By Tom Pool, Lynnville Heart of Worship pastor
“Whoever wants to be great must become a servant,” Mark 10:43.
When my wife and I moved here almost four years ago, it was a joy to be back in the heartland of Iowa after living away from our family and friends for many years. We discovered very early...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 10/20/16
Starting these articles is one of the trickiest things I have to do every other week. Usually because my brain is mush. That and because I procrastinate, which isn't good because I'm mildly to moderately a perfectionist when it comes to stuff like this. So, all I want is to write a perfectly good article...tomorrow.
Anyway,...
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Press INKlings: Where have all the words gone?
Thank you to the reader who shared this article with me after someone shared it with her and someone before that shared it with them:
Words gone as fast as the buggy whip! Sad really! The other day, a not-so-elderly (65) lady said something to her son about driving a jalopy, and he looked at her...
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Stump-Hay
Trisha Stump and Madison Hay were married at 3 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2016, at Faith Christian Reformed Church in Pella.
Parents of the couple are Greg and Mary Stump of Pella and Mark and Kendra Hay of rural Lynnville. Special guests were grandparents of the couple, Jerry and Bernie Stump of Pella, Carolyn Chapman of...
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Hall-Van Weelden
Allison Kaye Hall and Derek Joel Van Weelden were united in marriage on Aug. 8, 2016, at 4 p.m. at Debbie’s Celebration Barn, Oskaloosa.
The bride is the daughter of Les and Gretchen Hall of Grinnell. A Grinnell-Newberg High School Class of 2008 graduate, she attended the Iowa School of Beauty Cosmetology School and has been...
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Michael G. Nikkel, 54
Michael G. Nikkel, 54, of Sully, passed away unex-pectedly Wednesday night, Oct. 12, 2016, at his home.
Funeral services were held Monday, Oct. 17, at Sully Christian Reformed Church. Interment followed in Sully Cemetery. Memorials may be designated for Sully Christian School.
Michael Gene Nikkel was the youngest of six children born to Dewey and Elizabeth “Betty”...
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Equipment torched at Dakota Access Pipeline project
For the second time in a matter of months, Jasper County deputies and local fire departments responded to the scene of several pieces of heavy construction equipment on fire near the area of Salmon Street and Highway F62 near Reasnor in Jasper County late Saturday night, Oct. 15.
According to Jasper County Sheriff John R. Halferty,...
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