The Lynnville-Sully School Board met at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 23, in the high school library in a rescheduled session due to bad weather a week earlier. While the action item list was short, the meeting had several informative and discussion topics including the general fund, administration reports, school report card, and student accountability....
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Huyser beats the clock…again!
Friday the 13th was good to Alex Huyser of Sully. Almost one year to the date of showcasing sharp shooting to become the first winner of the Hawk Half-Minute Challenge on Jan. 12, 2016, Huyser again drained four shots, including a buzzer-beater half-court launch, to win his second $1,000 reward on Friday, Jan. 13.
The contest...
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Vander Molen family, Van Wyk do well at National Western Stock Show
The National Western Stock Show, the nation’s premier livestock, rodeo, and horse 16-day show starting Jan. 7 in Denver, CO, was where you could find Jordan and Tayler Vander Molen of rural Sully along with seven head of their South Devon cattle. The two, who have been involved in the cattle industry since they were...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 1/19/16
My only sister passed away in South Carolina where she had lived for the last several years.
I don’t remember the following because I was two to three years old.
My poor mother was ill and bed ridden after I was born. She had Parkinson’s and other severe health problems. My sister was 10 years older than...
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Icy conditions shut down travel
A widely anticipated wintry mix of weather pushed through the area late Sunday, Jan. 15. By Monday morning, freezing rain left roads, driveways, and sidewalks with a sheet of ice. Local schools already had no classes scheduled, but slick conditions forced administrators to cancel professional development plans as well as evening activities. Local childcare centers...
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L-S High School, Middle School top the list of ALL Iowa schools
The Iowa Department of Education recently released the Iowa School Report Card, a web-based system that evalutes and rates public schools based on their performance on a required set of measures. The results? The Lynnville-Sully Community School District ranks among the top in the state of Iowa.
The Lynnville-Sully High School and Middle School both received...
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Pastor’s Pen: Arletta’s Prayers
By Jerry Morningstar, Sully Community Church pastor
One of the great privileges of being a pastor is to have the blessing of knowing that people are praying for me. Many weeks when I arrive for the Sunday service, I am reminded by someone in our congregation that they have prayed for me that day and for...
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