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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 12/24/15

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 12/24/15
Before I sat down to write this, my day started out with putting the coffee pot in the fridge and blowing on my Cheerios like those crunchy Os were hot soup. I guess I was still recovering from the day before. Perhaps I should explain, and this explanation will begin with an apology. I apologize for when...
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Remember When – 12/24/15

35 years ago (1980) In observance of the change of ownership, free coffee and donuts were served at the Coffee Cup Café by Russ and Margaret Vande Krol and Terry and Linda Zylstra. The L-S School Board selected “Robbins Sport-Tred” as the floor covering for the new elementary-middle school gymnasium multipurpose room. The cost was $21,759. Schmidt Lumber...
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Press INKlings: Remember the gifts of the year

I recently read “21 things every grown woman knows about the holidays, but manages to forget.” Here’s my paraphrased version.
  1. How difficult it is to get in the mood for holiday shopping before Thanksgiving is even here.
  2. How thoroughly you wish, once post-Thanksgiving shopping mania hits the nation, that you hadn’t waited until you were in the mood.
  3. Why...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 12/24/15

I’m afraid Christmas has not been my favorite time of year. It’s such a hassle. The money that gets wasted is fantastic, and the maddening herd is once again heading my way. My home, that I try so very hard to keep looking nice, will be trashed. My grandson is going to be here. I have to...
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L-S Superintendent: New Iowa Report Card grades Lynnville-Sully Schools

The Iowa School Report Card is a new system to show how each public school is performing on certain educational measures. Schools receive a score for each measure, and then the scores are combined into an overall score. Rather than a top-to-bottom ranking of schools, the Iowa School Report Card groups schools into one of...
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Fire Dept. report

Saturday, Dec. 19, at 9 p.m., Sully Fire Department was called to a grass fire at the junction of F-62 and T-14, about four miles west of Sully to the T-intersection north of Galesburg. The fire was in the road ditch and was extinguished easily, according to Sully Fire Chief Mike Vander Molen....
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Van Soelen -Bogaards

Maria Diane Van Soelen and Johnnie Peter Bogaards exchanged marriage vows at 4 p.m. on Nov. 14, 2015, at First Baptist Church, Pella. Pastor Jerry Morningstar officiated. Parents of the couple are Jim and Ruth Van Soelen of Sully and Randy and Joyce Bogaards of Pella. Amber Van Ryswyk, New Sharon, attended her sister as matron of...
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