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Regular season ends with wins at all levels against English Valleys

Regular season ends with wins at all levels against English Valleys
The 2015 regular season ended on a high note for all three levels of Lynnville-Sullly High School volleyball on Thursday, Oct. 15. The Hawks were the victors in the varsity, JV, and freshman/sophomore matches at English Valleys. In the varsity match, L-S took the first set easily, 25-13. The second set, EV came alive and L-S...
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Four runners earn SICL honors, girls take team championship

Four runners earn SICL honors, girls take team championship
The SICL Conference meet went down exactly as hoped last Thursday – with the Lynnville-Sully girls claiming their third straight team championship and senior Canyon Kuhlmann securing the much-sought-after conference title. He was one of four Hawks to earn conference honors at the meet. Racing at Sigourney Golf Club, a course the Hawks had never run...
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Sully Fire Open House & Supper

Sully Fire Open House & Supper
The Sully Community Center and streets around the square were abuzz with activity during the Sully Fire & Ambulance Open House and Supper on Saturday, Oct. 17. Approximately 175 people went through the beefburger supper line and even more came to check out the S.A.F.E. House (simulating what to do in a smoke-filled house), two Jaws...
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Remember When – 10/22/15

35 years ago (1980) At the indoor marching concert, a special flag ensemble from Lynnville-Sully received a Division I rating at the state marching contest. The group included Rita Maasdam, Vicki Rozendaal, Sarah Gertsma, Sharon Terlouw, and Laurie Conover. The former business site of the Junque Shop and North Central Public Service (an LP gas distributor) was...
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Press INKlings: Happy 65th, thanks for the lighted pen!

Monday, Sept. 21, a very special reader of this newspaper from Colorado stopped in the office to visit. Once I learned of his pending visit, I had been hinting strongly that he should stop by. But his granddaughter Kasiah, who is our L-S School-to-Work student, gave no hint the visit would happen. Doug Ehresman and his...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 10/22/15

It’s a rare happening when all four of my daughters are home at the same time. I’ve written before about this occasion, but each time it becomes more spectacular. They all arrived in what appeared to be about a 1949 German motor- home. It dripped enough oil in my driveway to service two of my automobiles! There were...
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Eli Joel

Joel and Suzy Foley of Lewiston, ID, are parents of a son, Eli Joel born Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. Eli weighed 7 pounds 15.5 ounces and measured 20 3/4 inches long. His brothers are William (4 1/2), Samuel (3), and Thaddeus (1 1/2). Grandparents are Larry and Barb Van Wyngarden of Newton and Steve and...
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