Garden Chapel Funeral Home of Pella and Sully received the Award of Excellence in Funeral Service at the 135th Annual Iowa Funeral Directors Association (IFDA) Convention held May 12-14 at the Iowa State Center and Gateway Hotel in Ames.
The Iowa Award of Funeral Service Excellence recognizes a funeral home’s exemplary service to the community it...
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Lynnville ball park receives a facelift
With baseball and softball season in full swing, the Lynnville ball park is the place to be! In the spring of 2014, the Lynnville Chamber of Commerce initiated its “Be a Ballpark Backer” program. Thirteen area businesses signed up to jump- start the ball park improvements, donating $400 each for a three-year commitment. In 2015,...
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L-S Girls Softball Preview: Girls eye state title, return six starters
The L-S softball team approaches the 2015 season hoping to end up where last season ended – at the state tournament. The girls accumulated an impressive 36-2 overall record in 2014, won the SICL Conference title, and qualified for state for the fourth time in five years. Still, their hearts yearned for more, particularly the...
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Lynnville’s Ray Allbee, the late Ralph Ogan honored as Transportation Heroes by the Iowa Transportation Museum
The Seventh Heroes Center Awards Ceremony honored 2015 inductees or their representatives at the Spaulding Center in Grinnell on Friday, May 15. Inductees with local ties included Ray Allbee, Jr. of Lynnville and Lynnville resident Bert Schnell’s father, the late Ralph Ogan. Since the first ceremony in 2009, 70 individuals have been honored as a...
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Ehresman named new DTFC manager
Tashia Ehresman, of Sully, has recently been hired as the new Diamond Trail Fitness Center Manager. Ehresman replaces ChyAnne Huyser, who had been with DTFC for seven years before her husband’s job relocated them out of state. Ehresman, born and raised in Grinnell, graduated from Grinnell High School and then Cornell College with majors in...
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2.86 percent total package increase approved for L-S administration, support staff
The Lynnville-Sully School Board of Directors met Monday, May 18, at 7 p.m. in the Lynnville-Sully High School Library. Highlights of the meeting included approving for administration and support staff the same 2.86 percent total package increase the teachers received at last month's meeting, numerous resignations, transfers, and new contracts, as well as much discussion...
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Walter Sylvester reports on Cambodia – Life on the Growing Edge
Walter Sylvester of Lynnville took an extended mission trip to Southeast Asia, including Cambodia and Thailand, Apr. 27-May 11. He visited a number of missionaries in the area and did a few tourist things also. “I hope to share with you a few experiences and maybe stretch your thought patterns with some of my observations,”...
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