Wayland High School

Wildcat Sydney Urben selected to all-state bowling team

April 4, 2016

Wayland High School sophomore Sydney Urben has been selected to the first unit of the Division II girls’ all-state bowling team. The announcement came this week from the Michigan High School Interscholastic Bowling Association. Urben finished runner-up in the individual state tournament in February and she was a huge factor...

Yes It Is, It’s True: Anything worse than losing a child?

March 31, 2016

Composer Gustav Mahler’s most controversial musical piece by a wide margin was “Kindertotenleider,” or “Songs for Children Who Died.” Mathematician and infamous atheist Bertrand Russell’s most controversial comment was that it is almost impossible to believe in a just, loving, benevolent God while sitting at the bedside of a dying...

Olivia Myers selected this year’s DAR award winner at WHS

March 31, 2016

Wayland High School senior Olivia Myers has been selected to receive this year’s DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Good Citizen Award. Olivia is the daughter of Todd and Shannon Myers and lives in Wayland. Maternal grandparents Robert and Betty Meconis also live in Wayland. Olivia’s activities have included include...

GR Symphony, WHS Strings will be back ‘Side by Side’

March 31, 2016

The Grand Rapids Symphony will perform with the Wayland High School Symphony Strings students at the Fine Arts Center the evening of May 17. The Grand Rapids Symphony will be conducted by John Varineau. The Symphony Strings Orchestra, made up of WHS students from 10-12 grades, is conducted by Karen...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 209

March 30, 2016

25 Years Ago — April 3, 1991 Damage assessment seemed to confirm that a tornado visited the Shelbyville area on 7th Street at the home of Katie Oldebeken, 87, destroying a tree and causing extensive to the house roof. Van Solkema Farms has been granted permission to have the Hooker-Harvey...

Two WHS students qualify for national business competition

March 29, 2016

Two Wayland High School students have qualified for the national Business and Professionals of America competition in May in Boston.Both Hailey Carpenter and Bri Cronk have advanced to the national level of the BPA contest. The two and four other members of the Wayland High School BPA qualified for the...

Hopkins, WHS students win bronze in culinary contest

March 26, 2016

Hopkins and Wayland High School culinary arts students took part in the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America state culinary competition March 17 in Mt. Pleasant. The team won a bronze medal in the competition. Shown here are (from left) Heidi Youtzy (Allegan), Kira Clear (Wayland), Richard VanWinkle (Hopkins)),...

Obetts, Teunissen play key roles in Davenport twin bill sweep

March 25, 2016

Wayland High School graduates Haley Obetts and Mallory Teunissen helped Davenport University's softball team sweep Ferris State University Tuesday afternoon in a double header to advance its overall season record to 20-7. Obetts clubbed a two-run home run, her second of the season. Teunissen (8-3) earned the decision on the...

WHS students celebrate 25th anniversary of PALS program

March 25, 2016

Wayland High School celebrated the 25th anniversary of the PALs program in Allegan County by attending the annual PALs Conference Thursday at Camp Beechpoint in Allegan. PALs, or Peer Assisted Listeners, from Allegan, Hopkins, Plainwell and Wayland High Schools attended the youth led conference. Also in attendance were staff from...

Bygone Days: A brief look at Wayland area’s past, Part 208

March 23, 2016

25 Years Ago — March 27, 1991 Rita Martin and her husband, Bill, both Wayland High School graduates, plan to re-start “The Note” teen dance and hangout business at Gun Lake after it has been absent for 15 years. The Note’s building most recently had been home to a church,...

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