I have had to back off on a lot of things I said would never happen.
The most recent is that a Japanese car would never sit in my drive.
My granddaughter that is living with me now owns a Japanese car. It does sit in my drive. It is a miserable little auto called a Nissan...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Sept. 9, 2021
Well, things are looking up a little today.
One daughter, one son-in-law, and two CATS headed back home to Utah.
I will miss the people. The cats, not so much. They were a couple of purebreds. Ha! Ha!
They both had a disability. One of them had one eye, and the other was missing his entire right leg....
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Sept. 2, 2021
There is more trouble in my life than just the desert heat.
I still have daughters, a granddaughter, four cats, and what barks like a dog living with me.
One of the daughters turns the air conditioning on 62 degrees. She and I fight and turn that thermostat back and forth ten times a night when she...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Aug. 26, 2021
I went to a fish fry Saturday night in Mitchellville at an old friend’s I had met years ago in Des Moines at Overnight Freight System.
He invites me every year but I haven’t gone for a couple years. But this year, he called twice because it was his birthday.
My memory has become awful from age....
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Sully Fire Department honors three retirees with over 115 cumulative years of service

Arie Scholten, Ed Van Kooten, and Ervin Nikkel were honored by the Sully Fire Department for their many years of dedicated community service.
Decades ago, three men answered a call to serve. Recently, their community thanked them.
Ed Van Kooten, Arie Scholten, and Ervin Nikkel were recently honored for their years of service to the Sully...
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‘The Lady Who Can Type Fast’ Hailey Rolffs reflects on first year as court reporter

The Hometown Press recently caught up with one of our former interns and 2018 Lynnville-Sully graduate Hailey Rolffs, daughter of Bob and Diana Scandridge of Sully. Rolffs serves as a court reporter in Springfield, MO.
By Hailey Rolffs
What has two thumbs, wears pointy shoes, and can document people talking over each other at 225 words...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers, Aug. 19, 2021
I’m once again realizing how old and stupid I am.
When I was young kid, my dad used to tie me to the clothesline so I could not run off without an adult.
I think I need to see if I can find that old setup or make a new one.
I do the most stupid things you’d...
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