Month: February 2016

Hungry Howie’s swamped by Leap Day pizza sale customers

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Hungry Howie's Pizza in Wayland got more than it bargained for Monday when it took part in the pizza chain's "Leap 29" promotion. The company offered customers a 29-cent large pizza with one topping if they they bought a large pizza at a regular price. The local eatery was swamped...
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Tanis Sisters guest performers at folk gathering March 5

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Lovers of bluegrass, country, blues and oldies are invited to the monthly gathering of fellowship and music at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Vibrant Grains Bakery and Restaurant, 142 S. Main St., Wayland. The feature group artist this month is The Tanis Sisters, a group of three sisters who play...
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Dan Weber’s work schedule wrecks havoc with Dorr meeting dates

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Dorr Township Trustee Dan Weber has changed jobs at least twice in the last year, and it’s wrecked havoc with dates and times of Township Board meetings. Weber, an electrician by trade, last year asked the board to change its meeting nights from the last Tuesday to the last Monday...
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Five Lakes Brewing may open this summer at Dorr strip mall

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If all goes as planned, Lisa and Randy Blain and partners Doug and Cindy Lameyer will open Five Lakes Brewing this summer at the former location of the Seasons in Time Restaurant and Jake's Goodtime Bar & Grill, 1638 142nd Ave. at the High Mark Center mall in Dorr. The...
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Dorr Twp. road, fire equipment millages expected in August

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Dorr Township voters again will be asked to approve millage requests for fire equipment replacement and for repairing, maintaining and improving local roads. The two millage requests are expected to be on the primary election ballot on Tuesday, Aug. 2. They were scheduled to be brought to the attention of...
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Six WHS choir students advance to State Solo & Ensemble

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Six Wayland Union High School choir students moved up to the State Solo and Ensemble level and will be performing two songs and sight singing in front of a judge April 15 at Portage Central High School. They are spending many hours after school preparing for this event. The six...
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Dorr Elementary food service staff bring the beach to students

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Dorr Elementary food service staff members Friday brought the “beach” to the students in the school cafeteria, where they had a luau lunch complete with leis, grass skirts and sun glasses. (Photo courtesy of Laurie Zywiczynski)
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Steeby 4th-grade team qualifies for state Odyssey of the Mind

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A Steeby Elementary Odyssey of the Mind team took second place in the regional competition Saturday at the regionals in Martin and have earned the right to take part in the state competition March 19 at Middleville Thornapple Kellogg, Five teams of elementary students represented Wayland Union Schools – one...
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David Wolowicz, 60, a 1974 graduate of WHS, passes

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Word has been received of the death of David Wolowicz, 60, a 1974 graduate of Wayland High School. Wolowicz, who served in the U.S. Navy after graduation, was a member of the Wayland High School varsity baseball team. He was born on Jan. 3, 1956, in Grand Rapids the son...
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Monday Moanin’: Skilled trades workers needed In Michigan

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Just Google the phrase “construction worker shortage Michigan.” After decades of  the “college for all” mantra, too many K-12 public schools have divested themselves of their vocational and traditional “shop” classes. Intermediate school district “tech centers” have picked up SOME of the slack, but interest in skilled trades has waned...
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