Category Archives: Feature

The DeeZee Spirit By Darrell Zegers, Mar. 23, 2023

I don’t know if all men get into the awkward situations that I do or if I’m the only one that is stupid enough to write about them in the local paper. I recently drove my car through the automatic car wash. I do not see well. I missed the main drive and jumped up on...
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Vander Molen retires from Sully Fire Department Chief position

  Veteran volunteer of 27 years will continue to serve, hands over leadership reins to Tony Van Wyk After over 15 years as fire chief of the Sully Fire Department, Mike Vander Molen has decided to step back and hand over the reins to new leadership. Tony Van Wyk was elected chief at the Monday, Feb. 27,...
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The DeeZee Spirit By Darrell Zegers, March 16, 2023

I never was a man with much of a wardrobe. I dress mostly in blue jeans and a T-shirt. I’ve worn ridiculous clothes before, because I have the taste of a pig. I go very few places that call for me to dress well. And I have even messed this up many times. I have arrived at social...
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The DeeZee Spirit By Darrell Zegers, March 9, 2023

I have spent a lot of my life having to make do with something that did not fit. It was never the right thing. I was either too lazy or too broke to get the right thing. I’ve driven cars for months with that little dinky spare tire that you are to use just to get to...
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The DeeZee Spirit By Darrell Zegers, March 2, 2023

I had no idea I would live to be a geezer. I have arrived at that age. The one good thing I thought I would be done with was visits with highway patrolmen. I got a ticket recently and found out they will write tickets to old, awful drivers like me! When I got pulled over, I...
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Joel Vander Molen: 38 years of life as a quadriplegic

Vander Molen preaches in Georgetown, IN, for a friend on Oct. 7, 2018.    By Margaret Vander Weerdt Thirty-eight years ago, on Feb. 20, the life of Joel Vander Molen (now age 41 and living in Pella) and his family changed forever. (His mom Julie grew up in Sully as one of five children of Henrietta Laverman now...
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The DeeZee Spirit By Darrell Zegers (from his book “The Best of DZ”

Well, I’ve been trudging through winter like everyone else, not much excitement. I didn’t go anywhere warm except for the Coffee Cup Café. I have had some unusual things happen. I developed a fantastic toothache. After a few days of very little sleep or food, I finally went to a dentist. He took one look in my...
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