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IONIA — The Ionia County Board of Commissioners has agreed to pay a Portland woman almost $200,000 after she alleged a sheriff ’s deputy seriously injured her in a car accident almost three years ago.

Teresa Ann Smith filed a complaint in 8th Judicial Circuit Court against Ionia County and Ionia County Sheriff ’s Deputy Justin Canan on July 24, 2012.

According to Smith, she was driving westbound on Riverside Drive near Somers Road in Ionia Township around 5:23 p.m. Sept. 18, 2010.

Canan was allegedly driving a 2008 Chevrolet while on duty with the sheriff ’s office when he crossed the center line of the road and struck Smith’s vehicle.

According to the Ionia SentinelStandard, a sheriff ’s officer was responding to a 911 call of a woman screaming for help when the officer lost control of his cruiser and struck

a truck containing a woman and two children. According to the SentinelStandard, Canan had been on the job for about six months when the accident occurred.

Smith said she was seriously injured in the accident, including a spinal injury which required surgery, as well as other injuries to her head, neck, shoulders, arms, knees, back, chest and other parts of her body, both externally and internally. She See Accident, Page 2

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Three longtime firefighters will be honored as grand marshals in this year’s Edmore Potato Festival parade on Saturday. Pictured from left to right are Timber Irwin, Randy Linton and Edwin Adams.

By Elisabeth Waldon Daily News news editor

EDMORE — The famous Potato Festival will return to Edmore this Friday through Sunday.

The festival will get underway with the seventh annual Home Township Fire Department appreciation celebration from 4 to 8 p.m.

Friday at the fire barn, featuring hot dogs, brats, ice cream, a smokehouse and activities for children and more.

The appreciation celebration will be followed by the firemen’s parade at dusk, featuring a bagpiper leading marching firefighters, a tribute to Sept. 11, 2001, and a memorial service at Third and Main streets.

A new event this year is a free horseshoe tournament hosted by Parts Plus. The tournament will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday on old Webb Field. Pat Fuller, a mechanic at

Parts Plus, encourages people to preregister to participate by calling Parts Plus at (989) 427-3500.

“It’s going to be a first round elimination, single elimination thing,” Fuller said. “It’s going to be set up bracket style. Mostly it’s just for fun. I made up some trophies for the winners. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Gale’s Gym 5K, 10K and kid’s run will return Saturday morning, with registration at 8 a.m. and the races beginning at 9 a.m.

The Potato Festival parade will make its way downtown at 2 p.m.

Saturday, featuring three longtime firefighters as grand marshals — Edwin Adams, Timber Irwin and Randy Linton.

Old Webb Field will be home to many activities Saturday, including inflatable toys for children beginning at 1 p.m., mechanical bull rides

presented by the Maxfield family from 4 to 8 p.m. and mobile gaming systems presented by Chemical Bank from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The second annual Super Kicker Rodeo presented by Randall’s Old Mill will return from 6 to 8 p.m.

Saturday on old Webb Field. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 and younger with children 3 and younger free.

Randall’s Old Mill owner Cliff Randall said last year’s inaugural event attracted more people than he anticipated. This year, additional seating is being added.

“It’s good entertainment all around,” said Randall of the rodeo.

“It has exciting moments with the bull riding and funny moments with the clowns and people riding sheep.

People of all ages will enjoy it.”

n Commissioners continue to debate financial responsibility of farm incident

By Elisabeth Waldon Daily News news editor

STANTON — Abraham Lincoln once said, “The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.”

Similarly, members of the Montcalm County Board of Commissioners are not agreed upon a definition of an almost century-old state law calling for a county to pay for damages sustained by dogs attacking livestock.

After a 20-minute discussion and two failed motions, commissioners are no closer to providing a farmer and his wife with financial restitution after a vicious dog attack resulted in the deaths of eight sheep.

Last April, commissioners previously considered a request from Kenneth Lund who lives in Fairplain Township near Sheridan. Lund wrote commissioners a letter detailing a Nov. 20, 2012, incident in which a flock of 28 sheep owned by Lund’s wife Deb were attacked by two neighborhood dogs. Six ewes were killed by the dogs and two more ewes had to be euthanized due to the severity of their wounds. The remaining sheep were all injured in some form or another.

The two dogs, Chewy (a rottweiler mix) and Mater (a Labrador mix), were found in Lund’s sheep pen and were killed by Lund. The dogs both had rabies tags and a Michigan State Police officer was able to locate the owner, Kelly Sue Hitsman of Sheridan. According to the police report, Hitsman told police her dogs got out of their pen sometime in the middle of the night and killed her goats. She had just picked up the dogs from Montcalm County Animal Control earlier that week after the dogs were found running at large.

Lund said he was informed by Animal Control that the county might be able to provide financial reimbursement.

According to a Michigan law dating back to 1919: “If a person sustains any loss or damage to livestock or poultry that is caused by dogs, or if the livestock of a person is necessarily destroyed because of having been bitten by a dog, the person or his or her agent or attorney may complain to the township supervisor or a township official or other qualified person designated by the township board of the township in which the damage occurred … Any owner or keeper of the dog or dogs shall be liable to the county in a civil action for all damages and costs paid by the county on any claim as provided in this section.”

Lund is requesting $450 each for

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Outman tours energy and technology businesses

By Elisabeth Waldon Daily News news editor

State Rep. Rick Outman and House Energy and Technology Committee Chair Aric Nesbitt recently spent a day in the 70th House District recently, touring energy and Internet provider workplaces to better understand the needs of residents in the communities.

Outman, R-Six Lakes, who serves on the Energy and Technology Committee, said he was happy that Nesbitt, R-Lawton, spent a day meeting with local job creators to find out how

state government can better serve Montcalm and Gratiot counties.

“We spent time with job creators who are vital to the development and growth of our residents and the business community,” Outman said. “I appreciate Rep. Nesbitt for taking time from his work in his own district to listen to the concerns and ideas from those on the front line of providing energy and broadband Internet service to our communities.”

Outman and Nesbitt toured the Consumers Energy facility in Alma, Renaissance Power LLC in Carson City; Casair Inc. in

Stanton, and HomeWorks Tri-County Energy Cooperative in Blanchard.

Stanton City Manager James Freed accompanied Outman and Nesbitt to Casair, an Internet provider.

“It was exciting to visit Casair in Stanton with Chairman Nesbitt and Rep. Outman,” Freed said. “It was an opportunity to showcase just how much talent and new technology can be found in Montcalm County.

Casair has an impressive plan to extend fiber cable throughout the county in addition to its ever evolving See Outman, Page 2

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Rick Outman, R-Six Lakes, center, and Aric Nesbit, R-Lawton, during a visit to the Internet provider.

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Gasoline Average: $3.679

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Area motorists are paying an average of $3.679 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, according to a random Daily News survey of 22 area service stations conducted this morning.

This is a eight-cent increase from the average price of $3.599 last week.

Among the area stations surveyed, the highest price was $3.699 per gallon at five locations, while the lowest price was $3.569 per gallon at two locations.

Here is a list of the area gasoline prices surveyed:

Belding

Belding Wesco

Carson City

Carson City Shell

Coral

Tow’s Country Store The Depot

Edmore Fowler

Schmitz Party Store

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Gowen General Store Tow’s Country Store

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Greenville rejects Eureka Township lawsuit settlement

By Kelli Ameling

Daily News staff writer

GREENVILLE —After a closed session discussion Tuesday, the Greenville City Council voted to reject Eureka Township’s settlement offer and to move forward with negotiations regarding a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit.

The city filed a lawsuit against the township on Dec. 28, 2012, involving a FOIA request made by the city to the township on Sept. 10, 2012. Greenville City Manager George Bosanic had requested public records (excluding engineering drawings and maps) related to grinder pumps and a forced sewer main constructed around Baldwin Lake.

During Tuesday’s meeting, the city council entered into executive session to discuss with legal counsel a proposed settlement agreement with Eureka Township in connection with the pending FOIA litigation.

After about a 30 minute discussion, the city council returned to open session and voted to deny the settlement agreement.

“I move to reject the township’s offer and authorize the city manager and attorney to continue negotiating,” said Councilman Mark Lehman.

After the meeting, Bosanic said he could not comment any further because of the pending lawsuit, including on whether the city has the records in question.

Meijer (Knapp’s Corner) $3.699

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Admiral North Admiral West Citgo Greenville Wesco Meijer North Meijer West Mobil Mr. T’s (Marathon)

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Funeral Notices Saturday

Betty Siebert — 11 a.m., Vestaburg Church of Christ, Vestaburg.

Marilyn D. Vincent — 1 p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, The council approved the motion 6-0. Belding. (Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding) Councilwoman Jeanne Cunliffe was absent from the meeting.

Wednesday On Aug. 12, the Eureka Township Board Charles James Linahan — 11 a.m., St. Charles Catholic approved a consent judgement that Township Church, Greenville. (Hurst Funeral Home, Greenville) Supervisor Rodney Roy said was drafted by both attorneys. The settlement was similar to Dennis Norman Koenig Sr., 81 one the township approved in June, but includGREENVILLE — Dennis Norman Koenig Sr., 81, of ed a $300 payment to the city of Greenville.

Greenville (formerly of Novi) died Aug. 6. Per his wishes, Besides the $300 fee, the proposed settlement there will be no funeral or formal service. (Hurst Funeral included the following stipulations: Home, Greenville) • The documents were delivered to the city by the township as requested through the FOIA. Obituaries, Page 10 • The township waives the $400 fee it originally charged for the documents.

• The township agrees to review FOIA policies with its attorney.

• The consent judgement is a complete and comprehensive settlement of all claims by the city and the township on this subject.

By The Associated Press • The consent judgement will not and shall not be construed as an admission by any party HONOLULU — A German woman who lost her arm in a of any fault or wrongdoing, violation of FOIA shark attack died Wednesday, one week after she was bitten while snorkeling off Maui. or similar matters.

Jana Lutteropp, 20, who had been on life support, died at • The consent judgement is a final order and Maui Memorial Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman resolves all claims.

Roy and Township Clerk Linda Ruwersma Carol Clark said.

“Jana fought hard to stay alive,” said a statement from her did not return messages seeking comment mother and sister, which was released by Clark. “However, we for this story. are sad to say that she lost her fight today.”

Clark said the family was requesting privacy. kameling@staffordgroup.com (616) 548-8289 Lutteropp was snorkeling up to 100 yards off Palauea Beach at the resort community of Makena when the shark bit off her right arm.

A high school teacher visiting from California jumped into the water after hearing her screaming and seeing blood in the surf. Rick Moore, 57, of Laguna Niguel, Calif., said Lutteropp went in and out of consciousness and kept repeating that she was going to die.

It’s not known what type of shark bit Lutteropp. State officials investigating the attack said witnesses didn’t see the animal.

German woman who lost arm to shark in Maui dies

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Continued From Page 1 The festival will come to Lakeview Wesco Shop & Go $3.669 an end Sunday with a veterans breakfast from 8 a.m. to Oakfield Township noon at the VFW building, a Citgo $3.689 back-to-school extravaganza Marathon $3.709 (free school supplies, perStanton sonal care items, haircuts County Seat Amoco $3.699 and clothes for youths through kindergarten The gasoline price survey is conthrough the 12th grade) ducted at random. It is presented as from 5 to 7 p.m. at the a consumer service in each Thursday’s edition of The Daily State Reps. Rick Outman, R-Six Lakes, left, and Aric Nesbit, R-Lawton, center, discuss Endeavor Center, music on power transformers with an employee of HomeWorks Tri-County Energy Cooperative in Blanchard.

News.

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Jury in Fort Hood trial to deliberate FORT HOOD, Texas — Army Maj. Nidal Hasan is sending only a single piece of evidence to the jury room when deliberations likely start Thursday about whether he is guilty of the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood: an evaluation from his boss that called him a good soldier.

Then there’s the trove military prosecutors are handing over.

Pill bottles that rattle with bullets removed from soldiers.

Photos of Hasan prowling the outside of a Fort Hood medical building with a gun during the shooting. Jurors can even handle that gun, an FN 5.7 semiautomatic pistol, which Hasan volunteered belonged to him during the 12-day trial.

In all, the U.S government produced more than 700 pieces of evidence against Hasan, who hasn’t put up a fight against charges that he killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others in the deadliest mass shooting ever on a U.S. military base.

Yet on the eve of the expected start of jury deliberations, Hasan perked up Wednesday when talking about what he said all that evidence doesn’t show — that the attack he admits to carrying out was somehow impulsive.

Cruise cancellations disrupt vacations ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Like so many visitors to Alaska, Phyllis McNamara was eager for a seven-day cruise along a majestic stretch of coast that is teeming with whales, bears and glaciers.

But the Indianapolis woman and her friends were among hundreds of tourists who had their vacation plans scuttled when a mechanical problem aboard the 965-foot Millennium forced the cruise operator to cancel six Alaska sailings.

“This is becoming just a nightmare,” said McNamara, 68, who went ahead with a planned land excursion in place of the cruise.

Cynthia Martinez, a spokeswoman for Royal Caribbean cruises Ltd., which owns Celebrity Cruises, said passengers will get a full refund of the cruise fare paid. They also will receive certificates for future cruises.

“We appreciate how very disappointing this unexpected turn of events has been for our guests, and we deeply regret the inconvenience,” Martinez said.

Continued From Page 1 wireless network. This expanding technology is not only creating jobs, but ensuring our county is relevantly in the 21st century economy. The whole team at Casair, from the installers to the computer engineers are impressive and represent our county well.”

Nesbitt said the visit punctuates the need to have dependable electric and broadband service in rural areas.

“Rep. Outman is one of the hardest-working members of the committee, and it was good to be with him visiting these sites,”

Nesbitt said. “Providing affordable, reliable energy and expanding broadband services to the residents and job creators in rural areas is key to the area’s economic growth, and our visit to these locations demonstrated how Michigan businesses are providing a vital tool for rural communities in central Michigan.”

