The older I get, the more I hear talk about changes. You know the talk with roots in the then and the now.
To make it seem like things are not costing more, reality is that package contents are less. In the grocery store a few weeks ago, I overheard some guys stocking the bread shelves...
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Painting begins on Jasper County Freedom Rock
This week, Freedom Rock painter Raymond “Bubba” Sorensen II of Greenfield is finishing the Jasper County Freedom Rock, the 17th of the 99 county rocks in The Freedom Rock Tour he is painting in Iowa. All and especially veterans are invited to the dedication of the rock at 9:30 a.m. in the southeast corner of...
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Tentative schedule Sully July 4 Celebration
“Celebrate Freedom” is the theme for the annual Sully Fourth of July Celebration. Events will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 4-6. It takes many people to make it happen and many come back year after year for the traditional celebration in Sully. Everyone loves a parade, and it’s not too early to plan...
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Ron Gruver, 72
Ronald L. Gruver, 72, of Lynnville passed away June 18, 2014, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held Monday, June 23, at Sully First Reformed Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Grinnell Regional Hospice or Sully Fire and Ambulance. Ronald Leo Gruver was born June 27, 1941, in...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 6/26/14
I am such a creature of habit. Most of the habits are stupid and embarrassing. I have had habits my whole life, and now that I’m a geezer, it’s even worse.
I got up and got ready for work for decades at 4 a.m. Even though I’ve been “so-called retired” for three years, I still wake...
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Leyton Reed and Carson Lee
Daren and Kara Dieleman of Sioux Center are the parents of twin boys born May 16, 2014. Leyton Reed weighed 5 pounds 2 ounces and Carson Lee weighed 5 pounds 9 ounces. They were welcomed by Ava Kay, 2 1/2 years old.
Grandparents are Harv and Sandi Van De Berg of Sioux Center and Norm and...
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Caroline Elizabeth-Rae
Carroll and Elizabeth Hoksbergen of Lynnville are the parents of Caroline Elizabeth-Rae born May 19, 2014. She weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces. Her sisters are Gabrielle (Lirio) Corbin (25); Moriah Elyse Hoksbergen (6); and Lillian Grace Hoksbergen (5). Her brothers are Nicolas Roy Lirio (16) and Nathanael Jon Lirio (14).
Grandparents are Harold and Clazina Hoksbergen...
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