October 2016 – Page 16

South Main hours extended for Wayland Fall Fun Fest Oct. 22

October 3, 2016

The sixth annual Fall Fun Fest 2016 is planned for 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, but the Wayland City Council Monday night approved a request to extend closing hours on South Main Street 11 p.m. The council approved a request from Bruce Patrick, proprietor of Daily Brews and...

Wayland gets $2,500 grant to restore trees lost in road projects

October 3, 2016

Wayland apparently is moving quickly to restore its claim of taking trees seriously. City Manager Tim cLean announced Monday night that the city has won a $2,500 grant from Consumers Energy to restore trees lost in the two most recent road projects and the planting will be done on East...

City of Wayland DPW to handle snow removal, lawn care

October 3, 2016

The City of Wayland Department of Public Works will handle snow removal this winter and summer projects such as mowing lawns after action by the City Council Monday night. Council approved a request to create a combined part-time position as Downtown Development Authority ambassador and DPW employee for up to...

Work on Patterson Avenue causes lengthy detour route

October 3, 2016

Patterson Road just south of M-179 was closed to through traffic starting Monday, Oct. 3. The Inter-County Drain Commission was installing a new culvert on the small bridge over the Cuddy Drain, so neither Allegan nor Barry counties are handling the project. The detour around the construction is lengthy, but...

Monday Moanin: Whatever happened to local control of schools?

October 2, 2016

New Whitmore Lake “cyber school” took advantage of a loophole to get chartered (From Michigan Radio) Technically, Livingston Classical Academy is a “cyber school.” In reality, though, the only class that will be online this year is health – which parents will be encouraged to participate in for the more “sensitive...

Sweeney shines on defense, but Kalamazoo loses league opener

October 2, 2016

Wayland High School graduate Quentin Sweeney led Kalamazoo College in tackles and had a sack Saturday in the team's MIAA season opener. Unfortunately, the Hornets lost 56-26 to Alma and saw their overall record slip to 2-2. Sweeney was a decorated linebacker and running back for the Wildcats' 2012 football...

Barry Hastings: De Bait, De Hook, De Fish, Demise?

October 2, 2016

by Barry Hastings Strangest debate I've ever seen, one party carrying on as he's carried on since entering the GOP primaries a year ago; the other party acting as she's acted throughout the same period, prepared, confident, working a game plan that produced immediate good results. Donald Trump was clearly...

Can a football team that lost 60-0 qualify for playoffs? Martin can

October 2, 2016

Can a team that lost one game by a 60-0 score still qualify for the post-season playoffs? Martin will find out in the next several weeks. The Clippers are 4-2 on the season overall and if they win two of their remaining three games, against Decatur this Friday, against Galesburg-Augusta...

Yes It Is, It’s True: I’m ‘friends’ with 1st Green drain commissioner

October 1, 2016

Among famous people I have known, perhaps JoAnne Bier Beemon is the most striking in her being unique and uncompromising. I knew her in my college days and young manhood as a true child of the ‘60s, a hippie, a tree hugger, an anti-war activist. She was the girlfriend of...

Sports

Lady Wildcats 9th, boys 16th in Otsego C-C Invitational

October 1, 2016

The Wayland High School girls’ and boys’ cross-country teams competed in the star-studded Otsego Invitational Saturday morning, with the girls finishing ninth with 237 points and the boys 16th with 408. Coach Sue Brewer said her Wildcat ladies, missing Maggie Whitney and Peyton Sidebotham with injuries, “had a really good...

Month: October 2016