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Kennedy Gill rolls 289; Vikings near Silver titles

February 18, 2019

Hopkins seniors on what they hope to be an undefeated bowling team include Brenden Gossman, Jonathon Ryan, Connor Brookhouse, Josh Glascott, Noah Young and Ezran Tehennepe. The Hopkins boys’ bowling team is closing in on an undefeated regular season and has clinched its third straight O-K Silver Conference championship. Meanwhile,...

Memo to City Council: Be open, avoid backsliding

February 18, 2019

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The dictionary on this computer defines backsliding as "relapse into bad ways or error." I hereby accuse the Wayland City Council of doing just that. In bygone days, too many council members were socializing...

Wayland City is latest to opt out of pot dispensaries

February 18, 2019

Mark Garnsey Steve Harper Though 56% of voters last November approved a state-wide ballot issue legalizing recreational marijuana, virtually all local municipalities have been voting to opt out of permitting the buying and selling of the substance until the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) provides guidelines. The...

Wildcats to have daunting tasks in district tourneys

February 17, 2019

The Wayland boys and Wayland girls perhaps couldn’t have done any worse in their Class B district tournament draws this year. Both will face thus far undefeated opponents in the first round. The Wayland boys will be at Comstock at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, to take on an Otsego...

Columns

One Small Voice: When and where is the emergency?

February 17, 2019

Question: When is a door not a door? Answer: When it’s ajar. Question: When is a national emergency not a national emergency? Answer: When it’s a lie. The first Q & A is what we call a riddle. It’s a form of humor, one that we often undervalue because the...

Service Thursday for Moline native Martin Boersma

February 17, 2019

Moline native Martin Boersma died Friday at the age of 85. Born in Moline in 1933 to Marcus and Martina (Schans) Boersma, the ninth of 11 children, after graduating from Grand Rapids Christian High School, he served in the US Army. He married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Keegstra, his...

Two Wildcat bowlers win all-conference accolades

February 16, 2019

Amber Beggs Dillon Smith Wayland senior bowlers Amber Beggs and Dillon Smith are members of the O-K-Gold and Green Conference all-star team. Beggs finished seventh in the league over the season with an individual per-game average of 158.7. Smith placed seventh as well, with an average of 192.4. The Lady...

Yes It is, It’s True: Let’s regard racism as a disease

February 16, 2019

Our most persistent disease, one that just won't go away, is not influenza, a cold, cancer, diabetes or so many other popular maladies. It is racism. It also is perhaps the disease with an existence most often denied, most often attempted to be explained away, and most often marginalized. America...

Martin girls win non-league makeup hoops contest

February 16, 2019

Briana Warner (5) Martin girls captured a non-conference basketball victory Saturday afternoon in a makeup against West Michigan Aviation Academy. The Lady Clippers prevailed 52-21 about as easily as they did in their victory Jan. 9. They took control early with a 17-5 lead in the opening quarter and used...

Better weather helps, as the Polar Bear Dip must go on

February 16, 2019

Rumor has it that this very brave (or foolish) diver into the Gun Lake Winterfest annual Polar Bear Dip is former Wayland High School football quarterback Tanner VanDyk. The Winterfest concluded a day full of activities blessed by weather better than the customary fare locally for the past three weeks....

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