February 2022 – Page 6

Some candidates have filed already for new state seats

The deadline for candidates for State House and State Senate is exactly two months away, 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, and some individuals already have announced their intentions to run.…

Editor February 19, 2022

Community Notices

Allegan County Covid stats will no longer be reported

Townbroadcast’s weekly updates on Allegan County statistics for Covid-19 cases, deaths and recoveries are being canceled. The Allegan County Board of Commissioners earlier this month voted to reject a request…

Editor February 19, 2022

Obituaries

Longtime Watson farmer Cliff Morris dies at age 94

Longtime Watson Township farmer Clifford Willard Morris, 94, of Allegan, died Tuesday, Feb. 15. He was born July 23, 1927 in Allegan to Clement and Beatrice (Butcher) Morris. Cliff was…

Editor February 19, 2022

Sports

WHS girls 2 games over .500; others are 2 under

The Hopkins, Martin and Wayland girls’ basketball teams are the only high school squads with winning, or close to winning records this winter. Wayland girls entered Friday’s contest with a…

Editor February 18, 2022

Sports

WHS Grad Cory Ainsworth earns 2nd academic award

Wayland High School graduate Cory Ainsworth of Cornerstone Basketball has earned his second consecutive Academic All America, as selected by CoSIDA All-District honor after his performance both on the court…

Editor February 18, 2022

Community Notices

Former local police officer retiring after 25 years

Former Wayland City police officer Bobbie Jo Ritchie has been recognized recently for 25 years in law enforcement for the Kent County Sheriff's Department. Ritchie is a graduate of Delton…

Editor February 18, 2022

Obituaries

Memorial service set for Thursday for Barb Doezema

Barbara Anne Doezema of Wayland died Wednesday. She was 71. Barb was born on Nov. 29, 1950, to Martin and Ida Bolt, the sixth of nine children. Barb met the…

Editor February 18, 2022

Columns

One Small Voice: Why let dumb things bother me so?

by Lynn Mandaville Lately, it seems, I’m bothered by the dumbest things. Take Super Bowl LVI for example. The game itself, its half-time show, and the advertisers who compete with…

Editor February 17, 2022

Columns

Yes It’s True: Buyer beware for on-line gambling sites

“A fool and his money are soon parted” — An old English proverb first attributed to Thomas Tusser in Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie, 1573 “There’s a sucker born every…

Editor February 17, 2022

Columns

Army Bob: First smoke jumpers were WWII African American soldiers

by Robert M. Traxler A few weeks ago, I had cataract surgery in one eye, and two weeks later the second eye. I can’t say it was fun, far from…

Editor February 17, 2022