Month: June 2019

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Basura: Is ‘Dirty Donnie’ best Trump nickname?

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“Why were we put here only to suffer and die?”  asked Kilgore Trout “Why not?”  replied the Creator of the Universe — Venus on the Halfshell, Kurt Vonnegut Was it with intentional irony that one of the readers of TB criticized me for coining a derogatory nickname for President Trump? Perhaps...
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One Small Voice: At long last, have we no shame?

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by Lynn Mandaville There are no two ways about it. The United States, with the authority of the President, has kidnapped Central American children from their parents or the guardians who took responsibility for delivering them to safe haven in America. By way of the government agencies of the US...
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Tony Kramer’s memorial service in Pa. will be Tuesday

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Anthony David Kramer, “Tony”, age 32, of North Wales, Pa., died suddenly Wednesday. June 26. Born April 7, 1987, in Allegan to Joseph and Amy Kramer of Wayland, he was the husband of seven years to Danielle A. “Dani” (Schulman) Kramer. Tony was a graduate of Grand Rapids Community College with an...
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Private memorial service is planned for Elaine Kellogg

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Elaine Kellogg of Wayland died Tuesday, June 25. She was 70. She is survived by her son, David Kellogg; siblings Sue (Tony) TenHave, Earl (Terri) Saladin, Mary (Ronald) Hes, Karen (Mike) Sevigny and many nieces, nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Kellogg; parents Adrian...
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Term limits artificially limits power of the people who vote

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ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” — Albert Einstein Such is the strange case of term limits, the phony political remedy that just won’t go away....
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Rep. Johnson’s bill supports non-vaxxing foster parents

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State Rep. Steven Johnson, in the middle of his second two-year term in Lansing, has introduced a House bill that would support foster parents whose biological children are not completely vaccinated. Johnson, who represents the cities of Wayland and Kentwood and the townships of Gaines, Wayland, Dorr and Leighton in...
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Former Hopkins schools employee Pamela Cuperus dies

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Pamela Rae Cuperus (Funk), 67, of Hudsonville, died Wednesday, June 26, at her home. Born Sept. 9, 1951, in Grand Rapids, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Dorothy (Wolf) Snoeyink and was the wife of Larry John Cuperus. Pamela had worked for Hopkins Public Schools for 14...
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Army Bob: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez seriously needs fact checker

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by Robert M. Traxler Being a leftist icon means never having to explain truly unenlightened statements, especially ones that are a liberal holy grail, and like Caesar's wife, above questioning. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a freshman representative from New York City, stated that “Jeff Bezos is still a billionaire, that's one thing,"...
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Dorr minority still fights for Plan Commission term limits

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Robert M. Traxler EDITOR'S NOTE: The bulleted item in this story about road construction was not correct. It should have read: "For constructing the mile of 22nd Street between 144th Avenue and 146th Avenue. In 2020 the two miles from 142nd to 146th will be paved."   The term limits issue resurfaced at the...
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Tony Kramer, 2005 WHS graduate, reportedly has died

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Word has been received today of the death Wednesday of Tony Kramer, a 2005 graduate of Wayland High School. The son of nurse Amy Kramer and Wayland City Councilman Joe Kramer, he was a chef, a husband and father living in New Wales, Pa. His mother posted on Facebook, "We...
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