Outman will host a similar business tour with House Agriculture Chair Kevin Daley, R-Lum, on Sept. 7. ewaldon@staffordgroup.com (616) 548-8276

Accident avoid any collision with other vehicles and failing to make and/or renew observations of the conditions of traffic on the highway.

Smith also alleged Canan was negligent in failing to obey and drive in conformity with the Common Law and the Motor Vehicle Code of the state of Michigan and ordinances of Ionia Township.

In her complaint, Smith requested a financial judgment to whatever amount she was found to be entitled, plus restitution for court costs, attorney fees and interest from the date she filed the complaint on July 24, 2012.

On July 9, the Ionia

County Board of Commissioners went into closed session to discuss Sm i t h’s l aw s u i t .

Commissioners then came out of closed session and voted to pay Smith in the amount of $198,000 inclusive of costs, interest and attorney fees. All parties also agreed to a dismissal of Smith’s lawsuit in return for the financial agreement.

Ionia County Sheriff Dale Miller did not return a message seeking comment for this story.

Smith could not be reached for comment. ewaldon@staffordgroup.com (616) 548-8276

School employee helped avert tragedy in Georgia standoff

By The Associated Press

DECATUR, Ga. — The 911 tapes from a frightening standoff and shooting at an Atlanta-area school show how a school employee’s calm demeanor and kind approach helped end the ordeal without any injuries.

Police said Wednesday that school bookkeeper Antoinette Tuff was heroic in how she responded after being taken hostage a day earlier by Michael Brandon Hill, a 20-year-old man with a history of mental health issues.

Hill went to the school armed with an AK 47-style rifle and nearly 500 rounds of ammunition, police said.

On a recording of a 911 call released Wednesday, Tuff can be heard relaying mes-

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Continued From Page 1 said the injuries caused her great pain and suffering.

Smith said she also suffered traumatic shock and injury to her nervous system, causing severe mental and emotional anguish.

Smith alleged Canan and Ionia County were guilty of negligence and misconduct due to Canan driving at an excessive rate of speed, failing to keep a reasonable lookout for other people and vehicles, failing to have the vehicle equipped with proper brakes and/or failing to apply the brakes in time, failing to drive with due care and caution, failing to take all possible precautions to

Curtis Pond from 6 to 8 p.m. and an ice cream social support by River Valley Credit Union at 7 p.m. at Curtis Pond.

Edmore Potato Festival Chairman Rich Adgate did not return repeated messages seeking comment for this story.

sages from Hill to DeKalb County emergency dispatchers before convincing him to surrender. She tells the dispatcher that Hill said he wasn’t there to hurt the children but wanted to talk to an unarmed officer.

“He said, ‘Call the probation office in DeKalb County and let them know what’s going on,’” Tuff is heard telling the dispatcher. “He said he should have just went to the mental hospital instead of doing this, because he’s not on his medication.”

No one was injured, but police said the suspect shot into the floor and exchanged gunfire with officers who had surrounded Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, a suburb east of Atlanta. The

school has 870 students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.

Dramatic television footage showed lines of young students racing out of the building with police and teachers escorting them to safety. They sat outside in a field for a time until school buses came to take them to their parents at a Wal-Mart.

The exchange between Tuff and the suspect was captured on a recording of a 911 call made by school officials to dispatchers.

Tuff begins by telling Hill of her own struggles, including raising a disabled child and losing her husband. The bookkeeper reassures him by saying he didn’t hurt anyone, hadn’t harmed her and could still surrender peacefully.

Continued From Page 1 the eight dead ewes ($3,600), $200 each for the damaged 18 ewes ($3,600) and $564.10 for a Central Michigan Equine Veterinary Services bill for a total of $7,764.10.

He said he believes the damage done to the surviving sheep permanently reduced their lambing productivity.

Lund forwarded commissioners a letter from Dr. Thomas Barkham of the Almont-Dryden Veterinary Clinic in Almont stating the estimated value of an ewe is $350 to $450. Barkham also stated that devastated ewes abort, don’t breed, have small lambs, don’t milk or are damaged beyond repair and killed.

Last April, commissioners were not clear about whether Hitsman had provided Lund with any restitution in the matter. They recommended Lund take Hitsman to court for civil liability. If Lund was unsuccessful in this matter, commissioners said he had the option of coming back to the county for assistance.

The issue was revisited at last week’s Law Enforcement & Courts Committee meeting after commissioners learned that Hitsman has not yet provided Lund with any reimbursement. Montcalm County ControllerAdministrator Chris Hyzer said he reviewed the situation with the county’s attorney and they determined the county is responsible for some of the damages.

Commissioner Steve DeWitt of Coral repeated his opinion in the matter, saying he thinks local state legislators should look into eliminating the state law.

“I believe the law from 1919 is outdated and no longer needs to be on the books,” he said. “I don’t believe the county should be in the business of reimbursing for dead poultry or livestock by stray dogs. The responsible party has been identified. The responsible party has admitted their responsibility and, when pushed, initially said they would like to pay and reimburse for Mr. Lund’s loss. Her dogs even killed her own animals that night.

What’s fair to our taxpayers and what’s just fair overall is Mr. Lund should be seeking civil reimbursement from the dog’s owner.

“I also question his dollar

amounts,” added DeWitt of the financial amount Lund is requesting. “Frankly, I think they were padded.”

Commissioner John Johansen of Montcalm Township agreed the law seems outdated and unfair, “but I don’t agree with breaking state law,” he said.

“If these were coyotes that killed these sheep, would the county be liable for the expense?” DeWitt wondered.

“My opinion is yes, the way I interpret the law,” said Commissioner Patrick Q. Carr of Lakeview, noting that the law makes reference to “stray dogs.”

“Could be a coyote is defined as a dog,” DeWitt agreed.

Johansen made a motion that the county pay $300 each for the eight dead sheep for $2,400 and $564 for the vet bill (minus the 10 cents) for a total of $2,964. No one seconded the motion, so it died for lack of support.

Then Commissioner Ron Blanding of Greenville changed his mind and seconded Johansen’s motion for the sole purpose of discussion. There was no discussion. Johansen cast the lone “yes” vote, so the motion failed.

“I think we will be derelict in duty if we leave the committee meeting and do not take some action in some direction to resolve this issue,” Johansen declared.

“We are elected here to solve issues that come before us.

These people are within their legal rights to ask their county for support. Somebody needs to do something.”

Carr, who was not allowed to vote at the meeting as he is not a member of the Law Enforcement & Courts Committee, suggested committee members approve Hyzer’s recommendation that the county pay $400 each for the eight dead sheep for $3,200 and $564.10 for the vet bill for a total of $3,764.10. Johansen made the motion, but no one seconded it, so it died for lack of support.

Johansen moved that the item be placed on the agenda for discussion at the full board meeting, which is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Aug. 26. Finally, his fellow committee members agreed. ewaldon@staffordgroup.com (616) 548-8276

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Court sides with FBI in lawsuit over racial data DETROIT — A federal appeals court on Wednesday said the FBI acted properly in refusing to release records that could reveal the use of race and ethnicity in investigations.

The FBI won’t give up certain information to the American Civil Liberties Union, saying it might harm ongoing probes. The ACLU is concerned the FBI in Michigan could be targeting ethnic groups and violating civil rights through racial profiling.

In a 3-0 decision, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the FBI legally invoked an exception in public records law in declining to release certain records. The ACLU’s Michigan chapter sued in 2011 after getting redacted pages and denials from the government.

The ACLU said the information shouldn’t interfere with investigations because it doesn’t want to know the names of any targets or witnesses. The court said that wasn’t a good argument.

“All but data in the rawest form will alert criminal and terrorist elements to how the FBI uses demographic information in its investigations, allowing such groups to avoid the FBI investigations,” said judges Danny Boggs, David McKeague and Sandra Beckwith.

The ACLU may be treading into matters of national security “to which the agency is owed deference,” the court said of the FBI. ACLU attorney Nusrat Choudhury said the ruling was a disappointment.

Trial in right-to-work lawsuit delayed LANSING — A lawsuit alleging Michigan’s right-towork law violates the state’s Open Meetings Act has been delayed until next year.

The Lansing State Journal reports Wednesday that Ingham County Circuit Judge William Collette signed off on a new trial date for March. It had originally been scheduled for October.

Attorneys for labor groups who brought the suit say they need more time to prepare.

The suit stems from Capitol protests on Dec. 6, when authorities locked the building and kept additional people from entering amid safety growing concerns. Challengers say doors were closed for several hours as the legislation was first debated.

Republican Gov. Rick Snyder signed the legislation five days later and it took effect in March.

The right-to-work law prohibits requiring workers to pay union dues or fees.

Police Reports BELDING — Police responded to 13 complaints Wednesday.

Incidents included: • Suspicious subject, 11:58 a.m., M-44 and Bridge.

• Suspicious subject, 3:50 p.m., Alderman and Main.

• Assisted citizen, 5:48 p.m., Pleasant.

• Domestic assault, 7:30 p.m., Depot.

GREENVILLE — Police responded to 10 complaints Wednesday.

Incidents included: • Fraud, 1:37 p.m., E. Washington.

• Malicious destruction of property, 4:04 p.m., E. Oak. • Assault and battery, 7:55 p.m., S. Lafayette.

• Assisted EMS, 8:27 p.m., S. Greenville West.

• Keeping the peace, 9:30 p.m., Maple.

• Suspicious situation, 10:55 p.m., E. Grove.

STANTON — Montcalm County sheriff’s deputies responded to 24 complaints Wednesday. Incidents included: • Malicious destruction of property, 6:56 p.m., Lake Montcalm.

• Breaking and entering, 6:59 p.m., Klees.

• Assault, 10:12 p.m., Hunters.

• Property damage accident, 11:57 p.m., S. Greenville.

STANTON — Montcalm County Central Dispatch reported the following fire calls for Wednesday: • Power lines down, 9:17 p.m., W. Willard, Lakeview District Fire

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GOP US House member’s impeachment talk criticized The Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Michigan’s Democratic Party chairman criticized a suburban Detroit congressman Wednesday for saying it would be a “dream come true” to seek the impeachment of President Barack Obama.

Republican U.S. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, of Milford, made the comment to supporters in Birmingham, saying he can’t move on impeachment because he lacks evidence that Obama committed any crimes. The talk was posted on YouTube.

“Rep. Bentivolio showed that he’d rather wage tired ideological political battles and give us more Washington dysfunction than do anything to create jobs or focus on Michigan’s middle class,” Lon Johnson, Michigan’s Democratic Party chairman, said in a statement. “Bentivolio can try to distract from what he said, but the fact remains that he’s been nothing more than a rubber stamp for an extreme agenda that favors the wealthy and well-connected over Michigan’s middle-class

families.”

Bentivolio spokesman Matt Chisholm said the congressman “is focused on helping the middle class, which why is he supports the full repeal and defunding of Obamacare, because it is costing Michiganders fulltime jobs and making it more difficult for families to purchase health insurance.”

Bentivolio’s comments about Obama’s impeachment came in response to a woman’s question. MLive. com first reported the comments.

Rec building fire still under investigation

By The Daily News

GREENVILLE — The fire that occurred at the Greenville Recreation Department is still under investigation almost two months later.

According to Greenville Department of Public Safety Director Mark Reiss, there is not a lot of new information regarding a fire that destroyed a storage building at the recreation department in July.

“The cause (is still) unknown,” Reiss said. “It started near the center of the building.”

The fire started around 5 a.m. on July 4, which completely destroyed the storage building along with all the supplies that were inside of the building.

Canton teen blazes trail at Bolshoi Ballet Academy

By Patricia Montemurri The Detroit Free Press

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The Village Quilt was donated to Montcalm Community College on Aug. 3. Pictured from left are Bobbie Christensen, Ivory Geerligs, Olivia Geerligs and MCC President Robert Ferrentino.

Quilter’s Quorum donates quilt to Montcalm Community College Special to The Daily News

SIDNEY – The Quilter’s Quorum donated a quilt to Montcalm Community College on Aug. 3 during the 27th Annual Heritage Festival.

The Village Quilt was designed by Beatrice E. Doser, a founding member of the Quilter’s Quorum and a longtime member of the MCC Board of Trustees and MCC Foundation. It features a colorful collection of blocks highlighting a variety of buildings. The donation was made during the quilt show, which is held annually during Heritage Festival in the Beatrice E. Doser Building on MCC’s

Sidney campus.

MCC President Robert Ferrentino accepted the quilt on behalf of the college. It is permanently displayed in the building bearing Doser’s name.

“We are pleased to accept the donation of such a beautiful quilt as a testament to the great things Bea Doser accomplished on behalf of the college,” Ferrentino said. “She and Jean Brundage were longstanding, valued members of our Board of Trustees who contributed mightily to the growth and vitality of the college.

“Together, with other members of the Quilter’s Quorum, these ladies fash-

ioned this piece of art, and we are proud to display it on campus in their honor,” Ferrentino added.

According to Quilter’s Quorum member Bobbie Christensen, each member of the quilting group made several copies of one quilt block. They shared their blocks with the other members so they could put together their own Village Quilt using the fabric and colors they preferred.

Quilt blocks were made

by Mary Jane Jensen, Lucille Jensen, Beatrice Doser, Jean Brundage, Janet Hansen, Joyce Burchett, Jean Davis, Gail Platt, Betty Dykstra and Vena Gomez.

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CANTON — An 18-yearold ballerina from Canton, Precious Adams, is entering her third and final year of training in Moscow. She is on track to become the first African-American and third U.S. woman to graduate from the world-famous Bolshoi Ballet Academy.

