2016 – Page 126

Basura: I made the Marine tennis team in Hawaii, for awhile

“Contrariness;” continued Tweedledum, “if it was so, it might be; and, if it were so, it must be; but, if it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.” — Lewis Carroll, Through…

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Community Notices

Wayland High School pool closed for at least this week

The Wayland High School pool will be closed for the rest of the week and perhaps longer. Fitness & Aquatics Director John Charon of Northern Physical Therapy said the water…

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Articles

WHS Robotics Team wins Rookie All-Star Award at districts

The Wayland Union High School Robotics Team received the Rookie All-Star Award at the FIRST Robotic district championship competition Friday and Saturday at East Kentwood High School. The Woldcats also…

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Articles

Wayland city police officers agree to new 5-year contract

Local police officers and the Wayland City Council have agreed to a new five-year employment contract. The City Council Monday night unanimously approved the pact, which covers the years 2016…

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Columns

Ranger Rick: Business works well when it is treated fairly

Politicians tend to always look at solutions to problems instead of getting to the root cause of the problem to be solved and what caused it to arise into a…

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Community Notices

Statewide tornado drill will take place at 1:30 p.m. April 13

Allegan County Emergency Management reminds residents that the 2016 statewide tornado drill will take place at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13. Allegan County Emergency Management encourages public institutions, business and…

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Sports

Wildcat Sydney Urben selected to all-state bowling team

Wayland High School sophomore Sydney Urben has been selected to the first unit of the Division II girls’ all-state bowling team. The announcement came this week from the Michigan High…

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Community Notices

City Park renovations expected to be completed next month

Work is progressing at the City Park, which will have renovations and improvements done this spring in Wayland. City Manager Tim McLean told the City Council Monday evening that water…

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Community Notices

Aplastic anemia patient Lilly, 10, now in New York for therapy

Lilly Vanden Bosch, 10, of Dorr, has been flown to New York City for a cutting-edge medical treatment called Adaptive T-Cell Therapy, in which a specific kind of white blood…

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Obituaries

Service for Kay VanderPloeg, 68, will be Thursday

Kay E. Vander Ploeg, age 68, of Wayland, died Monday, April 4. Kay is survived by her husband Robert Vander Ploeg; her children: Connie (Buck Green) Berg, Corey (Stephanie) Vander…

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