Monthly Archives: April 2017

Post-injury Jones beats the odds, runs Boston Marathon

Post-injury Jones beats the odds, runs Boston Marathon
“I don’t stop when I’m tired; I stop when I’m done.” That mantra is what kept Julie Jones going during the grueling last few miles of the Boston Marathon last week. The Sully resident finished the 121st running of the Boston Marathon in 3 hours, 50 minutes, 11 seconds. In less than four hours, a dream Jones...
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The hawk has landed at L-S

“If you want to get something done, do it.” Those wise words along with a deep sense of community pride prompted a generous supporter of Lynnville-Sully to initiate the process of getting a physical hawk mascot to its home at the Lynnville-Sully Community School District. Sixty years after the high school graduated its first class...
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From the Kitchen: LeAnn Hjelmeland

This week’s featured cook is likely a familiar name, but not face, to many of our Hometown Press readers. LeAnn Hjelmeland is an integral part of our newspaper staff, working remotely from her home in southern Minnesota. LeAnn has been with the Hometown Press and Co-Line now for over five years. Three and half years...
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Jansens add Boston Marathon to athletic accomplishments

Julie Jones wasn’t the only runner with local connections who completed the Boston Marathon. Corey and Erin Jansen were also there and, like Jones, the temperatures in the mid-70s had an impact on their races. Corey, the son of Mike and Susan Jansen of Sully, was the 3,513th runner to finish, clocking in at 3:14:09....
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 4/27/17

My wife is having eight or 10 of her first cousins coming to our home this coming weekend. Some she hasn’t seen for decades. They are all women. She has kept me busier than a one-legged man at a butt-kicking contest! One of the nice jobs I was given was cleaning the venetian blinds with a brush....
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Letter to the editor: Sully Angels identified

Thanks to the editor of the “Hometown Press” in Sully, the “angels” I wrote about in an Apr. 20 letter have been identified. “Well, great!” said Bob Bancks on hearing the news. To refresh your memory, on Apr. 1, Bob and his wife Jane, retired Blue Grass farmers, were returning home from a winter stay in Tucson,...
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