“The point of me doing this is I’m chasing the dream,” Adams told the Detroit Free Press, “of becoming an internationally recognized professional ballet dancer, to be able to make this a full career and support myself doing what I love.”

Adams began dancing when she was 5. Her mother, Miriam Parker Adams, a dentist and dental director of the Flint-based Hamilton Community Health Network, said Precious’ drive for ballet was unstoppable. Her instructor, Sergey Rayerskiy, director of the Academy of Classical

Russian Ballet in Wixom, urged the family to send the talented dancer abroad for intense training.

The teen was just 11 when she began two years of study at Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto.

She later joined the Princess Grace Academy of Classical Dance in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Two years ago, Precious won a U.S. State Department Bureau of Cultural and Educational Affairs scholarship to study Russian and ballet at a summer Bolshoi Ballet intensive in New York City. That led to her application and acceptance to the Bolshoi school in Moscow.

Precious’ family — which also includes orthodontist dad Clement, brother Parker, 19, and Portia, 15 — have yet to see her perform at the Bolshoi but plan to be at Precious’ graduation performance next spring. Portia studies at the San Francisco School of Ballet and lives with family there.

Lawmakers join event for ex-Marine held in Iran The Associated Press

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Members of Michigan’s congressional delegation have gathered at a benefit with family members and supporters of an ex-Marine jailed on spying charges in Iran.

The Detroit Free Press, MLive.com and WXYZ-TV report the Wednesday evening fundraiser in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Farms for Amir Hekmati drew Democrats U.S. Sen. Carl Levin and Rep. Dan

Kildee of Flint Township. The 30-year-old Hekmati was arrested in August 2011 while visiting his grandmothers in Tehran, but U.S. officials and family members deny he was spying.

Levin says he has some optimism for Hekmati’s release with Iran’s election of centrist President Hasan Rouhani. Kildee called on Iran to “do the right thing and bring Amir home.”

Hekmati was born in Arizona and grew up in Michigan, where his parents and sister live.

Flint school looks to meet photonic tech demand

By Sarah Schuch The Flint Journal

FLINT TOWNSHIP — Flintarea students will soon be able to break into an in-demand technology career field thanks to a new program at Baker College of Flint that is a first of its kind in Michigan.

Starting this fall, Baker will offer an associate degree program to train photonics and laser technicians, a skill that employers often have to find outside of the state or in other countries, according to The Flint Journal.

“We’d hire two or three people today if they had them out of Baker,” said Mike Klos, general manager of IPG Midwest Operations, a Novibased firm that sells lasers for automotive welding. “We move people from different parts of the country or even out of the country to get someone that is qualified. We could easier hire two more today in the Midwest, but there just aren’t that many qualified.”

The two-year Baker program would train students to operate laser or photonic equipment for potential use at hospitals, automotive manufacturing companies, defense purposes and other opportunities.

An estimated 250 to 300 technicians graduate annually from the approximate 30 colleges across the country that offer photonics instruction.

There’s a demand for at least 800 techs, said Michelle Stock, inaugural board chair of Mi-Light, a photonics cluster formed to support the state’s photonics-related businesses.

That’s why the new program was formed, said Anca Sala, dean of engineering and computer technology for Baker.

The program kicks off this fall and will offer students the option to get into the photonics and laser career field without a Ph.D. or master’s degree, something that is unique to Michigan colleges. “(The program is) based on needs of the industry. Across the United States, it’s the same need.

There are not enough people who go into this field,” Sala said. “This is a growing industry we want to support. ... It’s a high-tech area. It’s a well-paid field.

Starting salaries for photonics techs can be upwards of $50,000 and grads can expect 3-4 job offers, according a Baker release.

Photonics has everything to do with light, Sala said. It’s a big field that can involve anything from illu-

mination to lasers and fiber optics.

Lasers can be used to cut metal, weld and perform surgeries while training can also be applied to areas such as solar panels, smart phones, computers, microchips and grocery store scanners.

The program will include math and science courses, as well as electronic simulated course. Students will have basic electrical courses and then move into specialty courses where they go into optics and lasers, Sala said.

Students in the photonics and laser technology program will be required to complete an internship and capstone project, where they create a system hands-on to prove everything they’ve learned in the program.

A National Science Foundation grant of almost $200,000 will be used to upgrade the existing lasers lab and bring in new and upgraded equipment. Some of the grant will also be used for community outreach, such as talking to high school students and organizing summer camps to expose more students to the career options of photonics and laser technician, Sala said.

There are other colleges in Michigan that offer specialized training in photonics but Baker is the first one to lead to a degree, said

Stock, president of mlstock Consulting.

Companies often send employees through their own training or take students from a program in Iowa, she said.

“There are few and far between coming out of that program. The needs are really increasing,” Stock said. “There’s definitely a gap (between trained individuals and available positions). And the gap is probably larger than we realize.”

The program at Baker is an exciting one, Stock said. It will let people know that there are jobs in the field and that there are people eager to find qualified students to fill those jobs, she said.

Hopefully it becomes a win-win, Stock said.

A career in photonics and laser technology is never boring, Klos said. His employees get to travel and become an expert in what they do, he said.

He’s eager to see Baker’s program up and running, Klos said.

“I would say this is a unique program. Baker is trying to find programs like this one that works with the industry,” Sala said. “It is going to differentiate Baker from other colleges that don’t have this program.”

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Rainbow shines on U.S. Air Force Memorial tanding on the grounds of the U.S. Air Force Memorial last Friday, Aug. 9, around 7:30 p.m., and looking upward at the three towering spires, I noticed a rainbow painting the sky behind it.

While one normally associate rainbows with rain, it was not raining where we were standing. Alan Blanchard The heights of the three spires of the memorial are 201, 231 and 270 feet tall, and my wife and I were visiting the site during a trip to Washington, D.C. So we took photographs of the impressive memorial, made all the more striking by the rainbow that appeared behind the spires.

One of those photographs appears here. You can see this photograph in color by going to my Twitter account @blanchard46.

According to the U.S. Air Force Memorial website, “The spires symbolize many things. The number three is significant to the Air Force because it represents its three core values of integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do. The spires are also reflective of a bomb burst maneuver, as seen in the picture to the right. Finally, the three spires also stand for three of four planes performing a Missing Man formation.”

Missing man formation is traditionally used at Air Force funeral fly-overs.

As my wife and I are both U.S. Air Force veterans, visiting the memorial was something we looked forward to visiting. And we also planned to stay for the free concert performed at the base of the memorial by the U.S. Air Force Band Max Impact, which performs twice a week in summer months (check out www. facebook.com/usafmaximpact for more information).

The one hour and 15 minute concert was awesome with the uniformed Air Force band members playing a variety of music from rousing traditional and contemporary patriotic songs to country music to rock, from Toby Keith to Tina Turner.

The Max Impact band bills itself as the premier rock band of your United States

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A rainbow appeared in the sky behind the U.S. Air Force Memorial on Friday evening, Aug. 9. The U.S. Air Force Band Max Impact performs free at the memorial on Wednesday and Friday evenings during the summer.

Air Force.

At the end of the open-air concert, the band played the official songs of the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Air Force. We all left the concert uplifted and feeling pride in our country and for the men and women who are serving in harm’s way around the world in all of the branches of our military.

Transportation to the memorial was provided free by one of the local bus tour companies as their way of saying thank you to and honoring Air Force veterans, but the bus was free to one and all, not just veterans.

Bleachers and chairs were available for the 100 or so who attended this concert, which takes place on Wednesday and Friday evenings during the summer.

Perched on higher ground and adjacent to Arlington Cemetery, you can see for miles around, as well as such buildings as the Pentagon from there.

If you’re an Air Force veteran and have never visited the USAF Memorial, I would encourage you to consider doing so if you’re ever out to the nation’s capital.

For more information on the U.S. Air Force Memorial, visit www.airforcememorial. org/AirForceMemorial/ Home/ online.

Alan Blanchard, associate professor and director of the Journalism Department, Cornerstone University, was editor of The Daily News from 1993 to 1998. You can email him at alan_blanchard@hotmail.com.

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How I found Jesus while feeding chickens

t was the summer of 1973; what most folks really mean when they say “the ‘60s.”

Inflation was rampant, the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, Nixon told the world — with a straight face — that he was “not a crook.” I wasn’t paying attention to any of it.

I was just a kid, 17, and world events played little part in my daily life. My girlfriend, Dianne, had dumped me a couple months earlier (yes, it was happening even then!) and I was waiting for my broken heart to Reality mend. I had too Check much time on

By Mike my hands and Taylor too little to do.

Which is why sunrise on the Fourth of July found me sitting on my guitar case by the Leonard Street onramp. Two dollars and 39 cents nestled lonely in my pocket, my battered backpack — containing only a box of Rye Crisp crackers and three pieces of beef jerky — leaned against the guard rail. I raised my thumb in the direction I wanted to go: south and west.

The second car to roll past, a Country Squire station wagon just like the one my parents owned and driven by a little old lady, picked me up. She took me most of the way through Indiana.

She was a sweet old gal who said I reminded her of her son, who had died a few years earlier in Vietnam. She slipped 20 bucks in my backpack when she finally dropped me off just outside Terre Haute.

From there, a series of cars and trucks — driven by hippies,

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gay guys, old couples, cute girls — moved me along as far as Hodgeman County, Kansas. An inebriated guy in a pickup let me out just outside a mid-sized city with the improbable name of Jetmore.

It was there I sat for 18 hours straight without getting a lift.

Back then, it seemed everyone was willing to pick up a hitchhiker, even one as scruffy and (probably) smelly as I was after a week on the road. But not in Jetmore. Eighteen hours, man; that’s a long time to sit by a freeway on-ramp.

When the rain started, I was not surprised.

Eventually, a rusted out Chevy van eased to the shoulder and honked. A girl about my age hopped out the passenger door, lifted the back hatch and loaded in my guitar case while I grabbed my pack.

The first question was always the same: “Where you headed?”

“Phoenix,” I said.

“Oh, we’re just going 20 miles down the road, but at least that’ll give you a chance to dry off.”

I thanked her and closed the hatch. Twenty miles was 20 miles. Not far, but better than nothing.

Instead of smelling like pot (a lot of Chevy vans did back then) getting into this one I was greeted with the good earth smell of potatoes, though none were in evidence.

“How ya doing, man?” said Jesus, the van’s driver. He wasn’t really Jesus, but he did look exactly like him, assuming the real Jesus looked exactly like the guy who played him in that “Superstar” movie.

“You look like Jesus,” I said.

He laughed. “Yeah, I get that a

lot, man.”

The driver’s was Dave, not Jesus, but it turned out he and the girl — I forget her name — were Jesus freaks. That’s what people called them at the time; it wasn’t derogatory.

They were very nice, though they both did their best to redeem my misbegotten soul in the half-hour it took to get to the commune where they lived with a dozen other 20-something hippies.

The rain had not abated and when they asked me to stay the night, I gratefully accepted. The night turned into a week, the week into two weeks, two weeks into three.

My “job” was to feed the chickens, shovel out coops, and gather eggs. In exchange, I received a bed, organic (and lousy) food, and more prayer meetings than Mother Theresa would have been able to handle comfortably. It didn’t take me long to fall into the rhythm of the place.

I got to know Sandy, one of the girls who lived there. We shared a brief romance and when she announced she was moving back to her folk’s house in Los Angeles, I talked her into dropping me in Glendale, near Phoenix, even though it was a couple hours out her way.

I didn’t get back to Michigan until summer was well over and autumn begun. I learned a lot that summer, about chickens, Jesus, and guys who only look like Jesus.

I can’t honestly say I’d like to do it all again. But like almost everything I’ve done in this life, I’m glad I did it once. mtaylor@staffordgroup.com (616) 548-8273

The speech, the dream and me

t was an atypical August summer day inWashington, D.C., 50 years ago next week.

Temperatures were in the low 80s, about 10 degrees cooler than normal. Skies were partly cloudy.

Most government officials were vacationing.

I was a young copyboy at the NBC News Washington bureau.

Correspondent Jack Perkins asked me to accompany him to hear a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial.

What I knew From the about AfricanRight Americans B y Cal (“negroes” they T homas were called then when people wanted to be polite; much worse when they did not) was limited to my experience with two maids employed by my parents during my childhood and years playing college basketball.

I knew our maids only by their first names, a vestige of slavery when blacks were viewed as less valuable than white people and denied even the dignity of their surnames. Basketball exposed me to people I might not otherwise have met growing up in an allwhite suburbanWashington, D.C., neighborhood. Basketball and socializing with my AfricanAmerican teammates began to teach me about race, class and discrimination.

Then came that August day.

Never before and not since have I heard or seen a person with such rhetorical power, conviction and

authority. For those who were not alive at that time, it is important to remember the enormous pressures facing Dr. King, his family and associates. Many voices rejected Dr. King’s nonviolent strategy. They believed such a tactic delayed and thus denied justice. Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale and his Black Panther Party and others preferred confrontation, including violence.

King thought it more effective to appeal to the better angels of whites. He saw goodness — or at least its potential — even in those who called him a communist and much worse.

Observing that sea of humanity stretching down the Reflecting Pool was the beginning of a turning point in my own view of civil rights.

King appealed to religious themes at a time when much of America still responded to such ideals and even when some, especially Southern churches and Southern Democrats, used scripture to justify segregation.

The civil rights movement seems cool in retrospect, but it was dangerous for many and deadly for some. Friends of mine were beaten and jailed for marching for the rights of African Americans — and not only in the South. Journalists were attacked.

This month, Turner Class Movies has been running the documentary “King: A Filmed Record ... from Montgomery to Memphis.”

While it has long been available, first on VHS and now DVD and excerpts have been televised over the years, the broadcast of the

entire documentary is magnetic.

Mostly without narration, the film is allowed to speak for itself and speak it does ... loudly and powerfully.

