Ringgold County IAGenWeb Project

When astronaut Peggy WHITSON blasts off for a trip to the International Space Station today (Thursday), many Ringgold county eyes will be watching. Not only are more than 400 friends and relatives planning to be at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the launch of the shuttle Endeavour, many others will be watching for a glimpse of the shot on television.

For the first time in history, the Mount Ayr Community high school Raiders have a state golf champion. Raider senior T. J. REDDING shot rounds of three over par and one under par over the two days for a 36-hold total of 146, six strokes better than his closest competitor. As well as winning the individual title, REDDING led the Raider team to a second place finish in the Class 2A tournament, the best finish at state the Raider golfers have ever had. The last Raider state champion was Brad ELLIOTT, who won the 800 meter run at the boys state track meet two years ago.

When people visited pioneer cemeteries in Ringgold county over the Memorial Day weekend, they may have noticed the restoration work which has been going on. The Pioneer Cemetery Commission in the county has been slowly working and restoring Ringgold county'spioneer cemeteries for the past five years.

Two Ringgold county students have been chosen by Unit #472 of Mount Ayr to attend the annual session of the Iowa American Legion Auxiliary Girls State to be held June 9-14 on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. Chelsie PHERIGO and Nicole HOGUE will be attending the session. PHERIGO is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan SHEIL of Mount Ayr and HOGUE is the daughter of Randy HOGUE of Mount Ayr and Keith and Jacquie BENNETT of Clearfield.

Two Mount Ayr Community high school seniors will be leading the Raiderettes girls softball team this summer. Senior letter winners include Mary SCHAFENKAMP and April PERRIGO.

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