Editors note: Julie Van Manen is graciously filling in for Shelly Rankin this week. Look for the return of “The Wooden Spoon” next week.
Many of you might remember the famous slogan – Where’s the Beef? – Wendy’s restaurant used in 1984 (just a few years ago – actually, the year I graduated high school) featuring...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 5/14/15
Question – where did this day go!? It disappeared before me very eyes. Actually, this whole week did that same magic trick.
We Tulip Timed this last week. This year went much better than last year. There was no crying so that is a HUGE success. Tulips are neat.
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Safety: Left turns
By Mike Vander Molen, Sully Fire Department Chief
Every week, I try to come up with a topic for this article. When we started this, I had no idea how often every week comes around. It sure doesn't seem to come around near this quickly for pay day. This week, I had no idea what to...
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Raising Katahkinds is a Kinion family affair
Spring is a time of renewal, and those sweet new beginnings could not be any more true than on the Kinion farm nestled just southwest of Killduff. The Kinion boys, Kole, age 15, and Rowdy, seven years old, along with their parents, have welcomed 105 new Katahdin lambs into the world since lambing first started...
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Sully Ambulance and Fire Dept. Emergency Topics for You
By Mike Vander Molen, Sully Fire Department Chief
We have had rain, and we have had heat and sunshine. This is just what we need for the farmers’ crops to grow. It will also make the grass grow. This of course means there will be a lot of grass mowing happening. Are you wondering what this...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 5/7/15
I know the story’s been told before, but I was reflecting back on a year ago. A year ago when we left our five-month-old at my parents’ house, drug my knight in shining arm ink with me, hopped on a plane for the first and {probably last} time ever.
We flew out to Pittsburgh for a...
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Remember When…Explosion and fire at Sully Co-op
35 years ago (1980)
A series of explosions and resulting fire destroyed the Sully Co-op Exchange’s main office building and the oil department on May 5. Three Sully men were seriously injured while digging a hole south of the Co-op service station for a bulk antifreeze underground tank when the backhoe they were using apparently struck...
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