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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, June 19, 1986
Lisa Wilson, Mount Ayr
With repairs and improvements in place, Judge LEWIS Park in Mount Ayr has returned to its normal busy summer schedule.
The tennis courts have a new surface which will greatly improve their usability and the swimming pool season is now
in full swing following replacement of the drainage system at the pool, which was leaking and causing too much water
to escape.
Election of two Farmers Home administration county committee members will take place Wednesday, June 25, county supervisor
Keith BASTOW announced today. "This is an historic occasion," Keith BASTOW said. "It is the first time that FmHA
county committee members have been elected. Until now, they have been designated by the agency. The 1985 Farm Bill calls
for two elected and one designated member on the committee." Nominees for the Ringgold County FmHA county committee
are Beverly McGINNIS and Raymond HENSLEY.
Michael C. LANCTOT of Hawarden will start June 30 as Ringgold County Hospital administrator. This is the word from a
special meeting board held last Thursday, June 12, when a final three candidates were considered.
Two Mount Ayr Community high school graduates were awarded $20 scholarships by the Ringgold County Hospital Auxiliary
at the group's annual scholarship tea Monday. The recipients were Marcia STAMPER, who will attend nursing school
at Iowa Methodist Hospital, and Karla SWANK, who will attend medical assistant school at the Omaha College of
Health Careers.
Sandra MERCER of rural Kellerton was named District 10 Pork Queen at a meeting of the district porkettes and pork
producers in Creston. MERCER is also the reigning Ringgold county pork queen.The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernie
MERCER, Sandra MERCER will be a senior at Grand Valley high school in the fall. She is a member of the FHA and 4-H and
participates in basketball, softball and horsebackriding. She will succeed Michelle McGILL from Appanoose country.
OBITUARIES in Thursday, June 19, 1986 Mount Ayr Record-News:
Guy Ora BURCH
Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2011
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