To the Editor,
May is National Foster Care Month, a time to raise awareness about teens and children in foster care and to celebrate the foster families and workers who make a difference in their lives. Iowa has an ongoing need for more foster homes, especially for teenagers, sibling groups, and children with special needs or...
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Congratulations, area college graduates
Colt Freese of Sully graduated from Iowa State University on Friday, May 8, magna cum laude with a degree in linguistics. He attended Hong Kong University in China from August until Christmas. He is unsure where this degree is going to take him, but is working on several things at this time.
Justin Pastoor of Sully...
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Blake Elizabeth
John and Laura Veldhuizen of Grant Park, IL, announce the birth of a granddaughter to Van and Danielle Giles of Chicago, IL. She weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces and was born May 14, 2015. Her name is Blake Elizabeth.
Among great-grandparents are Henry and Alma Veldhuizen of Sully.
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Malaki David
Karl and Kristin Boender of Oskaloosa are the parents of a son, Malaki David, born Friday, Apr. 17, 2015. He weighed 10 pounds six ounces and was 23 inches long.
Grandparents are Tim and Rindy Vander Schel of Newton and Steve and Jan Boender of Oskaloosa.
Great-grandparents are Larry and Sharon Van Wyk of Searsboro; Don and...
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Jansen-Palsma
The engagement and upcoming marriage of Darci Danae Jansen and David Lee Palsma is announced. Her parents are Rick and Staci Jansen of Sully. His parents are Charlene and Rog Oolman of Orange City and the late Lee Palsma.
Darci is a 2010 Pella Christian High School graduate and a 2014 graduate of Northwestern College, Orange...
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Dwight Triplett, 62
Dwight Triplett, 62, of Searsboro, passed away peace-fully on Saturday, May 9, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. A funeral service was held May 15 at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. Interment with military honors was in Searsboro Cemetery. Memorials may be designated to the Dwight Triplett Memorial Fund, mailed in care...
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Marie Lender, 88
Marie Lender, 88, of Grinnell and formerly of Searsboro, died Sunday, May 10, 2015, at the Mayflower Health Care Center in Grinnell. Funeral services were held May 15 at Calvary Baptist Church in Grinnell. Burial was in the Sully Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to Grinnell Regional Public Health Loan Closet.
Marie was the daughter...
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