Yearly Archives: 2014

Hawks come up short of Plainsmen, approach end of regular season

Hawks come up short of Plainsmen, approach end of regular season
The Belle Plaine Plainsmen came to town on July 7 to play against the Lynnville-Sully Hawks. The game was fast-paced but the Plainsmen went home with the “W,” 6-1. Both teams went scoreless in the top three innings until Belle Plaine jumped the gun to score one run in the top of the fourth. In the...
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L-S baseball has ‘best night hitting the ball this season’

L-S baseball has ‘best night hitting the ball this season’
Last Tuesday’s game against HLV was scheduled to be at Victor, but heavy rains the night before left the HLV baseball field under five feet of water, leading to a game-day location change to Sully. Hosting the HLV Warriors, the Hawks came on top, 10-8. The last time the boys played with the Warriors, the...
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Gym Rats: More than 40 kids improve basketball skills

Gym Rats: More than 40 kids improve basketball skills
The Lynnville-Sully Gym Rats 2014 Summer Basketball Program is nearing the end of its six-week camp. The 43 boys and one girl attending the program have been going to camp two days a week (Wednesdays for three-on-three and Fridays for fundamentals) since June 4. The final session will be on Friday, July 18. “The camp has...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 7/10/14

It’s official. The Scrumptious Little’s French name is Onree. The American spelling is Ornery. Thought you should know in case you see her at some point within the next foreseeable future. Babies learn fast. Nobody warned us about this. We’ve always heard they are little birds just watching your every move, but when you see...
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Remember When

35 years ago (1979) Pastor Ernest Elzey accepted a pastoral position at Trinity Lutheran Church in South Milwaukee, WI.  Elzey had pastored at both St. Andrews and St. Pauls Lutheran Churches. In the publication of the Condensed Statement of Condition of First State Bank, the list of Board of Directors included J.M Diehl, L.W. Gause, Bryce Macy,...
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Let’s have a Fourth of July redo!

You know when you play games with small children and they want a redo or do over because they did something wrong or they think they could play it better if they tried again? That’s the way I feel about the Sully Fourth of July celebration. Let’s do it all again. I’ve been told how...
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Tornado sirens sounded

The tornado sirens in Sully and neighboring towns went off twice during about two hours of stormy weather starting at approximately 8 p.m. Sunday, June 6. Several funnel clouds and rope funnel clouds were seen in the area, but only one tornado was sighted near Rock Creek. No tree or structural damage and very little...
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