Eight teams comprising the Sully Women’s Volleyball League have been playing in weekly Monday night games since Sept. 15. The league’s last regular night will be Tuesday, Nov. 11, followed by an end-of-the-year tournament on Sunday, Nov. 16, with details to come.
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Locals’ grandson ranked by ESPN, nominated for Student Athlete of the Week
Garret Jansen, a six-foot-one, 243-pound defensive end at Pella Community High School, was recently ranked by ESPN as the 97th best high school player of his position in the country and eighth best defensive end in Iowa. Jansen is a senior at Pella and a key player in the No. 1-ranked Dutch’s 11-0 season thus...
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Dutch Letter Marathon: 17 hours for 4,000 Dutch Letters
The first Dutch Letter Marathon Day was a huge, sugary success Friday, Oct. 31. Starting at 7:30 a.m. Friday and ending right after midnight, SCS supporters made over 4,000 Dutch Letters, meeting the goal of what they needed to roll.
Help came from supporters, friends, and community members. Additionally, there were many corporate sponsors: General Mills...
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Remember When – 11/6/14
35 years ago (1979)
The Pella Christian High School boys cross-country team took second place at the state meet. Area team members included Russ Van Wyk, Steve Schuring, and Mike Hoogeveen.
Kuyper’s Music House was offering free organ classes. Janice Henning, teacher and organist, taught the class using the Evelyn Terrell Organ Method. She covered simple organ...
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Marathon runner sets new personal record, qualifies for the Olympic Trials
In just over 24 hours, Susie (Gray) Duke traveled over 1,000 miles – 26.2 of those miles by foot in the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon on Saturday, Nov. 1. It’s the impressive time the Lynnville-Sully grad finished the full marathon in that now has her looking forward to the Olympic Trials Marathon to be held in...
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Jacob A. Van Wyhe, 81
Jacob A. Van Wyhe, 81, of Pella went to his eternal home on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Interment in Ever-green Cemetery preceded the memorial service Nov. 3 at Tracy Christian Reformed Church. Memorials have been designated for Hospice of Pella.
Jacob Arnold Van Wyhe was born Dec. 17, 1932,...
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Misty Torres, 29
Funeral services for Misty Torres, 29, of Sully were held Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, at Sully First Reformed Church. She died at her home Oct. 29. Interment was in Sully Cemetery.
Misty Sue Torres was born on Aug. 29, 1985, to Scott and Charlotte Bush Cogley in San Antonio, TX.
At a young age, she moved to...
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