July 2020 – Page 2

Two challengers highlight City Council races Nov. 3

July 28, 2020

Mayor Tim Bala and Tracy Bivins two years ago when she announced her resignation. A couple of familiar names will be on the Nov. 3 general election ballot as challengers in races for the Wayland City Council. Former Councilwoman Tracy Bivins will challenge Mayor Tim Bala for a two-year term...

Ranger Rick: These are criminals, not protesters

July 28, 2020

The professional agitators are in force in Seattle and Portland. Folks, these are not people upset about George Floyd's death, this is an opportunity to cause unrest because they don't like anything Trump. Let's call it what it is — criminal activity, not protests, not grieving people, in fact look...

There is aways plenty of time for cinnamon tea

July 27, 2020

by Kathy Hamman Miller There is a difference of opinions on the proper strength of this tea, but the following proportions should make enough for 16 - 3/4 cup servings. Pour 3 quarts of boiling water over 3 tablespoons (4 tea bags) of tea leaves. 3 - 2 inch sticks...

Ramblin’ Road: Hearing loss 1 of the hazards of aging

July 27, 2020

by Phyllis McCrossin It was a fairly quiet weekend for King and me. We helped our son paint his house Friday and babysat Friday night while he and his wife went out for dinner. That left the rest of the weekend with little to do. Saturday I attended a virtual...

Columns

Basura: Halt convention, but open the schools?

July 27, 2020

“We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.” — Kilgore Trout, in Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut Kimora "Kimmie" Lynum died on July 18 in Putnam County, according to Florida Department of Health records. It confirmed her identity and said she's the state's youngest coronavirus fatality. She had no...

Service for Gregory Stevens will be at Bowens Mills

July 27, 2020

Gregory Stevens of Wayland died Wednesday, July 22 at the age of 43. A loving son, husband and father of four children, he was born Nov. 4, 1976, in Spokane, Wash. He lived most of his life in West Michigan, where four seasons of outdoor adventures were at his doorsteps. Friends...

Yes It’s True: Smoke-free, gun-free laws badly done

July 26, 2020

A story from more than 40 years ago can be used to help explain the persistent misleading assertion that the City of Chicago bans guns, yet it has among the worst numbers of gun-related deaths annually. Let’s go back to the mid-1970s, when all restaurants were required to provide at...

Allegan County still has low COVID-19 death tally

July 26, 2020

Allegan County continues to do strikingly well in avoiding serious consequences from the Coronavirus. The death toll of seven is just one more than a month ago and the figure had been stuck at six a month before that. Since the pandemic arrived in Michigan in mid-March, the Allegan County...

New LED lights shine at renovated WHS football field

July 26, 2020

New lights are shining at the Ron Stehouwer football stadium and track. They replaced the more than 35- year-old wooden pole lights with energy saving LED lights.

Car strikes, kills 2 horses in Leighton; woman, 26, dies

July 25, 2020

A 26-year-old Schoolcraft woman was killed Friday evening in Leighton Townshi when the horse she was riding was struck by a car. The auto struck two horses near the intersection of 146th Avenue and Ninth Street. The rider who was killed in the collision as 26-year-old Brittany Fender of Schoolcraft....

Month: July 2020