Month: June 2016

Columns

Army Bob: Does ‘Shut Trump Up’ respect free speech?

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One more classic example of the intolerance of our friends on the left side of the political debate is the violence at Donald Trump for President rallies. The left feels it is not only acceptable to use violence to silence your opponents, but noble. In reply to this column the...
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Tuinstra calls maintenance hire a case of ‘cronyism’

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Despite suggestions of nepotism and cronyism by Trustee John Tuinstra, Jesse Miling was approved as permanent assistant maintenance worker for Dorr Township this summer. Miling is the son of Dorr Township Supervisor, but maintenance employee Jarrod Simon told the board two previous assistants didn’t pan out, but Miling has been...
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Policy discussions, proposals go nowhere in Dorr Twp.

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Discussions of and proposals about Dorr Township Board policies took up about three-quarters-of-an hour Thursday night, but none went anywhere. Trustee John Tuinstra initiated discussions on an invoice policy amendment, on a policy on prudent purchasing and a policy on transparency. The transparency and invoice policy proposals were shot down...
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Dorr Twp. takes heat for ‘destroying’ cemetery shrubs

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The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening got an earful of complaints from citizen Laurel Jansen about cemetery policy. Jansen told Supervisor Jeff Miling, “You have destroyed gravestones that were in perfect order… You have hurt the citizens of Dorr deeply. I am speaking for the Jansen and Fifelski families.” Apparently...
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Brian Boot to succeed Weber on Dorr Plan Commission

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Dorr Township Clerk Brian Boot Thursday evening was chosen to succeed Dan Weber as a member of the Dorr Township Planning Commission. Boot, who has been clerk for the past four years, was appointed on a 4-2-1 vote of the Township Board. Trustees Patty Senneker and John Tuinstra dissented and...
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Father Alphonse is new pastor at St. Therese Church

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The St. Therese Parish of Wayland is welcoming Father Alphonse Savarimuthu as its new pastor. Father Alphonse, who was trained by the Missionaries of Francis De Sales, has been reassigned from the St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church in Niles. He had been serving the church since July 2014. He succeeds Father Christian Johnson, who...
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Basura: I’m hearing a lot about Trump. It’s not good

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In 1952, when Adlai Stevenson was running against Dwight Eisenhower for the presidency, he was told that well-educated, intelligent Americans would vote for him. Stevenson replied, “That’s not enough. I need a majority.” I’m hearing a lot of things about Donald Trump. I’m just saying. Lots of people are talking....
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Car-semi fatal crash victim is former Hopkins student

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The driver killed on U.S.-131 north of Wayland Tuesday when his car struck the rear of a semi-truck has been identified as 21-year-old Luke DeWitt of Caledonia, who formerly was a student at Hopkins High School. DeWitt was driving north on the freeway near the 84th Street exit at about...
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Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 222

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25 Years Ago — July 1, 1991 Dorr, Hopkins, Caledonia, Gun Lake and Charlton Park all were planning Fourth of July celebrations, including parades, fireworks, and a political address by State Sen. Dick Posthumus in Caledonia. In Dorr Township, Fire Chief Bill Fifelski brought back the restored “Number One” fire...
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Funeral held for Hopkins High grad Lucy Woodruff Will

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Hopkins High School graduate Lucille Woodruff Will has died at the age of 90. She was born Feb. 17, 1926, in Kalamazoo to Glenn Ellsworth Woodruff and Marion Thelma (Smith) Woodruff. She had an older sister, Fran Meyers (spouse 'Bud' has passed), and a younger brother Leslie Woodruff (spouse Nan...
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