Lynnville-Sully track and field coach Mike Parkinson was named the Class 1A Boys Track Coach of the Year on July 14. Parkinson was selected from among all boys track coaches in Class 1A from the state of Iowa to earn this top honor. Five additional coaches were selected for the at-large spots. The awards are...
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Four Hawks selected for South Central All-District Softball Team
The Iowa Girls Coaches Association released the names of Iowa softball players selected to all-district softball teams on July 18, and four Lynnville-Sully players are on the list: Juniors Madison Rasmusson and Shelby Davis, sophomore Kasiah Ehresman, and senior Becca Vos.
Girls selected to the all-district team are listed below. The Coach of the Year went...
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Terpstra, Crews, Long take flights on a B-17 Flying Fortress
It’s not every day the opportunity comes up to fly through the sky in a B-17 bomber. But that’s exactly what Lynnville resident Albert Terpstra, former Lynnville resident Louise Crews, and Don Long, owner of the Killduff, Lynnville, and Searsboro Telephone Companies, did on Sunday, July 6.
The three flew in a restored B-17 known as...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 7/24/14
You know you’re a parent when…
• You fish….turds out of the bathtub.
• When even brushing your hair or putting on deodorant prompts the six-year-old to ask where we’re going.
• The most relaxing part of your day is going to the dentist to get a cavity filled.
• When eating out becomes more of a chore than...
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Remember When – 7/24/14
35 years ago (1979)
William and Kathleen Dennies, located southwest of Searsboro, had 25 acres of vegetables planted on their truck farm. Produce from the farm was delivered to grocery stores in Grinnell, Newton, Montezuma, Lynnville, Tama, and a grocery store warehouse in Chariton. Bill’s father was a truck farmer in New York. Kathy said, “It...
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Press INKlings: OUT is IN for parks this month
Since 1985, America has celebrated July as National Park and Recreation Month by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). The 2014 theme is “OUT is IN.” This year, the month-long observance is focusing on setting trends instead of following them, making 2014 the year everyone goes OUTside, changes their OUTlook, gets INspired, and gets...
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Oakley Kent
Ryan and Brittney Jansen of Urbana are the parents of a son, Oakley Kent, born July 20, 2014. He weighed 5 pounds 10 ounces. His sister is Nora, 19 months. Grandparents are Mike and Susan Jansen of Sully and Dan and Judy Bicket of Reinbeck. Great-grandparents are Carla Zylstra of Sully, Verla Jansen of Sully,...
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