When the time comes to sell a house or look for a new place to call home, look no further than Nick Beyer with Patriot Realty. Beyer, the son of Barry and Linda Beyer of Sully and grandson of Carrol and Mary Lou Beyer of Sully, is no stranger to the area. A 2009 graduate...
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Home meet, Monte invitational open L-S season
The Hawk wrestlers traveled to Montezuma for the 2016 Montezuma Wrestling Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 3, for the second event of the season. While there, they faced wrestlers from BGM, East Marshall, Lone Tree, Marshalltown, North Mahaska, Montezuma, Pella, Pleasantville, Tri-County, and Waukee’s junior varsity. The Hawks ended up sending two wrestlers to the finals,...
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Hawk girls get big win over conference rival NM
Rival North Mahaska came to Sully to take on the undefeated Hawk girls basketball team on Friday, Dec. 2. After trailing by one at the half, L-S rallied in the second half to claim a 46-37 win.
Rebounds were the key to the Hawk victory. They outrebounded the Warhawks by 11, and subsequently got more second-chance...
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Carter pens second novel, signing in Sully Saturday
A burst of writing inspiration back in 2004 left Sully resident Sheryl Carter with the beginnings of a handful of stories. Fast forward more than a decade and those stories are, one by one, starting to take shape.
One of those stories turned into Carter’s first published book, “The Quiet Road,” in 2012, and now a...
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Longtime L-S kindergarten teacher writes poetry in retirement
“Early one morning when I could not sleep, I decided to try to write some poems for my grandchildren,” said Ethel Sylvester of Lynnville. “After I had written a few, I decided to write something about my experiences with Parkinson disease.” She’d never written poetry before.
Sylvester was diagnosed with Parkinson disease about five years ago....
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SCS K-8 program promotes Christmas spirit
The SCS Christmas Program on Monday, Dec. 5, certainly did its job of boosting Christmas spirit. The fifth-grade band debuted at the concert with a couple of songs, followed by the sixth- through eighth-grade band with another couple of songs. The rest of the concert was devoted to the program “Christmas Hang-Ups,” featuring acting and...
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From the Kitchen: Kelsie Johnson
This week’s cook, Kelsie Johnson, happily considers herself a domestic engineer.
“I enjoy caring for my kids and house,” said Kelsie. “Getting to be their teacher has been one of God’s greatest blessings in my life!”
Kelsie has been married to husband Cody for almost eight years, and the couple and their children enjoy life on an...
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