unique benefi t to the group. The Red Oak and Clarinda groups furnish search and rescue boats equipped with side scan sonar. Ad-ams county furnishes emergency management. Ringgold county has a portable air compressor system that can refi ll scuba tanks on site. Despite their individual capa-bilities, once on the site of a water emergency, all members become one well-organized team. Shore personnel, including

those in boats, set up a grid sys-tem of ropes that help divers orga-nize the search area to make sure no area is left unsearched. The 600-foot-long ropes are connected to car wheels fi lled with cement that are dropped to the bottom of the body of water. The end of each line is marked with a buoy. Each rope is spaced about an arm span from the next so divers can comb the bottom of the lake while main-taining their organized location via contact with the ropes. Once they reach the end of the rope, they or another diver will move to the next set of ropes to continue the search. Diver and certifi ed dive trainer Ed Rotert explained that divers stay submerged on average 20-25 minutes, depending on conditions. Keeping track of air pressure in tanks and time in the water is the sole responsibility of the “scribe,” one of the shore personnel. Divers go into the water with approxi-mately 3,000 pounds of air pres-

sure. Safety precautions dictate divers must exit the water when their tank pressure falls below 1,000 pounds. Rotert said the shore personnel provide other crucial support to the dive team. Not only do they set up the rope reels and arrange the grid system of ropes and buoys, they also help divers with equip-ment and guide them in and out of the water safely. They also man the search boats to monitor diver safety and communicate with the divers. All divers wear a full-face mask equipped with communica-tion equipment. A back-up diver is in each boat in case a diver needs assistance. Rotert said RCWET fi rst orga-nized in 2006 following a drown-ing at Sun Valley Lake a few years ago. Rotert had become certifi ed as an

A number of budget hearings for county groups are coming up in the next two weeks around Ringgold county. Hearings for the Mount Ayr city budget and the Ringgold County E-911 Service Board are set for Monday, March 4. Hearings for the Ringgold County Ag Extension Council, the Sun Valley Sanitation District and the Sun Valley Rural Improvement Zone will be held Wednesday, March 6.

Mount Ayr city budget The Mount Ayr city council has set the public hearing on the fi scal year 2014 budget for Monday, March 4, at 6 p.m. at city hall. The proposed budget calls for expenditures of $3,243,561 for the coming year, down from $3,989,302 estimated in the current year but up from the $2,431,396 for fi scal year 2012. Total revenues for the fi scal year are estimated at $3,373,722, down from $3,973,330 for the current fi scal year but higher than the $2,602,755 for fi scal year 2012. Estimated tax levy for the year will be $15.44 per $1,000 taxable value and $3 per $1,000 taxable value on agricultural land. The levy rate is down slightly from the $15.56 last year. The levy will raise $580,998 for the new budget year, up from $575,310 in the current year and $573,243 in fi scal year 2012. The biggest increase in income projected is $1,424,140 in charges for services, up from $1,373,750 in the current year. Many line item expenditures have been reduced in the new bud-get. The budget calls for spending $288,749 for public safety, down signifi cantly from $757,690 in the current year. The public works budget will be $405,010, down from $416,500 in the current year. Culture and recreation budget will be $213,771, down from $346,665. Community and economic development totals are set at $318,511, down from $332,546. General government expense will be $126,331, up from $112,008. Debt service will be $166,163, down from $172,826. Capital projects budget will be $6,000, downsignifi -cantly from $21,979 in the current fi scal year. Business type enterprises will cost $1,666,572, down from $1,701,971 in the current year as well. Beginning balance as of July 1, 2013 is estimated at $1,135,853 and will end at $1,266,014. This compares with the $1,151,825 esti-mated at the start of the current fi scal year.

E911 Service Board The hearing on the budget for the E911 Service Board is set for Monday, March 4, at 4 p.m. at the Ringgold county courthouse as-sembly room. The budget calls for expenditures of $187,150 for the coming year, up signifi cantly from $40,050 in the current year and $29,258 in fi scal year 2012. Estimated ending fund balance for June 30, 2014 will be $71,069.

Ringgold County Extension Budget hearing for Ringgold County Ag Extension is set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at the Ringgold County Iowa State Uni-versity Extension offi ce, 101 N. Polk. Budget calls for expenditures of $131,488 for the coming year, down from an estimated $218,950 for the current year but more than the $207,530 spent in fi scal year 2012. Of the total, $81,839 will be raised by taxation with a tax levy of 30 cents per $1,000 taxable valuation. The extension council’s estimated beginning balance is $70,479 and estimated ending balance will be $52,480.

Sun Valley RIZ budget Hearing on the budget for the Sun Valley Rural Improvement Zone is set for Wednesday, March 6, at 3 p.m. at the Sun Valley Lake Community Center.

Surprise snowRinggold county was hit by a surprise snowstorm early Tuesday morning, with snowfall amounts approaching a half-foot accompanied by gusty winds. Forecasters had expected the brunt of the storm to miss the area.

Budget hearings on tap for area groups

The spring play at Mount Ayr Community high school will be presented Friday and Saturday, March 8-9 at 7 p.m. each night. This year’s play, “Donovan’s Daughters,” is set in 1895 Seattle, where there are 10 men for every woman in the territory -- excel-lent odds for Shamus Donovan, an Irish fi sherman with fi ve daughters to marry off. Several town council members immediately fall for the younger daughters, but unfortunately, a family tradition says the oldest must marry fi rst. But the oldest daughter is Katherine, a wild cat! In a woman-starved town like Se-attle, there has to be someone des-perate enough to take on Katherine, they reason. Using William Shake-speare’s “Taming of the Shrew” as a guide, the men give Danny O’Brien, a federal marshal, advice on how to tame the wild Kather-ine. Add to the mix two feuding Indian tribes, three dim-witted lumberjacks and a botched kidnap scheme, and you have all the ele-ments for one of the most energetic romances the West has ever seen. The cast includes:The Donovans

Shamus – Johnathan TriggsAbigail – Madison Hosfi eldKatherine – Taylor StillBridgette – Erin DolecheckMaeve – Maggie JennettMoira – Hannah FletchallAlana – Kylie Wilson

SeatilitesPatrick – Dawson KnappAsa – Matt PooreJudd – Jacob SobotkaClive – Braydee PooreDanny – Hagan Willis

VillainsDarien – Zane Sickels

Agatha – Allison WallaceSpector’s Young Ladies

Elsa – Jena JamesClair – Caitlin GilesLucy – Emily FoxJulia – Shelbie GreeneMarie – Jazmine SpurrierBethany – Christiana Over-holtzerRachel – Neesie BrandMegan – Adrian RichardsBonnie – MaKayla O’MailiaSarah – Ica Hauge

Young LumberjacksLarry – Lincoln LutrickMoe – Rhett MurphyAlbert – Kyle DolecheckGus – Wyatt Jackson

IndiansRunning Bear – Grant StaatsLilly Blossom – Natasha Van-HeeswykSkulking Fox –Lew KnappMorning Dove – Leah KlejchSoaring Eagle – Ben Saville

The crew for the production in-cludes: Director - Mrs. Shaun Kniep. Assistants to Mrs. Kniep – Lo-gan Wimer and Hannah Glenden-ning. Lights – Quentin Chumbley, Laura Davison, Kirsten Dolecheckand Maddie Mobley. Makeup – Shaley Miller, Taylor Wilson and Miranda Waugh. Costumes – Jennifer Blair, Cheyenne Gillespie and Ashley Paxson. Set and props – Casey Pax-son, Tyler Triggs, Connor Giles, Lincoln Martin, Tucker Winemi-ller, Jed McCreary, Shane Swank, Jake Ricker, Joe Ricker and Zach Vanderfl ught. Sound – Dylan Doman, Bailea Stark and Jay Blair.

‘Donovan’s Daughters’ on stage March 8-9

Road concerns expressed at legislative forum Road funding, education reform and Medicaid expansion were the main topics of discussion at the Legislative Coffee held Saturday in Mount Ayr.Road funding The majority of the audience at the coffee were interested in talk-ing about funding for maintenance and repair of county roads. Kevin Kilgore opened the dis-cussion by presenting the high-lights of a talking paper he had created concerning the issue. Cit-ing a number of sections from Iowa code, he said he had detected errors in the way the county road budget was designed and approved. He also questioned the formula by which counties receive road funds from the state as well as the costs associated with salaries and ben-efi ts for personnel in the road de-partment. Paul Dykstra, owner of area hog confi nements, questioned why 100 percent of property tax doesn’t go to maintain infrastructure in the county rather than half going to education. He said he under-stands confi nements such as his can be hard on roads and bridges with large trucks coming and go-ing. “It’s a sacred cow – educa-tion,” he said, “but it seems like there’s a tremendous amount of money poured into that system as the population continues to go down. I don’t know if the balance of where our money is being spent is correct... there needs to be a shift of that money to where it’s actually needed.” He asked the legislators if there was any way to change that balance. Sen. Ernst replied the in-creased costs associated with cer-tain education reforms would be covered by the state rather than by local property taxes. She said the plan would help property tax pay-ers but not really shift any more money to roads. Ringgold county supervisor Kraig Pennington asked if there was any chance the fuel tax would be increased this year. Ernst re-plied Gov. Branstad’s priorities in this legislative session are property tax reform and education reform. “Once this is taken care of, then some of these other issues will fol-low,” she said. She added that part of the problem lies with Iowa hav-ing more urban legislators than ru-ral legislators. “Right now a num-ber of them [urban legislators] are saying, ‘no, our roads are fi ne here, and my constituents are happy. Why would I raise the fuel tax on them when my roads are good.’” Ernst said a proposal to raise the fuel tax passed through the Senate Transportation Committee last year. She said she felt a simi-

lar proposal could pass through the Senate again this year, but she had doubts about passage through the House. Dolecheck said a bill would be introduced in the House Transpor-tation Committee this week pro-posing a fuel tax increase. If passed and signed by the governor, the bill would raise fuel taxes three cents in the fi rst year, three cents in the second year and then four cents in the third year. Dolecheck said Gov. Branstad had told him personally he would not veto the measure if it got to his desk. Ringgold County engineer Zach Gunsolley asked if legislators un-derstood rural counties are having to bond their way out of this prob-lem because of lack of state action and the underfunding of rural areas as compared to urban areas. Even if property tax reduction is a focus of Gov. Branstad, he said, do they understand property taxes go up when bonds are passed? “Are they okay with two different classes of Iowans?” he asked. Dolecheck returned to the urban versus rural issue. He said it’s very hard to con-vince those with good roads to pay more. Ernst added urban people make the argument that it’s farm implements ruining our roads, and therefore the farmers need to pay more. Colby Holmes, a Ringgold County Farm Bureau member, added rural Iowans need to make the case to friends and relatives in the urban areas that good rural roads are in their best interests as well. He congratulated Ernst and Dolecheck on their efforts to

The Ringgold Community Water Rescue Team is shown at the scene of a rescue last year at Viking Lake near Stanton. The team stores its dive gear, shore lines and communications equipment in a trailer for rapid response to emergency calls. The Ringgold team is part of the Midwest Regional Dive Association, which responds to water rescue calls throughout southern Iowa and eastern Nebraska.

The Ringgold county board of supervisors received some good news at its meeting this week as bids for resurfacing of several sec-tions of county roads came in un-der predicted costs. The combination of the three winning bids for three differ-ent types of surfacing totaled $1,013,000, below the engineer’s estimate of approximately $1.2 million. The projects will still re-quire spending for fi lling cracks and patchwork prior to the appli-cation of resurfacing, but the total project should still come in under estimates. The projects include approxi-mately 35 miles of county roads: • approximately six miles of P46 (Sale Barn Road) from the south Mount Ayr city limit to just past the intersection with J55. • J55 from the intersection of P46 to the Decatur county line. • J20 from Highway 169 through the town of Tingley. • approximately seven miles of P33 (Old Highway 66) north from Highway 2. • approximately one mile of J43

from P27 to the town of Maloy. • P27 from Highway 2 south to Redding. The supervisors approved the awarding of contracts for the win-ning bids from Sta-bilt of Harlan, Fort Dodge Asphalt and Blacktop Service of Humboldt. Construction should begin in late spring, weather permitting, with completion in late summer.Budget released The supervisors also completed their annual budget estimate for fi scal year 2014. They set a public hearing for the budget for Monday, March 11 at 10 a.m. in the court-house assembly room. Public notice of the budget ap-pears on page 15 of today’s Re-cord-News.Tax suspension Last week the board also ap-proved a request from the Iowa Department of Human Services to suspend collection of all taxes on two parcels of property within the county. The action does not forgive the taxes. The total tax bill must be paid whenever title to the parcels is transferred to a new owner.

Good news! Road repair bids in under original estimates

At its most recent meet-ing, the Clearfi eld Community School board of directors di-rected superintendent Joe Drake to contact contiguous school districts to inquire if there is any interest in reorganization. The decision to seek reorga-nization followed a presentation by Rick Engel, the district’s le-gal counsel, who discussed in detail the process of reorgani-zation and dissolution for Iowa school districts and answered board questions.

Clearfi eld school to explore options

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Memories of snow days...and other breaksTHOUGHTS& other thingsBY ALAN SMITH

Snow days. After students and teachers had some of their spring break last week with some snow days, it got me remembering back to days off from school that I had growing up. I started school in Minneapolis, MN. We only lived a short distance from John Hay Elementary School, where I began kindergarten. If we ever had a snow day there, I certainly don’t remember it. But then I don’t remember a whole lot about kindergar-ten, which I started at age four. Next my family lived in Hawaii. We didn’t have snow days there. I do remember a headline at one point which read “Hilo shivers in 60 degree weath-er.” The only snow we saw was on the top of Mauna Kea, the big volcanic mountain that towers over the big island of Hawaii. We did hike up the mountain at one point and bring back a cooler full of snow with which we made sno cones for the neighborhood. That doesn’t mean that there was a reason for skipping a day of school, however. In Hawaii the only school skip day I remember came because of a volcano. Volcanoes erupted sev-eral times while we lived in Hawaii. One eruption was up the mountain at the Kiluea Iki crater on my birthday in 1959. That was quite a birthday present, but it didn’t effect us much down in Hilo. In January of 1960, however, the Kapoho erup-tion came. At night we could see the fountain of lava far away down the mountain from our front window. Often the winds brought the fumes from the volcano up the mountain. People were wearing wet handker-chiefs over their face to help them breathe. If I re-member correctly, there was at least one day when the fumes were so strong that we didn’t go to school. I don’t know if they called it a volcano day or not. There were a couple of snow days that I remem-ber in elementary school when I lived in Lamoni. I had a paper route then, so even if it snowed quite a bit, that had to be worked into the day. We didn’t have television at home, so the hours we didn’t spend outside meant spending time reading a book or playing a board game. We did have an old record player that we could get out and play records like the sound track album to “West Side Story” that I had purchased with my paper route money. Next our family moved to south Texas, so snow days were out of the question again for the rest of my school career. But that didn’t mean that we didn’t have skip days either. In Texas, hurricanes were the weather event that brought schools to a close. While we lived in Weslaco, we were visited by Hurricane Buelah. We felt some of the brunt of the hurricane winds of 120 miles an hour or more and two feet of rain that fell in a 36-hour period. There wasn’t school during the storm itself and there were a couple of days of recovery time in the mix where students helped man sandbag operations around the Valley instead of going to school. That was probably the biggest story I ever cov-ered for my high school newspaper, the Hi-Life. It was a pretty frightening storm and there weren’t

many carefree moments during that down time from school for hurricane days. Snow days here in Mount Ayr where our chil-dren all had their educational years meant special times -- if they came at the right time of the week. The newspaper deadline always had to be met. But the occasional snow storm at the end of the week or over a weekend gave us an opportunity to play in the snow, read, watch movies or something like that. The snow storm last week, however, brought a fi rst to our household. Erin and Peter were snowed in in Columbia, MO. Cara was snowed in in Independence. And we had a snow day here last Friday. Valle worked on some school reports while I took it a little easier. We have a Netfl ix account where I have discovered a BBC series of “Robin Hood.” I can watch the shows from the three sea-sons it ran, without commercial breaks, with my ear phones hooked to my iPad. It doesn’t bother Valle and I can enjoy the fun adventures. We popped popcorn and spent some time catch-ing up on the news and emails on our iPads. But I did something else that I have never done on a snow day before. I played a board game with Erin, Peter and Cara. Over the internet. We enjoy the game “Ticket to Ride,” where the object is to get your train built from target city to target city. Different lines are different colors, and you have to collect the cards that then allow you to put your color cars on the line. Sometimes this blocks others, who must then try to fi nd an alter-nate route to the city they are seeking. We found an iPhone app for $2.99 that allowed us to play the game with each other over the in-ternet. When it comes around to my turn again, my iPhone gives a little fanfare to tell me that it’s my turn to make a play. We can use either our cell phone or our iPad to play. Since getting the app set up in all three sites, we have played several games. Sometimes it takes as long as a day to play when people are busy and only get to their cell phones or iPads from time to time. Other times we all get on at the same time and play away. If I had tried to dream up things to do on a snow day when I was a kid, I’m sure it wouldn’t even have entered the realm of possibility that I could play board games with people hundreds of miles away. But then the only wrist phones with photo capa-bility were in the Dick Tracy comic books. My what a difference technology makes in a snow day.

Fifty Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, February 21, 1963.) The Mount Ayr Chapter of Fu-ture Farmers of America is observ-ing its 25th anniversary this week, February 16-23, during National F.F.A. Week. Loch Ayr, the old city reservoir, and the Lions Club pond, north of Mount Ayr, were stocked with 9,460 fi sh last year, according to the report of Homer Butler, president of the Ringgold County Sportsmen’s Club. The Mount Ayr Raiders made the Lenox Tigers their 16th victim of the season Friday night by a score of 113 to 51. Two records were broken during the Raiders’ conquest of the Tigers. The Mount Ayr team, with its 113 points, shattered the scoring record of 107 points set in 1960. By scoring 40 points, Jerry Waugh eclipsed Ken Pickens’ 1955 record of 482 points in 27 games. Waugh has scored a total of 512 points in 17 contests and has one more game to play on the season’s schedule and at least one in tournament competi-tion. Ringgold county farmers, who participated in farm programs during the past year, received payments for compliance in the total amount of $1,152,215.09, according to fi gures submitted by the ASCS offi ce in Mount Ayr. A total of 898 farms, or slightly more than 60 percent of the 1,391 farms of the county, was oper-ated under provisions of the 1962 Feed Grain program. Payments for compliance totaled $765,703.56. Clearfi eld, which had barely slipped by two of its sectional tour-nament foes, rallied in the fourth quarter Saturday night to upset East Union, 55 to 52, in the championship game. At recent fi res in the community, members of the Mount Ayr Fire Department have, according to the statements of several, been ham-pered in the effi cient performance of their duties because of traffi c violators.

A fashion show, which will in-clude the newest styles of 1963, with

the latest retail cottons by-the-yard, will be presented February 26, at 2 p.m., by the Farm Bureau Women in the social rooms of the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr. Births reported at Ringgold County Hospital this week were a daughter, born Feb. 13, to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hardy of Grant City, MO; a son, born Feb. 14, to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Creveling of Mount Ayr; a son, born Feb. 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Sickels of Cromwell; a daughter, born Feb. 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Dean Howie of Redding; a son, born Feb. 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Martin of Lamoni, and a son, born Feb. 20, to Mr. and Mrs. William Boyd of Corydon. The obituary in this week’s issue was Grace Gertrude Maudlin.

