Monthly Archives: February 2016

Meal planning puts Sully woman on path to healthy living

Meal planning puts Sully woman on path to healthy living
Editor’s Note: The next several weeks will feature guest writers from the community who are filling in as Shelly Rankin is on maternity leave. Thanks, Alison, for filling in this week! Alison Agan is a woman on a mission – a mission to get healthy, fit, and active. The Sully mother, wife, and business owner’s lifestyle...
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Student teacher hopes to inspire, make a difference

Student teacher hopes to inspire, make a difference
Lynnville-Sully student teacher Katy Ewing was privileged to be taught by great and influential teachers in her school days. The positive mark they left on her life has inspired Ewing to pursue a second bachelor’s degree, this time in elementary education, and invest in the lives of students. “I think I have always wanted to be...
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Economics study spurs winning poster

Economics study spurs winning poster
A poster contest held by Dordt College coincided perfectly with Lisa Martin’s second-grade unit on economics. Martin’s second graders studied many aspects of economics and then created posters for Dordt College’s Economics Everywhere Poster Contest through the Center for Economic Education. The contest was open to students in grades first through sixth grade and was designed...
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Bald eagle caught on trail-cam

Bald eagle caught on trail-cam
Jack DeAngelo, manager at Sully Telephone Association, shared photos taken by a trail-cam at his farmstead located between Grinnell and Tama. Notice the times the photos were taken; either the eagle stayed a long time or came back. “This is an amazing sight!” DeAngelo said about the photos. “You never know what you may see on a...
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Heartsill Reports by Greg Heartsill, Iowa House, Dist. 28

Funnel week survivors Due to the limited amount of time the Iowa General Assembly has to work on policy bills each year, the legislature establishes rules that impose deadlines (also known as “funnels”) for legislation moving through the process. In order for bills to stay alive during this legislative session, they must be voted out of...
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The Sinclair Report by Amy Sinclair, Iowa Senate, Dist. 14

Feb. 18, 2016 First funnel finished The 86th General Assembly hit the first major milestone on its path toward adjournment this week with the passing of the first funnel. Committees and subcommittees worked all week to get bills through the committee process so they could remain eligible to be discussed by this General Assembly. Most of my...
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Pastor’s Pen: Quenching our thirst

By Pastor Tim Morgan; Kellogg- Pleasant View United Methodist Churches People I talk to often testify to the rejuvenating power of worship. When believers have missed church for any reason – illness, weather, what have you – I hear them say how that seems to take the wind out of their sails for the whole week....
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