2019 – Page 115

Kennedy Gill rolls 289; Vikings near Silver titles

The Hopkins boys’ bowling team is closing in on an undefeated regular season and has clinched its third straight O-K Silver Conference championship. Meanwhile, Kennedy Gill Monday afternoon added even…

Editor February 18, 2019

Editorial

Memo to City Council: Be open, avoid backsliding

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The dictionary on this computer defines backsliding as "relapse into bad ways or error."…

Editor February 18, 2019

Articles

Wayland City is latest to opt out of pot dispensaries

Though 56% of voters last November approved a state-wide ballot issue legalizing recreational marijuana, virtually all local municipalities have been voting to opt out of permitting the buying and selling…

Editor February 18, 2019

Sports

Wildcats to have daunting tasks in district tourneys

The Wayland boys and Wayland girls perhaps couldn’t have done any worse in their Class B district tournament draws this year. Both will face thus far undefeated opponents in the…

Editor February 17, 2019

Columns

One Small Voice: When and where is the emergency?

Question: When is a door not a door? Answer: When it’s ajar. Question: When is a national emergency not a national emergency? Answer: When it’s a lie. The first Q…

Editor February 17, 2019

Obituaries

Service Thursday for Moline native Martin Boersma

Moline native Martin Boersma died Friday at the age of 85. Born in Moline in 1933 to Marcus and Martina (Schans) Boersma, the ninth of 11 children, after graduating from…

Editor February 17, 2019

Sports

Two Wildcat bowlers win all-conference accolades

Wayland senior bowlers Amber Beggs and Dillon Smith are members of the O-K-Gold and Green Conference all-star team. Beggs finished seventh in the league over the season with an individual…

Editor February 16, 2019

Editorial

Yes It is, It’s True: Let’s regard racism as a disease

Our most persistent disease, one that just won't go away, is not influenza, a cold, cancer, diabetes or so many other popular maladies. It is racism. It also is perhaps…

Editor February 16, 2019

Sports

Martin girls win non-league makeup hoops contest

Martin girls captured a non-conference basketball victory Saturday afternoon in a makeup against West Michigan Aviation Academy. The Lady Clippers prevailed 52-21 about as easily as they did in their…

Editor February 16, 2019

Features

Better weather helps, as the Polar Bear Dip must go on

Rumor has it that this very brave (or foolish) diver into the Gun Lake Winterfest annual Polar Bear Dip is former Wayland High School football quarterback Tanner VanDyk. The Winterfest…

Editor February 16, 2019