By Jason WesseldykSports Editor HICKORY CORNERS—The odds of the Saugatuck boys cross country team winning the SAC Championship on Thursday, Oct. 13, didn’t appear to be particularly good.For starters, the Trailblazers’ No. 2 runner throughout much of the season—junior Russell VandePoel—was unable to be there for the meet because he was playing with the Saugatuck Read More…
I’ve never pretended to be the brightest kid on the block, even when adults patted me on the noggin and called me “Sonny.” At first, I thought had something to do with that big yellow ball of bright light, meaning I was such a bright young boy. My mother explained otherwise. Even so, I’ve been trying to come Read More…
Scammers are everywhere on social media and the internet these days. They used to pose as policemen seeking funds or IRS agents demanding the money you owe for back taxes. But lately schemes have been getting more and more sophisticated. I’m going to tell you about two that friends experienced last week.First is the puppy Read More…
Saugatuck Village Players will hold auditions for their 36th annual production of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 19 and 20, in the Douglas UCC Friendship Hall, northwest corner of Wall and Spring streets, at 7 both nights. Callbacks will take place the next week. Performance dates will be Dec. 9, 10, Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorHot Smoke/The PearlSophomore year at Purdue, student government friends named me Shreve Hall Cultural Director. Our culture: create a new unpaid job whose task was be interesting.We devised Americans for a Sensible Society to invite U.S. Rep. Earl Landgrebe, one of New Times’ newly-named Ten Dumbest Congressmen, to campus.Landgrebe, whose Valparaiso trucking firm Read More…
The return of Oktoberfest to Douglas’s Beery Field Saturday and Sunday proved good indeed for celebrants including Community Pride sponsors, Mayor/Burgermeister/opening keg tapper Jerry Donovan (above right) and players of 15-foot-long Alpenhorns (right) preparing to parade downtown. More fun included games, music, picnicking and a beer tent in which more than one might have been Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorAn Oct. 5 forum among seven candidates for four 2-year Saugatuck City Council seats saw all agree they love the city but voice varied views on its progress or lack thereof.On the ballot Nov. 8 will be incumbents Scott Dean and Lauren Stanton, plus challengers Catherine Simon and Jane Verplank (both former mayors Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor PORTAGE—In a field that featured 35 teams, the Saugatuck boys cross country team placed 11th in the Division 3 race at the Portage Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 8.The Trailblazers finished with 356 points, while Hart (71 points), Hanover-Horton (117 points) and Traverse City St. Francis (136 points) occupied slots one through Read More…
In less than 30 days, Americans will be asked to cast their ballots for the candidates and proposals of their choice. I am not here to write in support of any one candidate or proposal; however I am here to request that you exercise your right to vote.I know you’ve heard this before, but this Read More…
Growing up, I had no need for an alarm clock ringing in my ears. I was awakened by the hideous stench of The Olds plugging in the percolator for their first cup of coffee. I don’t know the name of the brand, but in those dawn hours I would have preferred the aroma of a well-ripening roadkill Read More…