The City of Sully RISE Grant Paving Project for 1st Avenue and West 2nd Avenue on the west side of Sully is the same as complete with the paving poured on June 23 (in progress in photo above), according to Sully City Engineer Brad Uitermarkt of Garden and Associates of Oskaloosa. Uitermarkt said only a...
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Little League season comes to a close, L-S Thunder wins division tourney
The 2015 local Little League season is in the books after the end-of-season tournament wrapped up on Monday, June 22.
Rain the Monday prior caused all the tournament games to be moved back a day but didn’t stop the young athletes from trying their hardest and having fun on the ball diamond.
Two L-S teams made it...
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Inspirations kids visit local bank
The children from Inspirations Childcare and Preschool Center in Sully are visiting area businesses this summer and even go back to Inspirations and pretend to be at the businesses again. June 10, students visiting 1st State Bank in Sully are: From left to right above, Payton Bowlin, Haleigh Hornbuckle, Jenna Allbee, Rylinne Feenstra, Asher Rozendaal,...
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Pastor’s Pen: Grace Amazing
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace,” Ephesians 1:7.
On the night of Mar. 9, 1748, John Newton was jolted awake, on the ship that he was sailing on, by a brutal storm. He and the crew thought for sure it was the end...
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Epic adventures at Sully Community Church VBS
Young trekkers laced up their hiking boots, grabbed their gear, and took a safari up Mount Kilimanjaro for an epic expedition through the book of Proverbs during Sully Community Church’s Vacation Bible School June 15-19. An average of 90 children each day learned that true wisdom comes only from the one true all-wise God, who...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 6/25/15
This past week, we celebrated Papa M’s birthday! We rang in another year with a shrimp boil! Is there any other way? And good it was, not just good, but Grrreeeaat!
[caption id="attachment_436434" align="alignright" width="300"] Birthday shenanigans.[/caption]
I know you just read that to yourself in your best...
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Remember When – 6/25/15
35 years ago (1980)
Miss Joyce Hamilton was hired as Lynnville-Sully’s new business education teacher. She received her B.S. Degree at Oral Roberts University.
To celebrate June Dairy Month, the Coffee Cup Cafe had ice cream cones for 15 cents and carryout quart bulk packs for 65 cents.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zuidema celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.
Henry...
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