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Ramblin’ Road: Grandma’s joys with homeschooling

by Phyllis McCrossin It’s 1:45 p.m. Mountain time in California. I am learning, first hand, the joys of homeschooling first-graders. Our daughter’s twin sons are in the first grade. They…

Editor November 16, 2020

Articles

Council OKs outdoor venue, waxes on Covid-19 crisis

The Wayland City Council Monday night approved a request from Open Road Brewery for permission to open an outdoor service area year-round after the State of Michigan announced it would…

Editor November 16, 2020

Articles

Hopkins middle school, elementaries back to hybrid

The Hopkins Board of Education Monday evening voted to continue the hybrid model for school attendance in the middle school and elementaries, but the high school building will be shut…

Editor November 16, 2020

Community Notices

Theatriks presentations of shows postponed by Covid

In keeping with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recent order, to keep students, staff, and public safe... the Wayland Theatriks productions of one-act shows "One Stoplight Town"…

Editor November 16, 2020

Community Notices

Covid crisis keeps getting worse in West Michigan

Allegan, Genesee, Kent and Ottawa counties now are among 25 Michigan counties with an average positivity rate of 15% or higher on Covid-19 tests in the last seven days. Of…

Editor November 16, 2020

Community Notices

Latest Covid cancellation victim is Christmas parade

The Wayland Chamber of Commerce announced today that the annual Christmas parade has had to be canceled this year because of the threat of the Coronavirus. The event was scheduled…

Editor November 16, 2020

Columns

Grandma’s Spinach Salad includes a ‘hot’ dressing

by Kathy Hamman Miller Grandma's Spinach Salad Start out with 6 ounces of baby spinach. Add 1 cup cranberry raisins, 1 cup of Walnut pieces. Fry up 12 slices of…

Editor November 16, 2020

Obituaries

Visitation is Thursday in Wayland for Paul Zenker, 53

Paul Robert Zenker, age 53, died Friday, Nov. 13. Paul was a 1985 graduate of Sparta High School and because of skills center training he received went on to Grand…

Editor November 16, 2020

Community Notices

Wayland High School to go all on-line as of Wednesday

Wayland Union Schools Supt. Dr. Christina Hinds has made a swift announcement in the wake of new epidemic orders issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health…

Editor November 15, 2020

Columns

Yes It’s True: Grad Bashes falling on hard Covid times

I see posts occasionally on Facebook that ask about a program I remember that didn’t exist at all in my high school days, but now is commonplace and terrifically popular.…

Editor November 15, 2020