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Lady Wildcat golfers finish 3rd in final O-K Gold standings

October 1, 2015

The Wayland girls’ varsity golf team finished third in the O-K Gold Conference meet Thursday and climbed into third place for the season overall. The final 18-hole tourney for league teams was held at the Meadows Golf Course on the campus of Grand Valley State University. Hastings won the league...

Hicks Cemetery in Watson Township to get fence enclosure

October 1, 2015

The Watson Township Board Thursday night voted to enclose Hick Cemetery with 450 feet of two-rail vinyl fence and to contact snowplowing services for a flat fee of $2,100 over the coming winter. The fence issue turned out to be a bit more contentious than expected when Steve and Nancy...

Columns

Army Bob: Stop saying ‘human,’ ‘history,’ ‘mankind,’ and ‘man’

October 1, 2015

The politically correct left strikes again: the University of North Carolina, not Berkley or the California higher education system, but a relative conservative southern state, has banned the vile hate-filled word “man.” Man can no longer be used to refer to the human race, oh shoot, human has “man” in...

Yes It Is, It’s True: American sports spectacles promote greed, hubris

September 30, 2015

I really used to enjoy baseball, basketball and football in my youth and later golf, amateur wrestling, cross country and track. I followed professional and college teams closely and took part in many spirited debates about the fortuns and misfortunes of the games. I was a sports writer and came to...

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 185

September 30, 2015

25 Years Ago — Oct. 3, 1990 The Dorr Township Board, led by Clerk Dick Dutkiewicz, voted 4-1 to take part in the Allegan County $25 annual surcharge program for recycling, agreeing that no more than 20% of the revenue shall go to administrative costs. Because a reduction of solid...

Vikings 2nd again, but Laura Velderman Silver meet medalist

September 30, 2015

The second O-K Silver Conference cross-country jamboree yielded the same team results for both the girls’ and boys’ races, but one Hopkins individual took over the reins as medalist. The Viking girls and boys again were second to Grandville Calvin Christian, but freshman Laura Velderman surpassed two North Pointe Christian...

Dorr Township Board still fighting over proposed electric sign

September 30, 2015

“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Barking at the scenery, breaking my mind. Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” — Five-Man Electrical Band, 1971 The squabbles over a proposed electronic sign to replace the current manual one in front of the Dorr Township Hall continue, and the...

Dorr Parks Board busy with grants, vets’ memorial, skate park

September 29, 2015

The Dorr Township Parks and Recreation Commission has been very busy of late, and apparently the Township Board is impressed. The board handled a couple of requests affirmatively and received further news about a special veterans’ section in the park under renovations. Parks and Recreation Commission Chairman Chris Gesink Tuesday...

Dorr Twp. grants tax abatement to Brick N Mortar tool and die

September 29, 2015

The Dorr Township Board Tuesday night approved a tax abatement request from Brick N Mortar LLC, only the second such agreement this board has made since December 2012. Brick N Mortar, a tool and die shop in the industrial park, was granted seven-year tax break of up to 50% on...

Memorial service for Joe Fifelski, 61, will be Oct. 10 at St. Therese

September 29, 2015

The Detroit Tigers lost a dedicated fan when Joseph Paul Fifelski died Friday, Sept. 25, in his home. He was 61. The son of Valentine and Rose (Pattok) Fifelski, Joe was born on Nov. 7, 1953, in Allegan. He grew up in a loving family with two sisters and two...

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