2017 – Page 22

Wayland schools to get busy after bond issue approval

Buoyed by last week's news of voters' approval of a $19.25 million bond project, the Wayland Board of Education Monday evening dealt with setting things in motion for next year.…

Editor November 13, 2017

Sports

Three-sport athlete Meghan Schulz to make it 4 at MSU

Meghan Schulz has demonstrated solid performances in volleyball, basketball and as a shot putter in track at Hopkins High School. Yet she plans to attend Michigan State University next year…

Editor November 13, 2017

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Actions speak louder than words

Virtually everybody agrees that actions speak louder than words, yet so many of us somehow have fallen for the false promise that what famous people say matters. The media provides…

Editor November 12, 2017

Sports

WHS sophomore Rylee Cronkright just keeps on running

Wayland High School sophomore Rylee Cronkright is shown here "on a run well done" at the Futures race at the 2017 Team Michigan Trials Saturday! Coach Sue Brewer, who took this…

Editor November 11, 2017

Obituaries

Funeral mass is Nov. 18 for Theresa DeVries of Dorr

Theresa (Merren) DeVries age 87, died Friday, Nov 10, after suffering from dementia. Theresa, after raising a family, worked for Kesslers in Wayland. She was a long-time member of St.…

Editor November 11, 2017

Community Notices

Wayland Union schools have annual Veterans Day ceremony

To mark the Marine Corps' 242nd birthday and Veteran’s Day, Wayland school's CCA program had a celebration to thank school employee Jody Tyner for his years of service in the…

Editor November 11, 2017

Columns

Basura: Things don’t look good for naughty Roy Moore

“It takes a young girl to make an old man cry” — BB King The allegations against Roy Moore are unproven. He’s not been charged with a crime. Legally, he is…

Editor November 11, 2017

Editorial

Happy with school vote results? Thank some women

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The Wayland Union school district's bond proposal narrowly was approved Tuesday, a proposal that…

Editor November 10, 2017

Sports

Abby Merice latest Wildcat star to go to Davenport

Davenport University has been the beneficiary of many Wayland High School softball players and it has just added yet another one. Senior Abby Merice, shown here at her signing ceremony…

Editor November 10, 2017

Obituaries

Memorial service will be Nov. 17 for Deborah Baker

Deborah Sue Baker, age 61, a Hopkins High School graduate, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, at her home in Delton. Deborah was born on June 7, 1956, in Allegan, the daughter of…

Editor November 10, 2017