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Character Counts Carnival celebrates good character

Character Counts Carnival celebrates good character
A year of good character among students in kindergarten through fifth grade was celebrated with the annual Character Counts Carnival on Monday, May 23.IMG_1589 Monday afternoon, classrooms and the elementary gym turned into game zones, and students went door to door taking part in a wide variety of...
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SCS graduates five eighth graders

SCS graduates five eighth graders
The five members of the eighth-grade Class of 2016 were honored at a graduation ceremony held at the school Thursday night, May 26. Administrator Jim Warden welcomed the class and their family and friends represented at the ceremony before opening with prayer. Pastor Brian Ochsner of Sully Christian Reformed Church gave the graduation address, and the...
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Smokin’ J’s BBQ open for business

Smokin’ J’s BBQ open for business
After 21 years at ASI in Grinnell, Lynnville resident Jeff Arment left his day job as a senior project manager to pursue a growing dream. In April of this year, Arment opened his new barbecue business, Lynnville’s Smokin’ J’s, which is run out of his commercial food trailer. Arment, whose father was intrigued with smoking meats,...
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Why history is important

With graduation time about over for the season, I have a confession to make. I loved school except for one thing, history. I was good at memorizing, so I usually passed the history tests with flying colors but retained very little. My recent visit to Washington, D.C., made me wish I had liked the subject...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 6-2-16

This weather is absolutely wonderful. I’m out all day working in the yard and garden. When it rains, I’m in the garage working on a broken motorcycle. When I set out there, I daydream and reminisce a lot. A story came to mind that happened over 50 years ago. Dave Van Rees and I are close to the...
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Sully Night Out Concert in the Park on June 4

Grab your lawn chairs and blankets and kick off summer Saturday, June 4, with Sully Night Out’s first Concert in the Park. The event will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Sully Central Park. This family-friendly event promises a fun evening of entertainment as guests bounce to the beat of Prairie Jewel Dixieland Band, a seven-piece...
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L-S welders Woodard, Stock make garden club’s metal tree

When the Sully Garden Thyme Club wanted something new in the center of the rose garden in its Deep Rock Station garden, they decided on a wrought iron tree. Lynnville-Sully High School industrial arts teacher Brian Lowry said welders in his welding classes would complete the project. The club purchased the needed materials from Janco. May...
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