Editor – Page 1366

Lady Wildcats surprise no one by capturing O-K Gold crown

May 18, 2015

The Wayland varsity softball team captured the O-K Gold Conference championship Monday with the greatest of ease by taking out Grand Rapids South Christian 3-0 and 14-0 in a doubleheader. It coach Cheri Ritz's Lady Wildcats' 11th consecutive season in which it has either won or tied for the league...

City Council votes to suspend downtown facade grants

May 18, 2015

The Wayland City Council Monday night voted to suspend the Downtown Development Authority façade grant program until it has had a full state review. The move came after reluctant approval of a façade grant of a little more than $33,000 for the vacant blue building immediately to the south of...

Wayland Council buys foreclosed home on W. Superior St.

May 18, 2015

The Wayland City Council Monday night decided to buy a foreclosed house and property at 430 W. Superior St., just east of Vine Street and the Free Methodist Church. The dilapidated house and ill-groomed property have been vacant for at least three years. The city is buying it from Allegan...

North Main business site finally rezoned to light industrial

May 18, 2015

If you don’t succeed at first, try try again. The well-worn advice eventually worked for a request to rezone a parcel in the 600 block of North Main Street, across Oak Street from the Michigan State Police post. Dave Hager and Rita Martin have asked over the past two months...

Lacey James to play hoops for NCAA Division 1 Rider (N.J.)

May 18, 2015

Wayland all-state basketball player Lacey James is expected to sign a letter of intent Wednesday to play at NCAA Division 1 Rider University of New Jersey. The 6-7 pivot James, top scorer and rebounder for the Wildcats this past season and last, originally was set to play for the University...

Viking boys’ track team to compete in state meet Saturday

May 18, 2015

Coach James Kiss’ Hopkins boys’ track team, after winning its first regional championship ever, has qualified for the state team track meet Saturday at Shepherd. The Viking boys will join nearly a dozen others for the boys’ to vie for Division 3 championship in the Michigan Track Coaches’ Association (MITCA)...

Monday Moanin: ‘Choices have a lifetime of consequences’

May 17, 2015

By Jeff Salisbury jeffsalisbury@charter.net This week, Thursday, May 21, Wayland Union High School will conduct its annual commencement followed by Hopkins High School on Friday, May 22, followed by Martin High School a week later on Friday, May 29. One-by-one, school districts across the county, the state and, of course,...

Wayland Middle School drama club to present comedy

May 17, 2015

The Wayland Middle School drama program will present "Circus Olympus," a mythical Greek comedy," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at the Wayland Middle School cafeteria. Admission is free WMS teachers Nikkia Robinson and Rebecca Thebo are directing the play. The students in the play are from Drama Club advisory...

Summer free meals program for children will start June 8

May 17, 2015

Free meals will be offered over the summer to Wayland school district children ages 18 and under, starting Monday, June 8. "The "Summer Fanatastic Series" is being put together and sponsored by Wayland Union Schools, Chartwells, Clark Hill, GRBS, Northern Physical Therapy, Reno Agency, Triangle Construction...

Photographer Hope Thurston Carter included in Art Prize

May 17, 2015

Local photographer Hope Thurston Carter has been accepted into the annual Grand Rapids Artprize competition this fall. "I couldn’t be more thankful and excited for this opportunity," she said. "My work will be on display at the large, historic First (Park) Congregational Church in downtown Grand Rapids, near the public...

Author: Editor