Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, October 16, 1986

The Mount Ayr Community football field served as a mock battlefield for a few minutes Friday when National Guard troops from Corning demonstrated helicopter assault tactics for Mount Ayr Community high school students, who watched from the stands. An "enemy" machine gun nest had been set up under a goal post and the two large helicopters dropped the troops on the field to secure the "enemy" gunners. Helicopters then returned for the troops and students had an opportunity to get a close look at the helicopters and ask questions about what they had seen. The helicopters swooping over the community brought many people outside to see what was going on.

The Ringgold County Hospital contract with the Harold Hughes Treatment Center was renewed for another three years in action taken at the October 13 board of trustees meeting.

Almost 200 sixth grade students from Lenox, Clearfield, Diagonal, Mount Ayr Community, East Union, Grand Valley and Lamoni school participated in the annual history tours of Ringgold county held last week. Charles BENNETT, president of the Ringgold County Historical Society, coordinated the tours, which included a number of stops at the Pioneer Historical Museum in Ellston and the Buffalo Wallow.

Mother Nature has dealt Ringgold county farmers another storage problem concerning the 1986 crop, according to Ringgold county Extension director Preston HAYSE. "Fortunately we have a potential high yielding crop, but with little storage space," HAYSE said. "Adding to that problem is that we have corn sprouting in the field, which will cause another storage problem. "With the continued damp rainy weather, sprouting corn could become critical, according to HAYSE.

Representatives from 14 different groups in Ringgold county told how their groups have worked together in the past year for county betterment when judges from the Iowa Community Betterment program visited last week. Cooperation in attracting Mount Ayr Products, the courthouse square beautification project, the group home endeavorand other activities to promote apositive attitude in the county were explained in short presentations by representatives of the 14 groups.

A variance was granted to FS Grain and Feed in Mount Ayr for the building of two new grain bins in a portion of their property zoned agricultural by action of the zoning board of review Thursday. The variance will allow the elevator company to add two new 40-foot storage bins at the facility south of Highway 2 that will provide 100,000 bushels of additional storage.

Kenneth JEZEK is a regular on "Days of Our Lives." This regular daytime soap is on 12:30 p.m. on Channel 13, WHO. Kenneth plays the part of Larrs Englund [1986 & 1987], a defector Russian dancer, who now has a dance studio in the town of Salem. Kenneth has appeared on the special "Dance" on television and in the play "CATS" prior to this part. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl JEZEK of California and grandson of Mrs. David JEZEK of Mount Ayr (formerly of Diagonal).

NOTE: Kenneth JEZEK was a professional dancer, often touring and teaching master jazz and tap classes in the United States, Europe and Canada. His credits include the Los Angeles companies of "Cats" and "42nd Street" and was a regular series dancer in "Fame" and a featured dancer in the movies "Pretty in Pink" [1986] and "Fast Forward" [1985]. He has numerous national and local commercial, music vide and industrial credits as well. His movie career was resurrected in 2009 with the Advent Film Group's production of "Come What May" which also starred JEZEK'S wife, actress Karen KELLY. The pair appeared on the 700 Club to talk about their new life as born again Christians.

JEZEK holds black belts and full instructor certifications in several martial arts disciplines, founded Christian Freestyle Karate, and owned and operated a successful martial arts school.
~ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Jezek

October 08, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. George BROWN, Hatfield MO

Thursday, October 16, 1986 Mount Ayr Record-News:

Howard Don SMITH Jr.

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2011

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