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Longtime Hopkins resident Elwood Schwartz passes at 91

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Elwood G. Schwartz of Otsego, a 1942 graduate of Hopkins High School, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, in Wyoming, Mich. He was 91 He was born Feb. 28, 1924, in Sparta the son of Conrad and Clara (Kraft) Schwartz, and grew up and spent his adult life in Hopkins. As a...
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Lady Wildcats win own invitational with newcomer sensations

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The Wayland girls’ cross-country team did something Friday morning that it has rarely done in recent times — win its own invitational. Sparked by outstanding debut performances by freshmen Zoe Antel and sophomore Kaitlyn Paul, the Lady Wildcats accumulated 38 team points, five better than runner-up Hamilton, which has become...
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Wayland Athletic Boosters planning ‘bash’ for late August

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The Wayland Athletic Boosters Club is undergoing some changes in the wake of the death last spring of President Tom Andrews. Shelly Salisbury Whitley, who succeeded Andrews as Boosters president, and Mike Salisbury, the group's new treasurer, outlined for the school board Monday night some of the activities and philosophies...
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Wayland schools opt out of early college program, for now

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The Wayland Board of Education has instructed Superintendent Norman Taylor to tell the Allegan Area Education Services Association it will pass for now on participating in in a special early college program. The board last week voted to endorse the program in concept, but expressed concerns about being finally able...
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Wayland School Board cautiously endorses ECAC program

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All seven members of the Wayland Board of Education Monday night cautiously voted to endorse the Early College/Allegan County program through Lake Michigan College. Through the ECAC, students can graduate high school with an associate’s degree, beginning this fall with about 50 students, perhaps as many as 10 students in...
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New Partnership to offer free college to Allegan County students

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Allegan County students will have an opportunity never seen in this area with a new partnership and program announced with Lake Michigan College and the Allegan Area Educational Service Agency. Through Early College/Allegan County (ECAC), students can graduate high school with an associate’s degree, at no cost to them or...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: May Wildcat girls continue to defeat selfishness, media hype

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Members of "The Greatest Generation" have told me "This ain't the same country I remember when I was growing up." Indeed. Things and people change, and sometimes not for the better. One of the most disappointing changes in my lifetime has been an increase in the value of the individual...
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