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A Slice of Home, By Simone Bates – New Year, Old Memories

A Slice of Home, By Simone Bates – New Year, Old Memories
Happy New Year! Am I the only one sighing in relief to see 2020 behind us? Even with no guarantees of what this new year will hold, there is something liberating about releasing an old year and taking hold of what is new. For my husband and me, 2021 is the year we look forward to...
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Hay takes first at Colfax-Mingo JV/Girls Tournament

Hay takes first at Colfax-Mingo JV/Girls Tournament
Sophomore Malcolm Hay wrestles at Colfax-Mingo, where he went 2-1 and placed first at 145 pounds.   After a two-week break in action, a few Lynnville-Sully grapplers returned to the mats on Saturday, Jan. 2, for the Colfax-Mingo JV/Girls Tournament. The highlight of the day was a first-place finish by sophomore Malcolm Hay, who went 2-1. Hay, wrestling...
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JV boys overcome slow start to beat NM

JV boys overcome slow start to beat NM
Matthew Egging releases a shot during the L-S victory Monday over the North Mahaska Warhawks. Egging finished with 14 points.    The Lynnville-Sully JV boys basketball team played its first game in three weeks after a break in action due to COVID concerns and winter break. The Hawks hosted North Mahaska and pulled off a 49-39 victory. “After...
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PC Sports Shorts

PC Sports Shorts
GIRLS BASKETBALL The PC girls couldn’t overcome the No. 2 team in Class 3A, Des Moines Christian, on Saturday in Pella. The Eagles fell to the Lions, 54-39. Senior Allison Van Gorp,  granddaughter of Marv and Lynda Slings of Sully, had another double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Eagles in both categories. Sophomores Joslyn...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Jan. 7, 2021

Winter has arrived with a vengeance. I hate snow. I have fallen down on my rear end so many times. I’m thinking about strapping a pillow to it! I have a habit of not tying my shoes. (Too fat to bend over.) I went out to my shed during the snowstorm to get a shovel. There were...
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Stan Hoogeveen, 95

Stanley W. Hoogeveen, 95, of Pella and formerly of Sully, passed away Dec. 31, 2020. Family funeral service was held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 2, at Sully Christian Reformed Church. Memorials are designated for Sully Christian School and Megan’s Legacy, c/o Mike Hoogeveen, PO Box 343, Sully, IA 50251. Stanley Willis Hoogeveen was born...
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Bea Oswalt, 92

Berneda “Bea” Oswalt, 92, of Sully, died Jan. 2, 2021. A private graveside service was held Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Sully Cemetery. Most of the summer of 1928, her mother Alice (Baarda) Vonk sat in front of a block of ice, placed in a metal washtub with a fan blowing over it, keeping cool during her...
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