Month: July 2022

Columns

Yes It’s True: On line ticket sales rule stirs controversy

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Wayland Union Schools’ decision to sell athletic game tickets only on line has generated a robust debate in the community, with the football season opener between the Wildcats and neighborhood rival Hopkins approaching Friday, Aug. 26. A large number of local fans have expressed confusion and displeasure with not being...
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Funeral will be Monday for Suzanne Kasper, 53, of Dorr

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Suzanne Marie Kasper, 53, of Dorr, died at home Thursday, July 28. She worked for more than 30 years at Metro Hospital. She loved going to concerts, sporting events, feeding birds, and gardening. Most of all, she loved spending time with her family and friends. She will be lovingly remembered...
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Articles

Subs, food service workers get raises from Wayland

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Wayland Union Schools has raised its pay rate for substitute teachers from $100 to $110 a day beginning with the next academic year. Pay for food service workers and aides also has been boosted to $12.50 per hour. A free standard lunch is another perk provided. Employees for these kinds...
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Gregorville Road getting extensive reconstruction

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Gregorville Road, also referred to as 133rd Avenue in Wayland Township, is having 3.15 miles of roadway reconstruction, including clearing, grade establishment, sand subbase, aggregate base, culvert replacements and restoration. The project is running from 6th Street east to Patterson Road at the Barry County line. The road is closed...
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Recommendations for the Aug. 2 primary in review:

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George C. Wallace “He (a Denver Post or Baltimore Sun editorial writer) is just one man… and you’re on man, and one woman. Your opinion is every bit as good as his.” — George C. Wallace on the campaign trail in 1968 “I report on what I see and hear…...
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Ex-WHS bowling coach to guide Tennessee women

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Bill Holbrook Former Wayland High School girls’ varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook has been hired as new women’s head coach at the University of Tennessee Southern. Holbrook, son of Wayland High School graduates Sandy Kotrba and Bill Holbrook, said, "I am grateful and thrilled for this opportunity at UT Southern,...
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Two state rep. candidates must return ‘excess’ funds

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Angela Rigas Rachelle Smit Two local candidates for state representative in Tuesday’s primary election have not returned excessive campaign funds from former President Donald Trump’s Save America PAC, according to campaign finance reports. Bridge Michigan included 43rd District candidate Rachelle Smit of Martin and 79th District candidate Angela Rigas on...
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Community Notices

Culvert work to close roads next week in Hopkins Twp.

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The Allegan County Road Commission has announced a road closure starting Monday, Aug. 1, on 22nd Street between 130th Avenue and 133rd Avenue in Hopkins Township. Workers will replace multiple culverts under the road as well as to repair some shoulder washouts. The closure will last approximately five days. Please...
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Dorr Township to stick with LMCU for investments

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The Dog Park at South Park west of Dorr along 142nd Avenue is open to the public. The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening voted 6-1 to allow Treasurer Laurie Perry to use Michigan CLASS as another investment tool. The policy will be implemented through Lake Michigan Credit Union, with carries...
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Columns

Army Bob: How does does volunteer force stack up?

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by Robert M. Traxler The United States Army will miss its recruiting mission by more than 10,000 troops this year; that is a light division of soldiers. The why is important in understanding our society; obesity, drug use, not being able to read at an eighth-grade level, not passing the...
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