Editors note: Julie Van Manen is graciously filling in for Shelly Rankin this week. Look for the return of “The Wooden Spoon” next week.
Many of you might remember the famous slogan – Where’s the Beef? – Wendy’s restaurant used in 1984 (just a few years ago – actually, the year I graduated high school) featuring...
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Remember When – 5/21/15
35 years ago (1980)
A new 3,800 square-foot Dutch-colonial style bank was planned for construction, according to Chuck Fritz, president of Kellogg Savings Bank.
The LSK Jaycees held a benefit slowpitch softball tournament on Memorial Day with proceeds going to help the three men recovering from burns from the Co-op fire.
The Lynnville-Sully Class of 1980’s motto was...
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Press INKlings: Memorial Day – Time to reflect
I struggle with whether we should say, “Happy Memorial Day.” It makes perfect sense to say “Happy birthday,” “Happy New Year,” “Happy Fourth of July,” “Happy Mother’s and Father’s Day,” “Happy Easter,” etc. But is Memorial Day really happy? Isn’t “Happy Memorial Day” an oxymoron? Isn’t it like wishing someone a happy anniversary of a...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zeegers – 5/21/15
The great weather goes on and on. It was 48 degrees Tuesday morning. I went uptown to get some gas for my mower. Someone asked what I was doing. They couldn’t see what I was driving?
“Getting gas for my snowblower,” I yelled back.
I still think back to those 50 years in a semi. I remember...
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Letter to the Editor: It’s National Foster Care Month
To the Editor,
May is National Foster Care Month, a time to raise awareness about teens and children in foster care and to celebrate the foster families and workers who make a difference in their lives. Iowa has an ongoing need for more foster homes, especially for teenagers, sibling groups, and children with special needs or...
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Congratulations, area college graduates
Colt Freese of Sully graduated from Iowa State University on Friday, May 8, magna cum laude with a degree in linguistics. He attended Hong Kong University in China from August until Christmas. He is unsure where this degree is going to take him, but is working on several things at this time.
Justin Pastoor of Sully...
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Blake Elizabeth
John and Laura Veldhuizen of Grant Park, IL, announce the birth of a granddaughter to Van and Danielle Giles of Chicago, IL. She weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces and was born May 14, 2015. Her name is Blake Elizabeth.
Among great-grandparents are Henry and Alma Veldhuizen of Sully.
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