Days after Diamond Trail Fitness Center Manager Tashia Ehresman opened enrollment for the Junior High Strength and Conditioning Class, the seasoned trainer found herself with 20 participants ready to improve their overall health and fitness levels. For five weeks this summer, students entering seventh and eighth grade met twice a week at the DTFC for...
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From the Kitchen: Shelly Vos
Sully resident Shelly Vos wears many different hats – wife to Cole, mother to three, front desk office assistant, and just recently, a new consultant for a clothing boutique company.
This week’s featured cook is the daughter of Gary and Sandy Nunnikhoven, who live on a farm south of Pella. She is a graduate of Pella...
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Press INKlings: Please take care of them all
It’s that time year. Parents everywhere are sending their kids to preschool, school, junior high, high school, and college for the first time. Many emotional stories have been written about these events. Each of these events is a lesson in faith and parenthood. I’d like to add, they are also lessons in grandparenthood.
Here’s a little...
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Samuel Reid
Matt and Dawn Schechinger, Reasnor, are the parents of Samuel Reid Schechinger born Aug. 5, 2016. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. His siblings are Asher (6), Peyton (4), and Lucy (2). Grandparents are Dennis and Karen DeVries of Reasnor and Dan and Rita Schechinger of Manilla. Great-grandparents are Tom and Viola DeVries of Pella,...
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Emery Rose
Emery Rose was born to Grant and Ashley Luebe of Cedar Rapids on Aug. 2, 2016. She weighed 6 pounds 2.6 ounces. Grandparents are Bruce and Sue Engbers of Sully and Ed and Christine Luebe of Cedar Rapids. Great-grandparents are Barbara Meredith of Lynnville and Zelda Engbers of Sully....
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Scout Bordeaux
Larry and Clarissa St. John of West Des Moines are the parents of their second daughter, Scout Bordeaux St. John. She was born Aug. 8, 2016, and weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces. Her sister is Atlas Renn, 22 months. Grandparents are Mark and Melissa Doll of Lynnville and Rick and Robbin St. John of Monroe,...
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Bid approved for repair of highway through Sully
By Margaret Vander Weerdt
The street in the worst condition in Sully, and possibly all of Jasper County, will be repaired soon now that the Jasper County Board of Supervisors approved an over $2 million bid from Manatts Inc. on Aug. 9 that includes 1st Street/Highway F62 in Sully. The 45-day contract totals $2,732,084.30 and is...
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