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35 years ago (1979) The Lynnville-Sully Advisory Committee on the Building Needs held their sixth meeting. Sandy Gray, chairman of the committee, noted that problems of declining enrollments and inflating costs were what brought out the problem of school building needs: “The finds of the five sub-committees reported last night were surprisingly pointing to only one...

I have had another heck of a week. This stupid retirement is going to kill me. I’ve never worked any harder. My daughter still owns two vehicles stored in Minnesota. I borrowed my Uncle Bill’s pickup and 28-foot flat bed trailer. I looked the unit over before we left. A friend of mine went along. I...

Earlier this month, rural Grinnell farmer Arlyn Van Zante went on a 10-day trip to China as part of the 2014 Iowa Farm Bureau Market Study Tour. The following is a summary of the trip written by Van Zante. I will start by answering the three most frequently asked questions I have been asked since my...

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...

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...