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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 08, 2002
Lisa Wilson, Mount Ayr
The late Milt HENDERSON of Mount Ayr will be named to the new Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame in a ceremony at he Iowa State Fair
this year. Ringgold county selected Milt HENDERSON to represent the county in the inaugural Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame.
Marion and Bruce HENDERSON of Atlantic have been invited to attend to accept the award on Milt's behalf.
A portion of astronaut Peggy WHITSON'S time in space aboard the International Space Station is working with scientific
experiments. While Dr. WHITSON is a fully qualified biochemist, in space she's acting more like a laboratory technician,
operating and maintaining experiments for the many scientists on the ground. Appropriately for a native Iowan one of her
key experimentsis growing soybean plants.
Dave RICHARDS of Mount Ayr received a certificate from postmaster Mike DURRELL to commemorate his 20 years with the United
States Postal Service. RICHARDS started in Kellerton but then transferred to Mount Ayr after three months. He has also
served as officer in charge at the Grand River, Afton and Lamoni post offices.
OBITUARIES in August 08, 2002 Mount Ayr Record-News:
no obituaries this week
Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2012
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