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L-S presents musical South Pacific

L-S presents musical South Pacific
Hundreds of community members filled the Lynnville-Sully High School gym Nov. 5 and 6 to catch the remarkable talent of Lynnville-Sully Music and Drama Department’s cast and crew in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1949 hit musical “South Pacific.” “South Pacific” is based on James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Tales of the South Pacific.” Set during World...
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Third graders deliver book reports with a festive fall flair

Third graders deliver book reports with a festive fall flair
What happens when you combine pumpkins, readers, and creativity? A fun and festive way to dive into reading and deliver unique book reports using fall pumpkins. L-S third graders were challenged with an optional pumpkin book report project that took advantage of the seasonal plethora of orange pumpkins of all shapes and sizes to create a...
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Running for Stella, Jones records best marathon time

Running for Stella, Jones records best marathon time
Perfect weather conditions and plenty of inspiration from a nine-year-old fighter spurred Julie Jones on to her fastest marathon yet. Running in the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon last Saturday, Nov. 5, the Sully resident crossed the finish line in 3:40:31 – about nine minutes faster than her previous personal record set at the Fargo Marathon earlier...
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Pacific Hope: Ritter helps bring needed medical care to islands

Editor’s note: 2013 Lynnville-Sully graduate Lindsey Ritter is on staff with a Christian organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Her travels have taken her to places such as New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, India, and currently the Islands of Vanuatu. During the first half of September, she spent two weeks on a YWAM Marine...
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Hats made for November Shaken Baby Awareness Month

Hats made for November Shaken Baby Awareness Month
For several weeks, volunteers requested by Jenice Van Rees of Sully have been knitting or crocheting purple hats for November Shaken Baby Awareness Month. Last week Friday, a group of the volunteers gathered at Coffee Cup Cafe in Sully, from left, front, Colleen Castorf, Wanda Dunsbergen, Alenna Jansen, Jenice Van Rees; middle row, Darlene Struik,...
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Press INKlings: How big is the lump in your throat?

Senseless violence got closer to home last week with the horrific, ambush-style assassinations of two police officers in our nearby metro area of Des Moines. This type of violence solves nothing and makes absolutely no sense. Most of you probably got a lump in your throat and/or tears in your eyes as you saw the...
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Lynnville-Sully honor roll announced

The honor roll for the 2016-17 first quarter at Lynnville-Sully School has been announced. First Quarter High Honor Roll (* denotes 4.0) Sixth grade: Logan Baarda, Alyssa Bassett, Matthew Egging, *Ryan Essen, *Evan Fikse, *Kendra Fikse, *Tyson Jansen, Conner Maston, *Zachary Morningstar, Bryce Richards, *Makenna Schnell, *Greenlee Smock, Abigail Squires, *Kyle Squires, Kinsley Tice, Ashton Van Wyk; Seventh...
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