Yearly Archives: 2015

Elementary Track & Field Day

Elementary Track & Field Day
The afternoon rain on Friday, May 1, held off long enough for the elementary students to experience their first track and field competition on the new all-weather track for the annual Track and Field Day. Students in grades kindergarten through sixth grade showed off their running, throwing, leaping, balancing, and strength skills as they enjoyed friendly...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 5/7/15

I know the story’s been told before, but I was reflecting back on a year ago. A year ago when we left our five-month-old at my parents’ house, drug my knight in shining arm ink with me, hopped on a plane for the first and {probably last} time ever. We flew out to Pittsburgh for a...
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Remember When…Explosion and fire at Sully Co-op

35 years ago (1980) A series of explosions and resulting fire destroyed the Sully Co-op Exchange’s main office building and the oil department on May 5. Three Sully men were seriously injured while digging a hole south of the Co-op service station for a bulk antifreeze underground tank when the backhoe they were using apparently struck...
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May is Beef Month in Iowa

May is Beef Month, and I’ve been receiving lots of interesting trivia about beef. The first “beef on the hoof” in the U.S. were Longhorns, brought into the southwest by the Spaniards in the early 1500s. Sioux County is the county with the most beef cattle in Iowa, where cattle are raised in all 99 counties....
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Caleb James

Caleb James Doty was born to Daniel and Amber (Walker) Doty of Smithville, MO, on Mar. 16, 2015. He weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Grandparents are Lonnie and Julie Walker of Sully and Dan and Vannie Doty of Paradise, MO....
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zeegers – 5/7/15

People always told me how bored I was going to be when I retired after all those years in a truck. That has not been a problem. My Dodge Intrepid makes a horrible noise. Something has shifted around in the back, and one rear wheel is rubbing on the frame. My old hot-rod Ford that roars and smokes...
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Priscilla Anderson, 99

Priscilla Anderson, 99, of Grinnell and former-ly of Kellogg, died Friday, May 1, 2015, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the Rev. Del Dawes officiating. Casket bearers will be Mark Anderson, David Fritz, Kim Fritz, Erin...
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