April 2016 – Page 15

Watson Township adopts budget with healthy fund balance

April 7, 2016

The Watson Township Board adopted a balanced 2016-17 fiscal year budget of $218,850 in both revenue and expenditures after a public hearing Thursday night. Township Treasurer Sue Jones reported the general fund balance, or “rainy day fund,” is pegged at $223,895, or more than 100 percent of the budget. The...

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Watson Twp. sticks with dust control service at higher cost

April 7, 2016

EDITOR"S NOTE: The original story published last Thursday night reported an incorrect figure for the cost of paving 122nd Avenue. The total cost will be $483,780. The Watson Township Board Thursday evening decided to stick with the same dust control service despite a cheaper offer. The board voted to spend...

Service will be Tuesday for Randall Lee Postma, 58

April 7, 2016

Randall Lee Postma, age 58, died Wednesday, April 6. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Cindy (Borowka) Postma; children, Marcy (Nate) Zylstra, Nicole (Mike) Augustine, and Rick (Alison) Postma; grandchildren, Jared, Gavin, Brady, and Mason Randall; mother, Marie Postma; sisters and brother, Roxanne (David) Vanderroer, Starla (Roy)...

Democrary Tree: Perrigo among Michigan offshore tax cheats

April 7, 2016

As reporters pore over the recently leaked “Panama Papers”, searching the massive document dump for names familiar here in the U.S., the Obama administration used the occasion to push for a crackdown on corporate tax inversions — an ongoing problem draining the nation’s economy of revenue by the billions. Inversions...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 210

April 6, 2016

25 Years Ago — April 10, 1991 VanSolkema Farms has been ordered to pay $16,000 in civil penalties and for damages in the 1989 “chemical drift” killing of about 2,000 brown trout fingerlings in the Rabbit River in Leighton Township. The burglary and break-in at the Radio Shack at 138...

Distracted driving is growing problem causing traffic crashes

April 6, 2016

With more than 3,000 people killed nationwide in distracted-affected crashes in 2012, the Michigan State Police (MSP) seeks to educate the public about the dangers of distracted driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, distracted driving is any activity that could divert a person’s attention away from the...

Basura: I made the Marine tennis team in Hawaii, for awhile

April 5, 2016

“Contrariness;” continued Tweedledum, “if it was so, it might be; and, if it were so, it must be; but, if it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.” — Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass Out of boot camp, I was ordered to Marine Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, on the Island of...

Wayland High School pool closed for at least this week

April 5, 2016

The Wayland High School pool will be closed for the rest of the week and perhaps longer. Fitness & Aquatics Director John Charon of Northern Physical Therapy said the water heater in the pool stopped stopped working Monday. "Due to the extremely cold water temperatures, we will have to cancel...

WHS Robotics Team wins Rookie All-Star Award at districts

April 5, 2016

The Wayland Union High School Robotics Team received the Rookie All-Star Award at the FIRST Robotic district championship competition Friday and Saturday at East Kentwood High School. The Woldcats also were ranked 15th out of 40 teams. Wayland was one of nine rookie teams but the only one to receive...

Wayland city police officers agree to new 5-year contract

April 5, 2016

Local police officers and the Wayland City Council have agreed to a new five-year employment contract. The City Council Monday night unanimously approved the pact, which covers the years 2016 to 2021. The negotiating teams included Police Chief Steve Chief Harper, Finance Director Cherie Parish, and City Manager Tim McLean....

Month: April 2016