Growing up, one of my prized and rare gifts was an Etch A Sketch. It looked just like the one I gave to my oldest grandson this past Christmas. My Etch A Sketch came to an untimely “death” when it was accidentally stepped on (which by the way produces a puff of gray “smoke”) when...
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About: Margaret Vander Weerdt
Recent Posts by Margaret Vander Weerdt
Service with a smile: Andrea Schnell marks 20 year waitressing at Coffee Cup
Andrea Schnell was honored on Thursday, Jan. 23, by Darin and Robin Morvant, owners of the Coffee Cup Café in Sully. They presented Schnell a plaque to honor her for 20 years of being a waitress at the restaurant.
The engraved plaque included Andrea’s favorite Bible verse, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens...
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Devastating fire destroys half of Janco manufacturing plant
Black smoke billowed on the west edge of Sully on Thursday, Jan. 30, as a raging fire tore through the east portion of Janco Industries, Inc. at 101 1st Street owned by Joel and Deann Jansen. The blaze was reported at the metal fabrication business at 9:13 a.m. when a worker going on break heard...
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“You can give direction, but it takes teamwork to accomplish the goal.”
Gordon Yarrington, 58, of Sully has served as mayor of Sully for 22 years. Ironically, he became mayor the same way he was voted out. On Nov. 5, 1991, he was elected via a write-in campaign by a Van Der Zyl (Clarence) and on the same date 22 years later on Nov. 5, 2013, he was...
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