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Student rep., debate captain ask Wayland to reinstate fund-raising

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The Wayland Board of Education Monday night got an earful from the student representative and the captain of the debate team about fund-raising. Student Board Representative Jonathan Seymour and Debate Team Captain Trenton Wilcox both presented opinions that high school clubs and organizations should be allowed to engage in fund-rasining,...
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More tech costs ahead, but Wayland school finances getting healthier

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The fund balance for the Wayland Union school district continues to get healthier, but the school board Monday night was told expenses seem inevitable for technology infrastructure. Scott Getter, who serves both the Wayland and Hopkins districts as technology director, told board members that a lot of infrastructure, such as...
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WHS awarded Apple Professional Learning Grant

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Wayland Union High School has been awarded an Apple Professional Learning Grant that will support the high school in its digital learning environment. The grant will create a personalized professional learning plan for high school staff that supports differentiated, professional growth for instruction. “Our goals for the professional development grant...
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Public hearing on pot exchange re-set for Jan. 4 in Martin Twp.

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The special public hearing on a new zoning ordinance for Martin Township has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4. The meeting, originally announced as being scheduled for Monday, Dec. 14, was moved at first to Thursday, Dec. 17, but another conflict arose and it had to be postponed...
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Service will be Monday for former local man Dick Hayward, 84

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Richard "Dick" Hayward, age 84, of Holland, died Friday, Dec. 11. Dick served in the U.S. Marines. He worked at the Kalamazoo Paper Mill/Georgia Pacific for 44 years, retiring in 1992. Dick and Patricia attended Dorr Baptist Church and formerly attended First Baptist Church of Wayland Dick is survived by...
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Monday Moanin’: Words of caution for my education friends and others

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by Jeff Salisbury As a retired classroom teacher (who took 13 on-again, off-again, on-again years from high school diploma to college ed degree) and a proud, long-time labor leader who still dabbles in such from time to time... but as I peruse a variety of blogs, web sites and Facebook...
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The Muck Starts Here: The new ‘Know-Nothings’ — GOP prez field

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by Barry Hastings The impending Neo-Nazi American nation. Never in my 77 years have I seen such a collection of fools and/or idiots dominating an American political party's policy-makers. And my reading of history tells me the last time the situation became so dangerous to the nation was with arrival...
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Hopkins boys’ bowling team wins Allendale Invitational tourney

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The Hopkins High School bowling team captured first place in the Allendale Invitational tournament Saturday. Shown here are team members. Details were not made available. (Photo courtesy Debbie Gossman)  
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Lady Wildcat bowlers overcome slow start, take 2nd in pre-conference

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The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team finished second in the Pre-conference Tournament Saturday at Spectrum Lanes and the Wildcat boys finished a respectable third. "The slow start in the first individual game proved to be too much to overcome," explained girls' coach Bill Holbrook. Sophomore Marissa Bruinsslot paced the Lady...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Climate change evidence continues to grow

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I reached a minor milestone Friday when I mowed my lawn in December for the first time in my entire life. My wife told me the back yard grass was looking shaggy and scraggly, so I went to work, firing up the mower for the first time ever in the...
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