Pella

Ryan McFarland, who's a project manager, and Zach McCombs is the team lead in our Lely Reconditioning Center.

I'm excited to have both Zach and Ryan on because they've been with Lely for a while now and they actually were in Pella and involved in bringing the A4 to the market and building A4 robots when they were brand new.

So this is kind of a full circle opportunity for them to put the A4 back out into the market.

That's probably a little bit of a good lead in, a good segue, to talk about how this whole thing started.

Thank you, Ben.

So when we started this project in the second half of 2022, and what we really wanted to make sure we did was take the time, energy, and effort to come up with a plan to know how we could best refurbish these machines that would provide high quality and a ton of value to the dairy farmers in North America that would receive them.

Ryan, why don't you talk a little bit, because you guys, both you and Zach, are at the reconditioning center that's located in Pella, Iowa.

It's about, what, a five-minute drive from the main factory there in Pella.

And so after that, I ended up, and this picks up on the show today, how I came back.

I ended up going down to Pella, Iowa.

Emily, too.

We went down to Pella, Iowa, and I ended up taking a radio job in Pella, Iowa, a tremendous opportunity with wonderful management, great man of God, and just a wonderful guy.

His name was Doug Smiley.

I love him.

I started to sense a call on my life to teach Scripture.

And I didn't know exactly how that was going to be, but it really all started, to be honest with you, by substituting for somebody else in a Bible study.

For our senior spotlight this time, we are going to check in with a senior from Pella, Iowa.

He is Isaac Kaczmarenski.

Isaac, wow, four years.

If it's like really solid, you don't feel anything.

Okay.

Four years ago, you're in the midst of finishing up your senior year at Pella Christian, and you're planning to come to Dort.

You're committed.

How have the last four years changed you, Isaac?

And now to introduce a speaker very near and dear to my heart, Dr. Abby Frye, a clinical pharmacy specialist with Providence Medical Group, who helps out frequently working at Providence St. Vincent.

She earned her degree in chemistry from Central College in Pella, Iowa, before coming here to the Pacific Northwest and earning her pharmacy degree at University of Washington before completing residency with Providence Health and Services.

She provides collaborative management for patients with diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, and other chronic conditions, and has been instrumental in the education of faculty doctors, residents in both internal medicine and pharmacy, as well as pharmacy students and medical students.

I cannot applaud enough both the clinical and educational expertise of Dr. Fry.

A Knoxville man died following a rollover crash in Marion County.

The Iowa State Patrol says the crash happened just before midnight Saturday on Highway T17, east of 216th Place and south of Pella.

The man was ejected from his vehicle and later died.

Iowans appear to be paying attention to the upcoming election, as Polk County has already broken its previous early voting record at satellite locations.

Hey Dr. Boz, how are you doing?

Well, I just got back from Pella, Iowa and had a really great weekend.

We did a workshop that I love to do, but their youth coalition asked me to come and I...

Did a couple hours on Friday night, and then we got started right at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning and didn't get done until like 1.30.

Love Iowa.

Love Pella, Iowa.

Love the Tulip Festival.

Guys, if you ever get a time in your life, the Tulip Festival, it's around spring break, somewhere in there in that little range.

Pella, Iowa, the Tulip Festival.

It's a Dutch festival.

They have Dutch letters.

They have the whole thing.