Every other week, “The Wooden Spoon” kitchen feature occupies this newspaper space. This week’s featured cook, Kyra Smith, was lucky enough to have a one-on-one cooking lesson (albeit gone wrong) with the cooking genius behind the column.
“The Wooden Spoon Lady attempted to teach me how to cook something one evening,” said Kyra. “My only requirement...
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Press INKlings: Advice for my girls on Mother’s Day
To my adult daughters on Mother’s Day,
A few years ago, I clipped an article a father wrote to his adult sons on Father’s Day, wrote at the top “Do for Mother’s Day some day,” and filed it away. I found it recently, and “some day” is here. I stole the idea because I really like...
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Sully Fire Department called to accident
At 11:50 a.m. on Friday, May 5, the Sully Fire Department and Ambulance were called to assist at a two-vehicle accident in a Manatts construction area in the 6400 block of Highway 224 north of Kellogg. The drivers of a van and straight truck that collided were flown to Des Moines hospitals. Highway 224 was...
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Berkley Lanae
Jake and Kelsi Bowman of Ankeny are the parents of a daughter, Berkley Lanae, born Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. She weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces and measured 20-1/4 inches long.
Grandparents are Tim and Marsha Vanden Hoek of Lynnville and Ron and Nancy Bowman of Coon Rapids.
Great-grandparents are Lee and...
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Maverick Dean
Kenton and Jaynie Huyser of Sully are the parents of a son, Maverick Dean, born Monday, May 1, 2017. He weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces. His siblings are Clara, 7; Eloise, 6; and Hayden, 15 months.
Grandparents are Dale and Minnie Huyser of Sully and Randy and Peggy Peter of Grey Eagle, MN.
Great-grandparents are Margaret Vande...
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Harold E. Hedrick, 88
Harold E. Hedrick, 88, of Pella and formerly of Sully, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2017, at Pella Regional Health Center. Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 10, at Sully First Reformed Church. Interment followed in the Graceland Cemetery at Knoxville. Memorial contributions are suggested for Lake View Camp or the Sully First Reformed Church...
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Ag Day promotes farm safety, awareness
Lynnville-Sully FFA’s annual Ag Day for L-S fifth graders was held Wednesday, May 3, in the school parking lot. The afternoon was all about informing and educating fifth graders about farm safety, new technology, and basic farm knowledge.
“Ag Day is a nice opportunity for our high school students to share their knowledge of agriculture with...
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