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From the Kitchen of Lisa Jansen

From the Kitchen of Lisa Jansen
This week’s featured cook is Lisa Jansen. Lisa grew up in Sully and graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School and Luther College in Decorah with a degree in elementary education. Lisa is married to David, and they have lived on a farm north of Sully for 22 years. David also grew up in this community, and...
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L-S boys win chilly outdoor opener at Belle Plaine    

L-S boys win chilly outdoor opener at Belle Plaine    
The Lynnville-Sully boys track team went on the road to Belle Plaine with hopes of getting their first win of the outdoor season last Thursday, Mar. 28. What seemed to be a really chilly night ended up not affecting the boys as they came home with their first win of the 2018 season. The Hawks were...
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2018 golf season opens for L-S girls at Pella

A chilly night with some wind didn’t stop the Lynnville-Sully girls golf team from teeing off their competitive 2018 season. Due to injury and absence, only three of the five golfers out this season were able to compete on Thursday, Mar. 29, at Pella Country Club, which was not enough to score as a team....
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers Apr. 5, 2018

I don’t spend nearly as much time on the road now as I did my whole working life, but the drivers are getting crazier. Eighty-five-year-old women are flipping me the bird if I slow to less than 80 mph in the passing lane. I imagine these same ladies are involved in a church and probably fry the...
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Kenneth E. Schnell, 87

Kenneth E. Schnell, 87, of Newton died on Saturday, Mar. 24, 2018, in Sun City, AZ. A private burial was held at the Newton Union Cemetery. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Kenneth, the son of Edward and Pearl (Hagedorn) Schnell was born July 8, 1930 in Grinnell. Dec. 4, 1955,...
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Rev. Wayne E. Bekkering, 75

Rev. Wayne E. Bekkering, 75, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Resurrection Day, Apr. 1, 2018. He was born Dec. 20, 1942, in Byron Center, MI. He served four Protestant Reformed congregations as pastor and then spent three years serving as a missionary in Ghana, West Africa. He will be deeply missed by...
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Maeve Lynn

Zach and Laura McCalester of Marengo are the parents of a daughter, Maeve Lynn, born Mar. 23, 2018. She weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces. Grandparents are Kyle and Tammy Terpstra of Lynnville, Dawn and Bob Pfister of Monroe, and Lee McCalester of San Antonio, TX. Great-grandparents are Albert Terpstra of Lynnville, Larry and Sandy Willemsen of Grinnell,...
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