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Viking boys’ track team to compete in state meet Saturday

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…

Editor May 18, 2015

Columns

Monday Moanin: ‘Choices have a lifetime of consequences’

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…

Editor May 17, 2015

Community Notices

Wayland Middle School drama club to present comedy

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…

Editor May 17, 2015

Articles

Summer free meals program for children will start June 8

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…

Editor May 17, 2015

Articles

Photographer Hope Thurston Carter included in Art Prize

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…

Editor May 17, 2015

Community Notices

Area Memorial Day activities, ceremonies announced

Memorial Day will be observed Monday, May 25, with ceremonies and activities planned for the Wayland, Hopkins, Martin and Dorr areas. The following is a rundown on activities and ceremonies…

Editor May 17, 2015

Columns

Yes It Is, It’s True: Try Charles Ives for ‘Decoration Day’

“I would like to meet a woman who knows the difference between Burl Ives and Charles Ives.” — James G. Wasserman When some serious music maven insists the United States…

Editor May 17, 2015

Columns

Barry Hastings: Softball memories — Hope dashed, re-born

Eight and one-half months earlier, our 1982 fast-pitch softball season had ended in the kind of disaster coaches, managers and players dread — two beatings in four hours on the…

Editor May 17, 2015

Sports

Former Lady Wildcats catcher helps Alma win regionals

Wayland High School graduate Kayla Merice had really good weekend at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Merice, a junior, affectionately known as “Boots” while she was a Wildcat catcher, is…

Editor May 17, 2015

Sports

Lady Wildcats lose 2-0 in Ann Arbor softball tourney semis

The Wayland girls' softball team Saturday was not able to to take the championship trophy the star-studded Ann Arbor tournament, as it has so often in recent years. The Lady…

Editor May 16, 2015