Doug Wood
On Wednesday, April 13, I finally got to see a show that I had long anticipated. I purchased the tickets in February for this event: the "Red Green: I'm Not Old. I'm Ripe" tour, which was held at C....
The Perry Kiwanis Club was briefed by Marty Mensen, Alliant Energy manager of customer operations, at the club's Tuesday meeting and luncheon at the Hotel Pattee in downtown Perry.
Mensen discussed the utility company's new substation, recently installed south of...
On Tuesday the Perry Kiwanis met for their weekly noon luncheon and meeting at the Hotel Pattee. The Kiwanis welcomed Granville Williams, board member of Grotesques in Des Moines Inc., and Jan Fleming, author of "Grotesques in Des Moines...
The Perry Kiwanis Club welcomed Dr. Randy McCaulley, chief administrative officer of the Perry Lutheran Home, to the club's weekly luncheon and meeting Tuesday. McCaulley discussed the May 4 Meals from the Heartland packing event that he is organizing...
Perry Kiwanis Club Treasurer Kendall Rathje presented this week's program at the club's Tuesday luncheon at the Hotel Pattee in Perry.
Rathje briefed the membership on the final figures for February's 63rd annual Perry Kiwanis Club Pancake Day and discussed...
Two things caused me to write this story. One is that Jeff Webster mentioned it in his birthday tribute to me in ThePerryNews.com, and the other is that I saw a commercial on television recently celebrating the 75th anniversary...
On Tuesday the Perry Kiwanis met at the Hotel Pattee for their weekly noon lunch and meeting.
The guest this week was local business woman, entrepreneur and Perry promoter Jenny Eklund. Eklund gave an update on the progress of the...
The Perry Kiwanis Club welcomed Mike and Shari Garber of Perry to their Tuesday luncheon at the Hotel Pattee in Perry.
The Garbers have been leading the local Huddle of the Perry Fellowship of Christian Athletes for 10 years. The...
Jim Croce recorded a song many years ago called “Time in a Bottle.” The gist of the song said time is precious, and you need to spend it with those who are important to you. I often heard both...
The Perry Kiwanis met Tuesday at the Hotel Pattee in Perry for their weekly meeting. Two programs were presented this week.
The first program was from Addison O'Conner, program representative for Up with People, a group composed of young people aged 18-29 who travel...