I finally got to Durango, CO, on a long-awaited motorcycle trip.
I pulled a trailer out with my Harley in the back. I had planned on driving out alone, but one of my daughters decided to go along so I wouldn’t fall asleep. A few days later, one of her twin daughters decided to go, and...
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Benefit set for Jennie Van Wyk
After last year’s first successful “Smoke on the Water” fundraiser barbecue competition, the second annual event has been set for Saturday, Aug. 29, at Lynnville Old Settlers Park. The cookoff this year will benefit Jennie Van Wyk, 1986 L-S graduate who lost her leg in a car accident. The young lady she collided with did...
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Jasper County Fair events start Saturday
The Jasper County Fair Queen Contest that is a part of the 2015 Jasper County Fair Round Up is slated for this weekend at the Jasper County Fairgrounds in Colfax. Along with the Barnyard Baby Revue Contest and fair fun and games, fair food and live music by Double Barrel Band from Omaha our Master...
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Bernard Arkema, 89
Funeral services for Bernard Arkema, 89, of Sully will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Sully Christian Reformed Church. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday, June 19, at the church. He died June 14 in Grinnell. Memorials have been designated for Sully Christian School and Pella Christian High School.
Bernard Arkema was born...
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Mary Lois Vande Krol, 88
Mary Lois Vande Krol, 88, of Grinnell and former-ly of Sully, died June 10, 2015. Funeral service was Saturday, June 13, at Sully Community Church. Memorials have been designated for the church's missionary fund.
Mary Lois (Schmidt) Vande Krol was born in Lynnville to Francis J. and Lenora May (Kooistra) Schmidt on Apr. 16, 1927. Mary...
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Sully Lions Courtyard nears completion
For over a year, the Sully Lions Club has been working on beautifying the alley between the Coffee Cup Café and the dentist/chiropractor/CPA office on the south side of the Sully square. From broken and weedy cement and ugly cement barricades, which crumbled when pranksters pushed them over, to a pleasant and beautiful area, the...
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“Fan”-tastic Lynnville Day this Saturday
Plan now to visit Lynnville on Saturday, June 20. A full slate of events has been planned, starting with a 5K run/walk by Lynnville Heart of Worship at 8 a.m. New this year, breakfast at the welcome corner will be served by Lynnville Friends Missions from 7:30-9:30 a.m. Grab a donut, sausage burrito, or fruit...
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