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New England whalers led ‘2nd Great Age of Exploration’
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…
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Viking bowler Brenden Gossman is 2nd in pre-regional
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…
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Private family service planned for Marion Antonides, 86
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…
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We Americans ask for and get negative news reports
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…
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Wildcat boys defeat Jenison in nonleague hoops contest
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…
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Dorr fishing enthusiast gets master angler walleye
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…
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Army Bob: What’s so bad about Trump being a populist?
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…
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Clippers shoot better than 60%, cruise to 66-25 win
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…
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Lady Vikings dare upset attempt, but fall to Tri-Unity
The Hopkins girls’ varsity basketball team lost 48-35 Friday night to a Tri-Unity Christian squad that entered the contest with an 11-3 overall record. Whether its was a good defensive…
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Tri-Unity Christian halts Vikings’ 4-game winning streak
A slow start on the offensive end of the court and a collapse of same in the late third and early fourth quarters doomed Hopkins and its four-game winning streak…