From a whole host of personnel items to approval of legislative goals and district study goals, the Mount Ayr Community school board handled a good deal of business in a shorter than usual amount of time at its regular meeting Monday night.

    A new plan will cut hours at area post offices instead of closing the facilities, the United Postal Service has announced.
    The strategy would keep the nation’s smallest post offices open for business while still achieving significant cost savings, according to the postal service.

    Diagonal Community and Mount Ayr Community school districts will have their graduation ceremonies this weekend as the school year winds down.

    Items from sewer matters to negotiations with Scott Stutzman and from a budget amendment to little league coaches were handled in a long agenda for the Mount Ayr city council Monday night.

    Part of the meeting for the Mount Ayr Community school board recently included a presentation of the Annual Yearly Progress report to the public for the 2010-11 school year.
    The report is required to be developed each year as a report to the public. In the past it has been published as a section in the Mount Ayr Record-News, but this year it will only be available online at www.mtayrschools.org.

    As the school year winds down, plans for final activities leading up to graduation have been announced for the Mount Ayr Community and Diagonal Community school districts.

   A budget appeal hearing, parking lot paving bids and discussions with the county’s auditing firm headed the activity for the Ringgold county board of supervisors in the past week.

    An old Tingley landmark building has collapsed in recent weeks.
    The Lents building was built by C.W. Lents and built in 1930 to replace a building that burned in a fire on   July 2, 1930 that also destroyed the wooden Christian Church building.

    Some 273 volunteers participated in the Ringgold County Cares food packing weekend at the Mount Ayr Baptist-Presbyterian Church. 

    Caitlin Giles and Joey Taylor advanced as individuals from the regional and sectional meets held for the Raider and Raidette golfers this past week.
    Both will play in district meets to try to earn a trip to the state tournament.

    Mount Ayr Community placed second in the 1A district meet held in Corning on May 10. 
    The Raiders battled a strong Fremont-Mills team and just came up nine points short at the end. 

    Mount Ayr Community finished fourth in the Corning district state qualifying meet on May 10.
    The team scores: Griswold--150, Corning--109, Villisca--100, Mount Ayr Community --81, Stanton--70, Fremont-Mills--58, Lenox-41, Essex--35, Nishnabotna--34, Bedford--31, East Mills--19, South Page--3, Diagonal--2.
    Mount Ayr Community did qualify three events for the state meet that begins on Thursday.  

    A repeat as the Pride of Iowa conference champions, a sixth at Bedford in a breather and the title of the Nodaway Valley Invitational were added by the Mount Ayr Community Raider boys track squad this week.

    A fourth place finish in the Pride of Iowa conference track meet and Martensdale-St. Mary’s Invitational and a title in their own relays marked a good week for the Mount Ayr Community Raiderette girls track team.

    Mount Ayr Community Raiders picked up a victory over Lamoni and fell to Clarke in action this past week while the Raiderettes dropped both matches.

    A second place finish in the Raider Relays and a second place finish in the high jump at the Drake Relays were highlights of the week for the Mount Ayr Community Raider track team.
Poore second at Drake
    The Raiders sent six participants to the Drake Relays Friday in Des Moines for action in the high school division.

    A second-place finish in the Charger Relays in Chariton and the title at the Clarke Invitational Relays were added by the Mount Ayr Community Raiderette girls track team in action this past week.
    The girls finished behind Martensdale-St. Mary’s at Chariton, then ran away with the title at Clarke.

    A sixth place finish for the boys and a  no team score for the girls resulted when the Mount Ayr Community Raider and Raiderette golf teams went to the Pride of Iowa conference golf tournaments Monday.