Monthly Archives: November 2014

Jamboree jump-starts the 2014 girls basketball season

Jamboree jump-starts the 2014 girls basketball season
After just a week of team practice, the L-S girls basketball team took to the court as they hosted a jamboree on Monday, Nov. 17. A total of eight teams were invited to the unofficial competition, with the results following:
  • HLV beat Pleasantville 32-18,
  • Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont beat Tri-County 25-21,
  • PCM beat Montezuma 43-8, and
  • L-S beat Colfax-Mingo 35-6.
Stats weren’t kept...
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Senior trio leads L-S, season opens Friday

With the basketball jamboree behind them, the L-S girls have turned their focus to their next competition – the season opener against North Mahaska on Friday, Nov. 21. At the helm of the team this year is L-S Coach Jerry Hulsing. Last year, L-S finished second in the SICL with a 21-4 overall record and qualified...
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Pella Dutch football team to play for Class 3A title Thursday

Pella Dutch football team to play for Class 3A title Thursday
The Pella Dutch football players have their eyes on the Class 3A title after shutting out Cedar Rapids Xavier, 27-0, in an overwhelming fashion in the semifinal game on Thursday, Nov. 13. The game was Pella’s all the way as the Dutch held the Saints, last year’s 4A runner-up, to just 13 total yards in the...
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L-S Variety Show

L-S Variety Show
The culmination of hundreds of hours of preparation, practice, and rehearsal was brought to life when L-S band, chorus, and speech and drama students took the stage for the 2014 Variety Show on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The entertaining show, which also included a dinner for guests served by the students, was directed by Mrs. Deb...
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Visual Truth Mime Troupe: Speechless message hits home

Visual Truth Mime Troupe: Speechless message hits home
The Visual Truth Mime Troupe came to Sully Christian on Friday, Nov. 14, to share a one-hour performance through the dramatic and powerful means of mime. The team members are from Rosehill, KS, and range in age from 10 to 18. Their faith-based ministry is dedicated to passionately presenting the truth about Jesus Christ via...
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Pastor’s Pen – 11/20/14

By Brian Ochsner, Sully Christian Reformed Church pastor In her book, “Jesus Calling,” author Sarah Young writes, “When you are around other people, you tend to cater to their expectations—real or imagined. You feel enslaved to pleasing them, and your awareness of [Jesus’] presence grows dim. Your efforts to win their approval eventually exhaust you.” We would...
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Remember When – 11/20/14

35 years ago (1979) The Farm and Home Store, Lynnville, was sponsoring a microwave cooking school at the Lynnville City Hall. The Sully Co-op Exchange was again piling corn on the ground at the old ball park. Ideal weather conditions pushed crop yields high in the area, soybeans were running 40-50 bushels per acres and corn 125-150...
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