ELLIS RAY SHELDEN
Ellis Ray Shelden, 85, of Marion, IA, departed this life on Saturday, September 14, 2019. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Marion. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September 19, 2019, at the funeral home.…
Read MoreJEANNETTE IONE SCOTT
Jeannette Ione Scott, daughter of Floyd Dale Schlapia and Maralyn Rose McMath Schlapia was born December 15, 1947 in Creston, IA and passed from this life Friday, September 13, 2019 at Clarke County Hospital in Osceola at 71 years of age. Jeannette received her education in Mount Ayr graduating from Mount Ayr High School as…
Read MoreMYRTLE LEOLA BECKETT ADAMS
Myrtle Leola Beckett Adams was born December 28, 1938, in rural Ringgold County to Lester H. Beckett and Geneva Price Beckett Curphey. She attended rural Taylor County schools and Lenox grade school. She acquired her GED and worked in the Lenox Care Center for several years. On October 11, 1969, she was married to Raleigh…
Read MoreCONNIE KLEIN
Connie Klein, age 72, of Afton, OK, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2019, at the Grove Care Center in Grove, OK. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 5, at 10:30 a.m. at the Zion United Church of Christ in Hubbard, IA. Interment of her cremated remains will follow in the Hubbard…
Read MoreRaiders travel to Osceola to face the Clarke Indians
Fresh off a 48-14 win over Central Decatur Friday, the Raiders will hit the road once more for a contest with Clarke. The Raiders (3-0) will face a Clarke (2-1) team that recently defeated Red Oak 34-27. Scouting Clarke is in it’s third year under coach Duane Matthess and coming off a 3-6 record from…
Read MoreTimmerman medals at Wayne cross country meet
The Mount Ayr cross country teams traveled to Wayne last week to compete. Isaac Timmerman medaled for the Raiders with a seventh place finish with a time of 18:32. Briar Knapp finished with a time of 22:28 to finish 46th overall, while Will Newton finished in 23:02, improving his time over last year by 1:54,…
Read MoreRaiderettes fall to Wolverines, overcome Clarke, Pville
NV 3, Mount Ayr 0 The Raiderettes fell to Nodaway Valley last week, 3-0, against a hot hitting Wolverine team, led by juniors Lexi Shike and Corinne Bond. The Raiderettes were able to amass 17 kills, with 20 errors and 96 attempts in three games against the Wolverines, and only missed three serves, finishing with…
Read MoreCannon fire fills the night as Raiders route Cardinals
Mount Ayr 48, CD 14 The Raiders hosted the Central Decatur Cardinals last Friday night in what was sure to be a close contest. It was anything but. Mount Ayr set the tone early, scoring in just under a minute and a half, pushing Isaac Grose up the middle for an eight yard touchdown score.…
Read MoreWalnut Valley rural school about 90 years ago.
BY MIKE AVITT Thanks to Lola Link for this week’s picture. We can see the school bell on a small tower to the right of the building. The sign below the bell says, “Walnut Valley – 1906 – Dist. No. 7.” Walnut Valley was in Section 25 of Washington Township. For those of you who…
Read MoreAddressing an ROA rumor
To the editor: My name is Bob Malcom. I am a past president and currently a voting board member of the Ringgold Outdoor Alliance. I would like to start off by stating that this letter is in no way any type of official notice on behalf of the ROA or any of its members, and…
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