Citizens of the area:
Have you ever considered thanking our volunteer firefighters and ambulance squad? We all need to remember the time, effort, and passion our volunteers use every time they get the call. I hope you look for the column that Mike Vander Molen writes each week in this paper. While it may not be...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers
I know all you people have to be tired of reading about my family get-togethers. So I will be brief.
My daughters, husbands, and grandkids showed up again Sunday. No big event this time, just popped in and consumed a couple hundred dollars worth of food and left.
The old beagle, that we decided was 105 years...
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Delilah Rose
Zach and Tiffany Mennen of Iowa City became the proud parents of a baby girl, Delilah Rose, on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. She weighed 7 pounds 13.5 ounces and measured 21.5 inches long. Grandparents include Chris (Sylvester) and Jim Mennen of Iowa City and great-grandparents Walter and Ethel Sylvester of Lynnville....
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Emma Kate
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, a baby girl was born to Lea and Dustin Headstrom of Salt Lake City, UT. She weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces and has been named Emma Kate. Brother Henry, age 2, welcomed her home. Grandparents include Carna and Duane Simmons of Roanoke, TX, and great-grandmother Wanda Dunsbergen of Lynnville....
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Josie Elise
Kelly and Jason Rozenboom of rural Pella welcomed a new daughter on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. Josie Elise weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and was 22 inches long. Josie joins siblings Isaiah (17), Jackson (13), Alaina (11), Daniel (9), Aniah (6), and Graciella (4). Grandparents include Ron and Vickie Nikkel of Lynnville, Sheryl Rozenboom of...
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Danny D. “Bud” Bishop, 55
Danny D. “Bud” Bishop, 55, of Iowa City died Fri-day, Oct. 21, 2016. Memorial services were held Oct. 26 at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service, Iowa City. In lieu of flowers, The Danny “Bud” Bishop Memorial Fund has been established.
Bud was born Oct. 25, 1960, in Newton, the son of Coy and Judith Parsons Bishop....
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Leslie Garnett Proudfit, 54
Leslie Garnett Proudfit, 54, of Oskaloosa, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. He was born Nov. 17, 1961. He attended school at Lynnville-Sully. Leslie worked several places throughout his life, including McDonald’s, Oak Tree Villas, and a pallet company in Jefferson City, MO. When he moved to Iowa,...
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