be a substantial increase in Medic-aid payments. Making the transi-tion would provide eligibility for RCH to receive Medicaid pay-ments on a cost-based reimburse-ment schedule, potentially an esti-mated $180,000 annually. Outlined requirements must be met to have this conversion ap-proved, and Roberts and staff will continue to work toward determin-ing speci cs to meet the estab-lished criteria.Dialysis decision In the decision by Davita, it was explained that although the dialysis unit at RCH is in good shape, the payer mix does not provide needed revenue to support the unit. To clarify the term payer mix and their differences, it was ex-plained that commercial payers (insurance companies) reimburse at higher rates than Medicare for end-stage renal failure, the primary condition for patients served by the RCH dialysis unit. Presently, payer mix at RCHs unit includes no patients with a

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The Clear eld school board of directors received the Final Plan of Dissolution from the Dissolution Commission at its regular meeting June 18. Commission chair Doug Eng-land stated that he appreciated the hard work of the commission and was happy with the proposed plan. A nal public hearing regard-ing the Clear eld CSD Dissolu-tion Proposal is set for July 15 at 6 p.m. in the preschool room (Room #202). The board invites all inter-ested persons to attend and provide their input. After the hearing the board will make a decision to either adopt or amend and adopt the dissolution proposal and set the matter for election. If a decision cannot be reached after the hearing, the board will vote on the proposal on Tuesday, July 16 at the regularly scheduled board meeting. The regular meet-ing will begin at 6:00 p.m. and be held in Room #202. The notice of the nal public hearing will be published in the Diagonal Progress, Lenox Time Table, Bedford Times Press, Mount Ayr Record-News and Creston News Advertiser. In other action at the meeting, the board approved participation in the National School Lunch pro-gram for the upcoming school year; changes to the student, staff and preschool handbooks, the waiving of student fees for the 2013-2014 school year; and the sharing of art teacher Diana Larson with the Di-agonal school district.

Connor Giles (back) and Jake Ricker deliver new garbage cans to area residents in preparation for the city tak-ing over the garbage collection service soon. The Mount Ayr Raider football team took on the delivery chores as a community service project.

New city garbage cans distributed

Final plan released for Clear eld dissolution

Plans for the 2013 Ringgold County Fair, which will run July 10-14, have been announced. A full schedule of events and activi-ties can be found in the Ringgold County fair book now available at the Mount Ayr Record-News of ce or the Ringgold County Extension of ce. Theme for the fair this year is Weve Got a Good Thing Grow-ing. For the rst time, passes for ad-mission to all entertainment events will be available. The cost is $35 for adults aged 13 and over and $15 for youth aged 6-12. Passes are available at Hilltop Vet Clinic and the Extension of ce Wristbands will also be avail-able for all 4-H and Clover Kid members for admission to all en-tertainment events. These will cost $10 and be available on the rst day of the fair at the 4-H of ce. The schedule for the fair, which opens on Wednesday and closes with the annual 4-H/FFA auction on Sunday evening, remains much

County fair plans releasedthe same. Evening entertainment schedule is also part of the announcement. The annual Ringgold County Fair queen and princess contest

and Bill Riley Talent Show will be held Wednesday, July 10, at 7:30 p.m. The Grand River Rodeo Com-pany will present a rodeo with mutton busting and the fair cowgirl queen and princess contest Thurs-day, July 11. The mutton busting begins at 7 p.m. A dance sponsored by the County Council will be held on the grass area east of the grooming fa-cility. Friday nights entertainment features a truck pull beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday nights entertainment will be the demolition derby, be-ginning at 8 p.m. There will also be an ATV race that afternoon. Sunday there will be a mud run at noon and the annual livestock sale closes the fair at 6 p.m. A sale supper will precede the sale. Times for judging of all the events and other fun activities are can be found in the schedule in-cluded in the fair book.

Fourth of July celebrations are planned around Ringgold county for the coming holiday and with the mid-week date will be spread out again this year. An Independence Day obser-vance will be held Saturday, June 29 in Kellerton and the Clear eld Lions Club Fourth of July celebra-tion will be Thursday, July 4 in Clear eld. The annual reworks display at Sun Valley Lake near Ellston is set for Friday, July 5.

Kellerton celebration The city of Kellerton has a full slate of activities planned for their celebration. All events are sched-uled for Saturday, June 29. The activity will kick off with a parade at 1 p.m. followed by games and cake walk at the park from 2-4 p.m. The kids pedal pull will start at 3 p.m. with a free-will donation supper scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at the community center. At 9 p.m. the Rumley Brothers will play at a street dance in front of the 2nd Home bar and grill. Ad-mission to the dance is $5 with no minors allowed. The reworks will go off at 10 p.m. and biscuits and gravy will be served at midnight. The event is sponsored by the Kellerton Volunteer Fire Depart-ment and Southern Iowa Parks and Recreation.

Clear eld celebration The Clear eld Lions Club 60th annual Fourth of July celebration will be centered on the actual day of the holiday. Activities kick off Wednesday,

July 4th celebrations planned for countyStart in Kellerton on Saturday

The Ringgold County Sheriffs Of ce will conduct a roadside safety checkpoint on Friday, June 28 in Ringgold county. The intent of a traf c safety checkpoint is to provide for a high visibility, public safety service, focusing on vehicular equipment de ciencies, con rming appropri-ate registration and insurance of vehicles and the valid licensing of drivers. Violations of law or other public safety issues that arise shall be addressed. The Ringgold County Sheriffs Of ce reminds all motorists that they should always make sure their vehicle is in safe condition with the proper equipment.

Mount Ayr city superintendent Brent Wise has resigned his posi-tion as mayor of Lenox effective June 30. Wise announced his resignation at the June 10 Lenox city council meeting. At the June 17 Mount Ayr city council meeting, Wise informed council members that he had un-of cially sold his home in Lenox and was in the process of buying a home in Mount Ayr. Wise and his wife Kris have three daughters: Kyan 13, Kylian 10 and Kalee 8.

Mount Ayr city superintendent resigns Lenox mayoral post

Roadside checks planned

July 3 with the annual tractor and truck pull sanctioned by the North-west Missouri Tractor Pullers As-sociation. Action will begin at 7 p.m. The public is invited to bring lawn chairs for the event. Clear elds rst annual BBQ Blowout begins on Wednesday, and the public will be served be-ginning at 5 p.m. Thursday. Many other activities are sched-uled throughout the day on Thurs-day, July 4. Activities begin at 9 a.m. with a sandlot volleyball tournament at the park. A baby contest will be held at 1 p.m. that afternoon, followed by kids games in the park at 2 p.m. Foot and sack races, egg toss, tug-of-war and a greased pig con-test are planned with cash prizes awarded. Participants are invited to sign-up for a bean bag tournament at Mickey Ds between 2-3 p.m. A pie contest will begin at 3 p.m. at the Clear eld Lions Club hall. Beginning at 4 p.m. homemade pie and ice cream will be served

at the Lions Hall by the United Methodist Church. This will be served until it is gone. The pet show will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Taygold Community Store. The annual parade with the theme 60 Years of Service - 50 Years of State Fair Shuttles will begin at 6:30 p.m. Antique tractors are invited to carry state ags in the parade. All tractors are to line up west of the Clearview Home beginning at 4 p.m. Following the parade games and attractions such as bingo, the space pillow, dart throw, ring toss, ninja jump and food stands will also be open on main street. The kids pedal pull will begin on main street at 7:30 p.m. A local band comprised of Jim George, Dick Stephens, Roger Mick, Terry England and Bill Liv-ingston will provide music for the dance on the slab Thursday eve-ning. Fireworks will close out the night at 10:15 p.m. Activities will conclude on Sunday, July 7 with a church ser-vice at 9:30 a.m. in the city park. Details of the events are includ-ed in an advertisement in todays Mount Ayr Record-News.

Sun Valley Lake reworks The annual reworks display at Sun Valley Lake is set for Friday, July 5, so more lake residents can enjoy them. Rain date will be Saturday, July 6.

One attraction for the upcom-ing Ayr Days celebration is a book signing by two authors with ties to Ringgold county. Janet Barker Knedler of To-peka, KS and Mary Martsching of Mount Ayr will sign books and answer questions at the event to be held at the Mount Ayr Public Libr-rary. (This week we will pro le Kne-dler and her journey to becoming a published author. Next week we will present a similar interview featuring Martsching.) Former Mount Ayr resident Ja-net Barker Knedler of Topeka, KS, has written and published a chil-drens book entitled, The Fun-tastic Adventures of Smoki. Smoki is a rescued shelter dog who doesnt mind being dressed up or living with cats. She dreams of adventures and sometimes they come true. Knedler is the daughter of Guel-da and the late Marshall Barker of Mount Ayr.

