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Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 196

December 23, 2015

25 Years Ago — Dec. 24 and 31, 1990 The Globe published its annual joint edition over the holiday weeks, this year focusing on the “We Live Here” theme of highways. Pat Staley wrote a story about the origins of construction of and plans for the U.S.-131 expressway between Grand...

Lady Wildcat bowlers collect toys for underprivileged kids for holidays

December 22, 2015

The Wayland girls' varsity bowling team has been doing very well on the lanes, and this holiday season they're doing well for the community with a toy drive for gifts for underprivileged children. Lady Wildcats' coach Bill Holbrook explained, "Since I started at Wayland, I've wanted to start doing some...

Wayland High School Orchestra gives middle school holiday sendoff

December 18, 2015

Members of the Wayland High School Orchestra, led by Director Karen Nofsinger, serenaded students and staff at the middle school Friday morning with some holiday music on the last day of school before winter break. The Wayland, Martin and Hopkins schools will be closed after today until Monday, Jan. 4....

Food service provides Steeby 4th-graders tasty math lessons

December 17, 2015

Students from Christina Johnson’s fourth grade classroom at Steeby Elementary had a tasty math lesson Thursday from Food Service Director Sarah Hawkins. Students were taught how to divide up a recipe using fractions by making no bake oatmeal raisin cookie dough bites. (Photo courtesy of Laurie Zywiczynski)

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 196

December 16, 2015

25 Years Ago — Dec. 19, 1990 The Allegan County Solid Waste Recycling Committee met to discuss the legality of placing a surcharge proposal on the ballot for recycling. County Treasurer Fred Edgerton said the money cannot by law be included in property tax bills. Chairman Dennis Reno and members...

Wayland schools’ media class takes part in ‘Hour of Code’ program

December 11, 2015

Computers are everywhere, but fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago. Girls and minorities are severely under represented. Students in Kelly Boston’s media class participated in the Hour of Code, where students learned about computer coding. The Hour of Code is a nationwide program encouraging 100 million students...

Grants help Wayland Union High School form FIRST Robotics Team

December 10, 2015

Wayland Union Schools has been awarded at least $13,000 in grant funds to start a FIRST Robotics Team at Wayland Union High School. The FIRST Robotics competition is for students in grades 9-12, where they compete head to head on a special playing field with robots they’ve designed, built and...

Huntington Bank delivers Junior Achievement in a day to 5th-graders

December 10, 2015

Huntington National Bank spent the day with Pine Street fifth-graders Wednesday, implementing the Junior Achievement program in which students learned about entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy. Each classroom had a volunteer from Huntington to deliver the program. Junior Achievement programs help prepare young people for the real world by...

Former Henika Library employee Christina Golm is ‘Emerging Leader’

December 9, 2015

Christina Golm, a former Henika District Library employee and now director of the Newaygo Area District Library, has been named a 2016 Emerging Leader by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. The Emerging Leaders program enables newer librarians from across the country to participate in work groups, network...

Bygone Days: A brief look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 195

December 9, 2015

25 Years Ago — Dec. 12, 1990 The archives from the Then & Now Historical Library this week did not have a copy of the Penasee Globe for that week. Therefore, this edition will have to be skipped. Hope springs eternal for resumption next week. 50 Years Ago — Dec....

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