Blue Star
Saugatuck Public Schools bues stored outdoors at district transportation center, Douglas. (Photo by Scott Sullivan) By Scott SullivanEditorGreenWhen the Green Giant saw the Green Goddess dressing, the valley grew jollier as he ladled it over cut beans and canned creamed…
High-flying birds
Saugatuck’s July 4 parade took a different road.This year’s hour-earlier start for a more-concentrated downtown route proved more accessible fewer jammed spectators and units.Among paraders, macaws (from left) Poncho and Mango brought owners Carla and Curt to the Wicks Park…
Life as Performance Art
For several years I was an adjunct college history instructor. On the first day of class, after the initial introductions and small talk, I would always ask for a show of hands from those who truly liked history. If I was…
We can’t ignore Fentanyl any longer
Made in China, transported by Mexico, fentanyl has risen to the top of the opioid chain as the leading cause of drug deaths in America. Unfortunately our leaders seem to be consumed with other situations, ie Covid and war, so…
Mike’s Musings: Lincoln never gave up, prevailed
By Mike WilcoxPublisherPerseverance is one of the most important quality traits. Too many of us give up at the slightest resistance and fail to accomplish our goals in life.One of our greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln, is an example of persevering…
Life as Performance Art
By G.C. StoppelNow and then a painting of three men at a writing table comes across my computer screen. They are working together on a document; more papers are beneath the table. They are John Adams, Ben Franklin and Thomas…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorLikeI love power. Study its uses, intents, outcomes, ways to make things happen. It will change from what you’ve assumed or been taught; welcome that. We live acting.Case in point: sleepers shocking themselves awake. The Washington Post’s Tatum…
Bang!
Christian Kindel and his little dog, Sam Bernstein, wait for Independence Day festivities on the flag variation-flanked patio west of their 247 Culver St. Kindel & Co. store in downtwon Saugatuck. More shopping and high-summer fun lie nearby. (Photo by…
July 4 parade, fireworks on tap Monday
By Scott SullivanEditorIt’s here! July 4 festivities Monday, including a newly-routed 10 a.m. downtown Saugatuck parade and fireworks over Kalamazoo River/Lake when night falls, will launch the summer season into full, vivid color.The new parade route, occasioned by crowd safety…
Make every day count
We all need to spend today and the rest of our lives more wisely. With inflation at a 40-year high, we are all having to spend our hard-earned paychecks with care. Life is the same. We have less life today…
Life as Performance Art
By G.C. StoppelEach week I read publisher Mike Wilcox’s editorial, then go for a walk. Sometimes it is to cool down; other times to think over what he wrote and how it can be applied. The June 9 edition when…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorRiggedSummer and living’s uneasy. In Baldwin an alligator was rescued by police June 11 after a high-speed car chase.An Oak Park man, 40, fled Lake County deputies till his car got stuck between trees on a rails-to-trails path.…
Runs for solstice funds, fun un
Saturday’s 20th annual Town Crier runs, which raise funds for Saugatuck High School track and cross-country teams, drew 410 entrants — second only to 2019’s pre-Covid 442 — including (above) Chris Abruzzo, 66, of Souh Haven, who returned to skip…
New lease on old Root Beer Barrel life?
Summer days get hot at the Douglas Root Beer Barrel. But third-year seasonal employee Karley Way, shown here armed with a water bottle, loves working there. (Photo by Scott Sullivan) By Scott SullivanEditorWhither The Root Beer Barrel? The iconic structure,…
Sherlynn Coupe, 81
Sherlynn Anne (Smith) Coupe, 81, of Saugatuck-Douglas died Monday afternoon, June 6, 2022, at the Cove Health Facility.Sherlynn (Sherry) was born on Aug. 19, 1940 in Everett, Wash. She was the eldest of four children born to Stanley and Sonna…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorWhat It IsI’m convinced there are rational Republicans. At one time I may have been one. When parties poop on me I don’t take it as personal nor fate; it’s an opportunity.Take the Republican National Committee as latest…
My father, my hero
(I wrote this a year ago but wanted share it again. Heck I might share this column over and over for years to come. The man meant so much to me)This week I give pause to reflect on my hero,…
Life as Performance Art
I have been waking up well before dawn this spring, and it is all my wife’s fault. No, she is not pulling the blankets over to her side on cool mornings, or sprawling across the bed, shoving me closer to the…
Jump Into Summer
Seven local ourtdoor arts installations, including this one in Saugatuck’s Coghlin Park, are part of the Saugatuck Center for the Arts’ 20th anniversary celebration commencing this Friday with a free concert and more fun at the Center. Kelli Jacobsma gets…
July 4 show, revised, to go on
Sandra Schneider joyously turns back on SCA arc installation walking the Douglas Wade’s Bayou pier. (Photo by Scott Sullivan) By Scott SullivanEditorIs an Independence Day free from threats possible? Saugatuck’s July 4 parade will go on, Mayor Garnet Lewis told…