Rec-News: Please describe your most recent book.

JK: The Funtastic Adventures of Smoki is about a real dog (our grand-dog) who lives with her family in South Dakota. She was rescued from the pound about 11 years ago and is like one of their children. She somehow under-stands what they say to her with just words and lets them dress her up in clothing without minding at all. In this book, she dreams of go-ing places, places she has been and dresses accordingly. Anyone who likes dogs, I think would enjoy this book, and it was written with little children in mind. The story was actually started by my son and his family who gave me a home-made book about Smoki for my birthday because I had been so astonished by how much this dog understands human words. She is really a funny, fam-ily dog.

Rec-News: How many books have you written?

JK: I have written several books that I havent tried to pub-lish yet. They are just waiting on

Knedler book signing part of Ayr Days celebration

the back burner because I really havent had time to try and get them published. It takes a lot of time to follow the correct protocol when contact-ing and submitting to publishers. You are supposed to only submit to one publisher at a time and it usually takes six weeks or more to hear from them whether they will accept your submissions. If they dont, then you start all over again.

Rec-News: When did you be-gin writing? JK: I rst found writing fun and interesting in fourth grade, many years ago. I loved to write mys-teries and would just write them on my own and show my teacher. Several times she would read the stories for the whole class. I still have my autograph book, where Mrs. Jones wrote: I will re-member you fondly, when, in the future, you will go down as a fa-mous author. I dont know about the famous part, but I did nally author a book. I have written several articles for small publications. I love to

write childrens stories and poems. I wrote several childrens poems for my sons class when he was in rst grade and the teacher liked them so well, that she wanted me to keep writing. Years ago, I tried to have them published but nally got burned out. What helped me try again was the fact that I read where the author of Roots got rejected several times over several years before he was published. Rec-News: Where do you nd your subjects/storylines? JK: I like to write about every-day happenings. Animals are prob-ably my favorite things to write about. I have several poems about children and animals but have read where rhyming verse isnt easy to get published anymore. Publishers like self-help books or something that teaches a lesson. I dont always agree with that be-cause I like to read for the enjoy-ment and entertainment. Rec-News: What is the great-est challenge for a beginning au-thor? JK: I knew it would be very hard to get published, and after talking and contacting publishing companies, you really get disap-pointed when it seems like the only people that get published are celebrities. My book was published through Mennonite Press, Inc. They are a large printing/self publishing com-pany. I had contacted several pub-lishers, and they wanted more edu-cation in the book, so I included a map on certain pages for children to see where the states are located for Smokis travels. Several publishing companies I spoke with really enjoyed the sto-

Janet Barker Knedler

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The Ringgold County Hospital board members heard extensive updates on re nancing efforts, information on the possibility of converting the clinic portion of the hospital from a provider-based clinic to a provider-based rural health clinic and received Davitas decision to decline taking over the hospitals dialysis unit at their reg-ular monthly meeting held, Mon-day, June 17.Debt re nance Debt re nancing through USDA is progressing as Teresa Roberts, CFO reported on further devel-opments being looked at with the assistance of the Raymond James group. USDA is very willing to help but must work within their guidelines. Bringing RCH needs and USDA requirements together has provided a challenge. Four op-tions were outlined for the board including: 1. A plan of a combination business/industry guarantee with a USDA direct loan which would be used to re nance 50 percent of the A and B bonds, but requires a 10 percent net tangible asset test.

Board receives extensive updates

At this time RCH does not qualify; ways to meet the requirements are being studied. 2. A plan which transfers hos-pital assets to a new entity, and the new entity could obtain the USDA direct loan that would pay off all of the A and B bonds at 100 percent funding. This is a technically legal option but would need to be further investigated as to cost report im-plications and other issues. Further conversation with a bonding attor-ney will be made on this option. 3. A plan combining a USDA direct loan and a county general obligation bond similar to a project in Webster City. 4. No plan of change because treasury rates are going up and higher treasury rates will lower prepayment penalties. This would provide time to make changes and improve nances to better qualify for available USDA options.Clinic discussion Regarding the change in clas-si cation for the clinic, signi cant bene ts are available if the conver-sion of the clinic is approved. The most notable bene t would

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Now this is the way to write a column!THOUGHTS& other thingsBY ALAN SMITH

Hello from the balcony of our berth on Zandaam, a Holland-America cruise ship plying the waters be-tween Vancouver, B.C. and Alaska. Now this is the way to write a column. Just a jacket for a cool breeze. Breezing along without hardly a ripple of movement in our seventh oor, fore, starboard location. The sea stretching out to the horizon. Its a day at sea without a port of call, so theres not a lot of scenery to click away at with my cam-era. Commerce is going full blast on a day when the shops can be open on the ship. Im keeping an eye pealed for whales. And Im typing away. This is the rst cruise that Valle and I have ever taken, and from the feedback we got from people when we said were were planning an Alaskan Cruise, it was a good one to choose for being cruise newbies. Once before Valle and I had signed up for a cruise, leaving out of Texas, but that cruise was cancelled due to mechanical problems. This time it looks like things are going to go better. We began our adventure with a full day of travel to y to Vancouver, B.C. where we spent a day site seeing and relaxing. Vancouver is the third largest city in Canada, and it has a lot to offer -- from the largest urban park in the Northern Hemisphere to a large Chinatown and from the most diverse population in Canada to all things you would expect in a big city -- and maybe a few more. One of the interesting parts of the city, which is bridged together over several parts of the harbor and tributaries, is the denseness of the housing. There are skyscraper after skyscraper of condominiums pro-viding housing in several pods around the city. Not all the tall buildings are in the core downtown area.One of the things that Vancouver is known for is be-ing a movie-making capital, and we ran into one of the sets downtown while we were exploring. It was a nice day, so they had a huge rain machine and wind machines to indicate a rain storm on the scene. When we went by, they were repeating a scene where emergency crews were evacuating someone when an explosion went off. We didnt get close enough to see any detail, but it was fun to know what was going on. We took a tour of the city by bus, and stopped at Granville Island for a walking tour. The island, which used to be an industrial complex, is now an arts and entertainment mecca. There is an art school there. There are innumerable shops and a market with fresh

produce, meat, owers, bagels and more. No box stores are allowed on the island. They had one building set up like what I always thought would be a good use for the old Glenden-ning Motors building on Taylor St. Shops around the outside sold the artisans wares while the mid-dle of the building housed the studios where the artisans worked. For the kids there was a kids store warehouse, with about any kind of item a kid could want packed into an old paint factory. Stanley Park, the large green space that is part of the Vancouver, was another of our destinations. It includes a rain forest with 1,000 year old trees. There are all kinds of museums and other attrac-tions to see as well, including beautifully carved and painted totem poles. We were surprised a time or two. Like when we walked past a restaurant which had two Lam-bourginis parked outside. We decided for sure that that wasnt where were were going to eat. A couple of restaurants were suggested at the hotel and we enjoyed both of them -- eating break-fast at a Greek-owned restaurant for both mornings and taking in a swank Chinese restaurant for din-ner one night. We walked down and saw the Olympic torch from the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. We stayed in a hotel that was part of Canada One, a convention center complex, that also includes the ports for the huge cruise ships that come to the city everyday. To get on the cruise ship, we had to go through both Canadian and U.S. Customs in the big ship terminal. Ive been through many airport termi-nals, but this was the rst boat terminal. Soon we were waving goodbye to the people on shore as we pulled away. And Ill pull away to continue with a column about cruising for next week, with ones about Alaska to come. Should keep me writing for quite awhile. But thats easy to do from a boat balcony.

