Meet The President Lynne Hoeksema Leads Band At PHS
Lynne Hoeksema, president of the PHS band, says she feels a strong obligation to the group and handles officer meetings and Band Parents' Meetings. She plays tenor sax and piano, has earned All-State honors for three straight years, and plans to study music or math at St Olaf College after graduation.
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Lynne
Tshe
Super Valu
St. Olaf’s
Northfield
Minnesota
AFS
National Honor Society
Christmas Thoughts On Being Thankful And Privilege
Editorial reflects on Christmas needs and excess versus real needs like food and clothing. It contrasts U S abundance with poverty abroad, urging gratitude while noting personal comforts and the urge for material items such as a new dress or a rifle for hunting.
Mistletoe traditions and a 1050 box fruit drive
The article notes mistletoe as a popular Christmas plant with historic roots, its parasitic growth, and toxic berries, alongside a Pella FFA fruit sale that exceeded its goal by delivering about 1050 boxes of apples oranges and grapefruit. Top sellers were Gerald Pleima Nina Bruinekool Mark Vander Meiden and Mark Kaisand.
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New Jersey
Oklahoma
Pella Ffa
PHS
FFA
Gerald Pleima
Nina Bruinekool
Mark Vander Meiden
Mark Kaisand
Paint Your Wagon tryouts wrap for Pella play dates
Vocal reading and dancing tryouts are done for the musical Paint Your Wagon to be staged March 13 14 and 15 at Pella Middle School. The production features six major singing roles and a 34 member cast under the direction of Guy Blair Ken Lucas and Wil Kirschman from the band vocal and drama departments.
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Pella Middle School
Guy Blair
Julia's Angel Is Black Christmas Ornament Origin
A family recalls a black angel ornament created by a co-worker at Doctors Hospital in San Leandro California. The piece, formed from discarded Readers Digest pages and a plastic doll head, became a beloved Christmas decoration after a humorous request to make one "black."
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Julia
Julia Washington
Doctors’ Hospital
San Leandro
Calif
Mother
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Lynne Hoeksema
United States
Kissletoe
Druids
Balder
Frigg
Ken Lucas
Wil Kirschman
Randy Wineland
Stention
Linda Stursma
Pella
Tome Ec Girls On Noel
Farm Bureau Insurance
Farm Bureau Life & Farm Bureau Mutual
Des Moines
Iowa
Harold C. Robison
Marion Co. Agency
Mgr
E.J
South Side Square
FHS
Larry Klein
Aan
Pella Fioon-Cranti
Franklin
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