Doug Wood
A great part of Americana is the concept of the country schools that many of our nation's school children attended from the 1860s to nearly a century later. Will Cobb's and Gus Edward's 1907 song, "School Days," has romanticized...
The beloved dinner season is still going strong but will soon wind down. Recently Dan and I were blessed by two annual dinners a few miles to the southwest of Perry.
The first was the Guthrie Center United Methodist Church...
Weekends are a big time during the beloved “Dinner Season,” and such was the case last weekend with two dinners, one held locally and the other in far off Grimes.
On Saturday the Trinity Lutheran Church, located on Iowa Street...
I remember from 1991 to 1993, when the Chicago Bulls won three straight NBA Championship titles. The achievement was called the Three Peat.
The same name could apply to the series of three chicken noodle dinners that Dan Haymond and...
As the old saying goes, “If you want to get something done, ask a busy person to do it.”
Such is the case for Dallas County Foundation Development Director Scott Cirksena, who who also serves on no less than seven...
During the beloved church dinner season, there are a multitude of venues to choose from. Dinners are held all week, particularly on weekends. On some occasions you have to decide which of two or more locations you want to...
The buying and selling of houses in our community is a very important part of our economy and livelihood, but trying to figure out a property's value is an art form all its own.
Appraiser Erin Butler, owner of Butler...
One of the great treats of the fall church dinner season is the annual harvest dinner held at the Christian Church Community Building in Guthrie Center.
The Christian Women’s Fellowship of the church hosts the annual dinner, which I have...
Since the 1960s, travel to Cuba for U.S. citizens has been restricted. Twenty-year Kiwanis member Ron Harland recently spoke about his experience in visiting the mysterious country at a recent meeting of the Perry Kiwanis Club.
Harland is a private...
The area west of Perry has a multitude of dinners this time of year, particularly in Guthrie Center. Such was the case last Sunday at noon time, with Bowman Chapel United Methodist Church west of Guthrie Center offering their...
