This week is another memorable one for the parenting book. The Scrumptious Little decided crawling and standing on everything is the only thing to do. She decided her crib tastes delicious. I mean, who doesn’t like varnish with a side of crib for breakfast every morning? It’s probably because all of her top teeth decided...
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Remember When – 7/31/14
35 years ago (1979)
The L-S Advisory Committee on the School Building Needs met to study the cost analysis of three options to improve elementary school facilities. Those options were: 1. Renovate the Lynnville and Searsboro buildings with additional construction to adequately house grades K-8 at a total cost of $1,786,900. 2. Renovation of the Searsboro...
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Harthoorns adjust to life with twins
A year ago July 20, Joel and Liz Harthoorn’s lives were changed forever as they became the parents of twin boys, Joah Davis and Major Reis. And after a year of caring for their two babies, the Harthoorns couldn’t imagine their lives any other way.
Liz recalled the day when they first found out she was...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 7/24/14
You know you’re a parent when…
• You fish….turds out of the bathtub.
• When even brushing your hair or putting on deodorant prompts the six-year-old to ask where we’re going.
• The most relaxing part of your day is going to the dentist to get a cavity filled.
• When eating out becomes more of a chore than...
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Remember When – 7/24/14
35 years ago (1979)
William and Kathleen Dennies, located southwest of Searsboro, had 25 acres of vegetables planted on their truck farm. Produce from the farm was delivered to grocery stores in Grinnell, Newton, Montezuma, Lynnville, Tama, and a grocery store warehouse in Chariton. Bill’s father was a truck farmer in New York. Kathy said, “It...
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Press INKlings: OUT is IN for parks this month
Since 1985, America has celebrated July as National Park and Recreation Month by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). The 2014 theme is “OUT is IN.” This year, the month-long observance is focusing on setting trends instead of following them, making 2014 the year everyone goes OUTside, changes their OUTlook, gets INspired, and gets...
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Weird Animals: SCRC and SFRC VBS
God filled the world with a lot of crazy creatures, including all of the children in grades kindergarten through sixth grade who attended the Sully Christian Reformed and First Reformed Churches’ Vacation Bible School July 7-10. The four-day Bible school held in the evenings centered around the theme “Weird Animals, Where Jesus’ Love Is One-Of-A-Kind”...
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