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Get to know the L-S Youth Sports Committee: Trent Alberts

Lynnville Sully Youth Sports Committee organizes the youth sports for the Lynnville-Sully communities. The committee members are volunteers, as are the coaches. This committee works hard to organize events for the local youth to get them involved in seasonal sports. In upcoming issues of the “Hometown Press,” readers will have a chance to meet the...
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Little dancers steal the spotlight at Frozen dance camp

For the past four weeks, 13 aspiring dancers have gathered at Lynnville City Hall to shake off the winter blues and expand dance skills at Frozen dance camp. The bi-weekly class, taught by Angie Ver Ploeg of rural Sully, has given the little girls the opportunity to have fun and burn energy all while expressing...
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Future engineers compete in Future City Competition

How can we make the world a better place for the estimated 2,100 people who will occupy it by the year 2100? This is the question Mrs. Colleen Taylor’s sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade talented and gifted students focused on when researching innovative solutions to a citywide solid waste management issue as part of the 2016...
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High School Variety Show Feb. 8

Area residents, friends, and family won't have to travel far to enjoy an entertaining variety show featuring Lynnville-Sully High School students performing within the choir, band, and speech programs on Monday, Feb. 8. A Valentine-themed grilled pork dinner will kick the evening off with serving starting at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gym. The main...
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Great Kindness Challenge at L-S

A multitude of kind acts and gestures filled the classrooms and hallways of Lynnville-Sully Elementary and Middle School the week of Jan. 25-29 for the Great Kindness Challenge. Each day of the week featured a fun kindness challenge. On Monday, high fives were being given all day. Helping others in need was the goal on Tuesday,...
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Discovery and exploration at Inspirations’ Parents Science Night

Families of Inspirations preschoolers were invited into the classroom on Thursday night, Jan. 28, to dive into a world of scientific discovery and exploration with their little ones. The young students went room to room to participate in a variety of fun and interactive science experiments. Hands-on challenges included Mixing Colors, Marble Roll, Pepper Express,...
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Remember When – 2/4/16

40 years ago (1976) High honors for Lynnville-Sully High School first semester included: 9th, Judith Hoksbergen, Jody Jay, and Scott Kramer; 10th, Kathy Beyer, Susan Brand, Joe Butin, and Kay Schnell; 11th, Bernice Schnell; 12th, Rita Heemsbergen, Rodney Jansen, and Sue Sparks. The Adult Farmer Class met at the L-S Voc. Ag. Department with Lloyd McLean from...
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