The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Never once in my life have I thought the word “ceremony” was difficult to spell. I was apparently wrong.

Each week on Wednesday night I skim through the fresh edition of the Sentinel-News to see if any errors jump out and bite me. Last week, I was bitten red and raw. Not only did I spell the word ceremony wrong twice in two separate Memorial Day photo cutlines – “ceremoney” on Page 1 and “cermony” on Page 3 – I also screwed up the counties represented by Iowa House District 3 in our candidate Q & A article. I wrote that the district encompasses “O’Brien and Clay counties...