Three Mount Ayr Community high school students will attend the national Business Professionals of America conference in Annaheim, CA after qualifying at state contests last week. Three students placed in the top 10 in the state contests to qualify to advance to the national contest. Melissa WINKLER placed third in the state in the management concepts test. Rachel HALEY place fourth in the state in the spreadsheet concepts and applications contest. BreAnn WEEDA placed fifth in the buisness knowledge skills and business law contests and eighth in the financial math and analysis contest to advance. Also taking part in the state contests during the convention were Andrea TAYLOR and Courtney GRAVES.

Members of the conference champion academic day team from Mount Ayr Community high school were Elijah TERRELL, Melissa WINKLER, Amy HYNEK, Josh SMITH, BreAnn WEEDA, Krissy POORE, Janice WEDDLE, Clara TERRELL, Sean KILGORE, Matthew WEEDA, Daniel GRAHAM, Mark CRAIN, Brad WILSON, Drew INGRAM and Luke STILL.

Two Mount Ayr Community high school boys basketball players were named to all-conference teams and five more were named academic all-conference when Pride of Iowa elections were announced this week. The Raiders placed Matt LYNCH on the first team and Jaren RICKER on the second team for the all-conference selections. In addition, Josh SMITH, Travis HINZ, Nick JOHNSON, Jaren RICKER and Wes ALLEN were named to the academic all-conference team.

A Mount Ayr resident has been invited to receive the 2000 Trophy Fish print at the 26th eastern Iowa Sportshow scheduled March 8-11 at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Monica TAYLOR of Mount Ayr has been invited to receive the award, which recognizes trophy fish caught in Iowa and registered with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources during 2000. TAYLOR caught a 22-inch largmouth bass in Ringgold county last year.

A Mount Ayr Community FFA chapter member qualified for the state FFA contest at district contest at the Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny Saturday. Landi McFARLAND received a gold medal and advancted to the state contest in radio broadcasting. Receiving silver medals and not advancing were the parliamentary procedure team, conduct of meetings team and greandhand quiz team.

OBITUARIES in March 8, 2001 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Terry Alan BOLINGER   Richard Forest "Dick" STEPHENS

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Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2010

 

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