Cyclists Nikola Agatic (below, left) and Antej Nuhanovic stopped in the Hometown Press office in Sully on Thursday, June 2, on their cross-country journey to Seattle, WA. As recorded on their blog, the D.C. riders are riding their “bicycles from Washington, D.C., to Seattle, WA, in the name of love, optimism, and compassion. As a...
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Kitchen bloopers from the Hometown Press staff
By Stef Van Wyk
Scorched spaghetti, rock hard gumdrop bars, cake fails, Jell-O that doesn’t jiggle, and sizzling steaks are just a few of the “ingredients” that make up the Hometown Press staff’s list of most memorable kitchen bloopers.
While most weeks we strive to bring you recipes and shortcuts to make life in the kitchen more...
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Assembly recognizes middle schoolers
A year of good character among students in kindergarten through fifth grade was celebrated with the annual Character Counts Carnival on Monday, May 23.
Monday afternoon, classrooms and the elementary gym turned into game zones, and students went door to door taking part in a wide variety of fun and challenging games, including a basketball hoop...
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Character Counts Carnival celebrates good character
A year of good character among students in kindergarten through fifth grade was celebrated with the annual Character Counts Carnival on Monday, May 23.
Monday afternoon, classrooms and the elementary gym turned into game zones, and students went door to door taking part in a wide variety of...
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Monday afternoon, classrooms and the elementary gym turned into game zones, and students went door to door taking part in a wide variety of...
SCS graduates five eighth graders
The five members of the eighth-grade Class of 2016 were honored at a graduation ceremony held at the school Thursday night, May 26. Administrator Jim Warden welcomed the class and their family and friends represented at the ceremony before opening with prayer. Pastor Brian Ochsner of Sully Christian Reformed Church gave the graduation address, and the...
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Smokin’ J’s BBQ open for business
After 21 years at ASI in Grinnell, Lynnville resident Jeff Arment left his day job as a senior project manager to pursue a growing dream. In April of this year, Arment opened his new barbecue business, Lynnville’s Smokin’ J’s, which is run out of his commercial food trailer.
Arment, whose father was intrigued with smoking meats,...
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Why history is important
With graduation time about over for the season, I have a confession to make. I loved school except for one thing, history. I was good at memorizing, so I usually passed the history tests with flying colors but retained very little. My recent visit to Washington, D.C., made me wish I had liked the subject...
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