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Lady Clipper spikers edge 4 teams to win SAC tourney

October 28, 2017

by Austin Marsman The Lady Clippers after their victory in the finals over Lawton (from left) back row) Briana Balder, Kathryn Anderson, Faith Guritz, Gabby Hansen, Kaitlyn Gulbranson, Jordyn Seiser, (front row) Jasmin Patterson, Kiaya Warner, Jaclyn Hildebrand, Briana Warner, Sydney Eckman. Martin’s varsity volleyball team endured a rough 1-7...

WHS grad guides Colorado school to top 10 finishes

October 28, 2017

Robby Young, a 2003 Wayland High School graduate, guided his Rampart High School cross-country teams to top 10 finishes in the Colorado state championship meet Saturday. The Ram boys placed third and the girls, though unrated all season, captured eighth. Young also is head varsity track coach at the Colorado...

Lady Wildcats qualify for trip to Division 2 state meet

October 28, 2017

Punching their ticket to the state cross country meet were (from left) Zoe Antel, Naomi Oosterhouse, Abbie Hasse, Mie Tornbjerg, Rylee Cronkright, Maggie Whitney and Corrina Courser. Though the Wayland girls’ cross-country team finished tied for fourth place in the O-K Gold Conference final standings, it’s going to the Division...

Sports

Lady Vikings just miss another trip to state C-C meet

October 28, 2017

Jasmine Fisher Todd Henley The Hopkins girls’ varsity cross-country team just missed a trip to the state championship meet Saturday by finishing in fourth place in the Division 2 regionals at the Red Bud Moto Cross Park in Buchanan. However, Viking junior Jasmine Fisher and sophomore Todd Henley from the...

Community Notices

Gun Lake Tribe makes $35,000 donation to Red Cross

October 27, 2017

The Gun Lake Tribe of Potawatomis made donations totaling $35,000 to the West Michigan and Southwest Michigan chapters.American Red Cross this week. The donations were made in honor of Gun Lake tribal citizens who have died in the past year. Retired Chairman DK Sprague, who has volunteered with the American Red Cross...

One Small Voice: Flake, Corker say ‘enough is too much’

October 27, 2017

Jeff Flake, Republican senator from Arizona, spoke emotionally and articulately from the podium in the halls of Congress earlier this week, informing his colleagues that he would not run for re-election next year because he is unwilling to be complicit with the Trump Administration in its divisive, angry, impulsive and...

Dorr principal, staff sleep on elementary school roof

October 27, 2017

Dorr Elementary Principal Kevin Zaschak and Dorr staff members Caleb Campbell, Chris TerVree and Aaron VanHouten slept on the roof of Dorr Elementary School Thursday, Oct. 26. Zaschak challenged his students to raise $13,000 in their recent Wildcat Walk fund-raiser and said he would sleep on the roof of the...

Columns

Army Bob: Erosion of trust results from eavesdropping

October 27, 2017

The use of a recording device is an area that can be abused to the point of being unlawful, especially when done by an elected official. We all need to take great care to insure we do not violate any state or federal laws when we tape people without permission....

WHS grad Jon Gambee to coach frosh at alma mater

October 27, 2017

Jon Gambee Jon Gambee just can't let go of baseball. After hinting at retiring last spring and resigning his varsity coaching job for Martin, he has re-entered the game as volunteer assistant baseball coach for the Wayland freshman team, which is under new management. Rob Hamly was hired as new...

Dorr Twp. Board plagued by cloak and dagger crap

October 27, 2017

ACHTUNG: This is not a "fair and balanced" story. It is an editorial by the editor. The Dorr Township Board Thursday night went into a closed session for about a half hour and provided virtually no information when coming back into open session at about 10:15 p.m. The Open Meetings...

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