Fifty Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, June 20, 1963.) The Mount Ayr Junior Chamber of Commerce received its charter Friday night. The of cers and direc-tors of the organization are Norman Milledge, director; Bob Evans, vice president; Bill Monaghan, secretary; James Mahan, Jr., second vice presi-dent; Richard Reynolds, president; Arlen F. Hughes, treasurer; Eben Jones, director, and Gary Mc-Cullough, director. A picnic dinner was enjoyed Tuesday evening of last week in Fifes Grove by the citizens Band Radio Operators of the ringgold-Taylor county area and their fami-lies. During a business meeting held following the dinner, the following of cers were elected: president, Max buck; vice president, Clyde Hogue; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Ames Cross; reporter, Michael Warin; communications, Gerald Young, and traf c manager, Nick Duros. Jeffrey Lynn Farmer, nine-year-old son of George and Roberta Lamb Farmer, was fatally injured Wednesday morning of last week in a bicycle-truck accident in Omaha, NE to which city the family had moved the preceding Sunday. Jef-frey was returning on his bicycle to his home from a distance of only a few blocks, where he had been sent on an errand for his parents, when the accident happened on Dodge Street. Born June 15, 1953, in Mount Ayr, Jeffrey would have observed his 10th birthday anniversary on Saturday. He is survived by his parents; a brother, Mark Wesley; an infant sister, Joni Kay and grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glee Lamb of Clarinda, formerly of Mount Ayr. Mrs. S. C. Rice, librarian of the Mount Ayr Public Library, has tendered her resignation, effective July 1, to the board of trustees. Mrs. Rice has capably served as librarian for the past nine years. With full cooperation of the weatherman, work on Mount Ayrs new swimming pool has progressed steadily during the past week. If continued, the pool should be in operation by the rst of next week. That is the consensus of the swim-ming pool committee. The pool has been painted, the bath house is in the process of being painted and

the deck is nished. Twelve 4-Hers of Ringgold county attended the State 4-H Club Conference held last week on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames and participated in the election of the 1963 of cers. Ringgold coun-tys two presidents, Patty Stephens of Diagonal and Raymond Shields of Tingley, attended the pre-conference workshop on Monday and Tuesday, and Roger Reece was a member of the state 4-H chorus. Other confer-ence delegates in attendance were Diane Saltzman of Mount Ayr; Kay Schaefer, Rayma Stewart and Mike Giles of Ellston; Quita Lininger of Shannon City; Donald Goins of Diagonal; Andy Abarr of Redding, and Dennis Miller and Craig Riggs of Tingley. Carl Riggs of Tingley and Mrs. Helen Streebin and Milt Henderson of Mount Ayr also at-tended the conference. Births reported at Ringgold County Hospital this week were a son, born June 13, to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Adams of Grant City, MO and a son, born June 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Newberry of Lamoni. Obituaries in this issue were Nova Vernon Tyrrel and Artie Beu-lah Thompson Thurman.

Twenty- ve Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, June 30, 1988.) The side of Graces Grocery store in Diagonal took on a completely new look this week when a mural was painted by Phoenix, AZ resident Lawrence Kilgore. Kilgore, who owns property north of Diagonal where he hopes to retire in a couple of years, is a professional artist and sign painter, and also painted all the signs along the highways outside the community inviting people to the celebration. A Diagonal native, Kilgore studied commercial art in Des Moines and drew a syndicate comic strip Sandy Hill for three and one-half years before moving to Phoenix, where he has had a sign business since 1955. Kilgore and a Creston helper painted the wall-size mural after volunteers plastered the old brick wall in preparation for his work, one of a number of community spruce-up jobs done for the centen-nial celebration. A quick glance at the corn elds in Ringgold county and one might expect to see interest expressed by

pineapple processors like Dole. It looked like expanses of pineapple elds in Iowa the way the leaves on the corn plants have curled up to form spikes because of the dry weather and hot temperatures of this years drought. Corn and soybeans are still green, but the effects of the weather are easily seen on the crops, and though the northern parts of the county have received some moisture recently, all the countys crops are still needing rain badly. Temperatures, which have set a record for being in the 100-degree range or higher in June so far, have moderated slightly with passing fronts, but still have ranged more like those expected in August instead of June. Mount Ayr Community school of cials were waiting Tuesday to hear if an offer made to a candi-date for junior-senior high school principal would be accepted. The candidate asked for more time to make a nal decision after the board voted Monday night to off the posi-tion at a salary of $37,000. There was a nightmarish re-hearsal for the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II that resulted in the deaths of 749 American soldiers on the night of April 27, 1944. This was four times the number of casualties their units sustained on Utah Beach six weeks later. This information went down with the ships and was considered to be a very well-kept United States government secret. Now, some 44 years later, key persons have begun to tenaciously ask questions and individuals, including Cathy Ward of Mount Ayr, are getting more answers. She is hearing about her father, Ivan J. Brown, who went down with a ship carrying him to a simulated landing drill some 15 miles off the southern coast of England. It was called Operation Tiger. Brown was in 3206 Quar-termaster COC-U.S. Army during WWII. First baby born at Ringgold County Hospital after Fathers Day was honored with a gift of pork products from the Ringgold County Pork Producers and Porkettes. The Fathers Day baby was Wesley Hamilton, born Thursday, June 23, to Kenneth and Lori Hamilton of Bethany, MO. Wesley was born at

4:03 p.m. and weighed in at nine pounds, 12 1/2 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long. The bigger the boy, the more pork given, so his parents received his weight in pork products. Bob Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smith of rural Beacons eld, has been accepted for the Iowa Highway Patrol Academy. He will go to Camp Dodge near Des Moines on July 5 to start 14 weeks of instruction. Smith is a 1982 graduate of Mount Ayr Community high school and completes work toward an indus-trial arts and agriculture technology degree from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville this summer. The birth reported this week was a son, born June 23, to Kenneth and Lori Hamilton of Bethany, MO. Obituaries this week were Clif-ford Sylvester Taylor, Myra Ada Meixner Osborn, Elvira Elizabeth Mateer Morse and Andrew Jay Welling.

Ten Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, June 19, 2003.) Deputy sheriff Mike Sobotka attended the city council meeting Monday night to share information on a grant that would place a video camera in one of the patrol cars that the city owns. The city and council participate it the STEP program, which calls for stepped up enforce-ment of such items as seat belt use. In return, grants are available for local law enforcement agencies. Two highways in Ringgold county that currently are owned and maintained by the state will soon have a change in ownership. The state will transfer the title over to Ringgold county for 6.64 miles of road known as Route 66, which links Highway 2 with the Diagonal city limits, and the one mile of road known as Route 259, which links Highway 169 to the Tingley city limits, on July 1, 2003. Last June Ringgold countys astronaut Peggy Whitson was heading into space for a six-month visit to the International Space Station, where she recorded many rsts, including being named the rst science of cer in space in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration program. This June Whitson is off on another adventure -- this time spending two weeks at the bottom of the ocean -- as the rst astronaut to compare experience in space with life underwater. Obituaries this week were Er-nest Orren Bastow, Lucille Maxine Shields Kilgore and Orpha Vivian Combs Reynolds.

You cant blame it on the lit-tle red-haired girl, or even Lucy. Charlie Brown, theyve done it again -- failed to pass a new farm bill, that is. How could that have happened? The amazing gladiators in the pits of the House of Representa-tives have grabbed defeat from the arms of victory by suddenly and decisively voting down the Houses hard-won version of what used to be routine legislation, thereby covering their own faces with egg and insulting the dignity of Americas farmers -- again! Im beginning to think its a genera-tional thing. Somewhere along the way these kids didnt learn to play sandbox and now they dont play well with others on any level. Interestingly, or disgustingly, it seems to be a phenomenon of both liberal and conservative politics these days: If youre for it, Im against it. And, in the case of the far right wing Tea Party types that lurk in the shadows of the House well, its: Im against it -- period,

Good grief, Charlie Brown, theyve done it again!

for purely political reasons and an undying belief that the reason they were elected is to kill the federal government. I dont remember seeing that in the civics book chapter on re-publican government, but these days that doesnt matter. They dont crack any civics books, these frothing diehards. They dont un-derstand republican with a small r or democracy with a small d. And, actually, they no longer be-

lieve in either one. Instead, they have invented their own twisted version of the constitution and the role of the Founding Fathers, leav-ing those of us brought up to truly believe in America sitting on the side of the political road, deep in consternation. Simply stated, the Democrats in the House wanted the bill to fail to prove their point that steep cuts in food stamp programs was bad for Americas kids. Right wing Republicans wanted to see it fail because, well, because... In their view, the food stamp cuts (over $20 billion) were not enough, and most of them didnt believe that the nations farmers deserved a safety net, even one in the form of commercial enterprise, crop insurance premiums. There was a day, not long ago, when it was both the stated and unstated policy of the United States government to provide a farm safety net and to take care of the nations needy. You could argue over whether they should both be a product of the farm bill, but at least, we cared. Press reports said reporters and congressmen alike gawked as the vote tabulations moved inexora-bly into the no column during the oor vote. Nearly all could not believe their own eyes. The shock and awe was so great that Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said afterward that he didnt know what would happen next. Perhaps, he seemed to state, cooler heads could pre-vail later and bring the bill back for consideration after the July 4 recess. No one is holding their breath until then. Ill see ya!

