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NEWS BRIEFS Healthy Living Supper Club meets tonight The Hastings Healthy Living Supper Club kicks off 2013 with a presentation on how to fight hunger and maintain a healthful weight Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Hastings Seventh-day Adventist Church Fellowship Hall, 888 Terry Lane, Hastings, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The program will feature health professional Evelyn Kissinger, a lifestyle consultant, registered dietitian, international speaker, author and teacher.

Kissinger will discuss how to tame the “hungry gene” to reach and maintain a healthy weight.

The club has changed its meeting schedule to the second Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome to join the group for alwaysfree presentations, food, fellowship and simple solutions for making healthier lifestyle choices.

The Hastings Healthy Living Supper Club is an outreach partner of the Barry County B.Healthy Coalition. For more information email hhlsclub@gmail.com or call 269-948-3161.

Maiden Voyage performing Sunday Sunday, Jan. 13, at 6 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Hastings will host the second of a five concert series.

This week the local group Maiden Voyage will perform.

Members of the band are Angie Seeber, Colleen Acker and Melinda Smalley. Each brings her own vocal style to the group, as well as skills on various instruments, such as piano, guitar and percussion. Collectively, they create a blend of vocal harmonies.

They will present an hour-long concert of original and popular favorites.

The concert is free and open to the public. However, free-will donations will be accepted.

First Presbyterian Church is located on M-37 Highway, north of Hastings.

Free radon test kits available in January Residents of Barry or Eaton counties may stop by the health department office in Hastings or Charlotte to pick up a free in-home test kit during January. Test kits are limited to one kit per address.

Radon is a naturally occurring gas resulting from the radioactive decay of radium, which is found in small amounts in almost every kind of soil and rock. As a gas, radon moves upward through the soil and enters buildings through cracks and openings in the foundation floor or walls.

According to a Michigan survey, elevated levels of radon are expected in one out of eight homes. In some counties, up to 45 percent of homes may have radon levels above the EPA recommended limit. The only way to know if a home has elevated radon levels is to test it.

To learn more, call or visit the environmental health division of the BarryEaton District Health Department in Hastings at 330 W. Woodlawn Ave. (269-945-9516, ext. 5) between 8 a.m. and noon or 1 to 5 p.m. weekdays; or call the MDEQ Indoor Radon Program at 800-RADON GAS (800-723-6642).

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Hastings school district and teachers reach tentative agreement

by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Wednesday, Jan. 9, the day Hastings Area Schools and the Hastings Education Association were scheduled to attend a nonbinding fact-finding session before a state judge, the HEA announced it had a reached a tentative two-year contract agreement with the district.

Negotiations began in April 2012 as part of the re-opening of a two-year contract settled in 2011, which allowed re-opening for financial situations. Because the school system ended the previous school year with an audited deficit of $622,607, the district appealed to the HEA to re-open negotiations. However, talks became more heated in September after teachers rejected an “on-schedule” 6 percent salary reduction this fall that their negotiators had tentatively agreed on with the board. The on-schedule reduction, or permanent pay decrease as opposed to a limited-time reduction, became a sticking point, and negotiations entered mediation.

The tentative agreement is for two-year contract with a 6 percent off-schedule, or onetime, salary reduction for the 2012-13 school year with one furlough day; which means teachers will each give up the equivalent of one day’s pay over the remaining course of the year. Next year, teachers will take 6 percent salary reduction — 3 percent an onschedule, permanent reduction and 3 percent an off-schedule, one-time reduction.

“The teachers are going to continue to ask tough questions and expect answers to how their money is being spent. The community needs to do the same. Everyone needs to be held accountable for the financial future of Hastings Area Schools.”

Wendi McCausey, HEA president

“Over the course of two years, this offer will save the district over $1 million ($1,080, 859),” said HEA President Wendi McCausey of the compromise that was reached Dec. 20.

“Mediation on Dec. 18, did not go well. We felt like we made offers which included everything the board of education asked for and they still came back saying ‘no,’” she said. “The catalyst for getting this TA [tentative agreement[ was [Hastings Area Schools superintendent[ Todd Geerlings taking the lead and calling [HEA negotiator] Tracy George, anxious to make a deal.”

“The proposed contract is a compromise for both sides,” said Geerlings. “The teachers

have agreed to a salary reduction, which is very difficult for them, but the district has been in dire financial straights, and this will get us in the black; by the end of the year we should have just over $600,000 in the fund balance.”

“This [tentative agreement] allows them to completely eliminate their debt and have a fund balance,” said McCausey.

Before the tentative agreement was reached, the HEA filed an unfair labor practice lawsuit against the board. As part of the contract agreement, the HEA will withdraw the ULP. McCausey said the HEA is cautiously optimistic.

“The teachers have been saying since April 2012 that they have been willing to help. This [tentative agreement] demonstrates that willingness,” she said. “The teachers are giving the district money out of their own wallets and affirming their desire to help in this crisis.

We are saying, ‘Here is my wallet. I’m trusting you with the money in it now.’ This is a huge give on our part, being that there is so much distrust between us and the board.”

The district now bears the onus to maintain a positive fund balance, make fiscally responsible decisions and seek alternative funding sources, said McCausey.

“We are now trusting that these things will be done,” she said. “This is the perfect opportunity for the district to work on rebuilding this trust with the teachers and with the com-

munity.

“The teachers are going to continue to ask tough questions and expect answers to how their money is being spent. The community needs to do the same,” McCausey said.

“Everyone needs to be held accountable for the financial future of Hastings Area Schools.”

McCausey said everyone needs to be proactive if the district’s financial struggles are to be resolved.

“It will take hard work,” she said, “The worst thing would be for nothing to change and for the district to be right back here in two years. The teachers want to see Hastings Area Schools continue to grow and be a place where parents choose to send their children.

“Teachers have many great ideas about how to cut expenses and make better use of financial resources,” said McCausey. “They are in the classrooms every day and know what is needed, what works and what doesn’t.”

Geerlings said once the district has settled the contract, it will be time to start looking forward.

“It is our goal to start strategic planning in the spring, and we want teachers and community members to be involved in that process,” he said, “We hope there will be more harmony in the district as we work through the strategic planning to get the district moving in a more positive direction.”

County tables parks and rec changes to deal with fallout

by Doug VanderLaan Editor Meeting in its first official session Tuesday, the newly constituted Barry County Board of Commissioners made quick work of sidestepping a proverbial hand grenade.

The board tabled what’s quickly become a controversial proposal to amend the bylaws of its parks and recreation board, primarily in reaction to public comments made at last

week’s committee of the whole meeting by Hastings Charter Township Supervisor Jim Brown.

Brown likened the proposed allowance of non-county resident members of the parks and recreation board to make motions — but not to vote — on issues before the board to “letting somebody ... take a hand grenade, wrap it up, and throw it in the middle of a room.”

Parks and Recreation Board member Rick

Canadian tool and die maker looking to expand in Middleville

by Julie Makarewicz Staff Writer A Canada-based tool and die company called Accurate Machine and Tool Ltd. plans to build a new site in Middleville and hopes to be operational by late summer or early fall.

expands.

Bodi said he was drawn to West Michigan because one of his company’s largest customers is Bradford White.

“Our biggest customer is in Middleville.

We’ve been working with them [Bradford

See EXPANSION, pg. 8

Moore was on hand Tuesday to defuse the heated rhetoric and point out to commissioners the vital importance of working together on multi-jurisdictional projects that benefit the larger region.

“I apologize for not being here last week because of a family emergency,” said Moore during opening public comments, “but, if anyone has questions about the Paul Henry Trail, please see me before things blow up into unfortunate rumors.”

Moore used the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail, which passes through Barry County and into Eaton County, as an example of just the kind of multi-jurisdictional project that succeeds because of cooperation from individuals and government leaders in several counties.

It was precisely that cooperation from Eaton County residents who serve on the Barry County Parks and Recreation Board, though, that raised the concern of commissioners last month who questioned the possibility that outside county committee members could vote on revenue recommendation issues that might lead to increased taxes for Barry County residents.

At last week’s committee of the whole meeting when Parks and Rec Board Chair Michelle Skedgell presented the set of new amendments, which included the elimination of voting rights for non-county committee members, County Commissioner Ben Geiger asked why the amendments still allowed noncounty committee members to make a motion for a vote.

That’s what raised Brown’s ire and the allusion to hand grenades.

“Coffee shop mill conversation,” is how Moore termed the reaction in remarks made following Tuesday’s meeting.

“People wonder about the way we do things on the parks and rec board and all they have to do is ask me,” said Moore. “I’ve been trying to build this trail system since 1981 and it’s very important in a multi-jurisdictional system like ours to work with our neighbors.

It’s just a shame to have so much dissension.”

During his public comments Tuesday, Moore told commissioners of a recent proposal he had received to build a trail from Woodland to Lake Odessa that could possibly

See FALLOUT, pg. 8

“Our biggest customer is in Middleville. We’ve been working with them [Bradford White] for eight or 10 years, and we believe they are growing and will expand,” Pete Bodi, owner Accurate Machine and Tool Ltd.

The expansion is the first move out of Canada for the company.

Owner Peter Bodi said he hopes to have between five and 10 employees in the first year and maybe as many as 25 to 30 employees by the third year.

The Middleville Village Planning Commission Wednesday night approved a site plan for the company, at 987 Grand Rapids St. It as approximately 2.5 acres on the southeast corner of Crane Road and Grand Rapids Street, formerly the site of Dan Valley Excavating.

Two buildings currently occupy the site.

Plans are to demolish the westernmost building now and replace it with a 23,000-squarefoot metal and glass block building. A second phase of the project will demolish the second building with an addition built later.

Bodi said timing on the second phase in Middleville will depend on how business

Saxons beat Bronson to win Lamb The Hastings varsity wrestling team celebrates its championship Saturday at the 51st Annual LH Lamb Invitational at Hastings High School. The Saxons beat runner-up Bronson by seven points to take the title, 200 to 193. Mitchell Sarhatt, Kenny Cross, Jason Slaughter and Nate Pewoski won individual flight titles for the Saxons, and the Hastings team had five runner-up finishes on the day as well. See more inside. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

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BETTER BRIDGE IN BARRY COUNTY

by Gerald Stein NORTH N: J 7 2 M: 8 7 6 2 L: 9 4 K: A K J 5

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EAST

N: 9 4 M: 10 5 4 3 L: 2 K: Q 10 7 6 4 3

N: Q 5 3 M: J L: A K 10 8 7 6 5 3 K: 8 SOUTH: N: A K 10 8 6 M: A K Q 9 L: Q J K: 9 2

Dealer: West Vulnerable: Both Lead: Pick It

Hastings Speedway still holds stories It’s been nearly 50 years since race cars slid through Turn Four at the old Hastings Speedway, but the venerable race track’s secrets still survive in the memories of those who attended and on what’s left of the old quarter-miler just outside of town. Read Saturday’s Reminder to learn what three former race car drivers discovered when they returned to the scene this week.

Vermontville man air-lifted after colliding with semi A Vermontville man had to be extricated from his pickup truck and airlifted to a hospital after an accident in near I-94 in

Calhoun County Monday.

The 32-year-old Vermontville resident, who was not identified by press time,

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• Hastings Mutual Insurance Company recently appointed Kellie M. Haines to the Hastings Mutual Board of Directors. Haines is the president of Axios Inc. in Grand Rapids and has experience in financial management.

• Hastings Mutual, which serves six states in the Midwest, was again awarded an A-plus financial strength rating from A.M. Best Company in 2012. Although the rating was affirmed, A.M. Best revised the outlook from stable to negative based on the company’s geographic concentration and corresponding exposure to severe weather-related losses. In spite of less than favorable underwriting results and operating earnings due to storm losses, Hastings Mutual maintains a strong risk-adjusted capital position. The rating

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reportedly was heading north when he struck a semi-tractor that was pulling out of the TA Truck Stop on 11 Mile Road just off of the expressway Jan. 7 around 6:35 p.m.

According to a press release from the Emmett Township Department of Public Safety, officers arrived to find the pickup lodged under the southbound semi trailer.

Both the driver and his 28-year-old girlfriend from Battle Creek needed to be extricated from the vehicle with serious injuries. Four passengers in the back seat, including the girlfriend’s three children and her sister, had minor injuries. The driver was airlifted by AirCare, and the other passengers were transported to Kalamazoo for further medical treatment.

The semi driver and passenger were not injured.

The road was closed for several hours.

Alcohol and drugs may have been a factor in the crash; the investigation continues.

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Today’s column shows another example of the opposition using the pre-emptive bid to interfere with the North/South hands. After two passes, East is in a perfect position to preempt with eight diamonds headed by the AL and KL. This is the kind of bid that is a delight for the bidder with the weak hand and a nightmare for the bidder with the strong and powerful hand. With South looking at his hand and 19 high card points and one for length in the spade suit, certainly South knows he must do something. But what should South do? Bid? Pass? Double? These seem to be the three options open to the South player. What bid would you have made as the South player?

