Mrs. Thelma Vaughn, 80, of Wadley died Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange, GA. Funeral services will be held Monday, August 15, 2022, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley at 1:00 p.m. (CST) with Rev. William Russell officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The remains will lie in Read More…
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Obituary: Carol Bishop Lisenby
Carol Bishop Lisenby, 69 of Auburn, passed away August 12, 2022 at Bethany House after a brief illness. Mrs. Lisenby was born December 27, 1952 to Homer and Ellie Bishop. Funeral services will be held 11:00am cst, August 15, 2022 at Five Points Baptist Church with Reverend Donald Kirk officiating, burial will follow in the Read More…
Young Trailblazers hope to contend for division title
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorGraduation took a serious toll on Saugatuck’s roster, with 12 members of the 2021 squad now done with high school.That, however, doesn’t mean the cupboard is bare for coach Bill Dunn, who is entering his 20th season at the helm of the Trailblazers.Ten players return with varsity experience, having helped Saugatuck post Read More…
Obituary: Phillip Wightman, 81
Phillip Lawrence Wightman, 81 of Fennville, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, at his home.Born Feb. 1, 1941, in Douglas, he was the son of the late Chester and Hilda (Stein) Wightman and the husband of Fae Ann (Christensen) Wightman.Phil was a hard worker who owned and operated his own plumbing company, Wightman Service Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Don’t be scam victim
By Mike WilcoxPublisherScammers are everywhere these days, often where you least expect them.I ran into a group a couple nights ago while trying to call Spectrum to fix my internet.Spectrum wants you to make all inquiries online, so they do their best to hide their phone number. I, on the other hand, prefer to talk Read More…
Life as Performance Art
By G.C. Stoppel A recent TV insurance commercial shows an older man trying to help young people not turn into their parents. Good luck with that one. Why run from their attributes and quirks when it gives you instant status as an eccentric?British psychologists wrote a paper not long ago saying on average all of us Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorLife LessonsI like history straight up: good, bad, ugly … It is not mine to airbrush or condone but learn as best I can from what happened. Let’s discuss it.I love and support the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center (formerly Historical Society). One of its longtime stalwarts Jack Sheridan composes a “Trippin’ Thru Time” feature Read More…
Poets play on Salmon Docket
The once-annual, interrupted-by-Covid-Etc.-too-long Red Dock Poetry Reading will return to the eye-popping-now-more-more-like-a-Salmon Dock (shown with Chief Tony Amato vanishing through a portal) off the end of Douglas North Union Street Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 6 to 7 p.m. Live music starting at 5 will precede it. Dress could not be casualer. Usual suspect Douglas Poet Read More…
Familiar faces, new places as township realigns
By Scott SullivanEditorIt wasn’t musical chairs but close Aug. 10 as the Saugatuck Township Board:• Accepted supervisor Cindy Osman’s resignation and appointed her full-time building official/assistant zoning administrator;• Named clerk Abby Bigford supervisor to replace Osman; and• Appointed planning commission chair Rebecca Israels clerk replacing Bigford.Osman, who with Kathy Tisdale Sturm led a November 2018 Read More…
Saugatuck city seeks to fill 3 seats
By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck City Council has hired Frank Walsh Municipal Services to seek candidates for three city positions, two old ones combined plus a new one.A new combined zoning administrator and project manager, combining jobs recently vacated by Cindy Osman and Kate White respectively, stands to be best-paying at a projected $87,500 salary and perhaps Read More…