Misinformation - uncorrected - becomes truth... I realize the information in this letter is a little dated, but the of cial minutes of the 3 June 2013 Super-visors meeting were not published until 13 June, and a response (via letter to the editor) was not there-fore possible until 20 June. The third paragraph of Board of Supervisors Resolution RC 13-112 reads: Whereas, the Board of Su-pervisors was going to provide the secondary roads department nearly $500,000 of additional funding by raising property taxes to be used on county roads but was met with opposition by taxpayers at the bud-get hearing and therefore...decided not to provide the secondary roads department this additional funding and left the property taxes at their current levels... The taxpayers did indeed object - mostly because the levy increase (25 percent) was too big and the $500,000 provided no additional funding for road work or bridge re-pair but rather was to pay the ben-e ts packages for county employ-ees (sec roads and others). At some point the Supervisors understood they were limited in the amount of Basic Fund property tax money they could by law provide to Sec-ondary Roads and so only raised property taxes by 2.4 percent. As a point of reference, sala-

ries in the administrative of ce of secondary roads (county engineer plus two) use up 22 percent of the property tax monies paid into me Secondary Roads Fund... The fourth paragraph reads: Whereas, the secondary roads de-partment has catalogued approxi-mately $1,000,000 of ood dam-age from this springs ooding... An $871,372 FEMA grant was added to the current year budget in the 20 May 2013 Amendment of which 94 percent ($833,372) was budgeted for expenditure for pav-ing ($773,372) and grounds main-tenance supplies ($60,000). One of the objections to the budget Amendment noted that the correct amount of Basic Fund transfers (General and Rural) were not made to the secondary roads budget in the initial FY 2013 bud-get, and the Amendment did not

x that discrepancy (and it wont be xed). Secondary roads are funded to be gravel roads, and half the cost of replacing paved secondary roads (or paving new ones) is sup-posed to be paid by the landowners on either side of the road via bonds and a tax levy to pay off the bonds. Reversion to gravel is the choice of the people who own the property along the pavement, not the Super-visors. Just thought youd like to know...

Kevin KilgoreDiagonal

Letter to the EditorWriter questions county budgets

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The Governors Traf c Safety Bureau and Iowa law enforcement agencies are teaming up to save lives this 4th of July holiday by asking everyone to buckle up. July 1 7, law enforcement agencies around the state will be conduct-ing High Visibility enforcement, cracking down on traf c violators, especially those motorists and oc-cupants not buckled up. Since its inception in 1986, Iowas seat belt law has been a pri-mary law, allowing of cers to pull over violators solely for not being belted. A seat belt violation cita-tion will cost $127.50.

As of June 12, according to the Iowa Department of Transporta-tion, Iowa has experienced 117 traf c fatalities in 2013. This is a reduction of 38 fewer deaths than this time last year. According to the same data, more than 38.5 per-cent or 37 of the fatalities involved individuals who were not using a seat belt. During the July sTEP wave in 2012, nearly 16,000 total traf c violations including 1,223 seat belt and 4,753 speed violations were reported by 1,444 enforcement of- cers and 226 agencies around the state.

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SIMPLE MISDEMEANOR AND TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS

June 13 - June 20, 2013 Lyndsey M. Werner, Mount Ayr, $397.50, driving while license denied, suspended or cancelled. Zachary John Michael Becker, Tingley, $127.50, dark window/windshield. Haley Lynn Huhn, Nevada, $114.00, speeding 6-10 m.p.h. over the speed limit.

FROM RINGGOLD COUNTY DISTRICT COURT

June 17 - A trial information was led in district court charging Cameron James Stark of Casey with conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance (marijuana). Bond set previously at $5,000.00 continues and a preliminary hear-ing was cancelled. Stark is ordered to appear for arraignment on Mon-day, July 15, 2013 at the Ringgold county courthouse. June 17 - A trial information was led in district court charging Denny Gene Stark of Kellerton with driving while intoxicated. Bond set previously at $1,000.00 continues and a preliminary hear-ing was cancelled. Stark is ordered to appear for arraignment on Mon-day, July 15, 2013 at the Ringgold county courthouse. June 17 - A trial information was led in district court charging Jeffrey Neil Jochims of Ellston with operating while intoxicated. Bond set previously at $2,000.00 continues and a preliminary hearing was cancelled. Jochims is ordered to appear for arraignment on Monday, July 15, 2013 at the Ringgold county courthouse. June 17 - A deferred judgment was led in district court convicting Alan Huffman of theft in the rst de-gree, a class A felony and burglary in the third degree, a class D felony. Huffman must pay a ne of $1,000.00 for count one and $750.00 for count two, $2,400.00 in jail cost, $200.00 in court costs and $250 in law enforcement initiative surcharg-es. Defendant is to be placed on su-pervised probation with the Iowa Department of Correctional Services for three years and to pay a supervi-sion fee to the Iowa Department of Correctional Services. Defendant to give a DNA sample to Iowa Department of Correctional Services. The defendant shall pay resti-tution to the victims of his crimes as set by subsequent order of the court. The defendant shall fully par-ticipate in recommended services through Support Services of South Central Iowa, including his support team case manager Sandy White. The defendant shall fully par-ticipate in mental health tratment as recommended including any pre-scribed medication regiment. June 17 - A deferred judgment was led in District Court convict-ing David Fredrick Raedeker of sexual exploitation of a minor. Raedeker must pay a ne of $625.00 Iowa Code 907.14, $250.00 Iowa Code 692A.110 and $300.00 supervisor fee. Defendant is to give a DNA sam-ple to Iowa Department of Correc-tional Services. The defendant shall successfully complete a sex offender treatment program. The defendant shall register as a sex offender. The defendant shall be commit-ted to the custody of the directors of the Iowa Department of Corrections for a period of 10 years with eligi-bilty for parole. The defendant shall contact the probation supervisor within three days of the ling of this judgement to schedule an appointment to meet with his probation of cer and sign a probation aggreement and shall abide by all reasonable rules and regulations that may be prescribed in that agreement.

RINGGOLD COUNTYSHERIFFS LOG

(Call Origination Code: MA = Mount Ayr; KE = Keller-ton; EL = Ellston; TI = Tingley; DI = Diagonal; DE = Delphos; MO = Maloy; BE = Beacons eld; BO = Benton; SC = Shannon City; BL = Blockton; RE = Redding; SV = Sun Valley; CO = In County; OC = Out of County; OS = Out of State)

June 13 - June 19, 2013Thursday, June 13

8:17 a.m., caller reporting gun shots at old lake (MA) 8:27 a.m., starving horses run-ning loose (CO) 8:51a.m., stranded car (CO) 9:30 a.m., jail/inmate informa-tion (OC) 10:35 a.m., call back requested (CO) 10:40 a.m., information on dumped horses (OC) 12:11 p.m., call for of cer (OC) 12:16 p.m., call for of cer (OC) 12:34 p.m., call for dispatch (OC) 12:41 p.m., civil (MA) 12:43 p.m., SOR in area (OC) 1:25 p.m., call for sheriff (MA) 1:28 p.m., gas drive-off report-ed (MA) 1:40 p.m., horses on highway (KE) 1:42 p.m., horses on highway (KE) 1:43 p.m., horses on highway (KE) 1:47 p.m., call for of cer (KE) 1:54 p.m., message for of cer (OC) 2:01 p.m., message for of cer (OC) 2:07 p.m., 911 call (KE) 2:08 p.m., meeting to talk to of- cer (MA) 2:32 p.m., call for of cer (OC) 2:52 p.m., needs bee removal number (MA) 3:07 p.m., animal rescue calling for of cer (OC) 5:00 p.m., information needed from dispatch (OC) 5:16 p.m., jail/inmate informa-tion (MA) 5:32 p.m., needs of cer (KE) 6:01 p.m., advising picking up horses (MA) 6:17 p.m., 911 call (KE) 6:28 p.m., caller needs assis-tance (KE) 6:50 p.m., 911 call (MA) 10:42 p.m., lockout (MA)

Friday, June 147:13 a.m., Taylor county calling

in with information about inmate. (OC) 7:36 a.m., caller advising they have paper work for of cer (CO) 7:46 a.m., Union county com-ing for inmate/court (OC) 8:17 a.m., call about license plates (MA) 8:47 a.m., vandalism (MA) 9:05 a.m., t-shirts (MA) 9:15 a.m., looking for ambu-lance (OC) 9:22 a.m., call for chief of cer (OC) 9:39 a.m., information on 10-50 (MA) 10:20 a.m., call for sheriff (OC) 10:53 a.m., information for sheriff (MA) 11:20 a.m., county attorney of- ce requesting information (MA) 12:48 p.m., Taylor county with prisoner information (OC) 1:30 p.m., dog on road (MA) 2:01 p.m., former inmate look-ing for contacts (OC) 2:32 p.m., call for chief of cer (MA) 3:43 p.m., Taylor county with inmate information (OC) 3:55 p.m., tree re (MA) 3:58 p.m., of cer checking in (CO) 4:13 p.m., call out (CO) 4:27 p.m., cattle damage report request (CO) 4:33 p.m., dog run over (MA) 4:59 p.m., caller with informa-tion about a vehicle case (MA) 5:16 p.m., 911 call, ambulance (MA) 5:43 p.m., Tac 10 (OC) 6:11 p.m., Tac 10 (OC)

