2017 – Page 30

Longtime Hopkins farmer, meat cutter Dick Funk, 85, dies

Richard "Dick" Joseph Funk, 85 of Hopkins, died Sunday, Oct. 22, at Green Acres of Wayland. Dick was born in Salem, Mich., Sept. 22, 1932, to the late Bernard and Evelyn…

Editor October 23, 2017

Sports

Wayland 8th-grade volleyball team lost only once this fall

The Wayland eighth grade volleyball team has just completed a terrific season, losing only once, in the semifinals of a tournament Saturday, finishing with a 15-1-1 record overall. Team members…

Editor October 23, 2017

Articles

Did Dorr Trustee John Tuinstra violate eavesdropping law?

Dorr Township Trustee John Tuinstra is absorbing criticism from Planning Commission members who maintain he may have violated state “eavesdropping” laws last week. Tuinstra attended the Oct. 17 Plan Commission…

Editor October 23, 2017

Features

No matter that it rained on Wildcats’ cross-country parade

The rain Monday in Wayland and all of West Michigan was relentless and plentiful. After setting records for being dry in September, this one super soaker more than made up…

Editor October 23, 2017

Sports

Lady Vikings win 3 of 5 matches in O-K Silver meet

The Hopkins volleyball team won three of five matches Saturday in the O-K Silver Conference meet at Belding. The Lady Vikings wound tied for second place with Calvin Christian in…

Editor October 23, 2017

Sports

Wayland High School grad, assistant golf pro, gets ace

Enrique Camarada, formerly of Shelbyville and a Wayland High School graduate, recorded his first-ever hole-in-one at the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club Sunday, where he works as assistant golf…

Editor October 22, 2017

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: We can’t run government like a business

"I mean to say that every day it's just another rotten mess. And when it's going to change, my friend, is anybody's guess. So I'm watching and I'm waiting. Hoping…

Editor October 22, 2017

Columns

The Subterranean: ‘Lucky’ is a slow, satisfying end journey

A review of Lucky ****1/2 out of five stars Currently in limited release by Walter G. Tarrow A raw, honest and bittersweet portrait of the loner as a very old…

Editor October 22, 2017

Editorial

Referendum on Leighton air park is not a good idea

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor I hear tell the group of citizens opposing the air park in Leighton Township…

Editor October 21, 2017

Obituaries

Former Leighton Twp. Supervisor Dar VanderArk dies

Former Leighton Township Supervisor Darwin "Dar" VanderArk, aged 71, of Moline, died of cancer Saturday, Oct. 21. Dar served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was described by…

Editor October 21, 2017