40 years ago (1976)
Over 1,000 area residents enjoyed the Sully Appreciation Day Breakfast hosted by the Sully Business Association and served by the Sully First Reformed Church Ladies Guild.
At the L-S School Board meeting, it was approved to increase part-time from $2 per hour to $2.20 per hour to coincide with the federal minimum wage...
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Press INKlings: What will you do with the extra day?
Monday is a 24-hour bonus day that only occurs every four years. Depending who you are and how old you are, there comes a point in your life when you don’t like to celebrate birthdays every year because it means you’re getting older and most people would really like to get younger. This year, leaplings...
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Stepping Stones Christian Bookstores featured in CBA magazine
Stepping Stones Christian Bookstore in Grinnell was feeling the squeeze of the economic collapse in 2010 when owner Mindy Van Dyke felt led by God to open a second location in Marshalltown. That step of faith caught the attention of the CBA (The Association for Christian Retail), leading to Stepping Stones recently being featured in...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 2/25/16
I’m back from California and may never go back. There are too many cars and too many people in California.
The trip home started with tension taking over my body.
I wanted to leave the house at 6:30 for the airport. Our plane was leaving at 10 a.m. We stayed with my wife’s sister. The airport is...
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Johanna Elisabeth
Johanna Elisabeth Vos was born Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, in Pella. She weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces and measured 20 inches long. Her parents are Jamison and Stephanie Vos of Newton. Her siblings are Brooklyn (5), Hunter (3), and Korie Luann (19 months). Grandparents are Gary and Becky Vos of Newton and Steve and Roxanne...
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Simon Charles
Simon Charles was born on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, to Samuel and Megan Fopma of Sioux Center. He weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces and measured 20 inches long.
Grandparents are Steve and Sharon Fopma of Lynnville and Tim and Julie De Groot of Sunnyside, WA. Great-grandparents include Kathleen Fopma of Pella and Margaret Ann De Koning...
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David Van Houwelingen, 62
David “Bern” Van Houwelingen was born on June 15, 1953, to Alvin and Beatrice Van Houwe-lingen in Pella and passed away on Feb. 11, 2016, at the age of 62 in Chowchilla, CA, where he resided for the last 30 years. David enjoyed his time as a farmer. He grew up south of Sully and...
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