Monthly Archives: April 2014

Area Easter Egg Hunts

Area Easter Egg Hunts
Saturday, Apr. 19, was full of sunshine, 70-degree temps, and lots of smiles for the annual Easter Egg Hunts held in the community. Reasnor community members hosted an egg hunt Saturday morning for children in the Reasnor park. The Easter bunny rode atop a Reasnor firetruck around town prior to the start of the hunt, and...
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Spring has sprung!

The mercury is forecasted to hit 70 a couple of times this week. But one doesn’t need to look at the thermometer to know that spring has sprung in the Lynnville-Sully area; a simple walk around town and a drive into the country on Tuesday, Apr. 22, revealed plenty of signs that the winter woes...
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James Greenhouse celebrates 25 years in business

Thousands and thousands of plants have gone through the doors of James Greenhouse throughout the years. And 2014 – the greenhouse’s 25th year in business – will be no different.IMG_2802web With temps reaching into the 70s in the week ahead, Craig James, owner of James Greenhouse near...
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McIntosh returns to SCS after reading goal reached

McIntosh returns to SCS after reading goal reached
During a visit in January, KCCI 8 news anchor Marcus McIntosh promised the students he would return to SCS if the seventh and eighth graders reached their 20 million word challenge. Last Tuesday, Apr. 15, he fulfilled that promise. Not only did the seventh and eighth graders reach their Accelerated Reader goal, they surpassed it. By McIntosh’s...
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Improvements made at PC meet, L-S girls finish fifth

Improvements made at PC meet, L-S girls finish fifth
The Lynnville-Sully girls track team faced some bigger competition at the Pella Christian Coed Invitational on Tuesday, Apr. 15. The Hawks came away with a fifth-place finish out of nine teams total. Coach Darin Arkema wanted his girls to focus on using the tough competition to push them to strong performances. “I wasn’t so concerned about what...
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L-S boys win six events, overcome PCM for second

The Lynnville-Sully boys not only won six events at the Pella Christian track meet, they won events when it counted. The Hawks claimed three of the last four events to overtake Prairie City-Monroe for a second-place overall finish behind ADM on Tuesday, Apr. 15. [caption id="attachment_9816" align="alignright" width="199"]Payton Haack hands the... </div> <a href=Read more