March 2020 – Page 8

Sports

Martin boys, girls only area teams left in hoops tourney

March 11, 2020

Martin is the only area boys’ varsity basketball team still standing after district tournament semifinal play Wednesday evening. The Clippers turned back Kalamazoo Heritage Christian 48-14 to earn a date in the finals Friday at 7 p.m. against an 18-4 Hoilland Calvary team that defeated Lawrence in the other semifinal....

Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

March 11, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — March 15, 1995 The 1973-74 girls' varsity softball team with coach Sharon Nelson. Front (from left) Tammy Carpenter, Gail Niemchick, Gail George, Jackie Heth, & Diane Haywood, Middle: Cheri Ritz, Jan Shoemaker, Jean...

Articles

Dorr Library’s millage request appears to have won

March 10, 2020

The Dorr Township Library’s request for 0.6-mill for 10 years appears to be headed for victory. With 36.62% of precincts reporting, the number of “yes” votes was 1,281 to just 762 “no.” That’s a margin of 62.7 percent to 37.3%. The Library Board first asked for an 0.89-mill levy in...

Martin girls to be in finals of regionals Thursday night

March 10, 2020

The Martin girls’ varsity basketball team punched its ticket to the Division 4 regional championship game Thursday by getting past Colon 40-23 in the semifinal round Tuesday. The Lady Clippers’ defense once again made the difference, limiting Colon to just 10 points in the first half, none in the first...

Memorial service Friday for Kathy Brenner of Hopkins

March 10, 2020

Kathleen Ann Brenner, 59, of Hopkins, died Saturday morning, March 7, at her home. Born March 14, 1960, in Allegan, she was the daughter of Arthur and Mary Lou (Selby) Fleser and was the wife of Thomas Dale Brenner. Kathleen enjoyed spending time tending to the flowers in her garden....

Ranger Rick: Coronavirus just Trump Derangement?

March 10, 2020

The Corona Virus (CV) is among us! Oh no, anything but that! While no one likes to think they will contract the CV, we have experienced pandemics before — H1N1, swine flu, Asiatic flu — whatever it is named in its various virus forms, it sickens and kills some among...

Hopkins schools trying to nip racial trouble in the bud

March 9, 2020

Leadership coach Kathryn Curry speaks at the Hopkins High School cafeteria. An almost all-white rural school district such as Hopkins is bound eventually to have issues in dealing with people of color, and a recent incident prompted school officials to do something about it. The Hopkins Public Schools Diversity Committee...

Sports

Martin boys win district opener handily vs. 11-5 foe

March 9, 2020

Cayden Curry The Martin boys' varsity basketball team started the district tournament with a bang Monday evening with a resounding 83-46 victory over a Kalamazoo Phoenix team that entered the contest with an 11-5 overall record. The Clippers wasted no time in taking control of the ballgame, shooting out to...

Hopkins Twp. sets public hearing on proposed DDA

March 9, 2020

The Hopkins Township Board will have a public hearing April 13 on a proposed ordinance adopting a Downtown Development Authority to oversee a DDA district across the expressway from the City of Wayland. The DDA would govern about a dozen properties on 12th Street along the west side of U.S.-131...

Columns

One Small Voice: The ‘rush’ of selling books on line

March 8, 2020

by Lynn Mandaville In the world of on-line book sales, get-rich-quick isn’t the key to success. Guaranteed success, in fact, is just like everywhere else in the world. It depends on a slow, steady, educated approach to marketing used books. This includes considering the condition of the book, how many...

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