Category Archives: Opinion

I have decided I am not the world’s best handyman. I am probably the worst, if you count three things I did last week. I am still battling the large Christmas tree lights. I hook too many together and blow fuses. These fuses are about the size of a lady bug. Try to replace them sometime...

35 years ago (1979) Harold Beyer, the local Supersweet representative, held an open house and appreciation day featuring Supersweet feeds and animal health products. Neal Vander Leest, Herman ‘Barnie’ Kooistra, Tone DeCook, and John Beyer were shown in a Remember When picture as they played shuffle board at the Sully City Park. The annual Lynnville-Sully Wrestling Tournament was...

Some day, I’m going to make a food holiday calendar. I keep reading that every day is a food holiday, but as far as I know, no calendar has been compiled listing them. Today is National Cookie Day, a minor holiday celebrating cookies in all their sugary glory. It occurs on Dec. 4 of every year,...

Thanksgiving is over. The kids, grandkids, two dogs, a hitchhiker, and a cat have left my home. The walls are trembling, but standing. Now, it’s on to Christmas. Christmas at my house would be great if I wasn’t determined to put lights on the giant evergreen in front of my house. When I first started decorating it,...

Margaret, Recently, I had the opportunity to travel a little over an hour to a country/gospel/Christmas concert. The event was held in an old school gymnasium in Melrose, Iowa. Melrose is about the size of Killduff by my estimation, maybe not even that large. The concert was GREAT. Besides the talented musicians, I was equally impressed...

35 years ago (1979) The Lynnville-Sully School Board of Directors approved expanding summer sports for junior high. The board also directed the superintendent to look into playing doubleheader (varsity/JV) games in football as a way to conserve energy. Norman Swank defeated two write-in candidates to win the mayor’s race in the Reasnor biennial municipal election. Swank received...

Some say Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday because it is simpler than most holidays. It doesn’t require a lot of shopping, parades, fireworks, or flags. It’s about friends and family gathering and eating delicious food. Everyone has to eat anyway, and having a holiday to eat just makes eating more fun. Another thing making it...