Category Archives: Feature

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 9/24/15

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 9/24/15
This week’s article comes straight from the blog to a paper near you! Now sit down, and we hope you enjoy every delicious bite! Fall, fall, fall, guys! It’s heeeeeeere!! As if pumpkin brews, pumpkin frappes, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin breads, and pumpkin desserts haven’t been thrown in your face enough already to make that point abundantly clear, we just...
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Remember When by Jan Conover – 9/24/15

35 years ago (1980) The Lynnville-Sully FFA added an extra bus to provide transportation to the Farm Progress Show. The cost was $1.25 for the trip to and from Nevada, Iowa. Wayne Sharp was reelected L-S School Board President. The school board reviewed budget figures. The state growth rate had been set at 9.027 percent, which meant...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 9/24/15

My boss, Margaret of the Hometown Press, is not really my boss. My real boss is the one I live with. Margaret said to tell it like it is. I graduated from high school in 1944. I was born in 1938. It took six years for me to cover all 12 grades. So there I stood...
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Age can’t keep Killduff farmer from cycling adventures

Age can’t keep Killduff farmer from cycling adventures
As if riding a bike across Iowa wasn’t enough, Killduff farmer Vernon Terlouw continued on east after RAGBRAI this year, biking all the way to Washington, D.C. – an impressive feat for any cyclist. And did we mention his age? “I’m 83. That’s kind of ridiculous – an 83-year-old guy trying to bicycle to Washington, D.C.,” Terlouw...
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Lynnville-Sully welcomes three foreign exchange students

Three high school foreign exchange students traveled across the globe late this summer to pursue a year of education and unforgettable experiences far from their hometowns, family, and friends. Lynnville-Sully and three local families welcomed the incoming students who are all members of the EF Exchange Year program. If you are interested in learning more about...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 9/17/15

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 9/17/15
As far as I’m concerned, when it comes to this football season, there’s only one winner, and that would be Team Appetizers. Even though the big game was last week, there are two things you should know: A) If, for some odd chance you’re reading this and you’re not from Iowa, you haven’t seen a rivalry...
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Remember When – 9/17/15

35 years ago (1980) Incumbent Don Jansen was reelected by a large margin to the Lynnville-Sully School Board. With materials from the purchase of the torn-down John’s Market warehouse and Sully Sundries, Dewey Veenstra upgraded his dairy parlor. The construction process also included an office, bathroom, and maternity ward. The new milking equipment purchased made milking the...
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