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Wildcat girls blanked in soccer season opener, 3-0

March 28, 2018

The Wayland girls' varsity soccer team opened their season Tuesday evening with a 3-0 loss to Grand Rapids West Catholic. Despite a game-high 20 shots and 16 on goal, the Wildcats fell short on a wet field on cool temperatures. The score was 1-0 at halftime even though the Wildcats...

Businesses, residential complex proposals to be aired

March 27, 2018

This nearly 40-acre site south of the Wayland city limits may become a residential complex. Both the Leighton and Wayland Township Planning Commissions will have busy public hearings Wednesday evening, April 11. Leighton will have three public hearings at its meeting, which will get under way at 7 p.m. at...

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Basura: How about allowing Emotional Support Guns?

March 27, 2018

"Happiness is a Warm Gun" — The Beatles I noticed a lot of dogs Saturday while flying home from Mexico. These weren’t service animals, leader dogs for the blind, for example, or dogs trained to sniff our drugs or explosives. Not at all; these were emotional support dogs. They provided...

Ranger Rick: Ban ‘Gun-Free Zones’ instead of guns

March 27, 2018

This is reality. This is in your face. This is how it is. Everywhere there is a “Gun Free Zone” sign, take it down, remove it NOW! You are encouraging evil to enter a “soft target” and start mayhem by killing students, teachers, support people and administrators. If you don’t...

Celebration of Life June 8 for Sandra Harrison, 75

March 27, 2018

Sandra Lee Harrison, 75, of Wayland, died after a lengthy illness Wednesday March 21, at her winter home in St James City, Fla. Sandy was born Aug. 19, 1942, in Kalamazoo, to Arnold and Mabel Doornhaag. She married Paul Harrison on July 13, 1976, he survives. Sandy and Paul owned...

Clippers’ sweep debuts another homeless season

March 26, 2018

by Austin Marsman The Martin baseball team posted its first victories in the season opener over Potter's House Monday for the start of another "homeless" campaign. The Clippers won the first five-inning game on a 15-10 notice and then handed the Pumas a 7-0 bruiser in game two. Notably, all...

Bond project sketches shown to Wayland school board

March 26, 2018

Tower Pinkster architects present their sketches to school board members for the sixth-grade wing addition to Wayland Middle School. Members of the Wayland Board of Education Monday evening saw and heard presentations from Tower Pinkster architects about plans for the sixth-grade addition to the middle school. The plans made up...

Zeeland East spoils WHS baseball coach’s debut

March 25, 2018

The Wayland varsity baseball team opened the season Friday with an 11-0 loss in five innings to non-conference opponent Zeeland East. The Chix erupted for 10 runs in the third inning to blow open a 1-0 struggle and tighten the ballgame down to five frames. The loss spoiled the debut...

Funeral Thursday for Todd Lull, formerly of Hopkins

March 25, 2018

Todd Spencer Lull, 55, of Plainwell, formerly of Hopkins, died Saturday, March 24, at his home. Born May 29, 1962, in Grand Rapids, he was the son of Marrion Joyce (Curtis) Lull and the late Trayton Spencer Lull. He was the husband of Kathleen Marie (Lovley) Lull. Todd loved spending...

Will we let term-limited politicians hook us again?

March 24, 2018

"The last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a hook in it." — Rodney Dangerfield Perhaps the three most consequential political lies perpetrated on and believed by the American public public over the last three decades are: • Trickle-down, supply-side economics benefits all of the people, even...

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