One sees contorted faces and hears un-bleeped profanities hurled at black marchers. “Go back to Africa!” is one of the few slurs that can be printed in a family newspaper. The scenes are gutwrenching, embarrassing.

Mine was not the only life touched by Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. It is rightly called one of the greatest orations of all time. For those who were there, this is not an overstatement.

One wonders what Dr. King might think of racial progress today. Yes, there have been great advances in civil rights, but fewer advances in strong black families and economic empowerment. Dr. King’s sacrifice opened the door to progress for African-Americans.

Perhaps he would say many who are mired in poverty need to go back and retrieve something they seem to have lost, including personal responsibility, accountability and, yes, even faith about which Dr. King often spoke as he salted his speeches with spiritual truths.

Such as this one: “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.” tcaeditors@tribune.com (c) 2013 Tribune Content Agency LLC

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New this year is a children’s event, which begins at noon. It includes a 250-foot swim, a one-mile bike ride and a onemile run.

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INFO: Lakeview School Alumni (includes former Lakeview School students and quests from 2013 and earlier) and retired teachers are invited to attend the Sept. 8 banquet at Lakeview High School. Cost is $12 per person, which includes an open house at 11 a.m. and dinner served at 1 p.m. Send in payments and year of graduation to June Miller, treasurer, at 237 4th St., Trufant, MI. 49347. Call (616) 984-2396 for more information.

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Greenville pig roast to benefit Arms of Love n Alias to perform on Saturday

By Kelli Ameling

Daily News staff writer

GREENVILLE — Arms of Love, a thrift store and food pantry in Greenville, is holding its second annual pig roast to not only raise funds and more food, but also to show its appreciation for the support and donations it has received from the community.

Starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Arms of Love will be hosting a pig roast benefit at the store to help bring in food donations. Arms of Love is located in the old Meijer store at 1220 N. Lafayette St. “It’s a good way for people to know we are here for the community and to raise food for the pantry,” said Mellanie Funk, co-event coordinator.

The community is welcomed to come and it only takes five non-perishable items per family to join in on the fun.

Since being established in Greenville, Funk said the community has been quite generous in donating not only food to the pantry, but items to the thrift store, as well.

“This is also a thank you to the community,” Funk said. “We have gotten a lot of community participation.”

The benefit will go on as long as there are people present.

Local artists will be performing throughout the day, including an up-and-coming Christian rapper Alias.

“One of Alias’ top priorities is reaching out to the community through local organizations,” said Alias’ Manager John Towne. “He believes through participating in charitable events such as the upcoming second annual pig roast to benefit (Arms of Love) food pantry. To help those in need is one way of spreading God’s love.”

Alias, who is based out of Michigan, became a rapper in 1998, and after experiencing a spiritual awakening, turned his words into positive ones.

Alias signed with local record label Fallout Shelter Records and works with Kingdom Builders Promotions. “(We) are here to serve God and expand his kingdom through love, good work and sharing His word to which we feel we are doing by doing event such as this one,” Towne said. “We invite the entire community out for this free event and enjoy in the fun while trying to help with can goods for (Arms of Love) food pantry.” kameling@staffordgroup.com (616) 548-8289

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Christian rapper Alias is one artist who will be performing at Arms of Love’s benefit pig roast Saturday at the thrift store at 1220 N. Lafayette St. in Greenville.

Michigan guitarist places at Canadian Guitar Festival David Youngman to perform in Lakeview this weekend Special to The Daily News

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ingerstyle guitarist David Youngman competed against top Fingerstyle guitarists from all over the world earlier this month.

After the first round of performing with 25 other contestants Youngman went on to the final round against four other competitors. A panel of judges, including world-renowned guitarists Ewan Dobson, Antoine Dufour, Trevor Gordon Hall and Don Ross, awarded first prize to Justin St-Pierre of Montreal, second place to Youngman and third place to Goske Omori of Japan.

Contestants were required to play their own solo acoustic guitar tunes or arrangements using only their fingers and no picks. Youngman performed three of his own original pieces and his arrangement of the hymn “Christ the Lord is Risen Today.” Youngman often uses unconventional techniques on the guitar such as drumming on the body of the guitar, two hand tapping on the neck, and extensive use of harmonics to create the illusion of a full band coming out of one guitar.

Along with performing around the Midwest throughout the year, Youngman also is a guitar instructor at Spring Arbor University. Earlier this year, he competed in the Fretboard Festival performance contest in Kalamazoo and walked away the winner. Youngman has recorded two solo guitar albums and just recently released a jazz folk album with saxophonist Derek Brown of Abilene, Texas.

Youngman will be performing at the Lakeview Free Methodist Church at 6 p.m. Sunday.

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• Layout of Ed Koehn special section (publishes in The Daily News, Aug. 28) What are you looking forward to the • Layout of Fall Home Improvement most this fall season? No lie, it’s all page (Daily News, Aug. 29) about college football. Super excited to see how my beloved Michigan Wolverines do! And I’m always loving Contact info: the kind of weather where you can scoop@staffordgroup.com wear a hoodie and shorts and still be (616) 548-8279 comfortable.

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Residence: Gowen When you were a child, what did you dream of being? When I was really little, I wanted to be a mermaid — just like Ariel from The Little Mermaid. As I got older, I wanted to be a dancer/choreographer.

What are you looking forward to the most this fall season? Well, normally I would say football and bonfires.

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Title: Sports editor Coverage: High school and local sport events, W. Michigan White Caps, Grand Rapids Griffins Residence: Greenville When you were a child, what did you dream of being? I wanted to be a Major League Baseball player. I’m sure that is no surprise to anyone. I have had a passion for the game for as long as I can remember.

There would have been no better job than to put on the uniform of the Detroit Tigers every single day.

What are you looking forward to the most this fall season? So many things.

From the start of football season (Go Blue, Go Lions) to the start of the NHL season and MLB playoffs. Here’s to hoping it’s another long run for the Tigers, this one ending with a championship.

But mostly, I’m looking forward to seeing the continued development of of my baby girl Addyson. I can’t wait to see

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Either John Lennon or Neil Armstrong. Both jobs looked pretty good to me. Sadly, my Bradbury’s classic, “Something Wicked lack of math skills precluded a career This Way Comes.” with NASA. And after John married Yoko, I didn’t want to be him any lonIn the works: ger, so I moved on. My fallback posi• Writing up article on “Fun With tion was to be Jack London, which is ATVs” for Revved Up. what I’ve been shooting for ever since.

• Putting together story on local filmmakers who are producing a horror What are you looking forward to the flick. most this fall season? I love everything • Writing my Reality Check column for about autumn, except the season Thursday’s edition. which follows. I like going to high school football games, Halloween, Contact info: making pies with apples I pick myself, mtaylor@staffordgroup.com the sound desiccated leaves make (616) 548-8273 scraping over windswept sidewalks, reTwitter: @mike_taylor_dn reading (for the 30th time or so) Ray

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‘Retired’ Kearney back with Central Montcalm as AD

Fast Break From staff and wire reports

Hunter hits and runs to help Tigers win DETROIT — Torii Hunter put the Detroit Tigers ahead with his bat and scored two runs with his 38-year-old legs to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1 on Wednesday night.

Minnesota let the AL Central-leading Tigers score four runs with two outs in the seventh, and three more with two outs in the eighth.

On a pivotal play in the seventh, right fielder Chris Hermann failed to get to Hunter’s drive between him and center fielder Clete Thomas, allowing Austin Jackson to score easily from first.

After Miguel Cabrera was walked intentionally, Prince Fielder struck out, but backup catcher Ryan Doumit let the ball get past him and relief pitcher Caleb Thielbar didn’t cover home plate. That mistake gave Hunter a clear path to score.

“I was always told by Kirby Puckett, ‘Be a hyena.

Always take advantage of the weak link,’” Hunter said.

“I saw the pitcher sitting there, looking at the play and the plate was wide open. That play never develops if Prince doesn’t run. He did what he had to do, make them throw the ball and I was able to score.”

Twins manager Ron Gardenhire lamented the mental mistake by the 26-year-old Thielbar.

“The kid got caught watching the play and didn’t get to home plate,” Gardenhire said. “That’s automatic. You have to cover the plate. He knows that better than anyone right now.”

Victor Martinez followed with an RBI double to put Detroit up 4-1.

Twins second baseman Brian Dozier bobbled a grounder in the eighth, the team’s first error in six games, and the miscue loaded the bases for Cabrera, who cleared them with his 25th double that gave him 123 RBIs. The Tigers pinch-ran for Cabrera, who has been playing in pain, but felt better Wednesday than he did Tuesday when he aggravated a strain in his groin, abdominal and hip area.

“I was pleased with his health,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.

Drew Smyly (5-0) struck out two in a perfect inning in relief of Anibal Sanchez. Jose Veras entered with two outs in the eighth inning and closed the game for his first save with the Tigers.

Kevin Correia (8-10) allowed four runs — two earned — and nine hits over 6 2-3 innings.

“I got us right into the position we needed to be, and I blew it,” he said.

Sanchez gave up one run and six hits over 6 2-3 innings.

NFL preseason standings

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Sports

By Chip Burch

Daily News sports writer

STANTON — John Kearney decided to retire from Central Montcalm Public Schools, but he didn’t want to leave his job as athletic director.

He was forced by school district policy to not be a part of the school district for a month. But that month is over.

As a result, Kearney is returning as the athletic director for what amounts to the third time in his career.

“The old penny keeps coming back,” Kearney joked.

Kearney explained why he lost both the AD job and his varsity boys basketball coaching job.

“When you retire from the state

“There’s a lot of joy to it. There’s great kids and good coaches. I’m looking forward to it.”

John Kearney Central Montcalm AD you retire from everything,” he said.

“I had to re-apply for the AD job and I had to reapply for the basketball job. When you retire you have to take a month off and that month was July.”

Kearney said he would know sometime next month if he is returning as boys basketball coach.

Regardless, Kearney couldn’t resist working with student-athletes.

“Being semi-retired it gives me a chance to stay working with kids,” he said. “I still run our league (the Central State Activities Association).

This will be my 17th or 18th year of

running athletics at the school.

There’s a lot of joy to it. There’s great kids and good coaches. I’m looking forward to it.”

One of the things that will be priority for Kearney will be getting schedules together for the 2014-15 school year.

“The biggest piece will be next year with our league,” he said. “We have to find someone for week two for two years (in football). So I’ll be working on that.”

One thing he wants to do is to get games scheduled with Lakeview, who has been with Central Montcalm

By Bruce Bentley

Daily News sports editor

Daily News/Cory Smith

A rider from last year’s Sno Motion flies through the air. This year’s event takes place on Friday and Saturday at Nelson’s Speed Shop in Greenville.

Nelson’s ‘Snocross’ event set for this weekend

By Chip Burch

Daily News sports writer

GREENVILLE — Last year, Nelson’s Speed Shop put on their annual Snomotion event despite a fire that had destroyed their main building.

That building has been rebuilt and will be one of the main focuses of the 28th annual Snomotion, which is Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Owner Jack Nelson has been busy getting ready for the event.

“Extremely excited,” he said. “We’ve got the new building that we’re into and we’re hoping the customers are going to come to the building.”

Nelson said this will be special because of being able to have a bigger one than last year’s somewhat muted event.

“It is extremely special and I think that’s why we’re excited,” Nelson said. “We did put one together after the fire, but it wasn’t as ready as this one’s going to be. I think we’re going to have a good crowd based on the calls we’ve been getting.”

The event will feature snowmobilers racing on a real snow track. Nelson described the process of getting the track together.

“We started back in December when we get snow in our parking lot and back field,” he said. “We start plowing the snow and haul it back from a hole in the ground. So we got lot of snow buried. We’ll start digging that out on Friday night and then we’ll set up the track.”

There will be a couple of new features this year, Nelson noted.

“We start out with the new store so a little different layout,” he said. “We’ve got an

online event that’s going on where we’re going to give away a snowmobile suit and helmet. We’re having the freestyle guys back where they do back flips with the snowmobile and ATV. And we’re adding a back flip with the monster truck.”

That’s right, a monster truck will attempt a back flip. That will happen both Friday and Saturday.

There will also be some features that have been staples of the Snomotion event.

“There’s always the demo rides with the ATVs, and we’ve got lawn mower tractor races that are coming in with an association, so it’s pretty serious racing,” Nelson said.

“We’ll have a bounce house from Yamaha that we’ll have for the little ones. The food vendors and the popcorn guys will be there.”

Customers can try to win the snowmobile suit and helmet right now. Texting “snomotion” (without the “W”) to 96362 will give the customer two responses. One is a simple thank you and the other is a coupon code that will be the customer’s entry into the contest. The codes will be drawn on Saturday at 5 p.m. and the winners will be sent a text message to let them know they won.

The first-place prize is the snowmobile suit, second prize is a helmet and third prize is winter gloves.

Admission to the event is free except for the snowcross races and snowmobile and ATV trick jumping demonstrations, which is $5 on Friday and $15 on Saturday for adults and free for children 12 and younger.

Anyone wanting more information should call Nelson’s Speed Shop at (616) 754-9185. cburch@staffordgroup.com (616) 548-8255

Belding football scrimmages

Tomorrow’s games Seattle at Green Bay, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Oakland, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s games New Orleans at Houston, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at San Francisco, 8 p.m.

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Greenville struggles in first golf tourney

Tonight’s games New England at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Carolina at Baltimore, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games Buffalo at Washington, 4:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Denver, 8 p.m.

Cincinnati at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 10 p.m.

in the CSAA since it was founded 25 years ago.

“I want to get to some of our former league games we used to have before we went to 10 teams,” he said.

“We want to get Lakeview even though we’re in the other division.

This will be our 26th year and we’ve been in it from the beginning.”

Lakeview and Central will be in separate divisions starting next school year when three more schools will join the CSAA. (See story in Friday’s Daily News.)

