By Jason WesseldykSports EditorA balanced offensive attack helped propel the Saugatuck girls soccer team past archrival Fennville on Thursday, April 27.Iris Kuipers, Adele Nieuwsma, Avery Smith and Jenn Schock each scored a goal as the Trailblazers posted the 4-1 victory over the visiting Blackhawks.Saugatuck added two more wins in the next four days—downing Covenant Christian Read More…
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By Scott SullivanEditorThe Twerk“You don’t twerk, it won’t work,” said my daughter.Huh?“Stoop, thrust your hips back and shake your butt to New Orleans bounce music.”I know what ‘twerk’ is, I said. What is “work”? Dance I can do. Tap, tango, macarena … Work? It’s supposed to be hard, but writing won’t if I don’t play Read More…
New Saugatuck med center digs in
Holland Hospital, Saugatuck Township and more local leaders broke ground last Thursday on the hospital’s 16,940-square-foot medical building at 3500 Blue Star Hwy. It is slated to open in spring next year.“The new Saugatuck medical building,” hospital president Patti Van Dort said, “is a major step in continuing our mission of providing local, high-quality health Read More…
Life as Performance Art
There is nothing new about burning books. The ancient Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, probably Sumerians and Hittites did it.Hitler and his minions tried it in the 1930s as an after-party for the Nuremberg Ral-lies. The Church did a fair number of bonfire nights trying to get rid of the books with which it disagreed.The problem for Read More…
Mike’s Musings: A proud father offers praise to graduating son
I apologize in advance because some of you think I pontificate too much on my personal life, but I gotta reach out one more time and congratulate my son on earning his BA degree in political science from Eastern Michigan University on Sunday. Many of you know Jordan from all he does for Wilcox Newspapers. Read More…
Life as Performance Art
The lead character in the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” sings “If I Were a Rich Man.”A small portion of many of our brains fantasizes what it would be like to be wealthy. We dream of a lawyer telling us some long-lost relative fell of their perch and left us bags of loot. Or one Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Kennedy needs to be heard in this presidential cycle
With nearly 70 percent of the electorate opposed to a second term for President Joe Biden, he announced this week that he’s running despite that number and historically low approval ratings. It could very well be a race between Biden and Donald Trump, the two oldest presidential candidates in history. I’m not sure that is Read More…
Saugatuck girls pick up pair of soccer victories
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorA quick start set the tone for the Saugatuck girls soccer team in its SAC contest against Parchment on Friday, April 14.The Trailblazers jumped out to a 4-0 lead at halftime before adding two more goals in the second half to claim the 6-0 win.Adele Nieuwsma and Iris Kuipers led Saugatuck’s offensive Read More…
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By Scott SullivanEditorGreatest Show on EarthCan we choose not to choose limits? Our bodies die; start with that. I loved sports; they did not love me but pushed me to interesting levels before I hurt myself. The arts, music, science … all stretch capacities far and wide as we can pursue them.Limit minds and spirits? Read More…
90 Douglas condo plan nearing mark
By Scott SullivanEditorA much-revised plan to build 45 residential duplexes on 16 acres at 485 Ferry St. west of the former Haworth plant stands to win conditional Douglas Planning Commission approval Thursday, April 20.Developer Dave Barker’s 90-home Forest Gate Condominiums on now-vacant land north of North Star Condominiums has been updated since commissioners told him Read More…