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Playtime in the Park event for today canceled

June 14, 2016

Playtime in the Park is canceled today, Tuesday, June 14, because of rain. The Fresh Food Fairy inside Steeby Elementary Gym is still being held at 10:30am with free lunch for kids 18 and over at 11:30 a.m. The next Playtime in the Park is scheduled Tuesday, July 12, and...

Laura Foster wins Brenner Teacher of Year award

June 13, 2016

Laura Foster, who has been teaching sixth grade at Pine Street Elementary since 1993, is this year’s winner of the Kathryn L. Brenner Teacher of the Year award. Foster earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1992 from Western Michigan University, a master’s degree in 1998 from Grand Valley...

Wayland schools’ financial outlook still improving

June 13, 2016

The Wayland Board of Education Monday evening heard more good news about the budget, which is in the best shape it’s been in several years. Finance Director Bill Melching told board members the school district is projected to have a surplus of nearly $700,000 over the 2015-16 budget year. Before...

Wayland chalk artist shows talent in Port Huron festival

June 13, 2016

Art on the River, an art and music festival in Port Huron brought in featured artist Tess Tobolic of Wayland, made possible by the sponsorship of the Community Foundation of St. Clair County. Patrons watched as she painted a canvas mural live during the two-day festival. The subject matter was chosen by...

Monday Moanin’: Underfunding public schools continues

June 12, 2016

by Jeff Salisbury Mindless underfunding of schools continues, doing irreparable harm to kids High school graduation season is in full bloom in many communities around the nation, but in some places, parents with kids still in schools have to be worried about the conditions of their schools they’ll return to...

The Muck Starts Here: Revisionism is easy, decisions are hard

June 12, 2016

Revisionism is easy... but making harsh, horrid, homicidal decisions, in real life and real time, is not as easy as most people think (check out the ever-whiter hair of every U.S. president). The demands never cease — often enough, the nights are longer, more dangerous, stressful than the days. The...

Hopkins bowler takes 15th place in Pepsi tournament

June 12, 2016

Hopkins sophomore Brendan Gossman placed 15th out of 277 bowlers who competed in the 2016 Michigan State USBC Pepsi bowling tournament in Bay City earlier this year. Gossman came up with a score 1,268 pins, just one fewer than 14th place and two fewer than the 12th place finisher. Noah...

Editorial

Is Islamic terrorism now targeting gay Americans?

June 12, 2016

To the editor: The reports of yet one more terrorist attack in the United States have put 50 dead and 53 wounded. The fact that the terrorist performed the massacre in an establishment in Florida known as a gathering place for gay folks in the area is extremely troubling. The...

‘The Wizard of Wayland remains an enigma to me

June 11, 2016

John Wooden, legendary college basketball coach at UCLA, was nicknamed “The Wizard of Westwood.” In these parts, we could call Lady Wildcats’ softball coach Cheri Ritz “The Wizard of Wayland.” Though she lost a boatload of talent from the state championship 2015 ballclub, particularly in the pitching department with Pitcher...

Lady Wildcats capture regional crown, move to quarters

June 11, 2016

The Wayland girls' softball team captured its ninth Division 2 regional championship Saturday afternoon at Hope College, defeating Hudsonville Unity Christian 7-3 in the finals after downing Forest Hills Eastern 11-1, in six innings . The Lady Wildcats, now 26-10for the season overall, now move on to the quarterfinals Tuesday...

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