Kearney will also meet with coaches over the next few weeks.

“I’ll meet with each coach and sit down with my expectations for them and their expectations for me,” he said.

Daily News/Bruce Bentley

The Belding Redskins continued preparation for the upcoming season with a scrimmage at home on Wednesday against Forest Hills Eastern and Jenison. Three Belding running backs lineup in the backfield against Eastern. The Redskins will host Greenville Aug. 29 to open the season.

TRAVERSE CITY — The Greenville Yellow Jackets girls golf is young this season. Growing pains are expected.

The Yellow Jackets started the season Wednesday at the annual Traverse City Central Invitational.

Greenville played Spruce Run and finished day one of the two-day tournament in 13th out of 16 teams.

“We struggled and that was to be expected in our first event of the year,” Greenville coach Nancy Johnson said. “They are optimistic and have a good attitude. They went out to practice putting and their short game after today’s round.”

Karli Didion led the Yellow Jackets with 103.

Amanda Kerschen added a 109, Annie Hilt 110 and Taylor Hanson 113.

The Yellow Jackets finished tied with Big Rapids

“We struggled and that was to be expected in our first event of the year. They are optimistic and have a good attitude.”

Nancy Johnson Greenville coach with a team score of 113.

Grosse Ile is leading the tournament with 387 and Flint Powers Catholic was second with 397.

“The Wolverine is a good course to play, but Spruce Run is known to be the tougher course,” Johnson said. “I think our short game was the biggest struggle for us tonight.”

The Yellow Jackets will play The Wolverine today in Traverse City. Greenville will play at the Jenison Invitational Friday. bbentley@staffordgroup.com (616) 548-8290

Cairns rallies, wins his third Michigan PGA Special To The Daily News

ROCHESTER — Brian Cairns at age 49 has learned to finish golf tournaments in the proper fashion, as in a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole of the Katke course at Oakland Un ive r s i t y to take his first lead of Brian the tourna- Cairns ment.

“With the age and the experience there’s a certain peace,” he said after winning the 93rd Michigan PGA Professional Championship presented by Club Car, Mercedes-Benz and OMEGA Wednesday.

“This is good, just a good feeling. I birdied four of the last five holes, and that’s the way to finish.”

The closing 3-under-par 69 for 7-under-par 209 earned him the Gilbert A. Currie Trophy for the third time in his career (1996, 2000 and 2013), the $6,000 first-place check and sends him off to the PGA Professional National Championship once again.

The top nine finishers who were otherwise not exempt earned spots in the national championship for club and teaching professionals next may in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Cairns, a professional from Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center in Plymouth, rushed from six shots back, but his rally was late and for a while overshadowed by the rally defending champion Scott Hebert fashioned.

Hebert, who has won six of the last eight Michigan PGA Professional Championships, shot a 66 with nine birdies in the first 14 holes and had just 23 putts for his round.

He posted his 6-under-210 total and watched the final groups finish.

“I didn’t push it any more than I normally do, I just made more putts,” said Hebert, who is exempt for the national championship as the 2008 winner. “I had

just 23. I don’t think I’ve ever had just 23. Where I goofed up was on the last three holes. They are all possible birdies and not to make one in there, well, it’s just not good enough to win.”

Matt Pesta of Beacon Hill Golf Club Chesterfield, coleader starting the final round with Jack Seltzer, was at 8-under-par through 12 holes of play, but carded a pair of double-bogey 6 scores at Nos. 13 and 17 to shoot 73 for 211 and third place.

Brent Goulding, the head pro at Prestwick Village in Highland, was 9-under-par with six holes to play but made five bogeys on the way in for a 73 and 212. Gary Lewandowski of St. Ives Golf Club in Stanwood also finished at 212 with a closing 72.

Cairns, Pesta, Goulding and Lewandowski will be joined at the national championship by Frank McAuliffe of the Kendall Golf Academy at Miles of Golf in Ypsilanti, who shot 67 for 213, Ron Beurmann of the Country Club of Jackson, who shot 71 for 214, David Tokarsky of Saginaw Country Club, who shot 71 for 214, Christopher Johnson of Thousand Oaks Golf Club in Grand Rapids, who shot 71 for 216 and Tom Harding of the Kendall Golf Academy, who shot 74 for 216.

Cairns said he didn’t know the scoring situation until standing on No. 18 tee.

“We had been passing scoreboards and saw the lead at 9-under at one point,” he said. “Once I heard that I had a chance, I was jacked up. It was time to finish with a birdie.”

He said the final putt had one-cup of break and his older brother and caddie Kevin agreed.

“It was a perfect one cup,” Cairns said. “And it’s perfect to win this. This is the pinnacle of the (Michigan PGA) section. This is what I really want to win every year. To me this is bigger than the (Michigan) Open, bigger than everything else.”

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GREENVILLE, Garage Sale, August 23 & 24 (Fri-Sat) 9am-4pm. Tools, yard cart, riding mower, push mowers, guns, household, kitchen, linens, clothing, antique furniture, collectible coke items, Rokon motorcycle, lots of merchandise. Too much to list.

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SIX LAKES, Garage sale, August 22nd & 23rd, 9am-5pm. Star Farm annual sale, East of M91 and Almy Rd, or South on Ferris Rd and 46. 5843 W. Church Rd.

Estate Sales Antiques, jewlery, furniture, and More! Two very large estates that we spent last summer sorting and packing. We can only display one estate at first and then we will be adding items from the other estate as room allows.

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Clothing, books, microwave,sporting, SIX LAKES, Garage Sale, Aug 30- Sept hunting, fishing, holiday ect. You can 2nd, 10am to 4pm. Indoor Sale, Many not miss this one. 11625 19 Mile Rd. different items have been added. No Lincoln Lake North to 18 Mile West, to early Sales! The Potato Been Antique Meddler North to 19 Mile. Signs will Shop, 3572 W. Fleck Rd. Follow the be out. signs.

GRATTAN, Garage Sale, Friday, August 23rd 9:00-5:00 & Saturday, August 24th 9:00-3:00. HUGE GARAGE SALE Sponsored by Grattan Parks & Recreation Committee. Air conditioners, water skis, bench grinder, wheel barrow, motorcycle parts, marine battery & charger, furniture and much more. 11783 Old Belding Rd.

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Monday - Friday at 13375 Deaner Rd., Howard City, MI 49329 Elite Kenmore front loading washer and dryer, upright freezer, Dell desk The area’s most community focused top computer and desk, Grandfather financial institution continues its succlock, full, queen, & twin beds, cessful growth and now is the pertrundle bed, sofas, occasional tables, fect time to join our team! Michigan newer Singer sewing machine & cab- One seeks talented, committed people inet, pine rolltop desk, file cabinents, to become a Branch Manager at our utility tables, kitchenware, window air Carson City location. As an M1 Branch conditioner, 3 grills, toys, & games, Manager, you will lead your team large Christmas tree, TV's, Wizzard or- through a continuous process of gan, Spinet piano, 10' boat, electric learning, growth, and achievement. motor and trailer, gun safe, motor- Your primary responsibilities are: cycle clothing, and so much more. providing service to your M1 memCome and check out this sale!!! bers and staff through service, sales and leadership. Requirements for this Sale by Mari-Mar position include: proven record of 616-794-1072 sales and a keen ability to motivate others to provide exceptional member service. Essential training includes Auctions & Auctioneers bachelor’s degree in business adminisAuction every Friday night at 6:30pm tration, finance, or a related field and and special Antique Auction on at least two years of supervisory exSunday September 8th at 1:00pm, perience. To apply, visit M1ccu.org> P i c t u r e s c a n b e v i e w e d a t For Sale & News> Career OpportunitAuctionzip.com ID#31905. Always ac- ies, where you can upload your recepting consignments and buying es- sume and complete an application. tates. Items can be viewed also on Friday and Saturday 10am-6pm during Training managers. Set up/display asstore hours located at 420 N. Lafay- sistant managers. Must work well ette St. Greenville. Rick 616-302- with customers. $500 plus/week. Ap8963. ply now. Call (616) 712-6501.

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TRUCK DRIVERS NEEDED Stafford Media Solutions is seeking part-time drivers with a chauffeur’s license to drive our trucks. While the majority of our deliveries are in Michigan, there are times when you will go out of state. You will not be hired for a particular shift as we make deliveries at all times of the day and night; plus there are times you might have to go out on a Saturday or Sunday. Candidates must be team players; and we want people that understand how important it is to our customers to receive their products on time and in good condition. Since you will load and unload your truck, you must be able to lift at least 50 pounds.

Send resume to (or do part-time application at): Stafford Media Solutions Attn: H.R. Manager 109 N. Lafayette Street P.O. Box 340 Greenville, MI 48838 e-mail: rpate@staffordgroup.com E.O.E. M/F/V/H Work on Mackinac Island – Make lifelong friends. The Island House Hotel and Ryba’s Fudge Shops are looking for help in all areas through October: Front Desk, Bell Staff, Wait Staff, Sales Clerks, Kitchen, Baristas.

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Apartment For Rent

Bud's Auto Parts. Used cars and parts for sale. We buy junk cars. Gowen.

616-754-0111

2 bedroom, Greenville large lower, laundry facilities, extra storage, heat included, $625/mo, plus electric and deposit. No pets. 616-696-4518

For Sale Miscellaneous 2000 Montana 32 1/2 ft. Two slideouts, new refrigerator, new front jacks, new tires $12,500 o.b.o. & Woodmaster woodstove, outside boiler for sale $4,500 989-287-3056.

89 EZ GO gas golf cart, $1050.00, and midsize trenching machine, w/ trailer $950.00. Call 989-584-4585 Cat Napper Lift Chair for sale. Blue upholstery. Used for nine months, excellent condition. Price is $500. Call (989) 291-3750.

Maytag washer and dryer $225. Refrigerator, with ice maker, $125. Refirgerator side by side, $125. Chest freezer, 62x28 $75. All in good condition. 616-712-6242.

Household Goods Queen pillowtop mattress set Brand New 20inch thick, 10 year warranty. $248/set.

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Arbor Tree Service. Tree Trimming and removal, Stump Grinding. Licensed/In- Queen cedar bed with SERTA matsured. Fall clean up. Willing to bid tress set, head and foot boards, $195. your snowplow accounts, both residential and commercial. Call 866-557See Us on facebook!

5848 or 989-763-3830 Hammond Wholesale 320 W. Main, Gotch Ya Covered - Specializing in Carson City 989-584-1600 deck restoration, staining and power washing. Painting interior/exterior. 20 Sealy mattress sale. Full - King years experience and insured. Pic- Queen sizes Mattress, Box Spring and tures and verifiable references. 231- Frame $95 245-9324.

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Hammond Wholesale 320 W. Main, Carson City 989-584-1600 Lawncare and Landscape Design.

Pruning - Mulch - Plantings & Maintenance. Specializing in Water Features - Patios & Retaining Walls. References available. Call 517-202-9779.

Child Care

Twin bedroom set 6 pieces, excellent condition, $2000 + value for $650.00 Dining table, chairs, buffet 6 piece excellent condition $1,700 + value for $650 Greenville 616-754-5265

Appliances

Leaps & Bounds Daycare is accepting 2-piece appliance set Matching Refrichildren age 18 months and older. gerator & Stove Located on M66 in Sheridan. 989-291- Good condition. 1 year warranty, Re3092 conditioned! $199/set See Us on facebook!

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Cleaning Services House/Office Cleaning Experts Weekly – Bi-Weekly – Monthly

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Save Up To 80% Open Fridays and Saturdays 11 AM to 2 PM Or By Appointment

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Home Improvement Handyman Services Residential/Commercial Licensed – Insured- Experienced Cardinal Construction & Maintenance, LLC 989-831-0582/616-824-9663 Jefflowell54@gmail.com Jeff Lowell/Nathan Thompson Kitchen Cabinets. Solid wood face frames, door and drawer rail. Dovetail drawer with soft close glides.

5/8" plywood side, back, floor, and ceiling panels, with pocket screw construction. 3/4" thick adjustable shelves. No particle board, glue, or staples. 9 styles to choose from!

Most orders complete within 14 days. Maple Ridge Cabinets, 7379 Pakes Rd. Greenville

Business Service Black Bird Asphalt Sealcoating & Line Striping Residential & Commercial Licensed and Insured Jeff Lowell/owner 989-831-0582/616-824-9663 Jim Rewa Builder LLC. 616-754-8082 9620 W. Peck Rd. Greenville, MI New Construction, Remodeling, Additions.

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APT. FOR RENT, GREENVILLE: large 2 bedroom, Handicap accessible 1st floor apt, 1 bath, large garage, laundry area.

Clean, remodeled, water/trash included. Quiet apartment complex, 821Clay St. $600 month/Senior Discount. $500 Dep./Ref. Heethuis Holdings.LLC (616-443-8204 Brian) Belding 1 bedroom apartment, utilities included. $120 weekly, plus deposit. 616-754-8118.

Cambridge Court APARTMENTS is accepting applications On our beautiful 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments Nestled in a peaceful wooded area.

Barrier free waiting list available Rent is based on income Heat and water included!

Call: 616-754-0235 today!

This institution is an Equal Housing Opportunity provider and employer TDD: (800) 649-3777 Greenville 1 block to post office, utilities included, Washer hook up. No dogs. No smoking. 1 or 2 persons. $675/month. $450 deposit. 215 1/2 S. Barry St. 616-754-5265.

Greenville Homes and Apts for Rent All Furnished - Tour Online WWW.GVLRENT.COM No Pets 616754-7293.

Greenville one bedroom, includes range, refrigerator, window A/C, heat, cable and internet, washer, dryer hookup. $550/mo. No pets, No smoking. 616-754-0366.

