Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, June 29, 2000

After a dinner and auction fund-raiser in Mount Ayr Sunday night, almost $10,000 has been raised to help the John NEWTON family. Jennifer NEWTON, a 1997 graduate from Mount Ayr community high school and a student at Iowa State University in Ames, is battling cancer. She is currently in Rochester, MN, taking radiation treatment. Her parents, John and Betty NEWTON, are in Minnesota with her.

Some of the final work for the Grand Valley Trust and Agency committee, the group which has helped with the closing down of the Grand Valley school district, was handled at a special meeting Thursday. The board officially declared the duties and responsibilities of the committee over as of June 30, 2000, and handled final bills and other items dealing with the closing down the group.

Groundbreaking of the New Ringgold Cunty Supportive Services building was Tuesday, June 27. Jim HYMBUAGH of Hymbaugh Construction was awarded the bid for construction. Those on had at the ceremony were superivors Ethel CAMPBELL, Jim GOINS and Lloyd BEDIER, chairman; Kim O'MAILIA, auditor; Becky FLETCHALL, county CPC; and Ringgold County Supportive Services staff and clients. The completion date is set for October 15, 2000.

Dr. Lance E. BARKER, a third-year resident physician at Franklin Square Hospital Center in Baltimore, MD, has been elected chief resident and recently attended a school of instruction in Salt Lake City, UT. for chief resident physicians. Dr. BARKER graduated from Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center in 1997. His undergraduate work was done at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, from which he graduated with honors in 1993. He is a 1989 graduate of Mount Ayr Community high school. Dr. BARKER is the son of Dan and Jennie BARKER of Benton. His wife, Debbie, is the daughter of John and Rose CAMPBELL of Mount Ayr. Grandparents are LaViece BARKER and the late Clarence BARKER of Benton.

When country-western star Jerry REED comes to the Lakeside Casino in Osceola for a concert Friday, July 14, a band member with local ties will be part of the group. Mark THORNTON, brother of two former owners of a grocery store in Mount Ayr, is part of the Jerry REED band. THORNTON was hired by REED because of his ability to play the guitar like the late Chet ATKINS. THORNTON also has an independent recording studio in Nashville, TN.

History was made in Ringgold county Thursday when the price of gasoline went above $2 a gallon for the first time. While Lynn RINEHART hiked the price to the level for premium for a time late last week, he tried to take a little of the sting out of the price. He offered a complimentary cap and soft drink to anyone purchasing at least one gallon at the record high price.

Transciption by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2010

 

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