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Democracy Tree: Residents rise up against stupid fireworks law

July 14, 2015

by Amy Kerr Hardin Lake Orion, a charming little township nestled in Southeast Michigan’s Oakland County — “where living is a vacation” — is among many communities finding themselves under the assault of rampant abuse of fireworks since Michigan lawmakers enacted Public Act 256 expanding the general public’s access to airborne incendiaries back...

Wayland Athletic Boosters planning ‘bash’ for late August

July 14, 2015

The Wayland Athletic Boosters Club is undergoing some changes in the wake of the death last spring of President Tom Andrews. Shelly Salisbury Whitley, who succeeded Andrews as Boosters president, and Mike Salisbury, the group's new treasurer, outlined for the school board Monday night some of the activities and philosophies...

Ranger Rick: Global warming, climate change… whatever!

July 14, 2015

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for...

Four Wayland teachers grieve extra work after fall flooding

July 13, 2015

The Wayland Board of Education Monday night heard a grievance on behalf of four Steeby Elementary teachers, stemming from a roof leak and water damage last October. Tom Greig, Michigan Education Association UNISERV director and a former Wayland High School teacher, stressed that grievance was not about the incident itself,...

Needs assessment likely to focus on WHS pool for bond issue

July 13, 2015

The Wayland Board of Education is getting ready to take the first step toward having a bond issue, very likely to upgrade or replace the aging swimming pool at the high school. The board’s Facilities Committee has been negotiating with Tower and Pinkster Architects of Grand Rapids to come up...

Monday Moanin’: So what is it that we are all so afraid of?

July 12, 2015

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net What are we all so afraid of? “I'm not afraid To take a stand Everybody Come take my hand We'll walk this road together, through the storm Whatever weather, cold or warm Just letting you know that you're not alone” — “Not Afraid” by Marshal Mather...

Kalamazoo Nature Center visit highlights free meals week

July 12, 2015

The sixth week of the Wayland Union School District’s free meals summer program for children resumes Monday and continues through Friday, July 17. The highlight program of the week will be a presentation at the Henika District Library at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 14 at Steeby Elementary on East Superior...

WHS grad Sofia Nelson joins Detroit public defender’s office

July 12, 2015

Sofia Valencia Nelson, a 2005 graduate of Wayland High School, is taking a new position as a public defender with the Appellate Defender’s Office in Detroit. The daughter of Mary Ortiz and Greg Nelson of Wayland Township, she earned her undergraduate degree from Tufts University before earning a juris doctorate....

WHS grad Brittini Merchant named assistant coach at SIUE

July 12, 2015

Brittini Merchant (left), shown here with her aunt Cheri Ritz, has been named an assistant coach for the softball team at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Merchant, a 2007 graduate of Wayland High School, was Miss Softball in 2007 and later played for graduated from Central Michigan University. She played at...

The Muck Starts Here: We should have let the South secede

July 12, 2015

by Barry Hastings An idiot who summers near me drives a big, noisy, older pickup, with all the trimmings, including a very large Confederate Battle Flag (still popular with red-necks and racist pigs). He also flies the same rag on a pontoon boat. Some of us are trying to talk...

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