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Hopkins girls enjoy 2nd blowout win of season, 63-28

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Mikayla Bulich The Hopkins High School girls' basketball team now has won two of six encounters on the hardcourt this season, and interestingly, its two victories have been blowouts. The Lady Vikings Wednesday night blasted Black River 63-28 in a non-league contest. Earlier this month, they blew out Allendale 60-22....
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Two funerals set for former WHS student Gayle Stora-Mabin

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Gayle Lynn Stora-Mabin, age 54, has died after a long struggle with brain cancer. Gayle attended Wayland High School and Grand Rapids Community College. She worked as accounts payable supervisor at Behler Young Co. for many years before joining the U.S. Postal Service in 1998. Through hard work she went...
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Turnovers costly for Wildcats in loss to Detroit Country Day

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Travis Cutler The Wayland boys' varsity basketball team absorbed its first loss of the season Tuesday on the road against Detroit Country Day. The Wildcats lost 81-61 after falling behind by 16 points in the first quarterr and battling their hosts almost evenly the rest of the way. The Yellow...
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Record-breaking ‘Cat rollers have to come down to earth

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The record-breaking Wayland boys' bowling team came back down to earth Tuesday in a 23.5 to 6.5 loss to Hudsonville Unity Christian. The Wildcats in the last week have broken three school records: • #1 on 12/16/17: Baker game at Cedar Springs Invitational 231 (Alex Marble, Hunter Osborn, Jordan Peters,...
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Neighborhood rival Delton tops Lady Clippers 55-42

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by Austin Marsman Kiaya Warner Delton chalked up a 55-42 victory Tuesday over Martin in a girls' hoop neighborhood rivalry contest. A ten-point deficit plagued the Lady Clippers at halftime when they were trailing 22 to 12. The speedy Delton team remained on top despite a heroic effort led by...
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Community Notices

Five Wayland school buildings earn EPA’s Energy Star

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Wayland Union Schools has announced five of six of its school buildings (all but the middle school) have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR®certification for superior energy performance. “Wayland Union Schools continues to demonstrate true environmental leadership by reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions that are proven to...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — Dec. 23, 1992 More than 170 barrels of toxic waste have been removed thus far from the former Sunrise Landfill site in Wayland Township and workers clad in chemical-resistant suits have shipped them to Petro-Chem in Detroit for incineration. Gprdon Lyons of Martin is awaiting trial...
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Memorial celebration is Saturday for Ron Miner, 80

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Hopkins High School graduate Ronald Glen Miner of Plainwell died Dec. 13 at Wings Home, Allegan. He was 80. Ron was born Aug. 1, 1937 in Allegan; the son of Laurel and Thelma (Clawson) Miner. A 1956 graduate of Hopkins High School, Ron married Elaine Groen in 1960. A loyal...
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Sports

Hamilton runs away from Lady Vikings in 2nd half, 58-42

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The Hopkins girls' varsity basketball team fell to 1-4 overall on the season in a 58-42 nonleague loss to Hamilton Tuesday night. The Lady Vikings battled Hamilton evenly throughout the first half, but things went south in the third and fourth quarters. They trailed only 31-27 at intermission, but were...
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Jedidiah Smith of Hopkins dies at age 29

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Jedidiah Daniel Smith, 29 of Hopkins, died Thursday, Dec. 14. He was born on Sept. 29, 1988, the son of the late Fredrick Douglas and Michelle Lee (LaCourse) Smith. After his parents passed, Jedidiah and his brothers went to live with his grandparents, Lyle and Zada LaCourse, who raised them....
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