Author: Editor

Yes It Is, It’s True: Railside’s business integrity shines

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"No good deed goes unpunished" — American dramatist Clare Boothe Luce, as well as an oft-quoted proverb. I really did feel like a 197-pound weakling Tuesday when I failed in several attempts to replace my auto license plate. I was unable to "lefty loosey" the nuts and bolts holding the...
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No charges filed in complaint of trapped cat’s death

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The Allegan County Sheriff's Department has announced there will be no charges filed in connection with a complaint involving a trapped dead feral cat Jan. 25 at Sandy Pines west of Dorr. Allegan Central Dispatch received a call about a deceased cat found in a “live” trap on the grounds...
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Jenison sharpshooters ruin Wayland hoops Parents Night

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Carter Nyp has a chat with coach Mike Hudson before the start of the second half. A bunch of Jenison sharpshooters came to town and spoiled the Wayland boys' varsity basketball team's Parents' Night celebration. The visiting quintet drained no fewer than 14 three-point field goals en route to a...
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Editorial

Proposed Watson ordinance isn’t about dispensaries

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To the editor: You have been mixing up terms and Watson’s potential ordinance. First, the term dispensary is not used any more in Michigan. The term is now Provisioning Center (which is one of the five licensed facility types in Michigan). Second, Watson officials have explicitly stated they are not...
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Ranger Rick: Why I believe that Obama is a Marxist

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A number of readers of this publication commenting about my assertions President Barack Obama was a Marxist will be addressed in this column. Remember a few nights before Barak Obama was elected president when Tom Brokaw was interviewed by Charlie Rose? They both admitted the media probably didn’t do a...
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Private family service planned for Jim Gigowski, 73

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James "Jim" Gigowski age 73, of Wayland,  died Monday, Feb. 5. He was June 27, 1944. He was preceded in death by his parents Ed and Jenny Gigowski; and his brothers Clifford and David Gigowski. He is survived by his son Mike (Karen) Gigowski and daughter Pat (Glenn) Gordon; nine...
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Wildcat boys lose 17-13 match to TK on the lanes

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The Wayland boys' varsity bowling team lost 17-13 Monday night to O-K/Green Conference rival Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. "I think if my boys could meet the man behind Baker games, they might have a few things to say to him!" exclaimed coach Sherry Miklusicak. "I can't really describe the words my...
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March meeting to further discuss River to River Trail

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Wayland City Council members Monday night heard a presentation on plans for a River to River Trail Plan by Suzannah Deneau of Wightman & Associates. The plan, which absolutely no stranger to city residents and officials, is to connect Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids, 35 miles along the old interurban trail....
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Good-bye Larry Nielsen. Hello Joshua Eggleston

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Joshua Eggleston It was 50 years ago last month that the Beatles hit No. 1 on the music charts with "Hello, Goodbye." And that was the main theme of Monday night's Wayland City Council meeting. Council members said good-bye to interim City Manager Larry Nielsen and hello to new City...
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Columns

Basura: An upcoming visit to the other side of ‘The Wall’

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“A man’s at odds to know his mind, because his mind is all he has to know it with. He can know his heart, but he don’t want to. Rightly so. Best not to look in there.” — Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian I’ve told Mrs. Basura that we need to...
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