Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, September 11, 1997

Doug STARK was the winner of the contested race in the Grand Valley school district and Janis PIRTLE was the winner of the contested race in the Clearfield school district when voters went to the pools in Ringgold county Tuesday. In all other races, the only person on the ballot was elected easily. Because of the lack of races, turnout for the election was not very high.

Concerns about providing area youth with an alternative to unsupervised parties in the county were shared with members of the Mount Ayr city council at their regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 2. Bob POTTORFF, Mary Ann O'MAILIA, Rick STUFF, Lora STULL and Marcy RUMPLE met with the council to discuss some kind of a youth center or a place for them to go. The group said they felt there was a need for a place for youth to hang out, play cards and just talk.

Angus breeders from across the United States are expected to visit Ringgold county as part of the Iowa Angus tour in conjunction with the 1997 National Angus Conference in Ames. The tour will visit Jim and Ann WERNER'S operation at Diagonal in the afternoon, Saturday, Sept. 13, then visit the Hoover Angus Farm of David and Joy McFARLAND and John and Barb KIBURZ in Ellston, where the visitor will eat dinner before returning to Ames.

First place division winners in the Ayr Days talent show, which was a new feature of the celebration this year, included Katie WEDDLE and Breanne McDONNELL, nine to 12-year-old division; Tammy DOWNING, adult division; Erralee BAILEY, 13 to 17-year-old division; and Ben MILES, five to eight-year-old division.

Two Mount Ayr students were among more than 600 students who participated in a University of Northern Iowa program that gives students an opportunity to travel around the world providing summer recreation programs for dependent youth of the U.S. military installations, U.S. embassies, corporate clubs, international schools and in special programs. Amy VARDAMAN of Mount Ayr and Kayren WATSON of Mount Ayr traveled to the Republic of Korea to the Youngsan Aquatics Center as part of the UNI Camp Adventure program.

Ten bulls from Ringgold county are included in the 1997 fall sire evaluation report publised by the American Angus Association. Hoover Angus Farms of Tingley owns five bulls listed in the report. Jim and Ann WERNER of Diagonal own four bulls listed in the report. Becky WERNER of Diagonal owns one bull that is listed.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2015

 

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