Twenty-fi ve Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, March 3, 1988.) Expanded services in the physi-cal therapy department at the Ring-gold County Hospital in Mount Ayr began February 15 with the hiring of a resident physical therapist. Linda Winkler of Mount Ayr, a licensed physical therapist, now staffs the fi ve-day-a-week physical therapy department at the hospital. If the fi rst few weeks are any indication, there was a need for the additional hours, as Mrs. Winkler has been working most of those 40 hours. She also gives attention to those needing her services who are in the two nursing homes. The halls of the Mount Ayr Community high school have been full early in the morning long before students arrive this winter as walkers and joggers have taken advantage of being able to exercise indoors. The installation of an intoxilyzer machine in the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Offi ce last month will allow offi cers to administer an offi cially approved breath test for intoxica-tion. The machine is expected to feed back, in a matter of minutes, information on the content of alcohol in the system. Before, a blood and/or urine sample was sent to the Division of Criminal Investigation laboratory in Des Moines, the results of which could take two to three weeks to

return. Approximately 100 people at-tended the Boy Scouts Blue and Gold banquet held February 15 at the Mount Ayr American Legion building. Past Cubmasters from the area were honored. Those honored were Kelly Main, Terry Boese, Bob Shafer and Bob Erickson. Elizabeth Greene, an accounting clerk for Iowa Southern Utilities Company at Mount Ayr, received a plaque from the utility’s director of marketing, Dean Ekstrom, for sales performance. During 1987 Greene had three months in which she had achieved the greatest percentage increase in appliance sales from among the utility’s 19 sales repre-sentatives. A rural Tingley couple partici-pated in the Land O’Lakes Young Farmer Program annual meeting in Minneapolis, MN February 22-25. Patrick and Brenda Weeda were among those attending on the basis of their farming operation and their interest in community and coopera-tive involvement. Five Grand Valley students have been representing their school lately in various honor festivals. The stu-dents are Racinda Jackson, Stacie Shaub, Rick Vanderfl ught, Randy Jackson and Stacey Foland. Raider state qualifi ers Jeff Scott and Scott England both fell to place winning opponents in the fi rst round of the state wrestling tournament at Veterans Auditorium Thursday, Feb. 25. Four Mount Ayr Community Raiderettes made the Tall Corn Con-ference all-conference girls bas-ketball team announced this week. Leading the way were two fi rst team selections -- senior forward Kim McGinnis and senior guard Emily McAlexander. Senior guard Angel McDonnell and sophomore guard Dawn Huff made the second team in the selections. Three records fell during the 1987-88 basketball campaign for the Mount Ayr Community Raiderettes which ended last week with the regional tournament loss to Bedford. The girls fi nished their season with a 17-6 record and third place in the Tall Corn conference in the last season for competition in that loop. Setting new records during the year were Kim McGin-nis and Dawn Huff. McGinnis, a senior forward, broke the school career scoring record with 2,849 points -- overcoming the old record of Kim Henry of 2,213. McGinnis also broke her own school record of the best fi eld goal percentage in a single game when she poured in 13 of 17 shots from the fi eld in the sectional win over East Union. Also

setting a new school record this year was sophomore guard Dawn Huff, who made 98 steals during the year to break the old mark set by Shelly Taylor last year with 93. No obituaries were published in this issue.

Ten Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, February 20, 2003.) Winter sent along its biggest snow storm of the season to Ring-gold county over the weekend, with Mount Ayr city crews estimating the snowfall in Mount Ayr at between six and seven inches. Approval was given for the Mount Ayr Medical Clinic to operate a satellite medical clinic in Afton when hospital trustees met in a regular meting of the board Monday night. The satellite clinic will be held in offi ces in the Afton Care Center beginning in early March. Medical staff from Mount Ayr Medical Clinic will staff the satellite clinic three days a week. Diagonal Community high school held its coming activities last week despite the threatening weather Friday night and DaNelle Moffi tt and Greg Goodale were crowned homecoming queen and king following the boys basketball game Friday night. County supervisors were advised by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to adopt a construction evaluation resolution in order for the county to submit formal recom-mendations to the DNR concerning construction permit applications. Conservation offi cers from Iowa and Missouri seized parts of 18 deer and 27 turkeys from two southern Iowa residences on Tuesday, Feb. 4, ending a three-month two-state investigation. A 25-year service award was recently presented by the Iowa Department of Transportation to a Ringgold county employee. Jerry Haley of Mount Ayr was recently presented the award at the District 4 offi ce in Atlantic during a regional staff meeting. Haley began his career with the Iowa Highway Commission in 1977 at the Mount Ayr garage as an equipment operation. He and his wife, Janet, live in Mount Ayr. Mount Ayr community elemen-tary school students made cards and booklets for the families of astro-nauts killed in the shuttle Columbia tragedy. Obituaries in this week’s issue were Jane Bliss Bennett, Willis Gene Newby, Jaonna B. Rogers, Richard “Dick” L. Stuck and Cora Robinett Weigel.

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Sun Valley Sanitation District Hearing on the budget for the Sun Valley Sanitary District is set for Wednesday, March 6, at 2 p.m. at the Sun Valley Lake Community Center. The budget calls for expendi-tures of $316,037 for the coming year, nearly identical to $316,788 in the current year and up slightly from $305,180 in fi scal year 2012. The proposed taxation rate is $1.49 per $1,000 valuation. The budget calls for $248,500 in general expenditures and $67,537 in debt service. Estimated ending fund bal-ance for June 30, 2014 will be $891,032.Ringgold County Hospital The public hearing for the fi scal year 2014 budget for the Ringgold County Hospital is set for 5 p.m. Monday, March 11 in the hospital

conference room, Room C. Expenditures are estimat-ed at $16,398,531, down from $17,422,987 in the current fi scal year and from $18,900,543 in fi s-cal year 2012. Proposed taxation is $4.69 per $1,000 valuation, which will raise an estimated $1,243,452. The estimated beginning fund balance on July 1 is a negative $1,255,589. The fund balance at the end of the fi scal year on June 30, 2014 is a negative $1,929,350.Kellerton city budget The Kellerton city council has set the public hearing on the fi s-cal year 2014 budget for Tuesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. at city hall. The proposed budget calls for expenditures of $215,817 for the coming year, down from $221,647 estimated in the current year and down from the $247,900 for fi scal year 2012. Total revenues are listed as $229,339, up from $222,133 this year but down from $248,867 in 2012. Estimated tax levy for the year will be $14.05 per $1,000 taxable value and $3 per $1,000 taxable value on agricultural land. The levy will raise $40,168 for the new budget year, slightly less than the $40,664 in the current year but slightly more than the $39,604 in fi scal year 2012. The biggest increase in income projected is $32,206 in intergov-ernmental, up from $28,980 in the current year. The budget calls for spending

$6,200 for public safety, down from $6,860 in the current year. The public works budget will be $29,610, down signifi cantly from $40,060 in the current year. Culture and recreation budget will be $6,701, up from $4,575. General government expense will be $43,092, up from $41,493. Debt service will be $5,109, identical to this year. Business type enterprises will cost $125,105, up from $123,550 in the current year. The fi scal year will begin with an estimated balance as of July 1, 2013 of $190,518. The estimated end balance on June 30, 2014 is $204,040.

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Irish music for St. Patrick’s Day at Warren Center Irish music will fi ll the Warren Cultural Center just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, when Kennedy’s Kitchen takes the stage. The group will appear Saturday, March 16, 7 pm. Wine and hors d’eouvres “From an Irish Kitchen” will be available before the show. Tickets are on sale now at Ed & Eva’s, 154 Public Square, Green-fi eld. Call 641-743-2566 for store hours. Tickets can also be ordered online at warrenculturalcenter.com. A limited number of premium seats (front half or balcony) remain for $30; standard seats are $20.

In January, 88 counties notifi ed the DNR that they plan to evaluate construction permit applications and proposed locations for animal confi nements by using the master matrix. Animal producers in these counties must meet higher stan-dards than other confi nement pro-ducers who also need a construc-tion permit. They must earn points on the master matrix by choosing a site and using practices that reduce impacts on air, water and the com-munity. With 11 exceptions, all counties will use the matrix during the next 12 months. The following counties will not use the matrix in 2012: De-catur, Des Moines, Iowa, Keokuk, Lee, Mahaska, Osceola, Plymouth, Wapello, Warren and Washington. Counties that adopt the master matrix can provide more input to

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producers on site selection, the proposed structures and proposed facility management. Participating counties can also join in DNR vis-its to a proposed confi nement site. While all counties may submit comments to the DNR during the review process for permit applica-tions, counties that adopt the mas-ter matrix can also appeal approval of a preliminary permit to the En-vironmental Protection Commis-sion. Producers and citizens can ob-tain more information and view a map of participating counties by looking for preconstruction re-quirements for permitted confi ne-ments at www.iowadnr.gov/afo. Or, look at www.iowadnr.gov/En-vironment/LandStewardship/Ani-malFeedingOperations/Confi ne-ments/ConstructionRequirements/Permitted/MasterMatrix.aspx.

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8:40 a.m., call for offi cer. (MA) 8:44 a.m., call for dispatch. (MA) 9:02 a.m., call for jail. (OC) 9:05 a.m., call for sheriff. (MA) 9:18 a.m., call for all offi cers. (CO) 9:32 a.m., call for jail. (OC) 10:09 a.m., call about identity theft. (CO) 10:11 a.m., call for sheriff. (MA) 10:19 a.m., call for jail. (OC) 10:55 a.m., caller reporting sto-len animals. (CO) 11 a.m., caller requesting a house and dwelling check be done. (CO) 12:18 p.m., call for clerk. (OC) 12:50 p.m., call in reference to domestic issue. (OC) 1:19 p.m., caller looking for place to park. (DE) 1:31 p.m., call for dispatch. (OC) 2:26 p.m., call for sheriff. (CO) 3:50 p.m., call for sheriff. (CO) 3:54 p.m., report of a controlled burn. (CO) 5:18 p.m., report of a power outage. (CO) 7:36 p.m., domestic issue. (MA) 8:14 p.m., call for jail. (OC) 10:06 p.m., call for chief depu-ty. (MA)

Friday, February 15 8:13 a.m., 911 call, dialed by mistake. (CO) 8:21 a.m., caller needing ad-dress of jail. (OC) 8:43 a.m., vehicle lockout. (MA) 9:55 a.m., report of stolen four-wheeler. (KE) 10:08 a.m., call for jail. (OC) 10:20 a.m., caller reported see-ing a mountain lion. (MA) 10:45 a.m., call for offi cer. (MA) 10:48 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 11:10 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 11:49 a.m., call for jail. (OC) 1:50 p.m., school drill. (MA) 2:57 p.m., offi cer called to speak to another offi cer. (OC) 3:10 p.m., domestic call for of-fi cer. (RE) 3:52 p.m., offi cer calling in ref-erence to ongoing investigation. (MA) 4:40 p.m., caller reporting pushy salesman. (EL) 10:02 p.m., report of a con-trolled burn. (MA) 11 p.m., caller reporting suspi-cious vehicle/person. (MA)

Saturday, February 16 9:14 p.m., REC power problem call. (OC)

Sunday, February 17 4:57 a.m., request for an ambu-lance. (MA) 7:38 a.m., caller needing to

speak to an offi cer. (MA) 11:35 a.m., request for an am-bulance. (MA) 1:35 - 1:37 p.m., REC calls re-garding power problems. (OC) 6:15 p.m., report of a horse out. (MO) 10:14 p.m., report of a break-in. (DI)

Monday, February 18 6:30 a.m., call for jail. (OC) 7:05 a.m., caller reported a truck tire had hit their house. (MA) 7:43 a.m., caller with questions regarding a dune buggy. (CO) 8:13 a.m., caller wanting to set up visitation with inmate. (OC) 9:03 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 9:04 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 9:22 a.m., call for offi cer. (KE) 9:44 a.m., call for sheriff. OC) 9:53 a.m., report of a controlled burn. (CO) 10:07 a.m., caller wanting to set up visitation with inmate. (OC) 11:13 a.m., caller wanting to set up visitation with inmate. (OC) 11:23 a.m., caller wanting to set up visitation with inmate. (KE) 11:37 a.m., caller with message for inmate. (OC) 12:06 p.m., gas drive-off. (MA) 12:46 p.m., sex offender enter-ing county. (OC) 1:26 p.m., caller wanting to set up visitation with inmate. (OC) 2:42 p.m., caller wanting jail information. (OC) 3:20 p.m., call for civil clerk. (OC) 3:48 p.m., dog complaint. (MA) 3:57 p.m., call for jailer. (OC) 6:07 p.m., caller needing to speak to an offi cer. (KE)

Tuesday, February 19 8:32 a.m., caller with questions about visiting an inmate. (KE) 8:47 a.m., call for dispatch. (CO) 9:08 a.m., call for dispatcher re-garding accident. (MA) 9:48 a.m., call for offi cer. (MA) 10:18 a.m., call for clerk. (OC) 1:30 p.m., caller wanting infor-mation regarding inmate. (OC) 2 p.m., call for chief deputy. (OC) 5:04 p.m., caller needing an of-fi cer. (MA) 5:41 p.m., REC call. (DI) 6:30 p.m., page for dive team. (MA)

Wednesday, February 20 4:13 a.m., offi cer checking in. (MA) 4:31 a.m., offi cer with message for clerk. (MA) 8:28 a.m., chief deputy check-ing in. (MA) 8:36 a.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 12:26 p.m., call for sheriff. (OC) 12:30 p.m., call for civil clerk. (OC) 12:37 p.m., call back request from offi cer. (MA) 12:50 p.m., call for phone num-ber. (MA) 1:15 p.m., call for sheriff. (MA) 1:18 p.m., call for civil clerk. (OC) 2:13 p.m., call for civil clerk. (OC) 2:15 p.m., caller with message for sheriff. (MA) 2:39 p.m., call for offi cer. (MA) 2:48 p.m., caller reporting chunks of tires on the roadway. (MA) 3:30 p.m., caller wanting to talk to offi cer. (DI) 6:25 p.m., caller wanting to speak to offi cer. (MA)

Thursday, February 21 7:42 a.m., request for an ambu-lance. (CO) 8:21 a.m., caller reported fi nd-ing a Yorkie. (MA) 8:35 a.m., offi cer needing infor-mation. (MA) 10:40 a.m., caller needing offi -cer. (MA) 10:42 a.m., caller needing to speak to offi cer. (OC) 10:44 a.m., caller reported tak-ing Yorkie to Hilltop Vet Clinic. (MA) 10:46 a.m., caller requesting a call back. (MA) 11:22 a.m., attorney calling to speak to inmate. (OC)

COURTHOUSE NEWS Ringgold County Courthouse hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. unless noted otherwise. Ringgold county now has a website at www.ringgoldcounty.us. • Assessor: Neil Morgan, 464-3233. • Auditor: Amanda Waske, 464-3239. • Board of Supervisors: David Inloes, chairman, Royce Dredge and Kraig Pennington, members, 464-3244. Supervisors meetings are open to the public and are held in the su-pervisors conference room located on the second fl oor between the clerk of court and auditor’s offi ce. On days the board is not sched-uled to be in offi ce, please direct all inquiries to the auditor’s offi ce. To schedule a meeting time with the supervisors, contact the audi-tor’s offi ce. Regular board meetings are held on Mondays with offi cial public notice of the meeting agen-das posted at the Ringgold county courthouse, Mount Ayr Record-News, Sun Valley Lake and Diago-nal city hall the day before. • Clerk of Court (a state of-fi ce): Jackie Saville, 464-3234; fax: 464-2478. Offi ce hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. The clerk’s offi ce handles ali-mony and child support payments, probates, civil and criminal fi lings, magistrate’s court and records and services of adoptions, conservator-ships, court proceedings, divorces, estates, grand jury, guardianships, judgments, juvenile proceedings, mechanic’s liens, mental health admissions, petit jury, surety company certifi cates, state hospi-tal, traffi c violations, trust funds, trusteeships. Certifi ed copies can be made of above listed records. Court records are also available at www.iowacourts.gov. • County Conservation Board: Kate Zimmerman, phone: 464-2787, email: [email protected]. Please contact for information on rules and regulations, parks, trail ways, camping, shelter reser-vations, environmental education and more. Parks are open March 15 - November 15. Walk-in traffi c is allowed year round. • County Weed Commission-er: Brenda Adams, 641-344-9629. • Development and Tourism: Karen Bender, Coordinator, 464-3704. If anyone has any calendar events, please contact the develop-ment offi ce at 641-464-3704. • E-911 Service Board: Merle Walter, 307 N. Webster St., Mount Ayr, 464-3311. • Emergency Management Agency: Teresa Jackson, Coordi-nator, 109 W. Madison St., Suite 105, cell: 641-202-9671; phone: 464-3344; fax: 464-0663, email: [email protected]. Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The tornado sirens in Mount Ayr will be tested the fi rst Tuesday of each month unless there is se-vere weather. • Engineer: Zach Gunsolley, P.E., 464-3232. 707 South Hender-son Drive. Offi ce hours: Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • General Relief: Teresa Jack-son, 109 W. Madison St., Suite 105, 464-3344. Offi ce hours: Tues-day and Friday, 8 a.m. to noon or by appointment. For emergencies call 641-344-9767. • Recorder: Karen Schaefer, 464-3231. Passport applications are taken daily from 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. and noon - 4 p.m. Certifi ed vital records can be obtained from 8 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. The recorder’s offi ce serves as a passport agent. Items needed to apply are: certifi ed copy of birth certifi cate, driver’s license or state issued ID, two-inch square pass-port photos and passport applica-tion (both available at recorder’s offi ce) and fees. Allow four to six weeks from date of application to receive passport book or card from the passport agency. Expedited

service is available for an addi-tional fee. Individuals with recent name changes can get their passport book/card updated without a fee within one year of issue. Forms may be obtained at the recorder’s offi ce. For additional information call the recorder’s offi ce or go to www.travel.state.gov/passport. Avoid a $5 penalty by renew-ing boat registrations by April 30, 2013. • Sanitarian: Ringgold County Public Health Agency, 464-0691. Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Public Health Agency: 119 S. Fillmore, 464-0691. Hours: Mon-day - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Sheriff: Mike Sobotka, Emer-gency Only 911, Non-Emergency (Available 24/7) 464-3921 or 464-2911. New location at the Ringgold County Law Enforcement Center, 801 West South Street. Hours are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Road Conditions - dial 511 or online at www.Io-waRoadConditions. org. • Treasurer: Debbie Cannon, 464-3230. Property taxes can be paid on-line at www.iowatreasurers.org with Visa, Master Card and Dis-cover credit cards or e-checks. Payments made in the offi ce may be with cash, checks or with a Mas-ter Card, Visa or Discover credit or debit card. All documents conveying real estate need to have the name and address of the person to whom the property tax statement is to be mailed. Please check renewal notices and tax statements for the correct information. If the infor-mation is wrong, contact the trea-surer’s offi ce. Motorists can now renew mo-tor vehicle registrations online at www.iowatreasurers.org if a re-newal notice is received through the United States Postal Service that contains a personal identifi ca-tion number (PIN). Please be aware that the PIN can only be used one time. Contact the treasurer’s offi ce for more information. Those with January birth dates are reminded to register their mo-tor vehicles by February 28, 2013. Bring in the renewal statement re-ceived in the mail so renewals can be quickly processed. • Driver’s License Offi ce: Lo-cated in the Treasurer’s Offi ce. Driver’s licenses may be re-newed any time during the period of 30 calendar days before and up to 60 calendar days after the driver’s birth date. The driver’s license station hours are Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Phone 464-3230 with ques-tions. • Veterans Affairs: Gary Smith, 464-2397. Mondays and Thurs-days, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Tuesdays, 8 a.m. - noon; Closed Wednesdays and Fridays. In case of emergency 641-464-2397 or 641-202-1199.

schools. The reform package called for two percent allowable growth in state aid to schools as compared with four percent favored in the Iowa Senate. He said school dis-tricts may now prepare their bud-gets for the next school year with the knowledge that their allow-able growth will not be less than two percent. Dolecheck said the House preferred the term “state supplemental aid” over “allowable growth” because increased costs for certain provisions in the reform package would be picked up by the state rather than added to local property taxes. Dolecheck said the reform package will now be taken up by a Senate-House conference com-mittee to hammer out the fi nal pro-posal. Now that the House reform package has been sent to the Sen-ate, Ernst said she didn’t know what the Senate proposal would look like, but she said Senate Dem-ocrats will likely replace the House bill with one of their own design. She predicted, however, that sever-al provisions dealing with private schools and home schools would likely be struck out of the Senate version.Medicaid expansion The topic of Medicaid expan-sion was raised during Ernst’s dis-cussion of a redesign of the state’s mental health funding. She said her subcommittee as well as the Iowa House had approved the supple-mental for transition funding to 26 counties, but the measure had not yet been debated on the fl oor of the Senate. Ernst said one concern she had about the measure was that funding was coming from the Children’s Health Insurance Pro-gram (CHIP) rather than from the state’s general fund. She explained that since the money was not com-ing from the general fund, it may not be eligible to pay outstanding Medicaid bills the counties cur-rently have on their books. Gov. Branstad has stated re-peatedly he does not favor an ex-pansion of the Medicaid program, which is part of the Affordable Care Act. Instead, he prefers a con-tinuation of the Iowa Cares pro-gram. In the year 2000, Ernst said, 250,000 Iowans were enrolled in the Medicaid program. Today that number stands at 400,000. If the state would accept the Medicaid expansion, an estimated additional 150,000 Iowans would be eligible for Medicaid coverage. The fed-eral government has said it will fully fund the fi rst three years of the Medicaid expansion and then cover 90 percent of the costs in subsequent years. The main con-cern, she said, is what happens if the federal government is unable to

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meet this obligation. Ringgold County Hospital ad-ministrator Gordon Winkler asked representative Dolecheck if the House had yet considered Medic-aid expansion. Dolecheck respond-ed the House would likely wait for recommendations from Gov. Branstad before proceeding with crafting a bill. Winkler reminded legislators the Iowa Cares program would sunset at the end of this year. A decision to redesign Iowa Cares or adopt a Medicaid expansion will need legislative approval soon. He said hospitals have already been assessed approximately $500 bil-lion to help fund the Affordable Care Act for the next few years. “If we don’t do something,” he said, “our state hospital revenues and state taxes are then going to fund it in Illinois and other states around us. We’ve already paid our share.” Ernst added some states are looking at taking Medicaid fund-ing and using it as a stipend for people to purchase their own pri-vate health insurance. Since not all physicians or facilities accept Med-icaid, this would allow individuals more choice for their healthcare needs.Other issues Ringgold county assessor Neil Morgan brought up the ag produc-tivity formula. He estimated the state of Iowa assessed value will be up over 40 percent. After the rollback that takes average value increases down to four percent statewide, he said Ringgold county assessed values would be down ap-proximately eight percent to a level less than what they were in 1989. As an example of the disparity of values across the state, Morgan said an acre of pasture in Dubuque county is valued at $80 income per acre while an acre of pasture in Ringgold county is valued at fi ve dollars income per acre. Dolecheck said he would prefer a system where no county would receive less in revenue due to the rollback. Morgan invited the leg-

islators to attend a hearing at the Iowa Department of Revenue in early April to discuss the issue. In a side note, Dolecheck said he was introducing a bill to add “algae-culture” (the agricultural production of algae) to the offi cial defi nition of “agriculture.” He said the addition is in response to re-search into using algae to produce ethanol, a developing industry that could mean jobs and increased rev-enue for the state of Iowa. The next Legislative Coffee is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 23 at the Extension Offi ce. The events are sponsored by the Mount Ayr Chamber of Commerce.

