Along with some very kind words about my recent column on wanting a Fourth of July redo, Ardie Roehr (remember her? she now lives in Ames), sent this priceless item, “Should I Really Join Facebook?”
Read it all the way through! It's a good laugh AND really quite true! A good laugh for people in the...
Read more
The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 7/31/14
I drove a semi most of my life. I hauled fertilizer, hogs, cattle, batteries, furniture, ostriches, etc.
I recently hauled the loudest, most ornery critters I have ever come in contact with -- a group of 10-year-old kids to a camp up near Eldora.
I made another trip to pick up these kids a few days later.
That...
Read more
The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 7/24/14
My oldest daughter took a job in some medical paperwork field that seems to be complicated.
She flew out over the weekend to Albany, NY. I washed her car and filled it with gas this morning because she has to go to Minneapolis today to take care of some business. She might have her hair done...
Read more
Remember When – 7/17/14
35 years ago (1979)
Team names for the Men’s Slow Pitch League were Most Wanted, Wild and Crazy Guys, Grape Apes, Pirates, Super Sonics, Farm Service, CC and Co., and REO.
Sully’s oldest resident, Mrs. John (Elizabeth) Verwers, passed away. Elizabeth was 98 years old.
The Lynnville-Sully Hawkette softball team defeated Semco 8-1 to advance in the sectional...
Read more
It’s all about mustard lovers
In case you haven’t read about it yet, mustard lovers are uniting. Everyone can have fun with condiments Aug. 2 at the National Mustard Museum in Middleton, WI, home of the world’s largest collection of mustard which was established in 1986.
Like many things, either you like mustard or you hate it, and there doesn’t seem...
Read more
Remember When
35 years ago (1979)
Pastor Ernest Elzey accepted a pastoral position at Trinity Lutheran Church in South Milwaukee, WI. Elzey had pastored at both St. Andrews and St. Pauls Lutheran Churches.
In the publication of the Condensed Statement of Condition of First State Bank, the list of Board of Directors included J.M Diehl, L.W. Gause, Bryce Macy,...
Read more
Let’s have a Fourth of July redo!
You know when you play games with small children and they want a redo or do over because they did something wrong or they think they could play it better if they tried again? That’s the way I feel about the Sully Fourth of July celebration. Let’s do it all again. I’ve been told how...
Read more