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‘Little Cats Concert’ at FAC features familiar orchestral fare

April 17, 2015

The Wayland High School Orchestra, directed by Karen Nofsinger, held its annual Little Cats Concert for elementary students Friday in the Wayland Union Fine Arts Center. The children listened to the various sounds of the stringed instruments. They heard some familiar music from "The Little Mermaid" and watched the high...

Track powerhouse TK defeats Lady Wildcats in dual meet

April 17, 2015

The Wayland girls' track team ran into one of the squads in West Michigan, Middleville Thornapple Kellogg, Thursday afternoon and came away with a 131-15 O-K Gold Conference dual meet loss. Coach Ray Antel said the Wildcat girls produced many seasonal and lifetime personal records tonight in near-perfect weather. Senior...

‘The Outsiders’ to be performed at Fine Arts Center May 1-3

April 17, 2015

Students from Wayland Union High School will perform "The Outsiders" for their spring play, directed by language arts and drama instructor Rebecca Black. "The Outsiders" is an adaptation by Christopher Sergel of S.E. Hinton's popular coming of age novel of the same name. The story centers on a rivalry between...

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Army Bob: Agreement with Iran merely delays the inevitable

April 16, 2015

The Iranians will get nuclear weapons if they hold to the agreements worked out with Secretary of State John Kerry and leaders from other nations; it will take them a bit longer but it is inevitable. President Bill Clinton paying North Korea two billion dollars not to develop a nuclear...

Clippers sweep doubleheader against Marcellus, 8-5, 7-1

April 16, 2015

The Martin baseball team got on the winning track Thursday by sweeping a doubleheader from Marcellus, winning the first game 8-5 in a stunning comeback and taking the nightcap 7-1. Tyler Smith came on in relief in the first game and picked up the victory as the Clippers scored six...

Perennial league soccer power South Christian tops Lady Wildcats 4-1

April 16, 2015

The Wayland girls' soccer team couldn’t capitalize on their offensive chances and ended up taking their first conference loss of the season, 4-1 to perennial powerhouse South Christian. "They battled strong throughout the game and were the more dangerous team attacking the goal," said coach Ben Sleeman. Indeed, Wayland came...

Wildcats lose 8-5 nonleague baseball game to West Ottawa

April 16, 2015

The Wayland varsity baseball team lost 8-5 in a nonleague game Thursday afternoon to Holland West Ottawa. The defeat dropped the Wildcats’ season record to 1-3. Wayland scored two runs in the top of the second inning and added three more in the sixth. The Panthers plated a single run...

Wayland’s J.D. Gonzales returns to the director’s chair

April 16, 2015

J.D. Gonzales, vice chairman of the Wayland City Planning Commission, local events organizer and webmaster of the Townbroadcast site, is back in the director's chair. Gonzales, who has been directing budding thespians for 23 years, now is running the show for "The Beverly Hillbillies" at the Master Arts Theatre, located...

It makes sense to rezone the business property to industrial

April 16, 2015

ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” story. It is an editorial by the editor. One of the most crucial aspects of zoning and master plans for townships, villages and cities is making sure a commercial, industrial, residential or agricultural use at a site makes sense. That’s exactly what...

Wildcat guys almost catch defending Gold track champion TK

April 16, 2015

The Wayland boys’ varsity track team lost a close 72-65 dual meet decision Thursday to defending O-K Gold Conference champion Middleville Thornapple Kellogg. Coach Marty Howard reported that despite the loss, “The Wildcats had a great day with many personal and season bests, but came up short.” Individual winners were...

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