Monthly Archives: January 2016

L-S coaches juggle babies and basketball

L-S coaches juggle babies and basketball
Three of the four men leading the Lynnville-Sully High School boys basketball team are juggling more than practice schedules and game plans this season. Head coach Nick Harthoorn and assistants Joel Harthoorn and Logan Vos are pulling duty at home too, each having welcomed home a baby boy in the last six months. Joel and his...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 1/7/16

Question, do people really still make New Year’s resolutions? I mean, seriously? And stick to them? Seems like a bit of an undertaking to me. Why not just take it day by day, heck, hour by hour if you have to! To set goals for an entire year?! Sounds like disappointment to me, which then...
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Highlights from 2015: Education, expansion dominate area’s top headlines

The year 2015 was a time of significant growth and development for local businesses; accolades, budget cuts, and changes for area schools; renovation and expansion of community assets and churches; and success on the athletic playing fields. In the education arena, Lynnville-Sully Community School District faced budget cuts, which resulted in the reduction of three full-time...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 1/7/16

The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 1/7/16
The Iowa Hawkeye game at the Rose Bowl was terribly disappointing to the Hawkeye fans. The game started. In seven seconds, we were behind seven points. We Hawkeye fans should have cheered very loudly then because that was the closest the score would get. I was with a group of men who were watching the game and...
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Chronology 2015

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Pastor’s Pen – 1/7/16

"You are my God. My times are in your hands," Psalm 31:5. “Do not be frightened or dismayed … God is with you wherever you go,” Joshua 1:9.   What lies ahead of each of us in this New Year of 2016? The simple answer is we do not know. Yet if we profess a faith in Jesus...
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Ninth-grade, JV boys top Keota

Ninth-grade, JV boys top Keota
After a two-week break in most sports action, the Lynnville-Sully ninth-grade and JV boys took to the court on Monday, Jan. 4, hosting Keota for two games. In the freshman game, L-S pulled off a 41-37 win over the Eagles. Freshmen Tyson Vander Linden and Grant Wehrle led all scorers with 13 points each, followed by...
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