Monthly Archives: November 2020

Voters head to the polls on Election Day

Voters head to the polls on Election Day
The line to vote at the Sully Community Center, like this one taken at 10:30 a.m., weaved around the Sully Plumbing and Heating building at times. Area polling locations saw a steady stream of voters casting their ballots on Nov. 3. Long lines were the norm as voters headed to the polls to make their voices...
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L-S 2020 Fall Sports Salute

L-S 2020 Fall Sports Salute

Volleyball

[caption id="attachment_6582595" align="aligncenter" width="568"] L-S volleyball team members are, from left, front: Denali Conover, Cally Gibbs, Cayler Noun Harder, Krystal Van Dyke, Korinne Jansen, Jaden Brand, Bryar Hill; second row: Alexy Conover, Aliya James, Lily Zylstra, Jordan Spooner, Kennedy Kesling, Ellyse Merten, Makayla Tice; third row: Makenna Schnell,...
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A Slice of Home, by Simone Bates – Easy as Pie

A Slice of Home, by Simone Bates – Easy as Pie

Easy as Pie

                November ushers in boots and coat weather with its cooler temperatures and rushes us out to the stores with our holiday gift and decoration lists. It’s a month of festivities, but also of frantic planning. Many of us feel the pressure most of all in the kitchen. As we shut...
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PC Sports Shorts

PC Sports Shorts
CROSS-COUNTRY Pella Christian sent one runner, sophomore Kaden Van Wyn-garden, to the 2A state cross-country meet held last Saturday, Oct. 31, at Lakeside Golf Course north of Fort Dodge. Van Wyngarden came in 88th out of 139 finishers with a time of 18:45. FOOTBALL Despite making Van Meter experience its first deficit all season, the Eagles couldn’t take...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Nov. 5, 2020

I seem to be spending a lot of time seeing doctors. My last trip was to an eye doctor. I’m blind as a bat. I bought a pair of $300 glasses about a year ago and ran over them two weeks later. So I have had terrible vision since then. I thought a trip back to the...
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Ruth Phillips, 95

Ruth Eloise Fleming Phillips, 95, of New Sharon,  beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed peacefully on Oct. 26, 2020, at Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. A private funeral was held at New Sharon United Methodist Church with burial in Highland Cemetery in New Sharon. In lieu of flowers, the family asks memorials be directed to...
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Lois Ogan, 88

Lois Maxine Ogan, 88, of Grinnell, died Oct. 30, 2020, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. Lois was the wife of Officer Ralph Ogan, who was killed in the line of duty in 1963, while a member of the Grinnell Police Department. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Smith Funeral Home...
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