Yearly Archives: 2016

Senior duo earns All-State nomination, Division I rating

Saturday, Feb. 6, was a busy, yet successful, day for four L-S High Schoolers who participated in the Large Group State Speech Contest at Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School, competing against fierce competition to bring home high ratings. Seniors Mary Chaffin and Naomi Shinkle performed the ensemble piece “Juliet and Ophelia’s Anger Management” and received a...
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Puzzle-solving pair tries its luck on ‘Wheel of Fortune’

“Wheel of Fortune” enthusiasts will want to tune into the famous word puzzle game on Tuesday, Feb. 16, to see L-S Class of 2000 grad Jer Van Soelen and his wife Melanie compete for cash and prizes in a previously recorded episode. The couple, who live in Fargo, ND, with their four-year-old son Jackson, filmed their...
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Post-injury Susie Duke to run at Olympic Trials Saturday

Susie Gray Duke, a Searsboro native and Lynnville-Sully Class of 1999 graduate, was on top of the world after qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in November 2014. The long-distance runner had just crushed her personal best by running 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 42 minutes, and 35 seconds at the Monumental Marathon in...
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Tickets still available for Monday’s Variety Show

Tickets are still available for the Lynnville-Sully Variety Show on Monday, Feb. 8. Don't miss this chance to enjoy an evening of great food and great entertainment featuring the talents of high school band, chorus, speech, and drama students. Dinner will be served at 6:30 and the entertainment starts at 7 p.m. in the high...
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Large crowd packs the gym for SCS Food and Fun Night

Sully Christian School’s largest annual fundraiser, Food and Fun Night, drew a large crowd Saturday evening, Jan. 30. Over 400 people packed the school’s gym for a hot meal, family fun and entertainment, and the chance to bring home great prizes through live and silent auctions. The fundraiser was a huge success with over $30,000...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 2/4/16

The caucus is done, the fun’s been had, here’s hoping your candidate’s top gun. Yeah, I don’t know. It’s time to talk about food anyway, not mad politicians. This week is a hodgepodge of recipes! Like these green beans for an example! I mean, seriously. So delicious and the perfect way to perk up a frozen ho-hum vegetable!...
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Hawk grapplers go 1-2 at E-B, place fourth in SICL

The Lynnville-Sully grapplers finished the regular season with a quad and a conference tournament last week. The L-S matmen went 1-2 at a tough quadrangular at Eddyville-Blakesburg on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The Hawks beat Martensdale-St. Marys 42-30 but came up short to Chariton, 60-15, and the host Rockets, 59-6. [caption id="attachment_572774" align="alignright" width="200"]Sophomore... 			
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