November 2020 – Page 4

Don’t let Rep. Johnson get close, inside without mask

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" article, it is an editorial by the editor. I hereby urge all local officials, institutions and businesses to refuse to allow State…

Editor November 20, 2020

Columns

Army Bob: Barons of Silicon Valley feeding the Dems

by Robert M. Traxler So why did the millionaires and billionaires, the Silicon Valley types, give more than $100 million to the Democrats during the 2020 election? Karla Jurvetson, the…

Editor November 19, 2020

Community Notices

Two local Catholic parishes welcome Fr. Evelio Ramirez

The Sts. Cyril & Methodius and St. Therese parishes at Gun Lake and Wayland are welcoming their new pastor, the Rev. Fr. Evelio Ramirez. He comes from St. Joseph Catholic…

Editor November 19, 2020

Sports

WHS senior Christian Look to play hockey at Aquinas

Wayland High School senior Christian Look has signed a letter of intent to play hockey for Aquinas College in Grand Rapids. Head coach Jordan Permoda, himself a Wayland High School graduate,…

Editor November 19, 2020

Community Notices

Hopkins School Board seeking to fill a vacant seat

Hopkins Public Schools is seeking applicants for one vacant seat on the Board of Education. The vacancy is the result of only two candidates running for three open seats in…

Editor November 19, 2020

Obituaries

Pilot, author, businessman Jack McEnaney dies at 84

Retired Major John John “Jack” McEnaney, who lived at Gun Lake for 44 years, died Nov. 9. He was 84. A retired Air Force and American Airlines pilot, Jack was…

Editor November 19, 2020

Sports

Four Clippers, 2 Wildcats make all-conference units

Martin landed four selections and Wayland two on their respective all-conference football teams announced this week. The Clippers, who haven't been defeated on the field all season but forfeited once,…

Editor November 18, 2020

Features

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

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 22, 1995 The Hopkins varsity football team’s storied first-ever playoff season…

Editor November 18, 2020

Community Notices

Dorr Twp. meeting called off for technical reasons

The Dorr Township Board meeting scheduled for Thursday evening has been canceled because of the current Covid-19 health crisis and Leighton’s meeting at the same time will be switched to…

Editor November 18, 2020

Obituaries

Former Martin student Don Sparks passes at age 83

Don Sparks, who went to school at Martin in his youth, died Monday, Nov. 16, at Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo. He was born March 4, 1937, in McGuffey, Ohio,…

Editor November 18, 2020