35 years ago (1980)
The Lynnville-Sully football team selected Theresa Ver Woert as homecoming queen and Greg Criswell homecoming king. The football team defeated North Mahaska 68-10 in the homecoming game. The winning window painting was done by freshmen Janise James, Mary Hakken, Annette Vande Krol, and Maria Hackert.
Karen Vander Hart of Pella was Marty Rickard’s...
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From the Desk of Shane Ehresman, L-S Superintendent
Iowa’s Early Literacy Progression Law
Lynnville-Sully, along with other Iowa schools, implemented Iowa Code section 279.68 and 281--Iowa Administrative Code 62 in August 2014. The codes, known as Iowa’s Early Literacy Progression Law, promote effective evidence-based programming, instruction, and assessment practices across schools to support all students to become proficient readers by the end of the...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/1/15
So over at The Spoon and Pint, we’ve celebrated a couple of little birthdays! They both consisted of a lot of frosting. I know many of you have asked for my mom’s wedding cake cupcake and butter cream frosting recipe, which is a near and dear recipe to her heart, so you might have to...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 10/1/15
Summer is once again coming to a close. I hate it. I hate winter, the cold, the ice, and the snow. I’ve been wearing a tank top and shorts since April (not the same ones, of course).
The air conditioner will shudder to a stop. Before long, furnaces will be starting.
Every week, we have to pile...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 9/24/15
This week’s article comes straight from the blog to a paper near you! Now sit down, and we hope you enjoy every delicious bite!
Fall, fall, fall, guys! It’s heeeeeeere!!
As if pumpkin brews, pumpkin frappes, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin breads, and pumpkin desserts haven’t been thrown in your face enough already to make that point abundantly clear, we just...
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Remember When by Jan Conover – 9/24/15
35 years ago (1980)
The Lynnville-Sully FFA added an extra bus to provide transportation to the Farm Progress Show. The cost was $1.25 for the trip to and from Nevada, Iowa.
Wayne Sharp was reelected L-S School Board President. The school board reviewed budget figures. The state growth rate had been set at 9.027 percent, which meant...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 9/24/15
My boss, Margaret of the Hometown Press, is not really my boss. My real boss is the one I live with. Margaret said to tell it like it is.
I graduated from high school in 1944. I was born in 1938. It took six years for me to cover all 12 grades. So there I stood...
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