Winners have been announced from last week’s Mardi Gras Poker Run contest. A full house of kings over aces won fi rst place for Leonard Swank of Mount Ayr. Another full house with three 5’s and two 6’s won second place for Bernard Crawford of Mount Ayr. Ramona Brand of Mount Ayr took third place with her jack-through-seven straight. The Poker Run was sponsored by 16 local businesses, including Great Western Bank, McDonnell Appliance, Lynn’s Sinclair, Aunt Jennie’s Attic, CGI, Smith Oil, First Federal Savings Bank, Cun-ning Insurance, Hy-Vee, NAPA, US Bank, Vetter Equipment, Country Blossoms, Sweet Escapes, Farmer’s Co-op and the Record-News.

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Eggers, Hanna to speak at Wallace Foundation The public is invited to attend the 22nd annual meeting of the Wallace Foundation for Rural Re-search and Development scheduled for Friday, March 8 at the Learning Center located at the Armstrong Research Farm near Lewis. This year’s program will be-gin at 10 a.m. with presentations by Tim Eggers, ISU extension ag economist, speaking to the public about Land Values: Is This Farm Boom Different?; and Mark Han-na, ISU extension agricultural en-gineer, talking about Farm Energy Consumption and how that relates to a project to be done at the ISU Armstrong Research Farm.

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Thursday, February 28 Deadline for Judge Lewis scholarship applications for 2013 graduates. Alcoholics Anonymous meet-ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr.

Friday, March 1 Card shower for 91st birthday of Velma King Lorenz. Cards and correspondence may be sent to her at 826 Quiet Harbor, Creston, IA 50801.

Saturday, March 2 Open Closet at the Mount Ayr Assembly of God from 8 to 11 a.m. Chapter CK, P.E.O. will meet at the Heritage Park community room for brunch at 9:30 a.m. Host-esses are Mari McGehee, Mitzi Hymbaugh and Ruth McDonnell. Program will be “A Reason for Responsibilities.” Election and installation of offi cers and election of delegate and alternate to state convention will take place. Chili cook-off at Lefty’s Club Tavern in Mount Ayr. Judging sarts at 6 p.m.

Sunday, March 3 Card shower for Doris Gibson’s 98th birthday. Cards and corre-spondence may be sent to her at 3072 210th Street, Kellerton, IA 50133.

Monday, March 4 Thin Within support group will meet at 5 p.m. at the Lighthouse. Mount Ayr City Council will meet at 6 p.m. at Mount Ayr City Hall. Jam session at the Mount Ayr American Legion building from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mount Ayr Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, Mount Ayr. Sowing in Tears Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. at the Light-house Church, two miles west of Mount Ayr.

Tuesday, March 5 Calico Quilters will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Senior Citizens Activity Center, Mount Ayr. Mount Ayr Chamber of Com-merce will meet at 5:30 p.m. at Jamie’s Coffee Mill & Deli for dinner during the meeting. Faith Lodge #179 A.F. & A.M. meets at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, Mount Ayr.

Wednesday, March 6 $1 sack day every day at the Ringgold County Neighborhood Center. The Mount Ayr Public Library board will meet at 5:15 p.m. at the library. Basic desserts class at the La-moni Community Center at 6:30 p.m.

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Southwest Iowa Shutterbugs will meet at the Creston Pizza Ranch. Chatter and food begins at 6 p.m. Regular meeting begins at 7 p.m.

Sons of the American Legion will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Mount Ayr Legion hall. Alcoholics Anonymous meet-ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr.

Friday, March 8 MACHS Drama Department presents “Donovan’s Daughters” in the MACHS auditorium at 7 p.m.

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Benton community building from 5 to 7 p.m. Freewill offering. MACHS Drama Department presents “Donovan’s Daughters” in the MACHS auditorium at 7 p.m.

Monday, March 11 Thin Within support group will meet at 5 p.m. at the Lighthouse. Mount Ayr Community School board meets at 6 p.m. in the MACS

board room. Jam session at the Mount Ayr American Legion building from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mount Ayr Golf and Country Club board will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the clubhouse. Sowing in Tears Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. at the Light-house Church, two miles west of Mount Ayr. Eli Birnbaum will present “Christ in the Passover” at the Wishard Chapel Community Church at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 12 Volunteer Recognition Break-fast at the Mount Ayr United Methodist Church from 7:30 to 9 a.m.

Mount Ayr American Legion Post 172 will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Post. V.F.W. Lamoni Post will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Lamoni Community Center.

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Births • Clarissa Vogel and Mitch Pas-nek of Orient are the parents of a daughter, Gracie Ella Pasnek who was born Thursday, February 21, 2013 at Greater Regional Medi-cal Center in Creston. The little miss weighed in at six pounds, four ounces and was 18 3/4 inches long. Grandparents are Robin and the late Ray Vogel of Arispie, Mike Pa-shek of Orient and Barb Peckham of Diagonal. Great-grandparents include Jim and Bonnie McGuire of Thayer, Beth and the late Jim McGrath of Afton, Larry Ripperger of Hansom, AK, Doris and the late Arthur Pa-shek of Orient and Louise and the late John Peckham of Macksburg. Great-great-grandmother is Mari-am Wallace. Gracie was welcomed home by sibling, Brodie Pashek, age three.

Never too late to learnGeraldine “Gerri” Smith of rural Ellston graduated in January with her master of arts in mathematics education from the University of Phoenix. Smith, 75, said she began pursuit of the degree “to see if I still had the ability to learn.” Originally from Texas, Smith began her career as one of the fi rst African-American women to work for AT&T as a design engineer. She currently substitute teaches in the Diagonal, Clearfi eld and Murray school systems.

Monday, February 18, Presi-dents Day honored Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, who were both born in February. George Washington’s actual birth date was February 22. In his book, “Great Political Wit, Laughing (Almost) All The Way To The White House,” former Sen-ator Bob Dole tells a story that the late Texas Governor John Connolly liked to tell. Connolly gave Wash-ington Texas roots. “According to the story, young George one day went out into the backyard with a hatchet in hand and chopped down the family’s mesquite tree. In due course, he was summoned inside by a very angry parent. ‘Did you chop down my mesquite tree?’ de-manded George’s father. ‘I cannot tell a lie, Father,’ said George. ‘I did chop down your mesquite tree.’ On hearing this, the elder Washington ordered his son to start packing his bags. ‘We’re moving to Virginia,’ he announced. ‘Why, Father? Is it because I chopped down your mes-quite tree?’ ‘No, George,’ came the reply. ‘Because, if you cannot tell a lie, you’ll never amount to any-thing in Texas.’” George Washington was born a British subject as were Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Martin Van Buren was the fi rst president born a U.S. Citi-zen, making him the fi rst president born after the Declaration of In-dependence was signed. George Washington was the only president to be elected unanimously by the electoral college. Although involved in the plan-ning for the new national capital, Washington was the only president not to live in the White House. He was inaugurated in two cities: New York and Philadelphia. He had to borrow money to go to his inaugu-ral. He did his own bookkeeping, faithfully recording every expense and every profi t. An excellent manager and innovative farmer, Washington made many improve-ments to his estate at Mount Ver-non. He left a provision in his will, for his slaves to be freed. One of the crops grown at Mount Ver-non was marijuana which, in the 1790s, was grown mainly for the industrial purpose of hemp and soil stabilization. And, as a farmer, he introduced the mule to America. His two favorite sports were fi sh-ing and fox hunting. Along with

Thomas Jefferson and John Ad-ams, George Washington was an avid collector and player of mar-bles. He loved to help fi ght fi res. New to the library: In large print Christian fi ction: “Autumn Winds,” the fi rst book in the Seasons of the Heart series by Charlotte Hubbard. In regular print Christian fi ction: “Christmas in Apple Ridge” by Cindy Woodsmall. These books were donated by Karyn Graham.

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Dr. Hicks attends congress in KC Dr. Larry Hicks, with optom-etric offi ces in Creston and Mount Ayr, attended the 52nd Annual Heart of America Contact Lens and Primary Care Congress in Kansas City February 15-17. Educational programs covered new and advanced techniques for contact lenses available today, glaucoma management, plus latest information on the diagnosis and treatment of many eye diseases. This congress brings together many internationally known opto-metric and medical specialists as well as educators in the fi eld of eye care. In addition, there were many exhibitors displaying and demon-strating the latest in contact lens and eye care products and many new advances in diagnostic instru-mentation.

Cancer Society daffodil ordering in progress Daffodil Days, an annual event sponsored by the American Can-cer Society, is now in the process of taking orders. This is the only fund-raiser sponsored by the Ring-gold County Unit of the American Cancer Society which has received word that this will be the last year for this project. Delivery is expect-ed to be March 11-15. A variety of items may be or-dered including a bunch of daffo-dils for $10; a bunch of daffodils and a vase for $15; Dainty daffo-dils, which may be planted outside in the spring, for $15; a collectible bear and a bunch for $25; Gift of Hope for $25; Bear Hugs for Hope for $25, and a Sunshine Bouquet for $75. Places or persons to contact to order the daffodils include Cindy Snethen of Redding, Martha Ham-mond or Dixie Taylor in Diagonal, Nancy Jarred in Tingley, Linda Swanson of Kellerton, Wanda Mc-Gahuey, Pat Weddle, Cleone Hos-fi eld, Dorothy Hughes, Deanna Ad-ams, Phyllis Riggs and Helen Terry in Mount Ayr, Stacy Andreason at Mount Ayr Community School, the Public Health offi ce, Ringgold County Hospital, Mount Ayr Medi-cal Clinic, US Bank, Great Western Bank and Patti Dolecheck at Dr. Crain’s offi ce. If you have any questions, con-tact the co-chairmen, Phyllis Riggs at 464-2655 or Helen Terry at 464-2355.

BirthdaysGibson to celebrate 98th birthday Doris Gibson will be celebrat-ing her 98th birthday on March 3. Cards and correspondence may be sent to her at 3072 210th Street, Kellerton, IA 50133.

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Crooked Creek 4-H Club The Crooked Creek 4-H Club met December 16, 2012 at the Ringgold County Extension build-ing for a holiday gathering with Abbey Adams hosting the group. The meeting was called to order by Abbey, and the roll call ques-tion of “Who is your favorite mu-sical performer?” was answered by Abbey Adams, Ryker Hen-son and Hallie Still. Also present were leaders Cindy Schlapia and Karie Wasteney and guest Keely Wasteney and Brenda Adams. The group discussed favorite types of music and different ways it is used. The members started a sign-up sheet for hosting meetings in 2013. The small group had a gift exchange and then they enjoyed making pet snacks from ingredi-ents and recipe provided by Abbey Adams with thanks to Brenda for helping. They all enjoyed refresh-ments also provided by the Ad-amses.

–––––––––––––– The Crooked Creek 4-H Club met February 24, 2013 at the Ring-gold County Extension building. The group decided to have the January and February meetings both at this time due to the stormy weather that postponed the Janu-ary meeting. As the group arrived, they were given a sheet to fi ll in for goals for one year, fi ve years, 20 years, and 50 years which they completed. Madi Hosfi eld was in charge of the January agenda and called the meeting to order. Taylor Still led the Pledge of Allegiance, and the roll call question of what is your main goal for 4-H this year was answered by Abbey Adams, Cauy Bickel, Mady Henson, Madi Hosfi eld, Blake Rychnovsky, Brook Rychnovsky, Zane Sickels, Hallie Still, Taylor Still and Drew Willis. Clover Kids present were Micayla Henson and Kash Wasteney. The minutes of the last meeting were read and the treasurer’s report given with Cauy Bickel moving to approve both, seconded by Drew, with all in favor. There were no county council activities to report. The club discussed those who still need to enroll and pay fees. They were congratulated by the leaders

for winning the pizza party for the most in attendance at the awards day. The club unanimously agreed to purchase new t-shirts this year with the same design and color to be chosen next month, with them to be paid from the club treasury. The group decided to not have the chili/salsa cook-off this year. The group was encouraged to start a record book and proj-ects now for a better year in 4-H. A discussion was held about the importance of record keeping and short-term and long-term goals, competitions, rules and how they help them be prepared for life. Members shared some of their goals and then passed them to a friend to predict for them what they believe they will be doing in those years ahead. The group also discussed many ways they plan ahead from their own and other people’s predictions. The Clover Kids attempted to make fortune cookies during the business meet-ing and then discussed their goals and things they would use to make a 4-H time capsule. After the meet-ing the 4-H members had success-ful fortune cookies with all learn-ing they must be folded very fast when warm and also learning that they are only in American Chinese restaurants, not from China at all. The group all enjoyed a gazing ball with predictions for each other. Zane led the February meeting with the same members present answering the roll call question of what improvement they would like to see at the fair, on the grounds or in the garden. The group discussed the importance of community and citizenship projects as well as fund-raising opportunities. There was discussion of helping others and the importance of safety in all situ-ations, along with survival skills in different places. They discussed some community service projects with more ideas to be brought for this and fund-raisers to the next meeting. The Clover Kids made clover fresh scents to share with others during this meeting and dis-cussed things they could do to help others. New booklets for the year were provided for the members and challenge projects for the club were discussed with handouts. Brook led the 4-H Pledge and Ryker moved to adjourn the meet-ing, seconded by Hallie. The group then enjoyed a pizza party. Judy Hensley delivered the pizzas and Cindy provided the chips and drinks. Everyone also en-joyed reading their fortune cookie notes while sampling them. The next meeting will be March 24 with Brook and Blake Rych-novsky hosting.

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February 25 - Well, time for the news article again. The week sure rolls by quickly. Everyone got through last week’s snowstorm in good shape. Mr. Crawford took care of the sidewalks and ramps at the Center during the bouts with the weather while Lyle is gone. The weather media is saying this area may be in for another one tomor-row. At least this is a snow in Feb-ruary and not November so they can feel like there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It just wouldn’t be Iowa without snow. The Antiques Club met Mon-day, Feb. 18, and there was a steer-ing committee meeting at 2 p.m. the same afternoon. They had a nice group in for bingo and Jake Daily was the caller. Because of the snow and school closing early, the Center closed at noon Thurs-day and it was also closed all day Friday. If the school closes, the Center closes. There were at least 27 at the Se-nior Citizens Activity Center Sun-day night, Feb. 24, for snack and game night. Good food and fel-lowship were shared by everyone in attendance. The chair exercises are going very well. They had fi ve people this morning. It only takes about 45 minutes out of our morning so, if you would like to join them, you still have a lot of the day left for other activities and errands. Sharon has been working on getting an AARP Driving Safety class set up at the Center in the near future. The details aren’t com-pletely worked out yet but it looks like, as of now, it will be on Mon-day, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with a light luncheon being served. They will keep you posted as they receive more information on the class.

February 25 - Have you noticed how much longer the days are get-ting? It’s a sure sign spring is not far off. What a week last week turned out to be. Everyone was once more reminded by Thursday’s snow storm how quickly Mother Nature can change plans for everyone. It shortened up the week at the meal site. Like the school’s, the meal site was closed Friday. Everyone will be glad to see one another when Monday rolls around. Believe it or not, it’s time to cel-ebrate birthdays already this Fri-day, March 1. All March birthdays will be honored at this time. Friday Singers will provide the extra en-tertainment. Last week was short but plenty of good things took place at the site on Monday and Tuesday. Monday the Community Sing-ers, 17 in number from the Lenox, Clearfi eld and surrounding areas, brought another delightful program. This time their theme was old-time gospel music. Many thought it was their best program ever. They will be returning to Tingley in April. Welcomed back Monday were a couple of dear friends, Barb Bent-ley and Lu Schofi eld of Clearfi eld, who those at the site hadn’t seen for awhile. Hopefully they’ll be back before too long. Bill and Norma Webb were hap-py to have their son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Marcia Webb, as their guests. They left for their home in Nebraska the next morn-ing, hoping to be ahead of the pre-dicted snow storm. Monday was a holiday, Presi-dents Day. Pie ala mode was a treat enjoyed. Ice cream was provided by Ted and Nan Derscheid. Tuesday found the band on hand to entertain. Thirteen in number, what good music they made. Mem-bers were Carmene James, the ac-companist, Bill and Norma Webb, Evelyn Sickels, Iona Triggs, Doris Overholser, Dorothy Clough, Vern Brown, Bonnie Manders, Mary Jane Narigon, Dave Patch, Darlene Morgan and Virginia Walden. Happy birthday wises were extended to George Hosfi eld and George (Dave) Patch, who both observed birthdays on Friday, Feb-ruary 22 and Jack England, who observed his birthday on Saturday, February 23. Biggest event of the week at Tingley was the potato bar sup-per held at the community build-ing on Wednesday evening before the snow storm hit. The event was well-attended and a good amount of money was raised to benefi t the community building.

