Category Archives: Kitchen

‘A Slice of Home’ By Simone Bates

Camp Living: A shared meal By Simone Bates During March, Derek and I had the pleasure of getting away for a weekend with some of our absolutely favorite people. Together with a team from Honeybee Ministries (headquartered in Lynnville and founded by Mark and Melissa Doll), we soaked up the opportunity to retreat for a couple of...
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To Texas and back

By Megan Pothoven We are back to Iowa winter weather after traveling for a week to Galveston, TX, with my parents and siblings. We had such a great time! We risked the 16-hour drive with two littles, and they surprisingly rode so well in the car. When we first arrived to our beachfront house in 80-degree...
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‘Farm to table’ By Julie Van Manen

By now, I hope everyone has had a chance to adjust to the time change.  I think it takes a little bit to “spring” ahead. However, the word, “spring” is uplifting. Lemon Dessert is one recipe that makes me think of both spring and Easter. It is a recipe from an old neighbor, Wanda. Wanda...
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Tysen Jeffrey

Seth and Kara Ruiter are the parents of a son, Tysen Jeffrey, born Saturday, Mar. 11, 2023, at 5:13 a.m. He weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Grandparents are Rick and Staci Jansen of Sully and Jeff and Lisa Ruiter of Otley. Great-grandparents are Alenna Jansen and Ricki Lanser of Pella, Henry and...
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‘Have a seat at my table’ by Cathryn Dunsbergen

Hello there. Grab a coffee and join in the conversation! Time. Where does it go? As a mom of two littles and wife to a volunteer EMS provider, our days get hectic. Our weeks fill up. Our months fly by. I can’t believe Baylor is six months old! The other day, at one of the many...
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Riding the highs of the changes of the season

By Megan Pothoven We have a busy spring ahead of us, and it’s all good things! I will be coaching track at Lynnville-Sully this spring, which I am very excited about. Life has a way of changing, as Adam and I grew up in New Sharon and attended North Mahaska School. During that time, Lynnville-Sully was always...
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‘A slice of home’ By Simone Bates

Oodles of Noodles Do you have a favorite comfort food, a well-loved recipe, or a meal from your childhood? This is the time of year when the wind is often howling outside and snow and ice coat just about everything. But inside, it’s the perfect weather for comfort food. Someone else must agree with me, because March...
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