We’ve all used the & sign and probably called it “the and sign” because we couldn’t think of its correct term, ampersand. Some well-known businesses have it as part of their names: Johnson & Johnson, Barnes & Noble, Ernst & Young, etc. Thanks to texting and tweeting, it's more popular than ever. After all, why...
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The DeeZee Spirit – 8/14/14
My gardening skills are somewhat limited. I replanted the thing three times.
Apparently, the cucumber seeds stayed in place all through the replantings. Man, do I have cucumbers. I planted them in every corner of the garden. They took off and nearly killed all the rest of the garden. I have picked approximately 300 pounds of...
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Maurine Van Der Kamp, 96
Maurine Van Der Kamp, 96, of Sully, passed away Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, at The Cottages of Pella where she was a resident. Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug. 7, at Sully Community Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery.
Memorials have been designated for Sully Community Church Building Fund or The Cottages Activity Fund.
Maurine Van Der...
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Theodore Brent
Pavlos and Meggan Vasileiadis of Athens, Greece, are the parents of a son, Theodore Brent, born Aug. 5, 2014. He weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces and measured 21 inches long. Grandparents are Brent and Sandy De Jong of Sully and Vasilis and Toula Vasileiadis of Athens, Greece. Great-grandparents are Harold and Velma Rozendaal and Johnnie...
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Sadie Alyse
Shawn and Trixanna Wang of Pella are excited to announce the birth of Sadie Alyse Nikkel Wang on Aug. 6, 2014. She was 8 pounds 5 ounces and 21.5 inches tall. Sadie is welcomed home by her one-year-old brother Brandt James and her grandparents Eldon and Brenda Nikkel of Sully....
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 8/7/14
Well, it’s great to be back in the land of green – green grass, green trees, green crops! We love the Rocky Mountains, but we love home more. We stayed in a beautiful home set in between here and the Pacific Ocean. Okay, to be exact, it was in Fraser, a delightful little mountain town....
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Sully’s building boom indicative of small-town progress, growth
Four large building projects underway capture the attention of USDA
In the last several months, area residents have seen major building projects break ground where they work, worship, and compete. Four large projects are currently underway in the city of Sully, all at varying levels in the planning and developing process. From an all-weather track for...
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