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Question, do people really still make New Year’s resolutions? I mean, seriously? And stick to them? Seems like a bit of an undertaking to me. Why not just take it day by day, heck, hour by hour if you have to! To set goals for an entire year?! Sounds like disappointment to me, which then...

I think we can all agree, winter is here. We have had a couple of snowstorms. We have definitely had some colder weather. First, I would like to thank all of you for being careful while celebrating the new year, and while dealing with the snowstorm last week. It always makes me a little nervous when...

40 years ago (1976) Mayor R. Duane Oswalt was sworn in for his second term as mayor of Sully by city clerk Jean Van Genderen. H.E. Boat, Robert Nikkel, Jerald Kunce, Wilbur Vos, and Harry Lanser filled the city council seats. In Lynnville, mayor Albert Terpstra’s new term included council members Gaylord Elscott, Mary Yoder, Lee Vos,...

To say the late Sylvia Van Genderen of Sully loved life is an understatement. To say she loved music is an even bigger understatement. She loved music very, very much. Just before Christmas last year on Dec. 16, the world lost a truly gentle heart but heaven gained an angel choir member. Just a few...

I just downed a cup of coffee and three cinnamon rolls before sitting down to write to you this morning. I could eat three cinnamon rolls because it’s three in the morning, and I have no eyes around here to judge and watch in disgust. You can judge me in your thoughts, but at least...

35 years ago (1980) With Terry and Linda Zylstra as new owners of the Coffee Cup Café in Sully, plans were in place to be open on Friday nights serving homemade pizza. Russ and Margaret Vande Krol were the previous owners. Margaret planned to open a bake shop in the basement of her home and to...