By Stefanie Van Wyk
Four years ago, the Lynnville Friends Church (LFC) sent a team of youth group students and leaders to Montego Bay, Jamaica, to work at the Jamaica Christian School for the Deaf (JCSD) and Blossom Garden Children’s Home through Mission Discovery. On July 23, another group made a return visit to the school....
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Glow Ball lights up the night
As the sun set on Friday, Aug. 12, the golf action and family activities were just getting underway at Diamond Trail Golf Club for the Lynnville Chamber’s first Glow Ball event.
Approximately 80 people attended the event organized as a fundraiser to benefit the Lynnville Ballpark Project. The event was geared towards golfers and families, and...
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Strength and conditioning class paves way for lifetime wellness
Days after Diamond Trail Fitness Center Manager Tashia Ehresman opened enrollment for the Junior High Strength and Conditioning Class, the seasoned trainer found herself with 20 participants ready to improve their overall health and fitness levels. For five weeks this summer, students entering seventh and eighth grade met twice a week at the DTFC for...
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From the Kitchen: Shelly Vos
Sully resident Shelly Vos wears many different hats – wife to Cole, mother to three, front desk office assistant, and just recently, a new consultant for a clothing boutique company.
This week’s featured cook is the daughter of Gary and Sandy Nunnikhoven, who live on a farm south of Pella. She is a graduate of Pella...
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Press INKlings: Please take care of them all
It’s that time year. Parents everywhere are sending their kids to preschool, school, junior high, high school, and college for the first time. Many emotional stories have been written about these events. Each of these events is a lesson in faith and parenthood. I’d like to add, they are also lessons in grandparenthood.
Here’s a little...
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Samuel Reid
Matt and Dawn Schechinger, Reasnor, are the parents of Samuel Reid Schechinger born Aug. 5, 2016. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. His siblings are Asher (6), Peyton (4), and Lucy (2). Grandparents are Dennis and Karen DeVries of Reasnor and Dan and Rita Schechinger of Manilla. Great-grandparents are Tom and Viola DeVries of Pella,...
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Emery Rose
Emery Rose was born to Grant and Ashley Luebe of Cedar Rapids on Aug. 2, 2016. She weighed 6 pounds 2.6 ounces. Grandparents are Bruce and Sue Engbers of Sully and Ed and Christine Luebe of Cedar Rapids. Great-grandparents are Barbara Meredith of Lynnville and Zelda Engbers of Sully....
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