Month: October 2016

Yes It Is, It’s True: Lessons from a Daisy Duck fable?

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One of the most memorable fables from my childhood, besides Aesop’s tales, came from a Daisy Duck comic book. Yes, from Daisy Duck. There was a period in the mid-1950s on through the early 1960s when a “Daisy Duck’s Diary” series was popular among the kiddies, and somehow I came...
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Basura: Halloween memories keep flooding back

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As college students, my then girlfriend and her roomies hosted what they called a Hairy Buffalo party. Everyone was to dress in costume, and bring some sort of alcoholic beverage. A new trash can was purchased for the purpose of holding the “punch” and everyone poured their contribution of beer...
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Thornapple Valley Strings to play at next folk session

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The Thornapple Valley Strings, four talented musicians who have played together for about four years, will be special guests for the next Rabbit River folk gathering at 6 p.m. Saturday at Vibrant Grains, 142 S. Main St. Band members include Ken Moore from Middleville, lead singer and rhythm guitar; Judy Moore on...
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Army Bob: Where there’s smoke there’s fire for Hillary

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Well here we go again, a re-examination, a reopening of one just one of the Clinton scandals/criminal investigations. Our good friends on the left, not the far left, are not supporting Secretary Clinton, but the old left are not digging in to counter the attacks, they are on the offense....
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Ex-Wildcat Allison Getty leads Northwood volleyball

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Allison Getty, a 2013 graduate of Wayland High School, is leading Northwood University's volleyball team in kills and total points this season. Getty, who was a Division 2 all-state selection for a team that went all the way to the state semifinals, has recorded 294 kills and 323 total points...
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Monday Moanin’: Lawsuit seeks justice for Flint children

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A class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks justice for the children of Flint, who are suffering the effects of months of drinking lead-contaminated tap water while also not receiving adequate special education services in the city’s public schools, the suit alleges. “The extensive lead poisoning in Flint has combined with the...
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Ex-Wildcat teammates reunite on the gridiron as foes

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Former Wayland High School football teammates Mike Miklusicak and Quentin Sweeney met as rivals on the gridiron Saturday with the former getting the best of a 31-6 victory by Hope over Kalamazoo College. Miklusicak scored Hope's first three touchdowns on runs of 6, 14 and 55 yards and he rushed...
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Wildcat girls 6th in C-C regionals, boys finish 11th

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It was a day of near misses for the Wayland boys’ and girls’ cross-country treams at Saturday’s Division 2 regional meet at Portage. Near-miss performances were turned in by Lady Wildcat senior Emily Gray and boys Jonathan Zuiderveen and Mitchell Hooker. Gray just missed qualifying for next Saturday’s state meet...
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It’s back to state cross-country meet for Hopkins girls

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It was déjà vu all over again for the Hopkins girls’ cross-country team and ace harrier Laura Velderman. Actually, it was even better this time around. The Lady Vikings Saturday qualified for the Division 3 state meet for the fifth year in a row. But last year they finished third...
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Recommendations, if I could vote in Nov. 8 election:

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ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Dorr Township Trustee John Tuinstra recently circulated a flyer recommending trustee candidates for the Nov. 8 election. I’m doing the same on a larger scale, prompted by my motto: “I report what I see...
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