Yearly Archives: 2015

L-S girls continue 13-game winning streak

Following a successful past week on the ball diamond, the Lynnville-Sully softball team sits at 13 consecutive wins. The girls played hard this week to add five wins to their record and keep the momentum going in the second half of the season. Win over West Marshall West Marshall came to Sully to battle the Hawks on...
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Inspirations kids visit local bank

The children from Inspirations Childcare and Preschool Center in Sully are visiting area businesses this summer and even go back to Inspirations and pretend to be at the businesses again. June 10, students visiting 1st State Bank in Sully are: From left to right above, Payton Bowlin, Haleigh Hornbuckle, Jenna Allbee, Rylinne Feenstra, Asher Rozendaal,...
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Pastor’s Pen: Grace Amazing

“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace,” Ephesians 1:7. On the night of Mar. 9, 1748, John Newton was jolted awake, on the ship that he was sailing on, by a brutal storm. He and the crew thought for sure it was the end...
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Epic adventures at Sully Community Church VBS

Young trekkers laced up their hiking boots, grabbed their gear, and took a safari up Mount Kilimanjaro for an epic expedition through the book of Proverbs during Sully Community Church’s Vacation Bible School June 15-19. An average of 90 children each day learned that true wisdom comes only from the one true all-wise God, who...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 6/25/15

This past week, we celebrated Papa M’s birthday! We rang in another year with a shrimp boil! Is there any other way? And good it was, not just good, but Grrreeeaat! [caption id="attachment_436434" align="alignright" width="300"]Birthday shenanigans. Birthday shenanigans.[/caption] I know you just read that to yourself in your best...
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Remember When – 6/25/15

35 years ago (1980) Miss Joyce Hamilton was hired as Lynnville-Sully’s new business education teacher. She received her B.S. Degree at Oral Roberts University. To celebrate June Dairy Month, the Coffee Cup Cafe had ice cream cones for 15 cents and carryout quart bulk packs for 65 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zuidema celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Henry...
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Press INKlings: Weaving the tapestry we call life

Besides the common meaning of a heavy ornamental fabric in the form of a picture for a wall hanging, tapestry also means a colorful and complicated situation. To me, that sums up what we call life, especially these days as the world we live in becomes more and more complicated. As I approach another year of...
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