California is a fantastic winter-time state of 75 to 80 degrees and sunshine almost every day.
But some of the things they live with could be tough for me. I’ve mentioned before that every Californian owns three dogs, one horse, and apparently one to three roosters. The most annoying one: The roosters. These old boys have...
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Geurt Van Sant, 89
Geurt Van Sant, 89, of Pella and formerly of Sully, died Feb. 5, 205, at Jefferson Place in Pella. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Sully First Reformed Church. Memorials have been designated for Wesley Life – Jefferson Place.
Geurt John Van Sant was born on a farm near Leighton on July 14, 1925,...
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Amy H. Ver Steegt, 92
Amy H. Ver Steegt, 92, of Newton died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at Park Centre. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 14, at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in rural Sully. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 13, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in...
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Steven C. Terpstra, 55
Steven C. Terpstra, 55, of Cedar Rapids passed away Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital. Services were held Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories with Certified Celebrant Jim Parton. Burial was held at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
Steven Clark Terpstra was born Ap. 24, 1959, to Arnold and Ruth (Harris)...
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Catherine DePenning, 92
Catherine Marie DePenning, 92, passed from this life on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, at Skiff Medical Center. A funeral service was held Monday, Feb. 9, at Sully First Reformed Church.
Catherine was born June 28, 1922, on a farm east of Sully where she lived for 19 years. She was the oldest of three children born...
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Weekend snowstorm drops over 12 inches of snow
Mother Nature threw area residents a hard dose of winter reality with a weekend snowstorm that dropped over 12 inches of snow Jan. 31-Feb. 1. The thick, heavy snow blanketed the area and in combination with the wind, caused local power outages Sunday morning. “We had 870 customers in the communities of Lynnville, Sully, and...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 2/5/15
I hope you all enjoyed the musings from Jonny last week. A few edits from the article: I’m not called the Scrumptious Lady, ever. He does still talk about NASA all of the time. I may or may not harass him for it. I have captioned for NASA before, and they invited our family down...
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