Yearly Archives: 2019

Pursuing Victory With Honor: L-S football honored with Iowa Character Award

Pursuing Victory With Honor: L-S football honored with Iowa Character Award
The Lynnville-Sully football program has a long history of success on the field. But it’s the success of its athletes off the field that earned the program attention last week as the recipient of the Jim Hallihan Pursuing Victory with Honor Award. The award is given annually by Drake University’s Robert D. and Billie Ray Center...
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Register for school for next week

Area youth are in the final weeks of summer break, with the start of school just around the corner. In preparation for the 2019-20 school year, area schools have set their registration dates. At Sully Christian School, registration will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, in the school gym. Parents are asked to...
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Serving US: Vietnam War veteran revisits battlefields

Serving US: Vietnam War veteran revisits battlefields
More than 50 years have passed since Conrad “Connie’’ Van Maaren served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Though so much has changed both in his life and in the country of Vietnam, throughout all these years, Van Maaren said he “always had an inkling to go back.” Last fall, Van Maaren asked his two sons...
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We Love Pets

Pet owner’s name: Lynnette Dunsbergen and family of Sully. What is your pet's name and how did you come up with that name? Dakoda Lee - Koda, son Shannon named him. What type of animal and breed is your pet? Giant Alaskan Malamute dog. When and how did you acquire your pet? Koda was Shannon's dog, and when...
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FROM THE KITCHEN: ANNA ARKEMA

FROM THE KITCHEN: ANNA ARKEMA
This week’s featured cook is Anna Arkema. Anna grew up on a farm north of Sully and graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School.  She has been married for 14 years to Darin Arkema. Darin is the PE teacher and cross-country and track coach at Lynnville-Sully. Anna and Darin have three children. Evan is 10 years old and...
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L-S sends major boys all star team to Little League State

L-S sends major boys all star team to Little League State
For the second straight year, Lynnville-Sully qualified its major boys all star team for the Little League Iowa State Baseball Tournament. The tourney was held July 20-25 at Pleasant Hill Little League Baseball Park with L-S playing five games in a round robin format. The Hawks battled hard against the best competition from across the...
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L-S summer athletes earn conference, district honors

Lynnville-Sully softball and baseball players racked up 15 individual honors for their performances during the 2019 season, in addition to a couple of coaching honors for L-S Head Softball Coach Stacey Alberts. The Iowa Girls Coaches Association released the all-district teams lists last week. Senior Carson Fisk and junior Mallory Loftus made the 1A South Central...
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