August 2020 – Page 4

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One Small Voice: Trump is like an erratic haboob

August 21, 2020

by Lynn Mandaville Monsoon season has finally arrived here in the Valley of the Sun. Sunday last, late in the afternoon, the sky darkened with that eerie yellowish glow that, back in Michigan, used to forebode strong thunderstorms or a tornado warning. Here, it is the warning that the thunderstorms...

Visitation is Friday evening in Dorr for Delores Truax

August 20, 2020

Delores Truax, age 84, died Wednesday, Aug. 19. Delores enjoyed camping, arts and crafts, bowling and playing poker. Most of all, Delores loved her family and friends. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Orville J. Truax; children Sue Berry, Scott (Elaine) Fase, Carl Fase, Lisa (Jack) Knowles;...

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Army Bob: Let us mask up and open up to fight Covid

August 20, 2020

by Robert M. Traxler Unfortunately, COVID-19 will not go away anytime soon, even with a vaccine. The H1N1 flu or Swine Flu has been with us for 11 years, even with a vaccine (included in the annual flu shot). H1N1 killed some 60,000,000 worldwide and is still killing, with more...

How Come? Why doesn’t Hopkins Twp. meet at hall?

August 20, 2020

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article. It is an editorial by the editor When I was a child, one of my favorite Sunday comics was “They’ll Do It Every Time,” by Jimmy Hatlo, the same guy who drew the “Little Iodine” strip. The strip often brought to...

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Dorr Roads Committee says 16th Street to get work

August 19, 2020

Carolyn Sandel The Citizens’ Road Committee earlier this month has decided to make 16th Street reconstruction and paving the next local road project. in 2021. Township Treasurer Jim Martin, a member of the group, indicated the street will starting getting work done next year, from 142nd Avenue to the south...

Local teachers featured in anti-teachers union video

August 19, 2020

Pete Boyd Robert Wiersema Teachers Robert Wiersema of Hopkins and Pete Boyd of Martin are featured in a video explaining why they resigned their union membership in the Michigan Education Association. Wiersema, who also was a member of the Wayland Board of Education from 1995 to 2010, told the Detroit...

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

August 19, 2020

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Aug. 23, 1995 Jenny Zomerlei, Holly Stein and Mitchell Stein were photographed on the front page as a group selling cookies, lemonade and bracelets in North Dorr. Lynne Fahrne of Shelbyville penned...

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Dorr master plan work suspended until next year

August 18, 2020

The Dorr Township Planning Commission has decided to suspend the work on the master plan process until the beginning of next year because of problems created by the Coronavirus. Chairman Bob Wagner said he will get in touch with engineers from Williams & Works to let them know the commission...

Ranger Rick: Lawlessness will continue under Dems

August 18, 2020

I was recently with old male classmates. The conversation in our youth was about jobs (lack of or recently obtained), cars, girlfriends (lack of, or thinking about marrying) cars, football games, TV programs, girls... you get the picture. Now it is health (lack of or recently overcoming a malady), getting...

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Basura: Trump’s campaign mailings are interesting

August 18, 2020

“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” —...

Month: August 2020