With both sides vulnerable, South does not need too much from his partner North to make a game in spades. That would be 620 points for their side if it makes. Conversely, South knows that East has eight diamonds for such a bold bid after two passes. That leaves only five cards remaining, with a strong possibility of singletons and doubletons. Setting East with one trick vulnerable would net only 200 points for the North/South team. Setting East with two tricks vulnerable would net 500 points for the North/South team. With a known eight diamonds, that is probably the maximum number of tricks North/South could take. The choice then is to take 500 points and a set, or go for the vulnerable game of 620. What would you do?

If you are a regular reader of this column, you know the answer already. Of course, go for the most points that you can get. Bid the 4N and go for the best possible score. If East elects to sacrifice and bids 5L, then double as your second option and hope that you can set the East player for down three and an 800 point bonus on your side of the ledger.

As it turns out, the hand was played at a number of tables at 4N while at an equal number of tables the 4L bid was doubled. With a lead of the 3M from the West player, the South player took the trick with the QM. South promptly drew two rounds of trump finding that the QN did not fall. That is one losing trick. The other two losing tricks appear to be the two diamond tricks that East had for her opening bid of 4L. South could have played East for the QN and finessed the Queen, making an overtrick, as the cards lie.

When the singleton club in the East hand is taken and East shows out of clubs by never leading them again, South immediately knows where the QK is and can successfully finesse the QK and claim all tricks remaining. South lost two diamond tricks and one spade trick. North/South successfully made a vulnerable game for the top board of 620 points.

For those tables that chose to defend and work to defeat the 4L contract doubled, their work was cut out for them. While East has eight certain tricks, and would be down two tricks if the defenders played their cards correctly for a score of 500 points for the North/South team, yet there is danger that South will play one too many spade tricks and set up the QN for East allowing the East player to take nine tricks and only be down one trick for a paltry score of 200.

North/South would have been given a bottom score for not having defended well.

South must be careful to take the AN, and then switch to the AM, the KM, putting East on lead. Then South must play carefully when East has to lead from her hand. In this way, East will lose one club, one heart, and three spade tricks, down two for a minus 500 points.

Still, East/West can be happy if they do go down minus 500 once they know that North/South can make a vulnerable game and 620 points. Isn’t bridge fun? ***** A bridge class called “Eight Conventions You Should Know” will begin on the four Monday mornings in February 2013. Start your New Year’s bridge resolutions today.

Organized through the Institute for Learning in Retirement program at the Kellogg Community College Battle Creek campus on Hill Brady Road, this class will provide bridge playing time, bridge instructions, a chance to make new friends, and a chance to improve your bridge game. Call the KCC office for details. ***** (Gerald Stein, an Accredited Bridge Teacher for the American Contract Bridge League, teaches bridge classes at local schools and bridge clubs. You can visit his bridge blog at: http://betterbridgeinbarrycountymichigan.blogspot.com)

Martin Luther King Day of Service slated The Barry County United Way and Volunteer Center is hosting a Martin Luther King Day of Service project for the second year, benefiting local residents in need.

The project has two parts. The first is a personal care products drive, a community-wide collection that will take place now through Jan. 21. Bins will be available for drop-off at Buckland Insurance offices in Hastings and Delton and Barry County United Way. Products that will be collected include hotel-size and full-size shampoo, conditioner, lotion, bars of soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and more.

The second part is the MLK Day of Service. From 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, the Barry County United Way and Volunteer Center will host volunteers at the Barry Community Enrichment Center, 231 S. Broadway, Hastings.

Volunteers of all ages are invited to help fill personal care bags with items that were collected and donated. Organizers hope to complete 200 care packs to be distributed at the Barry County Continuum of Care’s resource connection fair.

Anyone interested in volunteering may call the Barry County United Way office, 269-945-4010, or go online to www.bcunitedway.org to get more information on volunteering and local events in need of volunteers.

Golf course reverting back to farmland Earlier this week, smoke could be seen rising from the recently sold River Bend Golf Course on West State Road in Hastings. The recreational facility traded hands to new owner Larry Haywood. Haywood is converting the land back to a family farm.

Haywood has removed parts of the course irrigation and many trees in order to plow in the spring.

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Middleville council wants mountain Chicken fees set in Middleville bike trail marked before final decision

by Julie Makarewicz Staff writer Before Middleville Village Council members give final approval for a mountain bike trail in Wildwood Trails Park, they want to see exactly where the trail will be created and what, if any, trees would have to be removed.

During Tuesday’s meeting, council member Joyce Lutz asked Michael Gormley and members of the Michigan Mountain Bike Association to mark the trail and then guide council members together on a tour of the trail.

“I want them to tape the trail so we can all go out there and see exactly where it’s going to be. This map and picture doesn’t really tell us what will happen,” said Lutz.

She said she was concerned about tree removal.

“There are a lot of trees out there. If you have to cut some, once they’re cut, they’re gone,” she said. “I just don’t think we should allow a trail until we know exactly what’s going to be done. Otherwise I feel like we could get blind-sided.”

Wildwood Trails Park is located on Oak Meadow Drive off Town Center Drive in Rolling Oaks Estates, behind the Middle Villa Inn. The park is about 20 acres of wooded, rolling hills, although the western portion is an open natural grassy area.

Gormley brought the proposed mountain

bike trail to the council a few months ago and has been working with the Michigan Mountain Bike Association for expertise in the trail design and preparation.

Council member Phil VanNoord said he’s walked the area and doesn’t think there will be an issue with the bike trail.

“There is heavy brush – very heavy brush — and some of that will have to be removed,” he said.

Tim Curtis, a trail coordinator for Yankee Springs and a member of the MMBA, said the trail will have to be marked before it’s created anyway, so it’s not really a setback to go out and mark it now for the council members.

“We’ll mark the trail, check the grades and plan out the entire trail. Then if it’s okay, we’ll clear the brush,” Curtis told the council.

“The MMBA has a good reputation and has put in many trails.

“We want to build the trail to be sustainable. No one is going to taking out trees bigger than two inches in diameter. There will be a lot of brush removed, but the plan is to create the trail using the existing landscape and going around the existing trees,” he said.

Curtis cautioned that areas will be hard for the council members to walk through because of the heavy underbrush, but said he and others can definitely go out and flag the trail to give a better idea of how it will lay within the

center of the park and not interfere with the walking paths already created.

The trail is proposed to be about 1.75 miles and will be a one-way trail just wide enough for one bike at a time in most areas. The only place where the trail will intersect with the walking path is at the beginning of both trails at the park entrance.

Council members earlier voiced concern about safety for walkers if the trails intersected. An earlier proposal showed several areas where the bike trail would cross the pedestrian trail. That has been revised to eliminate the concerns.

Lutz recommended tabling action on the mountain bike trail and then pushed for a vote before any discussion. She said according to Robert’s Rules of Orders, her motion should have simply been voted on without discussion.

Council was told, however, that they have not officially adopted Robert’s Rules of Order, so it would be up to council President Charlie Pullen to determine how to proceed.

Pullen said he would allow discussion and then allowed the vote.

Mike Lytle, Ed Schellinger, and Phil VanNoord voted against tabling the issue while Sue Reyff, Lutz, Shannon Endsley and Pullen voted in favor of tabling until the council can walk the marked site.

Hastings Planning Commission discusses formation of joint planning commission

by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Monday evening the Hastings Planning Commission discussed the formation of a joint planning commission for the urban services district, which currently includes the hotel site in Rutland Charter Township on M43/M-37 and the parcel to the east of the site and west of the city limits.

The urban services and economic development agreement recently signed by Rutland and the city requires the establishment of a JPC, which would have jurisdiction over property in the urban services district. The JPC would include representatives from Rutland Charter Township and the City of Hastings and possibly from other governmental units involved in the Joint Planning Association, which includes representatives from the city, county, and Rutland and Hastings Charter townships.

Hastings City Manager Jeff Mansfield said the urban services agreement has been placed in escrow until the hotel is hooked up to the city’s sewer and water system.

“The sewer main is actually complete. It was completed about a month ago,” Mansfield told the planning commission Monday. “The water main will probably be constructed later this spring, and we’ll probably connect the water main, sometime in May or June, to the hotel. They are still hoping, I think, to have the hotel open in July.

“When the hotel connects to the utilities, that’s when the conditional transfer of the hotel site [to the City of Hastings] will occur,” he said. “When that happens, we’ve agreed with Rutland township that we will implement, we will continue to use their zoning regulations for that site.”

Mansfield said that only areas that are conditionally transferred to the city would come under the city’s zoning jurisdiction. Currently, that is limited to the hotel site, although the other parcel would be included when it is hooked up to utilities or at the end of three years, when it also would be conditionally transferred to the city.

“On top of that, the urban services agreement requires that a joint planning commission be formed and that that joint planning commission have planning authority for the area that is conditionally transferred. So, again, it is only the hotel site,” he said, adding that the city is required to create a zoning map for the area in question as soon as reasonably possible.

“That could take several months,” he said.

“It would be better if it could happen simultaneously. We could be preparing the ordinance and have it waiting for that conditional transfer to occur and then implement that ordinance.”

Mansfield said the zoning in the area could be very similar to what is in the city’s B-2 zoning district but may include some compo-

nent of Rutland township’s zoning.

“So, we have to have this entire discussion about what we want to have that zoning regulation, that zoning district, look like,” he said.

“This is all very good stuff because we are also talking about having compatible zoning ordinances along the entire West State Street corridor. It gives us the opportunity to look at where we have differences between the jurisdictions, and smooth those differences out.”

The City of Hastings and Rutland township board will schedule a joint informational meeting in the near future to review and discuss the JPC and its jurisdiction.

In other business, the commission: • Unanimously approved a motion giving its annual approval of the Hastings Comprehensive Community Plan established in 2007 and recommendation that the Hastings City Council do the same.

• Heard and discussed a proposed amendments to the B-2 zoning district, [the business district west of downtown on M-43/M-37], and building design standards for new construction in the same area. Hastings City Planner, Tim Johnson, prepared the proposals discussed and will update them, based on commissioner comments, for further consideration and discussion the February planning commission meeting.

• Discussed zoning additional areas in the JPA for industrial and light industrial development.

by Julie Makarewicz Staff Writer Finally, chickens can come home to roost in Middleville.

After nearly a year of discussion and public hearings, the village council ended the debate Tuesday night by setting fees for permits for people wanting to raise chickens.

Permit fees will be $35 for the initial permit and $15 for an annual renewal.

The fees were initially suggested at $50 for the initial permit, but some council members said that was too high.

Zoning Administrator Catherine Getty said she reviewed her recommendation and said probably a $35 fee would cover most of her time to inspect sites and make sure all provisions are being met.

The council opted to allow chickens with several restrictions, including the size and distance of the shelter for the chickens, setbacks from rear and side yards and other regulations. The permit allows only up to four hens per property and no roosters will be allowed.

Council member Shannon Endsley said she doesn’t think it’s fair to make chicken owners pay a permit fee at all.

“Why are we singling them out? We don’t charge for people who have dogs they keep outside. I think it’s very unfair for the people who have chickens. When are we going to start charging for dogs?” she asked.

The village currently does not have any ordinance regulations for dog permits.

Endsley said she doesn’t think anyone should have to pay a fee for pets.

“I shouldn’t have to pay to have a pet on my own property,” she said.

Endsley, Mike Lytle and Ed Schellinger all voted against the proposed fees. Lytle and Schellinger voted against allowing chickens in the village at all.

Schellinger said he hopes the zoning administrator and the village staff keep a close eye on people who have chickens and make sure they remain in compliance even after they’ve received their initial permit.

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Fiscal cliff bill turns out to be no deal at all

Northern layer Just enough snow fell by Thursday, Jan. 3, to highlight the contours of a field along North Charlton Park Road in Hastings Charter Township. Falling snow that morning added a veil over the landscape.

We’re dedicating this space to a photograph taken by readers or our staff members that represents Barry County. If you have a photo to share, please send it to Newsroom Hastings Banner, 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058; or email news@j-adgraphics.com.

Please include information such as where and when the photo was taken, who took the photo, and other relevant or anecdotal information.

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Do you recognize these folks or know why this photo was taken? It may have been a local band competition. The two men seated appear to be Art Steward (left) and Herb Moyer, music teachers at Hastings High School. The young lady has a ribbon that says “Official,” and the man standing is wearing a jacket with an emblem bearing the words “Nashville, W.K. Kellogg, Band.” He is holding a paper that says “Adjudicator’s Comments.” While many of the photographs that have appeared in this section were taken by Barth Studios in the 1950s, this was taken by Whites Photo Service, Leach Lake, Route 3, Hastings, likely making it from the 1960s. What more can you tell us about this photo?

