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Second applicant expressing interest in city council post

June 5, 2018

Joe Kramer Word on the street is that a second candidate may be applying for the soon to be vacant seat on the Wayland City Council. Councilwoman Jennifer Antel was circulating a petition Monday evening on behalf of Joe Kramer, before the start of the council meeting. She explained that...

Columns

Basura: ‘One Small Voice’ inspires tale of Uncle Roy

June 5, 2018

“Things always turn out for the best.” — Pangloss, Candide, Voltaire, 1759 My great uncle Roy was a very wealthy man. He owned the main business in a community. He did not demonstrate the compassion that Lynn Mandaville’s ("One Small Voice") grandfather and great uncle showed for the less fortunate. I read and...

Natural gas well capped on school-owned property

June 5, 2018

There's been lot of activity on the property off Wildcat Drive north of 133rd Avenue and across from the Wayland Union Schools' Transportation building. The property, owned by the Wayland Union School District, contains a low producing well for natural gas. Goodale Enterprises, sold the district the mineral rights to...

City approves Lumberyard Events parking agreement

June 4, 2018

Members of the Wayland Fire Department gave City Council members a demonstration of the three new "Jaws of Life" electronic tools that replaced the old and slower hydraulic tool used to extricate traffic crash victims from mangled vehicles. The City of Wayland and Lumberyard Events Center owners Mark and Marty Shepard...

Dahlia test garden project proposed for North Park

June 4, 2018

This is the site along North Main, just south of Dahlia Street, where the demonstration garden would go in, if approved. The City of Wayland once was known as the Dahlia City and even had a Dahlia Festival in the 1990s, and the local Main Street program has a proposal...

Wayland Union Schools’ summer projects outlined

June 4, 2018

Wayland Union Schools uses public improvement funds from Gun Lake Casino revenue sharing to improve the district’s facilities every summer. This year, the district plans to install new digital signs at all school buildings, replace select scoreboards, and replace remaining interior fluorescent light bulbs with LED. The school buildings now...

Serious traffic crash near Dorr exit shuts down U.S.-131

June 4, 2018

A serious traffic crash Monday morning near the Wayland exit on the U.S.-131 expressway shut down the southbound lane between Wayland and Dorr. Michigan State Police said the accident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. Monday on southbound US-131 north of exit 64. Authorities indicated Scott Maxim of Kentwood was driving a...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Strange links for 2 DAR award winners

June 3, 2018

Charles Dudley Warner, editor of the Hartford (Conn.) Courant, wrote in 1850 that "politics makes strange bedfellows." An unusual twist for that statement would be the bizarre connection between two recent winners of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizenship Award at Wayland High School last year and...

Columns

One Small Voice: White privilege and the accident of birth

June 3, 2018

by Lynn Mandaville This is one piece of my family's folklore as I heard it, and remember it, and relish it. My Grandpa Fred Richards and his brother Clarence were real estate brokers and attorneys in Newark, New Jersey, in the early 1900s, after they had done their military duty...

The Subterranean: ‘Last Flag Flying’ rich in war credibility

June 3, 2018

Review of 'Last Flag Flying' **** out of five stars Currently on video and streaming on Amazon Prime by Walter G. Tarrow How did you celebrate this past Memorial Day? Did you, like millions, like the majority, of Americans, have a happy holiday weekend with family and friends? Were you...

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