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Dani Hiar, 1991 WHS graduate, earns her doctorate at CMU

October 5, 2015

Dani Hiar, a 1991 graduate of Wayland High School, essentially has completed requirements for earning her doctorate in educational leadership from Central Michigan University. Hiar said, “I successfully defended my dissertation today (Monday, Oct. 5) and aside from a few revisions and some paperwork have successfully earned my doctorate.” Hiar...

CDXX Boutique pot exchange lives to fight another day in Martin

October 5, 2015

The CDXX Boutique in downtown Shelbyville will remain open, at least for now. The medical marijuana exchange location and head shop received a surprising reprieve from the Martin Township Planning Commission Monday night when it voted 4-2 to reject a proposed ordinance amendment that specifically would have forbidden sites that...

Wayland elementary teachers attend Van Andel science academy

October 5, 2015

Several Wayland Union Schools elementary teachers took part in the Van Andel Education Institute’s Science Academy last week in Grand Rapids where they learned inquiry-based instructional techniques. They are expected to bring what they've learned back to the classroom for their science instruction. This program is sponsored by the Allegan...

WHS marching band earns 3rd place at Hastings Invitational

October 5, 2015

The Wayland High School marching band took third place in a band competition Saturday, Oct. 3, at the 24th annual Hastings Marching Invitational. There were 27 bands that performed from West Michigan. Wayland competed against five bands in its division and scored 81.0 points. The group also received an excellence...

Wayland CCA team captures 2nd in disc golf tournament

October 5, 2015

Students from Wayland’s Alternative High School, Career Connections Academy, placed second overall in a disc golf tournament Friday at Brewer Park in Byron Center where they competed against other alternative high school teams. Ali Mooney was the individual champion. Team members included Mooney, Hunter Nousen, Tristan Keech, Kyle Wheaton, and...

Burial service for Dorr native Andrew Chrusciel will be Saturday

October 5, 2015

A burial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at St. Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery in Dorr for Andrew Peter Chrusciel, 77, of Alton, Mo., who died Wednesday, Sept. 9. Andy was born on a farm in Dorr on Sep. 25, 1937, and was raised there as the...

Wildcat volleyball squad ties twice, loses twice at Byron Center

October 4, 2015

The Wayland High School varsity volleyball team went 0-2-2 Saturday at the Cristi Curtis Invitational at Byron Center. The Lady Wildcats split with Grant and Zeeland East and then lost to Byron Center and Kenowa Hills. The verdicts left Wayland with an overall season record of 18-16-6. Sidney Ritz came...

Monday Moanin’: I am struggling to tolerate the intolerant

October 4, 2015

By Jeff Salisbury JeffreyLSalisbury@gmail.com An appeals court recently upheld a lower court's order halting a federal mandate requiring two Christian colleges - one in Michigan and the other in Iowa - to provide insurance coverage for certain contraceptives. The court issued an order saying the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate...

The Muck Starts Here: The legislative morass in Lansing flourishes

October 4, 2015

by Barry Hastings It's found not only in Michigan, but folks here are certainly playing the parts of Lewis & Clark as pathfinders for the legislative masters of folly, sloppy work, little work, no work, and work requiring more work just to make it work. The Michigan medical marijuana law(s)...

Nanny state government could help ‘Bring ’em back alive!’

October 3, 2015

The Republican Party has been popular over the last 35 years with opposition to “Nanny government.” Yet at times it is guilty of the crime itself and has failed to understand there are times we the people act like spoiled children and deserve the Nanny. The GOP on one hand...

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