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Inspirations children go on a fishin’ mission

What more fitting way to learn about fish than to bring out the poles and spend a day fishing? Inspirations Childcare and Preschool Center children did just that on Tuesday, July 29. Thirteen kids and four adults spent the day at Lake Seven-A on the Co-Line Welding Inc. campus south of Sully. “We were doing a...
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Remember When 8/7/14

35 years ago (1979) The Lynnville-Sully Advisory Committee on the Building Needs held their sixth meeting. Sandy Gray, chairman of the committee, noted that problems of declining enrollments and inflating costs were what brought out the problem of school building needs: “The finds of the five sub-committees reported last night were surprisingly pointing to only one...
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Press INKlings: August 2014 calendar once every 823 years!

How can it be August already? Have you received an email or read about the August 2014 calendar? Take a look at this month’s calendar because this is the only time you’ll see this phenomenon in your lifetime. August, this year, will have FIVE Fridays, FIVE Saturdays, and FIVE Sundays. This happens only once every 823...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 8/7/14

I have had another heck of a week. This stupid retirement is going to kill me. I’ve never worked any harder. My daughter still owns two vehicles stored in Minnesota. I borrowed my Uncle Bill’s pickup and 28-foot flat bed trailer. I looked the unit over before we left. A friend of mine went along. I...
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Heart of Worship holds successful Pay It Forward free clothing drive

Lynnville Heart of Worship held its first annual Pay It Forward free clothing drive July 25-26 with great success. People started lining up at 4 p.m. on Friday with the event starting at 5 p.m. There were 66 people through the door in the first five minutes. Free bags of school supplies were handed out while...
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Van Zante sees the agricultural side of China firsthand

Earlier this month, rural Grinnell farmer Arlyn Van Zante went on a 10-day trip to China as part of the 2014 Iowa Farm Bureau Market Study Tour. The following is a summary of the trip written by Van Zante. I will start by answering the three most frequently asked questions I have been asked since my...
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