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Former Wayland High School custodian Edith Butler passes

November 16, 2015

Edith Butler, 88 of Wyoming, formerly of Wayland, died Sunday Edith retired as a custodian from Wayland High School. Edith is survived by her sons: Rollin (Marilyn) Butler and Larry Butler; her grandchildren: Michelle, Christopher, and Tracy; and her ten great-grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Katherine Milheim; and several nieces and nephews....

Monday Moanin: Terrible things, these religious superstitions

November 15, 2015

By Jeff Salisbury Whether it’s Paris or Kenya…terrible things, religious superstitions. Just terrible. Too many Muslim, Jewish, and Christian sects professing to be the keepers and translators of End-Times Prophecy. Barf. Barf and Puke and Puke and Barf on the lot of them. Thanks to friend Steve Ward for coining a new...

Yes It Is, It’s True: We really do need to talk about, not hide suicide

November 15, 2015

The obituary notice published last week for Dustin Van Harn, 18, of Leighton Township, truly was one of the most unusual I have seen in my more than 40 years in community journalism. The sad story was brutally and refreshingly honest in that it acknowledged the possibility the talented teen-ager...

Columns

Army Bob: Paris attack shows there are too many evil people in the world

November 15, 2015

by Robert M. Traxler The attacks in Paris Nov. 13 were very predictable; indeed, this column has predicted them for in excess of a year. Most of the Islamic terrorists, if we can call them that, detonated explosives attached to their bodies rather than surrender. The death before dishonor we...

Democracy Tree: Traverse City mayor accepts hunger challenge

November 15, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin “You gotta give back something. I don’t want to see people suffering.” — Traverse City Mayor Jim Carruthers on what drives him as a public servant. Asking political leaders about the cost of a gallon of milk remains the quintessential “gotcha” litmus test of their experience as...

The Muck Starts Here: ‘Ye Gods forgive my literary sins…’

November 15, 2015

by Barry Hastings The once popular (now not so much) poet Robert Service wrote (in a short verse preceding his collected works), "I have no doubts at all the Devil grins, /As seas of ink I spatter. /Ye Gods, forgive my 'literary' sins - the other kind don't matter." I...

Funeral for Marilyn Duryea, 87, of Hopkins will be Tuesday

November 14, 2015

Marilyn Duryea, 87, of Hopkins, died Friday, Nov. 13, at Ely Manor Nursing Home in Allegan. Mrs. Duryea was born Feb. 16, 1928, in Hopkins Township, the daughter of Harry and Velma (Nicolai) Rankins. Marilyn graduated from Hopkins High School, and helped her husband, Cleon, on the family farm all...

Memorial service will be Wednesday for Rena Kamps, 83, of Burnips

November 14, 2015

Rena L. Kamps, age 83, of Burnips died Friday, Nov. 13. Rena was a loving caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt. Throughout her life she had worked for General Telephone, as a librarian and picked asparagus for many years. She married Jerald Kamps on Sept. 25, 1954, and...

Former Wildcat grid friends oppose each other in MIAA contest

November 14, 2015

Former Wayland High School football standouts Quentin Sweeney (34) and Mike Miklusicak (22) were best friends and teammates on the Wildcat team that made it to the district finals two years ago. However, on Saturday they were on the opposite sides of the field and on opposite sides of the...

Ex-Wildcat hoops star Presley Hudson has sizzling debut for CMU

November 14, 2015

Former Wayland High School basketball standout Presley Hudson had a sizzling debut this weekend for Central Michigan University. Hudson, an all-state player for Wayland and runner-up in last year's Miss Basketball competition, scored 21 points in the Chippewas' 85-65 victory over Indiana State. It was a terrific start for CMU,...

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