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Monday Moanin’: A for Average, F for Fraud, AP for inflation

May 31, 2015

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net Wayland’s Class of 2015 went through commencement exercises recently and as is the common practice the district recognized those students who achieved top academic honors. According to a Wayland Union Schools press release: Seventeen (17) seniors received a 4.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA). Twenty (20)...

Barry Hastings: A child’s memory of D-Day, 71 years ago

May 31, 2015

by Barry Hastings Seventy-one years ago next Saturday, in Burton Heights (Grand Rapids) a group of young boys were playing "Army" a block or so west of Division Avenue. We'd just eliminated Hitler as a threat, and were searching for Mussolini and Tojo. We'd taken a break to look over...

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Army Bob: Admiral Lynch sells his soul through advertising

May 30, 2015

If you watch Fox News you are bombarded with the ads for New Day USA, a company selling home equity loans to veterans. A good number of the ads feature Rear Admiral Thomas C. Lynch, a 32-year retired veteran of the United States Navy and Chairman of New Day USA....

Wildcat baseball season ends in 8-2 district loss to Middleville

May 30, 2015

The Wayland varsity baseball season was concluded Saturday in the district tournament with an 8-2 loss to Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. The Trojans scored once in the opening and then erupted for a seven-run rally in the third to make all the difference in the contest. The Wildcats heled them scoreless...

Quincy Collings fails to defend state title in high jump

May 30, 2015

Hopkins senior Quincy Collings did not repeat as Division 3 state champion in the high jump Saturday at Comstock Park High School. Collings, who leaped 6-9 to win it all a year ago, only managed to clear 6-3 and tie for third place in the state meet. Nate McKeown of...

Lady Wildcats’ softball district finale postponed until Monday

May 30, 2015

The Wayland girls' varsity softball team will play Hamilton at 4:30 p.m. Monday afternoon in the finals of the Division 2 district tournament at Hopkins. The contest, originally scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, had to be postponed because of relentless rain showers eventually making the field conditions too wet. The...

Former Gun Lake woman was Yankee Springs golf champion

May 30, 2015

Mary Debora (Dye) Blackmore, 59, loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, died Friday, May 22, after a courageous battle with lung disease. Debbie was born in Saginaw on Sept. 8, 1955 to James and Patricia Dye, who preceded her in death. She and her husband Ron settled along the...

Infant brother of tragic crash victim continues to improve

May 30, 2015

Infant Gabriel Duley, brother of 5-year-old traffic crash victim Caleb Duley, will be moved to another floor Saturday and then Monday will be going to Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Center in Grand Rapids. He needs to learn how to suck his bottle and swallow again. He is doing better and...

Nasty looking clouds bring rainstorms to Wayland area Friday

May 30, 2015

Former Penasee Globe reporter Charlotte Weick Friday evening posted: "A bunch of us were sitting around in lawn chairs out by the RV when it felt like the temperature dropped around 10 degrees and THIS bad boy blew in. That cloud was moving so fast. Then the sky opened up...

Here are 3 proposals to fix roads without making budget cuts

May 29, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. I’ve long maintained that the two most important purposes of government are to solve problems and to be a fair referee in the public arena. Unfortunately, our Confederacy of Dunces in the State Legislature...

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