Monthly Archives: October 2016

Increased L-S student enrollment count announced at Monday board meeting

Exciting increased enrollment numbers were shared at the Lynnville-Sully School Board of Directors meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 17, in the high school library with all board members present. Guests included Shane Wheeler, Teri Bowlin, Faye Brand, and Stephanie Ver Helst. During Shane Ehresman's superintendent/principal report, he shared the current L-S enrollment student count...
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Hawks score big with kindness, good character

This year, the L-S football team decided to give back to the community to show appreciation for all of the support they have received. The team split up into five groups, each led by one senior. Seniors chosen to lead the five groups were Trevor Squires, Dylan Roozeboom, Tyler Van Zante, Caden Dunsbergen, and Ryan...
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L-S classes join forces for fall fun

The idea of having the ag class grow pumpkins at the FFA Land Lab located south of Searsboro was brought up by Mrs. Tara Conover, K-12 art teacher, when she walked through Mr. Brian Lowry’s horticulture class. Conover asked Lowry, vocational ag teacher and FFA advisor, if he would grow the pumpkins for the high school...
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Parenting prep: Programmed baby simulators provide reality check

For most high schoolers, being a parent is in the distant future, and most have probably not even begun to think about it. However, some students have begun planning their future and have explored the concept of parenting. Taking the Children's Health and Development Class teaches students the proper way of raising children. This class...
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Hawks improve times at conference meet

Aggressive and strategic running by the Lynnville-Sully cross-country team led to some of their season- and personal-best times at the conference meet on Thursday, Oct. 13. Hosted by BGM, the meet ended with the L-S girls team in third overall and the boys in fourth. There were seven schools competing at the meet for both...
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L-S football uses bye week to prepare for Montezuma

After Oct. 7’s big win over the New London Tigers, the Lynnville-Sully football team had a bye week. That’s because Danville announced on Sept. 20 they would be forfeiting the rest of their season due to injuries and not having enough players. The Hawks are now 8-0 overall and 6-0 in district play, which keeps...
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Buffer, bioreactor added to Lehman farm by Earth Works Inc. of Sully

When the subject of water quality arises in Iowa, the topic often involves nitrogen levels. An important part of crop-growing, nitrogen in the soil helps support healthy crops, but when excess amounts of the chemical get in the water supply, that’s another story. Nitrogen levels have become so much of a concern in Des Moines,...
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