Hugs, handshakes, and even a few tears were shared when the Lynnville-Sully Class of 2016 took their final walk across the stage during their graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 21. Twenty-nine seniors celebrated the pivotal moment in their lives among a packed gym full of proud family, friends, peers, and teachers. Following the ceremony, the...
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Preschool graduates receive diplomas
Lynnville-Sully’s youngest students attending Diamond Trail Preschool and Inspirations Preschool enjoyed the pomp and circumstance as they celebrated big milestones in their early education journeys.
On Monday, May 16, 23 members of the morning and afternoon DTCC preschool classes celebrated the end of the school year with a graduation ceremony held at the Lynnville Friends Church....
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One last hurrah – L-S seniors take a final walk through school
Friday, May 20, marked just one of the many significant days Lynnville-Sully seniors have recently experienced. For the first time in recent school history, seniors donned their caps and gowns early and took one final walk through the halls of the high school, middle school, and elementary buildings.
The inaugural event was an idea shared with...
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Grinnell/L-S tennis qualifies for state
The Grinnell/Lynnville-Sully tennis team defeated Fort Madison 5-3 in a substate match at Pella on Saturday morning, May 21. Local junior John Trettin won his singles match 6-0 and 6-4. He and his partner, Adam VanErsvelde, won their doubles match, 6-1 and 6-1.
With this victory, the team qualified for the state tennis tournament, which began...
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Hawks make their mark at state track
Lynnville-Sully tracksters came home from the 2016 state meet with five medalists, two new school records, and a season to be proud of last week. With 18 athletes competing in 13 events, the Hawks had another strong representation on the Blue Oval at Drake University in Des Moines.
L-S Boys
Senior Sage Ehresman qualified in four events...
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Put memoriam back in Memorial Day
No matter what you plan to do this last Monday in May which is Memorial Day, please remember the holiday didn’t begin as a day of celebration or commerce, but one of solemnity and, indeed, memoriam.
The history of this holiday is honoring sacrifice. Many of our veterans have given life, and increasingly, limb for this...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 5/26/16
I haven’t made many trips to the doctor or been in the hospital very many times.
I remember the first time I went for a full-blown physical. I was so nervous I couldn’t even spit.
I hadn’t been paying attention when I was given the directions to the right building. I turned left instead of right. I...
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