January 2020

Wildcat boys and girls both suffer defeats at Lowell

January 31, 2020

It's a difficult realization to swallow, but the Wayland girls' varsity basketball team very definitely struggles without star 6-2 junior pivot Stephanie Ainsworth. The Lady Wildcats were on the short end of a 38-17 score Friday night against non-conference opponent Lowell, lowering their overall season record to 9-5. They have...

Martin girls outlast Coloma; boys falter down stretch

January 31, 2020

There was a sea of orange fans in the stands at Martin Friday night in support of freshman Ivy Keyzer, who was diagnosed this week with leukemia. Sophomore Gracie Shettler and junior Natalie Yowler came off the bench and sparked the Martin girls’ varsity basketball team to a hard-fought 45-36...

Columns

Basura: The Beach Doctor conquers sea urchin bites

January 31, 2020

“Help! I need somebody! Help, not just anybody. Won’t you please, please, help me?” — The Beatles, 1965 My uncle, a Korean War vet, asked me the other day if there are a lot of sea urchins in Bonaire. We leave soon for the month of February there, and I...

WAEMS Board working on 5-year restructuring plan

January 30, 2020

Penny Post The Wayland Area Emergency Services ambulance operations are the busiest ever and personnel are scrambling to keep up with costs and demands. Penny Post, who represents Dorr Township on the WAEMS Board, said Thursday evening that the service made a record high 4,452 runs in 2019, up from...

Man in Ethan Mutschler’s traffic death gets 1 year

January 30, 2020

Colter Rounds, the motorist who caused a traffic crash that killed 17-year-old Wayland High School student Ethan Mutschler has been sentenced to a year in jail. Rounds also was ordered to serve five years or probation in his sentencing Thursday in Kent County Circuit Court. Mutschler, a three-year letterman on...

Wayland’s supt. search begins with seeking input

January 30, 2020

Dr. Rodney Green speaks to a group of parents with a backdrop of a Power Point. The search for a successor to retiring Wayland Union Schools Supt. Norman Taylor began in earnest Thursday afternoon and evening with a couple of “public input sessions.” Dr. Rodney Green from the Michigan Association...

Columns

Army Bob: Rep. Adam Schiff has become a media deity

January 30, 2020

by Robert M. Traxler In researching this column, I Googled Representative Adam Bennet Schiff, (D-Ca.) and got page after page of hero worship by the media; to sum up the coverage in a few words, “God-like.” Those who openly criticize our President for lying forget Representative Schiff’s open and frequent...

Lady Viking bowlers still unbeaten in conference

January 29, 2020

Jenna Mohr The Hopkins girls' varsity bowling team continues to roll undefeated in the O-K Silver Conference. The Lady Vikings defeated Kent City on a non-league dual match Monday and then bested Belding Wednesday. The girls beat Belding for the second time, leaving their record still undefeated. The boys struggled,...

A bad day at Zeeland for both WHS bowling teams

January 29, 2020

It was a tough day for the Wayland boys' and girls' varsity bowling teams Wednesday. The Lady Wildcats lost by a score of 27-3 and the guys went down 29-1. Girls' coach Eric Bottrall said Zeeland had a solid four bowlers post great scores "and they definitely dominated this match......

Barry Hastings: Why I’m voting for Mike Bloomberg

January 29, 2020

I plan to vote for Mike Bloomberg in the primary because- he's taking the fight to the madman. Every one of his public statements amounts to a direct assault on the record of the most dangerous man ever to occupy the Oval Office. Even moderate Republican office-holders fear his wrath. Bloomberg's record and his wealth make him impervious to Trump's...

Month: January 2020