February 25 - Marietta Cobb’s two daughters, Toni Schlapia and Jacque Nelson from the Des Moines area, came to visit the Cobbs Tuesday. They had an en-joyable day. Missy the Yorkie got to come too. Sherry Skinner visited Will, Ni-cole, Ella and Emma Skinner over the weekend. Josh and Nicole Crain spent the weekend with Delbert and Shirley Molt and visited other family. Earl, Connie, Clint, Destiny, Nolan and Khloe Drake and Mary Weaver met Nate, Crystal, Weston and Hayse Drake in Des Moines last Sunday for lunch. Shirley Molt and Nicole Crain visited Peggy and Ben Roed in Bedford Saturday. Jerry and Karen Kemery went to Fort Riley, KS to welcome their grandson, Nick Rucker, home from overseas. There was a good crowd at the fi remen’s breakfast Saturday. Jerry and Karen Kemery at-tended the Villisca ball game in Council Bluffs. They watched Col-ton Drake (son of Todd and Kris-tie) play basketball. Tiffany Green was home to visit her parents, Bob and Linda Green, and friends over the weekend. Greg Loutzenhiser, Danielle and Aubrey Loutzenhiser and Peg-gy and Ben Roed and Bazel were Sunday dinner guests of David and Mary Kay Loutzenhiser. Remember: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

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February 25 - Helen Combs visited with Dale Olney Monday morning at Kim and Bill Scharfen-kamp’s. Gary and Linda Hosfi eld spent the weekend with Tom Hosfi eld at UNI in Cedar Falls. Kathy Quick visited with Doro-thy Barber and her guests, Kelly Roach of Helena, MO and Brandon Thomas of Maryville, MO Sunday afternoon. Wanda Hosfi eld and her grand-son, Donnie Hosfi eld, called on Betty and J.W. Robertson Saturday afternoon. Gary Lambert visited the Robertsons Sunday morning. The local Red Hatters group met on Sunday with Meredith Dredge in Mount Ayr for supper and games. Present were Cindy Snethen, Peggy Overholser, Cathy Coulson, Donna Melvin, Debbie Gray and Joyce Brown. Cindy Snethen, Dave and Ellen Brand, Jennifer and Michael Younts and family and Shelly and Alissa Brand were Sunday lunch guests at

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February 25 - The beautiful snow of last week is fast losing its beauty and disappearing. Eli and Rachel Miller and son Samuel and Mrs. Roy Bontrager went to Arthur, IL several weeks ago for Cora to visit her parents, Marvin Mullets. Levi Millers, David Yoders and Vernon Troyers attended the funeral of Levi Hochstetler, 67, in Jamesport February 16. He was a Down Syndrome boy and a pleas-ant brother to have around, accord-ing to his siblings. Rudy and Mary Jane Kurtz of Guys Mills, PA were overnight guests of Nelson and Lucy Troyer February 12. The women had the same birth date and age and have been exchanging letters since the age of 10. This was the fi rst time they met after 16 years of writing. They traveled on to Montana and Utah to visit a brother. Going to Bloomfi eld for the weekend were Samuel Bontragers, Mary, Miriam, Chris and Wilbur, Vernon and Mary Troyer, Joanna, Nancy and Jesse Troyer, Dena Bontrager and Wilma and John Miller. Lorene Bontrager, who had been in Bloomfi eld several weeks, returned home with them. Felty Bontragers and Eli Mill-ers both bought real estate in Min-nesota with plans to move this spring. Reuben Troyers are busily working in the greenhouse with transplanting seedlings and fl ower plugs and packaging garden seeds with their opening day March 2.

February 25 - Pews were full Sunday at Wishard Chapel as Pas-tor Bill gave an awesome sermon. David Weeda and Jim McCrea-ry scooped walks and the driveway for Sunday services. The women will meet Wednes-day at 6 p.m. in the church base-ment before Bible study. Plans are being made for the annual fi sh fry to be held on March 22. This Friday night will be Fun Night at the Kellerton community building. There will be basketball and games for all ages! Come, bring a snack to share and bring a

friend. Fun starts at 6:30 p.m. Bible studies are continuing with the youth nine to 12 at 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoons. The young women are also meeting at that time, followed by supper and then the teens at 6:15 p.m. Adults meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday nights. They are having a great turnout in each of the classes. Prayers go out to Alice Dillen-burg, who has been ill and hospi-talized this week. Get well, Alice. The McCreary family gathered Saturday at the farm to ready the barn for more baby calves that are arriving. It was a fun day and end-ed with a chili supper. Faith Shinkle and Doris Rule spent the afternoon together Mon-day and ran errands uptown and enjoyed a hot drink at Jamie’s Cof-fee Mill and Deli.

February 25 - We seem to be having our typical “Iowa” weather, but if you don’t like it, you can wait an hour or so and it will change. Saturday Sandy Campbell went to Osceola and had lunch with a couple of friends and then went to the Osceola Methodist Church to help Bill and Jan Short celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. A large crowd attended. Jan was a co-worker of Sandy’s when she worked at the bank. It was a very nice celebration as all of their chil-dren were able to attend. Ed and Colleen Minnick took Darlene Minnick to Lamoni Sun-day for an early birthday lunch. Joining them to help her celebrate were Kylee, Cory, Payton and Pres-ton Fleharty and Nici Minnick. Evalee White joined Dee and John Euritt for the day Saturday at their home. After the homemade meatloaf supper meal, the ladies played Skip-Bo for several rounds. It was a tie between them this time. Sunday Dee and John celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary quietly. They plan on a springtime anniversary adventure with either a remarriage event or a short trip to visit family. Wintertime for the

Euritts is not the time to work in a special event. Glenn and Donna Payton had Dola and Raymond Doser and Ernest and Judy Mercer out for a pizza lunch Monday, Feb. 18, to celebrate all their birthdays. The birthdays are the end of February and the fi rst part of March. They enjoyed playing cards after sup-per. Judy Doolittle went to Bethany, MO to Toot-Toot’s with Ben and Bessy Hewlett Friday evening. Judy and Kay Doolittle went to Leon Saturday evening and attend-ed Roger and Beth Elliott’s 25th wedding anniversary. Teena Hash of Leon and Judy went to Bea-consfi eld to Howard and Rose Pe-terson’s after church Sunday. They visited in the Gene Reed home in Ellston afterward. Rod and Debbie Holmes and Chad and Jamie Holmes and fam-ily went to I-35 to watch Mount Ayr Raiders play in the basketball tournament there Friday evening. Tracey Goddard of Chariton visited overnight with Marlene Greimann Saturday and attend-ed church with Marlene Sunday morning. Kathryn Still attended the Mount Ayr boys basketball game in Lamoni Tuesday evening with Ronche Still. Friday Kathryn at-tended the boys basketball tourna-ment at I-35 with Ronch and Katie Still. The boys lost to the strong Murray team by a small margin and the boys played a very hard-fought game. Jacob Still stopped by to see his grandmother and Aunt Jan after church Sunday afternoon. Kath-ryn and sister Jan Holmes went to Bethany, MO Monday to get their van worked on, had lunch at Toot-Toot’s and stocked up on supplies.

February 25 - Several girl-friends helped Hannah Jackson celebrate her birthday Friday night and Saturday. A family celebration was held Sunday evening at her parents’ home. Family who were able to attend were Joe and Linda

Murphy, Curt Jackson and Joan and Wendell Jackson of Maloy, Leslie, Rhett and Zach Murphy, Justin, Jessica, Ayla and Kaley Murphy of Mount Ayr and Tyanna Jackson of Creston. Richard and Carole Davison visited in the home of Jim and Brenda Jorgensen in Norwalk Fri-day. The Davisons’ granddaughter, Mikaela, was visiting from Chi-cago, IL. Many from the community fol-lowed the Raider basketball team as they played in the tournament in Truro Friday night. Some of those who attended were Donna and Me-gan Warin, Robert, Julie and Laura Davison, Neil, Jill and Payton Weehler, Dick and Joyce Weehler and Joan Jackson. Amy Mobley spent Monday and Tuesday in Independence, MO attending her BSN classes. Wyatt Jackson participated in the district speech contest in Adel Saturday. Craig Braby’s brother, Curt of Morning Sun, visited with Craig and Kathi and Jane and Roland Buck from Friday until Sunday. Richard and Carole Davison at-tended the noodle dinner in Hop-kins, MO Sunday. This is a month-ly event put on by the community. Donna and Megan Warin went to Atlantic Saturday. Megan played basketball with the team made up of Mount Ayr girls. They spent the night in Carroll Saturday night. Sunday Megan played ball with the Hydra girls. Robert Davison went to the Western Farm Show in Kansas City Sunday. Joan Jackson and Shirley Wine-miller attended a basketball game at Northwest Missouri State Uni-

versity Saturday afternoon. Emma Mobley, Paige Lynch and Amber Davison spent the night with Hannah Jackson Friday. Laura Davison and Maddie Mobley played AAU volleyball in Afton Saturday. Amy and Gracie Mobley went to Afton to watch the girls. Craig and Kathi Braby attended a Daytona 500 party at the home of Steve and Chantelle Jennett Sun-day. Julie, Laura and Amber Da-vison attended Raines Sackett’s ninth birthday party at the home of Tom and Kristi Sackett Saturday evening.

February 25 - Finally my inter-net is back, just not a great deal of news. Sandy Mercer was a weekend visitor of her parents, Ernie and Judy Mercer. Bob and Linda Swanson drove to Omaha, NE Sunday and enjoyed going out to dinner with their son and family, Gary, Dawn and Shane. The occasion was Gary’s birthday. Connie Huff met with her on-cologist Tuesday. Her daughter, Chris, met her there and later they visited with Candy Huff.

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Raising money to fi ght cancerStudents in the third and sixth grades have recently been working on raising money for the American Cancer Society. The sixth graders cre-ated duct tape products and third graders created items made out of pipe cleaners. The items were sold to other students before school. Including a “hat and jeans day” for students and staff in the district, a total of $787 was raised and donated to the American Cancer Society. Pictured are some of the students who lead the way in the planning of the fund-raisers. (Top) Sixth graders include Jessica McCreary, Jentri Ruby and Gabrielle Hunke; (front) Haylee Whittington and Abbigail Haley. (Above) Third graders are Payten Lambert, Halsie Barnes, Jace Grose, Brady Bickel, Maddie Stewart, Adalyn Reynolds and Raines Sackett.

Clearfi eld at the capitolClearfi eld elementary students led the Iowa House in the Pledge of Allegiance during a visit ot the capitol recently. Pictured in the House chamber are the students along with Rep. Cecil Dolecheck.

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Jennifer Blair BY MADISON HOSFIELD Jennifer Morgan Blair is the daughter of James and Suzanne Blair. Jen has one brother, Jay, who is a 15-year-old freshman. While in high school, Jennifer has been involved in golf for one year, drama for two years, march-ing band, pep band, jazz band and concert band all for four years, basketball cheerleading for one year, wrestling cheerleading for one year and football cheerlead-ing for two years. Her junior year Jennifer received the “Outstanding Marcher” title at the 2011 Clarinda Band Jamboree. Some of Jen’s favorites include steak and potatoes as her favor-ite food, her favorite TV show is “American Idol,” Hyundia Elan-tra is her favorite car, her favorite movie is “A Walk To Remember,” jeans, t-shirt and boots are her fa-vorite clothes, and she likes all kinds of music. Jennifer’s most memorable mo-ment from high school was dur-ing the Clarinda Band Jamboree her junior year. It was her fi rst

Levi MartinBY SHAUN KNIEP Levi James Martin is the old-est son of Lee and Heather Martin of rural Mount Ayr. Levi has two younger brothers, Lincoln and Cra-ven. While in high school Levi has been involved in football for four years, baseball for two years, FFA for four years and 4-H for eight years. Levi was named all-conference honorable mention in football his sophomore year, second team All State offensive line his junior year, fi rst team All State offensive line his senior year and will be playing football in Australia this summer. Levi’s most memorable moments from high school were playing in the Tackle Cancer game his sopho-more year, being district champi-ons in football, having a 9-0 regu-lar season record and making it to the quarterfi nals. Some of Levi’s favorites in-clude prime rib, Ford trucks, watching “Duck Dynasty” on TV, the movies “The Hangover,” “21 Jump Street” and “Ted,” listen-ing to country music and wearing camo. If he could describe himself in one word, it would be “deerslay-er” because he likes to hunt. The best advice Levi ever re-ceived was, “If you ain’t fi rst you’re last.” His parents are the most infl uential people in his life because “my freshman year I didn’t want to play football, but my par-ents told me I needed to. Now I’m glad I did because I received fi rst team honors and get to go to Aus-tralia to play in a bowl game.” Levi’s future plans are to farm with his family and increase his cattle herd.

Megan PearceBY SHAUN KNIEP Megan Lynn Pearce is the daughter of David and Theresa Pearce of rural Mount Ayr. Me-gan was welcomed home by older brother, Brandon. While in high school Megan was involved in FFA and SADD for one year. Megan currently works at Hy-Vee which keeps her very busy. This recipient of the Student- of-the-Month award likes chicken strips and jalapeno poppers, watch-ing the TV shows “Pretty Little Li-ars,” driving Ford trucks, watching the movies “The Final Season,” “Pitch Perfect” and “Dirty Danc-ing,” listening to country music and wearing t-shirts, jeans and boots. Megan’s most memorable mo-ment occurred at prom her junior year when she was freaking out having to walk into the gymna-sium in front of everyone. There were a lot of cameras fl ashing, and her prom date practically drug her through the walkway to get it over with. Megan says the most infl uential people in her life are her parents because they have always been there for her no matter what she

Mrs. HowieBY EMILY FOX Fay Howie is a teacher at Mount Ayr high school. She went to college at North-west Missouri State for two years and then transferred to Drake for two years. She originally wanted to be a physical therapist, but after realizing she would have to go to school for two more years, she de-cided to become a teacher, like her mom. As for her career she has taught in Grant City for four years, Di-agonal for one and Mount Ayr for twenty-seven. The classes she has taught throughout her career are physical science, biology, chem-istry, physics, anatomy, and AP chemistry. Chemistry is her favor-ite class to teach. Howie’s favorite part about teaching is the bond that she makes with her students, watching them grow up, teaching them new things and learning new things from them, as well. Her least favorite thing about teaching is not having enough time to teach the students new things, because the criteria for the classes change, and she has to switch and start teaching new things. The best advice she gives to her students is to listen and participate in class.

year marching with the baritone saxophone, and she was extremely tired and claimed to play horrible. Despite all of this, she ended up getting the “Outstanding Marcher” award during fi eld marching. After high school Jennifer’s future plans are to attend Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge and go into the dental hygiene program. She also plans to be a part of the pep band, con-cert band, jazz band and marching band while in college. Jen’s parents are who she claims to be the most infl uential people in her life. “They have always taught me to follow my dreams and do the best I can in life,” says Jennifer. When asked if she could de-scribe herself in one word, Jen chose “sweet.” “I am always friendly to everyone I meet. I try to get along with everyone and I like helping everyone,” she said. The best advice Jennifer has ever received is to live life with no regrets.

Coach Lambert opens up about his teaching experienceBY MAGGIE JENNETT Graceland University is where it all started; this is where Mr. Derek Lambert went to college. Coach Lambert has been teaching at Mount Ayr for 16 years now, which is the fi rst place he started teaching. He teaches high school physi-cal education. While he has been teaching at Mount Ayr, he has coached basketball and is current-ly coaching football for the Mount Ayr Raiders. He is also in charge of the strength and conditioning pro-gram at Mount Ayr. When asked what he liked about our school, Mr. Lambert replied, “The students. They understand a good work ethic. I also like the fa-cilities.” However, the heating and cool-ing system are the things that Coach Lambert would change about Mount Ayr. Throughout his career, Mr. Lambert has helped young athletes try to reach their full potential and become the best they can be. He helps them become active in high school and teaches them to stay ac-tive throughout their life.

has done. Megan describes herself as ambitious. “I am always trying to do better and be successful at the things I do,” she said. The best advice she ever received was “no matter what just have fun. It is just life!” Megan’s future plans are unde-cided.

The spring play, “Donovan’s Daughters,” opens next Friday.

GEAR UP Iowa, a program administered by the Iowa College Student Aid Commission (Iowa College Aid) and funded through a six-year federal Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Un-dergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant, announced today the dollar amount for the scholarship com-ponent of its college access and readiness program. Eligible GEAR UP Iowa students will receive up to $2,600 each year, for up to four years, to attend the colleges of their choice. To be eligible for the GEAR UP Iowa Scholarship, a student must be part of the GEAR UP Iowa co-hort and: • Have a high school diploma, GED, or home school diploma; • Be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen; • Be 22 years of age or young-er; • Be enrolled in at least three semester hours in an undergradu-

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An area student earned a top honor at the Southwest Iowa Cho-ral Directors Middle School Solo/Ensemble Contest in Griswold on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Jacob Estrella, a sixth grader at Clearfi eld Community School, re-ceived a “superior” rating with his solo vocal performance, the high-est rating awarded at the contest. Estrella sang a folk song en-titled “Homeward Bound.” His accompanist and voice teacher is Julia Weisshaar-Mullin, the music instructor at Clearfi eld Community School. Jacob is the son of September Oliveira of Clearfi eld

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The arrival of a new physican and discussion of the Affordable Health Care Act were among top-ics at the February 18 meeting of the Ringgold County Hospital board of directors.

Administrator report Hospital administrator Gordon Winkler shared good news about the arrival of a new physician, Dr. Jerry Phipps. Dr. Phipps began his orientation to the hospital, clinic and the new electronic health sys-tem February 20 to be followed by clinic orientation beginning March 18. It is anticipated Dr. Phipps will begin seeing a limited number of patients by the middle of March and then phase into a full sched-ule. Efforts continue to search for ways to provide emergency room physician coverage. Winkler met with representatives from a com-pany to explore the coverage needed and establish a possible relationship with RCH to provide physician or mid-level provider care for the ER. Winkler also shared informa-tion on the upcoming Iowa Hos-pital Association Legislation Day on March 27 and more on the Medicaid expansion which is part of the Affordable Health Care

Valentine’s Day royaltyThe Valentine’s Day celebration at Ringgold County Supportive Services included the crowning of the queen and king. Pictured (L-R) are attendants Myranada Drake and Kristin Ford, queen Carma Binning, king Cimaron Weichmann, and attendants Steve Gilbert and Don Clark. Attendant Don Graham was absent.

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Act. Noting this will be a debated topic, Winkler reiterated the pros and cons of the Medicaid expan-sion compared to the current Iowa Cares program. Governor Terry Branstad con-tinues to support Iowa Cares and extended programs, while busi-ness and health care entities weigh heavily on the side of the expand-ed Medicaid program. As was re-ported in past meetings, the Iowa Hospital Association supports the Medicaid expansion for several reasons. The Medicaid expansion would be paid for 100 percent by federal funds in the fi rst three years and then phased out to 90 percent, while the Iowa Cares program receives only 58 percent federal funding. The expansion would pro-vide wider coverage with a broader eligibility base, while Iowa Cares provides limited benefi ts, and pro-vider facilities are not easily acces-sible for many Iowans. It was also pointed out that Iowa hospitals were assessed $5 million to fund the Affordable Health Care Act and if it is not adopted, Iowa will essentially be providing cov-erage for the states that opt into the Medicaid expansion program. In addition, the Medicaid ex-pansion would free county dollars

that are now currently used for mental health costs the expansion would cover. The bottom line for Iowa and health care providers is this: Every dollar of unfunded care provided means someone else is picking up the cost.Patient Care Report Kathi Schuster reported cen-sus is up as is use of dialysis and physical therapy services. The clinic numbers are still down, but emergency room and ambulance services are higher than ever for this time of year. Continuing phy-sician shortages and a high fl u sea-son combine to account for these numbers. In the area of Quality Improve-ment, Schuster noted improvement in ground and air “out the door” time, indicating newly imple-mented procedures have facilitated quicker times. Areas of concern still exist, with hand washing noted as one, but staff are working diligently to encourage and monitor hand wash-ing, not only for employees but for visitors as well.Financial Report Teresa Roberts reported slightly increased revenue. With the com-pleted implementation of the new electronic health system, state-ments were sent out the end of

January. Putting the new system into full operation has held up bill-ing for several months, but with statements recently being sent out, billing is back on track. Roberts happily noted an elec-tronic health record incentive pay-ment request was sent to Medicare for an amount over $1 million. If the request is fully approved, the money received, coupled with Medicaid payments, will retire the IT loan. This will result in signifi -cant monthly savings for the hospi-tal.

Notes of Interest Radiologist Lillian Cavin was approved by the board to be ap-pointed to the staff. Tuesday, Feb. 19 begins com-munity health screening at Ring-gold County Hospital. This screen-ing is provided as part of efforts to partner with the community for better health. Strength and balancetesting as well as BMI and weight circumference are part of what will be offered in the screening with quarterly follow-up encouraged for those participating. The annual budget hearing is set for March 11 at 5 p.m. with the regular monthly board meeting to follow.

