By John RaffelCorrespondent Gas prices have come down below $4 a gallon in Osceola and other neighboring counties with speculation it may or may not continue to decline.Triple A reported the national average was at $3.878 a gallon as of Thursday. The state average was $3.865.Osceola County was at $3.892 per gallon.The state average compares Read More…
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Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorRenaissance“Janice Bleil made a pile right in the middle of Belle Isle,” kids teased my mom growing up in 1940s Detroit, last name from a father she never saw.I saw 982-acre Belle Isle in 1984 crewing for Mitchell Miner and Karen Hipkiss riding tandem in a 24-hour bicycle race till they crashed near Read More…
Pickleball pop
Pickleball’s popularity, per Sports and Fitness Industry Association spokesperson Laur Futterman, makes it the fastest-growing sport in America, as witness players such as the forehand-whacking aficianado pictured here on the eight courts at Douglas’s Schultz Park. (Photo by Scott Sullivan)
Developers complain, Douglas ZA out
By Scott SullivanEditorNick Wikar has been fired as Douglas planner and zoning administrator, leaving both the city and neighbor Saugatuck seeking new help at that position.Wikar, who replaced Lisa Imus as planner/ZA in March 2020, left after an Aug. 15 city council meeting at which some developers and residents criticized him for being overly-stringent and Read More…
Packed pup
There are worse things than a dog’s life packed by a pet person to peruse Saugatuck’s Water Street. (Photo by Scott Sullivan)
Weaver leads Wayland boys to win at mini invitational
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor WAYLAND—The Wayland boys cross country team eked out a win by the slimmest of margins at the season-opening Wayland Mini Invite on Monday, Aug. 22.The buoyed by the winning effort of Devin Weaver (17:48), the Wildcats finished with 28 points compared to 29 for GRTC Peregrines. Hopkins was third with 77 Read More…
Allegan swim wins opener
The Allegan girls swim & dive team came home with a 92-89 win over Portage Northern in its first meet of the season.Bella Festerling had the team’s only individual top honors, winning both the 50 and 100 freestyle, while also qualifying for the Division 3 State Meet in the 100.The 200 free relay team of Read More…
Pray for Alzheimer’s cure
Of all the conditions or diseases, one might encounter, Alzheimer’s/dementia is in my opinion the worst.Many of us know a mother, father or a close relative that has suffered from this disease that saps almost all memory from a person. In my case it was my mother.The mother I remember was full of life. She Read More…
Life as a Performance Art
Play, we are told, is the work of children. Einstein wrote that when children play it is the beginning of all research. A classic example that philosophy might be the great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. As a youngster his mother sat him down and introduced him to Froebel’s “Gifts and Occupations” It is a set of Read More…
Weekend festivals bring crowds to Allegan
By Gari Voss 2022 Fiber FestivalThe weekend of August 20-21, 2002 really began on Wednesday for the 2022 Fiber Festival at the Allegan County Fairgrounds. That is when folks first arrived to participate in the first of 59 fiber arts workshops offered at this year’s festival. Beginning Friday, barns held a wide variety of fiber Read More…