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Editorial

Renewable energy package is a positive step in right direction

May 10, 2015

An eight-bill energy package has been introduced by Aric Nesbitt to update Michigan’s outdated energy program. It’s good to see more attention being paid to “renewable” energy to decrease our dependency on coal. The problem is that they want to redefine the word “renewable” to include the incineration of our...

The Muck Starts Here: ‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’

May 10, 2015

By Barry Hastings The President should declare the critically poor condition of our power and transportation (land, sea [water], air) infrastructures constitutes a national emergency of immense magnitude, and declare so. He should issue presidential orders calling for immediate action to get our national lifelines — pipelines, highways, safe air...

WHS valedictorian Eddie Seymour 10th in Riverbank 10k

May 9, 2015

Wayland High School graduate Eddie Seymour finished 10th Saturday in the men’s 10-kilometer race of the annual Firth Third River Bank Run. Seymour, who was valedictorian of the Wayland High School Class of 2008, finished the 10K race with a time of 38:38. He was a top runner for the...

Wildcat boys take 2nd overall in final O-K Gold track standings

May 9, 2015

The boys varsity track team finished third Saturday at the O-K Gold Conference meet at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids. With that finish the Wildcats were able to clinch second place overall in the conference standings. Meanwhile, the Lady Wildcats track squad placed sixth with 17 points. South Christian won...

Lady Wildcats edged by Hamilton, await TK for showdown

May 9, 2015

The Wayland girls' soccer team ended the week on the losing end of another close game, 2-1, on the road against a tough nonleague opponent at Hamilton. The Wildcats opened up the scoring with a goal on a corner kick by Madelyn Gray. After Brinley Nieuwenhuis played the ball into...

Democracy Tree: Is Roberts Court concerned about its legacy?

May 9, 2015

With all the buzz about the recent high court same-sex marriage arguments, a little something to celebrate slipped through the media cracks. The marriage equality decision is weeks, if not months away, but another ruling on a case Democracy Tree reported on in January of this year came down in...

Columns

Army Bob: Socialists want to control the unwashed masses

May 9, 2015

A hot topic of debate during the pending presidential election will be our nation’s movement to Socialism. Or the “expansion of Big Government,” as Republicans call it; the Social Justice movement as Democrats call it. Quite frankly I cannot understand why the folks like President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley...

Longtime VFW Auxiliary member Vera ‘Connie’ Ward passes

May 8, 2015

Vera “Connie” Ward, of Wayland, one of the longest members of the local VFW No. 7581 Ladies Auxiliary, died Friday morning. She was 89. Mrs. Ward joined the Ladies Auxiliary shortly after it was chartered and was an active member for more than 60 years. She served a term as...

Civil War re-enactors teach living history to WMS 8th-graders

May 8, 2015

Don Zimmerman, volunteer and genealogist from the 3rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Co. F, explains to the students how Allegan County was involved in the Civil War. Wayland Middle School eighth-graders had a living history lesson Friday with a visit from Zimmerman and infantry for re-enactments. Students learned what role people...

Dorr Township voters threw the baby out with the bath water

May 8, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced story." It is an editorial by the editor: Who or what killed the Dorr road millage request? Pundits, broadcasters and other media types were chortling Tuesday night and Wednesday over perhaps the most lopsided defeat I’ve ever seen of a state-wide ballot...

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