Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, January 16, 2003

Two long time teachers announced their plans for retirement and requested early retirement benefits at the Mount Ayr Community school board meeting Monday night. Letters of resignation were receivedffrom Joan JACKSON, elementary school librarian who has 25 years of service there, and Marie STILL,lead Title I teacher, who has taught for 35 years including 24 years in the Mount Ayr Community school district.

Tony TRULLINGER recently earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Commencement ceremonies were held December 21 in Lincoln. TRULLINGER is the son of Kent and Debbie TRULLINGER of Tingley. He and his wife, Nancy, and their daughter, Carolyn, are moving to Ann Arbor, MI where Tony accepted a post-doctoral research appointment at the University of Michigan.

Letter winners for the Mount Ayr Community high school wrestling squad this season included Kyle HAYSE, Kegan BISHOP, Dany RAY, David HEAD, Kevin TRULLINGER, Tomie OVERHOLSER, Chris FORD, Daniel STULL, Mark TRULLINGER, Michael SMITH, Zach SCHAFER and Wes ZOLLMAN.

Three Ringgold county students participated in a youth free-throw contest held January 12 at the Central Decatur high school gym in Leon. Daniel SHOWALTER (12 years), David SHWALTER (10 years) and Molly BUDACH (10 years) took part in the free-throw contest sponsored by the local council of the Knights of Columbus of Mount Ayr and Leon. BUDACH will represent the 10-year-old age group in the district contest in Osceola in February.

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2013

 

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