Keep Iowa Beautiful has selected Jasper County as its next location to implement its Hometown Pride program. Hometown Pride is a community development program designed to assist clusters of communities across Iowa. In Jasper County, seven cities are participating in the program—Baxter, Colfax, Lynnville, Monroe, Newton, Prairie City, and Sully.
“It is exciting to see the...
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SHARE food order deadline February 9
The Sully SHARE Iowa food co-op is more than just a place to purchase food. It is about volunteering within our communities. Since Sully became a site for SHARE Iowa, at least 75 people have ordered at least once since the site began last June. Many are monthly repeat customers and the site has at...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers
It seems that my children never grow up. They don’t completely get away from their father’s ties. They don’t break their mother’s apron strings. With me, it’s ties, like railroad ties.
One of my daughters travels a lot for her job. She lives in my basement a few days a month. Her bone-head beagle lives here...
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Veldhuizens celebrate 65 years
Henry John Veldhuizen and Alma Jane Rozendaal were united in marriage on Feb. 2, 1950. You are invited to congratulate and celebrate with them. They will be receiving guests in The Gathering Place at Sully First Reformed Church from 2-3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8. They are at home at 205 5th Street in Sully...
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Sally Johnson, 87
Sally (Drusilla Marie) Johnson, 87, of Grinnell, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
A memorial service was held Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the Carman Center of the Mayflower Community with the Rev. Christine Tinker, chaplain of the Mayflower Community, officiating. Burial will be at the West Liberty Cemetery near Searsboro at a...
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Clint Ashman, 34
Clint William Ashman, 34, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. He was born Dec. 12, 1980, in Oskaloosa, the son of George and Shirley Vander Beek Ashman. He graduated from Oskaloosa High School with the Class of 1999. He went on to earn his A.A....
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First Winter Dance Showcase held at L-S
A Winter Dance Showcase, the first of its kind at L-S, kept members of the Lynnville-Sully dance team busy from morning to night on Saturday, Jan. 17.
For three hours Saturday morning, 36 enthusiastic elementary girls learned a short dance and four new cheers taught by members of the high school team. The girls danced, stomped...
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