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The Wooden Spoon – by Faye Brand 11/20/14

Fellow spooners –it’s time to set aside the wooden spoon and pick up the turkey basting brush! It’s Thanksgiving time! Shelly Rankin is enjoying another week off, and I am attempting to fill in for her. As many of you know, cooking is not my forte. Baking, I’d say I’m average, but if you want...
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L-S Board approves two lease-to-own new propane buses

The Lynnville-Sully School Board met in regular session in the high school library on Monday, Nov. 17. President Duane Rozendaal called the meeting to order. Guests included Faye Brand and Dave Sietstra. School board member John Terpstra was absent. The agenda was approved, as was the consent agenda including the minutes of the Oct. 20 meeting,...
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Sheriff’s office seeking other victims of construction fraud

Nov. 18, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a local resident in Jasper County about a male subject whom he had hired to build a pole-type building for him, according to a report by Duane Rozendaal, chief deputy. The caller advised he saw the ad in a local paper about this subject...
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Pella Regional to open full-service pharmacy in early summer

Pella Regional Health Center will be opening a full-service pharmacy in early summer on Monroe Street near Pella Medical Clinic. The pharmacy aims to improve the quality of care of Pella Regional’s patients while reducing the costs of their medications, all with the added convenience of having a pharmacy less than a block from their...
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L-S honor roll announced

The honor roll for the first quarter at Lynnville-Sully School has been announced. First Quarter A Honor Roll (*Denotes 4.0 GPA) Sixth grade: *Caitlin Alberts, *Brooke Baarda, *Jaden Brand, Denali Conover, *Cally Gibbs, *Dylann Huyser, *Korinne Jansen, *Mason Jansen, *Laci Keen, *Elizabeth Squires, Riley Terlouw, *Hadley Tice, *Krystal Van Dyke, *Megan Van Zante, *Meleisha Vos, *Heather Young; Seventh grade:...
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Jamboree jump-starts the 2014 girls basketball season

After just a week of team practice, the L-S girls basketball team took to the court as they hosted a jamboree on Monday, Nov. 17. A total of eight teams were invited to the unofficial competition, with the results following:
  • HLV beat Pleasantville 32-18,
  • Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont beat Tri-County 25-21,
  • PCM beat Montezuma 43-8, and
  • L-S beat Colfax-Mingo 35-6.
Stats weren’t kept...
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Senior trio leads L-S, season opens Friday

With the basketball jamboree behind them, the L-S girls have turned their focus to their next competition – the season opener against North Mahaska on Friday, Nov. 21. At the helm of the team this year is L-S Coach Jerry Hulsing. Last year, L-S finished second in the SICL with a 21-4 overall record and qualified...
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