Lynnville-Sully art teacher Tara Conover has challenged her 10 advanced art students to document their daily lives through photographs every day during the 2017-18 school year with the new Photography Project 180. According to Conover, students can take the photos using a fancy camera or simply using their phone – there is no right or...
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From the Kitchen – Deb Johnson
My name is Deb Johnson, and I’m the newest staff member at the Hometown Press where I serve as a part-time office assistant. There’s a lot to learn at the newspaper, but people have been very helpful and patient as I get my feet wet. I’ve very much enjoyed meeting customers who come into the...
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‘I think I can’ positive thinking
Yesterday, Sept. 13, was Positive Thinking Day. It’s not too late to think about your attitude, especially a positive attitude. It's a lot like the ant, when faced with moving a rubber tree plant thought, "I think I can."
Or, remember the children’s story about the little train engine that could, also with the signature phrase,...
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Rylee Jo
Justin and Christa Vander Leest of Ankeny are the parents of a daughter, Rylee Jo, born Sept. 1, 2017. She weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and measured 19 inches long. She has a sister, Maci, age 3 1/2; and a brother, Jace, age 2.
Grandparents are Mary and Warren Vander Leest of Sully and Rick and...
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Finley Nichole
Brent and Sarah Lowry of Searsboro announce the birth of their daughter, Finley Nichole, born Aug. 30, 2017. Finley weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces and measured 19 inches long.
Grandparents are Gary and Connie Lowry of Searsboro and Dale and Anita Studer of Creston.
Great-grandmother is Rosemary Snyder of Wesley.
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Melvin Leroy Rouwenhorst, 88
Melvin Leroy Rouwenhorst was born May 16, 1929, in Prairie City to Everett and Jennie (De Graff) Rouwenhorst. He passed away Sept. 11, 2017, in Oskaloosa at the age of 88. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Sept. 14, at Prairie City First Reformed Church. Memorial donations may be given in his memory to Hospice...
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Gary Van Sant, 63
Gary Van Sant, 63, formerly of Sully, died Sept. 9, 2017, in St. Charles, MO, where he was living. Graveside services were held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at the Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Gary grew up in the Sully area. He was a...
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