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Funeral plans announced for Iraq wounded warrior

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Information about services for ex-Marine Joshua Hoffman, a 2001 Wayland High School graduate seriously wounded in Iraq 15 years ago, has been announced. First visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, at Lauer Funeral Home, 1401 N. Broadway, Hastings. Second visitation will be from 10 to...
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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 — Dec. 30, 1996 The Globe published a special holiday edition between Christmas and New Year’s in which it lauded and focused “ordinary people” who are heroes in the community. The Then &...
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Injured Iraq War Marine Josh Hoffman dies at 39

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Marine Cpl. Joshua Hoffman, 39, a 2001 Wayland High School graduate, died Monday, Dec. 27. Hoffman was paralyzed from the chest down when he was hit by a sniper's bullet while on patrol in Iraq in January 2007. He had battled his life-altering injury since. He stayed at a Veterans...
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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) The Wayland High School choir and Director Mrs. Helen Gambee in 1966. 25 Years Ago — Dec. 23, 1996 The Hopkins and Wayland school districts took part in a cooperative holiday food can drive. A group...
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Funeral in Florida for 1964 WHS grad Diane Gonzalez

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Diane Fleek Gonzalez, a 1964 graduate of Wayland High School, died of cancer. She was born in Pontiac on March 7, 1946, to Norman Leroy Fleek Sr. and Eleanor Irene (Martin) Fleek, the second born of eight children. She lived in Royal Oak, Southfield, then the family moved to Hinsdale,...
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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 — Dec. 16, 1996 Albert William (Bill) Finkbeiner and his wife, Esther, opened and ran a diner located about one mile north of Wayland, where the Red Wagon Garden center is now located...
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Ludema plans to continue softball career at Calvin

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Wayland High School softball standout Emma Ludema today signed on the dotted line with the intent to play for Calvin University next year in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Ludema, also a shooting guard for the Lady Wildcats basketball team, has been a four-year pitcher for Wayland. She is pictured...
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21 WHS theater students attend Lansing workshop

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Twenty-one Wayland Union High School theater students attended the Michigan Educational Theatre Association festival Friday and Saturday in Lansing. Some of the workshops that were student favorites included: Sword Fighting, Aerial Silks, “Throwing Hands” stage fighting, British Isle Accents, Audition Techniques, Southern Accents, Finding Your Character’s True Voice, Contemporary Jazz...
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New WHS pool bond issue prospects look more likely

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Members of the Wayland High School Jazz Band, under the leadership of Kelly Tilley Smith, performed a special arrangement of "Greensleeves" for the Board of Education. It’s getting more likely all the time that the Wayland Board of Education will seek a bond issue sometime in 2022 to finance construction...
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Eight WHS debaters finish among top 35 in the state

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The Wayland High School debate team registered record successes at the Michigan Interscholastic Forensics Association State Debate Tournament Saturday. All eight members of the WHS team in attendance ranked among the top 35 debaters in the state  The tourney included had more than 300 students from across the state competing...
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