Category Archives: Feature

People always told me how bored I was going to be when I retired after all those years in a truck. That has not been a problem. My Dodge Intrepid makes a horrible noise. Something has shifted around in the back, and one rear wheel is rubbing on the frame. My old hot-rod Ford that roars and smokes...

It’s spring. You know what that means? It’s aspar-agus time! What do you say we rebound ourselves from last week’s chippy recipe to something fresh and healthy? Ey? You’ll be on board soon enough. Especially once you see it takes about 20 minutes to throw together! The chicken and asparagus swim in this amazing, flavorful...

35 years ago (1980) Sully Christian School sixth, seventh, and eighth graders participated in the District V Track Meet in Oskaloosa with five other schools. Winners from SCS included eighth-grader DeeDee Blom taking first in the shot put with a throw of 26 feet 2 inches. Duane Collins took first in the seventh-grade shot put. Both...

I hear from the people who read this column (both of them); they would like to read stories about the 50 years I was on the road in a semi. There are plenty of stories out there. One cold, snowy day, we had three full loads of freight to deliver in northern Iowa. They were terrible...

By Mike Vander Molen, Sully Fire Department Chief If you read this column last week, you know we were talking about tornadoes. Did you make a plan for where to take shelter no matter where you are? If you did, did you get stuck when you thought about where to go if you are on the...

As I write this, I’m also writing up my grocery list. I feel like I get groceries way more than I should, menu planning or not. I always run out of snacks, or my fresh items go bad sooner than expected. Anybody else relate? They say not to get groceries on an empty stomach. While...

I had a couple of strange things happen again this past week. My wife announced that she and I were going to Des Moines last Friday night. She said she might buy something up there and wanted some help from me to get it hauled home. We went into a large store. She went her way, and...