GREENVILLE, 2nd floor downtown, $500/mo. for large 2-bedroom, plus $400 security deposit. $900 upon move in. You pay utilities. No pets.

Taking Applications. Apartment available after September 1st. 616-8351212.

Room for Rent Roommate wanted single person in Greenville 110 a week, all utilities included plus washer and dryer. Air conditioning and storage. No pets please.

616-894-0951.

Real Estate General Belding Wellington Estates Mobile Home Park. Own your own home in four years. $475-$575 per month, includes lot rent. 2 bedroom homes available. 616-794-0831

Recreational Property Hunting Land for lease. Montcalm County. 36 acres. Creek, food plot, forest, fields. September thru December. $900. Call 989-831-4515

Commercial Property Offices for Lease or Purchase in Belding: Five office suites that are 1,000, 1,500 or 2,600 square feet, with conference rooms and private bathrooms.

Ample gated basement storage is also available. Inquire at 616-794-0990.

Sporting Goods General 54" sport tube, like new, with 100' tow rope. Also clay bird thrower, and CB 2 way set, 10mile range. Call 616302-9280 Evenings

Business space for rent. Approximately 800 sq.ft. Excellent downtown Legals location on Lafayette St. Phone 616THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR AT754-6103.

Pontoon Rentals- rental, delivery, and pick up. $125 per day plus gas. A relaxing way to spend the day. Make a reservation. 989-981-6577 or 989-330 -1805

TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

MORTGAGE SALE--Default has been made in the conditions of a Mortgage made by JOSHUA LEE WALDRON AND TONYA WALDRON, husband and wife, Mortgagors, House For Rent to FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF AMERICA, Mortgagee, dated June 4, 2007, and recor3 and 2-bedroom duplexes. 6 miles ded June 11, 2007, in Liber 1364, Page 691, North of Greenville, on M91 3-bed- of Montcalm County Records, Michigan, on room $800/mo. $800 deposit, 2-bed- which mortgage there is claimed to be due room $700/month, $700 deposit. At- as of the date of this notice $50,770.78, intached garage, central air. 616-754- cluding interest at 12.95% per annum.

5663 crystal lake 4 bedroom house $500 per month, $500 deposit. Available September-May. No pets. Please call 810-730-0624

Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statutes of the State of Michigan, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public auction to the Crystal Lake: Lakefront 2 bedroom highest bidder, on Thursday, September 5, home for rent. September-May. 2013 at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, at the $500/mo. plus utilities. Deposit, refer- place of holding the circuit court within County, Michigan. Said premises ences, background check required, no Montcalm are situated in the Township of Richland, smoking. 517-526-2210.

Montcalm County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the North 660 Feet of the NEW UPSCALE DUPLEX: Near Dicker- SW 1/4 of Section 3, T12N, R5W, described son Lake. Two bedroom, LR, FR, base- as: Commencing at the SW corner thereof, ment, appliances, A/C. Natural gas. thence North 330 feet; thence East 330 No pets. No smoking. Low rates. 989- feet; thence South 330 feet; thence West 330 feet to the place of beginning. Subject 831-8644 or 586-243-7500. to an Easement over and across the South Sheridan 18,500-2 Bedroom rental 33 feet thereof, to be used for ingress and house with 2 car garage and 2 sheds egress purposes for access to the reon 1 acre. Rents for 400 per month. mainder of the North 660 feet of the SW Needs work. Call 616-302-8963. Cash 1/4 of Section 3, T12N, R5W; c/k/a 9029 Beckys Way, Vestaburg, MI 48891 Only.

Sheridan, in town three bedroom two bath. 2200 sq feet of living, large laundry room, large kitchen and 1 stall garage. $800 per month plus utilities. 616-548-2005.

Apartment For Rent 2 bedroom apartment in Greenville. $575 per month, includes heat. $500 Security deposit. Call 616-262-0800, weekdays or 616-835-5721, evenings and weekends.

U PICK BLUEBERRIES Pete Marhofer 3100's Hawley High- 2 bedroom duplex, 10 miles north of way, Belding. 7 miles North of Greenville. Stove, refrigerator, dishSaranac , off M21; 4 miles south of washer, trash removal included.

Belding, off M44. Daily 8am-7pm. Washer/ dryer hookup. $550 per Closed Sunday. Bring transfer contain- month, $550 deposit. Call 989-287ers. 616-794-0358 0274, 989-287-0273.

The redemption period shall be six months from the date of the sale, unless the premises are determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days. Please be advised that if the mortgaged property is sold at a foreclosure sale by advertisement, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 you will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale, or to the mortgage holder, for damaging the property during the redemption period.

Dated: August 8, 2013 LeVasseur Dyer & Associates, PC Attorneys for Mortgagee P.O. Box 721400 Berkley, MI 48072 (248) 586-1200 (08-08)(08-29)

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CIRCUIT COURT SALE BELOW WILL BE ADJOURNED FROM AUGUST 22, 2013 TO AUGUST 29, 2013 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU ARE A BORROWER ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTENTION PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the circuit court at the request of the Plaintiff. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest, as determined by the court.

Montcalm County Circuit Court Case No. 12 -K-16062-CH NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE JUDICIAL SALE IN PURSUANCE and by virtue of Judgment(s) and/or Order(s) of foreclosure in the Circuit Court for the County of Montcalm, State of Michigan, made and entered on the 15th day of April, 2013, in a certain cause therein pending, wherein Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2005FFH4, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-FFH4 was the Plaintiff and Cory Palmer and Danielle Palmer were the Defendants. The aforementioned Judgment(s) and/or Order(s) established a debt owing to Plaintiff in the amount of $221,180.11, plus post-judgment interest at an annual rate of 6.000% and other amounts recoverable pursuant to said Judgment(s) and/or Order(s).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in order to satisfy said Judgment(s) and/or Order(s), in whole or in part, the property described below shall be sold at public auction, by an authorized sheriff/deputy sheriff or county clerk/deputy county clerk, to the highest bidder, at the Circuit Court for the County of Montcalm, on the 8th of August, 2013 at 10:00 am, local time. On said day at said time, the following described property shall be sold: property located in the Charter Township of Eureka, County of Montcalm, State of Michigan, particularly described as Part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 6, Town 9 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 17 minutes 51 seconds West 1331.85 feet along the South line of said Section; thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 36 seconds East 1543.81 feet along the West line of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 22 minutes 33 seconds East 323.71 feet along the centerline of Harlow Road (66 feet wide) to the point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 22 minutes 33 seconds East 145.00 feet along said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 37 minutes 26 seconds West 500.29 feet; thence North 39 degrees 18 minutes 07 seconds West 225.93 feet; thence North 00 degrees 37 minutes 26 seconds East 327.03 feet to the point of beginning. SUBJECT to highway right of way for Harlow Road over the Northerly 33.0 feet thereof. Subject to easements, reservations, restrictions and rights of way of record, if any.. Tax Parcel ID: 008-006-02630. More commonly known as: 11215 Harlow Rd, REDEMPTION PERIOD IS SIX MONTHS. For more information please call 2 4 8 . 6 4 2 . 2 5 1 5 . T r o t t & T r o t t , P . C. Attorneys for Bank of America, N.A. 31440 Northwestern Hwy Ste 200 Farmington Hills, MI 48334-5422 T# 160305L04 (08-22)

STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF MONTCALM NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent's Estate

Estate of Katherine Helen DeVoogd Date of birth: 06/06/1924 TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Katherine Helen DeVoogd, died 06/17/2013.

Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Laurie Andriacchi-Neesen, personal representative, or to both the probate court at Montcalm County Probate Curt, 625 North State Rd., Stanton, MI 48888 and the personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.

Date: 08/15/2013 Laurie Andriacchi-Neesen Personal representative 9946 DeVoogd Dr. Lakeview, MI 48850 Duane A. Carr Attorney 125 W. Main St., PO Box 8 Stanton, MI 48888 (989)831-5208 8/22 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF MONTCALM PUBLICATION OF NOTICE In the matter of Jerald G. Crawford Sr. File No: 2013-31485DE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: The decedent, Jerald G. Crawford, who lived at 11923 Spencer Road, Sumner, Michigan, died on September 23, 2010.

Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Amelia Crawford, 11923 Spencer Road, Sumner, Michigan, named personal representative or to both the Montcalm County Probate Court, Courthouse, 625 North State Street, Stanton, Michigan, and the personal representative within 4 months of the date of publication of this notice.

Date 08/19/2013

WE Goggin Attorney PO Box 488 Alma, MI 48801 (989)463-3191 8/22

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aug. 22 Lakeview Free food A food truck from Feeding America will be in the Lakeview Free Methodist Church parking lot, 110 N. Edgar St. Free supplemental food will be available to any who have need from 4 p.m. until the food runs out. People picking up food should bring boxes or bags for carrying the food. The project is sponsored by the Lakeview Ministerial Association with Roger and Arlene Bachman providing financial support for this month’s food truck. aug. 22 cedar springs auditions Auditions for What is Susan’s Secret? a comedy by Susan and Michael Parker, will be held at the Cedar Springs United Methodist Church from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Needed are seven male and seven female actors and actresses ages 20 to 75.

Rehearsals are from 6:30 to 9 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17-19 at the historic Kent Theatre. Volunteers also needed to work backstage, build and paint the set, run the lights and sound. For more information, please contact Laura B. at (616) 901-1646 or go to www.cedarspringscommunityplayers.org. aug. 22 and 24 sheridan hunter safety class The Sheridan VFW Post 5065 will host a hunter safety class at 5 p.m. August 22 and 8:30 a.m. August 24. The class is intended for ages 10 and older. Refreshments will be served. For more information call (989) 681-8166. aug. 22-25 greenville texas hold em poker tournament The Sheridan VFW is hosting a four day Texas Hold Em Poker Tournament at the American Legion Post 101 with a cash table available at 6 p.m. and regular play beginning at 7 p.m. Players who bring canned goods for local food pantries will receive extra chips. aug. 24 greevnille fundraising car wash The Village Green singers will be running a car wash 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot of Dr. John O’Donald Dentistry which is located next to the American Legion. Funds raised will benefit the spring trip to Orlando. aug. 25 greenville Museum hours Oakfield Pioneer Heritage Museum will be open from 2 to 4 p.m. and features exhibits of Oakfield Township history and archives for genealogical research. The museum is located in the former meeting hall of the Ancient Order of Gleaners and is located oon Podunk Road, south of M-57. The museum will be open every second and fourth Sunday, through September. For more information, visit commoncorners. com/oakfield or call (616) 874-6271. aug. 25 edmore music by the pond Gravel Ridge Band will perform bluegrass at 6:30 p.m. at the gazebo next to Curtis Pond. In the event of inclement weather, performances are moved to the Curtis building.

aug. 26 crystal play, learn and read Montcalm Great Start is hosting a reading of “If you Give a Moose a Muffin” by Laura Numeroff at 6 p.m. at Crystal Lake Community Church. aug. 27 greenville secondary traumatic stress discussion Dr. James Henry, program director for WMU’s Children’s Trauma and Assessment Clinic will cover topics about understanding trauma and impact to neurodevelopment, recognizing brain changes and effect on behavior and how to build resiliency in children and families through intervention of schools and community agencies. The event is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Seiter Education Center, 1401 Van Deinse Ave.RSVP by email to Penny Dora at pdora@maisd.com. aug. 28 greenville entrepreneurship festival Ferris State University is hosting its first Entrepreneurship Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Hathaway Circle Business Park. It is an opportunity to network with successful entrepeneurs and young professionals and learn more about Ferris’ Entrepreneurship Program. Cost is $6 and includes pizza, ice cream, refreshments and an opportunity to win prizes. Register at www.ferris.edu/cps. aug. 28 ionia IONIA COUNTY COMMUNITY PICNIC The Ionia County Democrats are sponsoring a community picninc from 5 to 8 p.m. at Bertha Brock Park, two miles west of Ionia. Bring family, neighbors, a dish to pass and table service. Hot dogs, chips, and drinks provided. aug. 28 greenville herbs and flowers of early america The Greenville Garden Club will feature Advanced Master Gardener, Connie Hanson, owner of Grand Shire Herb Farm of Rockford. Hanson will present insight about plants and land use in colonial America at 7 p.m. at the Greenville Area Community Center. aug. 28 belding USBC Women’s Bowling Association meeting The Belding USBC Women’s Bowling Association meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Lanes. All women interested in bowling are encourged to attend this meeting. Openings are available on most leagues for the upcoming season.

The Wednesday Night Intermediate League will be holding a fall meeting immediately following the association meeting. Both women and men are encourged to attend this Mixed league meeting. Openings are available for both individuals and full teams. aug. 30 lakeview lakeview school alumni banquet reservation The Lakeview School Alumni will host a banquet 11 a.m. Sept. 8 at Lakeview High School.

Payment and name must be received no later than Aug. 31. Send reservations to June Miller, Treasurer, 237 4th St., Trufant, MI 49347. To receive a copy of the 2012 secretary report, send a self-addressed envelope to Colleen Stebbins, 7569 Gravel Ridge Road, Lakeview, MI 48850.

Questions may be addressed to Pat Hadrich at (616) 9842938. aug. 31 belding class of 1958 55th reunion The Belding Class of 1958 will celebrate its 55th reunion beginning with a social hour at 5 p.m. The reunion will take place at the residence of Mary and Hal Kreeger, 10988 S. Greenville Road (M-91).

Amelia Crawford Petitioner 11923 Spencer Road Sumner, MI 48889

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aug. 22 belding music at east riverside park Kinfolk will be performing from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in East Riverside Park. Free admission with popcorn and a door prize every night.

aug. 26 crystal block party monday The Crystal Community Library will host a Block Party from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday. Children between the ages of 4 to 11 can build a Lego structure to be displayed at the library for two weeks. Each child can take home a photograph of their creation.

