BY JIM HAYDEN CORRESPONDENT A new outdoor learning center is coming to a Laketown Township’s Wolters Woods Park. The township Building Authority earlier this month approved use of a recently-acquired house there for a nature school run by Holland Christian Schools. “The Wolters House,” saic HCS advancement director Leanne Halma, “was attractive to Holland Christian Read More…
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J. Garcia x2 make Mill Pond claims
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR No, Fennville’s Jennifer and Jessica Garcia, winners of this year’s $1,000 Mill Pond Realty “Follow Your Dreams” scholarships based on essays written, aren’t related. Asked, they first said they were cousins, paused for interview flow, then agreed they were not related, that they know of. Jennifer plans to use her stipend Read More…
Kids combine on serve/walk-a-thon Sept. 29
Friends of Saugatuck Middle School have announced their Serve-Thon will raise vital funds for student field trips, dances, a fun night, school programming, trip scholarships, teacher appreciation, more. In return, kids give back visits to: • Kids Food Bank in Holland. Grade 6 Sept. 12, Grade 7 Sept. 13. Grade 8 learned about their environment Read More…
Maggie’s Pantry
By Maggie ConklinHungarian GoulashWhenever I ask my husband “What do you want for dinner tonight?” most times he will answer “Goulash.”I cringe, because I love it too, but can’t have just one bowl of my recipe. I sometimes wish it weren’t so delicious.This recipe should make between six and eight servings, but it’s only good Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorLetters from HomeDear addled daddy, How did the base you start and go from become so scattered? You’re a deer, addled daddy, no one follows.“Throw them off scent,” you say? Who’s hunting you. “Not enough wild places to retreat to?” I’ll deforest further. “City attractions detract, in fact?” No one makes you go Read More…
DES Walk-a-thon back in town Oct. 6-7
Douglas Elementary School’s sixth annual PTO-sponsored Walk-a-Thon Thursday and Friday, Oct. 6 and 7, will raise funds for:
Saugatuck girls cross country places second at Holly Invitational
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor HOLLY—Freshmen Kamryn Sixberry and Lyvia Curtis provided quite the 1-2 punch for the Saugatuck girls cross country team at the Holly Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 16.Competing in the Division 4 race, Sixberry placed fifth at 21:12.2 and Curtis was sixth at 21:12.4 to lead the Trailblazers to a runner-up team finish Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Pull them I say, if it means pain goes away
It’s no fun getting old. Although your mind remains sharp your physical attributes begin to deteriorate.In my case it is my teeth, that seem to be rotting away at a rapid clip. I’ve been to the dentist a dozen times this year and am preparing as I write this to go again. I can’t think Read More…
Life as a Performance Art
Every September my mother spent several dollars buying boxes of rolls of caps for my genuine Roy Rogers Six Shooter. If we needed more ammunition she was more than happy to foot the bill. The reason for this was simple: starlings. We were directly under their flight path, and our hillside was covered with oak trees. The starlings flew Read More…
Blazers continue hot start with road win
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorNILES—After opening the season with a pair of home games, the Saugatuck football team hit the road for the first time on Friday, Sept. 8, for a game against Niles Brandywine.The change of venue did nothing to change the Trailblazers’ good fortunes.Saugatuck scored one touchdown in each of the first three quarters Read More…