Earlier this year, Manatts Inc., a nearly-70-year-old family-owned business based in Brooklyn, purchased the former locations of Skyline including the Sully and Pella ready mix plants, confirmed by a person at the Brooklyn location. Signage on equipment and locations is being changed, and no further information has been released by Manatts at this time. The...
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Pastor’s Pen: Love Letters
By Wayne Sneller, Sully First Reformed Church pastor
Scattered in the top drawer of my desk in my office are colored and crumpled Post-It notes that reveal a child’s handwriting. They are notes from my grandchildren and one in particular.
In the only way a child could express themselves, they reveal love, encouragement, and compassion. They also...
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Knowledge Bowl: Middle schoolers put on their thinking caps
The wheels were turning inside the heads of 10 Lynnville-Sully Middle School students at the Knowledge Bowl hosted by Pella Christian on Wednesday, Feb. 25. L-S was represented by two teams, consisting mainly of students in the Talented and Gifted Program led by Colleen Taylor, TAG and reading teacher. Lynnville-Sully Team A consisted of eighth-graders Maren...
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Six Division I, eight Division II ratings brought home by L-S speech team
Lynnville-Sully High School speech students put forth incredible performances at the Individual District Speech Contest in Marshalltown on Saturday, Feb. 27. Fourteen performances by 11 students brought home six Division I ratings and eight Division II ratings. Those earning Division I ratings will advance to state on Mar. 12 at North Scott High School.
It was...
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Stellar speller challenge
Words such as “desertification” and “plaintiff” challenged the top spellers in fifth through eighth grade in the annual spelling bee held Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 23. Eight students, two from each grade, were chosen based on results of previously-held classroom spelling bees to represent their grade and outspell their peers for the chance to be crowned...
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Drastic overhaul of diet stops Brand’s deteriorating health
Editor’s Note: The next several weeks will feature guest writers from the community who are filling in for the kitchen column while Shelly Rankin is on maternity leave. This week’s guest writer is rural Sully resident Dale Brand, owner of Co-Line Welding, Inc., south of Sully. Thanks, Dale, for filling in!
By Dale Brand
When the Hometown...
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Remember When – 3/3/16
40 years ago (1976)
In the “Remember When” column: The Lynnville-Sully High School junior class produced “The Cannibal Queen.” The cast included Margaret Renaud, Mary Sparks, Linda Willemsen, Mike Shutts, Doug White, and Craig Weideman. The first deep well and water tower were built in Sully in 1912. The first girls to climb the water tower...
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