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SCS students participate in Ava Day

Bringing about good through tragedy, first and second graders took part in Ava Day last week. The day, which promotes acts of kindness and was officially on Sept. 3, marked what would have been Ava Kay Dieleman’s fifth birthday. [caption id="attachment_990827" align="alignright" width="300"]img_0943-web Isabelle Vos with her decorated prayer...
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Car Hop kicks off Lynnville Friends Church campaign

Lynnville Friends Church has a variety of activities planned as part of Back to Church Sunday, a national movement of churches across America. The theme this year, "Now's the Time," is relevant to both churchgoers and those who don’t attend church, based on 2 Corinthians 6:2, which reads "... Now is the time of God’s favor,...
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Say thanks for everything always

World Gratitude Day is celebrated annually on Sept. 21. The celebration of Gratitude Day allows both individual citizens and organizations within wider society to celebrate the broad meaning of gratitude in a variety of ways. The celebration started in 1965 in Hawaii when an international gathering decided it would be a good idea to have one...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 9-15-16

I have mentioned before that I have not learned much in life, but I have learned it’s easier to make enemies than friends, and it’s easier to lose friends than enemies. I know that now, but still mess up now and then. When I was a kid, I drove a grain semi when I was 17 years...
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Co-Line’s expansion to add 120,000 square feet of manufacturing space

Co-Line Welding, Inc., located six miles south of Sully, is well underway in its 12th and largest building project in its 37-year history. The addition of 120,000 square feet of manufacturing space to the company's south facility is ahead of schedule, thanks to cooperative weather and the skilled workforce of the contractor, Jensen Builders. Currently, the...
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L-S students among thousands at Farm Progress Show

From field demos to concept tractors, 31 high school students traveled to Boone on Wednesday, Aug. 31, with Brian Lowry, agriculture teacher and FFA advisor, for the 63rd Farm Progress Show. The students joined thousands of farmers, agribusiness officials, and agriculture companies at the interactive venue to network, gain information, and learn more about the...
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‘Crazy’ Car Club stops in Sully, Lynnville

Five couples, friends who’ve met through classic cars, embarked on their Third Annual Mini Iowa Tour on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The group, who was missing one couple this time around, doesn’t have an official name, but laughed and said they can be considered “crazy.” The friends, who are from Conrad, Marshall-town, Laurel, Spirit Lake, and...
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