Mrs. Norene Paulson has been a language arts teacher at Lynnville-Sully for 19 years. Paulson started out as a sub in the district and did that for four years. Being a long-term sub at Lynnville-Sully led to her being hired as a high school English and sixth-grade language arts teacher. Paulson moved to the middle...
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FFA celebrates with 65th Annual Banquet

L-S FFA members gathered with family and friends for the 65th Annual FFA Banquet on Tuesday, Mar. 21, for an opportunity to celebrate the awards and accomplishments of the L-S FFA Chapter from the school year.
The banquet kicked off with a meal in the middle school gym, featuring a menu of pork loin donated by Synergy,...
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Eighth-grade banquet honors two SCS students
Sully Christian School's eighth-grade students, Rebecca Bassett and Kelly Van Wyk, celebrated their upcoming graduation at The Olive Garden in West Des Moines on Friday, Mar. 24. Joining them were their parents, grandparents, and principal, Mr. Jim Warden, as well as Mr. Warden’s wife. Every year, the graduating eighth-grade class is honored with a banquet....
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Ten letterwinners return for L-S golf season

A solid group of 16 students is out for golf at Lynnville-Sully this spring. Both the boys and girls teams are under the direction of second-year head coach Justin Hagedorn, who sees experience as the strength of both teams.
“Our boys return four starters from last year, and our girls return six letterwinners from last year,”...
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From the Kitchen: Taylor Terpstra
Like most cooks, Taylor Terpstra has had her share of kitchen mishaps, with one Italian dish gone particularly wrong.
“You know that Million Dollar Spaghetti recipe that floats around on Facebook and Pinterest? It was a million dollar FAIL for me, surprising I know! My kids asked me to never make that kind of spaghetti again!”...
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Lydia Lucille
Logan and Jamie Anderson of Eddyville are the proud parents of a daughter, Lydia Lucille, born Thursday, Mar. 16, 2017, at 5:36 p.m. She weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and measured 20 inches long. Grandparents are Robert and Kandy DeRooi of Oskaloosa and Darlene Anderson of University Park. Great-grandparents are Ron and Nancy Swank of...
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Locals unite to take away hunger

Lynnville Friends Church, for the fifth time, hosted a Jasper County Take Away Hunger food packaging (formerly Jasper County Kids Against Hunger) event on a rainy Saturday morning, Mar. 25, with 13 teams of volunteers completing 22,464 meals. The ingredients of the traditional bags of Fortified Rice-Soy Casserole are slightly improved this year, but still...
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