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Summer free meals program for children will start June 8
Free meals will be offered over the summer to Wayland school district children ages 18 and under, starting Monday, June 8. "The "Summer Fanatastic Series" is…
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Photographer Hope Thurston Carter included in Art Prize
Local photographer Hope Thurston Carter has been accepted into the annual Grand Rapids Artprize competition this fall. "I couldn’t be more thankful and excited for this opportunity," she said. "My…
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Area Memorial Day activities, ceremonies announced
Memorial Day will be observed Monday, May 25, with ceremonies and activities planned for the Wayland, Hopkins, Martin and Dorr areas. The following is a rundown on activities and ceremonies…
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Try Charles Ives for ‘Decoration Day’
“I would like to meet a woman who knows the difference between Burl Ives and Charles Ives.” — James G. Wasserman When some serious music maven insists the United States…
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Barry Hastings: Softball memories — Hope dashed, re-born
Eight and one-half months earlier, our 1982 fast-pitch softball season had ended in the kind of disaster coaches, managers and players dread — two beatings in four hours on the…
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Former Lady Wildcats catcher helps Alma win regionals
Wayland High School graduate Kayla Merice had really good weekend at Lake Forest College in Illinois. Merice, a junior, affectionately known as “Boots” while she was a Wildcat catcher, is…
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Lady Wildcats lose 2-0 in Ann Arbor softball tourney semis
The Wayland girls' softball team Saturday was not able to to take the championship trophy the star-studded Ann Arbor tournament, as it has so often in recent years. The Lady…
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WHS boys 7th, girls 11th in Division 2 regional track meets
The Wayland boys’ track team finished seventh among 15 teams Friday at the Division 2 track regionals at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids. The Wildcats, who finished the season in…
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Lady Vikings finish in 4th place at Division 3 track regionals
A powerful Pewamo-Westphalia girls’ track team captured the Division 3 regional championship Friday at Kent City and Hopkins placed fourth. The champions amassed 179 points in the meet, Grand Rapids…
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Service will be Friday for former Wayland man David Wright
David Victor "Curly" Wright, 53, of Pierson, formerly of Wayland, died Thursday, May 14, at his home. Born in Grand Rapids on Dec. 12, 1961, he married Caren L. Cook…