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From the Kitchen: Missi Bogaard

From the Kitchen: Missi Bogaard
  The best piece of advice Missi Bogaard said she has ever received related to cooking and baking is very appropriate for a newspaper column. It just might be the encouragement Hometown Press readers need to start dabbling more in the kitchen. The advice? “If you can read, you can cook. Just try it.” Missi said she heard...
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L-S football falls in final game of 2019 campaign

L-S football falls in final game of 2019 campaign
The Lynnville-Sully football team wrapped up the 2019 season with a close 14-0 loss while hosting Martensdale-St. Marys on Friday, Oct. 25. The Hawks knew going in that this would be their last game of the year as they sat 1-7 overall and 1-2 in the district. The L-S team was coming off its first win...
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Smock to finish freshman season at state XC Saturday

Smock to finish freshman season at state XC Saturday
Lynnville-Sully freshman stand-out Greenlee Smock has earned herself an extended season by qualifying for the state cross-country meet. She punched her ticket to state after placing fourth at the state-qualifying meet held at Marshalltown on Thursday, Oct. 24. “I’m grateful for the experience, my teammates, and my coaches,” Smock said. “I look forward to competing at the...
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Reg’l VB: L-S sweeps Sabers, ends tourney trail at Monte

Reg’l VB: L-S sweeps Sabers, ends tourney trail at Monte
FIRST ROUND - TC The Lynnville-Sully volleyball girls opened the 1A Region 4 tournament hosting Twin Cedars on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The Hawks won easily in three sets, advancing them to the second round. The first match was won easily with the Hawks coming out on top, 25-8. The L-S girls dominated the following two matches as well, ...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Oct. 31, 2019

The cold weather is already back with snow. I hate cold and snow. Even as a young kid, I hated cold and snow. When I was young, I stayed with an uncle and aunt a lot in an old farmhouse out in the country. My uncle would pack as much wood and lump coal in an...
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Margaret De Jong, 100

Margaret De Jong, 100, of Sully, passed away Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, at Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Van Dyke Duven Funeral Home in Pella with Pastor Wayne Sneller of Sully First Reformed Church presiding. A private burial at Sully Cemetery followed the funeral. Memorial contributions are...
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Esther Alexander, 84

Esther M. (Dorothy) Alexander, 84, of Oskaloosa, passed away Oct. 27, 2019, at MHP Serenity Hospice House in Oskaloosa. She was born Sept.  8, 1935, to Raymond and Edna Parrot Dorothy of rural Douds. She later moved to Stockport where she spent her childhood. She attended the Friends Church and was saved at the age...
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