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Mount Ayr Larger Parish United Methodist Churches Pastor Skip Rushing Redding 9:00 a.m., Worship. 10:00 a.m., Sunday School. Middle Fork 9:00 a.m., Sunday School, all ages. 10:00 a.m., Worship. Mount Ayr 10:00 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 - 11:00 a.m., Refreshments and Fellowship. 11:00 a.m., Worship. 5:00-6:30 p.m., Mount Ayr Methodist Men supper and sale. 6:30 p.m., Auction. 7:00 p.m., Childrens items. St. Josephs Catholic Church 100 N. Polk, Mount Ayr Fr. Glen Wilwerding, Pastor Saturdays, mass at 5:30 p.m. St. Patricks Catholic Church Grand River Fr. Glen Wilwerding, Pastor Sunday mass, 8:00 a.m. United Church of Diagonal Pastor Ed Shields 9:30 a.m., Church. 10:30 a.m., Sunday school. Friday, September 28: 5:00-7:00 p.m., Fall smorgasbord dinner. Tingley First Christian Church Al Rusk, Pastor 10:00 a.m., Church school. Margaret Hull, Superintendent. 11:00 a.m., Worship. First Lutheran Church Mount Ayr - LCMS Vacancy Pastor: Rev. Jonathan Watt Sunday, September 23: 8:00 a.m., Worship. Free Methodist Church Charles Weiman, Pastor 10:00 a.m., Sunday school. 11:00 a.m., Worship service. 7:00 p.m., Evening worship. Wednesday, Family Night Prayer meeting; F.M.Y., C.L.C., 7 p.m. Kellerton Assembly of God Church Pastor Barton Shields 9:30 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 a.m., Worship service. 7:00 p.m., Evangelistic service. Wednesday, 7:00 p.m., Adult Bible study. Blockton Christian Church Scott Marcum, Pastor 9:30 a.m., Bible School. 10:45 a.m., Worship. Second and fourth Sundays of each month, Youth Groups. First Wednesday of each month, Church Night. Tent Chapel Church of Christ Richard Reinhardt, Minister (3 miles south of Blockton, Iowa) Bible study, 10:00 a.m. Morning worship, 11:00 a.m. Watch In Search of the Lords Way - 7 a.m., Sunday on Ch. 17; KDSM Dish 259, 6:30 a.m. or Direct TV 364, 6:30 a.m. Sundays, 6:30 p.m., evening services. Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m., Bible study. Area Bible Fellowship Church 204 North Van Buren, Cleareld Pastor Ron Christian 10:00 a.m., Worship service. 11:15 a.m., Sunday school. Wednesday: 6:30 p.m., AWANA. Website: www.areabiblefellowship.org Regular Baptist Church Mount Ayr 464-3293 (Church) Pastor Seth Denney Sunday, September 23: 9:45 a.m., Sunday School. 11:00 a.m., Morning worship service. Nursery available. 6:30 p.m., Evening service. Vova and Laura Kisarets, missionaries to the Ukraine, will present their ministry. Wednesday, September 26: AWANA kickoff with a hot dog roast at Fifes Grove at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m., Midweek Bible study and prayer. 7 p.m., Youth service. Hickory Grove Advent Christian Church Sherry Wiley, supply pastor 11:00 a.m., Worship service. Mount Ayr Assembly of God Pastor Doug Rohrer (515-783-7712) See our facebook page 8:15 - 8:45 a.m., Prayer 9:00 a.m., Sunday school for all ages. 10:00 a.m., Fellowship. 10:30 a.m., Worship service. Nursery available. Childrens church. 5:00 p.m. Men of Valor Wednesdays: Kids Club - 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays: Revolution Youth - 6 to 8 p.m. Kellerton United Methodist Church Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship. Beaconseld United Methodist Church Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor Sunday, 9:00 a.m., Morning Worship. No Sunday School. United Baptist-Presbyterian Church 2343 State Highway 169 Mount Ayr Michael Maddy, Pastor (641-464-2127) www.ubpchurch.com Sunday, September 16: 9:00 a.m., Sunday school. 