Yearly Archives: 2018

Hawks soar in three wins over SICL baseball teams

Hawks soar in three wins over SICL baseball teams
Last week was the best week of the Lynnville-Sully baseball season so far. Combined with a Monday night win over Tri-County, the L-S boys were victorious in three of their four games last week and then started off this week with a win over Montezuma. The wins have helped “to lift attitudes and remind kids that...
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Vander Linden places 15th at national level

Vander Linden places 15th at national level
Iowa Class 1A’s 2018 400-m hurdle champ, Tyson Vander Linden, competed at the national level for track and field last weekend. The junior from Lynnville-Sully was one of 40 athletes who qualified to compete in the 400-m hurdles at the New Balance Nationals in Greensboro, NC. The New Balance Nationals is the most prestigious post-season track...
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Dorothy Lane, 93

Dorothy Jane Lane was born Feb. 15, 1925, to Mary (Ver Steegt) and Neal Vander Leest, in a rural farmhouse in Jasper County. She passed away June 11, 2018, at Windsor Manor in Grinnell. Funeral services were held June 15 at Sully Community Church. Memorial donations may be given to the Sully Community Church Missions...
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Sully welcomes riders on RAGBRAI Pre-Ride Route Inspection

Sully welcomes riders on RAGBRAI Pre-Ride Route Inspection
Thursday, June 7, was a perfect day for the RAGBRAI® Pre-Ride Route Inspection through Sully and the area enroute from Newton to Sigourney, just as they will be doing during the real ride on July 26. For some of the bikers, “perfect” didn’t include the fact that the day’s route had more hills than any...
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Plan now for Lynnville Day 2018 on Saturday

Plan now for Lynnville Day 2018 on Saturday
A full day of family fun is on the schedule for the annual Lynnville Day celebration on Saturday, June 16. Start the day off right by enjoying breakfast served by Lynnville Friends Church FOCUS Youth Group from 7-9:30 a.m. in the church’s FCC Building. At 10 a.m., Dylann Huyser will sing “The National Anthem” in front of...
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Trouble in the tunnels

Trouble in the tunnels
Monday mornings often are difficult to get back into the swing of a work week, and that proved particularly true on Monday, June 4, for Lynnville-Sully Superintendent Shane Ehresman, Transportation Director Ken Van Soelen, and custodial staff who received phone calls from Sully city officials indicating the school was using large amounts of water. [caption id="attachment_2510143"...
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From the Kitchen: Celebrate Flag Day on June 14

From the Kitchen: Celebrate Flag Day on June 14
Each year, June 14 is observed as Flag Day, the anniversary of the date in 1777 when the Second Continental Congress passed this flag resolution: Resolved, that the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation. The first...
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