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L-S Football Camp has record number of players       

L-S Football Camp has record number of players       
Lynnville-Sully football camps attracted a record-breaking number of first through 12th graders last week. Sixty-seven players in grades 1-8 attended the youth camp and 37 students attended the high school camp for a total of 104 students. L-S Head Varsity Coach Mike Parkinson, who led the camp, was very encouraged by the high attendance numbers. “This is...
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Patterson, Sneller repeat as champs at Killduff bags tourney  

Patterson, Sneller repeat as champs at Killduff bags tourney  
The heat and humidity couldn’t keep a nice-size crowd from attending the annual Killduff doubles bags tournament at the town park on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 5. Players entered as teams of two with 33 adult teams entered, and a kids competition was also held for ages 12 and under with five teams entered. Chuck and Rita...
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Huyser named Men’s Club champion

Golfers from the Diamond Trail Golf Club’s men’s league spent parts of their Saturday and Sunday on the course for the annual Men’s Club Tournament Aug. 4-5. Twenty-two total men came out to take each other on in two different competitions at the tournament: The gross round, which determines the club champion, and another competition...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – Aug. 9, 2018

Few men can spend as much time as I do doing things wrong. I had quite a project working on my old Blazer. The driver’s seat was showing a lot of wear. The passenger’s seat was near perfect. I decided to switch the two seats. I don’t know how much time I spent getting those two seats...
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Ruth Vander Wilt, 101

Celeste Ruth Gertsma was born to Andrew and Dora (Kooistra) Gertsma on June 7, 1917, on a farm near Lynnville. Ruth, as she was always called, had a very happy childhood with a fun-loving mother, a kind and helpful father, and one brother, Merlyn Bruce, who was born in 1922. Ruth also enjoyed the company...
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Marge Van Gilst, 81

Marjorie “Marge” J. Van Gilst, 81, of Newton died Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, at Nelson Ma-nor Nursing Home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 13, at Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12, at the church. Memorials to...
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Thousands of riders trek through area communities on RAGBRAI’s day five

Thousands of riders trek through area communities on RAGBRAI’s day five
Thursday, July 26, this year’s 428-mile, 46th Annual Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa came through the area – including overnight in Newton, Reasnor, pass-through town of Sully for breakfast (and lunch as it turned out), Lynnville, Searsboro, Montezuma, Deep River, Keswick, and overnight in Sigourney. RAGBRAI® has become the world’s oldest, largest, and...
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