Category Archives: News

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 1/21/16

This week’s article comes to you straight from The Spoon and Pint blog this week! The article and blog basically bounce off each other and use the same recipes, but in case you missed this soup, I just couldn’t let that happen. You all need to experience this soup. Brett and Suzi Huizer brought us...
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Remember When – 1/21/16

40 years ago (1976) Officers for the Sully Fire Department were Ron Jansen, chief; Larry D. Renaud, assistant chief; Ron Vos, president; and Dwight Vander Leest, secretary-treasurer. Officers for the Searsboro Fire Department were Gordon Lewis, chief; Floyd Snook, assistant chief; and John Hasley, secretary-treasurer. “Remember When” column from the Tom-a-Hawk created by the Lynnville-Sully Middle School had...
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Press INKlings: And then it is winter …

A reader shared this email with me. Someone added at the beginning, “This is right on the nose. Read it slowly. I don’t know who wrote it, but I am guessing it was a senior! I first started reading this and was reading fast until I reached the third sentence. I stopped and started over...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 1/21/16

My life has once again had to make a major change. My wife retired completely and is in the house with me 24/7. I want to say I dislike the new process, but will say I’m still adjusting. It is a heck of a job. I’ve been free to run for the last four years. It...
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Hometown Health & Wellness – 1-21-16

Weight loss is a popular New Year’s resolution. Sadly, by now most of those people have already given up on their diet plan. Let’s face it, diets are tough. Most of them are highly restrictive, leading to hunger and cravings. Most diets are not sustainable for very long and most are not safe. Fortunately, there...
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Barnett earns Eagle Scout rank

Bryson Barnett, son of Mitch and Tami Barnett of Lynnville and a junior at Lynnville-Sully High School, recently earned his Eagle Scout rank. This is the Boy Scouts of America’s highest rank and is only achieved by about five percent of all Boy Scouts nationwide. Requirements include earning at least 21 merit badges. The Eagle Scout...
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Pella hospital welcomes first 2016 baby on January 4

Pella Regional Health Center’s first baby of 2016 is a little boy—Gunner Lee, born at 7:58 a.m. on Jan. 4. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 13.75 inches long. His parents are Kyle and Ashly Rowe of Melcher. While Gunner was Pella Regional’s first baby in 2016, 481 babies were born at the hospital...
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