Ms. Melinda Hardin, center, sits with Advanced Composition students Madison Johnson, on the left, and McKinley Conover holding non-fiction novels purchased with the James Patterson Grant. Hardin won a $2,000 grant from the James Patterson Foundation and Scholastic Books earlier this year. Half of the money purchased high school books; the other half was divided...
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L-S track teams set three new school records at state meet
Fifteen Lynnville-Sully track and field athletes gave their all at the state meet last week and were rewarded accordingly. With three new school records and seven events placing in the top eight, the Hawks came home with much to celebrate as the icing on the cake in a season to be proud of.
BOYS RESULTS
L-S Boys...
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Press INKlings: Another shade of blue, really?
Most of you probably have no idea, but the shades of blue are numerous and quite often in printing in color, create a nightmare. The Crayola company is adding to the nightmare.
Remember when blue was the color choice in your box of crayons? It was the color for water, and it was the color for...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 5/25/17
Well, it happened again. I had another mind-blowing, brain-shattering weekend.
I wrote earlier that eight of my wife’s female cousins spent a week here so I was kicked out of my own house!
This time, all my daughters came home for a late Mother’s Day. They brought four granddaughters. Counting my wife, I was battling nine women.
I...
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Water issues in Sully and Lynnville
Since last Wednesday afternoon, May 17, residents of Sully have experienced low water pressure for a couple of reasons. The Central Iowa Water Association (CIWA) water tower on the northwest corner of town developed a leak last Wednesday. The water tower was emptied, and water for Sully residents was rerouted by CIWA but with low...
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Fopma-Holesinger
Steve and Sharon Fopma of Lynnville announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Sarah Fopma, to Devin Holesinger.
Sarah is a 2017 graduate of Dordt College with a degree in accounting and business administration finance double major with an economics minor. She is an accountant at Ver Hoef Automotive, Sioux Center.
Devin is the son of William...
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Charlene Cekis Stoika, 64
Charlene Cekis Stoika, 64, of Pigeon Forge, TN, and formerly of Athens, TN, and Sully, died Apr. 14, 2017, at Pigeon Forge Care and Rehab Center. Funeral services were held Apr. 18 at Ziegler Funeral Home in Athens, TN. Burial followed in McMinn Memory Gardens.
A native of Chicago, IL, and longtime resident of McMinn County,...
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