Monthly Archives: June 2016

PC soccer clinches spot at state

PC soccer clinches spot at state
The Pella Christian boys soccer team is state-bound after holding off Des Moines Christian, 1-0, in substate action last Saturday, May 28. PC went ahead in the first half with a penalty kick scored by senior Gabriel Soler. The Eagles were able to keep the strong DMC team from getting a goal throughout the rest of...
Read more

Jones qualifies for Boston Marathon

Jones qualifies for Boston Marathon
Not only did Julie Jones record a personal best time running the Fargo Marathon on May 21, the Sully resident also qualified for the 2017 Boston Marathon. Jones finished the North Dakota marathon in 3 hours, 49 minutes, and 11 seconds, nearly seven minutes under the qualifying time of 3 hours 55 minutes needed for...
Read more

Hawk girls pick up two wins, fall in two at home tourney

Hawk girls pick up two wins, fall in two at home tourney
The Lynnville-Sully girls picked up their first wins in the past week of action but also suffered a couple of losses at a home tournament last Saturday. The girls are now 2-3 in the young season. MONTEZUMA At Montezuma on Wednesday, May 25, the Hawks earned their first SICL win of the season. It took the L-S...
Read more

L-S boys bring down Braves, suffer back-to-back losses

L-S boys bring down Braves, suffer back-to-back losses
After opening the 2016 season with a victory over Colfax-Mingo last Monday, the Hawks finished out the week with a sound SICL win over Montezuma, a close loss at Colo-NESCO, and a high-scoring defeat against North Mahaska. MONTEZUMA At Montezuma on Wednesday, May 25, the Hawks came ready to hit – and it paid off with a...
Read more

Smokin’ J’s BBQ open for business

Smokin’ J’s BBQ open for business
After 21 years at ASI in Grinnell, Lynnville resident Jeff Arment left his day job as a senior project manager to pursue a growing dream. In April of this year, Arment opened his new barbecue business, Lynnville’s Smokin’ J’s, which is run out of his commercial food trailer. Arment, whose father was intrigued with smoking meats,...
Read more

Why history is important

With graduation time about over for the season, I have a confession to make. I loved school except for one thing, history. I was good at memorizing, so I usually passed the history tests with flying colors but retained very little. My recent visit to Washington, D.C., made me wish I had liked the subject...
Read more

The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 6-2-16

This weather is absolutely wonderful. I’m out all day working in the yard and garden. When it rains, I’m in the garage working on a broken motorcycle. When I set out there, I daydream and reminisce a lot. A story came to mind that happened over 50 years ago. Dave Van Rees and I are close to the...
Read more