The Ringgold County Strategic Prevention Framework State In-centive Grant (SPF SIG), Ringgold County Sheriff’s Offi ce and SAFE Coalition, are offering a free TIPS (Training for Intervention Proce-dureS) workshop for “on premise” alcohol retailers this week. On average, 20 percent of es-tablishments in Ringgold county sell alcohol to underage youth each year. Keeping children safe from the dangers of drugs and alcohol in our community is everyone’s responsibility- parents, other com-munity members, schools and lo-cal businesses. Alcohol retailers can help keep children safe by ensuring youth are not able to purchase alcohol, and by properly training employees on safe selling techniques for alcohol. As part of the grant, we will be working with local law enforce-ment to complete compliance checks at all businesses in Ring-gold county that sell alcohol for the next two years. Our goal is for all alcohol retailers to be 100 per-cent compliant and with this train-ing, we anticipate success. To ensure that businesses are fully equipped to pass these com-pliance checks, we strongly en-courage all employees who sell al-cohol attend. TIPS is a skills-cased training program that is designed to prevent intoxication, underage drinking, and drunk driving. TIPS will teach employees how to prop-

TIPS training for Ringgold county alcohol retailers is scheduled

erly check identifi cation cards and to serve responsibly, as well as the legal issues. The insurance industry dis-counts liquor liability premiums up to 25 percent for TIPS-certifi ed clients. Courts recognize TIPS as the standard for server training programs. Liquor boards mitigate fi nes and penalties for violators who incorporate TIPS training at their establishments. There will be four TIPS work-shops per year, two for “off” premise and two for “on” premise alcohol retailers. Deputy Mark Da-

vison is the certifi ed TIPS trainer for Ringgold county and will con-duct a workshop at the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Offi ce on March 3, at 1 p.m. Please contact Jodi Haley at 641-344-3585 or [email protected] to register. Pre-registration is required. Continued perseverance in making sure alcohol is only sold to persons 21 and older will help in making Ringgold county a safer county for our youth. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Jodi Haley-Ringgold County SPF SIG Coordinator.

A postharvest handling and food safety workshop for fruit and vegetable growers is planned by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The free workshop will be March 8 from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Memorial Union Oak Room on the Iowa State campus in Ames. The workshop also will be broad-cast to 12 host locations through-out Iowa, one of which is at Ring-gold County Extension, 101 N. Polk, Mount Ayr. Wholesale Success: A Farmer’s Guide to Food Safety, Selling, Postharvest Handling, and Packing Produce is for fruit and vegetables growers, including farmers’ mar-ket members, school and commu-nity garden participants, and other local foods stakeholders. “How fresh produce is handled after harvest has a critical impact on its shelf life, quality and safe-ty,” said Angela Shaw, Iowa State University food safety assistant professor and workshop host. “The workshop will look at tools, tech-niques and philosophies for proper handling at each step of the Cold Chain – harvest, cooling, cleaning, drying, storing and transporting.” Atina Diffl ey, a former co-owner of Gardens of Eagan and a Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service board member, will speak at the workshop. Diffl ey will draw on her years of experi-ence in vegetable production and marketing to provide growers with useful, practical and profi t-making

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guidance on how to achieve the highest quality of sale. To register, visit http://bit.ly/T6mCNU or call the Extension offi ce at 464-3333 and staff will register for you. Participants will receive a free copy of the Family-Farmed.org’s Wholesale Success Manual, the recently revised 312-page manual that contains work-shop materials.

Postharvest workshop planned for growers

Recent snows made for fun sledding for this pair of youngsters.Tower Choir to perform at NWMS The Northwest Missouri State University Tower Choir and the Blue Valley Northwest High School Chorale will present a con-cert at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 2, in the Charles Johnson Theater at the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building on the Northwest campus. The joint concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature a variety of musical selections.

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Raiders close 2012-13 campaign with district semi-fi nal loss to Murray

The Mount Ayr Raiders downed a talented Lamoni squad in the second round of district play to advance to the semi-fi nals against Murray. Unfortunately, the season came to a conclusion after a hard-fought loss to the Mustangs.Mount Ayr 44, Lamoni 40 The Raiders traveled to Lamoni and beat the Demons, 44-40, Tues-day, Feb. 19 in the Class 1A District semifi nal game. In a contest that kept fans on the edge of their seats, Mount Ayr “handled everything that was thrown at them,” according to coach Bret Ruggles, “and worked as a team and played with great de-fensive intensity and discipline.”

In his fi nal game in a Raider uniform, senior Jake Still scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds against Murray in the district semi-fi nal loss.

The Raiders and Demons traded buckets through the fi rst half with both teams playing tight defense. Mount Ayr had a brief one-point lead in the second quarter, but Lamoni quickly responded, capital-izing on a turnover and a chance at the foul line, ending the half leading 22-18. The second half saw Lamoni gaining their biggest lead of the night, 30-23, on a seven-point run, but coach Ruggles’ Raiders “weath-ered the storm,” in his words, and waited for their chance to “be that Storm!” The Raiders stayed close with Lamoni for 3 1/2 quarters and then

Murray 70, Mount Ayr 61 Mount Ayr’s Raiders faced the Murray Mustangs Friday, Feb. 22 at Truro in the District 11 Champi-onship. Mount Ayr fell short of the victory, 70-61, after a hard-fought contest. “As a spectator you always hope that two teams show up to play and create a great atmosphere” said coach Bret Ruggles, and that was true of both teams in this matchup. Mount Ayr hit the scoreboard fi rst, followed by seesaw scoring as both teams fought for the early lead. The fi rst quarter ended with Murray leading, 14-13. In the second quarter the Mus-tangs outscored the Raiders 8-2 in the fi rst three minutes to stretch their lead to 22-15. After Murray added another bucket to widen the gap to 24-15, Mount Ayr responded with a vengeance. Led by seniors Jake Still and Braydee Poore, the Raiders rallied to chisel Murray’s lead to one point by halftime, 26-25 Fully charged after the strong comeback in the second quarter, Mount Ayr hit three buckets in the first 44 seconds of third-quarter play to quickly take the lead, 31-26. Murray fought back and tied the game at 31. A late third-quarter breakdown in the Raider defense gave Murray the opening they needed. The quarter ended with the

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Braydee Poore skies for two of his 16 points against Murray.

Mustangs back on top, 46-37. By “giving tremendous effort,” in coach Ruggles’ words, the Raid-ers narrowed the gap to six at one point in the fi nal quarter, but Murray held onto the lead as time ran out to claim the district title. In one of his best games, senior Jake Still led the team with 27 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, one steal and two blocked shots.Fellow senior Braydee Poore added 16 points and fi ve boards. Coach Ruggles praised his entire squad. “I am especially proud of this team,” he said, “my fi ve se-niors, who did a great job leading the team and my six juniors, two sophomores, one freshman and our alternates. This varsity group really jelled at the right time, and we be-came a very good team towards the end of the season. We now head into break season, and I look forward to watching my guys on the track or the golf course.”

got their chance with a 10-0 run that gave Mount Ayr the lead, 33-30. Hitting the three-minute mark, the game was tied 36-36. Lamoni’s Jackson Carr hit a three-point bucket, and Raider Braydee Poore answered with a basket and a make at the line, giving Mount Ayr the 39-37 lead. A crucial foul called against La-moni with 54 seconds remaining put senior Dylan Lame at the line. Lame came through with one to give the Raiders the three-point lead. Lamoni was forced to foul as the clock ran down and Raiders, Jake Sobotka, Jake Still and Braydee Poore all scored at the line to build a four-point lead. With :01 left in the game, the Demons had possession, but with no chance to tie the game, the Raiders stood back to avoid the foul and ended the game. Coach Ruggles concluded,”It was a great win that got us into the district championship. It’s nice to be back after four years.” Senior leaders Jake Still and Braydee Poore shared top stats hon-ors, with Still scoring 17, pulling down nine rebounds, nabbing three steals and recording two blocked shots and one assist. Poore scored 16 points with six rebounds and four assists. Defensively the Raiders held lead scorers for the Demons, Jeremy Deemer and Jackson Carr, to 11 and eight points, respectively.

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Diagonal will host its annual Elementary Basketball Fun Night Thursday, March 7. The evening will begin at 5 p.m. with a “meal deal” of grilled pork burgers, chips, beans and home-made bars and a drink for $4. Following the meal at 6 p.m., activities will include a preschool-er free throw shoot, kindergarten through eighth grade basketball games, a Rent-a-Kid auction and a seniors vs. faculty basketball game. Admission to the Fun Night ac-tivities is free.

Diagonal hosts elementary basketball fun night

5th grade boys in competitionA team of Mount Ayr fi fth grade boys participated in a tournament at Leon February 16. Pictured are (front row, L-R) Blake Rychnovsky, Ryker Hickman, Jordan McAlexander and Austin Allen; (back) Darrian Hol-mes, Tyler Jones, Josh Cowley, Grant Anderson and Jacob Rushing. The team is coached by Mark Rychnovsky, who commented, “The boys played well together as a team and showed improvement as the day went on.”

The Ringgold County Pheasants Forever committee is preparing for its 24th annual banquet. The event will take place at the American Le-gion Building on March 15 begin-ning at 6 p.m. With the exception of member-ship dues, all proceeds raised at these banquets are spent locally to promote upland wildlife habitat. Specifi cally, the chapter has spent over $73,000 in Ringgold county. Over $42,000 helped purchase the Kellerton Grassland Bird Con-servation Area, Fogle Recreation Area and the Don and Connie Huff Wildlife Area. Over $27,000 has been used to improve habitat on private lands. The rest has been used for other conservation pro-grams such as hunter safety. Early Bird registration is due by March 1. To purchase tickets for this year’s banquet, please call Andy Kellner (712-621-4227),

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Name G FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT% Pts Pts/G OReb DReb Tot Reb Reb/G Assists Steals Blocks TO Hannah Fletchall SR 22 54 18 33.3 1 0 0.0 20 7 35.0 43 2.0 18 27 45 2.0 8 11 2 21Emily Fox SR 21 36 14 38.9 1 0 0.0 14 3 21.4 31 1.5 7 15 22 1.0 10 17 7 23Caitlin Giles SR 22 180 50 27.8 71 17 23.9 30 17 56.7 134 6.1 30 51 81 3.7 31 39 0 39Morgan Quick SR 18 8 1 12.5 0 0 0.0 2 2 100.0 4 0.2 6 6 12 0.7 20 4 0 18Taylor Still SR 22 255 123 48.2 2 1 50.0 123 64 52.0 311 14.1 82 124 206 9.4 31 54 36 70Logan Wimer SR 18 19 5 26.3 0 0 0.0 16 7 43.8 17 0.9 14 25 39 2.2 3 8 0 6Paige Daughton JR 22 136 53 39.0 8 1 12.5 67 29 43.3 136 6.2 57 71 128 5.8 58 53 2 88Leah Klejch JR 14 11 6 54.5 0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 12 0.9 2 9 11 0.8 2 3 0 8Brook Rychnovsky JR 22 125 35 28.0 110 30 27.3 22 7 31.8 107 4.9 12 24 36 1.6 24 37 0 62Ashton Johnston SO 22 133 30 22.6 44 5 11.4 51 27 52.9 92 4.2 20 33 53 2.4 60 32 0 91TEAM 11-11 957 335 35.0 237 54 22.8 347 163 47.0 887 40.3 248 385 633 29.6 216 258 47 426

Two Raiderettes have been named to the Pride of Iowa all-conference teams. Senior Taylor Still (left) returns as a fi rst team honoree after also appearing as a fi rst-team honoree as a junior. Junior Paige Daughton was a unanimous pick for the second team.

Season stats released for 2012-13 Raiderettes

Season statistics for the Mount Ayr Raiderette basketball team have been compiled. The Raiderettes scored a total of 228 points in the fi rst quarter and 229 in the second quarter. Scoring in the second half dropped off slightly, with the Raiderettes scoring 215 points in the third and fourth quarters. Overall, Mount Ayr out-scored their opponents 887-824, an aver-age margin of 2.9 points per game. Individually, Taylor Still scored a season-high 30 points against Orient-Macksburg on November 19. The senior also led the team in overall scoring with 311 points, in rebounding with 206 (including 18 against Pleasantville February 1), in steals (including seven against Nodaway Valley January 29) and blocked shots with 36 (including four against Bedford December 7). Sophomore Ashton Johnson led the team with 60 assists, including

seven against Clarke January 7. Ju-nior Paige Daughton recorded 58 assists, including six against Nod-away Valley January 29. Morgan Quick also recorded a six-assist game against Orient-Macksburg November 19. Junior Paige Daughton recorded 53 steals, one back of Still. Daugh-ton had a six-steal night against Martensdale-St. Marys January 4. Junior Brook Rychnovsky scored a season-total 30 three-pointers, including four in the game against Lenox February 4. The Raiderettes will lose six seniors next year: Hannah Fletch-all, Emily Fox, Caitlin Giles, Mor-gan Quick, Taylor Still and Logan Wimer. In Still and Giles, they will lose their #1 and #3 scorers. But the future looks bright as juniors Paige Daughton, second leading scorer and rebounder, and starting guard Brook Rychnovsky return along with sophomore point guard Ashton Johnston.

All Pride of Iowa

6th grade girls take fi rstA Mount Ayr sixth grade girls basketball team won fi rst place at a tourna-ment in Ravenwood, MO on Saturday, Feb. 16. Pictured are (front row, L-R) Emma Mobley and Paige Lynch; (back) Caitlyn McLead, Abbigail Haley, Amber Davison, MacKenzie Shields, Hayley Whittington, Hannah Jackson, Kylee Smith and Sammy McGill. The team is coached by (L-R) Rob Haley, Clint Whittington and Jason Lynch.

Hickman advances Caylie Hickman has advanced to the state free throw contest spon-sored by the Knights of Columbus. Making 22 of 25 shots, she took fi rst place in her division at the re-cent regional competition held Feb-ruary 24. The state competition will be held in Clarion March 17.

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Knoxville Raceway announces the offi cial 2013 schedule featur-ing more than 30 races from April – September at the Sprint Car Capital of the World in Knoxville. The top drivers in dirt track racing will compete for prestigious titles throughout the season in events like the Knoxville Nationals, Knoxville Championship Cup Series and the

Late Model Knoxville Nationals. More than 200,000 open wheel and dirt track fans from across the world immerse themselves at Knoxville Raceway every year for the most exhilarating and intense dirt track racing in the world. A complete schedule and tick-ets are available at www.knoxvil-leraceway.com/Schedule.aspx.

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Archery takes hold in schools across the state There is a new look ... and sound ... to gym class. Traditional fi tness, health and recreation still anchor today’s physical education curriculum. Stroll past the gym on a winter day, though, and you may notice a line of archers and hear the soft ‘thunks’ of fi eld points hitting large target circles. Across Iowa, more than 100 schools take part in the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP). Certifi ed instructors work with phys ed instructors from the participating schools to introduce a standards based curriculum which schools demand; tailored for elementary, middle or high school. A grant through the Department of Natural Resources pro-vides the gear for successful applicants. Naturalist Brad Friedhof, from the Johnson County Conservation De-partment, rotates between two middle schools in the Iowa City school district. This winter, 640 seventh and eighth graders get their shot. However, before students ever nock an arrow ... they learn about the history of archery, how to stay safe and the progression up to arrow re-

lease and follow through. For some, the gym class instruction turns into a winter league, maybe even participation in the annual high school championship. Formation of an archery club depends on student interest, of course; but also with a few adults as coaches or sponsors. More than 1,500 kids took part in the December to February league. More than 800 of them, from 24 schools, will be in Des Moines, March 2 for the state shoot. A lot of these young archers-for-a-week may never pick up a bow again. For some, it may open the door to bowhunting…or competition archery. It is an Olympic sport. In any case, it is a life skill they might chase well into adulthood; long after they have given up noon hour bas-ketball or over-40 softball leagues. “The kids have a lot of fun with it. It encourages them,” emphasizes Kuepker. For more information, go to www.iowadnr.gov and enter: National Archery in Schools Program, in the search window.

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NOTICE• Now accepting bids for sidewalk repairs at

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conditioner replacement at the Ringgold County Courthouse.

All inquiries should be submitted to the Ringgold County Auditor’s Office. Deadlineto submit bids is Thursday, March 7, 2013

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NOTICEThe City of Mount Ayr Insurance package renews on April

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Bids must be presented to City Hall, 200 S. Taylor Street, Mount Ayr, by Tuesday, March 26, 2013.

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an open water diver in 2005 and has since received certifi cations in advanced open water and full face mask with communication gear. He is now a certifi ed dive instruc-tor and conducts training for local divers as well as those across the region. Members of RCWET must fi rst be members of either the fi re de-partment or sheriff’s department for insurance purposes. Then they must commit to attendance at a series of trainings and meetings throughout the year. Rotert esti-mated the regional team meets between eight and 10 times per year so that members can become familiar with each other. Without that familiarity and trust, Rotert said, the group cannot function. Those wishing to become dive certifi ed must also complete that training. While members of the fi re department get a discount on their training, Rotert estimated out-of-pocket costs of approximately $500 for dive training. In addition, RCWET pays $250 for members to receive their Public Safety Div-ing Association certifi cation. RCWET receives no assistance from the county or any other gov-ernment agency. Instead, the group receives money from donations and grants and from performing “pond fi xes,” which Rotert said make for good training. Any mon-ey earned is used to benefi t the en-tire MRDA. Rotert said RCWET does not respond to water emergencies on its own. Whenever an alert goes out for assistance, all MRDA members, regardless of location, respond immediately. Within a matter of minutes, each group as-sembles and begins transport to the emergency site. Unless called back

prior to arrival, the whole MRDA team assembles at the site and be-gins organizing the rescue mission. The dive team responds to any re-quests within a 200-mile radius of Clarinda. In 2012, the team re-sponded to four dive recoveries in Iowa and Nebraska. Rotert said the MRDA team has responded as far west as Lincoln, NE and as far east as Lake Red Rock near Pella. Rot-ert said RCWET gear is stored in a trailer. Once an alert goes out, his team hooks up the trailer and heads to the site. Last year Rotert said MRDA responded to four calls in Iowa and Nebraska, including the one in Sarpy county. The MRDA team was requested by the Sarpy county sheriff’s offi ce for a dive recovery for a possible drowning victim from July 1, 2012 who hadn’t been located by other local dive teams. MRDA respond-ed on July 3 and battled 100 degree weather for nearly 10 hours. A sys-tematic grid of 96,000 square feet was searched before the body of Michael Hartsook was recovered. Ironically, Hartsook’s mother, Connie Palmerton, had ties to Ringgold county. She had met with Rotert prior to the rescue, and Ro-tert promised her the MRDA team would not leave until they had lo-cated her son’s body. Several hours later it was Rotert who found the body, bringing the ordeal to an end. At the January reunion, Hart-sook’s family donated $2,500 and a plaque to MRDA to show their appreciation and support for the recovery. Even though six months had passed since the tragedy, the family wanted to meet with the members of the dive team to bring them one step closer to closure. They wanted to share Michael’s birthday with those who were able to recover him from the lake that day.

More on water rescue___________________________Continued from front page

A rescue diver uses reels holding 600-foot long ropes to search a grid of a lake bottom during a recent search.

Initiative is sponsoring a net-working opportunity for local growers, businesses, and institu-tions interested in increasing their use or production of local foods on Thursday, March 14 at A&G Steakhouse & Lounge in Cres-ton, 211 W. Adams Street (across from the train depot) at 3 p.m. This meeting will serve as forum to net-work, gain information, and forge business relationships that will result in more local, fresh foods being served in our communities. Please bring business cards if you have them. Speakers include compliance offi cer James Romer from Inspec-tions and Appeals, Dale Raasch from Bridgewater Farm, and Bri-an Zachary, manager of Creston Farmers’ Market. Mr. Romer will speak on state regulations of inter-est to both producers and consum-ers of local foods. Mr.Raasch is an organic farmer who raises cage-free chickens and eggs and grows chemical-free produce, and will be sharing some of his experiences in marketing his products. Mr. Zach-ary will discuss the farmers’ mar-ket role in bringing producers and buyers together. Please R.S.V.P by Monday, March 11 by calling Alexi Grou-moutis at the Southern Iowa RC&D offi ce at 641-782-4033 or by emailing her at [email protected]. Participating in the local foods initiative will help build health-

Meeting to bring local food producers and buyers together

ier, more prosperous communi-ties while creating a vibrant local foods system. The Southern Iowa Regional Foods Initiative is a proj-ect of the Southern Iowa Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Area. Financial sup-port is provided by the Iowa De-partment of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the US Depart-ment of Agriculture.

