It’s spring. You know what that means? It’s aspar-agus time! What do you say we rebound ourselves from last week’s chippy recipe to something fresh and healthy? Ey? You’ll be on board soon enough. Especially once you see it takes about 20 minutes to throw together! The chicken and asparagus swim in this amazing, flavorful...
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Remember When – 4/30/15
35 years ago (1980)
Sully Christian School sixth, seventh, and eighth graders participated in the District V Track Meet in Oskaloosa with five other schools. Winners from SCS included eighth-grader DeeDee Blom taking first in the shot put with a throw of 26 feet 2 inches. Duane Collins took first in the seventh-grade shot put. Both...
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Be honest: It’s National Honesty Day
Today, Apr. 30, is National Honesty Day, which encourages us to be honest today and every day. Most people honestly try their best to be honest.
Honesty is a great virtue. If we want people to believe us when it’s important, then we need to be open and honest all of the time. In order for...
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Fire call reported
At 4:45 a.m. on Apr. 21, the Lynnville Fire Department was called to a vehicle fire at 406 South Street in Lynnville. The Sully Fire Department was also called for mutual aid, which was cancelled because the Lynnville Fire Department got the fire under control by themselves. No cause or damage report was available....
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 4/30/15
I hear from the people who read this column (both of them); they would like to read stories about the 50 years I was on the road in a semi. There are plenty of stories out there.
One cold, snowy day, we had three full loads of freight to deliver in northern Iowa. They were terrible...
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Davidson, community coach for Hometown Pride Program
The Jasper County Hometown Pride Program, in conjunction with Keep Iowa Beautiful, has hired a coach, Jeff Davidson, to aid each community of the county participating in the program in meeting goals set by the community. Davidson started with his duties Apr. 13.
Hometown Pride is a community development program designed to assist clusters of communities...
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RISE paving project progresses in Sully
The old 1st Avenue surface on the west edge of Sully has been removed, shown above looking north with Kruseman Implement on the left and Fast Trax on the right. Seven-hundred feet of eight-inch water line has been placed on the west side of the street by the underground subcontractor. Even with the rain last...
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