Category Archives: Opinion

35 years ago (1980) Four Lynnville-Sully High School wrestlers advanced to the district meet after their stellar performances at sectionals. Glenn Lewis at 112 pounds, Joel Henning at 132 pounds, and Kerry Bryan at 145 pounds were crowned champions at the sectional meet at Eddyville. Nick Figland at 119 pounds finished runner-up in his weight class....

Thank you to everyone for all the kind words about the newspaper awards we won and reported in last week’s issue. I especially like the people who said the judges were right on for recognizing us for our weekly efforts because we do a great job each week. But we can’t just sit back and...

To the editor, A few months ago, I was talking to a friend who is involved in education about the latest things I had heard regarding the national common core education standards. I had never heard anything positive about it, so as I discovered new bits of information, I would pass them on to him. He...

I’m just back from a couple of weeks in California. The temperature difference between Iowa and California was about 80 degrees. It was wonderful. The native Californians have no idea what cold weather is. When the sun starts going down about five o’clock, it is a freezing 65 degrees. They all are wearing hooded sweatshirts,...

I love pleasant surprises. I shouldn’t have been too surprised by what happened last Friday evening because we have a very talented and fabulous staff. Did you get that? We have a very talented newspaper staff. Friday, Faye, LeAnn, and I attended the Iowa Newspaper Convention awards banquet at the Marriott in Des Moines, expecting to...

California is a fantastic winter-time state of 75 to 80 degrees and sunshine almost every day. But some of the things they live with could be tough for me. I’ve mentioned before that every Californian owns three dogs, one horse, and apparently one to three roosters. The most annoying one: The roosters. These old boys have...

1980 (35 years ago) The National North American South Devon Association gave Dr. T.E. Fitzpatrick (Skunk River South Devons) Grand Champion Bull honors at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, CO. Doc also showed Reserve Grand Champion Percentage Female, Champion Pair of Bulls, and Champion Pair of Yearlings. Frank Pellet announced he was a candidate for...