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aug. 22 sheridan pickin at the pearl Terry Anderson and Old Country will perform at Pearl Lake Park 7 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, performances will be held at the Sheridan Community Center.

sept. 1 trufant quilt raffle The Maple Valley Quilters are raffling off a quilt for the benefit of the Trufant Fire Department. Tickets cost $1 each or 6 for $5 and can be purchased ar Christensen’s Farm Store or Maple Valley Market or any quilter. Winner need not be present at the drawing at the pavilion at the close of the Jubilee. sept. 2 belding labor day duck race The Belding Band Boosters are sponsoring the annual Belding Labor Day Duck Race. The race will begin at 2 p.m. at the Belding Boat Launch. sept. 2 belding ice cream social St. Joseph and St. Mary parishes will host a Labor Day ice cream social from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church on Bridge St. sept. 3 greenville euchre tournament A 10 week euchre tournament will begin at the Greenville Area Senior Center. There is no need for a partner to play. For more information, call Gert Schleben at (616) 754-7377. sept. 4 carson city carson-crystal high school reunion The annual reunion for Carson City-Crystal High School and St. Mary’s graduates and alumni will be at noon at the Haradine Park pavilion. Attend with own sack lunch and notify classmates and others. sept. 5 sidney one book one county book discussion “The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh will be discussed at noon, room D305 in the Beatrice E. Doser Building of the Sidney MCC campus.

Call (989) 328-1252 or visit www.montcalm.edu/onebook for more information. sept. 6 sheridan prostate screening Free Prostate Screening, 1 to 3 p.m. by Dr. Thomas Maatman, Urologist & Associates. This free screening includes a blood test and digital rectal exam. Men qualify for this screening if age 40 and older and have not had these tests done in the past year. Younger men may qualify if they have a positive family history or are African American. The necessary appointment can be made by calling SCH at (989) 2913261. sept. 7 sand lake TRI-COUNTY ALUMNI REUNION rsvp deadline The Tri-County HIgh School Alumni will host a reunion for Classes 1963 - 1975 Sept. 21, 6 pm. at the Sand Lake VFW. Please RSVP by Sept. 7 to: Gail Bergman Prentice, 3872 Wiersma, Cedar Springs, Mich., 49319. If questions, contact Gail at: gmprentice@gmail. com or by phone at: (616) 696-1960. Spread the word to classmates. We do not have addresses for everyone, but would not want to leave anyone out. Reply as soon as possible. sept. 7 sidney benefit yard sale MCC will host a “Let’s Make a Deal” yard sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the gymnasium in the Activities building on the Sidney campus. A variety of surplus office items as well as gently used personal items donated by employees will be sold.

All prices will be negotiated the day of the sale. Proceeds benefit MCC Foundation scholarships and other college activities. sept. 8 crystal 32nd annual reunion Crystal All School Reunion will begin with registration at 12:15 p.m. at the former Crystal Elementary School. Bring a dish to pass, place setting, pictures, memories, stories and family.

Coffee and lemonade will be provided. For more information, call Jke Stockton at (989) 268-5700 or (989) 6002330. sept. 9 howard city one book one county book discussion “The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh will be discussed at 1:30 p.m. at the Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library. Call (989) 3281252 or visit www.montcalm.edu/one-book for more information. sept. 9 sidney parent coalition meeting The Montcalm County Parent Coalition meeting will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Montcalm Area Career Center.

Cari O’Connor will be talking about what Great Start is and the opportunities available in the community. There will also be a short activity. Dinner and childcare is provided to those that RSVP to Brandy Minikey at bminikey@ maisd.com or (616) 225-6146. All Montcalm County families are welcome. sept. 10 vestaburg one book one county book discussion “The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh will be discussed at 10 a.m. at the Richland Township Library. Call (989) 328-1252 or visit www.montcalm.edu/one-book for more information. sept. 12 greenville “Foster the people” Hear a panel share personal stories and experiences of working with and in the foster care system at 7 p.m. This event will be held in room 129 of the MCC Stanley and Blanche Ash Technology and Learning Center. Admission is free and is sponsored by One Book One County Montcalm. sept. 14 stanton benefit 3d archery shoot The Central Michigan Sportsman Club is hosting a fundraising 3D archery shoot from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $13 per person and proceeds will benefit the construction trades program at the Montcalm Career Center. Trophies will be awarded in three separate classes. sept. 14 oakfield township civil war commemoration Oakfield Township Civil War Commemoration will be at 10 a.m. at Horton Cemetery, located on M-57 at the corner of Lappley Road. There will be readings of local veterans’ biographies and grave cleaning. The public is inivited and encouraged to park on Lappley Road for safety purpses. sept. 17 sidney constitution day A Constitution Day lunch and learn will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in rooms D303-305 in the Beatrice E. Doser Building on MCC’s Sidney campus. MCC Social Science instructor, Ken DeLong, presents a breakdown of the U.S. Constitution in layman’s tersm in honor of Constitution Day. Lunch is free for students with current MCC ID and $2 for all others. For more information contact kend@montcalm.edu greenville fighting falcon military museum The Fighting Falcon Musuem is open 2 to 4 p.m. every Sunday or by appointment. Call (616) 225-1940 for more information. greenville diapers and baby items Contact Alpha Family Center for assistance in receiving diapers and other baby items for free. Hours vary and appointments are recommended. Call (616) 225-2265 for more information. greenville free pregnancy tests The Alpha Family Center provides free pregnancy testing for those in need of assistance. Call (616) 225-2265 for more information.

aug. 31 belding used book sale Friends of the Alvah Belding Library will sponsor a used book sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the east parking lot. Donations of books for adults and young adults in fiction and nonfiction, paperback, hard covers and all children’s books are needed. Donations can be left at the circulation desk during regular business hours.

Montcalm County Old blankets needed Donations are being sought of clean old blankets, including electric blankets, as well as pillows, comforters, sleeping bags and towels. The items can even be frayed with holes. They will be used to make kennel pads for cat/dog rescue organizations. Contact Ralph Bain at (616) 7545253 or ralph_bain@hotmail.com.

aug. 31 greenville ore-ida employee potluck The Greenville Ore-Ida employee potluck will be noon at Hathaway Properties conference room, 820 S. Greenville West Drive. Bring a dish to pass and table service. For more information, call Connie (616) 232-2755.

edmore old fence rider museum open The Old Fence Rider Museum is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday through mid-December. Group appointments can be scheduled by calling (989) 427-1032 or (989) 5062634.

aug. 31 sheridan charlie’s wag-n-train opry The Train Opry is hosting a benefit for Jean Johnston, “The Pie Lady”. There will be a bake sale and auction at 1 p.m. with a chicken dinner at 5 p.m. Adults cost $6, children ages 5 and younger cost $3. Music following the meal. For more information, call Marie at (989) 261-4475.

greenville danish folkdance group Looking for persons interested in joining our Danish Folkdance group. Practices held at 6 p.m. every second and fourth Friday at the Danish Brotherhood Hall, corner of Franklin and Grove Streets. There is no charge for the class, just come and join in the fun and friendship. It’s great exercise too. Costumed demonstrations occur throughout the

year. Must be at least junior high age or older. For more info, call (616) 754-8027 Greenville Call for artists The Greenville Area Community Center is seeking local artists to display their artistic talents. Each month, the community center features a local artist as “Artist of the Month.” There is no cost. Individuals or groups who would like to be a featured artist should call the Greenville Area Community Center at (616) 754-9163.

Carson City Food pantry donations Contributions to the food pantry in Carson City are always welcome, both monetary and nonperishable food items. Current needs are spaghetti sauce, macaroni and cheese, canned meats, toilet paper. Monetary contributions may be mailed to Carson City Area Community Food Program, P.O. Box 166, Carson City, MI 48811. Those receiving food must be residents of the Carson City-Crystal area school district and may come once a month for food. lakeview A Course In Miracles This course takes place every Wednesday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Healing Center. Call Cindi for more information (616) 835-1625 Love Offering accepted.

Six Lakes GCOM baby pantry The Great Commission Outreach Ministries (GCOM) Baby Pantry is open from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday in the GCOM Building (old Six Lakes School), 107 Vesta St., Six Lakes. It is open to parents of children age 3 and younger, who live in Belvidere and Cato townships and the townships to the west up to U.S. 131. They can get diapers up to 3 years old, formula up to 1 year old and baby food free. Call Calene at (989) 330-0038 for more information.

Stanton Baby Pantry at Stanton The Baby Pantry located at Trinity Evangelical Free Church, 400 N. Lincoln St., Stanton, is open every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 to 6:30 p.m. It is for families with children under the age of 4 who need assistance with diapers, formula, baby food, clothing and baby equipment. No appointment is necessary. Identification and proof of birth is required. Expectant mothers may use the pantry once before the baby is born for layette items. Call (989) 831-4657 or 831-5728 for information. The Baby Pantry also accepts donations of gently used clothing in sizes 0-5T and other baby items in good repair.

Vestaburg East Montcalm Baby Pantry The East Montcalm Baby Pantry in Vestaburg is looking for families willing to donate their children’s no longer used toys, books, baby equipment, furniture and clothing in sizes newborn to 7 to the baby pantry to help other families in the area. Receipts are available for tax purposes. The baby pantry is housed at Ferris Church of Christ and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday. Call the church at (989) 268-5551 or East Montcalm Baby Pantry Coordinator Roxanne Russell at (989) 831-8817 for more information.

Sidney Labels needed Spartan brand UPC labels are needed by the Good Samaritans, a program run by a group of volunteers and supported by the Mid-Michigan District Health Department. The program is designed to help people of all ages who live in Montcalm County, on a one-time basis for the cost of doctor visits, prescriptions, medical supplies and other medical needs. The labels should be mailed to Mary Ann Brygal, secretary, Good Samaritans Fund, 3795 W. Sidney Road, Sidney 48885. Monetary donations appreciated.

Greenville donations needed GLC Hope Ministries (God’s Love Closet) needs contributions of furniture, pots and pans, dishes and linens for its household item pantry.

Nonperishable food is needed for the food pantry. The demand is beyond the organization’s current supply.

Monetary donations are appreciated. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Call (616) 754-7951 for more information. vestaburg richland township library centennial cookbook The Richland Townshhip Library is currently selling “Sharing the Best Past and Present” for $15. Cookbooks can be purchased at the library located at 8821 Third St. Montcalm County Lego donations Area residents are asked to donate any Legos they may have to their local libraries. Libraries are partnering with the Montcalm Area Intermediate School District to host Lego clubs in each school district in Montcalm County. The following libraries are accepting donations: Richland Township Library, Vestaburg; Tamarack District Library, Lakeview; Home Township Library, Edmore; White Pine District Library, Stanton; Carson City-Crystal Library; Spencer Township Branch of KDL; Flat River Community Library, Greenville; Timothy C. Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library, Howard City. greenville school supplies drive Donate backpacks and school supplies to help local students. Items can be dropped off at Huntington Bank on Lafayette Street in downtown Greenville through Aug. 23. The items will be delivered to local schools and distributed to students in need. greenville stuff the bus The Greenville Aerie and Auxiliary 4321 are sponsoring a Stuff the Bus campaign for Threshold Academy through Aug. 31. School supplies can be dropped off from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily and 1 to 8 p.m. on Sundays at the Greenville Eagles Club.

Preschool registration greenville early childhood special education preschool The Greenville Public Schools will offer the Early Childhood Special Education Programs for the 2013-2014 school year. The program is designed for children with early language deficits or delayed in learning. Students must qualify for the program through an individualized educational program prior to the start of the school year. For more information contact Deb Hansen at (616) 754-1996. belding oakwood christian preschool enrollments Oakwood Christian Preschool is accepting enrollments for the 2013-2014 school year. Oakwood offers a developmentally appropriate preschool program for children 3 to 5 years of age. “Zoo Phonics” are used in all classes. “Fours Plus” class is intended for mature 4 year olds and meets four times per week. A Young Fives class is available for children who are 5 on or before December 30 but are not ready for kindergarten. The school is located in the Oakwood Christian Reformed Church, 8750 Storey Road. For more information or to enroll call Barb DeKraker at (616) 794-1234. greenville preschool enrollments Mount Calvary Christian Preschool is enrolling for the 2013-2014 school year. Classes are available for children ages 3 to 5 years. For more information and registration packet, call Jenny Neumann at (616) 754-8046. stanton montcalm central cooperative nursery school enrollments The Montcalm Central Cooperative Nursery School is accepting enrollment for the 2013-2014 school year. To attend, children must be age 3 by Nov. 1, 2013, and must not turn 6 years before May 31, 2014. The Nursery School is located at the former Stanton Elementary building. For more information, call Amy at (989) 291-0018. aug. 25 greenville first congregational preschool open house First Congregational Preschool is hosting an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. for fall 2013 classes. A parent meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Aug. 29. For more information, call (616) 754-7608.

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ear Amy: I have a 22-year-old son who just graduated from an out-of-state university, which we paid for.

Now that he’s back home, he tells us that to maximize his major (psychology), he will “need” to pursue a master’s degree because he would like to be a clinical psychologist.

He now has a part-time job and is also paying rent/bills. He wants us to pay for his additional schooling.

He does not want to be in debt and take out loans because he believes we have some extra money to help out. What do you suggest?

— Mommy Big Bucks Dear Mommy: Your son sounds impressively self-directed (working, paying rent and expenses). He is correct that in order to pursue the goal of being a clinical psychologist he will require more schooling.

The next step for him will be the burden of successfully negotiating with you about what you will (or won’t) pay for. This is great practice for a future psychologist. He is solely responsible for fulfilling his own goals.

He should research and pursue financial aid through grants, scholarships or fellowships. If (after putting together his financial package) he still needs a financial bridge in order to fully fund his education, you might be willing to formally loan him this money (at low or no interest), to be repaid once he completes his education and secures a professional job in his field.

