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WHS senior Parker Atwell to play baseball for UNOH

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Wayland High School senior Parker Atwell signed a letter of intent to play baseball for University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima, Ohio. Atwell has been a member of the Wayland varsity baseball team and has gained notice as a pitcher. He is shown here with his parents, Robert and Lori,...
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Bygone Days: A look at the history of NE Allegan County

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(From the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 years Ago — Feb. 12, 1992 The Dorr Township Board voted to retain its recycling surcharge and announced it may ask Allegan County to refund its collections not spent in 1991. A wood burning stove malfunction...
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Yes It Is, It’s True: It seems likely we can’t handle the truth

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“Here lies David T. Young… Dave tried to tell us the truth. We didn’t want to hear it.” This is what I have told many people over the past three decades what I wanted carved on my tombstone. Yet I don’t plan to have a tombstone, I plan to be...
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WHS students compete in debate state championships

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The debate season ended for Wayland High School Friday and Saturday at the state championship series at Kendal College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids. In the world of policy debate, all of Wayland's team members ended their season ranked in the top ten. Lexie Walters took first place speaker...
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Voice of Hope Church’s last service will be March 5

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The Voice of Hope Church, which met at the Wayland High School Fine Arts Center, will close with its last service Sunday, March 5. The announcement was made public by Pastor Rick R. Cristy after a congregational meeting Sunday morning, Feb. 5. The church was established in 2005 and Cristy...
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Firefighter, WHS grad ‘Shakey’ loses battle with cancer

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Stephen VanRavenswaay, a 1990 Wayland High School graduate has died in Orlando, Fla., where he served as an engineer/firefighter with the Orange County Fire Dept. Stephen “Shakey” Vanravenswaay was diagnosed nearly two years ago with Stage IV pancreatic cancer and officially retired about a year ago. Vanravenswaay, 44, was with...
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Brinley Nieuwenhuis plans to play soccer at GVSU

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Wayland High School girls' varsity soccer standout, Brinley Nieuwenhuis (seated, center) signed today to continue her soccer career at Grand Valley State University. Brinley, a senior on this spring's team, is flanked by her parents Jeff and Amy Nieuwenhuis. Standing left is Wayland girls' varsity soccer coach Ben Sleeman and Grand...
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Wayland’s Kelvin Lapham wins ‘Top Tech’ award again

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Wayland Chrysler technician Kelvin Lapham has been recognized as one of only 27 Mopar “Top Tech” award winners. Lapham, a Wayland High School graduate, was selected from more than 25,000 eligible technician candidates across the FCA US LLC dealer network and was among the best and brightest FCA US LLC...
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Four Wildcats are Bulldogs in high school hockey arena

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Four Wayland High School student-athletes are members of the Byron Center varsity hockey team this winter. They are senior forward Mike Anderson, junior forward/defenseman Mitchell Nagel, sophomore forward Logan Clairmont and sophomore forward Rory Myers. The Bulldogs' varsity also includes players from Grand Rapids South Christian in a cooperative arrangement....
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Services Jan. 31 in California for Curt Sebright

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Services for 1968 Wayland High School graduate Curt Sebright will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Phipps-Dale Funeral Chapel. 420 W D Street, Lemoore, Calif. Sebright, who died earlier this month, was perhaps best known as a football player and placekicker.
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