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Coach Mike Doupe was victim of a system that only wants wins

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ACHTUNG: This is not a “fair and balanced” article. It is an editorial by the editor Vince Lombardi “Winning is not a sometime thing, it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all...
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Basura: Trump has no character, but does it really matter?

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“. . . Still, I wanted to believe; indeed, I longed to; and, in the end,  how much of belief comes from longing?” — Agnes, The Testaments, Margaret Atwood Does character matter?  That’s the question we heard often during the impeachment and trial of President Bill Clinton.  Clinton had had a dalliance...
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State grid powerhouse Colon ends Clippers’ season at 10-1

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Martin's first-ever season as an eight-man football team came to an end Saturday afternoon at Colon in the second round of the playoffs. The Clippers lost 56-12 to perhaps the best eight-man team in the entire state. The Magi have been beating up all of their opponents badly all fall...
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Vikings lose to Kalamazoo United again, 36-20 in playoff

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“Surprise, Surprise, Surprise.” — Gomer Pyle It was the last varsity football game for Drew Weber. It wasn’t supposed to be déjà vu all over again Friday night in the second round of the MHSAA post-season playoffs. But an underdog Kalamazoo United outfit came up with its second straight upset,...
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Wayland Theatriks to present ‘Radium Girls’ Nov. 22-24 at FAC

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Wayland Theatriks will present "Radium Girls," at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24. The drama, written by D.W. Gregory, will be held at the Wayland High School Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for students and...
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Funeral Tuesday at Wayland CRC for ‘Bud’ VanDerWeide

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Art “Bud” VanDerWeide, age 83, of Hudsonville, died Thursday, Nov. 7. Art was born on May 30, 1936, in Boyden, Iowa, to Arie and Jennie (Kooiker) VanDerWeide and grew up on the family farm along with his eight siblings.  He received his GED while serving with the army during peace...
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Army Bob: The hard left efforts threaten the Bill of Rights

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by Robert M. Traxler Should the American Constitution be looked at as a racist, sexist, homophobic, document written by “Old White Men” and be sent to the ash heap of failed government experiments? Free speech is not important; correct speech is more important in the eyes of many on the...
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Wayland varsity football coach Mike Doupe fired after 5 years

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Coach Mike Doupe was presented with this football replica at the banquet Thursday evening. EDITOR'S NOTE: Coach Doupe has sent word that he did not resign, but was fired for not winning. Word on the street is that Wayland High School varsity football coach Mike Doupe has resigned after five...
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No contamination found at residences near old dump site

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Watson Township Supervisor Kevin Travis Thursday night announced state officials found no contamination in 12 residential water wells near the old dump site near the U.S.-131 Motor Sports Park. This good news followed the bad news two months ago that perfluorooctanoic acid, a perfluorinated carboxylic acid, or PFAs, has been...
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Two Wayland men take part in WMU marching band show

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The Western Michigan University football team played its final home game Tuesday evening at Waldo Stadium against Ball State and two members of the marching band from Wayland took part in the festivities, Ben Gunnett and Zack Savinsky, on the band's drum line. It was Gunnett's last appearance on the...
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