Monthly Archives: July 2015

L-S boys fall in second district tourney game

L-S boys fall in second district tourney game
First post-season win in eight years Two teams were aiming to advance past Tuesday’s district quarterfinal. The Lynnville-Sully Hawks and the Colo-Nesco Royals found themselves in a 4-4 tie going into the bottom of the sixth inning. The Hawks pushed ahead of the Royals in the bottom of the sixth with two runs. Colo-Nesco made an...
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Final Take: Seniors share thoughts heading into state tourney

Seasoned seniors share thoughts on the season prior to the state tournament. L-S seniors this year are #10 Madison Rasmusson (has now been to state four times), #16 Lysandra James (has now been to state three times), #5 Riley Rockwell (has now been to state three times), #20 Bayli Van Manen (has now been to...
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Local 11U softball team places in top 20 at nationals

Local 11U softball team places in top 20 at nationals
The Lynnville-Sully 11U softball team competed at the 11U USSSA National Championships in Des Moines July 14-16. Teams came from Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, South Dakota, and Iowa. The girls had two losses on Tuesday, their first day. The Hawks fell to Plainfield, IL, 9-2. It was a 3-2 game going into the fifth inning, but...
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Friends Church members fix fence for family of 6-year-old killed in accident

Friends Church members fix fence for family of 6-year-old killed in accident
A tragic accident in Des Moines stirred the compassionate hearts of Lynnville Friends Church members and spurred them into action last week. On June 1, a man crashed through a backyard fence in Des Moines, killing 6-year-old Irving Aguilar-Gonzalez and injuring another young boy. The two had been playing on a trampoline in Irving’s backyard when...
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Pastor’s Pen: Reading your gauges

The weather as of late has produced a fair amount of rain for some and a bit less for others. I was reminded of this recently when I heard a conversation at my church where our members were greeting one another with the question, “How much rain did you have in your rain gauge?” It would...
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July is National Ice Cream Month by Julie Van Manen

Wow! It definitely feels like the dog days of summer this morning! You know it is going to be a hot one when you sweat just walking to the barn! Kevin says he prefers these hot summer days to the below-zero days in the winter. I am not convinced of that for many reasons. When...
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Remember When – 7/23/15

35 years ago (1980) Volunteer help was needed to put in new fence since the Woodland Cemetery near Old Settlers Park at Lynnville had acquired more land. Dale Schnell, Russell Gosselink, and Albert Terpstra were in charge of the fencing project. Des Moines had a high temperature of 102 degrees with a nighttime low of 80 degrees,...
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