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Ex-WHS bowling coach to guide Tennessee women

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Bill Holbrook Former Wayland High School girls’ varsity bowling coach Bill Holbrook has been hired as new women’s head coach at the University of Tennessee Southern. Holbrook, son of Wayland High School graduates Sandy Kotrba and Bill Holbrook, said, "I am grateful and thrilled for this opportunity at UT Southern,...
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GoFundMe effort launched for Wayland cancer victim

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A Go Fund Me page has been established for Csaba Barabas, who faces health and financial challenges with a recent cancer diagnosis. His wife, Rebecca (Karsies) is a 1996 graduate of Wayland High School, and her children attend Wayland High School. Daughter Olivia is the No. 1 runner on the...
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Four Wildcats compete in all-star softball showdown

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Four representatives of the Wayland High School softball team Wednesday took part in the Division 2 all-star game at Davenport University, sponsored by the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association. They were coach Cheri Ritz, pitcher Emma Ludema, first sacker Emma Tornes and catcher Kennedy Cole. Ludema was cited for...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) 25 Years Ago — July 14, 1997 Local historian James Levandoski died of a heart attack July 8. A graduate of Wayland High School, he had been a member of the Wayland Jaycees, Wayland Genealogy Club,...
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Funeral will be Sunday for Elizabeth DeWeerd Jeffery

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Elizabeth Autumn DeWeerd Jeffery died Monday, July 11. A 1995 graduate of Wayland High School, she was only 45. Born to Michael and Martha (Gilbert) DeWeerd on Nov. 21, 1976, Elizabeth was an extraordinary curator of truth and beauty, a nurturer of life, a collector of people, and a follower...
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Disc golf enthusiast Jeff Glupker of Dorr dies at 53

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Jeffrey Craig Jerome Glupker of Dorr died Sunday, July 3. He was 53. Born April 11, 1969, to Geri and Robert Glupker, he was a graduate of Wayland High School. He formerly worked in the flooring and carpeting business and later was self-employed in disc golf. He enjoyed disc golf...
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Bygone Days: A look at the past in NE Allegan County

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(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr) Gurney's Market in downtown Wayland 90 years ago. 25 Years Ago — July 7, 1997 The Cuddy Drain, which serves farmers in Allegan County and boaters in Barry County, needs repairs, but the work appears to...
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Service will be Wednesday for teacher Clayton Jackson

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Clayton Jackson, who taught auto tech, wood shop, power tech, drafting and math at Wayland High School for 35 years, died Saturday. He was 74. Jackson, who was a 1966 graduate of Wayland High School and the son of the longtime Wayland Township Supervisor, was inducted into the school's Alumni...
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Wildcats’ battery lands on Division 2 all-state team

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Wildcat second sacker Kami Morse makes a sensational catch in the regional finals. The Wayland High School softball battery of pitcher Emma Ludema and catcher Kennedy Cole both have been named to the Division 2 all-state team. The two played major roles in the Wildcats fashioning a 37-2 overall record...
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Save crockodile tears for American GIs in Ukraine

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To the editor: I just heard that the White House is "appalled" at the possibility that Russia may execute two Americans who were captured in the Ukraine. As I understand it, these two men went to the Ukraine specifically to kill Russian soldiers. Not to protect the free world but...
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