2016 – Page 91

Lady Vikings finish season with 26-10 overall record

The Hopkins varsity softball team had the school's larest numbers of season victories, fashioning a 26-10 overall record. Three of the squad's losses were to O-K Silver Conference and Division…

Editor June 7, 2016

Columns

Ranger Rick: Trump causing GOP metamorphosis

My cousin came to me one time after completing her degree requirements and asked if she should continue on with a master’s degree after her bachelor's completion. I commented it…

Editor June 7, 2016

Obituaries

Service Saturday for Garland Roberts, 85, of Wayland

Garland Roberts Jr., 85, of Wayland, died Thursday, June 2. Visitation will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, June 10, at Brown's Funeral Home, 627 Jefferson Ave SE,…

Editor June 6, 2016

Articles

City agrees to contribute $1,000 to trails coalition

The Wayland City Council Monday evening voted 6-1 to proceed with making a $1,000 contribution to the West Michigan Trails and Greenways Coalition’s rails to trails effort on behalf of…

Editor June 6, 2016

Articles

City may decide cost recovery ordinance proposal

The Wayland City Council is examining two proposed ordinances, but it appears that only one has a chance of being adopted. What might fly is a cost recovery ordinance, but…

Editor June 6, 2016

Articles

Splash pad leads to paving nearby, more business

The new splash pad in the City Park is such a huge hit that it’s being credited with the paving of Church and Cherry streets later this summer. Oetman Excavating,…

Editor June 6, 2016

Columns

Monday Moanin’: Education needs investment, support

BOULDER, CO (June 2, 2016) – The father of the common school movement, Horace Mann, proclaimed universal education to be the bedrock of democracy. Education is the “great equalizer of…

Editor June 5, 2016

Columns

Yes It is, It’s True: Muhammad Ali wasn’t always so beloved

“And it ain’t braggin’ if it’s true. Muhammad Ali said that. Back when he was a young man. Back when he was Cassius Clay. Before he had too many fights,…

Editor June 5, 2016

Community Notices

Technology Solutions open for business on W. Superior

Technology Solutions, a computer and smart phone repair business owned and operated by 1988 Wayland High School graduate Scott Calkins, opened its doors last month at 122 W. Superior St.…

Editor June 5, 2016

Columns

Barry Hastings: June 6, 1944: The day the world stood still

by Barry Hastings (Normandy, June 6, 1944, 9:30 p.m., double-daylight savings time.) At six-thirty p.m., two squadrons of U.S. Army Air Force P-51 fighter planes, the 334 and 335 ,…

Editor June 5, 2016