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35 years ago (1980) King’s Helpers of the First Reformed Church of Sully held a car wash and bake sale at Hackert Sales and Service on the north side of the square. The girls charged $2 for washing a car, cleaning the windows, and a vacuum job. Larry Moyer spoke at Evangelistic Services at the Sully Community...

I’ve often wondered why we go bald. I’m in the bald category. Whenever I am given a bad time about being bald, I always say my brain has gotten so big the hair can’t cover it anymore. I think there is some hereditary bald blood. I can remember going to reunions on my mother’s side of the family....

By Jessica Holterhaus For many people with mild to moderate hearing loss, hearing aids are a viable solution for improved hearing. But with severe to profound hearing loss, cochlear implants may be a much more effective alternative. At age 41, Rhonna Fiihr’s ability to hear was deteriorating, and it got to the point where cochlear implants...

(Editor's Note: Missy Doll is no longer a Lynnville-Sully teacher and has found her volumes of "Iowa's Fading Farms-Student Interview Project." Permission has been granted to print some of these interviews as space is available. Appreciate the past while thoughtfully contemplating Amer-ica's farming future! Unedited essay follows.) By Clarissa Doll, Mar. 31, 2003 “Back in my day...

35 years ago (1980) The water quit running over the dam in the North Skunk River at the Wagaman Mill in Lynnville due to the dry weather in past weeks. During the horse show at the Jasper County Fair, Terri Vanden Hoek was named top in trail class, Meldon Vos took top honors in poles and barrels...

If you take a look around, you will see a lot of married couples. Have you wondered how they became married to each other? Some, of course, were in love. Some were not, but felt a certain obligation to marry. No marriage ever goes without disagreements and arguing. I guess a couple that got married at eight o’clock...