JERRY LEE CLARK
Jerry Lee Clark was born February 21, 1955 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr to Louisa Lucille (Warner) and Roy Edward Clark. Jerry was educated in Mount Ayr Community Schools. On May 3, 1975 Jerry was united in marriage to Nancy Jane Morse. To this union three children were born Angela, Gary and…
Read MoreDARLENE MAE BEAR
Darlene Mae Bear, daughter of Floyd Orland and Nova Edna (Baker) Giles, was born August 20, 1938 in Union County, IA. Darlene graduated from Tingley High School in 1956. On August 10, 1956, Darlene was united in marriage to Donald Gene Bear in the Lamoni United Methodist Church. Three children were born into this marriage:…
Read MoreROBERT ARNOLD
Robert “Bob” Arnold, 87, of Shannon City, IA, died Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Celebration of Life Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 30, 2021 at Powers Funeral Home in Creston. Pastor Dwayne Henrichs and Rev. Jim Morris will officiate. The service will be live-streamed…
Read MoreRaiderettes suffer POI loss
Lenox 46, Mt. Ayr 35 The Raiderette basketball team traveled to Lenox last Tuesday, January 19 to face the Tigers. The Raiderettes were without Alexa Anderson, a senior who has been playing her best basketball of her career, according to head coach Thad Streit. Lenox took the lead early and didn’t look back, as senior…
Read MoreRaiders lose steam against undefeated Blue Devils
Mt. Ayr 65, Lenox 45 Mount Ayr traveled to Lenox for a game of basketball last Tuesday, January 19. Their first meeting, December 8 saw the Raiders get a nice win over their POI competitors and the Tigers once again fell to the Raiders. Mount Ayr had a hot start, going up 24-13 in the…
Read MoreShaha breaks school record, becomes four-time champion
Mount Ayr Quad The Raiders hosted a wrestling quad Tuesday, January 19 with Southwest Valley, Van Meter and Bedford-Lenox. The Raiders were only able to get one team win, defeating Southwest Valley, but Bryce Shaha had a decent outing, setting a new school record for takedowns, beating Hans Larsons record of 301, set in 2003-2006,…
Read MoreBeaconsfield’s Hy-Vee store in March 2007.
I’ve been trying to find the origin and history of Charles Hyde’s and David Vredenburg’s first store they owned together. We know it was in this building in Beaconsfield, but the exact date is not known. We also don’t know for certain who built this building and when. This week, we’ll look at the Beaconsfield…
Read MoreWon’t break our resolve
To the editor: We put this BLM sign up almost a year ago. Now, it has been egged and defaced several times. I will continue to repair and replace until change in Southwest Iowa is seen firsthand. You will not break OUR RESOLVE. Also, I would like to think that this act of vandalism has…
Read MoreUSA a melting pot
To the editor: On his last full day in office, January 19, 2021, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that “Multiculturalism is not who America is.” This is a curious statement from a former diplomat whose family immigrated here from Italy. [Hey, Mike, unless you are 100% Native American, you are a descendant of immigrants.]…
Read MoreLooking Back with Lora Stull
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News, Thursday, January 26, 1921.) One out of every four persons living in Iowa is enrolled in schools. This is shown in statistics prepared by P.E. McClenahan, State Superintendent of Public Instruction at request of P.P. Claxton of Washington, D.C., National Commission of Education. Based on the…
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