10:00 a.m., Church service. Greeter, Oleta Jones; Call to worship, Ellen Powell: Musician, Nancy Sackett; Childrens sermon, Julie Davison; Message, Mike Maddy. Monday, September 24: 5:00 p.m., Stretch class. Tuesday, September 25: 7:00 a.m., Mens breakfast at Peggy Sues. Wednesday, September 26: 5:00 p.m., Stretch class. 6:30 p.m., Bible study at Mount Ayr Health Care with Ruth Angus. Saturday, September 29: 6:00 p.m., Play cards. All welcome. Faith United Parish Pastor Bruce Giese Platte Center 8:30 a.m., Worship. 10:00 a.m., Sunday School. First Christian Church Pastor Chris Conklin Sunday, September 23: Rally Sunday. 9:00 a.m., Sunday school. 10:00 a.m., Church. 12:00 noon, All church birthday party (salad fest). Wednesday, September 26: 9:00 a.m., WIC. 3:30 p.m., L.A.M.B.S. 5:30 p.m., Choir. Thursday Prayer group at 9:30 a.m. Bank of Christ Outreach and Hope Center 2nd & Ringgold, Kellerton 10:00 a.m., Sunday school for children and adults. 11:00 a.m., Church service with Kathy Johnston speaking. Wishard Chapel Community Church Rev. Tom Rutan, Interim Pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday school. 10:30 a.m., Worship. Ellston United Methodist Church Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor 9:30 a.m., Sunday school and Bible study. 10:30 a.m., Church services. United Methodist Women: Every second Monday, 1:30 p.m. United Methodist Men: First/third Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. Youth Group: First/third Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Second Sunday - potluck; fourth Sunday - fellowship time. Website: ellstonumc.org Tingley United Methodist Church Rev. Robin Thomas, Pastor 9:00 a.m., Worship. 10:00 a.m., Sunday school. United Methodist Women: Every Third Wednesday. Youth Group: Second and Fourth Sundays, 5:00 p.m., at Ellston. The Lighthouse Non-Denominational Fellowship Doug Greene, Pastor Darin Dolecheck, Youth Pastor (west 2 miles on Hwy. 2) 9:45 a.m., Sunday School. 10:30 a.m., Worship. 6:30 p.m., Evening Worship. Mondays, 5 p.m., Thin Within Support Group; 7 p.m., Sowing in Tears Support Group. Wednesdays, 6 - 8 p.m., Crew Kids Club; 8 - 9 p.m., SOC Youth Meeting. Saturday Night Service, 7:00 p.m., Bible Study and Prayer led by Darla Dolecheck. Sermons available online at: lighthouseonline.org. Trinity Christian Church Terry Roberts, Minister 446-8654 (Hwy. 2 West, Decatur) 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., Sunday morning worship services. 9:30 a.m., Sunday School, all ages. Wednesday: 7:00 p.m., Youth/ Small group Bible study. Nursery available. The Community of Christ Tony and Sandy Crandell, Copastors, Sunday, September 23: 11:00 a.m., Worship service with Maynard Walsh speaking. Mount Ayr Restoration Branch Sherman Phipps, Presiding Elder Alan Smith, Assistant Sunday, September 23: Welcomers: Rodney Bastow family. 9:45 a.m., Family Worship, Ron Smith family. 10:00 a.m., Classes. 11:00 a.m., Worship. Sherman Phipps, presiding; Rob Rolfe, speaking; Jordison Family, special music; Becky Starks, pianist. Custodians: Jim Barber. 6:00 p.m., Family fellowship at Rob Rolfe home. Wednesday, September 26: 7:00 p.m., Prayer service at Norman Nelson home. Sherman Phipps, presiding.

