Monthly Archives: March 2021

Cadets hold annual pinewood car derby February 24

Cadets hold annual pinewood car derby February 24
The annual Sully Christian Reformed Church Cadet Car Derby was held at Sully Christian School on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Speed and show trophies were awarded for homemade pinewood derby cars. The event followed the church’s GEMS Girls Club’s soup and cinnamon roll supper, which for the first time ever was a drive-through at the church. In...
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National FFA Week

National FFA Week
Contributions by Brandon Graham National FFA Week Feb. 20-27 has been celebrated by FFA chapters across the nation, including Lynnville-Sully. First-year FFA Advisor and Agriculture Teacher Ms. Jenny Petersen, and the 50 in-school FFA members promoted a variety of activities throughout the week that shared the story of what FFA is and how FFA is preparing future leaders through agricultural...
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A Slice of Home by Simone Bates

A Slice of Home by Simone Bates
In anticipation of being a little preoccupied with labor and delivery in this first week of March, I am preemptively writing about my favorite days of any year: Birthdays. Every family measures birthdays with different weights of importance, and in my family, they come close to breaking the scale. This was my mother’s doing, as...
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Elliott siblings both earn runner-up titles at AAU Kids State Wrestling

Elliott siblings both earn runner-up titles at AAU Kids State Wrestling
Little Hawk Wrestlers were well represented at the Iowa AAU State Wrestling Tournament that was held over the course of three days, Feb. 26-28. A total of 12 wrestlers from the area earned their right to compete at the prestigious tournament held at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The Elliott siblings ­– sixth-grader Kimball and...
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PC Sports Shorts

PC Sports Shorts
BOYS BASKETBALL Despite having a 12-point lead near the end of the third quarter, the Pella Christian boys basketball team couldn’t stop Albia’s late-game run and fell in overtime, 58-55, in the Class 2A boys district basketball on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The Eagles trailed in the first quarter but had a four-point lead going into halftime. Their late...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Mar. 4, 2021

I had an experience a couple of weeks ago besides the 18-below- zero cold. I got up and felt a little fuzzy like I always do. I went out to the garage and started fiddling with something I had probably broken the day before. Things started to get strange. I became dizzy as a loon. I started...
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Barry Van Haaften, 30

Funeral services for Barry Van Haaften, 30, of Pella were held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2021, at Sully Christian Reformed Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Van Haaften Benefit, c/o 1st State in Lynnville to be used for the girls' education. Barry Davis Van Haaften was born Sept. 4,...
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