The Banner archives have numerous photographs from the middle of the past century that have no date, names or other information. We’re hoping readers can help us identify the people in the photos and provide a little more information about the event to reunite the photos with their original clippings or identify photos that may never have been used. If you’re able to help tell this photograph’s story, we want to hear from you. Mail information to Attn: Newsroom Hastings Banner, 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings,

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Fred Wurm of Hastings recognized Robert and Ruth Klevorn, owners of KB Supply in downtown Hastings (about where King’s Appliances is today), in last week’s photo. He did not know the woman on the left. The Klevorns co-owned the business with “Woody” and Marie Bachelder, Wurm said, and suggested the photo was taken in 1954 or earlier.

Joyce Levengood said she thought the man pictured among several open ladders in the Dec. 27 Banner might be her late husband, Clark Levengood, who served as a business manager for Hastings Area Schools in the early 1960s. She said the photo may have been taken when the district was remodeling one of its buildings.

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For this week: If you’re a working American, your paycheck dropped last week by 2 percent, thanks to the fiscal cliff legislation. Do you feel satisfied doing your part to build a sound economy? q q

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Last week, Congress debated late into the night trying to avert another series of hurdles in the race to avoid the “fiscal cliff.”

Legislation was necessary due to the agreement Congressional leaders made over 17 months ago with the president when they were at odds over raising the debt ceiling.

The deal was supposed to force the administration and Congress to find common ground on program cuts that were supposed to go into effect Jan. 1.

The compromise bill passed last week only put off for another day the real work that must be done. Not only did the legislation avert the underlying issues plaguing our country, it was filled with ‘pork’ for special interest groups. Even after President Obama ridiculed Republicans for their position on spending, he supported a bill that, not only raised payroll taxes immediately for every working American, it was also filled with tax benefits for the wealthiest of Americans.

Hidden in the legislation that supposedly kept us from going over the fiscal cliff by raising taxes on all working Americans and on individuals making more than $400,000 a year was a list of these “rider” provisions reported in a major daily newspaper: • Section 312: Extends the “seven-year recovery period for motorsports entertainment complex property.” This loophole extends a tax break for any developer, professional sports franchise or investment firm that builds an arena or major sporting facility. Cost to taxpayers: Between $43 and $46 million over the next two years.

• Section 306: Provides tax credits to corporations that own and operate railroads, such as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett owns so many railroads, he and his fund had to sell 9.6 million shares of Union Pacific railroad and 1.9 million shares of Norfolk Southern railroad, in order to purchase Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad without being declared an illegal monopoly. Cost to taxpayers: $165 to $331 million.

• Section 317: Extends special expensing rules for certain “film and television productions” — in other words, Hollywood studios.

Cost to taxpayers: Between $75 and $266 million annually.

• Section 307 and Section 316: Pays mining corporations to buy safety equipment and offer safety training for its workers. Cost to taxpayers: Yet to be determined.

• Section 328: What would a “bipartisan bill” be without a section giving money to Goldman Sachs? This section extends “taxexempt financing for the New York Liberty Zone.” After the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City 12 years ago, Congress approved funding to help companies located in the destroyed twin towers and other affected buildings relocate to new offices. More than a decade later, taxpayers are still funding the corporate high-rises and penthouses of financial giants like Bank of America.

Goldman Sachs alone has reportedly received over $1.6 billion just from this one program. Cost to taxpayers: Yet to be determined.

• Section 322: Extends the “Active Financing Exception to Subpart F.” Even the bill itself describes this loophole as a “strangely worded provision.” It provides tax breaks and loopholes for the richest corporations in the world. Designed to eliminate the taxes that banks and other mega-corporations pay on profits from loans they make from their massive wealth reserves, critics have long complained that this corporate welfare program is one of the many federal government subsidies that pays American companies like General Electric, Caterpillar and JP Morgan to move American jobs overseas.

Those are three of the biggest lobbyists for the extension of this tax break. Cost to taxpayers: $9 billion.

• Section 323: Extends “look-through treatment of payments between related CFCs [controlled foreign corporations] under foreign personal holding company income rules.” Called a “gibberish-sounding provision” in the bill, it is championed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In reality, this is a loophole that allows U.S. corporations to earn profits on foreign investments and foreign subsidiaries without paying taxes on them. This is another corporate welfare program that critics argue is paying U.S. companies to send American jobs overseas.

Cost to taxpayers: $750 million annually.

• Tax break for depreciation and for research and development: No section number is provided for this loophole, but this part reportedly extends a well liked, but expensive tax credit. These tax credits reimburse corporations for their research and development costs, as well as depreciation costs on certain items. Cost to taxpayers: $4 billion annually for research and development; $55 billion annually for depreciation credits.

The last Democratic president, Bill Clinton, faced a similar problem early in his administration, but he chose to listen to the experts around him and went in a different direction than the current president.

When Clinton stepped to the podium after receiving the oath of office in 1992, he told the nation that we must invest in our people

and in jobs for the future while, at the same time, cutting our massive debt.

“It will not be easy, it will require sacrifice,” said Clinton, “but it can be done and done fairly.”

Experts at that time told Clinton that, if he expected to get anything done during his presidency, he must deal with the deficit first or nothing else would matter.

Since coming to office, President Obama has talked about the deficit and continues to hammer Republican leaders over a plan to deal with it, yet the real work is put off for another day.

As another year came to an end last week, Congressional leaders and the president argued over the fiscal cliff and a road map to deal with increased taxes and meaningful deficit reduction. Yet, they signed a bill that adds more debt and sets the stage for even more confrontation in the coming months.

In the wee hours of the new year, Congress passed the so-called fiscal cliff legislation of over 150 pages — with the payoffs described above — that was intended to set the stage for deficit reduction.

An illustration Sunday morning on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program demonstrated that the feds plan to collect approximately $2.4 trillion in revenues to be used against $3.8 trillion in spending. That leaves us with a deficit of approximately $1.4 trillion.

In simpler terms, think of it as if you had an income of $24,000 but spent an average of $38,000 per year, putting the rest, $14,000, on your credit card.

It doesn’t take an accountant to realize that you wouldn’t be able to continue to do this very long before your house of cards would come tumbling down. Yet, Congress continues to spend without a valid plan to get our financial house in order.

When Clinton named Robert E. Rubin to be his treasury secretary, Rubin told the president that, “if the country doesn’t get its arms around this economic problem, it will enter a steady, long-term, maybe permanent, decline.”

Rubin was a multimillionaire investment banking executive who realized the need for deficit reduction.

In one of my columns last year, I included comments made by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan during a meeting he had with Clinton before Clinton took office.

“The federal deficit is so high and unstable,” said Greenspan, “that the traditional argument with deficit spending and increasing jobs does not hold.”

Greenspan counseled the new president that addressing the long-term deficit was essential and that, as a practical matter, it was impossible to jump-start the economy with a short-term stimulus package as Clinton had suggested during his presidential campaign.

“Deficits are such a threat to America’s future,” said Greenspan, “that higher taxes in the name of deficit reduction just might be worth it.”

In the months following, Clinton realized that he had to build bipartisan support for deficit reduction or economic growth wouldn’t be possible. Now here we are, more than 20 years later, again debating the importance of getting our deficits under control. It’s been suggested that by the time Obama leaves office our national debt could be in excess of $21 trillion.

When Clinton left office, he was able to announce that the country’s economy was not only strong but that, for the first time in decades, the nation had not only a balanced budget but a projected surplus, as well.

To do it, Clinton was forced to work with a Congress that, for the first time since the 1950s, was in the hands of the Republicans in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Clinton worked with Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” calling for congressional reforms to improve fiscal reasonability, pass anti-crime legislation, implement welfare reform and strengthen our country’s national security.

In contrast, last week, Congress and the president agreed on a bill that does nothing to solve our fiscal crisis and puts off implementing any spending cuts to deal with the root problem for two months. So, not only will Congress and the president have to deal with spending cuts, getting a deal to raise the debt ceiling will be added to the debate.

If American taxpayers expect any meaningful legislation to get done in the future, we must call for a national referendum against pork barrel spending by requiring all legislation to be free of add-ons that have nothing to do with the intent of the original legislation. This might be the formula we need to clean up the mess we’ve got ourselves into.

If we expect to solve this crisis, it’s time that the president takes the lead, as Clinton did in his second term when Republicans controlled both houses, to find a way to work together to solve America’s problems before it’s too late.

Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics

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IURP RXU UHDGHUV Protecting ‘the most beautiful place in America’ continues To the editor: In the waning days of the 112th Congress, the Senate approved a bill I’ve been fighting to pass to protect more than 35,000 acres of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

The bill was introduced almost two years ago and made its way through a committee hearing and then a committee vote, and finally was considered by the full Senate. The House of Representatives failed to take up the bill, but Senate passage makes me optimistic we can push this important legislation across the finish line in the incoming Congress.

Senate passage was the result of years of effort by concerned citizens and community groups, local officials, the business community and the National Park Service. I’ve introduced the bill along with Sen. Debbie Stabenow in the past two Congresses to establish a wilderness area that better protects precious natural habitat while improving access to areas with recreation opportunities or historic resources.

If you haven’t visited this Michigan jewel, it’s a must-see. Stretching for 35 miles along the northern Lower Peninsula’s Lake Michigan shore, the park features towering ancient sand dunes that are the products of wind, wave and ice action over thousands of years, and are truly one of nature’s great masterworks. Just last year, ABC’s “Good Morning America” named Sleeping Bear Dunes the most beautiful place in America.

The lakeshore park, which encompasses more than 70,000 acres, also protects and interprets an extraordinary history of Native Americans, early pioneers, farmsteads and maritime activities.

Unfortunately, because a requirement included in a 1982 law directs the National Park Service to manage significant portions of the park as wilderness, the public cannot access some roadways and historic areas.

These areas include county roads and other areas the local community did not believe should be managed as wilderness.

Over a period of many years, the commu-

nity and the National Park Service worked to revise the park’s management plan, including a new wilderness proposal, to preserve both precious habitat and public access. Our legislation excludes these features from the wilderness designation to ensure that access, recreation and historic preservation are balanced at the lakeshore, reflecting community input.

The wilderness designation in our bill redefines the areas that should be managed as wilderness to reflect a balanced approach to conservation, recreation and historic preservation, which are all important goals of this lakeshore. The wilderness areas are undeveloped and possess significant and valuable natural characteristics.

In contrast, developed county roads and state highways, boat launches and many historical structures have all been excluded from the wilderness designation to maintain access and recreational opportunities and ensure preservation and interpretation of historical resources. Hunting, fishing, trail use and camping at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore would continue. Motor boats would still be allowed offshore of the dunes and allowed to beach in areas adjacent to the wilderness area.

The Senate passed the bill in late December.

Rep. Bill Huizenga introduced companion legislation in the House that had the bipartisan support of the Michigan delegation, and we were hopeful the House would act before the end of the 112th Congress Jan. 3 and send the bill to President Obama. Unfortunately, the House failed to take it up, which means that the bill expires. We plan to reintroduce the bill in the 113th Congress, and Senate passage makes me optimistic that we can pass this important legislation in both chambers to ensure that the woods, waters and beaches of Sleeping Bear Dunes will remain unspoiled for countless generations to enjoy.

Carl Levin, Senior U.S. senator from Michigan

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Know Your Legislators: Michigan Legislature Governor Rick Snyder, Republican, P.O. Box 30013, Lansing, Mich. 48909. Phone (517) 373-3400.

State Senator Rick Jones, Republican, 24th District (Allegan, Barry and Eaton counties). Michigan State Senate, State Capitol, Farnum Building Room 915, 125 West Allegan Street, Lansing, MI 48909-7536. Send mail to P. O. Box 30036, Lansing, MI, 48909. Phone: (517) 373-3447. E-mail: senrjones@senate.michigan.gov State Representative Mike Callton, Republican, 87th District (All of Barry County), Michigan House of Representatives, N-1191 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 48933. Phone (517) 373-0842. e-mail: mikecallton@house.mi.gov U.S. Congress Justin Amash, Republican, 3rd District (All of Barry County), 1714 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515-2203, phone (202) 225-3831, fax (202) 2255144. District office: Room 166, Federal Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. 49503, phone (616) 451-8383.

Home builders group forecasts increased home construction in 2013

Seven Michigan sites added to National Register of Historic Places

The Home Builders Association of Michigan is forecasting that single-family home construction in 2013 will increase by 39 percent over 2012 levels. HBA Michigan attributes the positive forecast to a stronger Michigan economy and state legislation aimed at stimulating the housing industry.

“With record low new-home production for the past several years, pent-up demand is finally beginning to burst through in the marketplace,” said Robert Filka, CEO of HBA Michigan. “When combined with positive tax and regulatory changes that will encourage more investment, our outlook is more optimistic than it’s been in nearly a decade.”

