March 2018 – Page 2

Santino DiCesare returns to WHS as athletic director

Santino Di Cesare, a 2010 graduate of Wayland High School, is returning to his alma mater as the new athletic director and assistant principal (ninth grade. Di Cesare previously was…

Editor March 29, 2018

Sports

Viking tracksters open season at Wendy’s Classic meet

Hopkins junior Emma Helder turned in the most successful individual performance Tuesday at the Wendy’s Classic Track Invitational that featured 18 boys’ and girls’ teams. Helder crossed the finish line…

Editor March 29, 2018

Columns

The Subterranean: Two Damon films don’t meet expectations

“I find my life is easier the lower I keep my expectations.” — Bill Watterson (cartoonist, Calvin and Hobbes by Walter G. Tarrow (Reviews of Suburbicon and Downsizing) Both ** out…

Editor March 29, 2018

Sports

WHS bowler Marissa BruinsSlot to roll for Midland

Wayland High School bowling standout Marissa BruinsSlot has signed her intent to attend Midland University in Nebraska and roll for her former Wayland High School coach, Bill Holbrook (left). A…

Editor March 29, 2018

Features

WHS sends 38 students to PALs conference March 23

Thirty-eight Wayland High School students from the PALs program attended the 27th annual PALs conference at Gun Lake Community Church March 23 to learn more about mental health issues and…

Editor March 29, 2018

Features

Martin ‘Hygiene for Humanity’ drive fills local food pantry

by Austin Marsman The Martin High School National Honor Society sponsored a "Hygiene for Humanity" drive last week to benefit the Martin United Methodist Church food bank. Students were encouraged…

Editor March 29, 2018

Community Notices

Students vow to oppose Sen. Schuitmaker over guns

Students who took part in the National Walkout Day March 14 to protest gun violence in America now are calling for Michigan Attorney General candidate Tonya Schuitmaker, a Republican, to…

Editor March 28, 2018

Features

Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — March 31, 1993 The deadline for filing petitions to run for offices on…

Editor March 28, 2018

Sports

Wildcat girls blanked in soccer season opener, 3-0

The Wayland girls' varsity soccer team opened their season Tuesday evening with a 3-0 loss to Grand Rapids West Catholic. Despite a game-high 20 shots and 16 on goal, the…

Editor March 28, 2018

Community Notices

Businesses, residential complex proposals to be aired

Both the Leighton and Wayland Township Planning Commissions will have busy public hearings Wednesday evening, April 11. Leighton will have three public hearings at its meeting, which will get under…

Editor March 27, 2018