January 2021 – Page 7

Two Theatriks productions rescheduled for Jan. 23

January 13, 2021

The Wayland High School Theatriks productions of one-act shows “One Stoplight Town” and “Game of Tiaras” that were postponed by the Covid-19 pandemic have been rescheduled for Saturday afternoon, Jan. 23. "One Stoplight Town" will be presented at 3 p.m. that Saturday and "Game of Tiaras" will follow at 5:30...

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

January 13, 2021

(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Jan. 17, 1996 Wayland Area Emergency Services volunteers have deemed as a success a simulated rescue and relief operation involving a double fatality school bus explosion. Hopkins school district voters will be...

Wayland NHS students clean Little Free Libraries

January 13, 2021

Members of the Wayland High School National Honor Society have been tidying up the Little Free Libraries around the district this year for their community service project. The mini-libraries have been described as looking like an old newspaper stand turned robot on a sidewalk in town or a birdhouse looking...

Services in Holland for singing evangelist Don Pitt

January 13, 2021

Donald Pitt, 86, of Wayland, died Monday, Jan. 11. Don received Christ as his Savior in the fall of 1957. He used his music gift to serve the Lord with his wife, brothers and sisters in law. Then as his three girls grew, they began to sing as a family....

Columns

Army Bob: The liberals are pawns of leftists/socialists

January 12, 2021

by Robert M. Traxler This column will anger the good folks on both ends of the political spectrum, however, I feel strongly about its need to be said. Liberals value free speech; leftists and socialists do not. Every left/socialist government has banned free speech to a great extent. I use...

Columns

One Small Voice: Attempted coup should be punished

January 12, 2021

The plumber was digging around in the pipes… And he saw something shine in the muck, and it turned out to be the soul of the last tenant. He gave it to me and I said, “I wonder how one can return it?” And he shrugged and said he found...

Village Green Apts. wins approval of 2 proposals

January 12, 2021

The Wayland City Planning Commission Tuesday night approved a zoning text amendment and gave conditional site plan approval for Village Green Apartments on Oak Street. The zoning text amendment, which now will be sent to the City Council for final action, calls for reducing square footage requirements for each apartment...

Ranger Rick: What if the South had attacked D.C.?

January 12, 2021

Looking back: I often wonder what kind of world we would be living in if General Robert E. Lee had acquiesced to General "Stonewall" Jackson's asking for 10,000 troops to march against Washington D.C. after their battle with the Union Army at Antietam. The capital was relatively undefended and easy...

Private service held for WWII vet Boyd Moomey

January 12, 2021

Boyd Moomey, age 95, died Friday, Jan. 8. Boyd was a World War II Navy Veteran. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Lois Moomey; children Brent (Brenda) Moomey, Roxie (Chris) Scholten; grandchildren April Dreyer, Matt Dreyer, Sam Moomey, Max Moomey; great-granddaughter Sierra Ferro; sibling, Beverly Commons; sister-in-law,...

Articles

Dan Cassini elected head of Wayland School Board

January 11, 2021

Dan Cassini Dan Cassini last month told his Wayland Board of Education colleagues he’d like to be president. He got his wish Monday night. In the annual reorganizational meeting, Cassini was chosen president, Peter Zondervan was re-elected vice president and Tony Ordway re-elected treasurer and Janelle Hott secretary. Cassini succeeds...

Month: January 2021