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Short Sully City Council meeting

The Sully City Council met in regular session at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 15, and took care of business in less than an hour. Councilmembers present were mayor Brent Vander Molen, city clerk Barbra Maasdam, public works director Shaun Needham, Chad Fikse, Brad Rozendaal, Diane Vos, Phyllis Zylstra, and Jeff Brummel; and guests Jeff Davis,...
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Thanksgiving events at local churches

Everyone is invited to attend any of the following Thanksgiving events.          Lynnville Friends Church will have a Thanksgiving service on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 9 a.m. with a special offering of canned goods for the food bank. Lynnville Heart of Worship will have a Thanksgiving brunch at 11 a.m. following the 9 a.m. worship service on...
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Pastor’s Pen – 11/17/16

Dear Friends, If there ever was a time to be focused on spiritual matters for the church, this is the time! How can the church of today pass on the baton of faith to the generations that will be the church of tomorrow? To make it more personal, what can you do to ensure that your...
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The Wooden Spoon: Smokey Green Bean Casserole

So this week has had me thinking a lot…a lot about life, the world, but mostly, which came first, sleep deprivation or caffeine? Do I drink so much caffeine because of the sleep deprivation, or is it the sleep deprivation that causes me to drink so much caffeine? I don’t know. Just your modern day chicken-or-the-egg...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 11/17/16

I got back from California about 10:30 Monday night. I had to drag two suitcases out of the car that felt like they weighed 100 pounds. In fact, my wife’s was one pound over the limit. We were checking in at curbside. The weigh-man was very pleasant, but said one pound was going to cost $100...
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Letter to the editor: Fighting for those who faithfully served

I grew up in southwest Iowa on my parents’ farm. Our parents instilled in me the importance of hard work -- and when our work was done, we would go help a neighbor who might be in need. This story is not unique. Here in Iowa, we work hard for everything we have and then help...
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Genevieve Blake

Jarryd and Lyndsey Van Soelen of Pella are the parents of a daughter, Genevieve Blake, born at 7:55 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. She weighed 7 pounds 11.4 ounces and measured 20.75 inches long. Grandparents are Scott and Gayla Van Soelen of Grinnell and Rod and Sandy Lanser of Pella. Great-grandparents are Millie Van Soelen of...
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