February 2020 – Page 11

Lady Wildcats score huge win over Unity Christian

February 5, 2020

In what was one of the biggest matches of the season, the Wayland girls’ varsity bowling team our Lady Wildcats showed everyone in the house at the Rock ‘N Bowl just what they are capable of. The ladies, smarting from a loss at Zeeland last week, defeated Hudsonville Unity Christian,...

Sports

Vikings capture 5th win in a row, 55-38 over Plainwell

February 4, 2020

Tyler Zomerlei The Hopkins boys' varsity basketball team defeated Plainwell Tuesday night 55-38 in a non-league contest to improve to 9-4 on the season overall. Senior Tyler Zomerlei led the Vikings with 20 points. Colin Weber chipped in 10, and Drew Weber and freshman Tristen Perry added 7 apiece. "We...

Sports

Lady Clippers, 6th in state poll, handily beat Delton

February 4, 2020

Faith Guritz Jaclyn Hildebrand Martin, the sixth-ranked Class D girls' basketball in the state this week, came away with a convincing win Tuesday night against Delton Kellogg, 58-33, to improve its overall season record to 12-1. The Lady Clippers wasted no time in establishing dominance in the game by grabbing...

Service is Thursday for WHS grad Jerry Pattok, 82

February 4, 2020

1955 Wayland High School graduate Gerald LeRoy Pattok, age 82, of Hastings, died Jan. 31. Gerald was born on Oct. 7, 1937, in Hilliards, the son of John and Anna (Lutostanski) Pattok. He ran track and played tennis and football while at Wayland High School. He attended Kalamazoo College on...

Sports

Lady Vikings keep rolling up dual match victories

February 3, 2020

Kennedy Gill Alayna Ryan Both Hopkins High School varsity bowling teams defeated O-K Silver Conference rival Wyoming Godwin Heights Monday afternoon at Paragon Lanes. Both girls and boys walked away with the win. High scores for the girls were Kennedy Gill with 223 and 171 and Alayna Ryan with...

Community Notices

Dorr Twp. Library Friends send local residents flyers

February 3, 2020

Dorr Township residents today found these flyers, courtesy of the Friends of the Dorr Township Library, in their mailboxes. Included is material that spells out what will happen if voters turn down a request for 0.6 mill for 10 years to fund operations of the local library. The millage request...

City Council decides to drop study for new traffic light

February 3, 2020

The Wayland City Council has decided to go no further with a proposed traffic study that would perhaps pave the way for installation of a traffic light at the corner of East Superior Street and Wildcat Drive. The council last agreed to continue with a traffic study, but only on...

Yes It’s True: We haven’t learned from history of ’60s

February 2, 2020

Some people often ask me what it was like to live on a college campus in the late 1960s during the student unrest period of American history. The following is the first of a six-part series, all stolen from the manuscript of a never-published book, "Breadcrusts," written 20 years ago...

Guest Column: So let us promote the social welfare

February 2, 2020

EDITOR'S NOTE: Jon Seymour is a 2017 graduate of Wayland High School, a student at Grand Valley State University and an employee at Steelcase and McDonald's. He was student rep for the Wayland City Council and Wayland Board of Education and winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution Award....

Community Notices

Local Food Truck provided 58,453 lbs. for needy in 2019

February 2, 2020

Feeding America, which provides the food for the monthly Food Truck program for the needy at the United Church of Wayland, has issued statistics for 2019. The Food Truck provided 58,453 pounds of food to the food insecure at the Wayland site. The United Church was told, "This food comes...

Month: February 2020