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Co-Line designs, makes new Hotel Grinnell items

Co-Line designs, makes new Hotel Grinnell items
A new upscale hotel opened in Grinnell last weekend, and furnishings from Co-Line Welding, Inc., south of Sully, can be found all throughout the building. Items Co-Line made include three different styles of bed frames, bedside tables, desks, armoires, vanities, benches, towel racks, several different bar tables, bunk beds, flower planters, and patio stools. Co-Line also...
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Advanced Art students document school year through photo diary

Lynnville-Sully art teacher Tara Conover has challenged her 10 advanced art students to document their daily lives through photographs every day during the 2017-18 school year with the new Photography Project 180. According to Conover, students can take the photos using a fancy camera or simply using their phone – there is no right or...
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From the Kitchen – Deb Johnson

My name is Deb Johnson, and I’m the newest staff member at the Hometown Press where I serve as a part-time office assistant. There’s a lot to learn at the newspaper, but people have been very helpful and patient as I get my feet wet. I’ve very much enjoyed meeting customers who come into the...
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‘I think I can’ positive thinking

Yesterday, Sept. 13, was Positive Thinking Day. It’s not too late to think about your attitude, especially a positive attitude. It's a lot like the ant, when faced with moving a rubber tree plant thought, "I think I can." Or, remember the children’s story about the little train engine that could, also with the signature phrase,...
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Rylee Jo

Justin and Christa Vander Leest of Ankeny are the parents of a daughter, Rylee Jo, born Sept. 1, 2017. She weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and measured 19 inches long. She has a sister, Maci, age 3 1/2; and a brother, Jace, age 2. Grandparents are Mary and Warren Vander Leest of Sully and Rick and...
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Finley Nichole

Brent and Sarah Lowry of Searsboro announce the birth of their daughter, Finley Nichole, born Aug. 30, 2017. Finley weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Grandparents are Gary and Connie Lowry of Searsboro and Dale and Anita Studer of Creston. Great-grandmother is Rosemary Snyder of Wesley.  ...
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Melvin Leroy Rouwenhorst, 88

Melvin Leroy Rouwenhorst was born May 16, 1929, in Prairie City to Everett and Jennie (De Graff) Rouwenhorst. He passed away Sept. 11, 2017, in Oskaloosa at the age of 88. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Sept. 14, at Prairie City First Reformed Church. Memorial donations may be given in his memory to Hospice...
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