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James Eason, 82, of Mount Ayr, passed away September 17. A visitation will be held at WatsonArmstrong Funeral Home Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Uunited Methodist Church in Mount Ayr. A complete obituary will appear in next weeks edition.

Services pending for Norma Munyon

Norma Munyon, 78, of Kellerton passed away September 16 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Her services will be held later this week. Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr is in charge of the arrangements and her obituary will appear in next weeks edition.

AWANA kickoff set for September 26

The AWANA year for the Mount Ayr Regular Baptist Church will kick off with a hot dog roast on September 26 at Fifes Grove at 6:30 p.m. Beginning October 3, AWANA will be held at Mount Ayr Regular Baptist Church each Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more information, please call 641-464-3293.

Missionaries to visit September 23

Vova and Laura Kisarets, missionaries to the Ukraine, will be presenting their ministry Sunday, Sept. 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Mount Ayr Regular Baptist Church. Counter Subscriptions for those who cant wait until Thursday to read the Mount Ayr Record-News. Save money too.

September 11, 2012 The Board of Directors of the Mount Ayr Community school district met in regular session Monday, September 11, 2012. There were present: P. J. West, Brandi Shay, Chris Eaton, Duane Schafer and Rod Shields. Also present were Joe Drake, superintendent; Lynne Wallace, secondary principal; Chris Elwood, PK-6 principal; Janette Campbell, board secretary/business manager; Alan Smith - Mount Ayr RecordNews; Nathan Summers, Ruan Securities; Julie Weisshaar, Energy Asso. Of Iowa, and Fay Howie, MAEA. Call to order: The meeting was called to order at 6 p.m. by president Shields. Previous minutes: Director West made a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes from the August 6 board meeting and approve them as printed. Director Eaton seconded the motion. Carried 5-0, unanimously. Correspondence and communications: Director West shared the positive feedback she has received regarding the new football scoreboard and the speaker system at the football eld. Administrative reports: Administration reports: Activity fund, buildings and grounds, lunch, technology and transportation reports were reviewed. Under buildings and grounds, Supt. Drake reported on the sewer line in the middle school gym addition. He reported that the sewer line was not installed properly. Construction Services, Inc. is checking into the situation and will work with Camblin Inc. (contractor that installed the line) to correct the problem. Under transportation, Supt. Drake reported that the district has been approved to proceed with paperwork to receive a $46,700 USDA grant to go toward the purchase of a new school bus. Under technology, Kim Curry, reported on the following topics: 1) 7-12 One-to-One Program Results of a survey to get a feel for how things are going were reviewed; 2) Dollar General Grant A $1,000 grant was awarded to the district to purchase iPad apps for the elementary school; 3)Work sched-

ule for technology director; 4) MAP testing Making sure the computers have everything they need for the testing, and 5) Sherry Norris will be the long-term substitute in the kindergarten classroom until further notice. Under principal reports, elementary principal Chris Elwood shared information on the following topics: 1) Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment; 2) MAP testing; 3) Backpack Buddies, and 4) Grandparents Day. Lynne Wallace, secondary principal, also reviewed her principals report. Some of the topics she reported on: 1) ACT report; 2) ACT onLine preparation: 3) Learning team meetings; 4) Making meaning, and 5) New math series. New business: A. Presentation on renancing debt Ruan Securities: Nathan Summers was present to share some options that the district has to renance their debt. Interest rates are at an alltime low and it could be worthwhile to explore some of these options. For the October board meeting, Matt Gillespie with Piper Jaffray will be present to also review some savings options. B. Presentation on Iowa Energy Energy Association of Iowa Schools: Julie Weisshaar, EAIS executive director. Based in Iowa, Energy Association of Iowa Schools is a new nonprot organization that focuses energy and budget savings on education by: 1) Saving schools money with energy efciency, grants and connections, and economies of scale; 2) Serving as an unbiased source of information on energy issues specially related to schools; 3) Saving school administrator and building operator time; 4) Supporting local needs through personal school visits and E(nergy)-coaching; 5) Coordinating convenient regional and online building operator/school energy team professional development, and 6) Supporting schools in their efforts to balance natural, cultural, human, social, political, nancial and built capitals to save energy and taxpayer/ budget dollars. The cost to belong to the association is $1/student. Supt. Drake recommended the district join

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the EAIS. Director Shay made a motion to approve Supt. Drakes recommendation to join the EAIS with a second from director West. Motion carried 5-0, unanimously. C. Review and approval of board policies 300 Series: As a part of the board policy update review, Supt. Drake reported that no changes were made to the 300 Series by the Iowa Association of School Boards since the last update. However, under 303.1 Administrative Positions, Supt. Drake would like to add food service director and transportation director to the list of administration. Director Eaton made the motion to approve the 300 Series as presented with the addition of food service director and transportation director to 303.1 Administrative Positions. Motion was seconded by director West. Motion carried 5-0, unanimously. Director Shay left the meeting at 7:13 p.m. D. 2012-2013 Line Item Budget: Supt. Drake presented the Line Item Budget for 2012-2013 showing expenditures of $6,857,091 in the general fund. Mr. Drake also explained the unspent balance showing that the district would have gained $58,833 if they had not borrowed money against themselves for the laptops. Director West made a motion to approve the 2012-2013 Line Item Budget with a second from director Eaton. Motion carried 4-0, unanimously. E. Personnel: Supt. Drake recommended the lane change for Joe Catanzareti from 18-3 (2.5) $50,266.00 to 18-4 (2.5) $52,571.00. Director West made a motion to approve the
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to all who came to my 70th birthday party.

