March 2016 – Page 2

Academic Showcase has full house at Brandon Elementary

March 30, 2016

Brandon Elementary's annual Academic Showcase earlier this month attracted a full house of parents and interested citizens to the Martin school. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade showcased different projects, including writing, pictures, stories, dolls and lighthouses.

Esther Harman, 89, of Shelbyville, passes at home

March 30, 2016

Esther Mae Harman, 89, of Shelbyville, died Monday, March 28, at her home. Born in New Castle, Pa., on Oct. 3, 1926, the daughter of Earl L. and Mae E. (Elkblom) Lehew, she was a graduate of Bowen High School in Chicago. Esther worked as a telephone operator, later as...

Lady Vikings split in first 2 soccer matches of the season

March 30, 2016

The Hopkins girls’ varsity soccer team split its first two matches of the season this week, both nonleague contests. The Lady Vikings opened their season Monday with a 1-0 victory over Comstock Park Monday, but were edged 2-1 at Grand Rapids Covenant Christian. Amber Caywood scored the only goal in...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 209

March 30, 2016

25 Years Ago — April 3, 1991 Damage assessment seemed to confirm that a tornado visited the Shelbyville area on 7th Street at the home of Katie Oldebeken, 87, destroying a tree and causing extensive to the house roof. Van Solkema Farms has been granted permission to have the Hooker-Harvey...

HHS grad Jayde Van Zalen, 21, dies awaiting 2nd liver transplant

March 30, 2016

Jayde VanZalen, 21, for whom Hopkins High School students put together a fund-raiser in February, died Easter Sunday, March 27. VanZalen, a 2013 Hopkins High School graduate, had been battling a serious liver disease since she was 12 years old. The Student Council, National Honor Society and friends and family...

Lady Wildcats blank Allendale 4-0 to start soccer season

March 29, 2016

The Wayland girls' varsity soccer team had great start to the season with a 4-0 nonleague win on the road against Allendale Tuesday evening. A wet field in Wayland forced the game to be moved to Allendale. Despite playing on the road, the Lady Wildcats set the tone early in...

Two WHS students qualify for national business competition

March 29, 2016

Two Wayland High School students have qualified for the national Business and Professionals of America competition in May in Boston.Both Hailey Carpenter and Bri Cronk have advanced to the national level of the BPA contest. The two and four other members of the Wayland High School BPA qualified for the...

Basura: Gov. Snyder’s apologies for Flint strain credibility

March 29, 2016

"Never ruin an apology with an excuse." — Benjamin Franklin "Flint, Mich. — The World Health Organization’s “action level” for lead contamination in drinking water — indicating the need for intervention — is 10 parts per billion. The Environmental Protection Agency’s action level is 15 parts per billion. "In tests...

Ranger Rick: Obama fiddles in Cuba while Brussels burns

March 29, 2016

After the Brussels explosions, members of the media were breathless in trying to get to the bottom of who “dunnit.” I’m sure everyone viewing the newscasts knew perfectly well who had perpetrated this horror on innocent people, and they weren’t Christians. True to form, the apologist Obama and his sidekick,...

Wayland man charged in fatal I-94 traffic pileup last September

March 29, 2016

Michael Daniel Baird, 50, of Wayland, has been charged with two felonies in connection with the fatal traffic crash last Sept. 3 on I-94 near Paw Paw. Michigan State Police from the Paw Paw post assert that Baird, a trucker, was texting when he caused the crash, which killed a...

Month: March 2016