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Remember When – 5/14/15

35 years ago (1980) Bryce Van Der Kamp, Sully Cooperative Exchange Oil Department Manager, informed the public that all services were available again after the fire. Gas was being sold at the old station location. Service work was being done at the Sully Transport building. Kay Evans presented vocal music awards to Lynnville-Sully High School students. Soloists...
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Remember When – 4/30/15

35 years ago (1980) Sully Christian School sixth, seventh, and eighth graders participated in the District V Track Meet in Oskaloosa with five other schools. Winners from SCS included eighth-grader DeeDee Blom taking first in the shot put with a throw of 26 feet 2 inches. Duane Collins took first in the seventh-grade shot put. Both...
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Remember When – 4/16/15

35 years ago (1980) Bryce W. Gause joined the staff of the First State Bank in Lynnville as executive vice president. Gause graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School in 1959, served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1967, and graduated from Simpson College in Indianola in 1969 with a BA degree in accounting. Harold and Grace Beyer...
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Remember When – Apr. 10

35 years ago (1979) Lynnville-Sully sophomore Lynda Beyer qualified for the Eastman-Kodak Award at the Hawkeye State Science Fair. She won first place and the school received $25 worth of photography equipment. Sherryl Hoksbergen, an L-S eighth grader, won a first-place superior rating along with a clock radio with her project, “Wild Flowers of Jasper County.” Deb...
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Remember When – Apr. 3

35 years ago (1979) Sully Christian School grades 6-8 produced the operetta “The Pied Piper.” The King Rat was played by Marty Nikkel. Scott Kooistra and Trisha Hackert played the other rats. Russ Jansen was the Pied Piper, and Kevin Harthoorn was the Mayor. Engagement announcements featured Myrna Everist and Duane Ver Ploeg, and Sally Jo Slenk...
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Remember When – Mar. 27

35 years ago (1979) The Trophy Shop opened in Sully on 3rd Ave. with owners Barry and Bryce DeJong and Jerry Moes. Pastor Ernest Thompson announced he had accepted a call to serve the Phoenix (AZ) Friends Church. The Lynnville Friends Church started the process to replace the Thompsons who had served the church for the last...
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Remember When – Mar. 20

35 years ago (1979) Lynnville-Sully Middle School students participated in the South Central Iowa Bandmaster Association solo contest. Krista Russell, bell solo; Sherry Elscott, flute solo; and Brian Renaud, trombone solo; all received the highest rating, I+. The Sully Christian School Circle opened their meeting with singing, accompanied by Edna Fynaardt. Norma Harthoorn led devotions, Angie Zylstra...
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