2016 – Page 88

Lady Wildcats’ ‘rebuilding’ season ends in quarterfinals

The Wayland girls' softball season came to an end in the state Division 2 quarterfinals Tuesday afternoon at Davenport University. The Lady Wildcats lost 14-2, much in the same manner…

Editor June 14, 2016

Columns

Ranger Rick: A common sense explanation of building a wall

The idea of constructing a wall between the U.S. and Mexico is either cheered or jeered, depending mostly on your political affiliation and feelings toward illegal immigration. The vast majority…

Editor June 14, 2016

Community Notices

Playtime in the Park event for today canceled

Playtime in the Park is canceled today, Tuesday, June 14, because of rain. The Fresh Food Fairy inside Steeby Elementary Gym is still being held at 10:30am with free lunch…

Editor June 14, 2016

Community Notices

Laura Foster wins Brenner Teacher of Year award

Laura Foster, who has been teaching sixth grade at Pine Street Elementary since 1993, is this year’s winner of the Kathryn L. Brenner Teacher of the Year award. Foster earned…

Editor June 13, 2016

Articles

Wayland schools’ financial outlook still improving

The Wayland Board of Education Monday evening heard more good news about the budget, which is in the best shape it’s been in several years. Finance Director Bill Melching told…

Editor June 13, 2016

Features

Wayland chalk artist shows talent in Port Huron festival

Art on the River, an art and music festival in Port Huron brought in featured artist Tess Tobolic of Wayland, made possible by the sponsorship of the Community Foundation of…

Editor June 13, 2016

Columns

Monday Moanin’: Underfunding public schools continues

by Jeff Salisbury Mindless underfunding of schools continues, doing irreparable harm to kids High school graduation season is in full bloom in many communities around the nation, but in some…

Editor June 12, 2016

Columns

The Muck Starts Here: Revisionism is easy, decisions are hard

Revisionism is easy... but making harsh, horrid, homicidal decisions, in real life and real time, is not as easy as most people think (check out the ever-whiter hair of every…

Editor June 12, 2016

Sports

Hopkins bowler takes 15th place in Pepsi tournament

Hopkins sophomore Brendan Gossman placed 15th out of 277 bowlers who competed in the 2016 Michigan State USBC Pepsi bowling tournament in Bay City earlier this year. Gossman came up…

Editor June 12, 2016

Editorial

Is Islamic terrorism now targeting gay Americans?

To the editor: The reports of yet one more terrorist attack in the United States have put 50 dead and 53 wounded. The fact that the terrorist performed the massacre…

Editor June 12, 2016