An area woman has been se-lected for induction into the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame. Shirley Kessel of Lamoni re-ceived an engraved plaque during the recognition ceremony held recently. In addition, names of in-ductees are engraved on a special plaque on permanent display in the State Historical Museum. According to a press release from the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service announcing this year’s inductees, Kessel is de-scribed as having “spent thousands of hours volunteering to improve Lamoni and Decatur county. Being inducted into the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame is the high-est state-level recognition a citizen can receive for their volunteer ser-vice.

Area woman honored for volunteering

The 598,000 people who hunt or fi sh in Iowa have a tremendous impact on the state’s economy. In 2011, these outdoorsmen and women spent $779 million with a ripple effect of $1.16 billion, and supported 11,549 jobs in the state. New data released today by the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foun-dation (CSF) documents the impor-tance of sportsmen and women’s activities in Iowa and across the nation. The state fact sheets follow the release of CSF’s national re-port, America’s Sporting Heritage, Fueling the American Economy, that was released in mid-January. “Many people may not fully comprehend how important hunt-ing and fi shing are to the fabric of this country. Yet nationally there are more people who hunt or fi sh than go bowling, and their spend-ing would land them at #24 on the Fortune 500 list,” commented Jeff Crane, President of the Congres-sional Sportsmen’s Foundation. “Sportsmen and women spent $779

Hunters, anglers have huge impact on Iowa economy

million on hunting and fi shing in Iowa in 2011, almost as much the receipts from dairy products, one of the state’s leading agricultural commodities ($779 million vs. $888.7 million).” Nationwide, the impact is even more impressive. There are more than 37 million hunters and an-glers age 16 and up in this country - about the same as the population of the entire state of California. These sportsmen and women spent $90 billion on hunting and fi shing in the United States in 2011. Beyond the impact to business-es and local economies, sports-men and women are the leaders in conserving fi sh and wildlife and their habitats. When you combine license and stamp fees, motorboat fuels, excise taxes on hunting and fi shing equipment and member-ship contributions to conservation organizations, hunters and anglers directed $3 billion towards on-the-ground conservation and restora-tion efforts in 2011 - that is over

$95 every second. This does not include their own habitat acquisi-tion and restoration work for lands owned or leased for the purpose of hunting and fi shing, which would add another $11 billion to the mix. The base data for the Congres-sional Sportsmen’s Foundation report and state fact sheets comes from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife Associated Recreation. From this base data, CSF and its partners the National Shooting Sports Founda-tion and the American Sportfi shing Association commissioned South-wick Associates to develop detailed reports on the hunting and fi shing industries, respectively. These re-ports provide the information that CSF uses in their comparisons to other industries and activities that may be more recognizable to the general public. The CSF report and state information for all 50 states are available on the CSF website.

Many Iowans start planning their spring and summer gardens months in advance. For those plan-ners and other garden enthusiasts, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach provides garden publications and resources. Several of the garden publica-tions recently have been updated and are available for free down-load from the ISU Extension on-line store. Among the various updated publications are topics on veg-etable gardening, mulches, fl owers and more. ISU Extension and Out-reach not only provides these use-ful garden publications, but also supplies Iowans with the garden

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hotline, Hortline, and the Yard and Garden FAQs website. “When individuals browse through garden catalogs, they aren’t necessarily seeing plants that will perform well in this state,” Jauron said. “ISU Extension and Outreach’s goal is to provide science-based, unbiased garden-ing information so that consum-ers can plant fruits, vegetables and ornamentals and get good results. These publications are a great way to provide basic information to Io-wans.” For more information on gar-dening publications, visit the ex-tension online store at https://store.extension.iastate.edu/.

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A public sale in Knowlton draws a big crowd on a cold, cold day. BY MIKE AVITT This week’s photo appears on page 79 of “Images of America - Ringgold County” by Sharon Becker and yours truly. This view is of the north side of the main thoroughfare and shows the restaurant building on the right. Delbert Spencer contributed this photo to our book and we are very grateful. I have fi nished looking through the Twice-A-Week News news-papers from 1893 to 1900, and I have gleaned some pertinent infor-mation concerning Diagonal and Knowlton. It is diffi cult to research the early history of these towns because very few Diagonal and Knowlton newspapers still exist from this time frame. Diagonal’s newspaper offi ce burned down about 1917 and took the old news-papers with it. Only a handful of Knowlton newspapers remain to-day, and most of them are housed in the Diagonal Printing Museum. Knowlton is supposed to have had fi ve different newspapers and I found evidence of four of them. The Knowlton Express was in ex-istence in 1893, and the Knowl-ton Local preceeded that paper. Knowlton lost their printing press to Diagonal in 1895 and the paper ceased. In 1896 we see the emer-gence of the Knowlton World with R. D. Lancaster as editor. Howev-er, the printing press for this paper also left town, this time to Arispe, in July of 1897. Knowlton was without a newspaper until the fi rst

week of September 1898 when Al Burton published The Knowlton Sentinel. Diagonal’s newspaper seemed to be in continuous opera-tion from 1891 to 1900. Knowlton suffered many fi res in its short life and the fi rst one I found was on December 4, 1894 when A. Long’s hardware store burned to the ground. The next one I found was the biggest fi re. The north side of Main Street caught fi re on July 7, 1895, destroying F. T. Furcht’s general store, Wm. Harshaw’s barber shop, Jordan & Nesmith’s store, and Baker & Gus-tin’s stock and building. All three of Knowlton’s general stores were lost. I found one minor fi re in Di-agonal that was of suspicious ori-gin. Knowlton rebounded by at-tracting other retail businesses and building brick buildings in place of the frame buildings that burned. In fact, Knowlton seemed to have the edge on Diagonal as far as business and industry. Diagonal seemed to be ahead of Knowlton in the school and church areas. Di-agonal voted to be an independent school district in the late 1890s and had placed an organ in their school by September 1899. Diagonal did a better job of maintaining their teachers and preachers. Also, Di-agonal had a town band whereas Knowlton did not. The 1896 census listed Knowl-ton with 322 residents and Di-agonal with 320. The 1899 census gave Knowlton 362 inhabitants

and Diagonal 360. So through the 1890s these two rivals probably only succeeded in motivating each other. There was one thing that hap-pened in 1900, though, that would be advantageous for Diagonal in the future. The well for the water tank on the Chicago Great Western at Knowlton went dry in the sum-mer of 1900 and a water tank was erected at Diagonal. Both of these towns were born on the CGW and they relied on the railroad for busi-ness and consumers. Another thing I picked up while reading these old papers was Knowlton and Diagonal’s second-ary feuds. Knowlton had a feud with Blockton during this time period. I think it was over busi-ness with the CGW. A petroleum facility was later established at Blockton by the CGW. Diago-nal began taunting Mount Ayr in 1896 because the county seat had no passenger rail service. It’s true. Passenger service was returned to Mount Ayr November 6, 1899 when the Grant City branch of the Burlington road was extended to Albany, MO. Diagonal petitioned to have the county seat moved there due to Diagonal having both the CGW and the Keokuk & West-ern Railroad, both of whom had passenger service. I’ll start gathering information about Diagonal and Knowlton for the years 1900-1910 and write a few more articles about them somewhere down the road.

By Peter Graham Hereabouts snow has been fl y-ing, not for the fi rst time this win-ter, but it has been awhile since last we saw any. In the parched Mid-west, such a nice covering of white stuff is welcome, indeed. For farm-ers it is critical, especially for those with wheat in the fi elds. In my neck of the woods, we’re experiencing a snowfall that is cre-ating an excellent ground cover and will convert, eventually, into some nice ground water accumulation. It ain’t a steady rain, but beggars can’t be choosers! We’ll take what we can get in a cycle where rainfall is little and late—too often. According to Dow Jones News-wires, Feb. 21, wheat futures fell to a 7 ½-month low just as the major winter storm began to drop signifi -cant moisture on the wheat crops in the Great Plains. The agency said heavy snow fell in the big wheat-growing states, such as Kansas and Oklahoma. Analysts, Dow said, have been worried about the kind of impact long-term drought would have on wheat crops and wheat fu-tures. The winter wheat, planted in the fall, is dormant, but will be harvested in just a few months. Dow said the storm, which dumped a foot of snow on parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma (and is moving across the Upper Midwest at good clip as I write), is the fi rst major moisture this season’s “hard red” winter wheat crop has received. Meanwhile, wheat prices have settled to their lowest level since June 22, Dow said. They had been supported in the past few months by worries that drought would sharply reduce yields. With the heavy snows, John Kleist, senior analyst with the brokerage, Ebottrading.com, Lakemoor, IL, said “We are see-ing traders, who had bet that poor weather conditions would cut crop yield potential, rush to exit those bets.” That, even though declines

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in wheat futures were limited by improved export demand for U.S. grain. Dow said traders are looking for additional evidence that export business is improving before push-ing prices higher. In recent months, the agency reported, export de-mand for U.S. wheat has been gen-erally weak as supplies from other nations have been cheaper. Meanwhile, Dow also report-ed that soybean futures closed mixed on Feb. 21, with futures for near-term delivery supported by concerns that strong demand is draining “precariously tight U.S. stockpiles.” Some experts think dry climes in Argentina will push foreign buyers to U.S. supplies at a time when the U.S. needs a slow-down in demand. Corn futures also ended lower during that reporting period, pres-sured, Dow said, by weakness in wheat prices and government pro-jections that U.S. corn harvests may rebound in 2013 (the analysts haven’t looked at soil conditions around these parts, I’d bet). They do remind us that corn prices often move in tandem with wheat be-cause both are signifi cantly part of our animal feed sourcing. So it goes with the tiny white snowfl ake, so innocent, yet so ter-ribly important to the economic well-being of so many. I’ll see ya!

Champion bullKatelyn Holmes of Benton (right) consigned the intermediate champion bull, HCC Edgar 571, at the 2013 Iowa Beef Expo Angus Show and Sale February13 in Des Moines.

Day on the HillRaymond Shields (far left), representing Ringgold county, and members of the Taylor, Mills, Montgomery and Adams county Farm Bureaus traveled to the state Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 19, for Iowa Farm Bureau’s annual day on the hill. The local members met with Senator Joni Ernst (R-Red Oak) to discuss agriculture legislation as well as important issues facing Iowa farmers.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds were joined by Iowa Secretary of Agri-culture Bill Northey and Director Chuck Gipp from the Iowa Depart-ment of Natural Resources to re-cently announce that nominations are open for the 2013 Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Awards. Nominations are due by June 15, 2013. “These awards are an op-portunity to recognize the many farmers that are taking signifi cant voluntary steps to protect the soil and improve water quality here in Iowa,” Branstad said. “Iowa farm-ers take great pride in caring for the soil and water, and we want to lift them up as examples for other farmers to follow.” The award is a joint effort be-tween the Governor, Lt. Governor, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and Iowa Department of Natural Resources to recognize the efforts of Iowa’s farmers as environmental leaders committed to healthy soils and im-proved water quality. It seeks to recognize the exem-plary voluntary actions of farmers who improve or protect the envi-ronment and natural resources of the state while also encouraging other farmers to follow in their footsteps by building success upon success.

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February 25 - Jim and Mary Ann Smith attended Westin Pier-schbacher’s 21st birthday at the home of Curt and Sandy Piersch-bacher. Congratulations, Westin! Raymond and Dola Doser of Lovilia visited in the home of Eugene and Esther McAlexander Monday afternoon. The Beaconsfi eld United Meth-odist women served a lunch for the family and friends of Michelle Schrodt following her funeral. Mi-chelle was the daughter of David and Donna Schrodt. Bob and Connie Eason have been staying with Mike and Con-nie Nesseen while they are work-ing on their house in Mount Ayr and will soon be moving in. Howard and Rose Peterson visited in Red Oak last weekend and brought Russ Peterson back to Beaconsfi eld after he had spent a week in Red Oak. Eugene McAlexander reported that his weather station recorded seven inches of snow last Thurs-day/Friday. It melted down to .51 inches of precipitation.

February 25 - The month will be over as you read this. It may have been a short month, but it was fi lled with activities from day one. Com-ing up in March will be even more activities to keep everyone busy. The Chatterbox will be available this afternoon (Thursday). Stop by to pick up your copy. Residents with a birthday in March include Theola Cameron on March 4; Don Lowman, March 8; Ray Miller, March 19; Eileen Lesan, March 24; Pearl Grout, March 26, and Minnie Brecken-ridge, March 28. Charlotte and Dwight Cunning will celebrate their 66th wedding anniversary on March 2. Staff with a March birthday are Emily Fox and Amy Osborn on March 13. The birthday party is planned with the National Honor Society on March 28. Monday Pattie had a great group out to listen to her fi nish her story

about “Dewey’s Nine Lives.” Now she has started the book, “The Dog Next Door.” In the afternoon it was a special day to celebrate the Feb-ruary birthdays. The Community Singers were in to entertain. Band members were Mary Jan Baker, Ron Bradley, Vern Brown, Wanda Campbell, Phyllis Faubion, Judy Henderson, Jim Hullinger, Wilma Hughes, June Irvin, Betty Karas, Ellen Lemke, Verla Monk, Bob Osburn, Ann Robinson, Donna Smithson, Mary Weaver, Myrna Wilson and Lois Wurster. The Blockton Christian Church ladies provided refreshments of punch and cookies. Church members were Karen Kemery, Mary Kay Loutzenhiser, Joyce Brown with granddaughter Kerrigan Henson, Mary Weaver, Phyllis Faubion and Debbie Marcum. Tuesday was Rice Krispie day for those out to coffee club. These are always a treat to enjoy. Peggy Wagenknecht was in to play the pi-ano for music in the morning. Ev-eryone enjoyed having a new face in the building. She also assisted the staff with music in the special care unit. Bingo was played in the afternoon, Winners were Rose Hunt, Doyle Murphy, Roxie Trul-linger and Anita Hayworth. Kathi, Pattie and Sommer were busy with hand care all morning. Kathi took the hand care cart to the special care unit to work on nails. Doug Rohrer was in to lead church with Carmene James playing the piano. After church residents en-joyed the very fi rst episode of “Dallas” from 1978 with a bowl of popcorn. Thursday Sommer read the Mount Ayr Record-News and Di-agonal Progress. Following the newspaper, they gathered in the south lobby to learn a little bit about Alabama. They learned several facts about people born in Alabama including George Wash-ington Carver. They also were sent home with some homework -- a puzzle about the four presi-dents with birthdays in February. All know Washington and Lincoln were born in February because we celebrate Presidents Day. But there are two others. Do you know who they were? At noon Charles Hawk-ins held a patriotic service in honor of the presidents. Helping with some special readings were Kathi, Liz and Amber. In the afternoon Kathi and Sommer played a round of President’s Jingo with the resi-dents. The snow was coming down pretty fast by the afternoon so Liz gathered some fresh snow and mixed up some ice cream. Those out for the game enjoyed the fun. Kathi read several stories dur-ing reminisce reading. Lisa and Kathi had some music fun in the special care unit. Sommer and Lisa played bingo in the afternoon. Winners were Gerata Scott, Rose Hunt, Helen Banks, Doyle Mur-phy, Donnie Johnston, Thelma Grimes, Henry Peterson, Permelia Fletchall and Anna Linkey. Saturday Sommer played a

game of jackpot with the residents in the morning. The fi rst to go out was Permelia Fletchall. Sunday Norma Stringham was in to lead Sunday school. Carmene James was the piano player. Visitors last week were Peggy Wagenknecht with Colleen Green-man; Carol May with Virginia Weaver; Rich and Peggy Hunt and Estelle Hall with Rose Hunt; Joni Taylor with Anna Linkey; Brenda Comer with Eddie Overholser and Kathleen Freed; Marlene Wyer with Ione Veatch; Kay and Bob Sickels with Vera Daughton; Shir-ley and Bob Erickson with Don Strange; Joyce England with Lois Anne Sobotka and Anna Linkey; Lisa and Dave Richards with Mari-lyn Richards; Shelli and Alissa Brand, Ellen Brand, Joey Beltran and Linda Konnath with Roxie Trullinger; Leonard, Lyla and Sue Miller with Ray Miller; Larry Hull and Trudy Cohen with Larry Hull; Jim and Arlene Pearce with Edna Scott; Woodie, Martan and Joe Ladmeir with Berniece Hoffman; Dorothy Barber with Doyle Murphy, and Doug and Sherri Hymbaugh with Charlotte and Dwight Cunning.

February 25 - As the month of February comes to a close, resi-dents look more and more forward to spring! Although, with this last bit of winter weather residents did enjoy not only watching the snow and snow removal but also had the chance to go out and enjoy it fi rst hand. A few brave souls took a nice winter walk and made tracks in the snow. How good it felt to once again be able to be the fi rst to make marks in the fresh fallen snow! Evalee White and Darlene Min-nick both enjoyed going out with family members over the weekend. Together Darlene and her fam-ily celebrated her birthday. Danny Gregg spent several afternoons out with his family this past week. Lunch guests over the weekend included Phyllis Sickels who en-joyed eating with her mother, Syl-via Hall, and Neil Stanley who joined his mother, Ada. The fam-ily of Bernadine McBride brought lunch in to share with her Sunday and to celebrate a family birthday. Irene Merical was a lunch guest of Shirley Brown this past week also. Music will be heard throughout the building Friday afternoon as a sing-along will be led by Marlys McPherson. This will also bring the celebration of March birthdays. Hosting the March party will be the ladies from the United Methodist

Church. If you have a resident who is celebrating a birthday in March, please plan to join those at Health Care for an afternoon of fun begin-ning at 2 p.m. Another music group will be there Monday evening, March 4, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Please feel free to come listen to Musically In-clined with them. Presidents Day was last Mon-day and with that residents took part in presidential trivia during the morning hours. They did learn a few facts about their leaders as well as some interesting tidbits. Ladies club found the gals examin-ing several kitchen gadgets. Exam-ining them and naming them are two different things as some were things they have never used before while others showed their purpose without explanation. Ladies shared their favorite and most used gad-gets from their own kitchens while enjoying refreshments. Judy Green was the caller for evening bingo which is always fun. Deanna Adams and Harold and Melynda Crawford helped while those winning were Donna Ben-egas, Nieda Cunningham, Ruth Angus, who was also the blackout winner, Irene Bohn, Evalee White, Catherine Crawford, Kenny Drift-mier, Margaret Campbell, Kathryn Adams, Elaine McCampbell, Vir-ginia Albers and Lorene Triggs. A large group of residents gath-ered to honor the resident of the month Tuesday morning over cof-fee and muffi ns. Everyone enjoyed learning more about the special resident as she came to be a part of their family in October. Congratu-lations to February resident of the

month - Darlene Minnick. It was nice to see Pastor Charles Hawkins again as he was with them Tuesday afternoon for Bible study. Everyone also enjoyed dominoes and Skip Bo with Phyllis Sickels and Cheri Dessinger. Colleene Saville and Marie Campbell held high score during box ball just before church services Wednesday morning. Church was led by Pastor Doug Rohrer. Char-lotte Swank was present to play the piano. Men at Health Care viewed several antique banks all models of cars. These were enjoyed while those in the group shared memo-ries of their fi rst cars or trucks as well as a few experiences they might just like to forget. Nail care was provided by Dor-othy Hughes and Phyllis Riggs this week. These two also helped with bingo which was enjoyed both Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Winners were Marvin Morse, Cor-win Karr, Elaine McCampbell, Virginia Albers, Lorene Triggs, Kenny Driftmier, Sylvia Hall, Margaret Campbell, Donna Ben-egas, Wayne Bohn, Dorothy Main, Evalee White, Kathryn Adams, Nieda Cunningham, Ruth Angus, Vergene Higgins, Annabelle Jones, Catherine Crawford, Samantha Crawford, Paul Campbell, Gerald Gardner and Darlene Minnick. Ada Stanley, Darlene Minn-ick, Dorothy Main, Lorraine King and Lorene Triggs all raced horses one morning this past week at the Healthy Meadows Race Track and were winners. Congratulations, la-dies. Deanna Adams and Charlotte

Swank brought Sunday school this past Sunday morning with Deanna delivering the message and Char-lotte providing the music. Welcome visitors over the past week have been Judy Doolittle, Donna Stark, Larry Scadden and granddaughters of Sioux City and Vickie Parrott with Loreen Reed; Marie Still, Olive Davis, Oleta Jones, Dennis, Nina, Tate and Isac Dugan, Warren Angus and Norma Jones with Ruth Angus; Art and Jacque Davis of Weeping Water, NE, Jodi Angus and Darlene Bear with Nova Giles and Don Bear; Larry and Arletta Hogue of Ankeny with Irene Hogue; Merna King of Bedford with Ed and Lor-raine King; Jeannette Lutrick with Bev Moore; Connie Worthing-ton of Des Moines, Hank Smith and Judy Pottorff with Margaret Fletchall; Irene Merical of Adel, Lorrie Schwalbe and Wayne and Suzanne Brown of Pleasant Hill with Shirley Brown; Rhonda Coo-per of Kent and Bobbie and Anne Rinehart of Hatfi eld, MO with Kathryn Adams; Jean Gilliland with Earl Brand; Pat Teply and Missy the Dog with Gerald Gardner; Ed, Colleen and Nick Minnick with Darlene Minn-ick; Harold, Melynda and Saman-tha Crawford and Jim and Rose-mary Hullinger with Catherine Crawford; Ruth Egly with Nieda Cunningham; Regan Main with Dorothy Main and Earl Brand; Ethel Camp-bell with Don Campbell; Steve and Marilyn Werner with Maxine Werner; Corwin Karr with Elaine McCampbell; Phyllis Sickels with Sylvia Hall, and Mike and Joni

Dugan, Dennis, Nina, Tate and Isac Dugan, Michelle, Weston and Lilly Lucht of Conrad and Andy, Dawn, Carson and Cade Dugan with Ber-nadine McBride.

