2014 Variety Show
Amazing vocal and band music and memorable speech performances entertained the crowd of 200 attending Lynnville-Sully’s 2014 Variety Show on Friday evening, Mar. 21. The high school speech, chorus, and band members delivered a fantastic show under the direction of instrumental music instructor Christopher Copeland, speech and drama coach Melinda Hardin, and K-12...
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Winter’s last hurrah?
The first full week of spring kicked off with snow flurries throughout the day on Monday, Mar. 24. There was minimal accumulation but it was enough of a reminder of the winter we would like to forget.
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- Co-Line’s prairie burn on the first day of spring, Mar. 20.
The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – Mar. 27
Mmmmmm. What’s that smell, you ask? Freedom. That smell is delicious freedom, folks. Freedom only the great outdoors can provide. Sweet, sweet freedom spring has given us. In celebration of events like spring and Easter, I plan to buy and devour two Cadbury eggs. One because they are just plain yummy, and I’ll justify the...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – Mar. 27
I have a birthday coming up that ends with an 0.
I can’t possibly be this old, though my body tells me I am. I’ve had a couple back surgeries that left my legs numb from my knees on down. I’m so clumsy. I can trip over a cigarette butt. I’m going to cover the floor...
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Are we raising a generation of helpless kids?
From the desk of Shane Ehresman, L-S Superintendent
When a college freshman received a C- on her first test, she literally had a meltdown in class. Sobbing, she texted her mother who called back, demanding to talk to the professor immediately (he, of course, declined). Another mother accompanied her child on a job interview, then wondered...
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Freddy Watson, 75
Freddy Watson, 75, of Montezuma passed away Sunday, Mar. 23, 2014, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services were held Mar. 26 at the Montezuma First Presbyterian Evangelical Church.
Freddy Clark Watson, the son of Lewis and Lucille (Bryan) Watson, was born on Dec. 30, 1938, in Grinnell. Growing up, Freddy attended the Searsboro...
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Lowell Gene Jansen, 71
Funeral services for Lowell Gene Jansen, 71, of Chickasha, OK, were held Mar. 5, 2014, at the Sevier Funeral Home Chapel, Chickasha. Interment in the Ft. Sill National Cemetery, Elgin.
Lowell Gene Jansen was born Aug. 23, 1942, in Killduff to Louis and Henrietta (Elscott) Jansen. He passed away on Saturday, Mar. 1, in Lawton, OK.
He...
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