If you can’t do this — or simply don’t want to — he will have to decide whether he is willing to take on personal debt or pursue his higher degree in stages, as he can afford it.

Send questions via e-mail to askamy@tribune.com or by mail to Ask Amy, Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013: This year you are capable of creating what you want -- you just have to figure out what that is. You often juggle mixed feelings, and you might not be very sure of yourself. You have an unusually strong need to take care of others. Do not forget to put yourself at the top of the list. AQUARIUS can be provocative. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

ARIES (March 21-April 19) **** You might be more comfortable assuming a low profile right now. You will be able to gather more information while simultaneously doing some much-needed research. Pressure could build, so use a personal technique to control your anger. Tonight: Not to be found.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ***** You might be dealing with a personal issue.

As a result, you could have difficulty maintaining your focus until this situation is resolved. Others immediately will feel the difference when your creativity emerges and your energy changes. Tonight: Add some romance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) **** You’ll feel as though you are on top of your game, and you know full well what you want to communicate. You have a unique ability to draw others toward you. You will like the feedback you get from a close friend. Tonight: Get some extra zzz’s before the weekend.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) **** Be more creative in how you follow through on your priorities. Do not get caught up in a momentary disagreement or in others’ concerns. You know what works well for you. Realize that when given space, you could manifest what you most desire. Tonight: Use your energy well.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ***** Allow yourself to have some downtime. You will be much happier if you relax. A financial offer might be too good to be true. Be careful, and double-check the facts. Listen to your inner voice, and follow it -- it will keep you out of trouble. Tonight: Meet up with a partner.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) **** Energy levels increase as the day goes on. Do not feel as if you have to push hard to accomplish anything right now, as you will have the time and vitality later today or in the near future to complete what you must. Tonight: Go along with a partner’s suggestion.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) **** Plug away at work as if there were no tomorrow. You have many ideas, but don’t push yourself too hard; you will have time to get everything done. A boss or relative demands a lot. Let this person know that you know what you are doing. Tonight: Put your energy into a project.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) **** Your creativity will emerge, and you could feel more focused by late afternoon. A true friend will stand behind you. In fact, your bond will become stronger in the next few weeks. You might find yourself in a position where you are able to manifest your desires. Tonight: At home.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) *** Pressure builds in the next few weeks to take a stronger stand at work or to step up to the plate with a caretaking issue.

You will have the energy and the knowledge to make some important decisions that you have been putting off. Tonight: Start planning your weekend.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) **** You are willing to push yourself to extremes in order to accomplish what you want. Self-discipline is one of your assets, but also be sure to honor your limitations. You’ll want to have the physical energy afterward to enjoy the results! Tonight: Use caution with your funds.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) **** Get as much done as you can in the morning, when you are able to accomplish more. Also, others will be more receptive then. Deal on a one-on-one level with a close partner or associate. This person is easier to work with under the present circumstances. Tonight: A mini shopping trip.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) **** You could be overwhelmed by your choices right now. By evening, you will have a clearer sense of your priorities and a better sense of which direction you should head in. A loved one will do whatever he or she can to get your attention. Enjoy the escapades! Tonight: Be spontaneous.

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ear Amy: I am worried about verbal/emotional abuse to my grandson by his father. I have talked to my daughter about this, but the situation doesn’t seem to be improving.

I have also talked to the school counselor. She says she would have to reveal the source of this complaint/concern, and I am afraid I will not see my grandchildren again if it is revealed that I have complained.

I don’t think this abuse is intentional, but comes from ignorance of any other way to “control” the boy.

Where can I turn for help in this matter? — Anxious Grandmother Dear Anxious: You don’t say how old the boy is, or the nature of this mistreatment. Parents do have a right to make individual choices about how to parent their children, even if you don’t agree with their choices.

On the face of it, going to the school counselor will be interpreted as an overreach. However, if you feel strongly that professional intervention is necessary, then you should pursue it, regardless of the risk you perceive to your relationship.

Your daughter already knows you are concerned about how the child is being treated; you should assume that even if the counselor discloses you as the source of the complaint, it won’t surprise this couple in the slightest because they would already assume you are the source.

You should advocate not only for your grandchild, but for the parents, too. If you are able to influence them gently and effectively, everybody wins.

Your whole family should read,“It’s a Boy! Your Son’s Development from Birth to Age 18” by Michael Thompson and Teresa Barker (2009,Ballantine Books).

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ear Amy: The letter from “Reluctant Wig Wearer” really hit home.

I, too, had a therapist who was treating me for depression and who spent a lot of time talking to me about my hair. Additionally, my eye makeup was under review. We would sometimes review my whole grooming routine for half the session.

She also thought I dressed too casually because I wore Uggs. It reminded me of being in high school. Ironically, this was one of the reasons I was seeking therapy. — Happily Cured Dear Cured: I’ve received a high volume of mail on this topic. To a person, every respondent feels strongly that a therapist should not be offering subjective judgments about how a person chooses to dress.

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BELDING — Vicky L. (Jones) Franklin, 61, of Gowen, passed away peacefully on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at her home under the loving care of her family and Hospice.

Vicky was born on April 9, 1952, in Greenville, the daughter of Richard (Jan) Jones and Dorothy (Robert) Ranes of Belding.

Vicky loved to spend time with her grandkids, she loved bingo, Wheel of Fortune, Vicky watching TV, playing marbles Franklin and playing cards.

Vicky is loved and survived by her parents; daughters, Ronni Franklin and Erin Franklin; sons, Brian Franklin and Travis Jewell; sisters, Pamela Miller and friend, Mike Clanche, Carla (John) Scharaswak, Kathy (Robert) Ranes and Amy Jones; brothers, Rodney Jones and friend Shelle Heether and Jeff (Terri) Christensen; nine grandchildren, Jarred (Sasha) Tate, Ronnie, Kendra, Shaad, Daymian, Hailee and Owen and two greatgrandchildren, Dominic and Jailynn; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald Franklin in 1974 and a sister, Kimberly Jones in 2008.

Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Shiloh Community Church with Pastor Ken Harger officiating. The family will greet family and friends from 10 a.m. until the time of service at the church. A luncheon will follow at the church.

Memorials may be given to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Spectrum Health Hospice or to the wishes of the family. Envelopes will be available at the church or at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding where funeral care has been entrusted.

The family would like to thank a longtime family friend and angel, Kim David of Greenville, for leading our family in taking care of our loved one. We would also like to thank Spectrum Health Hospice for their compassionate and caring providers.

Messages of condolence may be given at www.jffh.com.

Dennis Norman Koenig Sr., 81

GREENVILLE — Dennis Norman Koenig Sr., 81, of Greenville (formerly of Novi) peacefully passed away at home on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. With family by his side, he went to be with the Lord.

He was born Nov. 8, 1931.

Dennis will be remembered by his family and friends, as having been a loving, caring and kind man. As his son Dennis Jr. said, “he had no enemies.” More than anything, Dennis loved his family. He looked forward to holidays and the impromptu visits by grandchildren and great-grandchildren to see their Gramp. He will be missed by all who knew him, but especially by Dennis and Dlorah Koenig (beloved son and daughterin-law), Denise, Steve, Alecia Moore (beloved daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter), Jenni Palmer (beloved granddaughter) and Gary Smith (family friend), Krisitlyn, Dan,

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Montana Wickes, Kelly and Jamie Hill Jr. (beloved granddaughter, grandson-in-law and great-grandchildren) and Michelle Evans and son Matt (loving caregivers).

Dennis was a veteran and proudly served his country in the Marine Air Corps.

There was a great reunion in Heaven as he joined Judith, his wife of 46 years, her parents, his parents, Dlorah’s mom and grandparents, seven brothers and sisters, one grandchild and many other family members and friends.

Per his wishes, there will be no funeral or formal service.

A special thanks from Dennis’ family goes out to Hurst Funeral Home of Greenville and Great Lakes Hospice and Home Care.

The emptiness in his family’s lives is only consoled by the love he had for them and by the magnitude of wonderful memories they have because of him forever in their hearts.

Messages of condolence may be sent via hurstfuneralhome.com.

Charles James Linahan, 92

GREENVILLE — Charles James Linahan, 92, of Greenville, formerly of Farmington Hills, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at Fountain View of Lowell on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.

He was born in Philadelphia on Aug. 21, 1920, the son of Charles J. and Barbara N. (Nickel) Linahan Sr. Charlie was a graduate of University of Detroit High and College and was a chemist in Detroit for many years, retiring from Mercury Paints. He served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, receiving a Bronze Battle Star and three overseas service bars.

He was a golfer and also enjoyed his volunteer work helping with Meals On Wheels and the Salvation Army. He was a founding member of St. Fabian Catholic Church in Farmington Hills where he served as an eucharistic minister and as an usher. In retirement to Greenville, he was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church.

He married June E. Gunther on Oct. 16, 1948, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Detroit and she survives him along with their children, Richard (Tracy) Linahan of Spring Hill, Fla., and Kathryn (Charles) Van Hoey of Greenville; grandchildren, Lance, Luke and Lea Linahan of Florida, Jason (Amanda) Van Hoey of Midland, Heather (Marc) Sutherland of Riverdale; greatgrandchildren, Camden, Kara, Cade, Adam, Sonja and Taylor; his siblings, Barbara Schmidt of Royal Oak, Rosemary Tikka of Littleton, Colo., Jack (Jeanette) Linahan of Manistee and several nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Catholic Church, Greenville, with Rev. Father Michael Cilibraise as celebrant. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the Mass at the church.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be given to the West Michigan Alzheimer Association and Fountain View of Lowell.

Messages of condolence may be sent via hurstfuneralhome.com.

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GREENVILLE — Over the last few months, the Flat River Community Library received numerous donations to its Memorial and Honor Book fund. The library acknowledges donors and recognizes those who have been remembered or honored with a gift to the collection.

Linda Wetherbee was remembered by numerous individuals and families. The library compiled all of the donations and established the Linda Wetherbee Memorial President’s Collection. The collection has a special section in the library, and is highlighted by a permanent plaque with a list of all of the donors. The collection includes biographies of United States presidents for all different reading levels – beginning reader, juvenile, teen, and adult.

Douglas Mick Allen was remembered by the Greenville High School Class of 1960.

The book “Dear Mr. Longfellow” by Sydelle Pearl was added to the collection in his memory.

The Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel remembered Clifford Bedore with the book “The Natural Order of Things” by Kevin P. Keating.

The book “The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf ” was donated by Sharon Cheney in memory of Christopher Cheney.

Carol MacMillan gave “The National Parks of America” and “World’s Best Travel Experiences” in memory of Marcia Corey, remembering her love of travel.

Jean Fordyce was remembered by Jack and Dorothy Wolf with the book “Diminished Fifth” by poet Jeffrey Bean.

Fawn Houghteling remembered Gail Houghteling and her love of cooking with the book “Paula Deen’s Cookbook for the Lunchbox Set”.

Ed Johnson’s interest in World War II, aviation and the Fighting Falcons was remembered by the Greenville Garden Club with the book “The Early Days of Aviation in Grand Rapids” by Gordon Beld.

The Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel gave “Horse in the Dark” and “Blue-Tail Fly” by Michigan poet Vievee Frances in memory of Eloise Johnson.

Kathern Keeney was remembered by her daughter Michelle Bryce with the books “The Stained Glass Garden” by George Shannon, Annie Griffiths’ photography collection “Simply Beautiful Photographs”, “First Nature Encyclopedia” from DK Publishing, and “The Berenstain Bears Big

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LAKEVIEW Aug. 25 Community Euchre, 7 p.m., VFW Post 3701. The public is welcome.

SHERIDAN Aug. 25 Public breakfast, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., VFW Post and Auxiliary 5065.

Book of Science and Nature” by Stan and Jan Berenstain.

Paul and Joyce Wynne remembered Kristy Jo Kern-Miller and her interest in flowers and gardening with the book “Designer Plant Combinations” by Scott Calhoun.

Ron Kilts’ interest in Lake Superior and in Great Lakes ships and shipwrecks led to John and Karen Bush donating “The Greatest Lake: Stories from Lake Superior’s North Shore” by Conor Mihell and “Edmund Fitzgerald: The Legendary Great Lakes Shipwreck” by Elle Andra-Warner.

Juliette Rose Lee was lovingly remembered by her family Ryan Lee, Amanda Leitch-Lee, and Holden Lee with Virginia Woolf ’s book “A Room of One’s Own”, and the film “Sunset Boulevard”.

The Greenville High School Class of 1960 donated “Kinetic Golf: Picture the Game Like Never Before” by Nick Bradley in memory of Allen Lincoln.

The Flat River Community Library added the book “The Detroit Lions” by Mark Stewart to its collection in memory of staff member Sally Holyfield’s brother, Michael Sjaarda.

Daniel Tay Tobey was remembered by the Greenville High School Class of 1960.

His love of spending time with his family led to the donation of “The Joy of Family Traditions” by Jennifer Trainer Thompson.

His career as a teacher and love for learning was also recognized and remembered

by Barbara Foster, Beverly Barth, and the Michael Merren family with the gift of “The World Encyclopedia of Archaeology: The World’s Most Significant Sights and Cultural Treasures” by Dr. Aedeen Cremin.

“Tales from the Detroit Tigers’ Dugout”

by Jack Ebling was added to the library’s collection thanks to the donation made by the Greenville High School Class of 1960, in memory of Karen Fuller Wey. Si Quaeris remembered Mary Ellen Wood’s interest in history with the gift of “Reading Early American Handwriting” by Kip Sperry.

The Flat River Community Library thanks individuals who have remembered loved ones and friends with Honor and Memorial Book Fund donations to the Library.

Memorial and Honor contributions may be made by visiting the Library. A link to the Memorial and Honor Fund Donation Form can be found at www. flatriverlibrary.org.

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