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SCS students participate in Ava Day

Bringing about good through tragedy, first and second graders took part in Ava Day last week. The day, which promotes acts of kindness and was officially on Sept. 3, marked what would have been Ava Kay Dieleman’s fifth birthday. [caption id="attachment_990827" align="alignright" width="300"]img_0943-web Isabelle Vos with her decorated prayer...
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L-S girls go 3-0 at Twin Cedars, come up short to C-M

L-S girls go 3-0 at Twin Cedars, come up short to C-M
For the fifth straight year, the Lynnville-Sully netters came home from Twin Cedars as tournament champions on Saturday. They beat the host Sabers 2-0, Pleasantville 2-1, and fellow SICL Conference foe Colfax-Mingo 2-0. “We started out the day a little bit shaky on our communication and also had a hard time playing at our level, but...
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Tough competition, hot temps for XC at Grinnell

Tough competition, hot temps for XC at Grinnell
Hot and humid conditions were a big factor at the Grinnell Invitational last Tuesday, Sept. 6. A delayed start time and the cancellation of the junior high races were both done in hopes of giving the high school athletes cooler running conditions. But it was still tough going, according to L-S Coach Darin Arkema. Of...
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Hawk boys roll past rival North Mahaska

Hawk boys roll past rival North Mahaska
By John Trettin The Lynnville-Sully Hawks football team won their first district game over the North Mahaska Warhawks on Friday, Sept. 9, to extend their winning record to 3-0. The Hawks traveled to a rainy New Sharon for a 35-0 rout. The Hawks scored first with a quarterback sack by junior Sage Zylstra in the end zone,...
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Car Hop kicks off Lynnville Friends Church campaign

Lynnville Friends Church has a variety of activities planned as part of Back to Church Sunday, a national movement of churches across America. The theme this year, "Now's the Time," is relevant to both churchgoers and those who don’t attend church, based on 2 Corinthians 6:2, which reads "... Now is the time of God’s favor,...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 9-15-16

I have mentioned before that I have not learned much in life, but I have learned it’s easier to make enemies than friends, and it’s easier to lose friends than enemies. I know that now, but still mess up now and then. When I was a kid, I drove a grain semi when I was 17 years...
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Lynne Ann

Lynne Ann was born to Alex and Danielle Van Der Kamp of Ankeny on Sept. 8, 2016. She weighed 9.4 pounds and measured 20.5 inches long. Grandparents are Darrel and Brenda Van Der Kamp of Ankeny and Brock and Kristin Rude of Ankeny. Great-grandparents are Anna Mae Nikkel of Sully, Dorothy Van Der Kamp of...
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