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L-S football ends season with surprise win over BP

L-S football ends season with surprise win over BP
The Lynnville-Sully varsity football players traveled to Belle Plaine for their last game of the year. Facing a team with only two losses on the season didn't slow the Hawks down. The five L-S seniors, Blake Wehrle, Noah Zylstra, Cole Nickell, Baker Zegers, and Caleb James, led the Hawks to a 36-6 win. “Friday night's victory...
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Sage Ehresman wins Week 8 Player of the Week honors

Junior Sage Ehresman of Lynnville-Sully earned high school football fame for setting a team rushing record Friday. Now he's making a statewide splash, too. Ehresman, who ran for a school record 257 yards, has been named by voters as the American Family Insurance ALL-USA IOWA performer of the week. He received 137 votes to win...
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Hawk VB wins in three over HLV

Hawk VB wins in three over HLV
The 2014 season continued for the L-S volleyball team after sweeping HLV in three sets on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The important victory advanced the Hawks in the Class 1A – Region 7 tournament. Game one was the Hawks’ all the way. Senior Lysandra James had a tip, block, and kill early on to help establish the...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/30/14

Lately, I feel like driving or walking around looking at all the fall leaves is like driving around at Christmastime looking at Christmas lights! It’s all so pretty. The Scrumptious Little agrees. She just points at all the trees saying, “prit-tee.” Christmas will be fun! The girl speaks two words consistently, “uh-oh” and “prit-tee.” One...
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Remember When – 10/30/14

35 years ago (1979) The Sully First Reformed Church celebrated its 75th anniversary. The theme was “To God Be the Glory.” Included in the program was the auction of the anniversary quilt, skits, slides, and musical numbers. Former pastors reminisced with former student pastors and special visitors recognized. All living former pastors were present for the...
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We should still vote no matter what

If there is no other reason to vote next Tuesday, it should be in celebration of the end of all the negative campaigning. I’m quite tired of all the “she said, he said, they said, and nobody said” stuff on TV, on radio, printed, and in my mailbox. You may be thinking I shouldn’t be...
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PPEL Renewal Vote on Dec. 2 – By Shane Ehresman

The Lynnville-Sully Community School District Board of Education has set Tuesday, Dec. 2, as the date for a public vote to renew the district’s Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL). The voter- approved PPEL is a 10-year levy approved by a simple majority of district voters. Approval will only continue the current levy, not create...
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