Three L-S boys basketball players have earned honors at the conference, substate, and state levels for the 2014-15 season.
Senior Ben Trettin was chosen for the Academic All State Boys’ Basketball Team, selected by the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association. The 26 players on the team were chosen from over 100 nominees from member coaches. The academic...
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L-S girls, coach honored in SICL
Four Lynnville-Sully girls basketball players and their head coach were honored in the SICL for their work this season. Seniors Lysandra James and Madison Rasmusson were each selected to the First Team All-Conference. James, a unanimous selection, scored 306 points for L-S this year, averaging 12.8 points per game, and pulled down 212 rebounds for...
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Fourth graders take tourney title at Monte
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Fopma places at taekwondo tourney
Troy Fopma of Lynnville was among the 130 competitors at the Grinnell/English Valleys Taekwon-do Tournament held at Grinnell College on Mar. 7. Competing in the adult men black belt class, Fopma placed second in forms, second in board breaking, and third in sparring. Participants represented eight different dojangs in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. Of the...
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Van Hemerts mark 65 years of marriage
February was a time of celebrations for Gerald and Elizabeth Van Hemert. They each had a birthday – he is now 88 and she is 86 – and together they reached 65 years of marriage.
Feb. 21, 1950, was the day they committed their lives to each other, and their faith-fulness and love remains true to...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 3/12/15
I know in years past, I have vehemently complained about March and all its dreariness and mucky melted mud mess, but I retract it all. I retract every little bit of it. This year, March, you never looked better, honey. I welcome you with an open, loving embrace. The mud? It’s an immune booster for...
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Remember When – 3/12/15
35 years ago (1980)
During the 59th annual meeting of the Sully Cooperative Exchange, it was announced the past year had been another record with sales of $19,351,241, a 27.9 percent increase over the previous year and record savings of $1,137,634. The meeting was held at the Lynnville-Sully High School with the Sully First Reformed Church...
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