Saturday, June 155:16 a.m., need ambulance

(MA) 6:02 a.m., 911 call, no one wanted to talk (DI) 7:09 a.m., jail/inmate informa-tion (OC) 7:47 a.m., REC power out (CO) 9:31 a.m., stolen items reported (KE) 1:20 p.m., caller inquiring about library hours Monday and other visitor tourist information (OC) 1:30 p.m., walk-in with gun question (MA) 2:10 p.m., security company with an alarm problem (MA)

3:55 p.m., REC calls two trees, down on lines (MA) 4:13 p.m., T checking on weath-er (CO) 5:11 p.m., reckless driver rac-ing up and down road (MA) 6:55 p.m., car/deer-deer lost (MA) 9:47 p.m., needing ambulance (MA) 11:14 p.m., barking dogs Jeffer-son/Fillmore St. (MA)

Sunday, June 166:37 a.m., domestic 911 call

(OC) 7:27 a.m., cows out (CO) 8:22 a.m., call for jail (OC) 10:17 a.m. caller needing wel-fare check (CO) 10:33 a.m., caller needing mag-istrate (OC) 11:05 a.m., report of calf out (CO) 11:21 a.m., individual asking to speak with of cer (MA) 12:59 p.m., inmate information (OC) 1:01 p.m., inmate information (OC) 1:23 p.m., call for of cer (CO) 3:55 p.m., help needed water heater ooding house cant nd plumber (MA) 4:34 p.m., lost dog (MA)

Monday, June 17 6:09 a.m., call for dispatch (OC) 6:54 a.m., clerk checking in (CO) 8:00 a.m., call for clerk (MA) 8:57 a.m., call for jail (OC) 9:30 a.m., call for sheriff (KE) 9:39 a.m., call for jail (MA) 9:40 a.m., caller reporting bur-glar alarm going off (SC) 10:06 a.m., caller advised bur-glar alarm is false (SC) 10:32 a.m., call for sheriff (OC) 10:56 a.m., caller setting up visitation (OC) 11:05 a.m., caller needing guid-ance (CO) 11:23 a.m., call for of cer on duty (KE) 11:30 a.m., call for chief of cer (MA) 11:33 a.m., 911 call, false alarm (OC) 11:56 a.m., of cer checking in (CO) 11:58 a.m., call for jail (OC) 12:03 p.m., other county call for jail (OC) 12:54 p.m., 911 call (MA) 1:00 p.m., reporting suspicious activity (MA) 2:24 p.m., call for of cer (MA) 2:54 p.m., call for of cers as-sistance (MA) 3:29 p.m., reporting phone scam (MA) 3:33 p.m., call for 911 coordi-nator (OC) 4:10 p.m., call for jail/inmate (OC) 9:50 p.m., barking dog (MA)

Tuesday, June 182:04 a.m., needing an of cer

(MA) 7:06 a.m., call for sheriff (MA) 9:53 a.m., ambulance needed (MA) 12:53 p.m., call for of cer (OC) 1:30 p.m., jail/inmate questions (MA) 2:37 p.m., suspicious vehicle (TI) 6:19 p.m., 911 call (KE) 7:20 p.m., suspicious vehicle (KE) 8:50 p.m., jail/inmate call (MA)

Wednesday, June 19 10:50 a.m., accident (RE) 10:51 a.m., jail information needed (OC) 11:07 a.m., intoxicated driver (KE) 11:10 a.m., four-911 calls at same time (KE) 11:11 a.m., accident (KE) 11:40 a.m., information for of- cers (KE) 12:00 p.m., call for of cer (OC) 1:09 p.m., call for sheriff (OC) 1:14 p.m., message for sheriff (OC) 1:34 p.m., 911 call COURTHOUSE NEWS Ringgold County Courthouse hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.

to 4 p.m. unless noted otherwise. Ringgold county now has a website at www.ringgoldcounty.us. Assessor: Neil Morgan, 464-3233. Auditor: Amanda Waske, 464-3239. Board of Supervisors: David Inloes, chairman, Royce Dredge and Kraig Pennington, members, 464-3244. Supervisors meetings are open to the public and are held in the su-pervisors conference room located on the second oor between the clerk of court and auditors of ce. On days the board is not sched-uled to be in of ce, please direct all inquiries to the auditors of ce. To schedule a meeting time with the supervisors, contact the audi-tors of ce. Regular board meetings are held on Mondays with of cial public notice of the meeting agen-das posted at the Ringgold county courthouse, Mount Ayr Record News, Sun Valley Lake and Diago-nal city hall the day before. Clerk of Court (a state of- ce): Jackie Saville, 464-3234; fax: 464-2478. Of ce hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. The clerks of ce handles ali-mony and child support payments, probates, civil and criminal lings, magistrates court and records and services of adoptions, conservator-ships, court proceedings, divorces, estates, grand jury, guardianships, judgments, juvenile proceedings, mechanics liens, mental health admissions, petit jury, surety company certi cates, state hospi-tal, traf c violations, trust funds, trusteeships. Certi ed copies can be made of above listed records. Court records are also available at www.iowacourts.gov. County Conservation Board: Kate Zimmerman, phone: 464-2787, email: rangerkate@io-watelecom.net. Please contact for information on rules and regulations, parks, trail ways, camping, shelter reser-vations, environmental education and more. Parks are open March 15 - November 15. Walk-in traf c is allowed year round. County Weed Commission-er: Brenda Adams, 641-783-2348. Development and Tourism: Karen Bender, Coordinator, 464-3704. If anyone has any calendar events, please contact the develop-ment of ce at 641-464-3704. E-911 Service Board: Merle Walter, 307 N. Webster St., Mount Ayr, 464-3311. Emergency Management Agency: Teresa Jackson, Coordi-nator, 109 W. Madison St., Suite 105, cell: 641-202-9671; phone: 464-3344; fax: 464-0663, email: tjackson@iowatelecom.net. Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The tornado sirens in Mount Ayr will be tested the rst Tuesday of each month unless there is se-vere weather. Engineer: Zach Gunsolley, P.E., 464-3232. 707 South Hender-son Drive. Of ce hours: Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. General Relief: Gary Smith, 109 W. Madison St., 464-2397. Mondays and Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Tuesdays, 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.; Closed Wednesdays and Fridays. In case of emergency 641-464-2397 or 641-202-1199. Recorder: Karen Schaefer, 464-3231. Passport applications are taken daily from 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. and noon - 4 p.m. Certi ed vital records can be obtained from 8 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. The recorders of ce serves as a passport agent. Items needed to apply are: certi ed copy of birth certi cate, drivers license or state issued ID, two-inch square pass-port photos and passport applica-tion (both available at recorders of ce) and fees. Allow four to six weeks from date of application to receive passport book or card from the passport agency. Expedited

service is available for an addi-tional fee. Individuals with recent name changes can get their passport book/card updated without a fee within one year of issue. Forms may be obtained at the recorders of ce. For additional information call the recorders of ce or go to www.travel.state.gov/passport. Sanitarian: Ringgold County Public Health Agency, 464-0691. Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Public Health Agency: 119 S. Fillmore, 464-0691. Hours: Mon-day - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sheriff: Mike Sobotka, Emer-gency Only 911, Non-Emergency (Available 24/7) 464-3921 or 464-2911. New location at the Ringgold County Law Enforcement Center, 801 West South Street. Hours are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Road Conditions - dial 511 or online at www.Io-waRoadConditions. org. Treasurer: Debbie Cannon, 464-3230. Property taxes can be paid on-line at www.iowatreasurers.org with Visa, Master Card and Dis-cover credit cards or e-checks. Payments made in the of ce may be with cash, checks or with a Mas-ter Card, Visa or Discover credit or debit card. All documents conveying real estate need to have the name and address of the person to whom the property tax statement is to be mailed. Please check renewal notices and tax statements for the correct information. If the infor-mation is wrong, contact the trea-surers of ce. Motorists can now renew mo-tor vehicle registrations online at www.iowatreasurers.org if a re-newal notice is received through the United States Postal Service that contains a personal identi ca-tion number (PIN). Please be aware that the PIN can only be used one time. Contact the treasurers of ce for more information. Those with June birth dates are reminded to register their motor vehicles by July 31, 2013. Bring in the renewal statement received in the mail so renewals can be quick-ly processed. Drivers License Of ce: Lo-cated in the Treasurers Of ce. Drivers licenses may be re-newed any time during the period of 30 calendar days before and up to 60 calendar days after the drivers birth date. The drivers license station hours are Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Phone 464-3230 with ques-tions. Veterans Affairs: Gary Smith, 109 W. Madison St., 464-2397. Mondays and Thursdays, 7:30

a.m. - 4 p.m.; Tuesdays, 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.; Closed Wednesdays and Fridays. In case of emergency 641-464-2397 or 641-202-1199.

