October 2017 – Page 13

One Small Voice: NFL protest issue just won’t go away

October 5, 2017

When my husband and I left Arizona two weeks ago for his Navy reunion in Alabama, the controversy was happily boiling over regarding protests by black NFL players during the playing of the national anthem before football games. The column I had begun lay unfinished in my notebook. I figured...

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

October 4, 2017

(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Oct. 7, 1992 The trial of Stephen Lawrence of Gun Lake, accused of the murder of his father, Willard, former Felpausch grocery president, in an arson fire, got under way in Barry County...

Lady Vikings win 1 of 3 matches at Otsego Classic

October 4, 2017

The Hopkins varsity volleyball team went 1-2 Tuesday evening in the Otsego Bulldog Classic, The Lady Vikings defeated Hastings 25-19 and 25-18, but fell to Kalamazoo Central 25-22, 25-12 and host Otsego 24-26, 25-14, 25-12. Hopkins ended the day with an overall record of 22-14-2 and 2-1 in the O-K...

WHS sophomore Rylee Cronkright has breakout 5K race

October 4, 2017

Rylee Cronkright ran an astonishing sub-20 minute 5K race to win individual medalist honors. The Wayland girls’ and boys’ varsity cross-country teams both placed fifth in the latest O-K Gold Conference jamboree Tuesday at Johnson Park in Wyoming. The Lady Wildcats, despite missing the services of two of their...

WHS honor grad from 1964 Alan Farling dies at 71

October 3, 2017

Alan J. Farling, an honor student and 1964 graduate of Wayland High School, has died at the age of 71. He was born Feb. 26, 1946, in Bryon, Ohio, son of the late Doyle and Elizabeth Farling. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's...

Lone Martin Middle School runner Eli Dykstra wins medal

October 3, 2017

by Austin Marsman Martin eighth-grader Eli Dykstra is the only middle schooler to compete in cross country for the Clippers this fall, but he has enjoyed no small measure of success. Dykstra finished 16th out of 118 runners and medaled in his race Tuesday at the middle school conference championship at...

City should not prohibit sales of farm fresh eggs locally

October 3, 2017

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Wayland City Councilman Rick Mathis was correct Monday night in his assessment of adopting a local ordinance permitting residents to have chickens. Mathis insisted that the city will need to hire an ordinance enforcement...

Leyton Velicky, 25, killed in car-pedestrian accident

October 3, 2017

Leyton Stephen Velicky, age 25, of Wayland, died Saturday, Sept. 30, as a result of a car-pedestrian accident. Leyton, a 2010 graduate of Hopkins High School, will be remembered for his sense of humor, contagious laugh and smile, his quick wit, his generosity, and his willingness to help others. His loving...

Ranger Rick: Dems, media enflame NFL players’ protests

October 3, 2017

With all the uproar about NFL players kneeling when the national anthem was played before games, there is much fake and suspect support for those kneeling and the cause they support, the shooting deaths of black men by law enforcement. Let’s examine this situation. The players supporting the cause by...

Funeral Friday for Charlotte Snyder, 86, of Watson Twp.

October 2, 2017

Charlotte Ann Snyder, 86, of Watson Township, died Sunday, Oct. 1, at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. Born July 29, 1931, in Chicago, she was the daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Sharp) Gavrun. On June 26, 1948, she married William R. Snyder and together they raised seven children. He preceded Mrs....

Month: October 2017