Monthly Archives: March 2016

National FFA Week

National FFA Week
Each year, FFA chapters around the country celebrate National FFA Week. This year is no different, and the week-long tradition kicked off at Lynnville-Sully on Monday, Feb. 21, giving FFA members an opportunity to be an advocate for agricultural education and FFA. This year's theme is “Amplify!” It embraces more than 85 years of FFA...
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Manatts purchases Sully cement plant

Earlier this year, Manatts Inc., a nearly-70-year-old family-owned business based in Brooklyn, purchased the former locations of Skyline including the Sully and Pella ready mix plants, confirmed by a person at the Brooklyn location. Signage on equipment and locations is being changed, and no further information has been released by Manatts at this time. The...
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Pastor’s Pen: Love Letters

By Wayne Sneller, Sully First Reformed Church pastor Scattered in the top drawer of my desk in my office are colored and crumpled Post-It notes that reveal a child’s handwriting. They are notes from my grandchildren and one in particular. In the only way a child could express themselves, they reveal love, encouragement, and compassion. They also...
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Knowledge Bowl: Middle schoolers put on their thinking caps

The wheels were turning inside the heads of 10 Lynnville-Sully Middle School students at the Knowledge Bowl hosted by Pella Christian on Wednesday, Feb. 25. L-S was represented by two teams, consisting mainly of students in the Talented and Gifted Program led by Colleen Taylor, TAG and reading teacher. Lynnville-Sully Team A consisted of eighth-graders Maren...
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Six Division I, eight Division II ratings brought home by L-S speech team

Lynnville-Sully High School speech students put forth incredible performances at the Individual District Speech Contest in Marshalltown on Saturday, Feb. 27. Fourteen performances by 11 students brought home six Division I ratings and eight Division II ratings. Those earning Division I ratings will advance to state on Mar. 12 at North Scott High School. It was...
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Stellar speller challenge

Stellar speller challenge
Words such as “desertification” and “plaintiff” challenged the top spellers in fifth through eighth grade in the annual spelling bee held Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 23. Eight students, two from each grade, were chosen based on results of previously-held classroom spelling bees to represent their grade and outspell their peers for the chance to be crowned...
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Season ends one game short of state for L-S

Season ends one game short of state for L-S
The L-S boys basketball team knew they had their work cut out for them playing Gladbrook-Reinbeck, the Class 1A defending state champion, on Saturday, Feb. 27. The No. 6 Rebels were 21-2 coming into the Substate 5 game, while the No. 10 Hawks boasted a 23-1 record. Though L-S led by one at the half,...
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