ry and where the adventures take Smoki, but most of them werent accepting anything submitted for childrens books until 2014 or be-yond. I talked to several self-pub-lishing companies, and they said this is the way most people are going now because there are over 270,000 books submitted each year and only about two percent ever get published. It is very hard, so you need to be patient. With my book, I had several photos to submit along with text. Getting the publisher to accept the photos was challeng-ing. The photos had to be a certain pixel, certain size and formatting it correctly took several tries. Men-nonite Press was nice to work with and patient with me. Rec-News: Describe your writ-ing routine. JK: I write at different times. Most of the time my ideas come while riding along the road on a va-cation, especially, the poems about everything and anything. I try to keep a notebook to write them down, so I wont forget them. Rec-News: In your opinion, are writers born or can they be made? JK: I think some people are just born with the ability to write, being musical or being an artist, etc. I didnt especially love English in school, but I did like spelling and grammar. Spelling is especially important when trying to get pub-lished or even writing a resume. I worked several years with gov-ernment and state publications for the Kansas State Historical Society with the library division. I learned a lot about how to read the print in-cluded in the publications that you usually dont pay any attention to, such as issue and volume numbers, call numbers, publishers, etc. It was all very interesting. Rec-News: In your opinion, is writing more inspiration or per-spiration?

JK: With this book, trying to get everything formatted, photos included, and talking many times with the publisher on changes, etc... I would say inspiration 20 percent and perspiration 80 per-cent. Be prepared to make lots of changes, be able to format cor-rectly, spend lots of time talking to the publisher and understand the

language of the publisher as far as what you will need for the book. You need an ISBN number so publishing companies or stores can link your name with the books you write. Also a barcode and Library of Congress number are usually in-cluded in the book, if you are plan-ning on selling in book stores. In this day and age of digital and computer technology, it helps to get your information out to the public. I have The Funtastic Ad-ventures of Smoki on www.ama-zon.com to see a few pages before purchasing and also www.menno-nitepress.com has pages to view from the book. You can also con-tact janylynpublications@yahoo.com for information on purchas-ing a book or come by and see me at the Mount Ayr Library from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. for a book signing on July 20 for Ayr Days.Last call for Fair Edition info Tomorrow (Friday) is the abso-lute last day to send pictures and information for county fair exhibi-tors who want to be included in this years special Fair Edition that will appear in next weeks Record-News. Pictures and information may be emailed to recnews@iowatelecom.net or delivered to the Record-News of ce. Also, if individuals, groups or businesses wish to sponsor a 4-H exhibitor, please call Tom Hawley at 464-2440.

Saturday, July 20Ringgold County CourthouseAssembly Room, Mount Ayr

All quilts need to be handmade. Antique quilts, new quilts, quilters of all levels of experience. Quilts can be made by exhibitor, purchased, given or received as gifts or inherited by exhibitor Drop off quilts the week of July 7 to Ronda Smith at HCI Care Services, Stacey Shields at US Bank or the home of Sue Larsen at 706 N. Hayes, Mount Ayr. Quilts need to be placed in a plastic bag along with exhibitors contact information and history of the quilt. For more informa- tion, call Sue Larsen 641-202-0340.

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Thursday, June 27 Ringgold County Sportsmans Club annual meeting at Stutzman Auction Center at 6 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meet-ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr.

Saturday, June 29 Kellertons Fourth of July cel-ebration. Open house for Joe and Ber-nadine Sobotkas 60th wedding anniversary at the Diagonal com-munity building from 2 to 4 p.m. If unable to attend, cards and cor-respondence may be sent to them at 200 W. First Street, Diagonal, IA 50845. Kelly McGuires Concert at the Lake at The South Shore Bar & Grill at the Sun Valley Lake Club House from 8 to 11 p.m.

Sunday, June 30 Ellston Pioneer Center is open from 1 to 4 p.m. or by appoint-ment for groups of ve or more. Call Linda and Bob Swanson at 641-783-2155.

Monday, July 1 Thin Within support group will meet at 5 p.m. at the Lighthouse. Mount Ayr City Council will meet at 6 p.m. at Mount Ayr City Hall. Jam session at the Mount Ayr American Legion building from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mount Ayr Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, Mount Ayr. Sowing in Tears Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. at the Light-house Church, two miles west of Mount Ayr.

Tuesday, July 2 Calico Quilters will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Senior Citizens Activity Center, Mount Ayr. Mount Ayr Chamber of Com-merce will meet at 5:30 p.m. at Jamies Coffee Mill & Deli for dinner during the meeting. Faith Lodge #179 A.F. & A.M. meets at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, Mount Ayr.

Wednesday, July 3 $1 sack day every day at the Ringgold County Neighborhood Center. W.O.W. -- Women of Wishard -- bake sale at the Ringgold county courthouse at 7:30 a.m. The Mount Ayr Public Library board will meet at 5:15 p.m. at the library. Tractor and truck pull at the Clear eld Lions Fourth of July celebration at 7 p.m.

Thursday, July 4 Clear eld Lions Fourth of July celebration. Ringgold County Master Gar-deners will meet at the Iowa State Extension of ce at 5 p.m. Southwest Iowa Shutterbugs will meet at the Creston Pizza Ranch. Chatter and food begins at 6 p.m. Regular meeting begins at 7 p.m. Sons of the American Legion will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Mount Ayr Legion hall. Alcoholics Anonymous meet-ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr.

Saturday, July 6 Open closet at the Mount Ayr Assembly of God from 8 to 11 a.m. Chapter CK, P.E.O. will meet at 9:30 a.m. for brunch at the United Baptist-Presbyterian Church. Hostesses will be Jan Ford, Ellen Powell and Carol Coulson. Pro-gram is BEE Patriotic. Program presenter is Thelma Rusk.

Sunday, July 7 Ellston Pioneer Center is open from 1 to 4 p.m. or by appoint-ment for groups of ve or more. Call Linda and Bob Swanson at 641-783-2155. Kingdom Rock at the Trinity Christian Church from 5:30 to 8:10 p.m.

Monday, July 8

Thin Within support group will meet at 5 p.m. at the Lighthouse. Mount Ayr Community School board meets at 6 p.m. in the MACS board room. Jam session at the Mount Ayr American Legion building from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mount Ayr Golf and Country Club board will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the clubhouse. Kingdom Rock at the Trinity Christian Church from 5:30 to 8:10 p.m. Sowing in Tears Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. at the Light-house Church, two miles west of Mount Ayr.

Tuesday, July 9 Kingdom Rock at the Trinity Christian Church from 5:30 to 8:10 p.m. Mount Ayr American Legion Post 172 will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Post. V.F.W. Lamoni Post will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Lamoni Community Center.

Wednesday, July 10 Ringgold County Fair. $1 sack day every day at the Ringgold County Neighborhood Center. Public is invited to attend a support group, Touching Our Grief, sponsored by HCI Care Services (formerly Hospice of Central Iowa) from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Extension of ce. For more information, contact Kathy Rinehart, 464-2088. Kingdom Rock at the Trinity Christian Church from 5:30 to 8:10 p.m. Ringgold Outdoor Alliance monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Iowa Roadhouse. Ringgold County Fair Parade at 6:30 p.m. Lineup at 6:15 p.m. at the high school parking lot. The Bill Riley Talent Show at the Ringgold County Fair at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 11 Ringgold County Fair. Senior Citizens games at the Ringgold County Fair at the Com-mercial Buildling at 10 a.m. Games for Special Olympians at the Ringgold County Fair at the Commercial Building at 2 p.m. Mount Ayr Lions will meet at 6 p.m. Board meeting at 5:30 p.m. Kingdom Rock at the Trinity Christian Church from 5:30 to 8:10 p.m. Ringgold County Fair Mutton Bustin at 7 p.m. Rodeo begins at 7:30 p.m. Waubonsie Memorial Center meeting at 7 p.m. in Benton. Topaz Lodge #438 A.F. & A.M. meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Temple on Main Street in Kellerton. Alcoholics Anonymous meet-ing at 8 p.m. at the Neighborhood Center, Mount Ayr.