February 3, 1918Sept. 23, 2007 Our hearts still ache with sadness, And secret tears still flow, What it meant to lose you, No one can ever know.

Georgine Swank

Serving: 5 - 7 p.m. Auction of food and bazaar items: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 22

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Pulled beef or hot chicken or pork tenderloin sandwiches, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, a variety of salads, homemade pies and other desserts and beverages
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I would like to thank everyone for the cards, phone calls and visits in honor of my 80th birthday. It was so nice to share a lot of laughs and a few tears with all of you. Your well wishes were so appreciated. A very special thank you to my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for the wonderful birthday dinner. I enjoyed it so much.

Words cannot express how grateful we are for the outpouring of love and support shown to us at the time of our loss. Our father was a great man, and he will be truly missed. Your calls, visits, words of encouragement and other acts of kindness really meant a lot to us. Thank you.

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I want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone for all the prayers, visits, phone calls, cards and the love and concern shown to me through this illness. I also want to thank the Ringgold County Hospital and staff and Dr. Ricker and his staff for all the wonderful care. Thanks, also, to the Monday night dancers for the beautiful card. It was so much fun reading all the names. Im going to surprise you and show up some Monday night. May God bless each of you and it is so nice to live in a community where so many people care. Sincerely,

WHO: Any man 18 years and older WHAT: Men of Valor kickoff barbecue WHEN: Sunday, September 30, 5 p.m. (for 8 weeks) WHERE: Mount Ayr Assembly of God Church, 1605 W. South Street, Mount Ayr
We will be using the book Honor Begins at Home, developed by the directors of Courageous. The cost is $10. For more information, contact Frank Mueller, Jr., 641-414-5047.

Mary Ellen Spurrier

Almost a year ago We didnt know youd leave; Our lives were changed forever Its still hard to believe. Your passing left an emptiness That no one else can fill. We think of you each moment Our hearts are grieving still. Sometimes it seems forever That youve been away; Sometimes it seems we saw you Just yesterday. Our thoughts will always be with you Our love will never end; Until God comes and takes us home Our hearts will never mend.

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Hugs, tears, cards, stamps, memorials, meals, flowers, cleaning, laundry, cooking . . . our family has been overwhelmed by all that has been done to help us cope through this difficult time. Our time with our mom and grandma was shortened, by much surprise and without a chance to say good bye. We will continue on with our memories and know that Grandma Sandy will continue to cheer on her grandsons. To all of you, no matter what part you played . . . Thank You.

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First of all, I thank God for the beautiful day he provided for us for Lila Overholtzers estate sale. It couldnt have been more perfect. . . . To Cecil for sticking by my side, listening to me vent and still loving me. . . . To my sisters Olive, Mickey and Lou for the many hours they worked sorting, organizing, decision making, telephone calls, hugs and support. . . . To Olive for watering and making Lilas flowers and tomato plant look beautiful. . . . to Kenny for his guidance and organizing muscle and taking charge. Kelley for her hugs, encourangment words and always being there for me doing whatever I ask. Bryan for his muscle and ready to do anything. For all my nieces, great nieces, nephews, great nephews coming along way (Oklahoma, Kansas, Lawson, Osborn and Saint Joseph, MO, Albia, Clarinda, Urbandale and Kellerton) to help with whatever needed to be done. We couldnt have had the sale ready in time without you. . . . to RB and Mary, Bob Sickels, Jim, Curt, Mary Ann and Sandy for their services, the Kellertin S.I. P. R. for the nice lunch and the many people who came to get a remembrance of Lila. Lila touched so many lives with her love and always caring ways. She will be remembered for a long time in our hearts and never forgotten. God Bless,

Betty Davenport