Numerous guests joined the Lynnville-Sully Board of Education's regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 16. One of the educational topics for the night included Justine Wyma, school nurse, presenting the district's health report. Since Wyma began with the district, she has kept a log of visits to her office and reasons why. On average, Wyma sees...
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COC’s Sharon Byers celebrates 40 years of service
Christian Opportunity Center (COC) living skills advisor Sharon Byers recently celebrated 40 years of ser-vice with the organization. She is the first employee to reach the milestone.
After volunteering at COC in just its fifth year as a school program, Byers was hired as the first workshop supervisor on Sept. 7, 1974. Byers served in that...
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Pastor’s Pen 2/19/15
This week, we begin the Season of Lent, that 40-day period that will lead us to the cross and the empty tomb. We begin our journey this Sunday in the wilderness where, according to Mark’s Gospel, Jesus confronts Satan face to face, and like Jesus, there comes a time when we all must confront the...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 2-19-15
I often get asked the question, why do you like to cook?
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“I’ve been cooking long before anyone paid me to cook anything. I didn’t do it to be cool. I didn’t do it to make a statement. It’s not about farm to table, but it’s not about being wasteful either. You just got...
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Remember When – 2/19/15
35 years ago (1980)
Four Lynnville-Sully High School wrestlers advanced to the district meet after their stellar performances at sectionals. Glenn Lewis at 112 pounds, Joel Henning at 132 pounds, and Kerry Bryan at 145 pounds were crowned champions at the sectional meet at Eddyville. Nick Figland at 119 pounds finished runner-up in his weight class....
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Try the tomorrow morning concept
Thank you to everyone for all the kind words about the newspaper awards we won and reported in last week’s issue. I especially like the people who said the judges were right on for recognizing us for our weekly efforts because we do a great job each week. But we can’t just sit back and...
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Letter to the editor: Common Core meeting Monday
To the editor,
A few months ago, I was talking to a friend who is involved in education about the latest things I had heard regarding the national common core education standards. I had never heard anything positive about it, so as I discovered new bits of information, I would pass them on to him. He...
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