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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/15/15

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/15/15
As you may already know, we just celebrated my daughter’s second birthday. In addition to the easy cupcakes we shared last week, you must keep reading to see what else I made to celebrate her big day.   Pancakes - Recipe from Cooking Classy Makes about 20 pancakes. [caption id="attachment_504346" align="alignright" width="300"]Homemade Buttermilk Pancakes...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 10/15/15

For many years, I have flown the Iowa Hawkeye flag after football victories, a turkey flag at Thanksgiving, a ghost flag at Halloween, and a Santa flag at Christmas from the back of my motorcycle while riding up and down all the Sully streets. I have fallen down many times in the winter and sometimes in...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/8/15

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/8/15
It was a chilly night. It was a “let’s light a fire, sit there, and stuff our faces with aioli sauce” kind of night. It was a “it’s been a long week, let’s make burgers with beer” kind of night. It was a “let’s let the toddlers run around outside to burn energy” kind of night. Really, it was the best...
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Remember When – 10/8/15

35 years ago (1980) The Lynnville-Sully football team selected Theresa Ver Woert as homecoming queen and Greg Criswell homecoming king. The football team defeated North Mahaska 68-10 in the homecoming game. The winning window painting was done by freshmen Janise James, Mary Hakken, Annette Vande Krol, and Maria Hackert. Karen Vander Hart of Pella was Marty Rickard’s...
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From the Desk of Shane Ehresman, L-S Superintendent

Iowa’s Early Literacy Progression Law Lynnville-Sully, along with other Iowa schools, implemented Iowa Code section 279.68 and 281--Iowa Administrative Code 62 in August 2014. The codes, known as Iowa’s Early Literacy Progression Law, promote effective evidence-based programming, instruction, and assessment practices across schools to support all students to become proficient readers by the end of the...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/1/15

The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/1/15
So over at The Spoon and Pint, we’ve celebrated a couple of little birthdays! They both consisted of a lot of frosting. I know many of you have asked for my mom’s wedding cake cupcake and butter cream frosting recipe, which is a near and dear recipe to her heart, so you might have to...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 10/1/15

Summer is once again coming to a close. I hate it. I hate winter, the cold, the ice, and the snow. I’ve been wearing a tank top and shorts since April (not the same ones, of course). The air conditioner will shudder to a stop. Before long, furnaces will be starting. Every week, we have to pile...
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