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Births Elisia Savala and Harold Brown of Clear eld are the proud parents of a baby daughter, Britt-ney Brown, who was born on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston. The little lady tipped the scales at seven pounds, seven ounces and measured 19 inches. Grandparents are Sue Savala of New Market, Sharon Brown of Clear eld and Charlie Brown of Bedford. Great-grandparents are Deloris Argo of New Market and Joyce Martin of Clarinda. Brittney was welcomed home by an older sibling, Brooklyn, three years old. Matt and Anna Lingerfelt of Lenox are the proud parents of a baby boy, Kale William Linger-felt, who was born on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at Greater Regional Medical Center. He weighed eight pounds, six ounces and was 21 inches long. Grandparents are Bill and Janet Lingerfelt of Rockport, MO, Alan England of Clear eld and Deb England of Texas. Great-grandparents are Do-ris and the late Bill Lingerfelt of Rockport, MO, Dorothy and the late Dub Harrington of Fairfax, MO and Larry and Mary Haffner of Clear eld. Great-great-grandparents are Bud Frisbie of Emmetsburg. Kale was welcomed home by older siblings Brooklynn, seven, Caden, four, and Andrew, 18.

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On June 14 Doris and Nor-man Klejch of Mount Ayr attended the graduation convocation held at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport where their grandson, Christopher L. Nelson, received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree. Also in attendance were his parents, Sherri and Randall Nelson of Otley, Craig Klejch of Diagonal and Janelle Huffman of Pella. Chris will be joining a clinic in Spring eld, MO on August 1.

Kylie Wilson (center) has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete on the AIB College of Business cheer and dance programs. Wilson is shown with fellow signees Kassidy Hansen (left) and Leah Boughton.

Wilson named to AIB dance team AIB College of Business head cheer and dance coach Allison Bugg has announced the signing of Kylie Wilson to a National Letter of Intent to attend the college next fall and compete for the cheer and dance programs. Wilson, the daughter of Lisa Wilson and the late Fred Wilson, is a native of Clear eld and a gradu-ate of Mount Ayr Community high school. A varsity letter-winner in both cheer and dance, Wilson was a two-time state pom champion.

Wilson will major in accounting at AIB. Wilson was one of three new recruits for the cheer/dance pro-grams. These girls displayed excep-tional dance and cheerleading skills at their tryouts, Bugg said. They will bring a great deal of talent to our growing spirit squads. Their outgoing personalites and positive attitudes make them a perfect t to cheer on our AIB athletes.

Water aerobics class looking for instructor A water aerobics class for adult swimming is being formed. They currently have about nine people interested. The class is scheduled for 5 to 6 p.m. but they are looking for an instructor. If interested, please contact Shelly Shields, 641-464-3314.

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June 24 - American political families like the Bushes have been described as dynasties. The Bush familys involvement begins with Prescott Bush elected to Congress from Connecticut in 1952. The family includes two Presidents, father and son, and one prominent Florida governor. There is some speculation that former Florida governor Jeb Bush might make a run for the presidency in 2016, car-rying on the family tradition. Probably no family has been more signi cant in 20th cen-tury American politics than the Roosevelts. The immigrant ances-tor of the Roosevelt family, Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt, ar-rived in New York City some-where between 1638 and 1649. Except it wasnt New York City. It was Niewu Amsterdam, a colony settled and claimed by the Dutch. In 1652 Claes bought a farm, in what is now Midtown Manhat-tan, including the present day site of the Empire State building. In 1664 New Amsterdam was seized by the English, who were grab-bing just about everything and renamed New York. Claes son, Nicholas, was the rst to use the more English spelling Roosevelt and the rst to hold political of- ce as an alderman. His two sons, Johannes and Jacobus, were the progenitors of the Oyster Bay and Hyde Park branches of the family. By the late 19th century, the Hyde Park Roosevelts were most closely aligned with the Democrat party and the Oyster Bay branch with the Republican party. Despite their political differences, the families remained friendly. President Theodore Roosevelt, an Oyster Bay Roosevelt, was President Franklin Roosevelts fth cousin. When Franklin mar-ried his fth cousin once removed, Eleanor, March 17, 1905, Presi-dent Theodore Roosevelt gave the bride away. Theodores personality was such that the crowds largely ignored the young couple focusing their attention on the President who was described by daughter Alice as wanting to be the bride at every wedding, the copse at very funeral an the baby at every christening. Both Theodore and Frank-lin left an indelible stamp on the American presidency as did Elea-nor Franklins First Lady. A tireless campaigner for the social programs that marked her husbands presi-dency, she continued her activism after his death in 1945. President Harry Truman, who appointed her as a delegate to the newly formed United Nations in 1948, called her the rst lady of the world. The family included some real characters like Alice, Theodores oldest daughter, known for her acerbic wit. As the grande dame of Washington, D.C. society, she is famous for saying if you havent

got anything good to say about anybody, come sit next to me. To Senator Joe McCarthy who jokingly said, I am going to call you Alice, she replied, Senator McCarthy, you are not going to call me Alice. The trash man and the policeman on my block call me Alice, but you may not. To a Ku Klux Klansman in full regalia who asked her to take his work for something, she refused, remarking, I never trust a man under sheets. When a well-known Washing-ton senator had an affair with a woman less than half his age, she quipped, You cant make a souf e rise twice. After many years of ill health, Alice Roosevelt Longworth died in 1980. New to the library: In large print Christian ction, A Step of Faith by Richard Paul Evans, the latest installment of this Walk series. A Season for Tending by Cindy Woodsmall, book one in her new Amish Vines and Orchard series.

ReunionsMount Ayr Class of 1955

The Mount Ayr high school class of 1955 held their 58th re-union Friday evening, May 24, 2013, at the Southwest Iowa REC building. An enjoyable time was spent visiting, remembering past experiences and taking pictures. Jan Ford prepared the food. Their deceased classmates (18) were re-membered, the most recent being Lila (Reynolds) Overholtzer, Mar-vin Rice and Paul Beard. Those attending were Renabell (Elmore) Adams of Knoxville, Joyce Wiley of Minburn, Larry and Norma Kay (Corll) Thompson of Ames, Mel and Verlee (Mor-gan) Galbraith (both members of the class) of Arnolds Park, Harry and Anna Lynn (Irving) Beving-ton (both members of the class) and Junior and Katherine (Webb) Wion of Des Moines, Ron and Loretta (Matheny) Kelly of Afton, Roberta (Derickson) Tedder of Holly Springs, NC; Jack and Cin-dy (Wheelock) Harper of Pensa-cola, FL, and Miriam (Campbell) Clutter, Phil and Pattie Foltz, Bob and Kay (Daughton) Sickels (both members of the class), Pat (Rusk) Braby and Helen (Sickels) Hunt, all of Mount Ayr. Several met Saturday morning at Jamies Coffee Mill & Deli for coffee and more conversation. The class plans to meet for their 60th reunion on Friday, May 22, 2015, at the same location for which Phil Foltz will make ar-rangements. The following were named as committee members to plan the next reunion: Harry and Anna Lynn Bevington, Lo-retta Kelly, Helen Hunt and Cindy Harper.

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Crooked Creek 4-H Club The Crooked Creek 4-H Club met Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the Ringgold County Fairgrounds for picture taking fun and a regular meeting. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Brook Rychnovsky and Taylor still called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. The roll call question of What do you think would be the most dangerous job was answered by Clover Kids Brady Bickel and Micayla Hen-son, and by Crooked Creek 4-H members, Abbey Adams, Cauy Bickel, Mady and Ryker Henson, Madi Hos eld, Blake and Brook Rychnovsky, Zane Sickels, Taylor Still and Drew and Hagan Willis. Leader Cindy Schlapia was also present. Taylor read the previous minutes with Hagan moving to ap-prove the minutes as read, second-ed by Drew, and approved by all. The treasurers report was given by Hagan with payment made for t-shirts and funds to be added from the Angus show fund-raiser and $10 for each senior member to be paid to Madi Hos eld, Zane Sick-els and Taylor still. It was moved to approve treasurers report with the expenditure for shirts and se-nior gifts and adding of fund-raiser

by Drew and seconded by Blake. All approved. Taylor and Madi gave a County Council report and informed the group of a dance to be held at the fair this year. A letter was given to the 4-H members with upcoming dead-lines and events schedule. They discussed livestock entries due on June 28 an fees that need to be paid. Everyone was challenged to do a safety project this year in the group. The group discussed the fair parade and Cauy Bickel volun-teered a trailer to make the oat on, with the rest of the group to help make the oat and ride on it. The group discussed booth and activi-ties for the fair and decided not to do a fund-raiser this year during the fair. They also discussed bringing plants and planters for the garden area. Madi will check on rock for the garden area instead of mulch and will set a time to work on the garden again. A discussion was held on how they could help others with disabil-ities or injuries to make them more aware of helping others in need. Members will meet on July 9 for nal fair preparations. Madi led the 4-H Pledge. Brook moved to adjourn, seconded by Abbey. Refreshments provided by Stills and Wasteneys were enjoyed by all. Some members worked until 6 p.m in the garden before leaving. Submitted by, Taylor Still

