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WHS foreign exchange student has left Ukraine

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Olya Schenky, Wayland High School foreign exchange student from Ukraine, has left her home country. In a message to American mother Connie VanHouten, she wrote, “Well, today I will finally sleep in a place that is safe! I managed to get out of Ukraine. Many hours were spent on the...
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WHS foreign exchange student still surviving invasion of Ukraine

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Since posting earlier today, Former WHS foreign exchange student Olya Schenky has sent along updated information as follows: "Ahmed and I are safe today. Russian soldiers tried to destabilize situation in the city we are in, so we spent all day hiding inside the hotel. "It was dangerous...
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WHS foreign exchange student from Ukraine safe

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Olya Schenky, shown here with Wayland High School Principal Tom Cutler, receives her diploma in 2016. Olya Schenky, perhaps Wayland’s first-ever Muslim foreign exchange student, is safe in Ukraine thus far during the Russian invasion, but she has plenty of worries about what happens next. Connie VanHouten, who with husband...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) Early automobile enthusiast R.B. Reidlinger 25 Years Ago — Feb. 24, 1997 A special “Project Peace” program on using life skills is being implemented at Sycamore Elementary School in the Hopkins district. Are school districts are...
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Local woodcarving artist has entries in Grand Haven

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Woodcarving artist David Kerley, son of longtime Wayland High School teacher Kerley, has had two of his creations accepted in the Winter Arts Festival at Gallery Uptown in Grand Haven. The exhibit starts today (Wednesday, Feb. 23) and runs through Saturday, March 26.
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WMS 8th-grader wins in regional spelling bee

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Pictured (from left) Alexis DeLaney, Graysen Schuster, Adysen Pierce. Wayland Union Middle School was host for the Allegan Countywide Spelling Bee Tuesday, when 33 third through eighth grade students competed. Wayland Middle School eighth-grader Alexis DeLaney is the 2022 Allegan County Spelling Bee champion and qualified for the Greater Grand...
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Stud muffins breakfast trailer opens at Dorr Proline

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The Stud Muffins food trailer finally is up and running at Proline Concrete in Dorr. It is Monday-Friday from 7 to 10 a.m. for breakfast pastries, coffee, and gourmet cupcakes. The menu will continue to expand over the next few weeks, and cupcake flavors, as well as other items, will...
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Gun Lake Winterfest’s Polar Dip was a frigid challenge

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This year's Gun Lake Winterfest Saturday was presented with weather challenges that included stiff winds, frigid temperatures and wind chills stats that did more than make people uncomfortable. Regardless, the festival's popular annual Polar Bear dip brought out the courageous, or foolhardy, daredevils who decided to take the plunge. Shown...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Feb. 17, 1997 Richard M. Weaver of Allegan, a Wayland alternative high school student has been charged with making the recent bomb threats and may face a prison term. A group of...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now historical library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Feb. 10, 1997 The front page of the Globe was graced by members of the local Wave Runners swim group of youths who learn water safety at the Wayland High School pool....
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