Are you bothered by the number 13 or when the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday? If you are, you might suffer from triskaidekaphobia, or fear of the number 13. Every year has at least one Friday the 13th, but some years have as many as three of them, like this year....
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 3/12/15
Daylight Saving Time is here again.
I heard a couple of my grandchildren arguing over the weekend. My grandson is not as smart as my granddaughter. He is sure there are more hours of sun when Daylight Saving Time is in gear. I agree with my grandson (especially since he, like me, is wrong most of...
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Letter to the editor
The March 5 issue of the Hometown Press on page seven ran an ad featuring Greg Louganis and whom I assume to be his homosexual partner / spouse /hus-band/whatever? – Johnny Chaillot. The unfortunate part about this ad is that it portrays one of the many myths perpetuated by the homosexual community. That myth: “Homosexual...
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Khloee Grace
Khloee Grace, the daughter of Kyle and Emilee Van Soelen of Des Moines, arrived on Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2015, weighing 8 pounds 9 ounces. Khloee was welcomed by siblings Kylee, 4, and Kaydean, 2.
Grandparents are Mark and Cheryl Lang of Carlisle and Ken and Lorie Van Soelen of Sully.
Great-grandparents are Pete Van Soelen of Killduff,...
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Loren Beyer, 63
Loren Beyer, 63, passed away Sunday, Mar. 8, 2015, at his home in Sully. Funeral arrangements are pending with the Garden Chapel Funeral Home of Sully....
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Ralph ‘Bud’ Hoagland, 73
Ralph L. "Bud" Hoagland, 73, of Monroe, passed away Friday, Mar. 6, 2015, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Mar. 14, at 11:30 a.m. at the Monroe United Methodist Church. Visitation will take place on Saturday at the church beginning at 9:30 a.m.
The son of Ralph...
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Vernon Northcutt, 87
Vernon Northcutt, 87, of Oskaloosa and formerly of New Sharon, passed away Thursday morning, Feb. 12, 2015, at Northern Mahaska Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Oskaloosa. Memorial services were held Mar. 4 at the New Sharon United Methodist Church.
Vernon Hull Northcutt, son of Clark and Susa (Hull) Northcutt, was born Dec. 17, 1927, in Taintor....
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