Well, Gang, by looking at the extended 10-day forecast, I saw the number 40. Lows in the high 40s next week. So, obviously, this got me hungry for so many warm dishes and scrumptious, filling desserts like cinnamon rolls. I was just telling the Dashing Gent that I have not made a batch of cinnamon...
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Remember When – 9/11/14
35 years ago (1979)
Lynnville-Sully class officers were elected: Senior president, Lori Sward; vice president, Chris Clark; secretary-treasurer, Bonita Brand; junior president, Rick Sward; vice president, Shelly Jansen; secretary-treasurer, Rita Maasdam; sophomore president, Matt Hakken; vice president, Kevin Van Wyk; secretary-treasurer, Jackie Weyers; freshman president, Curt Jansen; vice president, Sheryl Hoksbergen; and secretary-treasurer, Julie Maasdam.
A new...
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Press INKlings: Consider the words of summer
Have you ever questioned if September means seven then why is it the ninth month? We take the predictability of the calendar for granted. But we may have felt differently if we were living under the rule of Julius Caesar. September was the seventh month of the old Roman calendar. In this calendar, the year...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 9-11-14
I was persuaded to attend my five-year-old granddaughter’s birthday party in Woodward, where she lives. I didn’t want to go. I drove a truck my entire working life, and I don’t like to drive anymore. A round trip to Woodward is 150 miles. Luckily, my son-in-law picked us up in his giant four-door pickup. With...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 9/4/14
Can anybody else relate to this pooch? So many reasons why, but in the beige house on the corner, the culprit is this. Breakfast blend decaf coffee? Seriously? Who does that? It’s an oxymoron. This makes no scientific sense, but it does explain my slight headache. When I saw breakfast blend and a sale price...
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L-S students consistently score above state and national ACT averages
ACT scores rose by one tenth of a point over the past year at Lynnville-Sully High School. The ACT average score for the Lynnville-Sully Class of 2014 was 23.2. Lynnville-Sully students scored above the national average (21.0) and the state average (22.0). Sixty-eight percent of L-S seniors took the ACT exam in the Class of...
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Fifth Quarter kicks off
The Lynnville-Sully Hawks football team kicked off the season opener at home on Friday, Aug. 29, under less-than-ideal weather conditions. Rain fell most of the night, and the Hawks fell to a strong Van Buren team, 19-13.
Following the game, over 90 students in grades seventh through twelfth enjoyed the first Fifth Quarter, a fun event...
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