By Scott SullivanEditorDarth’s DeathDarth Vader died Sept. 9. Or maybe the day before, I don’t know. Actor James Earl Jones, who played the Dark Force villain in “Star Wars” movies, was 93. There was no cause given.Too bad he missed the next night’s presidential debate. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris went at it with words, Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Relaxing. Hanging out with friends. Working to make some money.These are among the activities in which high school students traditionally engage during the summer months.For a group of four Otsego High School upperclassmen, part of this past summer was also spent sharpening their leadership skills.Senior Mackenzie McCaw joined juniors Jarred Curtiss, Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor When Otsego High School cross country coach Steve Long began the elementary cross country program in the district two years ago, he did so with a certain goal in mind.“I think initially starting this program was about building my numbers up at the middle school and high school level by exposing the kids Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor During the past week, officials from Otsego Public Schools and Plainwell Community Schools emailed a letter to parents/guardians of students in their respective districts.Both revolved around issues involving school safety.The letter from Plainwell officials went out on Friday, Sept. 13.“We want to make you aware of some ongoing rumors that are Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Allegan boys tennis team welcomed five teams—including Holland Christian, the top-ranked team in Division 4—to town on Saturday, Sept. 14, for the Allegan Invitational.The tournament was played using a blind-group-draw format, and the Tigers finished in second place with 14 points.Holland Christian took the title with 21 points. Lakeshore was Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor STURGIS—A dominant showing in doubles helped propel the Otsego boys tennis team past Wolverine Conference rival Sturgis on Monday, Sept. 16.The Bulldogs swept the four doubles flights to go with one singles win to give them the 5-3 victory.The win was a historic one for Otsego, as it marked the first Read More…
Age 68 Grand Junction Passed away Sunday, September 15th, 2024 at his home. Steve was born August 12, 1956 in Sault Ste Marie Michigan, son of the late Howard and Lorraine Pope, and lived the majority of his life in the area. Steve had worked until retirement for GM, retiring in 2006. After that, he worked for his Read More…
I was riding my bicycle last Saturday (yes, the same bike I fell and broke my hip from a year ago) when I was about 8 miles from home, and I heard a loud splat. I knew immediately my bsck tire had gone flat.Thankfully, my girlfriend was riding with me, because I had failed to Read More…
Allegan Cub Scout Pack 3026 hosted a Scout Salute in memory of those lost on 9-11-2001. Members of Pack 3026, Scouts BSA Troop 91 and Troop 191, and Girl Scout Troop 80024 participated in the event at the Allegan Veterans Memorial. Photo credit LaVon Hughes “
After I wrote the Faces in the Crowd piece on teaching penmanship in school, my mind drifted slightly sideways toward learning how to print in the first and second grade, and then cursive writing a year later. That class was worse than arithmetic and spelling combined. We had to practice making each letter of Read More…