35 years ago (1980)
Lynnville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Gary Tice displayed the air masks the department received through donations from Elsie and Lucile Sparks and the LSK Jaycees.
Ardena Nelson, Lynnville-Sully business education teacher, retired after serving the L-S School since 1959.
In response to the grain embargo of suspension of grain sales to the USSR, 52...
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When’s the last time you wrote a letter?
April is National Letter-Writing Month, which was created to encourage us to send letters, postcards, and cards in April. That means a real letter, written on paper, placed in an envelope, and mailed, not an email, tweet, or instant message. Of course, if everyone in the world who can read and write were to do...
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Local flight instructor Kendall Arkema receives Airline Transport Pilot Certificate
Kendall Arkema was awarded an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate after passing a checkride with an FAA designated pilot examine on Mar. 30.
Arkema is a pilot and flight instructor with Classic Aviation, the operator at the Pella Municipal Airport. He flies and trains pilots in a wide variety of aircraft, including vintage taildraggers and technologically-advanced jet...
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Sully Fire Department fire calls reported
Mar. 31 at 3:30 p.m., 11267 S, 60th Avenue E., Sully, for a grass fire, assisted by Lynnville Fire Department.
Apr. 2 at 6:05 p.m., the intersection of South 52nd Avenue and East 92nd Street, Newton, to assist the Kellogg Fire Department at a car accident; Newton ambulance also assisted.
Apr. 4 at 4:20 p.m., 9658 Hwy....
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Donkey basketball game in Sully Monday benefits playground
The Sully Night Out Committee has organized a donkey basketball game for Monday, Apr. 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lynnville-Sully High School gym as a fundraiser for the central park and playground improvement project. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with concession stand operated by the Lynnville-Sully baseball team open at 5:45 p.m. so...
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The Dee Zee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 4/9/15
My wife attended a funeral for an old aunt she rarely saw. Most of my wife’s aunts and uncles had a large number of children, some from eight to 12 kids. My wife came from a family of eight.
She met nine female first cousins she had not seen for decades.
After the funeral when they all...
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L-S chorus kicks off Wild game
Members of the Lynnville-Sully High School chorus experienced an opportunity not many people get – singing the National Anthem at a professional sports game. Mrs. Deb Merrill, K-12 music instructor, and 35 of the 40 members of the talented high school chorus found themselves on the ice prior to the Iowa Wild vs. Texas Stars...
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