About: Wes and Jan Conover

35 years ago (1980) At the indoor marching concert, a special flag ensemble from Lynnville-Sully received a Division I rating at the state marching contest. The group included Rita Maasdam, Vicki Rozendaal, Sarah Gertsma, Sharon Terlouw, and Laurie Conover. The former business site of the Junque Shop and North Central Public Service (an LP gas distributor) was...

35 years ago (1980) The Lynnville-Sully FFA added an extra bus to provide transportation to the Farm Progress Show. The cost was $1.25 for the trip to and from Nevada, Iowa. Wayne Sharp was reelected L-S School Board President. The school board reviewed budget figures. The state growth rate had been set at 9.027 percent, which meant...

35 years ago (1980) Incumbent Don Jansen was reelected by a large margin to the Lynnville-Sully School Board. With materials from the purchase of the torn-down John’s Market warehouse and Sully Sundries, Dewey Veenstra upgraded his dairy parlor. The construction process also included an office, bathroom, and maternity ward. The new milking equipment purchased made milking the...

35 years ago (1980) The king and queen candidates for the fifth annual Searsboro Celebration were Cheryl Fleener, Kathy Smith, Margaret Lewis, Fritz James, Dennis Staecker, Don Fleener, Terry Mintle, and Greg Criswell. Shawn Vande Voort, Janae Van Kooten, Shane Vande Voort, Nicole Vande Voort, and Jodi Van Kooten took first-place honors in the Sully Fourth of...

35 years ago (1980) The Lynnville-Sully Class of 1975 held its five-year class reunion at Adventureland Inn. Serving on the reunion committee were Barb Freeborn, Nancy Van Genderen, Jaci Van Wyk, Jerry Vander Beek, David Vander Linden, and Scott Ver Ploeg. The Lynnville-Sully Hawkettes softball team won their first conference game 8-0 over Prairie City. Galene Brand,...