Monthly Archives: December 2022

Ray C. Allbee Jr., 75  

Ray C. Allbee Jr.’s long battle with COPD/emphysema ended when the Lord took him home on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, at age 75. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 30, at Sully Community Church. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at Sully Community Church. In lieu...
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Tis the season for caroling and kindness

Nearly 90 ladies of all ages gathered for the annual GEMS Christmas Caroling Party on Wednesday evening, Dec. 14, at the Sully Community Center for a time of fellowship, crafts, food, and caroling. This year’s group of 49 GEMS girls, along with their 32 prayer friends and nine leaders, spent the evening together making Christmas ornaments...
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Little Hawk Wrestling draws a crowd for home youth tourney

Lynnville-Sully's youth wrestlers gather matside to cheer on their teammates in front of a packed crowd of family and friends at the Steve Squires Memorial Youth Wrestling Tournament on Friday, Dec. 16.  Over 200 young wrestlers and their devoted fan clubs gathered at Lynnville-Sully Friday night, Dec. 16, for the annual Steve Squires Memorial Youth Wrestling...
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Farm to table by Julie Van Manen

In 2018, Emily started putting up Christmas lights at her own house located South of Galesburg.  At this time of year when I hear the strong winds blow, I think of the many light displays that light up our neighborhood.  Not only can the wind be hard on the lights, we have found that the Holsteins...
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L-S School Board holds final meeting of 2022

  The Lynnville-Sully Board of Directors met in regular session on Monday, Dec. 19, in the high school library. Board members Gerry Van Dyke, Amanda Jones, Tammy Vos, and Dave Foster were present, along with administration Matt Dunsbergen, Aaron Shipley, and Teri Bowlin, and board secretary Karla De Cook. Jer Schnell arrived at 6:55 p.m., and...
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Walston records 100th win, Hawks go 3-2 at home

Benjamin Squires stuffs the head and lips in a Half Nelson on his opponent. The freshman had four wins at the Ben Van Wyk Memorial Tournament on Saturday.  Lynnville-Sully’s wrestling team had a week of tough competition, battling against eight different teams throughout the week. L-S grapplers fought it out on the mat at Iowa Valley on...
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Hawks improve to 8-0 with wins over Colfax-Mingo, Keota

Junior Blake Van Wyk catches some air as he blocks a Colfax-Mingo player driving to the basket. L-S players also shown on defense are Keegan DeWitt (22) and Dawson James (40). A fast start against a struggling Colfax-Mingo team on Tuesday, Dec. 13, meant every player on the Lynnville-Sully varsity bench saw playing time and made...
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