Doug Wood
St. Patrick's Catholic School has been a fixture in Perry since 1914. Principal Eddie Diaz stopped by the weekly luncheon meeting of the Perry Kiwanis Club to give an update on the activities in the school.
Diaz said his passion...
In the last segment, I stated that the beloved dinner season was pretty well over. I did mention two venues which were coming up, and I did attend both.
The first was the Bouton breakfast that was held at the...
During the past few years, the media has been full of stories about breaches in the security of our private information over the internet. The most recent was in September 2017, when the consumer credit reporting company Equifax announced...
The beloved dinner season is finally running out of steam after over its two-month run. We ate a lot of good meals and, more importantly, saw a lot of good places and people. In spite of our best efforts,...
The Rev. Lou Hoger stopped by the Hotel Pattee for the Tuesday noon luncheon meeting of the Perry Kiwanis to discuss both the Perry Area Food Pantry and his role as a volunteer counselor in the Iowa Senior Health...
As options for the beloved dinner season gradually wind down, we take time to savor every mouthful of church food that the creation offers, and last weekend offered several opportunities.
First of all was the turkey dinner offered after the...
A little known gem not far from Perry is the Whiterock Conservancy in Coon Rapids. Dan Gudahl, the Whiterock Conservancy's executive director, recently stopped by the Hotel Pattee to speak with the Perry Kiwanis Club at their Tuesday luncheon...
If you keep your eyes open, there are still opportunities out there during the beloved dinner season. Such was the case last weekend with a bunch of dinners that Dan and I ate. We went to five dinners over...
Many of you might remember the story that I wrote a few weeks ago about the condition of the Civil War monument in Violet Hill Cemetery. Representatives of the Perry Historic Preservation Commission assured us in their comments to...
The beloved dinner season keeps rolling on. In a couple of weeks, most of the church dinner option will be exhausted, and Thanksgiving will be here with the biggest meal of all.
I will miss the Yale United Methodist Church...
