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Ringgold Trailway parking expansion planned
Finding a spot to park at the Ringgold Trailway is about to get easier as the County Conservation Board expands the entry on the west end of the trail. While a land purchase has been pursued for many years, a recent change of ownership helped facilitate acquiring a half acre of land to expand parking.…
Read MoreRaiders drop district opener, 28-6
The 2024 district opener for Mount Ayr was a tough one, as they traveled to Class A No. 6 Madrid. There, the Tigers rushing game was too much for the Raiders to overcome in a 28-6 loss. The loss was the first of the season for Mount Ayr who fell to 2-1. Madrid improves to…
Read MoreRaiderettes win three matches
The Mount Ayr Raiderettes had a busy week of matches last week including their first POI matches of the year. In eight matches, they were 3-5 to set their record at 4-7 going into this week. Mount Ayr plays twice this week. Mount Ayr will play at home in a POI triangular meet with Central…
Read MoreRaiderettes led by Larsen at Central Decatur meet
The Mount Ayr girl’s cross-country team traveled to Leon last week on Monday, September 9. There, Mount Ayr did not have enough runners to factor in the team race but had all four runners place in the top-30 finishers. Mount Ayr was led by Kacie Larsen with a 13th-place finish in 23:22. The rest of…
Read MoreRaiders place two in top-20
The Mount Ayr boy’s cross-country team traveled to Leon last Monday to run at the Central Decatur invitational. There, two Raiders finished in the top-20 places to help the Raider team place sixth. Braylon Greenwell led Mount Ayr with a 12th place finish in 19:59 while Jeremiah Gilliland placed 20th in a time of 21:23.…
Read MoreSnapshots of History: Simpson’ Department Store
By Mike Avitt This photo was at the Mount Ayr Depot Museum when I joined in 2001. The back of the photo had the date 1891, but no location. I was able to figure it out using the window configuration and Ezra McMaster’s law and loan office next door. The sign above the department store…
Read MoreTrump tells more big lies
To the editor: In Tuesday night’s debate, Donald Trump told another one of his “big lies.” This time targeting Haitian immigrants in the town of Springfield, Ohio with the charge that they were eating people’s pets–dogs and cats. And, like the “big lie,”of the stolen 2020 election, this lie is hurting people, not that that…
Read MorePerseverance is necessary
To the editor: Thomas Edison, a man with incredible gifts and a talent for innovation. A man who created the light bulb and telegraph as well as over 2,000 other patents in his lifetime. If you remember from your history textbooks, Edison tried and failed 2,774 times for the light bulb, but on the 2,775th…
Read MoreA very relevant quote
To the editor: The following is a quote from Booker T. Washington and remains, perhaps, even more relevant during the 2024 election cycle: “A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.” Leota M. Lipovac Urbandale
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