The number of single-family home permits recorded year-to-date in Michigan was up 36 percent through the end of October 2012.

Those are the latest numbers available from the U.S. Census Bureau. Current projections are for some 10,000 single-family home permits to be issued in Michigan for all of 2012.

Looking ahead at single-family home permits in 2013 – and assuming a reasonable solution to the looming US “fiscal cliff” negotiations – Michigan HBA forecasts 13,928 permits to be issued in the coming year. In addition to stronger economic factors, Filka said the housing industry will benefit by a new law that reduces the tax on new inventory homes constructed by homebuilders.

The Home Builders Association of Michigan is a professional trade association comprised of 27 local homebuilder associations around the state and their builder, subcontractor and supplier members.

The State Historic Preservation Office, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, announced Jan. 3 the Williamston Downtown Historic District and the Hanover High School Complex among Seven properties and historic districts in Michigan have recently added to the National Register of Historic Places, the nation’s list of historic and archaeological sites worthy of preservation.

The most recent listings include: • Center Avenue Neighborhood Historic District, Bay City.

• Upper Twin Falls Bridge over the Menominee River, in Breitung Township, Dickinson County, and the Town of Florence, Florence County, Wisc.

HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY SCHEDULE Thursday, Jan. 10 — January Series presents Peter Diamandis, “Abundance: The Future Is Better than You Think,” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; Movie Memories enjoys “Kathleen” with Shirley Temple, 5 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 11 — preschool story time listens to stories about “mitten weather;” January Series presents Capt. Scott Smiley, “Hope Unseen,” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; teen video game tournament, round 1, 6 to 8 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 14 — January Series presents Jeff Van Duzer, “Why Business Matters to God,” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; computer classes tackle e-readers, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 15 — toddler story time listens to stories about dragons, 10:30 to 11 a.m.; January Series presents Rebecca Skloot, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; young chess tutoring, 4:30 to 5:30; open chess, 6 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 16 — January Series presents Cokie Roberts, “An Insider’s View of Washington, D.C.,” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; teen advisory board meets, 3:45 to 5 p.m.

Call the Hastings Public Library for more information, 269-945-4263.

• Williamston Downtown Historic District.

• Hanover High School Complex, Jackson County.

• Benjamin and Maria (Ogden) Drake Farmstead, Oshtemo Charter Township, Kalamazoo County.

• Grand Rapids Storage and Van Company Building, Kent County.

• Boyne City Central Historic District, Charlevoix County.

In addition to the seven new listings, the Grand Circus Park Historic District designation was updated to provide for buildings built or renovated during the period 1930 to 1962. This will allow for the preservation of structures representing significant Modern design.

Michigan has more than 1,600 listings in the National Register of Historic Places, including some 250 districts made up of more than 20,000 properties. For information on the National Register of Historic Places and other programs of the State Historic Preservation Office, visit www.michigan.gov/shpo or call 517-3731630.

SOCIAL SECURITY COLUMN

People receiving Social Security and SSI get ‘raise’ in 2013

by Vonda VanTil Social Security Public Affairs Specialist We can expect to see a number of changes in this new year, and Social Security is no exception. In 2013, people who receive Social Security or Supplemental Security Income payments will see their benefits increase.

All Social Security and SSI payments will receive a 1.7 percent cost-of-living increase.

The average monthly Social Security benefit for a retired worker in 2013 is $1,261 (up from $1,240 in 2012), and the average monthly Social Security benefit for a disabled worker in 2013 is $1,132 (up from $1,113 in 2012).

These changes were reflected in SSI payments dated Dec. 31, 2012 and Social Security payments dated in January 2013.

For people who receive SSI, the maximum federal payment amount has risen to $710 (up from $698).

Other Social Security changes in 2013 are

worth noting. For example, a worker pays Social Security tax on up to $113,700 of annual income (up from $110,100 in 2012).

A worker earns one credit after paying taxes on $1,160 in earnings in 2013 (up from $1,130). As always, a worker may earn a maximum of four credits each year and a person generally needs 40 credits (or 10 years of work) to be eligible for retirement benefits.

To learn more about these and other changes for 2013, visit the Social Security website at www.socialsecurity.gov, and read the fact sheet about the changes at www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/factsheets/colafacts2013.htm.

Vonda VanTil is the public affairs specialist for West Michigan. You may write her c/o Social Security Administration, 3045 Knapp St. NE, Grand Rapids MI 49525 or via email to vonda.vantil@ssa.gov.

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Fracking News The international gas rush is on. In 1998 Mitchell Energy was the first to successfully bore horizontally and fracture shale using the “slickwater” method, it was in the Barnett shale of Texas.

This was the birth of “unconventional gas” extraction that we call fracking. It is changing things worldwide. This does not compare with the old vertical fracking of limestone. The slickwater fracture is 2 to 7 million gallons of our fresh water mixed with methanol, ethylene glycol, diesel, naphthalene, xylene, hydrogen chloride, toluene, ethylbenzene, diethanolamine, formaldehyde, thiourea, benzyl chloride, benzene,……and much more according to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 2011.

This unconventional gas drilling in Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and now Michigan has yielded huge amounts of natural gas. Large multi-national corporations are beginning to build export terminals. The Pittsburgh Tribune reports 20 terminals have been

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applied for with the first one approved. It is partly owned by Singapore and will export 2 billion cubic feet a day to companies in South Korea, India, Spain, and Britain. The American gas will be purchased and frozen to -260F for $7.00 per million BTUs then sold for up to $17.00 overseas. In contrast with China and OPEC free trade prohibits tariffs and the profits will be kept off shore.

We the citizens of Barry County are not going to benefit from our public lands and waters being raped and polluted by this dirty process. Why do our officials keep saying it has been done for 50 years?

MLAWD has filed suit to stop this misuse of our public lands in Barry and Allegan County. We have filed with the IRS to become a 501c3 tax exempt organization and we can now accept tax deductible contributions. Our legal fees are going to be huge we need your financial support. Please join us and help protect our green areas. Together we can do this!

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U.S. Senate Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, 702 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, phone (202) 224-4822.

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...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience...

GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228.

Morning Celebration 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Fellowship Time before the service.

Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training.

SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry.

Thursday night Bible study and prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship Service 10:45 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Service 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Dan Currie, Sr. Pastor; Josh Maurer, Youth Pastor. Sunday Services: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School for all ages,10:30 a.m. Worship Service; 6 p.m. Evening Service: Jr. Youth Group 5-7 p.m. & Sr. High Youth Group 7-9 p.m.. Wednesday, Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Bible Study, Praise and Prayer. Call Church Office 948-8004 for information on MOPS, Children’s Choir, Sports Ministries.

WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, Woodland, MI 48897 • (269) 367-4061. Pastor Gary Simmons. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m.

PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead.

(616) 758-3021 church phone.

Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m.

WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen.

Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m.

ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Rev. Richard Altine, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m.

ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Richard Altine, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. .

WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information.

QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 East. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Rev. Bryce Feighner. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 11:15 a.m.

GRACE BRETHREN BIBLE CHURCH 600 Powell Road, Hastings. Pastor Bob Wilson. Church Phone 269948-2330. Pastor’s Home 269-9454356. bjw1633@sbcglobal.net.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service 10:45 a.m.; Sunday Evening 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m.

NEW BEGINNINGS CHURCH OF GOD 502 E. Bond St., Hastings. Pastor J.C. Crank cordially invites you to come worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Tuesday evening Bible study 6 p.m. with Rev. Calvon Kidder. Interested in knowing more about our church? Please feel welcome to call one of these numbers.

Pastor Crank 269-979-8618; (313) 610-5730 or; Ed Blankenship (Local) 269-945-3327.

COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. M-37 Hwy., Dowling, MI 49050. Rev. Ryan Wieland. Sundays - 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11 a.m. Contemporary Service; Sunday School and Nursery available during both services (Summer Schedule - Adult Sunday School: 9 a.m., Worship & Children’s Programs 10 a.m.) Youth Group, Covenant Prayer, Choir, Chimes, Praise Band, Quilting Group, Community Breakfasts and more! Call the church office at (269) 721-8077 (M/W/F 9 a.m.-12 p.m.), e-mail office@mei.net or visit www.countrychapelumc.org <http://www.countrychapelumc.org/> for more information SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIAS INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving).

Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 10 a.m. Holy Communion (each week). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-7952370 and the rectory number is 269948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services.

HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Belson. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sr. Hi. Youth 5 to 7 p.m.; Sunday evening service 6 pm; SonShine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12-2:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church.

Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served) (October thru May).

Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. High Youth (meal served) (October thru May).

Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Meeting.

Thursday 9:30 am - Women’s Bible Study.

COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH 502 East Grand, Hastings; Floyd Hughes, Pastor; Myron Huebner, Music. Sunday Services: 10 a.m., Sunday School (all ages); 11 a.m.

Worship Service; 6 p.m. Evening Service; 7 p.m. Thursday, Bible Study and Prayer. Call 269-948-2673 for additional information.

ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M-66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 616731-5194 .

HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Don Spachman. Office Phone (269) 945-9574. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. to noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 8:45 a.m.

Traditional Worship; 10 a.m.

Refreshments; 10:45 a.m.

Contemporary Worship. 5th Sunday Worship at 10 a.m. Sunday School for PreK-5th and Nursery Care (infants through age 4) is available during both worship services. Share the Light Soup Kitchen serves a free meal every Tuesday from 5 to 6 p.m.

HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-945-9121.

Pastor Daniel Graybill, Pastor Brian Teed, and Youth Pastor Eric Gillespie. Sunday: Nursery and toddler (birth through age 3) care provided. Worship Services: 9:15 a.m. and Children’s Sunday School (ages 2 thru 5th grade). 10:45 a.m. & Children’s Junior Church (4 years through 4th grade). Junior and Senior High Youth Group 6:00 p.m., and several adult small group opportunities. Wednesday Mid-Week at 6:30 p.m.: Pioneer Club, 4 years through 5th grade. Adults: Marriage Enrichment Class, Women’s Prayer Group and a Men’s Bible Study.

Thursday: Senior Adult (50+) Bible Study at 10 a.m. and lunch at Wendy’s, 11:30 a.m. Third Thursday Brunch at 9:30 a.m.

LIFEGATE COMMUNITY CHURCH 301 E. State Rd., P.O. Box 273, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Scott Price.

Phone: 269-948-0900.

Website: www.lifegatecc.com. Sunday Worship 10 a.m. Wednesday Life Group 6:30 p.m.

GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Discover God’s Grace with us!

Holy Communion Every Sunday!

Sunday, Jan. 13 - Worship Services 8 and 10:45 a.m.; Sunday School 9:30. Jan. 13 - Noisy Offering for Love, Inc.; Men & Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous 7 p.m. Jan. 14 - Adventurers Bible Study 7 p.m.; Recovery Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15 - Congregation Council 7 p.m..

Jan. 16 - Wordwatchers Bible Study 10 a.m. Jan. 17 - Adult Choir 7:15 p.m. Location: 239 E. North St., Hastings, 269-945-9414 or 9452645, fax 269-945-2698. Pastor Amy Luckey. http://www.discover-grace.org FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 405 N. M-37, Hastings, MI 49058.

(269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services: 8:55 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 10 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6 p.m. Youth Group Meeting.

Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com.

Thursday - 6 p.m. Hastings Soccer.

Friday - 9 a.m. Pickleball. Saturday - 10:30 a.m. Praise Team. Monday 4 p.m. Pickleball; 7 p.m. Knit Wits.

Tuesday - 6 p.m. Hastings Soccer.

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HASTINGS, MI - Richard Charles Hinckley Jr., age 61, of Hastings, went to be with the Lord, Friday, January 4, 2013, at Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born June 2, 1951 in Hastings, the son of Richard C. and Ruth Ellen (Hawkins) Hinckley Sr. Richard received his GED from the Hastings Adult Education program. He married Mary Cwik on October 30, 1971.

Richard worked at a canning factory, and a machine shop in Lake Odessa. He also held various odd jobs while also working on the farm. Richard’s interests included watching wrestling, NASCAR (favorite driver was Jimmy Johnson), playing cards, word search, fishing and hunting. He especially enjoyed spending time with his family. Richard enjoyed watching his grandkids grow and loved spending time with them as well.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard Charles and Ruth Ellen Hinckley Sr.; brothers, Bobby Hinckley and Dennis Hinckley.

Richard is survived by his wife, Mary Hinckley; daughter, Sue (Myerel) Kidder; sons, Timmy Hinckley and Joey Hinckley, all of Hastings; grandkids, Michelle Kidder, Lucus Kidder and Justin Kidder; siblings, Ann Hoffman of Hastings, Sandy Windes of Hastings, Judy (Ben) Martz of Freeport, Luke Hinckley of Hastings, Billy (Tressa) Hinckley of Battle Creek, Lucy Tobias of Florida and many nieces and nephews.

