By Travis Albers, Sully First Reformed Church Christian Education and Youth Leader
With the high school track season turning the corner and the youth I work with finally able to see the finish line, the word that keeps springing to mind this week is perseverance. Whether I talk with kids who are still excited to compete...
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Remember When – 4/28/16
40 years ago (1976)
Arrow Transport of Des Moines was the milk transport haulers for Mid-America Dairy, Inc. The plant located in Sully was an assembly point for milk produced on farms in the central and southeast Iowa area. The plant handled approximately 30 million pounds of Grade A and manufacturing milk annually. Darrel Jansen, manager...
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Press INKlings: Make your life like a seed
Spring is here with all its beauty as buds burst and seeds sprout. Maybe it’s the many gray winter days we had, but isn’t this spring especially beautiful and bright?
Cynthia Ocelli has it exactly right:
For a seed to achieve its
greatest expression,
It must come completely undone.
The shell cracks,
its insides come out
and everything changes.
To someone who
doesn’t understand...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 4/28/16
I am a geezer now so I catch myself being a little grumpy. Mostly, it’s been things that have happened all my life, but now it bothers me.
Automobile drivers make me mad. My wife and I were coming home from Des Moines last week on Interstate 80. I’m rolling 70-75 in the fast lane. Traffic...
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Cecelia Kuiper, 81
Cecelia Kuiper, 81, of Montezuma passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, Apr. 19, 2016, at her home at Lake Ponderosa. Funeral services were held Friday, Apr. 22, at the First Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Montezuma. Burial was in the Sully Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Evangelical Family Center.
Cecelia Delores Kuiper, the...
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Liz Renaud, 90
Elizabeth "Liz" Renaud, 90, of Pella and formerly of Sully, passed away Apr. 20, 2016, at the Comfort House in Pella. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Apr. 23, at Sully First Reformed Church. Memorials have been designated for Pella Early Learning Center and Hospice of Pella.
Elizabeth “Liz” Marie De Jong was...
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Big Springs Range to host bird dog trainer
Big Springs Shooting Complex will host renowned bird dog trainer Ronnie Smith for a two-day dog training seminar Apr. 30 and May 1 at the facility near Searsboro.
The two-day session is open to trainers and their dogs. Smith will present the foundation basics for all breeds of pointing and retrieving dogs
Registration for the seminar has...
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