The Lynnville-Sully School Board held its annual meeting on Monday, Sept. 21, in the high school library. Outgoing school board member John Terpstra called the meeting to order. Guests included Beth Steenhoek, Faye Brand, and Rita Maston. There was no treasurer’s report to approve. L-S Board Secretary Karla De Cook shared the official election results:...
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Several local city council positions will be filled by write-in on Nov. 3
The deadline to file nomination papers for the mayor and city council positions to be filled at the Nov. 3 election was Sept. 17 with several positions without a candidate.
Lynnville Mayor position to be filled by write-in
In Lynnville, no one filed to fill the mayor position currently held by Kelly Bryan, who is not seeking...
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Pastor’s Pen: Practice, Practice, Practice
By Pastor Jerry Morningstar, Sully Community Church
Musicians and sports players have something in common. They all know the importance of practice. The basketball player who wants to improve his free-throw shooting will put in time shooting the ball over and over from the free-throw mark. The baseball player who wishes to improve his game will...
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L-S girls win postponed home cross-country meet
Homecoming week was made a bit more memorable for the Lynnville-Sully cross-country team on Monday. Hosting a home meet, the Hawk girls won the meet – their first team victory this season.
The meet looked quite a bit different than originally planned. First scheduled for Sept. 17, the event was postponed to Monday, Sept. 21. Due...
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Tough competition leads to 1-4 week for L-S volleyball team
The past week of action was full of challenges for the Lynnville-Sully volleyball team. The Hawks lost two conference matches and went 1-2 at a weekend tournament.
Hosting Montezuma last Thursday, Sept. 17, the Bravettes took the Hawks into a fifth game with the visiting team tallying the victory. Set scores were 25-18, 25-23, 21-25, 15-25,...
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Letter to the Editor – Violence Prevention
Dear Editor,
Amidst new academic ventures that come with the new school year, let’s not forget that schools are also a place for youth to learn life lessons about respect for themselves and others. Unfortunately, high rates of sexual assault and dating violence in our high schools and colleges indicate we need to be reinforcing healthy...
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Letter to the editor – Pipeline
Letter to the Editor:
Over a year ago, my attorney notified Energy Transfer Partners, LP, DBA Bakken Pipeline, LLC, DBA Dakota Access LLC, by letter that I was NOT interested in having a pipeline on my property. Many times since then, Dakota Access LLC persisted wanting to survey my property, and I always replied, NO!
This last...
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