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June 24 - Dont forget the Red-ding school alumni meeting and potluck to be held June 29 at noon at the Frontier Hall in Redding. Everyone with Redding school ties is welcome. Jariah and Chris Walker and family visited Charles and Becky Abarr Saturday. Drake and Alyana Walker are visiting with the Abarrs this week. The Abarrs attended the Waugh reunion Sunday at the Frontier Hall in Redding. Speedy Carpenter and daugh-ter Kacey of Douglas, WY visited Monday through Thursday with Mary and Morris Carpenter. Pat and Chucky VerHuel of Altoona visited with the Carpenters Sunday. Gary and Linda Hos eld, Tom Hos eld of Cedar Falls and Jenny Hos eld and Jesse Cornell of Bellvue went to the Hos eld-Uhlenkamp wed-ding Saturday in Mount Ayr. The Tingley Lions baseball team played in the Lamoni tourna-ment Saturday and won third place. David Knapp of Mesa, AZ was a weekend guest at Steve and Tra-cee Knapps. Lew Knapps visitors Sunday were Trevor Anderson, Wyatt Jackson and Ethan McGill. Gladys Jones called on Betty and J.W. Robertson Monday. She also visited with Helen Harris, Brent Harris and Bryant and Pam McCord Monday. Gladys went to the Bible study led by Alice Miller Friday at the Grant City, MO Chris-tian church and visited with Helen and Brent Harris and Cooper Chap-man. Sunday Gladys had lunch at the OldTowne Cafe with Helen Harris and Ann and Don Cordell. Rebecca, Cliff, Bryson and Kaden Smith and Louden and Cal-vin Main were Saturday overnight visitors at Bill and Ginny Quicks. Bill and Ginny were supper guests at Carrie and Wiley Mains Thurs-day to celebrate Wileys birthday. Bill and Karen Robertson of Saddlebrook, MO, Mary Jane and Ron Jones of Clever, MO and Mike Robertson of Omaha, NE visited with Betty and J.W. Robertson over the weekend and all attended the wedding of Cass Hos eld and Annie Uhlenkamp Saturday at Saint Josephs Catholic Church in Mount Ayr. Joe, Maya and Eli Bainum were Sunday visitors at Bobbi and Mi-chael Bainums. Several members

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June 24 - Summer is de nitely here but residents are enjoying the warm weather. Its going to be the Fourth of July before you know it and this writer thinks Clear eld is gearing up for the big celebration. Monday started off with exer-cise, marriage and wedding facts and trivia. They all talked about where they were married and by whom, if they went on a honey-moon and what they wore. It was an interesting topic. Scott Marcum came for Bible study Monday af-ternoon. Cookies and coffee were served after the lesson. Residents enjoyed a fruit and cheese tasting party Tuesday morn-ing. They came to the dining room where the tables were decorated and enjoyed the good food. Bill Livingston entertained Tuesday af-ternoon which everyone enjoyed. Exercise and trivia was Wednes-day morning. Terry Roberts was the minister for church Wednesday afternoon. Kathy Rinehart came also and helped with the singing. They also sang a couple of songs after church. They will be back on July 9. There was a rst at Clearview Thursday morning. It was a wet t-shirt contest. Sounds like they had lots of laughs while participating. You can use your own imagina-tion as to what they did. Bingo was Thursday afternoon with Evelyn Stevenson, Evelyn Lund, Dorothy Wetzel, Clara Kilgore, Darlene Gilbert and Lila Barker as the win-ners. Fun facts and laws were en-joyed after everyone exercised Friday morning. Amy got the resi-dents out for a tailgate party Friday afternoon. She grilled hot dogs, had chips and dip and soda. That was a good way to start summer. Bingo was played Saturday

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June 24 - From June 9 Dean and Marietta Cobbs company for several days to help Dean celebrate his 94th birthday were David and Jocelynn Goff, their two daugh-ters, Michelle Goff and Kimberly Edwards, and her little son eight months old. Karen Kemery, Judy King and Mary Kay Loutzenhiser attended a bridal shower for Samantha Egg-ers in Clearmont, MO Saturday. The community would like to extend sympathy to the fami-lies of Jerry Lawrence and Mary Stroburg. Katelyn Drake recently spent some time with her aunt, Elaine. Debbie and Hannah Marcum were in Council Bluffs Saturday to visit with some family. Remember: Think of ve things you are grateful for today Now how do you feel?

afternoon. Evelyn Stevenson won the Bs & Os, Lorane Leonard the four corners, Dorothy Wetzel and Darlene Gilbert the large picture frame, Lila Barker the X game and Clara Kilgore and Evelyn Lund won regular bingo. This weeks visitors have been Liz Kilgore, Gordon Kilgore, Kerry Saville and Kathy Valen-zuela with Clara Kilgore; Denzel Young with Pauline Young; Lau-rie Travis with Evelyn Lund; Bob and Shirley McMath with Evelyn Stevenson and Dick Dougherty; Chris Gilbert with Darlene Gilbert; Rick and Marvin Garrett with Har-riet Garrett; Jack and Dixie Taylor with Lorabel Taylor; John Morey visited with Evelyn Stevenson; Ray and Carol Lee Fisher with Peggy Abarr, and Normie Beggs and Alma Swanson with several.

of the Middle Fork United Meth-odist Church congregation served lunch at the annual Waugh family reunion held Sunday at the Fron-tier Hall in Redding. Kenny and Berta Quick and Lawrence Jefferson of Gallatin, MO went to the Grant City, MO school alumni banquet Sunday at the high school.

June 24 The month of July is nearly here and summer is now in full force. Baseball and softball games are coming to an end. It is now time for apple pie and the county fair. Next week residents will take a trip to the Ringgold County Senior Center Monday. A reworks show will be Tues-day evening at 8:30 p.m. in the Clearview Estates parking lot. The Friday Singers are on the schedule for Friday after the Fourth of July. The birthday party is sched-uled for July 9 at 2 p.m. with the Tingley Kitchen Band hosted by the United Methodist Church la-dies. Residents with a birthday in July include Oleeta Scott on July 2; Helen Blunck, July 24; Shirley Karr, July 25, and Lois Anne So-botka, July 27. Staff with a birth-day in July are Nancy Hartman on July 2; Deanna Groves, July 9; Juanita Sickels, June 15; Wendy Shaha, July 17; Ashley Ray, July 18; Mona Hensley, July 19; Becky Lehman, July 21, and Joey Rusk, July 23. Condolences go out to Norma Smith and her family as she passed away last week. Norma was spe-cial to Clearview Home as she was a longtime Sunday school teacher. She also volunteered in many other capacities around the community. Norma will be missed by many. Sympathy goes out to Eugene Lambrecht and his family. Eugene wasnt a resident for very long but was enjoyed by everyone. Thoughts and prayers go out to all who are affected by these deaths. Monday was a busy day. Pattie started the day off with her read-ing to a group of residents from the book, Emorys Gift. Later in the afternoon residents were invited out to see some animals from the Blank Park Zoo. Prior to zoo time, Liz and Kathi connected to the live webcam located in the monkey en-closure at the Blank Park Zoo. They were able to see the monkeys walk around on the ground and crawl up the jungle gym. It was a warm day so they were moving a lot. Kathi also shared some history facts about the Blank Park Zoo. Maggie nally arrived with four animals used in the educational program at the zoo. The rst animal was a leopard gecko named Leia. This was passed around for everyone to touch and check out its tail. She then brought out a ferret (European pole cat) called Catness. These are related to the weasel. A Roan duck

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called Fiona spread its wings on the tables. She showed them how she keeps herself water repellent. The last animal was a bit more ferocious. It was a seven-year-old American alligator called Diagonal because of the marks on his back. Everyone had the opportunity to touch the animals. Several asked questions. Pictures of the event are posted on Facebook at Clearview Home Mount Ayr. It was coffee club time Tuesday. Pattie and Liz made Rice Krispie bars for everyone to enjoy. Peggy Wagenknecht helped Pattie