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Van Wyk joins newspaper staff

Van Wyk joins newspaper staff
The Hometown Press is pleased to welcome advertising specialist Ashley Van Wyk to its staff. Van Wyk started at the Hometown Press in October and is eager to help businesses with their advertising needs. A 2003 graduate of Prairie City-Monroe High School, Van Wyk grew up in Monroe and attended Dana College in Blair, NE, graduating...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 12-25-14

Well, here I sit again, donning my gay apparel writing this to you. Actually, my apparel is not so gay. It’s more perplexed. I was just sitting here ordering last-minute presents for some folks, and one person had requested a gift card to a particular store. Okay. Easy enough, I thought. I go to order...
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Spreading Holiday Cheer

Classroom and work holiday parties, Christmas concerts, special candlelight church services – area residents are participating in a wide array of holiday celebrations leading up to Christmas. As you celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with family and friends, the Hometown Press would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. We hope you...
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Lowest gas prices seen in years

Holiday travelers wishing for a white Christmas won’t be satisfied with the lack of snow on the ground, but will be happy when paying for gasoline at the pump. Gas prices continue to fall and the price per gallon for super unleaded gas was $2.09 in Sully at both Key Cooperative (above) and Casey’s, and...
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2014 Winter Concert: Musicians lift voices, use talent in holiday cheer

2014 Winter Concert: Musicians lift voices, use talent in holiday cheer
After weeks of practice, Lynnville-Sully elementary, middle school, and high school students performed a wide variety of holiday selections in front of family and friends on Thursday, Dec. 18. Mrs. Deb Merrill, K-12 music instructor, and Mr. Christopher Copeland, band instructor, led the students along with Central College senior Brandon Mennenoh, a music major who...
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Pastor’s Pen – 12-25-14

These were the days immediately following Sept. 11, 2001, when normally placid skies rained death in the form of hijacked airliners on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. America was on high alert, not knowing when and where the next attacks from the air would come from. I remember sitting on the front steps of my...
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Hawk girls pulverize Warriors

The L-S girls blew the Warriors out of the water on Tuesday, Dec. 16, with a 50-point victory, 67-17, against HLV. The Hawks had the home court advantage and showed their dominant gamer right from the start, jumping ahead 20-4. The L-S defense held HLV to seven or less points in each of the four periods. “We...
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