Monthly Archives: May 2017

L-S baseball goes on three-game winning streak

The Lynnville-Sully baseball team started the season off right by going 3-1 last week. After opening the season last Monday with a loss to Colfax-Mingo, the Hawks recovered with two conference and one non-conference wins in three straight nights of baseball action. Montezuma It took a couple of innings for the Hawks to establish their offensive game...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 6/1/17

The time has come, we meet again! As I write this, the kids are roaming free outside. But don't worry, it's a nanny state here at the Rankins’. I have cameras watching their every move. When did that become a thing? We just don't let kids play outside alone. Oh, I think Harvey just got...
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Press INKlings: Why do we do these things?

I’ve been sent a few things that seem appropriate to share during a week with one less work day due to a holiday. The title of this is “Why, Why, Why?”
  • Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are almost dead?
  • Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 6/1/17

It’s Memorial Day week. I remember so many people who have passed on that I thought so much of or loved. My parents, of course. My mother was such a kind, soft-spoken lady she could not discipline me. Had it not been for my dad giving me a mega thumping now and then, I would have amounted to...
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Water issues continue in Sully

Since a leak occurred on May 17 in the Central Iowa Water Association (CIWA) water tower on the northwest corner of Sully, there have been water issues. The tower has been drained, and CIWA has rerouted water to supply Sully residents. This has caused fluctuating water pressure which in turn has caused a leak on...
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Dunham-Rozendaal

Mike and Sandy Rozendaal of Falls Church, VA, announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Breianne Noel Rozendaal, to Joshua Wayne Dunham. Bre is a 2008 graduate of Lynnville-Sully High School and a 2012 graduate of the University of Iowa with a degree in communications. She is employed at Wells Fargo in Des Moines. Josh is the...
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Duane C. Rozendaal, 64

Duane C. Rozendaal, 64, of Newton and formerly of Sully, died Friday, May 26, 2017, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A funeral service was held Wednesday, May 31, at Sully First Reformed Church. Duane, the son of Gorman and LaDonna (Schuring) Rozendaal, was born Mar. 21, 1953, in Newton. He grew up in...
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