Monthly Archives: October 2022

‘A Slice of Home’ by Simone Bates

Blueberry Bliss This last month, my husband made a fun (and hopefully fruitful) discovery: If you plant a blueberry in a pot, a blueberry plant will grow! At our house, there is almost always a punnet of blueberries in the fridge, and now sitting on top of the fridge, we also have two pots of soil,...
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Hawks cap off homecoming with sixth straight win

Keeping with the homecoming theme, “Blast from the Past,” the Lynnville-Sully Hawks blasted  Colfax-Mingo, 58-0, to cap off homecoming on Friday, Sept. 30. The Hawks came charging on to the field sporting their blue jerseys and gold pants, another blast from the past and tribute to the 1986 Hawks, who brought home the school’s football championship...
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Tough competition among ranked teams pushes L-S XC to fast times

  The Lynnville-Sully cross-country runners were pushed by several 2A and 3A ranked teams and individual competitors at the Williamsburg Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The Hawks used the tough ranked competition to better themselves and their times on a course they have already ran on this season, the first race being in late August. “With that...
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Supporters of Estella Henderson raise over $30,000 in Race to End AHC

Friends, family, and supporters of Estella Henderson gathered at Pella Christian High School on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, Oct. 2, for the third annual Race to End AHC for Estella. Henderson is the daughter of Stephen and Lacey (Slings) Henderson, and was diagnosed with Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood as an infant. Sunday’s Race to End AHC...
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Nine teams battle it out at L-S alumni volleyball tourney

Winning the L-S alumni volleyball tournament for the second straight year the team of L-S alums Kelsey Rozenboom and Tonya Mahr. Front row, left to right, is Rozenboom, Mahr, Tiffany Kercheval; back, Sharon Van Zee, Erin Bright, and Sam Manatt.    Familiar faces from the Lynnville-Sully volleyball program were back at L-S for the current volleyball team’s annual...
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The DeeZee Spirit By Darrell Zegers (from his book "The Best of DZ") DZ Writes This Week I’m getting older by the minute, and time is running out for me. I got a crazy idea, rented a car, and took off for the Grand Canyon. My old ‘54 Ford is my favorite car to drive but it gets about...
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Joel De Ronde, 70

Joel Lee De Ronde, 70, of Leatherwood Road, Salt Lick, KY, husband of Beverly De Ronde, passed away Friday, Sept.  23, 2022, at his home. Funeral services were held  at 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3, at Garden Chapel Funeral Home, Pella. Interment followed in Evergreen Cemetery, Leighton. Born June 1, 1952, in Oskaloosa,  he was a...
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