February 25 - Happy Birthday wishes to Gene Motsinger and Amon Hunt. Friday night Gene Motsinger called on Daryl and Brad Holden. Saturday evening he and Amon Hunt celebrated together with sup-per at Doris Overholser’s home. Es-telle Hall was also a guest. Sunday morning Allen Jarred and his son-in-law, Bill Weiderholt, brought pie and others goodies, along with birthday wishes, to Gene. The Bill Stringham family held a birthday dinner at their home for Gene and their son-in-law, Mark Spencer, Sunday. Walt and Bev McGinnis went to Omaha, NE to watch grand-daughter Jasmine play basketball. Her team lost by only one point so it would have been a great game to watch. Josh, Lizzie, Kayla and Tyler Hanawalt were supper guests of Charlie and Vickie Jeanes Sunday night for pizza.

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visits, food, flowers, memorial gifts and prayers at the time of the loss of our loved one. Special thanks to the Clearview Nursing Home in Mount Ayr for all they did to care for Arloa. Thanks to the Clearfield First Christian Church for the wonderful service and luncheon. We would also like to thank the Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home for their support and the beautiful service provided.

The Arloa Wackernagle FamilyJack and Debbie Wackernagle

Vicki O’ConnorGary and Olivia Wackernagle Family

Amy and Tyler SheeleyJohn and Gracie O’Connor Family

Missy Grange Family

What do theWhat do theJewish PassoverJewish Passover

and Jesus’and Jesus’last supper havelast supper have

in common?in common?The public is invited to hear

Eli Birnbaumwith Jews for Jesus answer that question as he presents

“Christ in the Passover”Wishard Chapel Community Church

Monday, March 11, 7 p.m. You’ll gain wonderful insights on how the pieces of God’s plan of salvation fit together, and you’ll remember this visual display of the Passover for years to come. Jews for Jesus has presented “Christ in the Passover” at over 38,000 churches. It has been enthusiastically received by Christians who appre-ciate learning more about the Jewish backgrounds of their faith.Pastor Bill and Sandy Armstrong • Ph. 641-344-7070Pastor Bill and Sandy Armstrong • Ph. 641-344-7070

Thank YouI would like to thank my family for helping me celebrate my

80th birthday. Thanks to my friends who sent cards, made phone calls and visited. It made my day. May God bless each of you.

Marlene Zarr

Church Public Notices

Church NotesMount Ayr Larger Parish

United Methodist ChurchesPastor Skip Rushing

Redding 9:00 a.m., Worship. 10:00 a.m., Sunday School.

Middle Fork 9:00 a.m., Sunday School, all ages. 10:00 a.m., Worship.

Mount Ayr10:00 a.m., Sunday School.

10:30 - 11:00 a.m., Refreshments and Fellowship. 11:00 a.m., Worship. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church

100 N. Polk, Mount AyrFr. Bashir Abdelsamad, Pastor

Sunday mass, 8:00 a.m.

St. Patrick’s Catholic ChurchGrand River

Fr. Bashir Abdelsamad, Pastor Saturdays, mass at 5:30 p.m.

United Church of DiagonalPastor Ed Shields

9:30 a.m., Church. 10:30 a.m., Sunday school.

Tingley First Christian ChurchAl Rusk, Pastor

10:00 a.m., Church school. Mar-garet Hull, Superintendent. 11:00 a.m., Worship. Sunday, February 24: 4:00 p.m., Musical gathering.

First Lutheran ChurchMount Ayr - LCMS

Vacancy Pastor: Rev. Jonathan Watt

Sunday, March 3: 8:00 a.m., Worship with holy communion.

Free Methodist Church Charles Weiman, Pastor

10:00 a.m., Sunday school. 11:00 a.m., Worship service. 7:00 p.m., Evening worship. Wednesday, Family Night Prayer meeting; F.M.Y., C.L.C., 7 p.m.

Kellerton Assembly of God Church

Pastor Barton Shields 9:30 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 a.m., Worship service. 6:00 p.m., Sunday evening wor-ship. Wednesday, 7:00 p.m., Adult Bible study.

Blockton Christian ChurchScott Marcum, Pastor

9:30 a.m., Bible School. 10:45 a.m., Worship. Second and fourth Sundays of each month, Youth Groups. First Wednesday of each month, Church Night.

Tent ChapelChurch of Christ

Richard Reinhardt, Minister(3 miles south of Blockton, Iowa)

Bible study, 10:00 a.m. Morning worship, 11:00 a.m. Watch “In Search of the Lord’s Way” - 7 a.m., Sunday on Ch. 17; KDSM Dish 259, 6:30 a.m. or Direct TV 364, 6:30 a.m. Sundays, 6:30 p.m., evening ser-vices. Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m., Bible study.

Regular Baptist ChurchMount Ayr

464-3293 (Church)Pastor Seth Denney

9:45 a.m., Sunday School. 11:00 a.m., Morning worship service. Nursery available. 6:30 p.m., Evening service. Wednesday, 6:30-8 p.m., AWANA; 7 p.m., Midweek Bible study and prayer. 7 p.m., Youth service.

Hickory GroveAdvent Christian Church

Sherry Wiley, supply pastor The church has closed for the winter and will reopen in the spring on Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013.

Mount Ayr Assembly of GodPastor Doug Rohrer

(515-783-7712)See our facebook page

8:15 - 8:45 a.m., Prayer 9:00 a.m., Sunday school for all ages. 10:00 a.m., Fellowship. 10:30 a.m., Worship service. Nursery available. Children’s church. 5:00 p.m. Men of Valor Saturday, March 2: 8 - 11 a.m., Open Closet.

Thursdays: Revolution Youth - 6 to 8 p.m.

Wednesdays: Kids Club - 5-7 p.m.

KellertonUnited Methodist Church

Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship.

Beaconsfi eldUnited Methodist Church

Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor Sunday, 9:00 a.m., Morning Wor-ship. No Sunday School.

Faith United ParishPastor Bruce Giese

Platte Center 8:30 a.m., Worship. 10:00 a.m., Sunday School.

First Christian Church Pastor Chris Conklin

Sunday, March 3: 9:00 a.m., Sunday school. 10:00 a.m., Church. Wednesdays: L.A.M.B.S. at 3:30 p.m.; Choir at 5:30 p.m. Thursday Prayer group at 9:30 a.m.

United Baptist-Presbyterian Church

2343 State Highway 169Mount Ayr

Michael Maddy, Pastor(641-464-2127)

www.ubpchurch.com Sunday, March 3: 9:00 a.m., Sunday school.

10:00 a.m., Church service. Greeter, Dean Blades; Call to worship, Ellen Powell: Musician, Nancy Sackett; Children’s sermon, Amanda Maddy; Message, Mike Maddy. Monday, March 4: 5:00 p.m., Stretch exercises-UBP Church. Tuesday, March 5: 7:00 a.m., Men’s breakfast at UBP Church.

Wednesday, March 6: 5:00 p.m., Stretch exercises. 5:30 p.m., Choir practice at UBP Church. Director Judy Cunning. 6:30 p.m., Bible study at Mount Ayr Health Care. Bank of Christ Outreach and Hope

Center2nd & Ringgold, Kellerton

10:00 a.m., Sunday school for children and adults. 11:00 a.m., Church service with Kathy Johnston speaking.

Wishard Chapel Community Church

Pastor Bill Armstrong 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. 10:30 a.m., Worship. Women of Wishard (WOW): Every fi rst Wednesday at 7 p.m.

EllstonUnited Methodist Church

Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor 9:00 a.m., Church services. 10:00 a.m., Sunday school and Bible study. United Methodist Women: Every second Monday at 1:30 p.m. United Methodist Men: First/third Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. Youth Group: First/third Wednes-days, 6:30 p.m. Second Sunday - potluck; fourth Sunday - fellowship time. Website: ellstonumc.org

TingleyUnited Methodist Church

Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. 10:30 a.m., Worship. United Methodist Women: Every Third Wednesday. Youth Group: Second and Fourth Sundays, 5 p.m., at Ellston.

The LighthouseNon-Denominational Fellowship

Doug Greene, PastorDarin Dolecheck, Youth Pastor

(west 2 miles on Hwy. 2) 9:45 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 a.m., Worship. 6:30 p.m., Evening Worship. Mondays, 5 p.m., Thin Within Support Group; 7 p.m., Sowing in Tears Support Group. Wednesdays, 6 - 8 p.m., Crew Kids’ Club; 8 - 9 p.m., SOC Youth Meeting. Saturday Night Service, 7 p.m., Bible Study and Prayer led by Darla Dolecheck. Sermons available online at: light-houseonline.org.

Area Bible Fellowship Church204 North Van Buren, Clearfi eld

Pastor Ron Christian 10:00 a.m., Worship service. 11:15 a.m., Sunday school.

Wednesday: 6:30 p.m., AWANA. Friday, February 22: 7:00 p.m., Highroad 3 at church. Website: www.areabiblefellow-ship.org

Trinity Christian ChurchTerry Roberts, Minister

446-8654(Hwy. 2 West, Decatur)

8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., Sunday morning worship services. 9:30 a.m., Sunday School, all ages. Wednesday: 7 p.m., Youth/Small group Bible study. Nursery avail-able.

The Community of ChristTony and Sandy Crandell, Co-

pastors, Sunday, March 3: 11:00 a.m., Worship service with Tony Crandell speaking.

Mount Ayr Restoration BranchSherman Phipps, Presiding Elder

Alan Smith, AssistantSunday, March 3:Welcomers: Steve Smith family.

9:45 a.m., Family Worship, Sher-man Phipps family. 10:00 a.m., Classes. 11:00 a.m., Worship. Michael Jordison, presiding; Jim Barber, speaking; Pat Bolingbroke, pianist; Sue Beck, special music. Custodians: Ron Smiths. 6:00 p.m., Family fellowship at Bob Rowland home. Wednesday, March 6: 7:00 p.m., Prayer service at Ron Smith home. Ed Anderson, presid-ing.

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Musical group to be at Clearfi eld Christian Church A musical group, Simply Mu-sic, will be at the Clearfi eld Chris-tian Church Sunday, March 3. They will be conducting the morn-ing services at 9:15 a.m. Everyone is invited.

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PublicNotices

PUBLIC NOTICEPetitioner, Taja Meek

vs James Meek, respondent.

A hearing on the petition for ple-nary order of protection is hereby set for 1:30 p.m. in court room 207 on April 10th, 2013, in the Circuit Court of the 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois.

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IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT

FOR RINGGOLD COUNTYNOTICE OF PROOF OF WILL

WITHOUT ADMINISTRATIONProbate No. ESPR208716

IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-TATE OF ROBERT WAYNE RICH-ARDS, Deceased. To all persons interested in the estate of Robert Wayne Richards, Deceased, who died on or about the 20th day of December, 2012: You are hereby notifi ed that on the 6th day of February, 2013, the last will and testament of Robert Wayne Rich-ards, deceased, bearing date of the 25th

day of January, 1984, was admitted to probate in the above-named court and there will be no present administration of the estate. Any action to set aside said will must be brought in the district court of the county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to the surviving spouse, all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are

reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Dated this 18th day of February, 2013. DEBRA DIANE MURPHY ProponentJames L. Pedersen, P.C.Attorney for Estate201 E. Monroe StreetMount Ayr, IA 50854 Date of second publication 28th day of February, 2013.

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Mount Ayr City Council ProceedingsFebruary 18, 2013 The city council met in regular session on February 18, 2013 with Mayor Solliday calling the meeting to order at 6 p.m. Roll call was taken with the following members present: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Ricker, Cannon. Absent: None. A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Mathany, to approve the agenda. Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Ricker, Cannon. Nays: None. Mayor Solliday asked if any cor-rections needed to be made in the minutes. With no corrections being made, a motion was made by Greene, seconded by Cannon, to dispense the reading of the minutes previously presented to council members and approve them as presented. Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Ricker, Cannon. Nays: None. Chris Doster and Vicki Sickels with Ringgold County Public Health presented an update on plans for the $1,733 in grant funds to promote walking and biking, which includes the placement of signs with health messages on a route from the el-ementary school to the business district and on to Judge Lewis Park. Any remaining funds will go toward Judge Lewis Park walking trail re-pairs. The council thought it was a good plan and directed they work with Superintendent Wise in regard to sign placement. The city’s insurance agent, Phil Tyler, provided an informative ses-sion about the city’s property, casu-alty and worker’s comp insurance in lieu of the upcoming April 1 renewal. Employer’s Mutual Company is the city’s current provider and Mr. Tyler reported that EMC writes the major-ity of municipalities. Continental Western and Corn Husker Casualty were named as the only other insur-ance companies that may provide quotes. Following Tyler’s explana-tion of ICAP, detailing the difference of being “assurance” in comparison, council members agreed it wouldn’t be the course to take. Worker’s comp will see the largest increase and Tyler described how the “modifi cation fac-tor” affects the costs over a period of time. Specifi cations will be prepared and a notice to receive bids on the city’s insurance package will be pub-lished to be received by March 26. Charlie Sharp, CEO of Heartland Energy Solutions, came to the coun-cil with a request to extend the lease agreement initiated in April of 2008 that ends March 31, 2013. Sharp shared a history to date of the wind turbine company’s progress and their plan to raise the capital needed to begin full scale production, which could mean making as many as 200 turbines per year and employing up

to 170 people. He stressed how im-portant it is that Heartland be able to secure the building and requested a nine to 12-month extension of the current lease and “option to pur-chase.” Great Western Bank representa-tive Kim Greenland addressed the council expressing the good working relationship they have and that it was imperative to Heartland’s fi nancial package that they be able to purchase the building. Randy McDonnell and Dan Cunning were also in attendance lending their support to Heartland and encouraging the extension of the lease agreement. Councilman Ricker asked that Heartland consider paying a little more since the monthly lease amount of $1,667 in place for the last fi ve years was fairly low and it would be helpful for the city. Mayor Solli-day proposed that the lease be a true triple net lease which would include Heartland paying the property taxes going forward. Following discussion, a motion was made by Mathany, seconded by Stutzman, to approve a 12-month ex-tension to the agreement with Heart-land Energy Solutions for the “op-tion to purchase” and leasing of the city’s industrial building, with the modifi cation that Heartland will take over paying all the property taxes. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Matha-ny, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Greene, to set Monday, March 4, 2013, at 6 p.m. in the city council chambers as the date, time and location for the public hearing on the proposed city budget for the fi scal year beginning July 1, 2013. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Matha-ny, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. A motion was made by Greene, seconded by Mathany, to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 19, “An Ordinance Amending The Code Of Ordinances Of The City Of Mount Ayr, Iowa, 2007, By Amend-ing Provision Pertaining To Coun-cil Compensation.” Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutz-man, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. A motion was made by Mathany, seconded by Stutzman, to approve the Acknowledgment / Settlement Agreement – First Violation between Hy-Vee Food Store and the City of Mount Ayr. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Ricker, to approve the Acknowledgment / Settlement Agreement – 1st Violation between Smith Oil Co. and the City of Mount Ayr. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Rick-er, Yes; Cannon, Yes. Following a recommendation from Mayor Solliday, a motion was made by Greene, seconded by Stutz-man, to raise utility clerk Amanda Cannon’s hourly rate from $14.35 to $15.25. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Rick-er, Yes; Cannon, Abstain. A request from the Mount Ayr school superintendent to utilize the city’s sewer camera to help diag-nose a sewer problem at the school was considered. Superintendent Wise recommended that a city em-ployee operate the equipment if the council was agreeable with offer-ing assistance. It was noted that the equipment necessary may need to be smaller; however, it was the coun-cil’s consensus to make the effort and offer assistance to the school. Superintendent report: Wise had

prepared for council consideration a detailed spreadsheet with estimated fi gures for purchasing a garbage truck and handling residential garbage re-moval. A decision on the matter will be forthcoming in the lieu Waste Management contract deadlines; A meeting with CPO Cannon and ACCO (pool repair company) where concerns were expressed about pipe replacement, prompted a reduction of the quoted fi gure by $1,000 and it was pointed out further expense to apply the Aquafi n coating to the surge/trash basket previously ap-proved may be avoided; Equipment needs for excavation and confi ned space include an impact wrench, shoring, calibration tests and por-table concrete saw were pointed out with council members proactive to make sure all safety needs are met; updates in regard to water and sewer operations covering numerous top-ics were reported; Justin Kuonen’s detail of providing the service of land applying the bio-solids from the waste water treatment plant was dis-tributed for review and comments, and a request for council authoriza-tion on the purchase of a used pickup prompted the following action: A motion was made by Mathany, seconded by Cannon, to authorize the purchase of a pickup for the city’s fl eet in an amount not to ex-ceed $15,000. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Mathany, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. Other discussion: MSA’s Carl Elshire shared that revised drawings in response to DNR comments on the booster station project design are underway; water and sewer council liaison’s to meet with staff on water billing customer concern; contact should be made with Kate Zimmer-man in regard to the RV dump com-pletion status; letter prepared to be mailed on property in need of cleanup prior was reviewed, and councilman Mathany stressed the importance of getting the new streetscape lights lit right away. A motion was made by Ricker, seconded by Cannon, to approve the treasurer’s report: Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Ricker, Cannon. Nays: None. A motion was made by Cannon, seconded by Ricker, to pay the fol-lowing bills: Ayes: Greene, Mathany, Stutzman, Ricker, Cannon. Nays: None.

US Bank, federal withholding/FICA tax, $2,443.19.

Aramark, rug service, $29.89.Ringgold County Supervisors,

jail payment, $5,917.21.Richard Wilson, legal fees,

$895.40.Alliant, gas/electric, $166.33.Echo, ballasts, $570.96.Smith Oil, fuel, $359.90.Gerold’s, fi ttings, $34.43.Municipal Supply, meters,

$4,014.84.Chamber, dues, $240.00.Windstream, phone/Internet,

$391.05.

Waste Management, garbage contract, $11,296.28.

Hazardous Waste, oil cleanup, $424.50.

Ringgold County Recorder, fees, $39.00.

Schaefer Excavating, backhoe, $225.00.

