Month: October 2021

Don’t let the ‘burnt’ in burnt sugar cake scare you away

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by Kathy Hamman Miller This recipe came from my 91-year-old mother’s grandmother. We all remember it from family reunions, but had never made it because her daughter had carried on with the tradition of bringing it. A cousin recently found the ingredients that were used to make this and I...
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Date for Trick-or-Treating could use a little tweaking

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ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor. Every now and then someone comes up with an idea that is worth discussion at the very least, or perhaps even a change for the better. That someone this week was former Pine Street...
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Dykstra, Morin to represent Martin at state cross meet

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Martin state cross-country qualifiers Mercedes Morin and Eli Dykstra. Martin High School seniors Eli Dykstra and Mercedes Morin both qualified for next Saturday's Division 4 state cross-country meet in regional competition at Allendale. Though Dykstra missed making the all-regional team by two seconds, he placed 16th individually to meet requirements...
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Wildcats miss qualifying for state by 5 team points

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The Wayland High School boys’ cross-country team just missed qualifying for the Nov. 6 state championships by five points Saturday. The Wildcats, with their exceptional bunching, finished the regional competition in fifth place with 152 team points. Fellow O-K Gold Conference member South Christian copped the third and final team...
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Two Lady Vikings qualify for D-3 state cross meet

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Hopkins' Helena Kerber and Kambria Moored Two Hopkins female harriers Saturday morning at the regionals in Otsego qualified for the Division 3 state championships next weekend. Freshman Kambria Moored and sophomore Helena Kerber placed ninth and 12th, respectively, in the 5K race to punch their tickets for the annual race...
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Olivia Barabas qualifies; ‘Cats take 8th in regionals

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Olivia Barabas Wayland High School junior Olivia Barabas Saturday morning qualified for next week’s Division 2 state cross-country championship by placing seventh in the regionals at Portage. Barabas, who also qualified for the state meet a year ago and in her freshman year, checked in with a time of 20:05.19...
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Services will be Tuesday for Carl Haveman of Martin

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Carl Haveman, age 90, of Martin, died Friday, Oct. 29. Number six of nine siblings, Carl graduated from Martin Agricultural High School in 1949. He began farm-related work as a kid and became a dairy farmer from his high school days on. He was a lifelong member of East Martin...
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Martin hikes spotless mark to 10-0 with playoff victory

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The Martin varsity football team continued its relentless search for a state Class D eight-man football championship by taking down visiting Tekonsha 41-0. The Clippers struck early and often and built a 41-0 lead by halftime. With a running clock operating the entire second half, they coasted the rest of...
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Hopkins, O-K Silver suffer bad playoffs opening night

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It was a really awful night of football for the O-K Silver Conference Friday. None of the four teams in the league won its first-round playoff game. League champ Comstock Park was hammered by Grand Rapids West Catholic. Belding was blasted by GR Catholic Central. Sparta lost to Whitehall. And...
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County Health Dept. says 33 Covid deaths in 2 months

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The Allegan County Health Department has reported 33 deaths related to the Covid-19 virus in the last two months. The weekly statistical report said there were five more Coronavirius deaths in the past week, bringing the total to 193 since the pandemic began in March 2020. There have been 13...
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