March 2015 – Page 3

The Muck Starts Here: On the road to perdition with ISIL

March 29, 2015

By Barry Hastings Every time I wake to the morning news I'm closer to screaming, "This President and his military advisers are leading us down the road to defeat and perdition." It was just a short while ago he told an interviewer the administration was, "confident we have control of...

Public safety beat: Fire battled at Mobile Pallet Services

March 29, 2015

The Wayland Fire Department and several other departments were battling a fire at Mobile Pallet Services Inc. Sunday afternoon. Local officials reported that a fire was burning a large pile of sawdust behind the Pallet plant was burning and it threatened to spread to a nearby wooded area. Dorr, Hopkins...

For what it’s worth: Wildcats, Vikings showed us quality hoops

March 28, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. It’s the silver lining in the dark cloud. It’s the consolation for the inconsolable. Saturday’s finals results in the state high school basketball tournaments provided Wayland and Hopkins with some evidence they play pretty...

Democracy Tree: Follow the money to block a Michigan union

March 28, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin Today’s Traverse City Record-Eagle opined on a transparency issue at Northwestern Michigan College over exorbitant legal fees paid to the silk-stocking law firm Miller Canfield. At $500 an hour, the community college was charged a whopping $46,000+ by the downstate firm to guide school administrators through...

WHS thespians put together murder mystery dinner

March 27, 2015

Members of the Wayland High School drama program put on the annual "Murder Mystery Dinner" Friday evening at the Fine Arts Center. Guests were treated to a dinner and then regaled with a tale of a murder mystery, directed by instructor Becky Black (far left). Proceeds from the fun go...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Death stories ain’t what they used to be

March 27, 2015

"Those are people who died, died. They were all my friends, and they died." — Jim Carroll Band Ink-stained wretches from a bygone era will tell you one of the first jobs they learned working at a newspaper was writing obituaries. That's changed a lot over the years. These days...

Wildcat senior Lacey James named all-state in Class B

March 27, 2015

Wayland High School senior center Lacey James has been named to the Associated Press Class B all-state basketball team. The 6-7 pivot averaged almost 20 points and 15 rebounds per game for the Wildcats, who fashioned a 19-4 overall record, but bowed out of the state tournament to Wyoming Godwin...

Columns

Army Bob: Be careful about promises of social justice

March 26, 2015

by Robert M. Traxler The presidential election circus is rapidly descending upon us, heaven help us all. The “social justice” movement will be a hotly debated issue for the next twenty months. Who can be against social justice? It sounds like a wonderful concept and it is an intoxicating theory....

Lady Wildcats to host defending soccer champ Monday

March 26, 2015

The Wayland girls' soccer team captured its second victory in as many starts Thursday evening with a 4-0 shutout victory over Byron Center. The Lady Wildcats also defeated Coopersville 4-0 in their season opener. However, they'll get a stiff test at 6:45 p.m. next Monday when they take on Gull...

Jo Bryant of Dorr dies 5 days after her 84th birthday

March 26, 2015

Johanna Jo Bryant of Dorr, who celebrated her 84th birthday just last Friday, died Wednesday, March 25. Jo was born March 20, 1931, in Kalamazoo to Elzo and Gertrude Veenkant. Since retiring, Jo and her late husband, Richard (Dick Bryant), looked forward to their weekends up north, hunting, fishing, playing...

Month: March 2015