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L-S boys open outdoor season at Pella Christian

L-S boys open outdoor season at Pella Christian
The Lynnville-Sully boys opened the outdoor season with nice temps at Pella Christian on Tuesday, Mar. 31. There, the Hawks faced the host PC as well as Des Moines Christian and Twin Cedars. The Hawks swept the field events, claiming the title in all four events. Freshman Carson Dunsbergen cleared 5’4” to win the high jump....
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On staff with YWAM, Ritter heads to India to serve with team

On staff with YWAM, Ritter heads to India to serve with team
Anyone who has followed Lindsey Ritter’s travels over the last nine months knows the 2013 Lynnville-Sully grad has logged many miles in her world travels. The daughter of Dean Ritter and Julie Zurcher, Ritter began her time overseas last July, serving with Youth With a Mission (YWAM) in New Zealand. YWAM is a global movement of...
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Christian singer, ventriloquist wows crowd at SCS

Christian singer, ventriloquist wows crowd at SCS
Singer, songwriter, and ventriloquist Brent Vernon and his sidekick, Sam, entertained SCS students and visitors to the school on Monday, Apr. 6. Vernon’s public, interactive musical performance titled “Do Something Good!” drew parents, grandparents, Peoria Christian School children, and other members of the community to SCS. Vernon sang a few songs, including some with audience participation...
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Pella Christian High School celebrates 75th anniversary April 18

“Appreciate your Christian training to prepare you for the work God has planned for you to do as a citizen of God’s Kingdom.” A member of Pella Christian High School’s first graduating class, the Class of 1941, recently gave this piece of advice to today’s students. Constituents of the Pella Christian High School (PCHS) community...
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Sully Ambulance and Fire Dept. Emergency Topics for You

If I were to say things are getting busier as the weather gets warmer, that would be a huge understatement. The farmers are very busy getting to the field, especially putting on anhydrous, which brings a lot of safety concerns of its own. The school kids and school officials are busy finishing up the school...
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Remember When – 4/9/15

35 years ago (1980) Lynnville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Gary Tice displayed the air masks the department received through donations from Elsie and Lucile Sparks and the LSK Jaycees. Ardena Nelson, Lynnville-Sully business education teacher, retired after serving the L-S School since 1959. In response to the grain embargo of suspension of grain sales to the USSR, 52...
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When’s the last time you wrote a letter?

April is National Letter-Writing Month, which was created to encourage us to send letters, postcards, and cards in April. That means a real letter, written on paper, placed in an envelope, and mailed, not an email, tweet, or instant message. Of course, if everyone in the world who can read and write were to do...
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