2017 – Page 47

Vikings dare to be great, but fall short vs. Godwin, 41-27

Hopkins dared to be great on a couple of occasions Friday night against an explosive and undefeated Wyoming Godwin Heights football team. Though they put a scare into their visitors,…

Editor September 15, 2017

Sports

Lady Wildcats place 8th at MSU cross invitational

The Wayland girls' cross-country team finished eighth as a team Friday among 35 girls' teams in the Michigan State Spartan Invitational at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing.…

Editor September 15, 2017

Sports

Lady Vikings let Northpointe come from behind, lose 3-2

The Hopkins varsity volleyball team Thursday lost a tough five-set match to North Pointe Christian, 3-2. The loss dropped the Lady Vikings to 1-1 in the O-K Silver Conference and…

Editor September 15, 2017

Columns

Army Bob: Radical Islamists perceived as winning war

“Vast new intelligence haul fuels next phase of fight against Islamic State:” Los Angeles Times. The headline introduces a story that this column has predicted for many years now. The caliphate in Syria…

Editor September 15, 2017

Articles

Leighton Twp., Library Boards still working on contract

The Leighton Township Board and District Library Board still have not come to complete agreement on how utility and maintenance expenses will be handled for the two adjacent buildings. Disagreements…

Editor September 15, 2017

Columns

One Small Voice: Technology makes our lives an open book

When do we learn the concept of privacy? I think for me, a child of the 1950s, it wasn't something introduced very early. I think I absorbed it over time. I…

Editor September 15, 2017

Sports

Lady Vikings 3rd in Delton Invitational cross contest

The Hopkins girls’ varsity cross-country team placed third among nine teams Thursday at the Delton Invitational and the boys took sixth among 11 teams. The Martin boys’ team finished ninth.…

Editor September 15, 2017

Obituaries

Service Friday for Canadian native Muriel TerMeer

Muriel Frances Mae TerMeer died Wednesday, Sept. 13, at her home in Hopkins. Born Oct. 22, 1932, in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, she was the oldest of four children born to the late…

Editor September 14, 2017

Obituaries

Funeral mass will be Monday at St. Mary’s for Marvin Weber

Marvin James Weber, age 88, died Wednesday, Sept. 13. Marv was a very social person who enjoyed talking with anyone he met and camping with family and friends. He played…

Editor September 14, 2017

Articles

Air park neighbors hint they’ll sue Leighton Twp. Board

Neighbors of the proposed air park in Leighton Township Thursday night hinted at the possibility they will take legal action against the Township Board if it wins final approval. The issue,…

Editor September 14, 2017