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Amber Beggs finishes 48th in state qualifying round

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Amber Beggs Wayland High School senior Amber Beggs finished 48th in a field of 60 bowlers in the qualifying round of the state tournament at Century Bowl in Waterford last weekend. Beggs, in concluding her prep career, rolled a 147m 132, 206, 143, 167 and 180 in her six games....
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Regional champ hockey team includes 2 from WHS

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The regional champion Byron Center High School hockey team includes two team members from Wayland High School, Todd Myers (left) and Logan Clairmont. The Bulldogs claimed the regional crown Saturday with a thrilling come-from-behind victory over Jenison. Byron Center will play next in the state quarterfinals at Ferris State University...
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Teunissen, Davenport beat No. 1 in spring training

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Wayland High School graduate Mallory finished up her last spring training in Florida that included a stunning victory over the No. 1-ranked NCAA Division II team, 6-3. The Panthers, who also include another Lady Wildcat alum, Abby Merice (right), won a second game, but dropped another. Teunissen was MHSAA Pitcher...
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Dorr’s maintenance guy has lawn side business

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Dorr Township maintenance supervisor Jarrod Simon has launched a side business, doing what he does best. And he proudly touts it as owned and operated by a military veteran. Simon, who has been a Dorr Township employee for five years, not long ago launched Veterans Pride Lawn Care, specializing in...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — Feb. 26, 1994 It appears that a judge rather than Dorr Township will decide on a rezoning request be developer Louis Bartz to build an apartment complex behind the Dairy Ranch on the north side of 142nd Avenue. Pennock Hospital has bought the site on 124th...
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Lady Wildcat hurdler shines at EMU indoor track meet

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Corrina Courser, ace junior hurdler on the Wayland High School girls track team, qualified for the Michigan Indoor Track Series State Finals this weekend in the 60-meter hurdles. Courser, who also runs cross country for the Lady Wildcats in the fall to keep herself in shape, finished seventh in the event...
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Wildcat Amber Beggs wins berth in state bowl tourney

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Amber Beggs Wayland High School senior Amber Beggs Saturday qualified for next weekend's state bowling championship. "Things weren't looking very good, as her first game was a 129," said coach Sherry Miklusicak. "Amber re-injured her back again as she misjudged the step on the approach. Her next game was only...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: I found the Jon Seymour of the ’60s

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"Unforgettable, in every way. Unforgettable, that's how you'll stay." — As sung by the unforgettable father-daughter duo of Nat and Natalie Cole Jon Seymour I have maintained often that Facebook is 95% garbage and 5% gold, and that you have to separate the wheat from the chaff. The worst chaff...
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Avery Hudson wins all-district academic honors

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Avery Hudson Wayland High School graduate Avery Hudson, now attending Davenport University, Hudson is one of six basketball players in district four of the NCAA Division II to earn first team Academic All-District accolades. The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference had two representatives, Hudson from Davenport and Drew Noble from...
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Guest column: A personal perspective on blackface

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Mark Wakeman, a 1965 graduate of Wayland High School, already has written one guest column. This one is about the recent controversy over public officials being found to have dressed up in blackface in their youth. by Mark Wakeman My name is Mark and I’m an _________________( your...
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