Wouldn’t you think by now that the fat man in the funny red suit would realize he no longer fits with today’s world? By modern standards, he’s just way out of date.
In our modern age, he still runs around in an antiquated sleigh. And that “Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!” is the same old corny...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 12/17/15
This has been a strange winter so far.
We have hardly seen below freezing, which is good because I have a couple of cars that have 20- degrees-above-zero antifreeze. One of the things I’m always going to take care of tomorrow, but just have not been able to have time, is to put in more antifreeze....
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Hendrik Michael
Brent and Michelle Van Soelen of Norwalk are the parents of a baby boy, Hendrik Michael. He was born Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. He weighed 10 pounds and measured 21 inches long. He is welcomed home by his big brother Harrison, 14 months old. Grandparents are Mike and Marlene Van Soelen of Sully and Arvin...
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Holden Rayne
Peter and Kyra Smith of Lynnville are the parents of a son, Holden Rayne, born at 5:01 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. He weighed 9 pounds 15 ounces and measured 20.5 inches long.
Grandparents are Leon and Margaret Vander Weerdt of Sully and Gary and Brenda Smith of Malcom.
Great-grandparents are Jerry and Barb Minner of...
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Spring rains at Christmastime?
Usually in December in Iowa, we don’t hear about flood warnings or see flooded fields. But over three inches of rain on Sunday and Monday, Dec. 13-14, did cause flooding in Des Moines and Oskaloosa as well as other areas in Iowa. Above is the high river at the Lynnville dam area the morning of...
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Veenstra-Nikkel
Shelby Nikkel, daughter of Mike and Val Nikkel of Sully, and Brennan Veenstra, son of Kevin and Carrie Veenstra of Pella, announce their upcoming wedding on Jan. 9, 2016, in Sully. Shelby is a 2012 graduate of Pella Christian High School and a 2015 graduate of PCI Academy, where she obtained her license in cosmetology....
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Tunnet Van Wyk, 98
Funeral services for Tunnet Van Wyk, 98, of Otley will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at Otley Reformed Church for which memorials have been designated. She died Dec. 11, 2015, at her Vriendschap Village apartment in Pella.
Tunnet Wilma Van Zante, the only child of Frank and Maggie Pauline (Van Ginkel)...
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