Monthly Archives: January 2016

State runner-up team returns to L-S

State runner-up team returns to L-S
Twenty years after a run at the state tournament title, members of the 1995-96 Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team returned to their home court on Friday, Jan. 22. The eight players present as well as coaches Jerry Hulsing and Duane Brand were recognized and thanked during half-time of the varsity boys basketball game. As one of the...
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L-S honor rolls announced

The honor rolls for the 2015-16 second quarter and first semester at Lynnville-Sully School have been announced. * indicates 4.0 GPA Second Quarter High Honor Roll Sixth grade: Braden Alberts, Ryan Annee, Dakotah Bokhoven, Emily Coleman, Ellie Dunsbergen, *Joshua Hardenbrook, *Aliya James, *Sydney Jansen, Noah Johnson, Brooke Maston, *Joshua Hardenbrook, Owen Norrish, Mason Rodibaugh, *Lily Zylstra; Seventh grade:...
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Remember When – 1-28-16

40 years ago (1976) Mrs. Carl Henning was offering a gospel organ class teaching chords, transposing, registration, and arranging. Killduff Postmistress Harriet Eichner assumed the new duties of being the editor of “The Hawkeye Postmaster,” a monthly newsletter of the Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Postmasters. Eichner had plans to do a school for editors...
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Press INKlings: We are not promised days without pain

I once had a journalism professor who said to write columns and news about what people are talking about. So, I suppose I could write about how all the media much bigger than your weekly newspaper are all hyped about next week’s first-in-the-nation caucuses here in Iowa. I could write about the attack ads that are...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 1-28-16

The good ol’ Iowa winter is back with a vengeance. The snow-packed roads still cause wild memories. For years and years, I drove on these roads and didn’t think much about it. I can only say it was exciting. I drove an old tan Chevy Blazer that had only rear-wheel drive. It was worthless. It was the one that...
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Sophia Renaud, 90

Sophia Renaud, 90, of Pella and formerly of Sully, died Jan. 21, 2016. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 25, at Sully Christian Reformed Church with Rev. Brian Oschner officiating. A private family burial was held prior to the funeral. Memorials may be made to Franklin Graham Samaritan’s Purse or Sully Christian Reformed Church. Sophia Van...
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