By Pastor Jerry Morningstar, Sully Community Church
Musicians and sports players have something in common. They all know the importance of practice. The basketball player who wants to improve his free-throw shooting will put in time shooting the ball over and over from the free-throw mark. The baseball player who wishes to improve his game will...
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L-S girls win postponed home cross-country meet
Homecoming week was made a bit more memorable for the Lynnville-Sully cross-country team on Monday. Hosting a home meet, the Hawk girls won the meet – their first team victory this season.
The meet looked quite a bit different than originally planned. First scheduled for Sept. 17, the event was postponed to Monday, Sept. 21. Due...
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Tough competition leads to 1-4 week for L-S volleyball team
The past week of action was full of challenges for the Lynnville-Sully volleyball team. The Hawks lost two conference matches and went 1-2 at a weekend tournament.
Hosting Montezuma last Thursday, Sept. 17, the Bravettes took the Hawks into a fifth game with the visiting team tallying the victory. Set scores were 25-18, 25-23, 21-25, 15-25,...
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Remember When by Jan Conover – 9/24/15
35 years ago (1980)
The Lynnville-Sully FFA added an extra bus to provide transportation to the Farm Progress Show. The cost was $1.25 for the trip to and from Nevada, Iowa.
Wayne Sharp was reelected L-S School Board President. The school board reviewed budget figures. The state growth rate had been set at 9.027 percent, which meant...
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Press INKlings: Who could make these things up?
We all know laws help maintain order, keep society safe, and give people a structure by which to live their lives. We all know common sense is way better than lots of laws. But the laws are on the books because at least one person forgot common sense and did something unintelligent and then a...
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Letter to the Editor – Violence Prevention
Dear Editor,
Amidst new academic ventures that come with the new school year, let’s not forget that schools are also a place for youth to learn life lessons about respect for themselves and others. Unfortunately, high rates of sexual assault and dating violence in our high schools and colleges indicate we need to be reinforcing healthy...
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Letter to the editor – Pipeline
Letter to the Editor:
Over a year ago, my attorney notified Energy Transfer Partners, LP, DBA Bakken Pipeline, LLC, DBA Dakota Access LLC, by letter that I was NOT interested in having a pipeline on my property. Many times since then, Dakota Access LLC persisted wanting to survey my property, and I always replied, NO!
This last...
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