September 2017

Ranger Rick: Trump shows no-nonsense approach to U.N.

September 26, 2017

President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations Council last week. The deferential language, weak body language, the scraping and bowing are things of the past. President Obama was the appeaser and weak-willed; ineffective and laughable to other world leaders, knowing he was a pushover when it came to opposing the...

Longtime propane gas businessman Bill Whittredge dies

September 26, 2017

Bill Whittredge died Sunday, Sept. 24, just two days after his 89th birthday. He was born on Sept. 22, 1928 in Blue Creek Township, Indiana, the son of Ira and Florence Whittredge. Bill married Lois White on Sept. 1, 1951. Bill was in the Army from 1946 to 1949, and was...

Memorial service is Friday for Ruth DeHaan, 65

September 26, 2017

Ruth Anne (DeVoogd) DeHaan, age 65, of Wayland, died Saturday, Sept. 23. She is survived by her children, Rebecca (Jeffrey) Weaver, Rachael (Frank) Ashiwer, and Nathan DeHaan, along with many others who referred to her as Mom. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Megan, Jacob, and Jonathan Weaver, and Gabriel and...

Service Wednesday for Carolyn Westhouse of Moline

September 25, 2017

Carolyn Westhouse, age 88, of Moline, died Sunday, Sept. 24. She is survived by her children, Ed and Marilyn Westhouse, Mike and Pam Westhouse, Don and Mary Westhouse, Cherri Westhouse, David and Donna Westhouse; grandchildren, Amy, Jenny, Holly, Darcy, Leah, Keith, Scott, Tony, Jill, Sarah, Nick, Stacy, Emily; 20 great grandchildren;...

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Wayland, TK to leave O-K Conference?

September 25, 2017

I hear tell there are high-level discussions being conducted by Wayland and Middleville Thornapple Kellogg schools to leave the O-K Conference and join the Wolverine. Both Wayland and TK joined the O-K Conference in 1971, lining up in the Blue Division, back when the O-K was only Red, White and...

Hopkins girls take 6th, boys 8th in Buchanan C-C Invitational

September 25, 2017

Todd Henley The Hopkins varsity cross-country teams went south for the Buchanan Invitational Saturday, with the girls finishing sixth among 13 teams and the boys eighth among 10. South Haven won the girls’ race with 74 points and Zeeland East was runner-up with 88. The Lady Vinings checked in with...

Funeral will be Tuesday in Dorr for ‘Bud’ Perry, 77

September 25, 2017

Charles E. "Bud" Perry died Saturday, Sept. 23. He was born Feb. 4, 1940, in Jamestown Township, the son of Charles and Ruth (Winter) Perry. Bud began his working career with his dad in the oil fields along with being a true hobby farmer and later retiring from Keeler-Brass with more than...

The Subterranean: ‘It’ has more sound shock than jump scares

September 24, 2017

Review of It *** out of five stars Currently in wide theatrical release "It's easier for me to go into that (haunted) house then it is for me to go into my own home.” by Walter G. Tarrow Post-Jason/Michael/Freddie scares where seeing is not necessarily a better way. But it's...

We don’t want information, we want to be entertained

September 23, 2017

Former State Rep. Lynn Jondahl, who was co-speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives with Paul Hillegonds in that institution's golden age, once gave a presentation in which he asserted that not only are we not solving our most pressing problems, we're not even talking about them. Jondahl asked the...

Fennville sweats out a 35 to 6 grid victory over Martin

September 23, 2017

by Austin Marsman Clayton Geerlings (3) runs with the football for the Clippers. Martin Friday night suffered what can only be described as a sweltering 35-6 defeat, at the hands of divisional opponent Fennville. Temperatures hovered in the upper 90s for much of the game and both teams were visibly affected,...

Month: September 2017