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Basura: Bonaire making me incommunicado until March

February 12, 2017

To The Loyal Readers of TownBroadcast: What a remarkable bird is the pelican, Its beak can hold more than its belly can, It can eat for a week, From the food it its beak, But I just don’t know how the hell it can. — Edward Lear This is the...

Grant buys Hopkins elementary kids EV3 robotics sets

February 12, 2017

The Allegan Area Educational Service Agency (AAESA) last fall provided Hopkins Public Schools with an opportunity to partner with them in the MI STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) grant. This grant gave the AAESA $21,000 to distribute among participating districts to purchase equipment such as EV3 LEGO robotics kits....

New England whalers led ‘2nd Great Age of Exploration’

February 12, 2017

by Barry Hastings (Writer's Note: About half of this story is taken from a story I wrote for the Nantucket Map & Legend in early summer, 1988; the remainder comes from further reading on the subject, a two day visit to the New Bedford, MA Whaling Museum, in 1990, and...

Viking bowler Brenden Gossman is 2nd in pre-regional

February 12, 2017

Sophomore Brenden Gossman of Hopkins took second place overall in the finals in the pre-regional bowling tournament Saturday. He qualified fifth to go into bracket play. He thus qualifies for the regionals as an individual. Gossman rolled a combined score of 1,211, with the needed score among 75 participants set...

Private family service planned for Marion Antonides, 86

February 11, 2017

Marion J. Antonides, age 86, died Wednesday, Feb. 8. She was born April 3, 1930, in Grand Rapids, daughter of Louis and Julia (Miller) Bellgraph. She is survived by her son Gregory Antonides; step-children Eve (Rich) Ekkens and Gordon (Roberta) Antonides; her grandchildren Terri (Al) Hagen, Lee Antonides, Judy Antonides,...

We Americans ask for and get negative news reports

February 11, 2017

ACHTUNG: This is not a fair and balanced story. It is an editorial by the editor. “Nobody robbed a liquor store on the lower part of town Nobody OD'ed, nobody burned a single buildin' down Nobody fired a shot in anger, nobody had to die in vain We sure could...

Wildcat boys defeat Jenison in nonleague hoops contest

February 11, 2017

The Wayland boys' varsity basketball team defeated Jenison 63-46 Friday evening in a non-conference contest. The team's overall record now is 13-3 and 6-2 in the O-K Gold Conference. The Lady Wildcats, later in the evening, lost 55-28 to Jenison and their record now is 0-16 overall. Further details were...

Dorr fishing enthusiast gets master angler walleye

February 11, 2017

Tom Gratz of Dorr caught this 301/2-inch, eight and a half pound walleye out of Houghton Lake earlier this month. A spokesman for Lyman's on the Lake fishing charter service said, "It's been a really tough bite for eyes the past few weeks, but Tom Gratz figured it out. He...

Columns

Army Bob: What’s so bad about Trump being a populist?

February 11, 2017

President Donald Trump is being called a populist by a mostly single-minded media. Now a reasonable and prudent person would ask, what is wrong with being a populist? A definition of populism: “A supporter of populism, a political philosophy urging social and political system change that favors 'the people' over...

Clippers shoot better than 60%, cruise to 66-25 win

February 11, 2017

Martin cruised to an easy 66-25 Southwest Athletic Conference triumph over Lawrence Friday night, despite not scoring a point in the fourth and final quarter. The Clippers led 24-7, 48-15 and 66-22 at the close of the first three periods. The running clock was turned on in the third quarter....

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