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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — May 20, 1992 The Wayland Memorial Day parade will take place as usual, but the customary route has been revised because of the Streetscape construction in the downtown area. Candidates have filed for offices in the August 1992 primary. Featured in this year’s vote will be...
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Jeff Salisbury’s tribute to strong women on Mother’s Day

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by Jeff Salisbury Here's to strong women in my life. Some who were mothers. Some who were not. Some who mothered me. Some who did not. But each one taught me, willed me, genetically endowed me with what I call the three Ps of patience, persistence and perseverance. • Mary...
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Danielle LaJoye presented with Excellence in Education award

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Danielle LaJoye, who teaches kindergarten at Dorr Elementary, has been honored with an Excellence in Education award from the Michigan Lottery. LaJoye is an educator known for her individualized approach to each student and for helping them develop inside and outside the classroom . The Michigan Lottery established the Excellence...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 years Ago — May 13, 1992 The Southwest Michigan Solid Waste Interim Consortium has been formed, thanks to a $95,000 state grant, and Allegan County has agreed to chip in a $3,041 match to get the...
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Brianna Hewitt wins John Phillip Sousa award at WHS

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Brianna Hewitt (right), daughter of Kim Gage Hewitt and the Rev. Mike Hewitt, was announced Thursday night as this year's winner of the John Phillip Sousa Award at Wayland High School's Band Awards Night. The honor has been bestowed on the top band student each year since 1955. (Photo supplied)
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Middle School, Pine Street join drive to fight hunger

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Students from Pine Street Elementary and Wayland Union Middle School collected cereal boxes during April in the second annual Cereal Drive sponsored by the Allegan County Community Foundation. Pine Street students collected 463 boxes and WMS collected 173. The cereal will be donated to 16 food pantries in Allegan County...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — May 5, 1992 Steve Lawrence, 36, and wife Candy Lawrence, 34, were bound over in Barry County District Court on charges in connection with the suspected arson death of Willard Lawrence, 74, of Gun Lake, retired president of the Felpausch Food Centers. Steve was bound over...
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WHS senior Gray VanDerWeide shows promise in theater

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Wayland High School senior Gray VanDerWeide has been working alongside FAC Director Courtney Baareman for the past two years. and has been accepted into the theater program (mainly lighting) at Northern Illinois University. Fo the production of "Almost, Maine" Friday, Saturday and Sunday, she was permitted to design the lighting for the show. "Gray has...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives of the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — April 29, 1992 Globe staff writer Linda Hutchings did an enterprise piece about the continuing problems of urban sprawl, in which developers are buying up farm land and turning it into high-density residential...
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Ten Hopkins Middle Schoolers join solo, ensemble fest

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The Hopkins Middle School band sent 10 students to the Middle School Spring Solo and Ensemble at NorthPointe Christian School in Grand Rapids April 22.  Students performed either solos or duets in eight different events. All students were from the seventh or eighth grade band and had been preparing for...
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