November 2018 – Page 9

WHS grad Austen Beggs rolls perfect 300 at Spectrum

November 5, 2018

Wayland High School graduate Austen Beggs, a four-year member of the Wildcat boys' bowling team, rolled his first perfect 300 game this past weekend at Spectrum Lanes in Grand Rapids. A graduate from last spring, he is enjoying high highest scores on the lanes of late, last weekend rolling a...

Wayland City Council finally nixes chicken ordinance

November 5, 2018

Nancy VandeVoord (left) and Jessica Desposito came to a public hearing earlier this year to talk about the positives of having an ordinance permitting chickens in the city. The issue of chickens in the City of Wayland has been settled, and proponents will be disappointed. The City Council Monday night...

Wayland Police Chief Harper to retire early next year

November 5, 2018

Steven Harper Wayland City Police Chief Steven Harper has indicated he will retire from law enforcement and will step down from his duties here by next February. Harper, who will be concluding a six-year commitment as Wayland's chief, has agreed to take a position as community impact pastor at his...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Facebook sometimes yields wheat

November 4, 2018

Lesley Irvine Kranenberg I’ve often complained that Facebook is a cesspool and about 95% of it is garbage and lame chit-chat, but I’ve also learned that if I’m careful enough to separate the wheat from the chaff, I get rewards. I found wheat recently under the heading of “People You...

WHS grad Todd Meconis runs 100 miles yet again

November 4, 2018

Todd Meconis, a Wayland High School graduate and former Wildcat wrestling standout, has completed the 100-mile run in the Pinhoti Endurance 100 in Alabama. His sister, Shannon Meconis Myers, said, " I told him how crazy he was, he can’t train in nine weeks, he won’t have a crew with...

‘Convenient Truth’ may decide chickens issue in city

November 3, 2018

ACHTUNG: The following is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. Former Vice President Al Gore years ago produced a film, "An Inconvenient Truth," which attempted to make a strong case for doing something about climate change, otherwise known as global warming. Closer to...

Six area harriers compete individually at state meet

November 3, 2018

Rylee Cronkright The annual state cross-country meet at Michigan International Speeway near Brooklyn included four runners from Hopkins and one each from Wayland and Martin. The Division 2 girls’ championships Saturday revealed, no one’s surprise, just how good the O-K Gold Conference is. East Grand Rapids won the team title...

Record-setting QB tosses 6 TDs to end Vikings’ season

November 2, 2018

Colin Weber totes the ball against Belding, helped by a block by Brad Langlois. (Photo courtesy of Jill Maley Weber) Hopkins varsity football has absorbed a lot of criticism about pass defense over the last several years, but Friday night it had a pretty good excuse. The Vikings saw their...

Columns

Army Bob: Media corporations are people, too

November 1, 2018

by Robert M. Traxler OK, it is the Holy Grail of many on the left that corporations are not people; exactly who makes up a corporation if not people is anyone’s guess. A new talking point used to degrade President Donald Trump is that the media is composed of people,...

Watson to inform residents near old dump about water

November 1, 2018

Because of the recent spate of reports of water contamination in Otsego Township, Watson Township officials want to warn local residents about such possibilities near the old Watson-Martin dump. Though former Township Clerk Kathy Pardee noted the site had been capped more than 30 years ago, Township Supervisor Kevin Travis...

Month: November 2018