Category Archives: Opinion

It’s the time of year to celebrate the “feedfest” and unofficial holiday season kickoff – Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is not all about turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. The name of the holiday conveys what the day is supposed to be about. Thanksgiving is a day to count one’s blessings, reconnect with friends and relatives, and gorge...

Many first-time visitors to our office or an issue of this newspaper comment on how wonderful our newspaper is. Some are talking about our business office and others about the edition we produce each week. There is a tinge of surprise due to preconceived notions about small newspapers, small businesses, small towns, Iowa, and rural...

Saturday night, the Sully Big Band played at the Van Wijk Winery. What a great night of good music. The only thing disappointing about the whole evening was the size of the crowd. I’m sure this group of excellent musicians, who thoroughly enjoy playing for us, would have liked to have had more people to...

Yesterday was Veterans Day. In my mind, I thought it was a Thursday and this column would be on the holiday. Recognizing veterans should happen every day, so the message of these items from my file is never too late. You Can't Tell a Vet Just By Looking --Author Unknown “He is the cop on the beat who...

35 years ago (1980) After a 60-degree weekend, the area was hit with a snowstorm. There was enough snow for Kevin Terlouw, John Claussen, and Doug Terlouw of Terlouw Roofing to construct a nine-foot snowman. Janel Schmidt, daughter of Fred and Helen Schmidt of Sully, placed second overall in Iowa’s Little Miss America Contest held in Des...

Imagine this page was all white except the page number and dateline at the top of the page and a couple of small lines of type at the bottom of the page. I’m thinking you’d be calling me and telling me you got a bad copy of this week’s newspaper. Two daily newspapers in Ohio have...

If you think you know everything, consider these. The average person's left hand does 56 percent of the typing. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. The winter of 1932 was so cold Niagara Falls froze completely solid. The words “racecar,” “kayak,” and “level” are the...