Wayland High School

Bygone Days: A look at the Wayland area’s past, Part 226

July 27, 2016

25 Years Ago — July 31, 1991 Wayland City Councilman Robert Genther was accused in a Grand Rapids Press story of larceny of less than $100 from the Wyoming Department of Public Works, but later the charges were dropped when it was determined the development was the result of a...

WHS grad Tyler Merren to be in his 3rd Paralympics in Rio

July 12, 2016

Tyler Merren, a 2002 graduate of Wayland High School, is training for his third trip to the Paralympic Games later this summer in Rio. Merren, 32, is a U.S. Paralympic athlete and personal trainer at 24 Hour Fitness. He is visually impaired, married with four children (his wife is also...

Clare Goodman, 1960 Wayland High School grad, dies at 74

July 8, 2016

Clare Harold Goodman, 74, of Alto, died Thursday, July 7, at Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming, MI. He was born on Dec. 14, 1941, to Clare and Emily (Schwartz) Goodman in Allegan. He graduated from Wayland Union High School in 1960. Clare worked in Manufacturing for Steelcase for 32 years...

Yes It Is, It’s True: My unpleasant history with United Way

July 7, 2016

So many confessions I have made, ‘cause truth got in the way. (With apologies to Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins — “Both Sides Now”) I’ve had an unpleasant history with the United Way in my somewhat checkered career in community journalism. I thought about that earlier this week when I...

FBI Director Comey, a hero or villain in e-mail issue?

July 7, 2016

EDITOR'S NOTE: Bob Moras who went to Wayland High School in the Class of 1966 until he moved to Alpena in 1964, has penned this column about the latest developments in Hillary Clinton's e-mails saga. What a crazy week it was for Hillary and Bill Clinton. Bill gets on a...

WHS grad Sam Geivett earns national academic accolades

July 7, 2016

Samantha Geivett, a 2014 graduate of Wayland High School, has earned a special national academic award from the National Junior College Association. Geivett, who was named to the second unit of the all-conference volleyball team for the community colleges of Michigan last fall, was setter on the Wayland High School volleyball...

Wildcat soph Rory Myers scores an ace on MSU golf course

July 6, 2016

Wayland High School sophomore Rory Myers already has some special accomplishments in his young career as a golfer. The 15-year-old Wildcat last spring was district tournament champion as a freshman with an 18-hole score of 71. Myers this week added to his growing legend by carding a hole-in-one at the...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 222

June 29, 2016

25 Years Ago — July 1, 1991 Dorr, Hopkins, Caledonia, Gun Lake and Charlton Park all were planning Fourth of July celebrations, including parades, fireworks, and a political address by State Sen. Dick Posthumus in Caledonia. In Dorr Township, Fire Chief Bill Fifelski brought back the restored “Number One” fire...

WHS grad named assistant bowling coach at Indiana Tech

June 29, 2016

Wayland High School graduate Doug Cutler has been selected as one of the assistant coaches for the Indiana Tech bowling teams. Cutler, who lives in Ft. Wayne, Ind., with his wife, Erica, and family, will be working with Tom Osborne and Jeff Dreyfus. “It is going to be great to...

WHS Class of ’66 members roam halls of their alma mater

June 26, 2016

The Wayland High School Class of 1966 had its 50th reunion this weekend with a variety of activities, may of them plotted by a committee headed by Colleen Lapham VanderPloeg. After a golf outing, breakfast and a banquet that included 113 attendees, these grads gathered at what is now Pine...

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