35 years ago (1980)
The Lynnville-Sully FFA added an extra bus to provide transportation to the Farm Progress Show. The cost was $1.25 for the trip to and from Nevada, Iowa.
Wayne Sharp was reelected L-S School Board President. The school board reviewed budget figures. The state growth rate had been set at 9.027 percent, which meant...
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Press INKlings: Who could make these things up?
We all know laws help maintain order, keep society safe, and give people a structure by which to live their lives. We all know common sense is way better than lots of laws. But the laws are on the books because at least one person forgot common sense and did something unintelligent and then a...
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Letter to the Editor – Violence Prevention
Dear Editor,
Amidst new academic ventures that come with the new school year, let’s not forget that schools are also a place for youth to learn life lessons about respect for themselves and others. Unfortunately, high rates of sexual assault and dating violence in our high schools and colleges indicate we need to be reinforcing healthy...
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Letter to the editor – Pipeline
Letter to the Editor:
Over a year ago, my attorney notified Energy Transfer Partners, LP, DBA Bakken Pipeline, LLC, DBA Dakota Access LLC, by letter that I was NOT interested in having a pipeline on my property. Many times since then, Dakota Access LLC persisted wanting to survey my property, and I always replied, NO!
This last...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 9/24/15
My boss, Margaret of the Hometown Press, is not really my boss. My real boss is the one I live with. Margaret said to tell it like it is.
I graduated from high school in 1944. I was born in 1938. It took six years for me to cover all 12 grades. So there I stood...
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Abram Patrick
Abram Patrick Shipley was born Sept. 10, 2015, at Pella Regional Health Center weighing 8 pounds 6.5 ounces. His parents are Aaron and Amber Shipley of Kellogg. His sisters are Addisyn and Aubrey, 2 1/2 years old.
Grandparents are Verlan and June Van Wyk of Sully, Carrie and Eugene Meyer of Clemons, and the late Pat...
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Kathryn Samson, 86
Kathryn Mae Samson, 86, of Reasnor, died Sept. 17, 2015, at Newton Healthcare Center. Funeral services were Monday, Sept. 21, at Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home in Newton. Memorials may be designated to the Mary-Martha Circle at Newton Christian Reformed Church or to Cary Christian Conference Center in Cary, MS, and may be left at...
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