Feld Fire, hose, $202.00.Red Oak Welding, cylinder,

$10.20.MSA, engineering, $2,434.00.Central Pump, valves, $6,425.19.UnitedHealthcare, insurance,

$3,729.92.Cody Jay, refund, $63.00.Casey’s, refund, $56.25.Faith Shinkle, refund, $10.00.Louise Stamper, refund, $10.00.Vistaprint, business cards,

$41.67.United Offi ce, toner, $489.85.CobraToday, insurance, $971.67.Benson Hainline, refund, $10.00.Peggy Drake, refund, $10.00.Debbie Robertson, refund,

$10.00.Payroll, 2/08/2013, $3,502.80.Payroll, 2/15/2013, $3,648.07. Gross Claims, $48,672.60(By fund: General, $3,499.88; garbage,

$11,238.85; RUT, $570.96; employee benefi t, $1,315.00; LOST, $5,917.21; water, $8,497.52; water improvement, $2,434.00; sewer, $15,199.18.)

JANUARY RECEIPTSGeneral .............................$6,541.93 Downtown renovation ...... 1,486.68 Industrial building ............ 1,667.00 Garbage .......................... 13,388.38 Road Use Tax ...................13,123.75Employee benefi t ..................399.82Aquatic Center ......................300.00 Emergency ..............................62.93 LOST ................................11,834.42 Urban Ext. TIF ........................36.48 FEMA storm shelter .......254,614.44 Debt service .......................1,057.22Water ................................37,753.79Water improvement ..........96,387.05Sewer ................................50,457.06 Total = $489,110.95 JANUARY DISBURSEMENTS

General ...........................$24,277.77Judge Lewis projects ........36,048.38Industrial building ............20,000.00Garbage ............................15,589.79Road Use Tax .....................3,285.19Employee benefi t ...............5,264.64Aquatic center ..................87,933.71LOST ..................................5,917.21FEMA storm shelter .......254,614.44Water ................................51,576.56Sewer .............................. 115,297.80 Total = $619,805.49 At 8:38 p.m., a motion was made by Mathany, seconded by Stutzman, to go into Closed Session Pursuant to Iowa Code Chapter 21.5 (c) To discuss strategy with counsel in mat-ters that are presently in litigation or where litigation is imminent where its disclosure would be likely to prej-udice or disadvantage the position of the governmental body in that litiga-tion. Roll call vote: Greene, Yes; Math-any, Yes; Stutzman, Yes; Ricker, Yes; Cannon, Yes. The council came out of closed

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• Regular Sale – Wednesday, February 27• Performance Angus Genetics Bull and Commercial Heifer Sale –Saturday, March 2 – 1 p.m. – to be held at Massena Livestock Sales

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Public Notices County Column

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session at 8:47 p.m. A motion was made by Mathany, seconded by Greene, to adjourn. DONALD B. SOLLIDAY MayorATTEST: PAMELLA POORE City Clerk

Mount Ayr City Council Proceedings

Ringgold County Supervisors ProceedingsFebruary 18, 2013 The Ringgold County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Monday, February 18, 2013. The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. with the following members present: David Inloes, Royce Dredge and Kraig Pennington. A motion was made by Royce Dredge and seconded by Kraig Pennington to approve the agenda. AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. A motion was made by Kraig Pennington and seconded by Royce Dredge to approve the previous min-utes. AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. Debbie Cannon, treasurer, pre-sented the treasurer’s month end re-port for January. The board looked into paying off the jail bond early. After visiting with Attorney Robert Josten the board found that the call date is June 17, 2019. It was suggested to establish an escrow account and draw interest on a portion of the sales tax dollars. Debbie Cannon will look into rates and discuss with the board at a later meeting. The board attended the assessor’s commission hearing in the assembly room. Kevin Kilgore was present to submit a ballot proposition using 50 percent of the sales and service tax for payment of bonds for the jail construction and 50 percent for the purchase of gravel for secondary roads. The board will look into this. Zach Gunsolley, county engineer, met with the board to discuss FY 2014 budget. The priority with the board is fi nding funds to improve the condition of the roads. The county is already budgeting the maximum amount from general basic and rural basic that the Iowa Code allows for. Amanda Waske, auditor, is looking into an option of paying secondary roads benefi ts out of general supple-mental and rural supplemental. This would free up money in the second-ary roads budget to be used for proj-ects.

RESOLUTION RC13–48 WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-proves the Treasurer’s monthly re-port for January. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Royce Dredge and sec-onded by Kraig Pennington stating such.The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, Audi-tor. Passed and approved February 18, 2013.

RESOLUTION RC13–49 WHEREAS, the Ringgold Coun-

ty Board of Supervisors hereby ap-proves to suspend the collection of all taxes for parcels WV010904 & WV010871 in accordance with Iowa Code Section 427.9. THEREFORE, a motion was made by Royce Dredge and sec-onded by Kraig Pennington stating such.The vote on the resolution: AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. ATTEST: Amanda Waske, Audi-tor. Passed and approved February 18, 2013. The claims checks will be issued February 20, 2013. Adams, Brenda Sue, jail school meals, $20.28. Alliant Energy, conservation util-ity/VA heating assistance/Diagonal and Tingley, $882.50. Area 14 Agency on Aging, coun-ty contribution FY2013, $11,914.00. Bob Barker Co., jail supplies and uniforms, $434.68. Brady Truck & Equipment, parts, $237.00. Briggs Corp., nursing supplies, $236.19. Buck, Bob, township trustee meeting, $20.00. C&H Distributors LLC, jail cart, $328.51. Central Iowa Detention, county juvenile services, $3,500.00. Certifi ed Power Inc., parts, $1,994.46. Chat Mobility, attorney cell phone, $77.36. CJ Cooper and Associates, drug testing, $32.00. CNH Capital/Vetter, parts, $46.65. Community Grocers Inc., RCSS groceries, $9.03. Crawdaddy Outdoors, conserva-tion env. ed., $78.66. Creveling, Ron, township trustee meeting, $20.00. Cummins Central Power, parts, $427.94. Derscheid, Scott, township trust-ee meeting, $20.00. Divine Waste Inc., conservation sanitation, $270.00. Doc’s Diesel Repair, outside re-pairs, $1,852.50. Dollar General-Charged Sales, custodial and recreation, $204.80. Dpt. of Administrative, attorney telephone and telegraph, $31.14. Dredge Feed Service, courthouse janitor supplies, $21.50. Dredge, Clint, travel meal/parts, $8.05.

Farm Plan/NAPA, parts, $456.60. Farmers Cooperative Co., bridge and spray supplies, $169.86. Fehrle Sales, conservation offi ce security, $901.00. GATR Truck Center, parts, $2,776.91. Gerold’s Plumbing & Heating, parts, $10.61. Great Western Bank, jail supplies and investigation, $251.86. Greene, Curtis, jail school meals, $34.40. Greene, Doug, township trustee meeting, $20.00. Greenland, Kevin, township trustee meeting, $20.00. Gunsolley, Zach, February cell phone usage, $30.00. Hawkeye Truck Equipment, parts, $335.00. Hazardous Waste Management, tank cleaning, $425.00. Hilltop Veterinary Clinic, K9 supplies, $55.71. Holiday Inn - Airport, VA train-ing and lodging, $295.68. Hotsy Cleaning Systems, parts shop furnace, $190.08. Hy-Vee Accounts, public health LYF supplies/RCSS groceries, $218.77. Hynek, Anglea, township trustee meeting, $20.00.

ICA, IICA Sec/Treas., assessor education and training, $400.00. Inland Truck Parts Co., parts, $153.91. Inloes, David, supervisors mile-age/ISAC new offi cer, $98.58. Iowa Association of Naturalist, Missy Smith, conservation educa-tion training, $58.85. Iowa Communities Assur-ance, county liability insurance, $1,545.00. Iowa Department of Natural Re-sources, conservation salvage per-mit, $15.00. Iowa Law Enforcement Acad-emy, jail school, $290.00. Iowa Prison Industries, signs, $10,635.34. Iowa Weed Commissioners Con-fer., Iowa Weed Commissioners conf., $120.00. ISAC, EMA registration/su-pervisors ISAC spring conference, $520.00. Jackson, Curt, travel meal/parts, $19.46. Jackson, Teresa, EMA cell phone/mileage, $127.77. Jeff French Snow Removal, snow removal, $330.00. John Deer Financial, janitor snow blower cable, $38.51. Johnson, Robert, cell phone, $30.00. Kabel Business Services, Kabel Business SVCS, $105.00. Kelly Tire & Exhaust, tires, $349.52. Kenworth Mid-Iowa, parts, $751.21. Lawson Products, Inc., parts, $1,031.58. Lilienthal, Victor, cell phone, $30.00. Lucky Lanes, RCSS recreation, $180.00. Lumbard, Spencer, custodian mileage for parts, $27.30. MATURA Action Corp., county contribution FY2013, $4,618.00. Meyer Laboratory Inc., jail/cus-todian supplies, $213.50. Morgan, Neil E., assessor mile-age/phone/supplies, $126.70. MOSAIC, mental health Jan. 2013, $380.28. Mount Ayr Farm & Home Inc., parts/bridge supplies, $89.75. Mount Ayr Post Offi ce, assessor postage, $276.00. Mount Ayr Record-News, EMA proposed budget, $25.58. MTE Offi ce Center, jail/K9/audi-tor offi ce supplies, $1,246.11. Newton Overhead Doors, shop door repair, $135.00. Newton, Steve, township trustee meeting, $20.00. O’Kelley, Denae, jail school meals, $25.86. Page County Sheriff, MHMH 101212, $17.00. Red Oak Welding Supply, weld-ing supplies, $151.35. Reliance Telephone Inc., jail phone cards, $500.00. Ricker A/C Heating, offi ce re-pairs, $114.55. Ringgold County Group Home, MH Jan. 2013, $12,260.50. Ringgold County Hospital, drug testing/jail meals and supplies, $4,111.20. Roberts, Greg, township trustee meeting, $20.00. Schaefer, Karen, business deposit tickets, $86.85. Schaefer, Ken, township trustee meeting, $20.00. Schildberg Construction, rock, $24,806.20. Secretary of State, auditor notary fees/election, $60.70. Shields, Rodney, cell phone, $30.00.

Shopko, conservation offi ce sup-plies, $22.95. Sickels Automotive, truck repair, $354.89. SICOG, ATYRA transportation, $2,278.00. SimplexGrinnell LP, jail fi re sys-tem inspection, $1,965.00. Smith Oil Co., conservation fuel, $190.04. Smith, Gary, hearing meeting/VA meeting/general relief contracted hours/VA contracted hours, $683.28. Snap On Tools Corp., tools, $100.85. Southern Iowa Rural Water, conservation/Beaconsfi eld water, $85.00. Southwest Builder Supply, pipe/sign materials/bridge supplies, $110.07. Southwest Iowa Coalition, coun-ty SWICO dues, $550.00. Southwest Iowa Rural Elec-tric, conservation/Tingley service, $215.00. Spring Valley Wireless, sheriff radio equipment, $310.89. Spurrier, Clinton, attorney delin-quent collections refund, $918.72. Stephens Tire and Oil, tire repair, $150.00. Stephens, Jerry, township trustee meeting, $20.00. Stevens, G. Rawson, MHMH 101212, $120.00. Stivers Ford, parts, $1,625.63. Swanson, Lisa, MH December miles, $33.60. Trullinger, Steve, travel meal parts/cell phone, $38.05. Tyler Technologies, Inc., court-house business security renewal, $400.00. Upper Limits Teen Center, public health March 2013 rent, $450.00. Vander Haag’s Inc., parts, $650.00. Waske, Amanda, auditor ISAC and IMWCA meeting, $103.15. Whittington, John, township trustee meeting, $20.00. Windstream, supervisors/sheriff/DHS/ public health/VA/conserva-tion/ attorney/EMA phone service/Internet, $1,901.32. Windstream Communications Inc., public health phone system maintenance, $45.81. Ziegler, parts, $30.01.

Total = $108,440.42FUND TOTALS RECAP

General Basic ................$30,717.46General Supplemental .......5,295.70MH-DD Services ............ 12,811.38Rural Basic ...........................120.00Secondary Road ..............53,838.84Case Management ................582.36Jail Sales Tax Account ......3,080.49Emergency Management......364.99Ringgold Co. K9 Unit ..........163.95Sheriff’s Commissary Account .......................500.00Assessor ...............................860.25Unreimbursed Medical Exp./AFLAC ...............105.00

Grand Total = $108,440.42 There was no further business. A motion was made by Kraig Penning-ton and seconded by Royce Dredge to adjourn the meeting at 4:15 p.m. DAVID INLOES ChairmanATTEST: AMANDA WASKE Ringgold County Auditor

––––––––––––––––February 21, 2013 The Ringgold County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Thursday, February 21, 2013. The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. with the following members pres-ent: David Inloes, Royce Dredge and Kraig Pennington. A motion was made by Kraig Pennington and seconded by Royce

Dredge to approve the agenda. AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. A motion was made by Kraig Pennington and seconded by Royce Dredge to approve the previous min-utes. AYES: Unanimous. NAYS: None. The Board met with Zach Gun-solley, county engineer, to review the budget for FY2014 for secondary roads. The board will pay second-ary roads insurance out of General Supplemental and will create a new fund, Rural Supplemental, to pay for secondary roads FICA and IPERS. The board asked Gunsolley to in-crease his rock budget to $1 million. Once the information is entered and the board sees how the fi nal numbers turn out, the board can adjust that dollar amount if needed. There was no further business. A motion was made by Royce Dredge and seconded by Kraig Pennington to adjourn the meeting at 12:30 p.m. DAVID INLOES ChairmanATTEST: AMANDA WASKE Ringgold County Auditor

Coffee With The Girls

News from Clearfi eldLinda Bell

February 18 (delayed) - Linda Bell worked at school on Tuesday and Thursday this week. Marie had doctor appointments, checking her out and making sure she’s ready for surgery. She is having both of her knees done and Linda is fi lling in for her while she recovers. She will be in surgery and a nurse will come in with a phone, “There’s a Linda Bell who needs to ask Marie a question.” Linda will do the best she can. The kids are fun. Friday at the store the girls met for coffee and Joyce had pictures of her fun weekend. They celebrated their 50th with family and friends. Saturday was the Lions’ big day. At 11 a.m. the photographer lined everyone up in front of the mural and took (it seemed like) 500 pictures. Jim Parish had his bucket truck there for getting the photographer in the air. It was a great day -- sunny, a little chilly standing out there so long but it could have been worse. Then he moved everyone to Main Street in front of the Lions building with a tractor and shuttle bus there. It was the Allis Chalmer and a short bus that the Lions started with 50 years ago. He took another 500 pictures but he made it fun. Then at noon -- and almost everyone stayed -- they moved into the Lions hall and had soup and lots of great cookies and bars. They were hoping for 100 and they came real close to hav-ing that many. Visitors from other Lions clubs, the district governor, a past district governor and some Clearfi eld community people came and joined them for the special day. It really turned out great. Closing this week with: “Repu-tation is what others think you are. Character is what God knows you are.” From the coffee table, Linda B.

––––––––––––––– February 25 - The Clearfi eld school kids had a big day this week. Grades kindergarten through sixth went to Des Moines to the State House and opened the day for the House of Representatives by recit-ing the Pledge of Allegiance. They

then got a tour of the Capitol build-ing and had lunch at the Machine Shed before coming back home. The Lions picture came out in three local papers this week and Linda Bell noticed there was a problem that she always has get-ting a family picture. In each one there are some who aren’t looking at the camera, talking to someone, looking back, down or around. No wonder he took so many pictures. Maybe out of 500, there might be one where everyone is looking at the camera, but Linda wouldn’t bet on it. Linda Bell went to the store and had coffee with the girls. There was lots of news this morning -- people moving, people sick, plus what they’re doing this weekend.

There is a storm predicted for this afternoon and tomorrow and be-fore they all left for home, which was about 10:45 a.m., it was start-ing to snow pretty heavily. Lots of area school were dismissing around 11 a.m. to noon. Then there is another one that may hit this area again next Monday or so. Lin-da was planning on going up to her mom’s this weekend. Her birthday is Tuesday but Linda doesn’t want to get snowed in up there and she doesn’t want to drive on bad roads. She’s done that lots of times the last 45 years and is not going to anymore. Closing with: “I’ve learned that a person’s greatest need is to feel appreciated.” From the coffee table, Linda B.

COUNTY NAME: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING -- BUDGET ESTIMATE CO NO:Ringgold Fiscal Year July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014 80

The County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year County budget as follows:Meeting Date: Meeting Time: Meeting Location:

03-11-2013 10:00 a.m. Ringgold County Courthouse Assembly RoomAt the public hearing any resident or taxpayer may present objections to, or arguments in favor of, any part of the proposed budget. This notice representsa summary of the supporting detail of revenues and expenditures on file with the County Auditor. A copy of the supporting detail will be furnished uponrequest.Average annual percentage changes between "Actual" and "Budget" amounts for "Taxes Levied on Property", "Other County Taxes/TIF Tax Revenues", and for each of the ten "Expenditure Classes" must be published. Expenditure classes proposing "Budget" amounts,but having no "Actual" amounts, are designated "NEW".County Web Site (if available): County Telephone Number:

641-464-3239Iowa Department of Management Budget Re-Est Actual AVGForm 630 (Publish) 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 AnnualREVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES % CHG Taxes Levied on Property* 1 3,359,198 2,701,718 3,059,549 4.78 Less: Uncollected Delinquent Taxes - Levy Year 2 0 0 0 Less: Credits to Taxpayers 3 79,470 97,770 45,525 Net Current Property Taxes 4 3,279,728 2,603,948 3,014,024 Delinquent Property Tax Revenue 5 1,000 1,150 1,032 Penalties, Interest & Costs on Taxes 6 25,100 27,050 26,580 Other County Taxes/TIF Tax Revenues 7 397,592 286,546 430,716 -3.92 Intergovernmental 8 3,838,454 3,253,721 4,150,832 Licenses & Permits 9 4,125 4,125 6,805 Charges for Service 10 541,749 488,589 514,208 Use of Money & Property 11 15,200 14,202 18,564 Miscellaneous 12 910,360 861,141 117,883 Subtotal Revenues 13 9,013,308 7,540,472 8,280,644Other Financing Sources: General Long-Term Debt Proceeds 14 0 0 52,962 Operating Transfers In 15 714,738 730,816 649,667 Proceeds of Fixed Asset Sales 16 0 0 0 Total Revenues & Other Sources 17 9,728,046 8,271,288 8,983,273EXPENDITURES & OTHER FINANCING USESOperating: Public Safety and Legal Services 18 1,328,046 1,050,346 1,129,118 8.45 Physical Health and Social Services 19 911,398 827,117 1,181,246 -12.16 Mental Health, MR & DD 20 66,113 748,314 664,283 -68.45 County Environment and Education 21 246,562 228,517 309,728 -10.78 Roads & Transportation 22 4,611,010 2,672,941 2,758,368 29.29 Government Services to Residents 23 257,775 222,756 261,478 -0.71 Administration 24 1,576,873 1,508,272 800,897 40.32 Nonprogram Current 25 11,000 79,540 11,076 -0.34Debt Service 26 193,315 300,000 194,690 -0.35Capital Projects 27 420,000 8,000 1,295,687 -43.07 Subtotal Expenditures 28 9,622,092 7,645,803 8,606,571Other Financing Uses: Operating Transfers Out 29 711,738 0 649,667 Refunded Debt/Payments to Escrow 30 0 0 Total Expenditures & Other Uses 31 10,333,830 7,645,803 9,256,238Excess of Revenues & Other Sourcesover (under) Expenditures & Other Uses 32 -605,784 625,485 -272,965Beginning Fund Balance - July 1, 33 3,652,148 3,026,663 3,299,628Increase (Decrease) in Reserves (GAAP Budgeting) 34 0 0 Fund Balance - Nonspendable 35 0 0 Fund Balance - Restricted 36 0 0 Fund Balance - Committed 37 0 0 Fund Balance - Assigned 38 0 0 Fund Balance - Unassigned 39 3,046,364 3,652,148 3,026,663Total Ending Fund Balance - June 30, 40 3,046,364 3,652,148 3,026,663Proposed property taxation by type: Proposed tax rates per $1,000 taxable valuation:Countywide Levies*: 2,222,478 Urban Areas: 8.38956Rural Only Levies*: 1,136,720 Rural Areas: 13.65999Special District Levies*: 0 Any special district tax rates not included.TIF Tax Revenues: 0Utility Replacmnt. Excise Tax: 97,512 Date: 02-04-2013Explanation of any significant items in the budget:

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