Richard was loved by his family and will be greatly missed. The family wishes to thank Carl Smith of Tom's Market and his family for helping out in a big way.

Respecting Richard’s wishes, cremation has taken place. A memorial service will take place on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Confessions of Truth Ministries (former Wesleyan Church) Hanover St., Hastings, with Pastor Sandy Woodmansee, officiating.

Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, please visit our website at www.girrbachfuneralhome.net to sign the online guest book or to leave a memory or message for the family.

HASTINGS, MI - Sheryl Ann Curtis, age 66, of Hastings, passed away January 7, 2013, at home with family by her side. She was born January 1, 1947, in Hastings, the daughter of Gerald B. and Ardeth E. (Williams) Garrison.

Sheryl attended Hastings High School, graduating in 1965. She married Chip Curtis on November 23, 1966, which later ended in divorce. Sheryl worked for Lescoa in Middleville until retirement in 1999. She enjoyed gardening, reading, jigsaw puzzles, her truck, and garage sales. Sheryl volunteered at Thornapple Valley Church. She also participated annually in the Relay for Life.

Sheryl was preceded in death by her father, Gerald Garrison; mother, Ardeth Nagel; and brother, Michael Garrison.

Sheryl is survived by her son, Ben and Deb Curtis of Hastings; daughter, Renee and Rod Snore of Hastings; six grandchildren, Jessica (Andrew) Mepham, Nick (Megan) Curtis, Blake (Brandi) Curtis, Shane Madden, Chase Snore and Chelsea Snore; two great grandchildren, Aubree Curtis and Gabriel Mepham; significant other, Neil Endsley; sister, Linda Pelak and three brothers, Mike Nagel, Mark Nagel and Mitch Nagel.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Great Lakes Division, Attn: Memorial and Tribute Gifts, 1755 Abbey Rd., East Lansing, MI 48823.

A memorial service will be held Thursday, January 10, 2013 at noon at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, with a visitation being held one hour prior to service time from 11 a.m. until noon. Cathy Peters will be officiating the service. Interment will take place at Cedar Creek Cemetery.

Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, please visit our website at www.girrbachfuneralhome.net to sign the online guest book or to leave a memory or message for the family.

NASHVILLE, MI - Vickie Lu Root/Lynd, age 48, of Nashville, passed away January 7, 2013 at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was born July 15, 1964 in Battle Creek, the daughter of Arthur Lynd and Sandra (Tuttle) Breitner.

Vickie attended school in Hastings. She held various factory jobs and worked as a bartender for several years before becoming disabled from medical illness. Vickie’s interests included crocheting, decorating cakes, playing bingo and visiting numerous casinos.

She also enjoyed spending time with her family. Vickie attended Quimby United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her father, Arthur Lynd; grandparents, Lucinda and Chester Lynd and Cloyce and Leona Tutttle; and sister, MaryAnn Forster.

Vickie is survived by her daughters, Amy (Gary) Jackson of Lake Odessa, Jamie Heath and fiancé Richard Fox of Grand Rapids; Sandra and Sophia Smith of Hastings; mother and father, Sandra and James Breitner of Hastings; brothers, Allan (Carolyn) Lynd of Union City, Warren (Christina) Smith of Texas, Brian Smith of Hastings, Marty Breitner of Hastings, Art Lynd of Battle Creek, Doug Lynd of Battle Creek; sisters, Brenda Smith of Louisiana, Lisa Morales of Wisconsin, Elane Lynd-Campos of Holland, Lee Lynd of Battle Creek, Vickie Vining of Hastings, Janice Parsons of Oregon, Sue Gentry of Hastings; grandsons, Ezekeial and Xzavier Bunnell of Grand Rapids and many aunts and uncles.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings at 4:30 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the funeral home to help cover final expenses.

Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, please visit our website at www.girrbach funeralhome.net to sign the online guest book or to leave a memory or message to the family.

CHURCH OF CHRIST 541 N. Michigan Ave., Hastings.

Minister Collin Pinkston. Phone 269-945-2938. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study 7 p.m.

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HASTINGS ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1674 S. State Rd., Hastings, MI 49058 Phone 269-945-2285.

Sunday morning service times: 9 a.m. with nursery and preschool available and 11 a.m. with nursery, preschool and kids’ church available.

This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses:

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NASHVILLE, MI - Carol J. Pestka, age 72, of Nashville passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Eaton Community Palliative Care, in Charlotte.

Funeral services will be held at the Daniels Funeral Home, Nashville, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 12, 2013 with Pastor Deano Lamphere officiating. Interment will take place immediately following the funeral service at Hastings Township Cemetery.

Please visit our website at www.danielsfuneralhome.net for further details.

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HUDSON, FL - Anton “Tony” Turkal, age 95, of Hudson, FL, passed away on December 27, 2012.

He was born in Bessemer, MI, on August 1, 1917. Tony attended Iowa State Teachers College for his teaching degree and the University of Michigan for his masters degree.

He was in the army during WWII in the military police. After leaving the service he joined the Hastings High School staff in 1945. He was a teacher and a coach until his retirement in 1981.

Tony married Virginia Riedel in 1944.

He was preceded in death by Virginia; his parents; two sisters and three brothers.

Tony is survived by a brother, Mike, of Bessemer; son, Steve (Barb); daughter, Sue Ferguson (Mike); four grandchildren, Amy Bowman (Trent), Jennifer Turkal, Matt Ferguson, Katie Ferguson, and two great grandchildren, Alexis Ferguson and Zachary Bowman.

A graveside interment will take place in the spring at Riverside Cemetery.

Memorials should be made to the Hastings Education Enrichment Foundation.

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by Elaine Garlock The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society meets tonight, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m. at the freight house for a program on telephones and the two rival companies that operated in Lake Odessa in the early years of the village. John Waite will present the program. There will be time for the audience to share stories of the early phone systems, incidents from the party line and Hello, Central stories. Refreshments will be served. Visitors and guests are welcome.

Saturday, Jan. 12, the Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet, with new president Lori Fox presiding. Discussions, library research, fellowship and refreshments will add to the meeting. The library will be open until 5 p.m. Looking ahead, the local historical society will host the annual quilt and textile exhibit the weekend of Jan. 26 and 27. Get out that heirloom quilt or coverlet and plan to exhibit it that weekend. The quilt may be tattered and worn, but it could be a good example of the needlework of a grandmother in the 1890s or earlier, or it can be a quilt made just last year. Wall hangings, table runners, crocheted or knitted pieces and needlepoint are all welcome.

Dean and Jean Hyde, in company with her sisters Colleen Kelly and Husband James and Bonnie Walthorn, attended the Saturday memorial service at the United Methodist Church in Carson City for their cousin Dona Ranger who died in December at age 94.

There has been much more railroad activity in recent days. Four refrigerator cars on the siding of Twin City Foods are waiting to be filled. Also the double track alongside has had two pieces of equipment used for repair and reconstruction of tracks, waiting to be used.

The elevator siding has two carloads of cotton seed, as well. One is being unloaded onto waiting semi-trucks for dairy cattle feed.

With a January thaw promised this week, homeowners should be able to get those lastminute jobs done outside, such as picking up branches from the lawn, taking down some Christmas lights, and scraping the sidewalks.

Then we can hunker down, expecting winter to return with full vengeance.

A recent article stated that Quebec maple syrup producers have noted that early seasons are now common. A check with local producers gave the same observation. Last year’s sap run began Feb. 1, a month early.

Investment mistakes to watch for … at different stages of life As an investor, how can you avoid making mistakes? It’s not always easy, because investing can be full of potential pitfalls. But if you know what the most common mistakes are at different stages of an investor’s life, you may have a better chance of avoiding these costly errors.

Let’s take a look at some investment mistakes you’ll want to avoid when you’re young, when you’re in mid-career, when you’re nearing retirement and when you’ve just retired.

When you’re young …

Mistake: Investing too conservatively (or not at all) — If you’re just entering the working world, you may not have a lot of money with which to invest. But don’t wait until your income grows — putting away even a small amount each month can prove quite helpful.

Additionally, don’t make the mistake of investing primarily in short-term vehicles that may preserve your principal but offer little in the way of growth potential. Instead, position your portfolio for growth. Of course, stock prices will always fluctuate, but you potentially have decades to overcome these shortterm declines. Since this money is for retirement, your focus should be on the long term — and it’s impossible to reach long-term goals with short-term, highly conservative investments.

When you’re in mid-career …

Mistake: Putting insufficient funds into your retirement accounts — At this stage of your life, your earning power may well have increased substantially. As a result, you should have more money available to invest for the future — specifically, you may now be able to “max out” on your IRA and still boost your contributions to your employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as your 401(k), 403(b) or 457(b). These retirement accounts offer tax advantages that you may not receive in ordinary savings and investment accounts.

Try to put more money into these retirement accounts every time your salary goes up.

When you’re nearing retirement …

Mistake: Not having balance in your investment portfolio — When they’re within just a few years of retirement, some people may go to extremes, either investing too aggressively to try to make up for lost time or too conservatively in an attempt to avoid

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potential declines. Both these strategies could be risky. So as you near retirement, seek to balance your portfolio. This could mean shifting some of your investment dollars into fixed-income vehicles to provide for your current income needs while still owning stocks that provide the growth potential to help keep up with inflation in your retirement years.

When you’ve just retired …

Mistake: Failing to determine an appropriate withdrawal rate — Upon reaching retirement, you will need to carefully manage the money you’ve accumulated in your IRA, 401(k) and all other investment accounts.

Obviously, your chief concern is outliving your money, so you’ll need to determine how much you can withdraw each year. To arrive at this figure, take into account your current age, your projected longevity, the amount of money you’ve saved and the estimated rate of return you’re getting from your investments.

This type of calculation is complex, so you may want to consult with a financial professional.

By avoiding these errors, you can help ensure that, at each stage of your life, you’re doing what you can to keep making progress toward your financial goals.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. If you have any questions, contact Mark D. Christensen at 269-945-3553.

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The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week.

Altria Group 32.14 +.70 AT&T 34.35 +.64 BP PLC 43.40 +1.76 CMS Energy Corp 24.76 +.38 Coca-Cola Co 37.04 +.79 Eaton 55.02 +.84 Family Dollar Stores 57.32 -6.09 Fifth Third Bancorp 15.44 +.24 Flowserve CP 155.03 +8.23 Ford Motor Co. 13.35 +.40 General Mills 41.27 +.65 General Motors 29.37 +.54 Intel Corp.

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Delton Kellogg board opts for two-question millage

by David DeDecker Staff Writer In a special meeting Friday evening, Jan. 4, the Delton Kellogg Board of Education voted unanimously to split the May millage proposal into two parts. One millage proposal will ask for $11 million to upgrade technology, classrooms and make the school buildings more energy-efficient. The second proposal, totaling $3.3 million, will focus on upgrading the district’s athletic facilities, including new concessions and bathrooms at the football field, renovating the track and building auxiliary gym with fitness center.

The millage proposal committee worked for months with consultants researching school system needs and residents’ preferences. The wish list totaled more than $24 million, and the committee worked to whittle the proposal down to $14.3 million.

Concerns arose about asking the community to support such a large package and the danger of students losing funding for essential technology tools.

School Superintendent Paul Blacken said the board and committee did not want to sacrifice the technology, safety features and operational savings by combining everything into one large proposal.

At the regular December board meeting,

the issue was tabled due to members differing on whether to approach the new millage as one question or two.

President Andy Stoneburner said he had struggled with the issue for many weeks.

“I have a hard time seeing this as one question passing,” said Stoneburner. “I think in the area of the community I am in, they will look at this list and there is something on this list for everyone, but there is also things to tick people off. In order for me to support this, the athletic portion would need to be split off into a second question.”

Outgoing Vice President Paul Hughes said he agreed with Stoneburner.

“The people I have talked to are all for the new technology and anything to help the kids,” said Hughes. “When they see the athletic part they say, ‘What’s all this for?

What’s wrong with what we have?’ They just want a choice. If the work is done, there should be no problem getting a second question passed. But, we don’t want to lose everything. We have to have the computers, and that’s what I am for, that’s how I look at it.”

The next regular board meeting will be Monday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. in the elementary school.

Newborn Babies Harper Whitlee, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 29, 2012 at 12:52 a.m. to Richard and Susan Suntken of Sunfield. Weighing 9 lbs. 6 ozs. and 20 inches long. ***** Noah James, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 28, 2012 at 7:57 a.m. to Heather Patrick and Jim Woodrick of Lake Odessa. Weighing 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and 19 inches long. **** Maeleigh Kay-Lynn, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 27, 2012 at 2:12 p.m. to

Tiphany Taylor and Nate Hedges of Hastings.

Weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and 21 inches long. ***** Faith Kenna, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 27, 2012 at 11:49 a.m. to Arbutus Friend of Hastings and Skyler Friend of Woodland.

Weighing 7 lbs. 7 ozs. and 21 inches long. ***** Meredith Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 26, 2012 at 3:36 a.m. to Kourtney and Josh Kendall of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 6 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long.

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LOCAL Rural Task Force A public meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 29 at 10:00 pm for the purpose of allowing local officials and interested citizens to provide input into the planning and allocation of rural Federal Aid funds, for rural Federal Aid routes in Barry County and transit systems for FY 2013 - 2017. The meeting will be held in the Barry County Road Commission at the following location: 1725 West M-43 Highway; Hastings, MI 49058. Additional information for this meeting can be found at www.KATSmpo.org.

In Michigan, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) distributes Federal Aid money to local agencies. A LOCAL Task Force for roads within the county, cities, and villages prioritizes projects. Roads eligible should be listed as a major collector or higher. The LOCAL Task Force is made up of representatives of Barry County townships, cities and villages. In addition to road and bridge projects, projects involving mass transportation and non-motorized transportation may be considered.

Questions regarding this meeting can be directed to the Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study, representing the Southcentral Michigan Planning Council, at (269) 343-0766 or through e-mail at info@katsmpo.org.

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Bodi said his company has talked about expanding in the United States for several years. “The conditions, timing — everything just seems to be right now,” he said.

He said his company also has other Michigan customers and hopes a presence in West Michigan will renew some old relationships with former customers.

Bodi added that there is a great market not only in Michigan, but also in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois.

“We really like West Michigan, and we’re

very excited about this expansion. Everyone I’ve dealt with in West Michigan is very professional and straightforward,” said Bodi.

He also said he’s impressed with the skilled workforce available.

Bodi said the project is still contingent upon financing that is still being worked out.

Steve Witte with Nederveld and Associates presented plans for the site and told planning commissioners most of the existing landscaping will remain in place. Additionally, he said lighting plans will be worked out with the village zoning administrator.

Witte asked the planning commission to

COURT NEWS Cory Roy-Don Merica, 30, of Hastings was sentenced Jan. 2 in Barry County Circuit Court for breaking and entering a building with intent. Judge Amy McDowell ordered him to serve 90 days in jail, with credit for two days served. Merica must pay $1,198 in court assessments and serve 24 months on probation. The final 60 days of his sentence will be suspended pending successful completion of probation. A work release was granted. Merica must pay $80 a month toward court assessments. Charges of home invasion, second degree; conspiracy to commit; and

receiving and concealing stolen property worth more than $1,000 and less than $20,000, were dropped by the prosecutor’s office.

Eric Robert Lee, 23, of Delton was sentenced Jan. 7 in Barry County Circuit Court for breaking and entering with intent, stolen property less than $200, and a probation violation. Judge Amy McDowell ordered Lee to serve 365 days in jail, with credit for 365 days served. Lee also must pay $3,209 in court assessments.

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consider delaying sidewalk construction on Grand Rapids Street and especially Crane Road until they could be connected with other properties. But planning commissioners said they require sidewalks at the time of construction to ensure they will be in place.

“The only way we can see it being a walkable community like we want it to be, is to get sidewalks installed wherever we can,” said planning chairperson Fran French.

Planning member Shellie McQueen said the extension of Crane Road provides additional opportunities for people to walk in that area, and she wants to encourage more sidewalks.

Accurate Machine and Tool Ltd. is a privately held company founded in 1938 by Joseph Bodi and his son George Bodi. Peter Bodi is now the fourth generation in the business.

Accurate Machine and Tool Ltd. is a supplier to many manufactures in Canada and the United States including those in the appliance, lighting, electrical, construction and automotive industries. The company produces stamped parts, injection molded part, prototypes and assemblies. They also design and build dies, molds, tools, jigs, and fixtures.

The company’s Toronto location is about 40,000 square feet and has about 50 employees.

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“It demonstrates the need for multi-jurisdictional cooperation,” said Moore of the possible project that would cross from Barry County into Ionia County. “That’s why it’s so important to work in harmony.”

The tabled motion is expected to be brought back for discussion at next week’s committee of the whole meeting. Revisions to the proposed bylaw amendments are anticipated to contain elimination of the non-resident motion option.

Harmony is what Commissioner Joyce Snow also was hoping to achieve Tuesday, announcing that, after last week’s appeal that she receive the commissioner assignment to the Community Corrections Advisory Board, she would withdraw her request and resign as a private citizen from her membership on the board.

“There was some concern that there could be a conflict of interest,” Snow told commissioners. “Currently, there is not, but, down the road, there could be. I will be resigning as a voting member at the advisory board’s February meeting and will work as a volunteer.”

Snow had appealed to commissioners last week that, because of her extensive experience working with ex-offenders and as the founder of Starting Over for Success, an organization that reacclimates back into society offenders who’ve paid their penalty, she would be an ideal county board representative.

Counsel from Geiger and County Administrator Michael Brown convinced Snow to reconsider.

“Starting Over for Success is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and we can apply for state and federal grants,” pointed out Snow in remarks following Tuesday’s meeting. “We’ve never received any grant money, but, if we were to get something, it could potentially be a conflict of interest under the Hatch Act. “I thought about waiting until we got a grant and then resign, but that could look suspicious,” she said.

Snow is now slated for assignments to the airport board, the Community Resource Network, Community Action agency, the planning and zoning board, and the solid waste oversight committee.

In other business, the county board approved: • A one-year agreement with the Barry County Veterans Affairs Commission and Barry County United Way to provide veterans services for Barry County. The $25,000 agreement resolves a months-long dilemma that occurred after the authorized agent for county veterans affairs admitted to employee fraud, a situation that put delivery of immediate and emergency needs to county veterans in jeopardy.

• Approved $2,587,785 in pre-paid invoices and $7,641 in commissioners payroll.

The board will meet next for a committee of the whole session Tuesday, Jan 15, at 9 a.m. in the board chambers at the county courthouse.

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Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980.

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POLICE BEAT Lunch meat swipe leads to arrest Hastings Police responded to a residence in the 800 block of North East Street Dec. 31 for a reported domestic assault involving a gun and a threat of suicide. Police made contact with the victim who said she and her husband began arguing earlier in the day when he removed ham from her sandwich. Reportedly, they continued to argue all day and at one point the husband slapped her in the back of her head, knocking her glasses off, because he didn’t feel she was giving him enough attention. The victim said her husband called for a family meeting at which time he grabbed a gun and started talking about killing himself. The couple’s son took the gun away from his father. The husband then left the house.

Hastings Police later stopped the 47-yearold Hastings man and he admitted his actions had probably scared his family. He was placed under arrest for domestic violence.

Woman anticipates need for shoes Hastings Police were called to a West Nelson Street residence Dec. 31 for a reported domestic assault. Officers spoke with two men who said their mother was intoxicated and out of control. They told the police their mother had assaulted both of them and had also thrown a drinking mug, breaking a window. The 55-year-old Hastings woman told police she had done nothing wrong, but her sons wanted her out of the house and she would put on her shoes since she was probably going to jail. She registered .25 percent blood alcohol level and was arrested for domestic violence.

Argument starts with toothbrush Hastings Police were called New Year’s Day to a home in the 200 block of West Nelson Street for a reported domestic assault. Officers spoke with the daughter of the alleged victim, who said her mother had just been assaulted by her live-in boyfriend.

The 58-year-old Hastings man told officers he was packing his belongings to move out.

The victim told officers the man had been drinking all day and had observed pictures of his ex-wife on the Internet, which upset him. She told police said he had started an argument over a toothbrush. He then allegedly grabbed the telephone out of her hand as she was attempting to call 911 and punched her twice in the face. The man was placed under arrest for domestic violence.

Man pushes, but warrant is stronger Hastings Police were called to the 600 block of West Green Street Jan. 2 for a reported fight. As the officers arrived in the area they spoke with the caller who said he saw a man push a woman to the ground and could hear yelling and screaming. The caller said when the woman was pushed to the ground she stopped yelling, and he was afraid she was unconscious. When police made contacted the woman, she said she and her boyfriend had argued, he became upset and pushed her to the ground. The 38year-old Hastings told officers he could not remember exactly what happened because it all happened so fast. Officers soon learned of an outstanding warrant from Calhoun County for unpaid child support. The man was placed under arrest on the warrant.

KP duty doesn’t last long at VFW Deputies were called to the Delton VFW Hall on Stoney Point Drive Jan. 1 around 4:40 a.m. for a triggered security alarm. A deputy found the kitchen door slightly open, but everything appeared to be intact.

The door was then locked, and secured and the case closed.

Purse walks while woman dances Hastings Police spoke with a woman Jan. 1 around 2:52 a.m. who reported money taken out of her purse while she was inside Olde Towne Tavern. She said she had been out on the dance floor and had left her purse on the floor near where she was dancing.

When she was finished dancing, she noticed her purse was missing. She was told another woman had picked up her purse and went into the bathroom with it. She checked in

the bathroom, but was unable to find her purse. According to the woman, a short time later someone approached her and returned the purse. When the victim checked the contents of her purse, she noticed between $150 and $200 was missing. This investigation remains open.

Driver says enough is enough too late Hastings Police stopped a car on North Broadway Jan. 4, after noticing it in the 200 block of West State Street traveling with no headlights on after dark. Police reported a strong odor of intoxicants when speaking with the 32-year-old Hastings. He said he had been drinking at the Walldorff Brew Pub and at Hastings Bowl. He then told police he had had enough to drink, claiming to have had six or seven mixed drinks and some beer. His Breathalyzer test registered .13 percent, and he was placed under arrest.

Deputies put stop to threatening texts A Nashville woman went to the Barry County Sheriff’s Department Jan. 7 to report harassment by telephone. She said her son and daughter started receiving the text messages about three weeks before, and it was becoming a problem, with possible threats against her family and property.

While speaking with a suspect’s mother, deputies discovered the suspect had filed a complaint the previous evening against the reporting woman. The suspect’s mother agreed her daughter, 17, would have no more contact or communications with the complainant’s children. A phone message was left for another suspect, who is 20 years old. All parties agreed to have no more contact or communications with each other.

The case is closed, reportedly, unless new problems arise.

Too many cats concerns relative A California woman called deputies Dec. 12 to complain one of her relatives had too many cats. The caller wanted deputies to check on the welfare of the cats located at a home near Nashville on Guy Road. She told deputies the elderly relative was on a fixed income and probably couldn’t afford to feed the cats properly. Reportedly, the elderly woman was being cared for by a granddaughter who had contacted the Humane Society to remove the cats, but the cats were not removed. When Animal Control contacted the granddaughter, she said most of the cats in the house are strays and she can’t afford to feed them on a fixed income.

Reportedly, Animal Control staff counted 13 cats in the house, and all appeared healthy. The young woman asked if the county would take the cats that were not her grandmother’s favorites and started catching the cats. She signed ownership over to the county on six cats - three each of gender.

Animal Control also provided information on having the remaining cats spayed or neutered. The case is closed.

Loose dogs corralled but collared Animal Control staff was called to the area of East North Street in Hastings for a report of loose dogs the afternoon of Jan. 2.

The caller said two dogs were running around in the street, a brown and white pitbull and a black Lab. A woman had confined the dogs and handed Animal Control dog tags upon their arrival. The pitbull was wearing a collar with the name Flash and the black Lab was wearing an orange collar.

The case is open pending follow-up.

Driver is third-shift tired, not reckless A Chevy Lumina was reported to be traveling down Patterson Road, at 6:17 a.m.

Jan. 3 in a reckless manner and deputies were dispatched to the area. They ran the license plate number provided by a caller and found the vehicle parked at the registered owner’s residence on Archwood Drive near Gun Lake. The woman driver, who had just arrived home, told deputies she was on her way home from work and was very tired. She did not believe she was driving recklessly. The deputy recommended that she not drive when overly tired and inspected her vehicle, but found no damage. She was given a verbal warning, and the case is closed.

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The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hastings House of Two Doctorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hastings House of Two Doctorsâ&#x20AC;? today is the Adrounie House Bed & Breakfast.

The following column, written by the late Esther Walton, appeared in the Aug. 15, 1991, Hastings Banner. Now the Adrounie House Bed and Breakfast, it was from this house a doctor was summoned to tend to the ailing Hon. Daniel Striker, who lived in another iconic home to the east and will be featured in next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Banner. ***** The nearly 100-year-old house at 126 S. Broadway, the corner of South Broadway and West Court Street, was built by Dr. George W. Lowry. He purchased the land from Dr. W.A. Upjohn in 1887, built the house and moved the practice, which he had purchased from Dr. Upjohn, into the new house. He practiced there until his retirement in 1921.

Dr. Haroutoune Adrounie of Lacey, purchased the practice and moved into the house in 1922, following Dr. Lowryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death.

