The Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, at the Sully Community Center. Members present were mayor pro tem Chad Fikse, Brad Rozendaal, Diane Vos, Phyllis Zylstra, Jeff Brummel, and city clerk Barbra Maasdam; mayor Brent Vander Molen was absent. Consent agenda approved the Dec. 12 meeting minutes,...
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New Director of Christian Education and Youth Ministries at SFRC
My name is Jeff Knouse, and I am the new Director of Christian Education and Youth Ministries at First Reformed Church in Sully.
I am originally from a small town in eastern Iowa called Wilton (Go Beavers!). My two loving parents, Mark and Lora, raised me alongside my younger brother Erik, who is a freshman at...
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SCS shoe drive brings in about 400 pairs of shoes
SCS students will bless Hope Ministries in Des Moines with approximately 400 pairs of shoes this week – and all it took to make it happen was people cleaning out their closets.
The staff and students of Sully Christian, along with generous donations from Timothy Christian School in Wellsburg, Peoria Christian Reformed Church, other area churches,...
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Press INKlings: Will Friday be just another day for you?
The first Friday the 13th of the year is this week. For some people, it’s just another day exactly like any other Friday, nothing different, nothing special. They are the same people who really don’t think birthdays, anniversaries, and other holidays are any different than any other day in their lives.
But a whole bunch of...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 1/12/16
There are two reasons I write articles for the “Hometown Press.” One is I have an out-of-control imagination, and the other is I have apparently no pride (not for Margaret’s pay, ha! ha!)!
I get bored in the winter.
I turn on the heat in my garage and fire up my Harley Davidson. I climb on that...
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Lions Club awards scholarships to Jansen, Ehresman
Every spring, the Sully Lions Club awards a college scholarship to one Lynnville-Sully and one L-S area Pella Christian senior. Pictured below is Lions member Marv Goodyk, who recently presented a $500 check to Derrick Jansen, a freshman at Northwestern College in Orange City. Jansen, son of Rick and Staci (also pictured) Jansen of Sully, is...
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Teresa Northcutt, 52
Teresa Northcutt, 52, of Lynnville and formerly of Newton, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at her home. A celebration of life will be held at the Taintor Community Church on Sunday, Jan. 15, at 2 p.m. with a light luncheon to follow. Iowa Cremation is assisting the family. The burial of her ashes will...
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