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Yes It Is, It’s True: Lessons from a Daisy Duck fable?
One of the most memorable fables from my childhood, besides Aesop’s tales, came from a Daisy Duck comic book. Yes, from Daisy Duck. There was a period in the mid-1950s…
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Basura: Halloween memories keep flooding back
As college students, my then girlfriend and her roomies hosted what they called a Hairy Buffalo party. Everyone was to dress in costume, and bring some sort of alcoholic beverage.…
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Thornapple Valley Strings to play at next folk session
The Thornapple Valley Strings, four talented musicians who have played together for about four years, will be special guests for the next Rabbit River folk gathering at 6 p.m. Saturday at Vibrant…
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Army Bob: Where there’s smoke there’s fire for Hillary
Well here we go again, a re-examination, a reopening of one just one of the Clinton scandals/criminal investigations. Our good friends on the left, not the far left, are not…
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Ex-Wildcat Allison Getty leads Northwood volleyball
Allison Getty, a 2013 graduate of Wayland High School, is leading Northwood University's volleyball team in kills and total points this season. Getty, who was a Division 2 all-state selection…
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Monday Moanin’: Lawsuit seeks justice for Flint children
A class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks justice for the children of Flint, who are suffering the effects of months of drinking lead-contaminated tap water while also not receiving adequate special…
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Ex-Wildcat teammates reunite on the gridiron as foes
Former Wayland High School football teammates Mike Miklusicak and Quentin Sweeney met as rivals on the gridiron Saturday with the former getting the best of a 31-6 victory by Hope…
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Wildcat girls 6th in C-C regionals, boys finish 11th
It was a day of near misses for the Wayland boys’ and girls’ cross-country treams at Saturday’s Division 2 regional meet at Portage. Near-miss performances were turned in by Lady…
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It’s back to state cross-country meet for Hopkins girls
It was déjà vu all over again for the Hopkins girls’ cross-country team and ace harrier Laura Velderman. Actually, it was even better this time around. The Lady Vikings Saturday…
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Recommendations, if I could vote in Nov. 8 election:
ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. Dorr Township Trustee John Tuinstra recently circulated a flyer recommending trustee candidates for the…