Monthly Archives: December 2020

Short-handed Hawk girls fall to No. 9 Montezuma

Senior Korinne Jansen fights for a rebound in the home game against Shanae Wetering of Montezuma last Tuesday. Jansen finished with a team-high seven rebounds and also scored five points.

 

Second loss of season drops L-S out of Class 1A rankings

                The No. 9 team in Class 1A proved too much...
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Montezuma delivers L-S boys’ second conference loss

­               Like the Hawk girls in the game just before theirs, the Lynnville-Sully boys were short-handed when they took on the one-loss Montezuma Braves on Tuesday, Dec. 15. The Braves capitalized on early Hawk turnovers on their way to defeating the host L-S, 77-48. The Hawks fell behind 25-7 in the first quarter and trailed 45-16...
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L-S releases updated spectator policy for JH, HS sports

Governor Kim Reynolds issued a new Public Health Proclamation on Dec. 16 with measures pertaining to junior high and high school sports, effective Thursday, Dec. 17, at 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 8, 2021. According to information released by Mike Parkinson, Lynnville-Sully Activities Director, L-S activities will resume as scheduled. Activities at all levels...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Dec. 24, 2020

I have talked and written about my daughter and her cat before. They showed up on the Fourth of July for a few days and were still here at Thanksgiving. Her husband finally showed up, and the three of them headed back to their home in Salt Lake City, UT. The cat (Winston Churchill) and I did...
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Herman C. Rook, 90

Herman C. Rook, 90, of Pella, passed away Thurs-day, Dec. 17, 2020. Private funeral services were held  Monday, Dec. 21.  Memorials have been designated for Heartland Reformed Church and American Cancer Society (in honor of his brother Lawrence Rook). Herman C. Rook was born Apr. 20, 1930, to Cornelius “Case” and Ella (Stehr) Rook, near Indianola. At...
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Charles Awtry, 93

Charles Awtry, 93, of Searsboro, died Sunday evening, Dec. 20, 2020, at Montezuma Specialty Care. Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23, at Hewitt Cemetery near Galesburg with Pastor George Salnave officiating. Charles Edward Awtry, the son of Giles and Ruth (Ramage) Awtry, was born June 12, 1927, near Galesburg. At age...
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Carson Lee

Carson Lee was born Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, to Jeremy and Trisha Vander Molen of Sully. He weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces. He has two older sisters, Kylie, age 4, and Bailey, age 2. Grandparents are Jeff and Shelley Vander Molen of Sully and Brian and Glenda Van Kooten of Pella. Great-grandparents are Marty and Betty Vander Molen...
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