Monthly Archives: January 2014

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – Jan. 30

How about that wind, ‘ey? Wind makes me hungry. Cold makes me thirsty. Actually, just thinking about wind makes me hungry; thinking about the cold makes me thirsty. This week was full of cold and wind. What did we do? We ate. We drank. A lot. Probably too much. You’ll see what I mean. There are...
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Head2Toe Hair & Day Spa a ‘dream come true’ for Solderblom

By LeAnn Hjelmeland When Becky Solderblom was young, she dreamed of being a hair stylist and massage therapist. “I always played with hair, messed with hair,” she said. Her Reasnor neighbor, Jan Smith, did hair and even showed the young Solderblom how to cut hair. More than 25 years later, Solderblom’s childhood dream is coming a reality. She recently...
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Hawk wrestlers end at 1-2 at English Valleys quad

The Lynnville-Sully grapplers faced some tough teams at a quad at English Valleys on Thursday, Jan. 23. The Hawks finished third after going 1-2 that evening, falling 47-24 to Iowa Valley and 53-30 to English Valleys but recovering with a 54-18 win over North Mahaska. Facing Iowa Valley first, the Hawks got down 30-0 after the...
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Hawk boys pummel HLV Warriors by 30 points

The Lynnville-Sully boys basketball team hosted the HLV Warriors on Friday, Jan. 24, in their second match-up of the season. The outcome was much the same as the first time. This time, the Hawks won by more than 30, 55-22. Senior Darin Hofer got the tip and quickly passed the ball to senior TJ Cunningham, who...
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Second-half surge ends with a victory for L-S girls

The Lynnville-Sully varsity girls basketball team members had a slow start to their game last Friday night, Jan. 24, at home. The HLV Warriors came to town and surprised the Hawks, controlling almost the entire first half. A second-half surge propelled the Hawks to a 56-36 victory. The Hawks got the tipoff, but the Warriors put...
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Agricultural Insights – By Marshall Hay

With colder-than-normal tem-peratures bombarding the Heartland, a new term such as Polar Vortex fills the media. However, one new concept has recently come about that is unwelcome by all: Propane shortage. Due to a multitude of reasons, propane supplies are at record lows and extreme shortages are to be experienced across the Heartland. Propane is a...
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Breckyn Grace

Breckyn Grace was born to Jason and Jennifer Lowry of Lynnville on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. She weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Her sister is Hayden, 3. Grandparents are Craig and Linda Zylstra of Sully and Terry and Linda Lowry of Searsboro. Great- grandparents are Jerri Jansen of Sully, Carla Zylstra...
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