The trip I took to California a couple of weeks ago was quite an excursion.
I traveled and stayed with 11 people, including three daughters, three sons-in-law (who are not fond of me), three grandchildren, and my wife.
I don’t even like to travel by myself, let alone with 10 extra people.
We stayed in a large house...
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Malcom family of seven wins Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Makeover
Any fan of home renovation shows knows the names Chip and Joanna Gaines. The fun-loving couple stars on their own HGTV show, “Fixer Upper,” where each episode they renovate the “wrong house that’s in the right location” in the Waco/Dallas, TX, area.
A few states north, in between Montezuma and Malcom, Heath and Paige Wilson have...
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Jim Magnuson celebrates retirement from Key Co-op
The U.S. cooperative story dates back to the mid-1700s and is even tied to Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Though a new concept in the colonial era, a “mutual” company was a model in which a group of citizens could own and run it for the benefit of its members. More than 300 years later, this...
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Former L-S players reunite on court for annual game
The sixth annual Lynnville-Sully Men’s Community Basketball Games drew 25 former players and current Hawk fans to the L-S gym on Saturday, Mar. 11, united in their love for the game.
“I can't believe we have been doing this for six years now,” said L-S JV Coach Joel Harthoorn, a 1997 L-S alum and coordinator of...
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SICL Indoor Meet sets the tone for boys’ track season
South Iowa Cedar League teams headed to Grinnell College for the season-opening indoor meet on Monday, Mar. 20. The college’s indoor track is only 200 meters around. Due to timing problems, some events didn’t have times recorded. Though individual events were given places, there were no team places, so the returning conference and district champion L-S...
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SCC youth visit Creation Museum, Ark Encounter
Over spring break last week, a group of 13 junior high and high school students and six chaperones from Sully Community Church went to Kentucky. Their destinations: The Creation Museum and The Ark Encounter. The group left Sully early Wednesday morning, Mar. 15, arriving at their hotel around 5 p.m. After unwinding at the hotel...
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Hawk girls look competitive at first meet
The SICL Indoor Meet at Grinnell College gave the Lynnville-Sully girls a chance to get their feet wet as the 2017 track season gets rolling. The Monday event was an important one as it gave conference teams a chance to see how they and their competition look this year. However, no team scores were kept.
Due...
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