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Parenting prep: Programmed baby simulators provide reality check

Parenting prep: Programmed baby simulators provide reality check
For most high schoolers, being a parent is in the distant future, and most have probably not even begun to think about it. However, some students have begun planning their future and have explored the concept of parenting. Taking the Children's Health and Development Class teaches students the proper way of raising children. This class...
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Hawks improve times at conference meet

Hawks improve times at conference meet
Aggressive and strategic running by the Lynnville-Sully cross-country team led to some of their season- and personal-best times at the conference meet on Thursday, Oct. 13. Hosted by BGM, the meet ended with the L-S girls team in third overall and the boys in fourth. There were seven schools competing at the meet for both...
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L-S football uses bye week to prepare for Montezuma

L-S football uses bye week to prepare for Montezuma
After Oct. 7’s big win over the New London Tigers, the Lynnville-Sully football team had a bye week. That’s because Danville announced on Sept. 20 they would be forfeiting the rest of their season due to injuries and not having enough players. The Hawks are now 8-0 overall and 6-0 in district play, which keeps...
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Buffer, bioreactor added to Lehman farm by Earth Works Inc. of Sully

When the subject of water quality arises in Iowa, the topic often involves nitrogen levels. An important part of crop-growing, nitrogen in the soil helps support healthy crops, but when excess amounts of the chemical get in the water supply, that’s another story. Nitrogen levels have become so much of a concern in Des Moines,...
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Pastor’s Pen – Servanthood

By Tom Pool, Lynnville Heart of Worship pastor “Whoever wants to be great must become a servant,” Mark 10:43. When my wife and I moved here almost four years ago, it was a joy to be back in the heartland of Iowa after living away from our family and friends for many years. We discovered very early...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/20/16

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/20/16
Starting these articles is one of the trickiest things I have to do every other week. Usually because my brain is mush. That and because I procrastinate, which isn't good because I'm mildly to moderately a perfectionist when it comes to stuff like this. So, all I want is to write a perfectly good article...tomorrow. Anyway,...
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Stump-Hay

Trisha Stump and Madison Hay were married at 3 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2016, at Faith Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Parents of the couple are Greg and Mary Stump of Pella and Mark and Kendra Hay of rural Lynnville. Special guests were grandparents of the couple, Jerry and Bernie Stump of Pella, Carolyn Chapman of...
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