Monthly Archives: October 2019

Smock to finish freshman season at state XC Saturday

Smock to finish freshman season at state XC Saturday
Lynnville-Sully freshman stand-out Greenlee Smock has earned herself an extended season by qualifying for the state cross-country meet. She punched her ticket to state after placing fourth at the state-qualifying meet held at Marshalltown on Thursday, Oct. 24. “I’m grateful for the experience, my teammates, and my coaches,” Smock said. “I look forward to competing at the...
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Reg’l VB: L-S sweeps Sabers, ends tourney trail at Monte

Reg’l VB: L-S sweeps Sabers, ends tourney trail at Monte
FIRST ROUND - TC The Lynnville-Sully volleyball girls opened the 1A Region 4 tournament hosting Twin Cedars on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The Hawks won easily in three sets, advancing them to the second round. The first match was won easily with the Hawks coming out on top, 25-8. The L-S girls dominated the following two matches as well, ...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Oct. 31, 2019

The cold weather is already back with snow. I hate cold and snow. Even as a young kid, I hated cold and snow. When I was young, I stayed with an uncle and aunt a lot in an old farmhouse out in the country. My uncle would pack as much wood and lump coal in an...
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Margaret De Jong, 100

Margaret De Jong, 100, of Sully, passed away Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, at Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Van Dyke Duven Funeral Home in Pella with Pastor Wayne Sneller of Sully First Reformed Church presiding. A private burial at Sully Cemetery followed the funeral. Memorial contributions are...
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Esther Alexander, 84

Esther M. (Dorothy) Alexander, 84, of Oskaloosa, passed away Oct. 27, 2019, at MHP Serenity Hospice House in Oskaloosa. She was born Sept.  8, 1935, to Raymond and Edna Parrot Dorothy of rural Douds. She later moved to Stockport where she spent her childhood. She attended the Friends Church and was saved at the age...
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Kenneth Hunt, 89

Kenneth Hunt, 89, of Lacey, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2019.  Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 10:30 a.m. in the Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa with Rev. Jon Nelson officiating. Burial was in the Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa. Kenneth was born Jan. 8, 1930, in Lower Grove to George and Wilma Beckman Hunt. He attended...
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Adler Duke

Garrett and Jade DeHoedt of Lynnville are the parents of a son, Adler Duke, born Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. He weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and measured 22 inches long. Grandparents are JD and Linda DeHoedt of Lynnville and Duane and Marla Van Rees of Lynnville. Great-grandparents are Duke and Colleen DeHoedt of Barnes City, Martha DeWitte...
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