These days, brides pick any wedding day, at any time of day, and at any location, with destination weddings at some far-off island or mountain. Once upon a time, girls dreamed of becoming June brides. I wondered where the tradition of “June brides” came from, so I did a little research and learned the tradition...
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Where are they now? Daira Hoegh Driftmier
Daira Hoegh Driftmier
Please describe your Lynnville-Sully roots:
My family moved to Sully when I was in second grade. My parents are Rod Hoegh and Susan Hoegh. I graduated from L-S in 2001 and had four siblings that also graduated from L-S – Danielle, Dana, Robby, and Reggie. I spent most of my time five miles northwest...
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‘Zootopia’ at Movie in the Park this Saturday
Sully Night Out is continuing to offer family-friendly entertainment for all community members with a movie in the park on Saturday, June 11. Everyone is invited to watch the family- and kid-friendly movie “Zootopia” on an inflatable screen with a 16’ x 12’ viewing area at the Sully Central Park. Starting at 7 p.m. on...
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Sully Night Out Concert in the Park
Community members converged in Sully to kick off summer with the first Sully Night Out event of the year on Saturday, June 4. The weather was picture perfect for the Prairie Jewel Dixieland Band performance on the new Sully Central Park stage. This was the second concert held there, the first featuring the all-female country...
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A Trek for Trees
Cyclists Nikola Agatic (below, left) and Antej Nuhanovic stopped in the Hometown Press office in Sully on Thursday, June 2, on their cross-country journey to Seattle, WA. As recorded on their blog, the D.C. riders are riding their “bicycles from Washington, D.C., to Seattle, WA, in the name of love, optimism, and compassion. As a...
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Kitchen bloopers from the Hometown Press staff
By Stef Van Wyk
Scorched spaghetti, rock hard gumdrop bars, cake fails, Jell-O that doesn’t jiggle, and sizzling steaks are just a few of the “ingredients” that make up the Hometown Press staff’s list of most memorable kitchen bloopers.
While most weeks we strive to bring you recipes and shortcuts to make life in the kitchen more...
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Assembly recognizes middle schoolers
A year of good character among students in kindergarten through fifth grade was celebrated with the annual Character Counts Carnival on Monday, May 23.
Monday afternoon, classrooms and the elementary gym turned into game zones, and students went door to door taking part in a wide variety of fun and challenging games, including a basketball hoop...
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