Monthly Archives: May 2014

Getting ready for Jasper County Freedom Rock painting

Getting ready for Jasper County Freedom Rock painting
May 21, City of Sully employees Abe Verhey and Shaun Needham completed dirt work around the Jasper County Freedom Rock in the southeast corner of the Sully square in preparation for painting it starting June 16. Before Ray "Bubba" Sorensen II of Greenfield paints it, cement, seating, lighting, flag poles, and pavers will also be...
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Paving underway north of Lynnville

Paving underway north of Lynnville
The Manatt’s cement plant (pictured) located north of the rock quarry across the North Skunk River six miles northwest of Lynnville was put to use last week. Construction crews are putting a seven-inch concrete overlay on the existing eight miles of T-38 north of Lynnville. Manatt’s of Brooklyn has a permit to use water from...
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Hawk history in the making

Season-best times, broken school records, multiple medals, and state champions. The Lynnville-Sully track teams had a lot of proud accomplishments to bring home after a history-making trip to the state track and field meet at Drake May 22-24. The boys had seven performances score on their way to placing third as a team while the...
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Softball scrimmage preps for season’s start

Softball scrimmage preps for season’s start
Getting back into a game mindset was the goal of the Lynnville-Sully girls’ intervarsity softball scrimmage on Friday, May 23. “From pre-game to game time, we need to figure out our timing and activity flow to prepare appropriately prior to game time,” said L-S Coach Stacey Alberts. “Once the season starts, we only have a handful...
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Conquering the ‘Blue Oval’

Megan Goemaat, the Hometown Press summer sports intern, wrote the following descriptive narrative after competing in the 3000-meter run, 4x800, and 1500-meter run at the state track meet last week. Once you walk into the Drake Stadium, you can sense the excitement of so many athletes and the pride of Bulldogs as they host the Iowa...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 5/29/14

Has anyone else ever noticed how crazy prescription drug names are? I get paid to watch a lot of TV, and this is just one thing I’ve noticed over the years. I can’t begin to pronounce half of them, let alone spell them, especially the ones that start with an “x.” Seriously, this baffles me....
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