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King & I: Fridays seem different when you age
by Phyllis McCrossin As I’m writing this, it is Friday night. Ahhhhh Friday. Before retirement it meant a whole lot of different things than it does now. Back in the…
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Middle school students aid in recycling chores
Students in Cassie Peereboom's class at Wayland Middle School have been working together with peers to empty recycling bins weekly for other teachers. This helps develop collaboration skills among peers,…
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Hopkins students, staff finish holiday toys drive
Students, staff and teachers last Friday completed the Epic Toy Drive. Hopkins High School teacher Jason Babiak coordinated the effort to collect toys and send them to Helen DeVos Children's…
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Dorr native, boating expert’s funeral online
Paul Thomas Howard died Nov. 30, after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 80 years old. Paul was a builder, author, sailor, adventurer, thinker, leader, endlessly patient teacher, fixer…
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Traditional Irish dish Colcannon is very tasty
by Kathy Hamman Miller Colcannon is a very tasty, traditional Irish dish made of potatoes, cabbage and kale. If you’re looking to bring a dish to pass that would be…
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Yes It’s True: Outage was inconvenience, not crisis
The power in our house went out at 11:20 p.m. and it was restored at about 4:30 a.m., making it a five-hour, not seven-hour outage, I checked around the community…
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Wildcat ladies finish 2nd in pre-conference event
The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team, just like the boys, took second in the O-K Gold pre-conference tournament at Hudsonville, The Wildcat ladies missed first place by just 21 pins,…
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Wildcats take 2nd in pre-conference tourney
The Wayland boys’ varsity bowling team captured second place Friday in the Pre-Conference (O-K Gold) Pre-Tournament at Hudsonville. Northview (Division 2 state runner-up in 2023-24 and now a member of…
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WHS grad scores her 1,000th college point
Former Wayland High School basketball standout Stephanie Ainsworth registered her 1,000th career point for Cornerstone Universty in the team's first game this season. Ainsworth, a senior center for the Golden…
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Service is Dec. 13 for Gayle Lee Truax Stevens
Gayle Lee Stevens, a 1966 graduate of Wayland High School, died Thursday, Dec. 5. She was 77. She was born Sept. 30, 1947, to Gale and Margaret Truax of Hopkins.…