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Funeral will be Friday for baby girl Allie May Peckham

October 13, 2015

Sweet baby girl Allie May Peckham passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. Allie will be forever missed by her parents James and Tanya Peckham and her big sister Macie; her grandparents Missy and Bob Peckham, Sally and Rex Truax; her great-grandparents Linda and James Magee...

Ranger Rick: We need guns in our schools? Tell me it ain’t so!

October 13, 2015

The most recent controversy befalling a Republican candidate, Dr. Ben Carson, concerning his answering a question about the recent slayings in Oregon at Umpqua Community College. Dr. Carson said he would have charged the shooter, knowing he was going to die not resisting. I digress, but have to ask, you...

Commercial truck strikes AAESA school bus from behind

October 13, 2015

Authorities were at the scene of a traffic accident involving a school bus Tuesday morning near the intersection of 18th Street and 142nd Avenue in downtown Dorr. A witness reported a Spirit linen, uniform and towel service truck struck an Allegan Area Education Service Agency (AAESA) school bus from behind....

Wayland High School is host for 130 students in Debate Day

October 13, 2015

Wayland High School was the host site for the annual Debate Day for students, coaches, and teachers from across the community Friday, Oct. 9. Debate Day cultivates a culture of academic scholarship grounded in speaking and listening, using the policy debate format. Together, students create pathways for critical thinking, civic...

Columns

Army Bob: So let’s get this nasty business of Bergdahl over with

October 12, 2015

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who deserted his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held captive by various enemy groups until exchanged for five general-officer level enemy detainees, is back in the news. Will we ever be done with this guy? Referring to this person as a sergeant is...

Wayland schools endorse sale of Moline El building and property

October 12, 2015

The Wayland Board of Education Monday evening put potential buyer Steve Austin and Leighton Township on notice that the schools will not stand in the way of the proposed purchase of the old Moline Elementary School. The schools plan to take in just over $70,000 for the sale of the...

State budget town hall meeting will be Thursday evening at FAC

October 12, 2015

State Rep. Ken Yonker, R-Caledonia, invites residents of Allegan and Kent counties to attend a budget town hall meeting with guest-speaker House Appropriations Chairman Rep. Al Pscholka from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, at Wayland Union High School's Fine Arts Center. Yonker, in a prepared statement, said, “I...

Articles

Wayland schools’ student count up, as is budget fund balance

October 12, 2015

The Wayland Union school district is in better financial shape than what was feared near the end of the 2014-15 fiscal year budget last June. Finance Director Bill Melching told Board of Education members Monday night that about $118,000 has been added to the fund balance, bring the percentage of...

Services will be Thursday for Dennis Werkema, 62, of Wayland

October 12, 2015

Dennis R. Werkema, 62, of Wayland, died Saturday, Oct. 10. He was born on March 24, 1953, the son of Arnold and Jean (Price) Werkema. He married Vickie L. Wolf on April 28, 1972 at St. John Vianney Church in Wyoming, MI. He had a passion for all those in...

Monday Moanin’: Some teachers mad as hell, not taking it any more

October 11, 2015

By JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com Owing to spending parts of four decades in education, I follow with some interest "VAMboozled!" a blog by Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, notably because she is spot-on when it comes to cover educational issues, specifically teacher evaluation, accountability and something called “value-added modeling,” which is where she derives the moniker...

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