March 2016 – Page 15

Community Notices

Workshop is March 15 on sale, leasing of downtown buildings

March 3, 2016

Wayland’s Economic Restructuring Committee will have an informal workshop from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, at the Bay Ponte Inn’s Fireside Room, Gun Lake. The workshop is designed specifically for helping downtown property owners with the sale and lease of their available properties and spaces. Though the...

Service will be Friday for Ruth Louise Wood, 88, of Watson Twp.

March 3, 2016

Ruth Louise Wood, 88, of Watson Township, died Wednesday, March 2, at the Wings Home in Allegan, Mrs. Wood was born in Nashville, Mich., on Sep. 18, 1927, the daughter of Archie D. and Lenora M. (Brewster) Spaulding. She was a feisty lady who never let any grass grow under...

Celebration of life for Mable Minser will be Saturday, March 19

March 2, 2016

Mable (Shelly) Minser died at her home in Hopkins last Friday morning, Feb. 26. She was 68 years old. She was born in November 1947 in Allegan. Mable is survived by her husband, William Minser, and three daughters: Sandy DeMann, Tonya Dietz and Ronda Minser; six grandchildren and one great-grandson....

Martin and Hopkins girls’ basketball seasons end in districts

March 2, 2016

The girls' basketball seasons for both Martin and Hopkins came to an end Wednesday evening in the district tournament. Martin's season ended with a 13-7 record overall after the Clippers lost 50-34 to Climax-Scotts in what amounted to a district finale. The two teams were the only ones competing in...

Visitation, service for Brian Bailey will be Saturday afternoon

March 2, 2016

Brian Timothy Bailey, age 60, of Wayland, died Monday, Feb. 29, His wife, Michelle Bailey, died just five months ago. Brian grew up with a love for the outdoors, Harley Davidson motorcycles and automobiles. He spent many days working as a mechanic at his father's business alongside his younger brother,...

Wildcats, despite 2 wins, fall 2 places in latest state hoops poll

March 2, 2016

There have been two errors made this week in assessing Wayland's varsity basketball team. One official scorer's mistake robbed the Wildcats of a point in Friday night's 53-46 win (actually 54-46) over Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills, so it really didn't matter. One could argue that the second error doesn't matter...

Lady Wildcats blow out Grand River Prep in semis, 67-15

March 2, 2016

The Wayland girls’ varsity basketball team Wednesday night earned a berth in Class B District finals by pummeling Grand River Prep 67-15 in the semifinals at Wyoming Godwin Heights. The Lady Wildcats , now 10-11 for the season overall, will face 20-2 Grand Rapids South Christian at 7 p.m. Friday...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 205

March 2, 2016

25 years Ago — March 6, 1991 A seven-mile stretch of Patterson Avenue going north from 135th Avenue, described as "pot hole infested," is scheduled for major reconstruction, road improvement and paving this year, according to the Allegan County Road Commission. Hoeksema Ford, Okinawa Martial Arts and Hastings City Bank...

Editorial

United we stand: This country was founded on compromise

March 2, 2016

A very interesting phenomenon is the large number of labels we place on people: conservative, liberal, racist, mean-spirited, sexist, pinhead, stupid, homophobic, communist, NAZI, pig, fascist, to name but a few. Anyone who dares disagree with any group of folks on anything is called a name. President Barack Obama called...

Barsura: The faux pas over ‘arrowheads’ at the Baldwin dig

March 1, 2016

We anthropology students at Grand Valley learned early that using the term "arrowhead" was unacceptable, at least scholastically. At institutions of higher learning, those artifacts are called projectile points. It really did make sense; points were found that came from arrows, of course, but also from spears and lances. I...

Month: March 2016