1980 (35 years ago)
An emergency Lynnville-Sully School Board meeting was held to discuss the Sully Elementary Building due to furnace malfunction. It was decided to close the building for the rest of the school year. Grades four and five were to be bused to the middle school in Searsboro.
The building and all the contents of...
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Press INKlings: An English lesson for your day
Homographs are words of like spelling, but with more than one meaning. A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym.
I’ve said this very often before and writing it again, you think English is easy?
I think a retired English teacher was bored and wrote this and ... IT IS GREAT!
Read all the way to...
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Kruseman Implement donates $2,500 to Sully playground
Linda and Doyle Huyser of Kruseman Implement present a $2,500 check to Amy Harthoorn of the Sully playground committee. Plans are underway with a fund drive to finance replacing the playground area in Sully Central Park. To donate any amount or to a specific playground item, forms are at both banks in Sully, Hometown Press,...
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WENS replaces CodeRED alert system in Jasper County
Jasper County Emergency Management announced recently the switch of the county-wide alert system from CodeRED to the Wireless Emergency Notification Systems or WENS. WENS/Alert Iowa is a statewide mass notification and emergency messaging system which enables city officials with the ability to provide pre-recorded emergency telephone notification/infor-mation messages to public citizens in targeted areas or...
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Co-Line, Goalsetter host PC interns
A week’s worth of real-world work experience has hopefully made a lasting difference in the lives of six Pella Christian High School students.
For the third year in a row, PCHS has held a week-long Winterim. One option for juniors and seniors is an opportunity to explore various career interests by interning at area businesses.
Winterim 2015...
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SCS Pastor Appreciation Day honors clergy
As a way to show their deep appreciation for area pastors, the students and staff at SCS invited local clergy to a chapel service honoring them on Pastor Appreciation Day, Monday, Jan. 11. Students sang the year’s theme song, and Pastor Brian Ochsner gave a message about how each person’s unique gifts can help them...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 1/15/15
After running around making a vet appointment for the little, doctor’s appointment for the cat, sending the dashing gent on a work trip, and The Scrumptious Little dropped off at the right location for a couple hours, I’m here, somewhat put together, all before 8:00 in the morning! Per usual, I ran out of coffee...
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