Doug Wood
As Gomer Pyle often said, “Sunrise! Surprise! Surprise!” I thought the season of church suppers was over, but to my surprise it wasn't. The Lord works in mysterious ways, as I often say to my friend and fellow diner...
A lot is going on in Perry, according to Perry City Administrator Sven Peterson, who stopped by the weekly lunch meeting of the Perry Kiwanis to share details.
Peterson began by discussing the housing tax abatement that was passed by...
The Saturday before Thanksgiving is always an important day for Pegasus volunteer Dan Haymond because he gets to visit his old stopping grounds close to his hometown of Macksburg.
What draws Haymond homeward is the annual soup dinner held at...
Greg Bellville, clinical director of the St. Gregory Retreat Centers, stopped by the weekly meeting of the Perry Kiwanis last Tuesday to share some information about the organization.
The St. Gregory Retreat Centers were founded in 2007 by Mike and...
Just a short 20-mile drive south of Perry, the Adel United Methodist Church held its annual Harvest Dinner Sunday.
This annual event marks the week leading into Thanksgiving and signals the near end of the season for church suppers. Only...
An unseasonably warm fall day provided the perfect back drop for Perry Health Care's hands-on fire extinguisher in-service training, a part of the ongoing education program provided to the Perry Health Care staff.
The Perry Volunteer Fire Department conducted the...
The Rippey Lions Club held its annual spaghetti dinner Saturday at the Rippey United Methodist Church.
With a cool fall evening providing the backdrop, the crowd of about 60 people enjoyed a meal of spaghetti, salad, cookie, dessert bars and...
The annual Veterans Day meal hosted by the American Legion Post 99 of Minburn drew a steady crowd of diners Thursday evening during the two-hour event. The free dinner was offered to all veterans, active service and National Guard...
The Perry Kiwanis was visited Tuesday by Beth Frailey, MPH, community health coordinator with the Dallas County Hospital, and Erin Drinnin, community impact health officer with United Way of Central Iowa.
Frailey and Drinnin are part of the Hunger Free...
The Perry First United Methodist Church hosted last Sunday the annual Charge Conference of local United Methodist Churches for this area.
Participating in this charge conference were congregations from Perry, Rippey, Fairview, Minburn, Dexter, Redfield, DeSoto and Redfield.
Rev. Dr. Heecheon...