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Wildcats 4th in 1st O-K Gold golf jamboree

April 20, 2016

The Wayland boys' golf team finished fourth in the first O-K Gold Conference jamboree of the season Tuesday at the Gracewill Golf Course. Hastings finished first in the meet with a team score of 157 and South Christian was second at 160. Wayland recorded a score of 173, just a stroke...

Wildcats top Catholic Central to even Gold dual record

April 20, 2016

The Wayland boys' track team evened its record in the O-K Gold Conference at 1-1 with a 76-61 victory Wednesday over Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Houseman Field. The Wildcats lost their season opener 78-71 to Wyoming and then dropped their first dual meet in the league last week to...

Hopkins’ Bailey Ballard to ‘throw’ at Aquinas College

April 20, 2016

Bailey Ballard, daughter of Robin and Brian Ballard of Hopkins, has signed her national letter of intent to continue her track and field career at Aquinas College. Ballard has been a key member of the Lady Vikings track team the past four seasons. She has competed at one Division III State...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 212

April 20, 2016

25 Years Ago — April 24, 1991 Customers who are delinquent in payments to the Gun Lake Area Sewer Authority will face penalties in terms of fees, which total about $71,000. An anti-drug rally will be held in the Harding’s parking lot off West Superior Street. The May 1 event,...

Jijak Foundation plans Native American food growing summit

April 20, 2016

The Jijak Foundation, a non-profit Native American educational organization of the Gun Lake Tribe in Hopkins Township, announced it will be host for the 2016 Great Lakes Intertribal Food Summit April 21-24 in conjunction with the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC). This event will bring more than 200 harvesters, farmers, food...

Lady Vikings track team successfully begins Silver defense

April 20, 2016

The Hopkins girls’ track team successfully began its defense of the O-K Silver Conference championship with a convincing 92-45 dual victory Tuesday over Calvin Christian. The Lady Vikings were supposed to have been hit hard by graduation losses last spring, but apparently coach Molly Klump’s group is not rebuilding, it’s...

WHS senior performs in honors choir at WMU festival

April 20, 2016

Mitchell Lapham, senior at Wayland Union High School, performed at the Southwestern Michigan Vocal Festival Honors Choir. He was one of three Bass 2 singers out of 60 students who qualified from 15 schools. The festival was held at Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium March 24.

Basura: Gambling’s lure — thrill of uncertainty releases dopamine

April 19, 2016

“Something tells me it’s all happenin’ at the zoo I do believe it. I do believe it’s true.” — Simon & Garfunkel My wife and I go to a casino now and then. Sometimes I watch the action as people bet money to try to hit on one game or...

Vikings boys open Silver season with loss to Calvin Christian

April 19, 2016

The Hopkins boys’ track team opened the dual meet season in the OK-Silver Conference with an 87.5 to 52.5 loss to Grandville Calvin Christian. Event winners for the Vikings were Logan Blank in the long jump, 18’7.5,″ and 110-meter hurdles, 17.02 seconds; Clayton Frank in the discus, 120’9.75,″ and shot...

Services planned Friday for Tom ‘Rabbit’ Rybiski, 73

April 19, 2016

Thomas S. “Rabbit” Rybiski, age 73 of Middleville, died Monday, April 18. Tom was a U.S. Army veteran and was a member of the Wayland VFW and the American Legion. He retired as a salesman from Good GMC. Golf was one of his greatest passions. Tom and LaDonna enjoyed wintering...

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