Tag: Wayland High School

Yes It Is, It’s True: Facebook sometimes yields wheat

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Lesley Irvine Kranenberg I’ve often complained that Facebook is a cesspool and about 95% of it is garbage and lame chit-chat, but I’ve also learned that if I’m careful enough to separate the wheat from the chaff, I get rewards. I found wheat recently under the heading of “People You...
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WHS grad Todd Meconis runs 100 miles yet again

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Todd Meconis, a Wayland High School graduate and former Wildcat wrestling standout, has completed the 100-mile run in the Pinhoti Endurance 100 in Alabama. His sister, Shannon Meconis Myers, said, " I told him how crazy he was, he can’t train in nine weeks, he won’t have a crew with...
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WHS cross, track coach receives Ambrose award

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Raymond Antel III Wayland High School boys’ cross-country coach Raymond Antel III has received the Kermit Ambrose Award by the Michigan Track Coach Association. Antel, who also serves as girls’ track coach at WHS, also is one of the three newest cross-country coach inductees to the Hall of Fame. He...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — Nov. 3, 1993 Some information indicates this the Wayland High School Class of 1922, dressed in their Sunday best. TSI has withdrawn its offer to purchase the former Kessler’s building on South...
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WHS grad reaches 2,000-yard rushing mark at Hope

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Mike Miklusicak Mike Miklusicak, a 2014 graduate of Wayland High School, gained 210 yards on 20 carries Saturday for Hope College in the Flying Dutch's 52-23 victory over MIAA rival Alma. The ground total moved his career mark to more than 2,000 yards, making him only the 10th running back...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: NBC blew its chance to heal racism

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Megyn Kelly I was saddened to learn about the firing of Megyn Kelly from her morning NBC-TV show. The network wasted a golden opportunity to have a rational and enlightening conversation about racism and white privilege. Had I been the CEO of NBC, I would have insisted Ms. Kelly and...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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25 Years Ago — Oct. 27, 1993 Kathy Brenner The Wayland community was saddened by the news of the death Oct. 19 of Katheryn L. Brenner, a 1993 graduate and honor student at Wayland High School. The daughter of Wayland Superintendent Robert and Sandy Brenner, she had battled cystic fibrosis...
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WHS Jazz Band, Orchestra present 1st concert of year

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The Jazz Band, under the direction of Kelli Tilley Smith, and the stringed orchestra, under the baton of Karen Nofsinger, performed in concert Tuesday event at the Wayland High School Fine Arts Center. The the seventh and eighth grade band and orchestra students plan to perform their annual "Spooktacular" concert...
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‘Nooses Off’ murder-mystery-comedy set at WHS

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Wayland High School’s theater students will present a murder-mystery comedy, Nooses Off, by Don Zolidis at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9-11, at the Wayland Union Fine Arts Center. An amateur theater company's whodunit hurtles toward opening night -- but the real mystery is whether...
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Funeral Mass will be Friday for BP owner Mike Damveld

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Michael John Damveld, longtime owner of the Wayland BP gas station, died Sunday, Oct. 21. He was 64. Mike was a past Grand Knight with the Knights of Columbus, Council 4036. He was an avid sports fan who loved to support the Cubs, Tigers, Red Wings and the Lions. He...
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