By Jason WesseldykSports EditorAfter seeing its 2020 season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Plainwell Music Society resumed its Summer Concert Series last year with 10 Thursday evenings of music.This year, the Music Society has done one better.A total of 11 shows are on the schedule for 2022, beginning the Plainwell High School jazz Read More…
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Trailblazers cruise to victory over Watervliet in soccer
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorThe Saugatuck offense was firing on all cylinders when the Trailblazers took on Watervliet in a SAC girls soccer matchup on Wednesday, May 11.And no Saugatuck player was firing at a higher level than Erin Moerler.Moerler found the back of the net not once, not twice, but three times in leading the Read More…
Obituary: Stanley Showers, 83
Stanley Effinger Showers, 83, of Texarkana, Texas, passed away on May 8, 2022.Stan was born in Colorado Springs, graduated from Saugatuck High School and attended Colorado College before beginning a family in Colorado.An early passion for sports cars led to his acquiring and trading several models; later he turned to fishing, golf, and garage sales Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorWild DogsIn the spirit of calling a spade a long-handled tool with sharp-edged, typically-rectangular metal blade used to cut earth, sand and turf, I give you President Biden’s new Disinformation Governance Board.Picture Republicans’ glee when he threw pollsters this fat pitch. Disinformation and governance already is redundant. “Free” speech assumes it’s like “free” Read More…
Art Club tableau vivant blows by
By Scott SullivanEditorA tableau vivant is a silent, motionless person or persons arranged to represent a scene or incident. In another translation: What could be more French?Asked by Christa Wise last winter to pose as photographer for the Saugatuck-Douglas Art Club’s May 11 “You Ought to Be in Pictures” exercise, I said it sounds fun, Read More…
Douglas wins EPA Haworth grant
By Scott SullivanEditorDouglas took a giant leap forward in its efforts to repurpose the former Haworth plant site May 12 when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency apprised city leaders their cleanup grant application has been accepted.The city, turned down by the EPA in 2021, late last year razed the eight-years-vacant 150,300-square-foot former factory on 7.18 Read More…
Obituary: Alvin Lee Lubowitz, 86
Alvin Lee Lubowitz, 86, passed away on December 6, 2021 at his home in Fennville, Michigan. He was born in Flint, Michigan on August 19th 1935 to Verna and Gustav Lubowitz. He was married to Roseann Nowocki-Lubowitz on May 12, 2000. Alvin is preceded by death by his parents Verna and Gustav Lubowitz and wife Read More…
Obituary: Gloria Wise, 74
Gloria Wise passed away on Friday April 15, 2022, surrounded by family. Gloria was born to the late Earl and Marjorie Garton on October 25, 1947, in Allegan, Michigan. Early in life, Gloria earned an associate degree from Kalamazoo Valley Community College. She was a part of the first dental hygienist class that the college Read More…
Obituary: Harry E. Stickels, 90
Harry E. Stickels, 90, of Gobles passed away Monday, May 9, 2022 at his home. Harry was born July 24, 1931 in Decatur, son of the late Leonard and Bessie Stickels. Harry was an avid golfer and a pilot. He honorably served his country as a member of the US Navy where he was stationed Read More…
Life as Performance Art
We have four major national patriotic holidays in our country, and two of them always come near the end of May. Most of us already know about three of the major holidays – Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veteran’s Day. There is another one that seems much like the over-looked and sometimes forgotten child. This Saturday, the Read More…