Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, March 27, 2003

A second Mount Ayr Community high school teacher has successfully completed the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards certification process. Jodie GEIST, special education teacher at Mount Ayr Community high school, was recently notified that she has completed the process to be certified as an Early Childhood Through Young Adulthood Exceptional Needs specialist. GEIST is now one of 386 teachers across the state of Iowa who have completed the certification process.

When Dr. Peggy WHITSON makes her trip back to Iowa in early April, she will be making several presentations in southern Iowa. WHITSON, the NASA astronaut who was born in Beaconsfield and is a Mount Ayr Community high school graduate, will visit Mount Ayr on Friday, April 4.

Amanda HYNEK received a division I rating at the state individual speech contest at Ballard-Huxley high school in Huxley Saturday. She received division I ratings from all three judges for her acting entry.

Two Mount Ayr Community high school drill team members were part of the all-Iowa honor drill team which performed at the Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union girls basketball championships recently. Participating were Rachel SOBOTKA and Katie WEDDLE.

Laura VANDERFLUGHT was recognized and received a cash bonus for being employed with WoodLink, Ltd. for 10 years. Vice president Ron RAINEY was on hand for the celebration. WoodLink, Ltd. will be celebrating 15 years of business this June.

A Ringgold county family showed the grand champion Maine-Anjou bull at the 2003 Iowa Beef Expo recently. Craig and Brenda WILLIS of Diagonal showed the winning entry, WSC Bruiser 219M, son of Cigar. The bull was born March 15, 2002 and was shown at 1,132 pounds.

A Mount Ayr Community fifth grader placed first in her age and weight division at the Iowa Girls State Wrestling tournament held in Gilbert Sunday, March 2. Tiffany WIMER won the first place medal at the tournament. WIMER is the daughter of Michael and Shelly WIMER of Mount Ayr and granddaughter of Jerry and Karen WIMER of Mount Ayr and Allen and Shirley DAVIDSON of Grant City, MO.

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2013

 

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