Monthly Archives: July 2020

Just as Mother Nature cranked up the temperature to the 90s, local residents cranked up their red, white, and blue patriotism to celebrate our nation’s independence in Sully’s modified activities on July 4. This year’s theme was “Celebrate the Freedom of Hope,” and those who participated enjoyed doing just that amidst the changes and guidelines required...

Olivia Beyer, daughter of Chad and Laura Beyer of rural Sully, was recently awarded $100 for winning first-place honors in the fifth-grade division of the Iowa Firefighters Association Fire Prevention Poster Program. Beyer originally designed and created the poster for the local contest sponsored by the Lynnville, Searsboro, and Sully Fire Departments. Each year when the...

In the midst of battling the return of leukemia, Barry Van Haaften and his family are feeling the love and support of their church family and community members. Right now, two fundraisers are being held to help the Sully family with medical costs incurred during Barry’s cancer journey. The first fundraiser is a benefit raffle for...

ABOVE: Pictured are members of Wendell’s platoon working on the crude bridge they built on the way to a Boy Scout camp as one of their special assignments. Nearly 70 years ago, when Wendell Ver Ploeg was an underclassman at Iowa State College, he made the choice to enroll in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps...

Several months ago, I shared a column about how I was living without a stove after moving into our new home, and how I became heavily dependent on my microwave and Crock-Pot until my replacement appliance arrived. Now we have started working earnestly on the “three-year plan” of updating the house, and Chuck and I...