The house only had two owners from the time it was built until the death of Dorothy Adrounie in 1988. Dr. V. Harry Adrounie is the third owner of the house, which is nearing its one 100th birthday. [Dr. V. Harry Adrounie died Feb. 9, 2010, at age 94.]

Short biographies of the two doctors follow: Dr. George W. Lowry (1850-1922) Dr. George W. Lowry was born in Zanesville, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1850. He attended school in Zanesville and graduated from Delaware College, Delaware, Ohio.

He then attended medical school at the University of Michigan, graduating in 1874.

He began practicing medicine in Commerce, in the Detroit area.

In 1881, he purchased the practice of Dr. W.A. Upjohn in Hastings. In 1887, he also purchased lot 656, the south half of lot 721 and lots 722 and 723 from Dr. Upjohn. These

lots included the corner lot where Broadway and Court Street cross and the south portion of the block running west along Court Street.

One the corner lot, facing east and the Barry County Courthouse, south of the W.A. Upjohn home, he built a Queen AnneEastlake style home with an office in the southwest corner of the dwelling. The house was completed in 1892.

The office is listed in the city directory for 1893-94 as 108 W. Court St. At that time, Broadway was the center of the city. A change in the street numbering system occurred in 1915 when Jefferson became the center of the city and the even numbers were on the south side of the streets.

Dr. Lowry worked at a general practice, but he specialized in ear and eye diseases. He was a skilled surgeon and had patients coming to him for care from many other Michigan cities, as well as from other states.

Dr. Lowry did not express a partisan political preference, but he was a political person interested in the welfare of the city and the school system. He was mayor of Hastings from 1906 to 1908. During his administration as mayor, telephone poles were removed from the business section of the city and placed underground. The business area streets also were paved with bricks during this time, which cut down on the mud in wet weather and the dust in dry weather.

Dr. Lowry also served on the school board, acting as its president for a period of time. He was a Mason and belonged to Camp No. 1031 of the Modern Woodsmen of America. He served on the board of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a lifelong member. When Woodlawn Cemetery was established on Aug. 31, 1896, he was one of the members of the company.

He served as president of the Barry County

Medical Society and was an active member of the Michigan Medical Society.

Dr. Lowry was a very generous man, often making house calls and taking care of people who were unable to pay for his services. For one demonstration of his generosity, one only needs to look at the house on the southwest corner of Green and Broadway streets. The house built on that corner by Jack T. Lombard, just three blocks from the Lowry house, is from the same plans. Dr. Lowry loaned his set of plans to Mr. Lombard, who built that house.

(This information comes from an Upjohn diary, where W.A. Upjohn noted the sale of the lots and the loan of the plans by Dr. Lowry to Mr. Lombard.)

Dr. Lowry was married twice, had two daughters and one son, George A. Lowry. His brother, the Rev. Dr. Hiram Lowry, was founder and president of the Peking University, Peking, China. A second brother, the Rev. Alexander Lowry, lived in New York, while a third brother, Howard Lowry, lived in Oakland, Calif.

Dr. Lowry retired from active practice in 1921 due to the failure of his health. He died on April 24, 1922, after suffering a massive stroke.

His death certificate lists apoplexy [uncontrolled bleeding on the brain due to a stroke] complicated by pneumonia as the final diagnosis. He was 71 years, four months and 26 days of age.

There is a picture of Dr. Lowry, in which he is wearing a derby hat and smoking a large cigar. Harry Adrounie found the photograph in the attic of the Lowry-Adrounie home, following the death of his mother, Dorothy Adrounie. The picture is now at Hastings City Hall.

He would have been 56 years old when he was elected mayor. This photograph could have been taken at this time in his life.

Dr. Haroutoune Assadour Adrounie Dr. Haroutoune Assadour Adrounie was born April 6, 1882, in Zeitoun, Turkey. He received his bachelor of arts degree from St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College, Tarsus, Turkey, an American school.

Dr. Adrounie was active in penetrating the Turkish lines during the 1909 siege of Tarsus, which included an attack on the college. He brought aid to the Armenians and Americans from the British in Messinea. Ten thousand lives were saved, but he was in grave personal danger. Teachers at the college arranged for him to come to the United States with letters of recommendation in his possession.

He worked on a farm in New Jersey to earn enough money to further his education. He sought out Dr. John Harvey Kellogg in Battle Creek, and attended the Battle Creek Medical College for one year.

He then entered the University of Illinois and received his medical degree in 1912. He interned at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. In 1915, he moved to Lacey, to begin a country practice. He made house calls, traveling by horseback, cutter, Model T Ford and on foot, often without receiving any payment for his work.

He married Dirouhie (Dorothy) Kalaidgion of Battle Creek Aug. 19, 1912. They had two children, V. Harry Adrounie (currently living in Hastings) and Zabelle Adrounie (who died in 1976).

The couple purchased the practice of Dr. George W. Lowry in 1922, moving into the South Broadway home and office. They soon settled into the community life of Hastings.

The couple also became citizens of the United States in 1922, with Judge Clement Smith of Hastings officiating.

Dr. Adrounie died Feb. 29, 1936. Dorothy Adrounie continued to live in the home on South Broadway until her death in 1988.

Her life is an interesting story in itself. She played a significant role in the Republican politics of the community, the state of Michigan and in national politics.

Dr. V. Harry Adrounie returned to Hastings following his retirement from the United States Air Force medical service. He is the current owner of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hastings House of Two Doctors,â&#x20AC;? although he has not chosen to live there. The house is under consideration by the Bureau of History of Michigan Department of State for a State Historic Marker. [A marker was indeed placed on the site in 1992.]

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing for the following: Case Number SP-2013 Levi L. & Fannie Stutzman.

Location: 6551 Maple Grove Road in Section 17 of Maple Grove Township.

Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a home occupation, major (i.e., woodworking) per Section 2339 in the Agricultural zoning district.

MEETING DATE: January 28, 2013. TIME: 7:00 p.m.

PLACE: Community Room, Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court St., Hastings, MI. Site inspection of the above described property will be completed by the Planning Commission members before the day of the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below, faxed to (269) 948-4820 or emailed to jmcmanus@barrcounty.org.

The special use applications are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12-1 p.m.); Monday thru Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed necessary being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284.

Pamela A. Jarvis, Barry County Clerk.

77575371

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by ANTHONY G. CROSARIOL and DEBORAH A. CROSARIOL, HUSBAND AND WIFE to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated November 16, 2004 and recorded February 23, 2005 in Document No. 1141843, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC successor by merger to GMAC Mortgage Corporation by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars and Seventy-Two Cents ($183,676.72) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at At the East doors of the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. in Barry County, Michigan at 01:00 PM on February 7, 2013. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land situated in the Township of Barry, County of Barry, State of Michigan, is described as follows: COMMENCING AT THE WEST 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 6, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, BARRY TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 35 SECONDS EAST, 885.90 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 6; THENCE NORTH 51 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST, 406.50 FEET ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF STONEY POINT DRIVE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 51 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST, 25.73 FEET ALONG SAID CENTERLINE; THENCE NORTH 57 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST, 109.78 FEET ALONG SAID CENTERLINE; THENCE SOUTH 35 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 02 SECONDS EAST, 504.24 FEET TO AN INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE OF THE SHORE OF CROOKED LAKE; THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST, 183.08 FEET ALONG SAID INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE; THENCE NORTH 36 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST 375.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING INCLUDING ALL LAND LYING BETWEEN SAID INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE AND THE WATERS OF CROOKED LAKE AS DETERMINED BY THE EXTENSION OF THE SIDE LINES, SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR PUBLIC HIGHWAY PURPOSES OVER THE NORTHERLY 24.75 FEET THEREOF. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. If the property is sold at a foreclosure sale, the borrower 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. If you are a tenant in the property, you may have certain rights. Dated: January 10, 2013 GMAC Mortgage, LLC successor by merger to GMAC Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee/Assignee SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48335 GMAC.000699 (01-10)(01-31)

SYNOPSIS PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting December 12, 2012 Supervisor J. Stoneburner called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

Present: Supervisor J. Stoneburner, Treasurer K. McGuire, Clerk DeVries, Trustee Grundy and Trustee R. Goebel.

Absent: none.

Also present were 16 guests.

Pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence for our troops.

Agenda was approved.

Minutes from the November 14, 2012 and December 10, 2012 were approved.

Correspondence, if any, was read.

Public Comment, if any, was received.

Barry County Commissioner report and Parks Report were given.

Fire & Police Departments report were placed on file.

Supervisor, Treasurer and Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Reports were received.

Approved to pay Township bills for $69,389.89.

Approved the Resolution regarding Pine Lake Aquatic Plant Control Project.

Approved attending the MTA Conference in January 2013.

Approved appointing an Unsafe House Hearing Officer.

Public comments and Board comments, if any, were received.

Board comments, if any, were received.

Meeting adjourned at 8:42 p.m.

Submitted by: Ted DeVries, Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner, Supervisor 77575265 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Lisa L. Blocher, a single woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., its successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 17, 2007 and recorded August 21, 2007 in Instrument # 200708210001118 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, by assignment dated May 24, 2012 and recorded June 4, 2012 in Instrument # 2012000777 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand One Hundred Eight Dollars and FiftyFour Cents ($64,108.54) including interest 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on February 7, 2013. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 44 of Hardendorf Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, except: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said lot; thence East 3 feet; thence North 70 feet; thence East 8 feet; thence North 35 feet; thence West 11 feet; thence South 105 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 227 W Muriel St, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later; or unless MCL 600.3240(17) applies. If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower 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: 1/10/2013 Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File 77575403 No: 12-73801 (01-10)(01-31)

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LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 12-26235-GM In the matter of KARA NOBLE. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: EDWARD FEHRLEN II whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at 206 West Court, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge William M. Doherty P41960 for the following purpose: PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OF MINOR. Date: January 3, 2013 DAVID H. TRIPP P29290 206 SOUTH BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-9585 BRENDA NOBLE 437 EAST WALNUT HASTINGS, MI 49058 77575358 (269) 804-1493

STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 12-26272-DE Estate of Thomas Kim Newland. Date of birth: 11/25/1942.

TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Thomas Kim Newland, died 06/10/1999.

Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Craig S. Newland, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.

Date: 01/02/2013 Michael J. McPhillips P33715 121 West Apple Street, Suite 101 Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-3512 Craig S. Newland 1442 108th Street Otsego, Michigan 49078 77575338 (269) 377-2638

SYNOPSIS PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Special Meeting December 10, 2012 Supervisor J. Stoneburner called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.

Present: Supervisor J. Stoneburner, Treasurer K. McGuire, Clerk DeVries, Trustee Grundy and Trustee R. Goebel.

Absent: none.

Also present was 1 guest.

Pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence for our troops.

Agenda was approved.

No Minutes to approve.

Correspondence, if any, was read.

Public Comment, if any, was received.

Discussion on policies and procedures for resident with Eric Thompson from PCI. Public comments and Board comments, if any, were received.

Meeting adjourned at 10:45 a.m.

Submitted by: Ted DeVries, Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner, Supervisor 77575268

STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 12-26234-GM In the matter of KAELEE NOBLE. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: EDWARD FEHRLEN II whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at 206 West Court, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge William M. Doherty P41960 for the following purpose: PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OF MINOR. Date: January 3, 2013 DAVID H. TRIPP P29290 206 SOUTH BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-9585 BRENDA NOBLE 437 EAST WALNUT HASTINGS, MI 49058 77575360 (269) 804-1493

STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 12-26214-DE Estate of James R. Swanson. Date of birth: 06/13/1936.

TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, James R. Swanson, who lived at 513 Gaskill Road, Hastings, Michigan died 05/18/2012.

Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Donna Swanson, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.

