The 2016 Little Hawkeye All Conference selections were recently revealed, and three Pella Christian players with ties to the community were honored for their excellent play during the softball season.
Junior Emma Schnell, a pitcher for the Eagles, received first-team honors. Second-team all conference honors went to juniors Lizzy Van Manen, catcher, and Natalie Vos, a...
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Ehresman’s high school softball career ends at all-star level
Kasiah Ehresman, a 2016 Lynnville-Sully grad, put on her uniform and represented the Hawks one last time in her stellar softball career at the Iowa Girls Softball Senior All-Star games on Monday, July 25, at Waukee High School.
Ehresman was a member of the Red team, who won its first game, 8-4, against the White team....
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From the Kitchen: Tayler Vander Molen
Tayler Vander Molen vividly remembers a time when one of her baking creations was not exactly a smashing success. Tayler had created a Smash Cake, which is a decorated cake created for the purpose of a one-year-old to destroy it, hopefully yielding some fun photo opportunities. However, this particular Smash Cake fell on the way...
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Letter to the Editor: Fair was a success
Letter to the Editor:
The Jasper County Fair was again a success. The rains and the heat both gave us challenges, but we all adapted to the weather and didn’t let it stop us from having fun at the fair. Thanks to everyone on behalf of the fairboard for your participation, volunteering, and support of another...
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Letter to the editor: We can’t afford Patty Judge
If a candidate is known by the company they keep, the endorsement of Patty Judge by the deceptively named League of Conservation Voters and its misguided priorities speaks volumes.
Among that radical group's misguided priorities is an attack on ethanol. Its principles state, "Conventional corn ethanol has far-reaching negative environmental impacts, including water pollution, global warming...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 8/4/16
There was a time in my life when I did not give a hoot about anything. I didn't worry much. A lot of people who know me say that has not changed much, and they are right to a certain extent.
People around town who worried about everything and ran their lives perfectly always bothered me....
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Naomi Elizabeth
Robby and Erin Hoegh of Boliver, MO, are the parents of a daughter, Naomi Elizabeth, born June 30, 2016. She weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces. Her brothers are Titus, 6, and Jonah, 3. Grandparents are Susan Hoegh of Sully, Rod Hoegh of Urbandale, and Daniel and Ronda Porter of Columbia, MO. Her great-grandmother is Izy...
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