Month: December 2017

Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday for Rudolph Cernia

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Rudolph Cernia age 91, of Dorr died Wednesday, Dec. 20. Rudolph served in the United States Army during the Korean War and was a longtime member of the Dorr American Legion He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mary; their children Joanne (David) Sokol, Diane (Daniel) DeCoster, Inez...
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Funeral is Wednesday for Robert Smith, 79, of Dorr

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Robert Smith of Dorr died Thursday, Dec. 21. He was 79. He was born in Grand Rapids on March 1, 1938. Bob enjoyed watching John Wayne movies, going to auctions, car races, the family cabin, and most of all, spending time with his family. Robert is survived by his wife of...
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WHS girls’, boys’ hoops teams to play in holiday tourney

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Both the Wayland girls' and boys' basketball teams will take part in the annual Cornerstone University Holiday High School Basketball Tournament Dec. 23-30. Though games start for the tourneys Saturday, the Wildcat boys will not play until Tuesday, Dec. 26, and the girls Thursday, Dec. 28.  The Wayland boys, now...
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Columns

Army Bob: If there’s an Internet link, it must be true

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In comments about a recent Army Bob column, three people who regularly write in this esteemed publication attacked me for not citing references.  One can assume that since one of them normally provided a link to an Internet site as a reference, that is their directive to me. Nothing wrong...
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Lady Wildcats have record-breaking night on the lanes

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Record breaking Sydney Urben The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team shattered four records Wednesday during a 23-7 dual match victory over Hudsonville Unity Christian. Perhaps the most compelling record-breaking performance was by senior co-captain Sydney Urben, who shattered her own single-game standard of 279 with a 290 and came up...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: My list of truly thoughtful old songs

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It seems like for the longest time I’ve believed that if a piece of music has words, they’d better be meaningful. I’ve been a huge fan of instrumental music, even in my earliest years of listening. My love of music without words spilled over into the classical genre late in...
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Hopkins girls enjoy 2nd blowout win of season, 63-28

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Mikayla Bulich The Hopkins High School girls' basketball team now has won two of six encounters on the hardcourt this season, and interestingly, its two victories have been blowouts. The Lady Vikings Wednesday night blasted Black River 63-28 in a non-league contest. Earlier this month, they blew out Allendale 60-22....
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Two funerals set for former WHS student Gayle Stora-Mabin

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Gayle Lynn Stora-Mabin, age 54, has died after a long struggle with brain cancer. Gayle attended Wayland High School and Grand Rapids Community College. She worked as accounts payable supervisor at Behler Young Co. for many years before joining the U.S. Postal Service in 1998. Through hard work she went...
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Turnovers costly for Wildcats in loss to Detroit Country Day

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Travis Cutler The Wayland boys' varsity basketball team absorbed its first loss of the season Tuesday on the road against Detroit Country Day. The Wildcats lost 81-61 after falling behind by 16 points in the first quarterr and battling their hosts almost evenly the rest of the way. The Yellow...
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Record-breaking ‘Cat rollers have to come down to earth

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The record-breaking Wayland boys' bowling team came back down to earth Tuesday in a 23.5 to 6.5 loss to Hudsonville Unity Christian. The Wildcats in the last week have broken three school records: • #1 on 12/16/17: Baker game at Cedar Springs Invitational 231 (Alex Marble, Hunter Osborn, Jordan Peters,...
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