Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, July 15, 1993

Two poems by Ringgold county residents will be included in the Iowa Poetry Association's annual anthology to be published soon. The poems were among 313 poems to be published in the book, chosen from 6,480 entries received in adult, college and school divisions. To be included this year are poems by Bernice ABARR of Redding and Kenneth HATFIELD of Mount Ayr.

Mount Ayr Community high school drill team members Jamie TAYLOR and Christi SMITH, both of Mount Ayr, have qualified for a trip to the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL. The girls attended the drill team camp at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO and wer part of a select group of campers chosen to be able to participate in the half-time show of the Citrus Bowl over the New Year holdiays. Neither girl was able to accept the honor, however, because of conflicts of schedule.

Champions of the Pride of Iowa Conference! For the fifth year in a row, the Mount Ayr Community Raiderette softball team has that title after finishing up the conference seasonwith an 8-2 mark this week and were 21-7 for the regular season.

The second win of the season was the high point for the Mount Ayr Community Raider baseball team in the past week. The Raiders finished the Pride of Iowa Conference race with a 2-8 mark and were 2-13 for the season heading into the sectional tournament Monday night.

Diagonal will bring back the feeling of an old-fashioned Saturday night on main street July 24 -- all for a good cause. Diagonal is raising funds for a new community building -- and need another $40,000 toward the community's $70,000 goal. To help raise the funds, an evening of fun is planned including a play recreating a Saturday nigh between 1944 and 1950 in Diagonal, children's games, printing museum tours, easy listening music, volleyball and three-on-three basketball tournments, t-ball, a silent auction, brick sales, and a hog roast among other activities. Homemade ice cream, sno-cones, lemonade and an old-fashioned candy shop will also be featured. The event is sponsored by the Diagonal Community Building Committee and the Diagonal Lions club.

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2012

 

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