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Celebration of life planned for May 11 for Peggy Serulla

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Peggy Lou Serulla ( Creekmore) of Wayland died March 30. She was 89. Born Nov. 14, 1934, in Rockhold Ky., she graduated from Kokomo High School in Indiana, and later from Grand Rapids Junior College of Nursing. She retired from Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Her loves were family, horse...
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Funeral for Gordon Wells will be Monday in Wayland

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Gordon R. Wells, age 82, died Wednesday, April 17. Gordon was born May 4, 1941, in Marion, Mich. He graduated from Lansing Sexton High School. He loved to sing in a choral group that got together for many years. He graduated from M.S.U, and soon after went into working in...
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Sports

Clippers sweep Delton in softball doubleheader

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The Martin High School softball team swept a doubleheader against Delton Wednesday, claiming 16-5 and 19-13 triumphs. Makala Goddard went 3-for-3, including two triples and a single. The Clippers had to rally to earn the victory, trailing 11-4 in the fifth inning. Alley Bacon went 2-for-4 and Kyia Bozzo worked...
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Depleted Wildcat track numbers still score points

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The Wayland High School boys’ and girls’ track teams did not score a lot of points Friday at the 16-team Allegan Invitational, but there was a reason. Many of the Wildcat athletes did not participate because it was the same night as the annual prom. Regardless, a few of the...
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Obituaries

Celebration of life Saturday at VFW for Arnold Burley

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Arnold Lyle Burley, 92, of Wayland, died Thursday, April 4. He served in the United States Army from 1949 to 1952 and had two tours of duty in the Korean War. He was a 25-year employee at Steelcase in Grand Rapids, retiring in 1990. Surviving are his children, Rose (Eric)...
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Several Dorr Township officials win pay raises

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The Dorr Township Board Thursday night awarded several pay increases for several public officials. Perhaps most notable was a raise for Township Clerk Debbie Sewers for her extra work prompted by the state-wide voter approved early voting system, which has caused her to handle duties on weekends and extra hours...
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Three new grads added to WHS Alumni Hall of Fame

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Three new members of the Wayland High School Alumni Hall of Fame this year are Josephine Kiel (Class of 1939), inducted posthumously with her daughter accepting the award, David Smith (Class of 1971), and Connie VanHouten (Class of 1983). The selection was announced Tuesday, April 16, at the annual Scholastic...
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Shug Counseling Services in Wayland adds therapist

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Amanda Cole is the newest therapist at Shug Counseling Services in downtown Wayland who will start with the service full time in May. “From the moment we met Amanda, we were impressed by her bright intelligence and her effortless ability to simplify intricate ideas into concepts accessible for children,” a...
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What happens to Then & Now when Dorr moves?

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What will become of the Then & Now historical library when Dorr Township relocates to a new site? The Dorr Township Board Thursday evening voted to hire one or two consultants to help configure where offices and rooms will be arranged inside the new township hall that was the former...
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Columns

Army Bob: Iranian attack on Israel is a strange tale

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by Robert M. Traxler After a lifetime of studying military science, I must say the Iranian attack on Israel ranks among the strangest things I ever studied. During military science courses in high school, college and a master’s degree in military science and studies from the Command and General Staff...
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