Pavlos and Meggan Vasileiadis of Athens, Greece, are the parents of a son, Theodore Brent, born Aug. 5, 2014. He weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Grandparents are Brent and Sandy De Jong of Sully and Vasilis and Toula Vasileiadis of Athens, Greece. Great-grandparents are Harold and Velma Rozendaal and Johnnie...
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Sadie Alyse
Shawn and Trixanna Wang of Pella are excited to announce the birth of Sadie Alyse Nikkel Wang on Aug. 6, 2014. She was 8 pounds 5 ounces and 21.5 inches tall. Sadie is welcomed home by her one-year-old brother Brandt James and her grandparents Eldon and Brenda Nikkel of Sully....
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 8/7/14
Well, it’s great to be back in the land of green – green grass, green trees, green crops! We love the Rocky Mountains, but we love home more. We stayed in a beautiful home set in between here and the Pacific Ocean. Okay, to be exact, it was in Fraser, a delightful little mountain town....
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Sully’s building boom indicative of small-town progress, growth
Four large building projects underway capture the attention of USDA
In the last several months, area residents have seen major building projects break ground where they work, worship, and compete. Four large projects are currently underway in the city of Sully, all at varying levels in the planning and developing process. From an all-weather track for...
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Post-season wrap up: Boys make 2014 first winning season in six years
Recording the first winning record in six years, the Lynnville-Sully baseball team had a program-building season, ending with an overall record of 12-11.
Ten of the 12 wins were against conference schools. One of those wins ended a four-year, nine-game losing streak to North Mahaska. The two non-conference wins were against Woodward-Granger and Colo-Nesco. Six of the...
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Post-season wrap up: State title still a dream for L-S softball
Marking the end of the Lynnville-Sully softball season, the Hawks came out with an outstanding record of 36-2, also reaching their goal of making it to state for the fourth time in five years.
The only losses for the Hawks were from non-conference teams, Class 4A Ballard and Class 1A Kee of Lansing, who L-S faced...
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L-S softball girls honored at state, district levels
L-S softball players Madison Rasmusson, a junior, and Kasiah Ehresman, a sophomore, were both selected to the Class 1A First Team All-State. Junior Shelby Davis was honored as a Second Team All-State selection, and senior Becca Vos was named a Third Team All-State pick. Senior Jade Van Rees was given an honorable mention.
In the district,...
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