I’ve often wondered why we go bald. I’m in the bald category.
Whenever I am given a bad time about being bald, I always say my brain has gotten so big the hair can’t cover it anymore.
I think there is some hereditary bald blood.
I can remember going to reunions on my mother’s side of the family....
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Nicole Witt’s group in Lynnville Friday night
An up-and-coming new female country group, Farewell Angelina, will be in concert in Lynnville this Friday, Aug. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Old Settlers Park.
Some area residents may remember one of the group members, Nicole Witt, who put on a concert at Sully First Reformed Church and at the Marlin and Laureen Van Wyk home...
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50-year reunion held by L-S Class of 1965
The Lynnville-Sully Class of 1965 held its 50-year class reunion Saturday night, Aug. 15, at Prime Country Catering in Lynnville with 36 of 47 classmates present. Attending, from left, were: Front row, Arie Scholten, Elaine (Renaud) Scholten, Phyllis (Lewis) Beierle, Delores (Jansen) Van Der Wilt, Dale Albright; row 2, Marvin Van Dyke, Ivan Terpstra, Gary...
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Area residents at Iowa State Fair
The Reserve Sweepstakes Award in the Adventureland Resort Intermediate Division Baking Contest judged Aug. 12 prior to the start of the 2015 Iowa State Fair went to Heather Young of Sully. She also won first place in Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies judging and first place in Peanut Butter Cookies judging, first place in Sugar Cookies...
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Two local churches plan tractor rides
SFRC Legacy Ride Aug. 29
The 2015 Sully First Reformed Church tractor ride for donations to the church’s Legacy Building Fund will be at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29. The tractor ride will begin at the SFRC north parking lot, travel to Stony Point south of Reasnor for coffee, and then go towards Newton to...
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Byron Vander Molen, 64
Byron Carl Vander Molen, 64, of Pella passed away Saturday afternoon, Aug. 15, 2015, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City from complications related to lifelong digestive issues.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Second Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Interment followed in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella. Byron requested...
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Ruth E. DeVries, 78
Ruth E. DeVries, 78, passed away peacefully at home in Prescott, AZ, on July 23, 2015.
Ruth was born in Peoria, Iowa, to Henry and Minnie Dahm on Sept. 3, 1936. She graduated from Pella Christian High School in 1954, and after graduating, she went to work for Vermeer Manufacturing in the bookkeeping department.
Aug. 12, 1955,...
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