Monthly Archives: May 2017

No. 1 L-S golfer Jansen makes top 25

No. 1 L-S golfer Jansen makes top 25
The L-S boys golf team had their conference meet on Monday, May 8. The meet was held at the Oakland Acres Country Club, an 18-hole par 69 course. With this being the conference meet, there were a total of 11 teams competing. “I felt that we played a little better than expected, especially considering the difficulty...
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K. Van Maanen leads L-S girl golfers, breaks into top 20

K. Van Maanen leads L-S girl golfers, breaks into top 20
On Monday, May 8, the Hawk girls golf team competed in the SICL Conference Golf Meet at Oakland Acres Country Club. The Hawks finished in fifth place out of the eight schools competing in the tournament. “I thought we played fairly well for how tough the course was. I would’ve liked to place a little higher,...
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L-S baseball has officially begun with practices every day

The Hawk baseball team is just getting into the swing of things this spring with a week of practices under their belt. The team practices every night at six so members of the track and golf teams can attend. The practices started Monday, May 1. If there is a track meet at night, the team has...
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From the Kitchen: Kyra Smith

Every other week, “The Wooden Spoon” kitchen feature occupies this newspaper space. This week’s featured cook, Kyra Smith, was lucky enough to have a one-on-one cooking lesson (albeit gone wrong) with the cooking genius behind the column. “The Wooden Spoon Lady attempted to teach me how to cook something one evening,” said Kyra. “My only requirement...
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Press INKlings: Advice for my girls on Mother’s Day

To my adult daughters on Mother’s Day, A few years ago, I clipped an article a father wrote to his adult sons on Father’s Day, wrote at the top “Do for Mother’s Day some day,” and filed it away. I found it recently, and “some day” is here. I stole the idea because I really like...
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Sully Fire Department called to accident

At 11:50 a.m. on Friday, May 5, the Sully Fire Department and Ambulance were called to assist at a two-vehicle accident in a Manatts construction area in the 6400 block of Highway 224 north of Kellogg. The drivers of a van and straight truck that collided were flown to Des Moines hospitals. Highway 224 was...
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Berkley Lanae

Jake and Kelsi Bowman of Ankeny are the parents of a daughter, Berkley Lanae, born Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. She weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and measured 20-1/4 inches long. Grandparents are Tim and Marsha Vanden Hoek of Lynnville and Ron and Nancy Bowman of Coon Rapids. Great-grandparents are Lee and...
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