Category Archives: Feature

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/22/15

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/22/15
This week’s article is a little untraditional! I don’t do this often, but when I do, you can be sure it’s completely worth the read! Have no fear, there will be a recipe, but that’s not the focus of this article. Actually, let’s do the recipe first a second. Then we’ll get to the meat...
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Trettin living his dream, French way of life

Editor’s note: This is the final of a two-part series on James Trettin’s experience as a foreign exchange student in France. Lynnville-Sully’s James Trettin is living a 10-month adventure in France he will never forget as a foreign exchange student. The L-S junior is experiencing the richness of French culture by living and studying in one of...
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Remember When – 10/22/15

35 years ago (1980) At the indoor marching concert, a special flag ensemble from Lynnville-Sully received a Division I rating at the state marching contest. The group included Rita Maasdam, Vicki Rozendaal, Sarah Gertsma, Sharon Terlouw, and Laurie Conover. The former business site of the Junque Shop and North Central Public Service (an LP gas distributor) was...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 10/22/15

It’s a rare happening when all four of my daughters are home at the same time. I’ve written before about this occasion, but each time it becomes more spectacular. They all arrived in what appeared to be about a 1949 German motor- home. It dripped enough oil in my driveway to service two of my automobiles! There were...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/15/15

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/15/15
As you may already know, we just celebrated my daughter’s second birthday. In addition to the easy cupcakes we shared last week, you must keep reading to see what else I made to celebrate her big day.   Pancakes - Recipe from Cooking Classy Makes about 20 pancakes. [caption id="attachment_504346" align="alignright" width="300"]Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 10/15/15

For many years, I have flown the Iowa Hawkeye flag after football victories, a turkey flag at Thanksgiving, a ghost flag at Halloween, and a Santa flag at Christmas from the back of my motorcycle while riding up and down all the Sully streets. I have fallen down many times in the winter and sometimes in...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/8/15

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/8/15
It was a chilly night. It was a “let’s light a fire, sit there, and stuff our faces with aioli sauce” kind of night. It was a “it’s been a long week, let’s make burgers with beer” kind of night. It was a “let’s let the toddlers run around outside to burn energy” kind of night. Really, it was the best...
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