Date: 01/01/2013 C. Marcel Stoetzel, III (P61912) P.O. Box 352 Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-8321 Donna Swanson 513 Gaskill Road Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-9925 77575286

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by CHARLES D. MIDDLETON RN, A SINGLE MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 19, 2007, and recorded on April 24, 2007, in Document No. 1179691, and assigned by said mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as assigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Dollars and Seventy-Seven Cents ($77,830.77), including interest at 7.000% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, At the East doors of the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o'clock, on January 24, 2013 Said premises are located in Barry County, Michigan and are described as: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST 1 / 4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 35, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST FOR A PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE EAST 325 FEET; THENCE NORTH 260 FEET; THENCE WEST 325 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 260 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. If the above referenced property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower 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. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Mortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 77573417 JPMC.001127 FHA (12-27)(01-17)

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by RICHIE L. SMITH and FAYE L. SMITH, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to UNITED COMPANIES LENDING CORPORATION, Mortgagee, dated September 11, 1998, and recorded on September 17, 1998, in Document No. 1018002, and assigned by said mortgagee to The Bank of New York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New York, as successor-in-interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2006-2, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-2, as assigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Five Thousand One Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars and Sixty-Seven Cents ($45,148.67), including interest at 9.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, At the East doors of the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 01:00 PM o'clock, on January 17, 2013 Said premises are located in Barry County, Michigan and are described as: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 1, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUNNING THENCE NORTH 50 RODS; THENCE WEST 48 RODS; THENCE SOUTH 50 RODS; THENCE EAST 48 RODS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT THE EAST 330 FEET OF THE SOUTH 330 FEET THEREOF. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. If the above referenced property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower 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. The Bank of New York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New York, as successor-in-interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2006-2, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-2 Mortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 JPMC.001103 CONV 77573318 (12-20)(01-10)

AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made

by JAMES T SIMINGTON SHAWNA A SIMINGTON, , Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Bank of Ann Arbor, Mortgagee, dated the 20th day of October, 2009 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 22nd day of October, 2009 in Liber Instrument No. 200910220010393 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Fifty one thousand seven hundred seventy seven dollars and 47/100 ($51,777.47), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 31st day of January, 2013 at 1:00 PM o’clock Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 5.500 per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Prairieville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: THE SOUTH 400 FEET OF A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE EAST 26 RODS OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 13, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF SECTION 13, WHICH LIES 1220 FEET DUE NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 13, THENCE DUE SOUTH 812 FEET, THENCE WEST 429 FEET, THENCE DUE NORTH 812 FEET, THENCE DUE EAST 429 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. During the twelve (12) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Pursuant to MCLA 600.3278, the mortgagor(s) will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.

Dated: 1/3/2013 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 800 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 CHASE FARM GNMA Simington (01-03)(01-24)

AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by JESSICA RAE MCINTYRE , a single woman, Mortgagors, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association , Mortgagee, dated the 1st day of April, 2010 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 7th day of April, 2010 in Liber instrument #201004070003739 of Barry County Records, page on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One hundred sixty thousand seven hundred sixty five dollars and 60/100 ($160,765.60), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 31st day of January, 2013 at 1:00 PM o’clock Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 5.500 per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises.

Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Maple Grove, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 2, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, DISTANT NORTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 39 SECONDS WEST, 624.19 FEET FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 39 SECONDS WEST, 220.13 FEET ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE; THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREE 15 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST, 800.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 39 SECONDS EAST, 220.13 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREE 15 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST, 800.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR STATE HIGHWAY PURPOSES OVER BIVENS ROAD TO HIGHWAY M-79/M-66 AS RECORDED IN LIBER 468 ON PAGE 692.

During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Pursuant to MCLA 600.3278, the mortgagor(s) will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.

Dated: 1/3/2013 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 800 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 CHASE FARM Mcintyre (01-03)(01-24) 77575247

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having occurred in two mortgages both made on July 31, 2007, by Michele E. Pare, a single woman, to Union Bank, and both recorded on August 7, 2007, in the Barry County Register of Deeds at Document 20070807 - 0000592, and at Document 20070808-0000654, respectively, on which mortgages there is claimed to be due and unpaid as of December 5, 2012, Two Hundred Nineteen Thousand, Eight Hundred Seventy Nine Dollars and 89/100 Dollars ($219,879.89) principal and interest; no suit or proceedings at law or in equity have been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the above mortgages, and the Power of Sale contained in the mortgages having become operative by reason of such default and pursuant to the statutes of the State of Michigan.

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, January 17, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI, 49058, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court of Barry County, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder the property described in this Notice, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amount due and unpaid on the mortgages, together with an interest rate at 10.75%, the expenses and charges of sale, including reasonable attorney fees, provided by law and in the mortgages, and also any sums which may be paid by the Mortgagee necessary to protect its interest in the premises. The parcel will be sold as one unit, as allowed by the mortgages unless otherwise selected by Union Bank.

The land and premises in the mortgages mentioned is described as follows: LOTS 50 AND 51 OF ALGONQUIN LAKE RESORT PROPERTIES #1, ACCORDING TO RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 56, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS The Real Property is commonly known as 2359 Old lroquois Trail, Hastings, MI 49058.

The tax identification number is 08-13-050-05500.

The length of the redemption period wilt be six months or shorter if deemed abandoned pursuant to law.

If the property is sold at a foreclosure sale pursuant to this Notice, then under MCLA 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person that buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.

MORTGAGEE: Union Bank Prepared By: Peter A. Teholiz (P34265) THE HUBBARD LAW FIRM, P.C. 5801 W. Michigan Avenue Lansing, MI 48908-0857 77573303 Telephone: 517-886-7176

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having occurred in a mortgage dated April 13, 2007 by Warren J. Williams and Susanne K. Williams, husband and wife to Union Bank and recorded on April 23, 2007, in the Barry County Register of Deeds at Document 1179601 and a mortgage made on September 25, 2007, by Warren J. Williams and Susanne K. Williams, husband and wife to Union Bank, and recorded on October 2, 2007, in the Barry County Register of Deeds at Document 20071002-0002673, on which mortgages there is claimed to be due and unpaid as of October 23, 2012, Two Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand, Four Hundred Eighty Seven Dollars and 42/100 Dollars ($229,487.42) principal and interest; no suit or proceedings at law or in equity have been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the above mortgages, and the Power of Sale contained in the mortgages having become operative by reason of such default and pursuant to the statutes of the State of Michigan.

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, January 31, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the Barry County courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court of Barry County, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder the property described in this Notice, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amount due and unpaid on the mortgages, together with an interest rate of 10.9%, the expenses and charges of sale, including reasonable attorney fees, provided by law and in the mortgages, and also any sums which may be paid by the Mortgagee necessary to protect its interest in the premises. The parcel will be sold as one unit, as allowed by the mortgages unless otherwise selected by Union Bank.

The land and premises in the mortgages mentioned is described as follows: LOT 801 AND THE WEST 14 FEET OF LOT 802 OF THE CITY, FORMERLY VILLAGE OF HASTINGS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, CITY OF HASTINGS, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN. Commonly known as: 305 S. Church St., Hastings, MI 49058. Tax ID# 08-55-201-243-00.

The length of the redemption period will be six months or shorter if deemed abandoned pursuant to law.

If the property is sold at a foreclosure sale pursuant to this Notice, then under MCLA 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person that buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.

MORTGAGE: Union Bank Prepared By: Peter A. Teholiz (P34265) THE HUBBARD LAW FIRM, P.C. 5801 W. Michigan Avenue 77574159 Lansing, MI 48908-0857

Notice Of Mortgage 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 AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jerry L. Jackson and Christina E-Joy Jackson, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 11, 2003, and recorded on November 18, 2003 in instrument 1117839, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Bank of America, N.A. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-One and 70/100 Dollars ($51,251.70).

Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on February 7, 2013.

Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 30 of Scott Park, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 68 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower 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: January 10, 2013 For more information, please call: FC X (248) 593-1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #417915F01 77575384 (01-10)(01-31)

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by TODD W. CROSS and KATHY L. CROSS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation successor by merger to Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation also known as Fifth Third Bank (Western Michigan), Mortgagee, dated November 7, 2007, and recorded on December 3, 2007, in Document No. 200712030004808, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents ($56,545.38), including interest at 3.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, At the East doors of the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 01:00 PM o'clock, on January 31, 2013 Said premises are located in Barry County, Michigan and are described as: A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF THE SOUTHWEST FRACTIONAL 1 / 4 OF SECTION 18, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST DESCRIBED AS COMMENCING AT A POINT 46 RODS NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 18, THENCE NORTH 139 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE WEST 200 FEET, THENCE NORTH 139 FEET, THENCE EAST 200 FEET, THEN SOUTH TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

If the above referenced property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower 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. Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation successor by merger to Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation also known as Fifth Third Bank (Western Michigan) Mortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 FMCO.000012 CONV (01-03)(01-24) 77575252

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Jerry L. Bracy and Jodi Bracy, formally husband and wife, of 10757 Cox Road, Bellevue, Michigan 49021 and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated August 4, 2005 and recorded on August 10, 2005 in Instrument No. 1150856 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, which mortgage has been assigned to Northpointe Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage dated November 9, 2012, and recorded on November 19, 2012 with the Barry County Register of Deeds in Instrument No. 2012007342 and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Eighty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Dollars and Sixty Two Cents ($87,940.62), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 6.500%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on February 7, 2013 at 1:00 p.m., the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan and which are described as follows: The South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 7 West. P.P. # 08-01-012-001-00 which has an address of 10757 Cox Road, Bellevue, Michigan 49021.

The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale.

Northpointe Bank 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 DATED: December 20, 2012 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa, N.W., Ste. 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1315 77573496

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by ADAM P. KITELEY and BETH A. KITELEY AKA BETH A. OWENS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 22, 2010, and recorded on March 31, 2010, in Document No. 201003310003378, and assigned by said mortgagee to THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as assigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Nine Dollars and Seventy-Two Cents ($134,879.72), including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, At the East doors of the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 01:00 PM o'clock, on January 17, 2013 Said premises are located in Barry County, Michigan and are described as: A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE NORTHEAST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 22, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1 / 4 OF SAID SECTION 22; THENCE EAST 748.4 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 41 DEGREES 05 MINUTES EAST 610.01 FEET TO THE BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 41 DEGREES 05 MINUTES EAST 220 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 57 DEGREES 25 MINUTES WEST 200 FEET; THENCE NORTH 41 DEGREES 05 MINUTES WEST 220 FEET; THENCE NORTH 57 DEGREES 25 MINUTES EAST 200 FEET TO THE BEGINNING. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. If the above referenced property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower 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. THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK Mortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 HMC.001573 FNMA (12-20)(01-10) 77573329

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LEGAL NOTICES SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARRY ELSON and VIRGINIA ELSON, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 15, 2006, and recorded on June 28, 2006, in Document No. 1166566, and assigned by said mortgagee to Federal National Mortgage Association, as assigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nine Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Nine Dollars and No Cents ($109,249.00), including interest at 2.000% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, At the East doors of the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 01:00 PM o'clock, on January 31, 2013 Said premises are located in Barry County, Michigan and are described as: PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 33, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE WEST 1 / 4 POST OF SAID SECTION 33; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 45 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EAST AND WEST 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 300 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST 1452 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST 300 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID WEST LINE 1452 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

If the above referenced property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower 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. Federal National Mortgage Association Mortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 77575236 LBPS.002536 FNMA (01-03)(01-24)

FORECLOSURE NOTICE 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 AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.

MORTGAGE SALE—Default has been made in the terms and conditions of a Mortgage made by Calvin T. VandenBosch and Sarah R. VandenBosch, husband and wife, of 1734 Manitou Lane, Middleville, Michigan 49333, now residing at 2023 133rd Avenue, Hopkins, Michigan 49328 (“Mortgagor”), to ChoiceOne Mortgage Company of Michigan, a Michigan corporation, of 109 E. Division, Sparta, Michigan, 49345, dated August 31, 2006, and recorded with the Barry County Register of Deeds, State of Michigan, on September 8, 2006, in Instrument No. 1169719, which Mortgage was assigned to and is now owned

by CHOICEONE BANK, a Michigan banking corporation (“Mortgagee”), of 109 E. Division, Sparta, Michigan, 49345, pursuant to an Assignment of Mortgage dated October 13, 2011, and recorded on October 21, 2011, with the Barry County Register of Deeds, State of Michigan, in Instrument No. 201110210009877 (the “Mortgage”). The sum claimed to be due and owing on said Mortgage as of the date of this Notice is One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Sixty-Four and 08/100 Dollars ($119,064.08) including principal and interest.

Under the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 1 p.m., local time, said Mortgage will be foreclosed at a sale at public auction to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County) of the premises and land described in the Mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due on the Mortgage, together with interest, legal costs, and charges and expenses, including the attorney fee, and also any sums which may be paid by the undersigned necessary to protect its interest.

Said premises are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 150 feet of Lots 1 & 2, Lakeside Subdivision, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 55. Subject to and together with Sanitary Sewer Easement.

PPN: 08-16-118-001-30 Commonly known as 1755 Briggs, Middleville, Michigan 49333.

The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948 CL 600.3241 or 600.3241a, as the case may be, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

The Mortgage also includes other property located in Hopkins Township, Allegan County, Michigan, which is being foreclosed on contemporaneously with this property.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower 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: January 4, 2013 ChoiceOne Bank Mortgagee Ingrid A. Jensen, (616) 608-1107, Attorney for Mortgagee Clark Hill PLC, 200 Ottawa NW, Suite 500, 77575343 Grand Rapids, MI 49503

IF YOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY OR HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIOR NINE MONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT 248-502-1400.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Darren Roberts and Carrie Roberts, husband and wife, to Fifth Third Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 11, 2009 and recorded June 22, 2009 in Instrument Number 200906220006522, and , Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Eight and 95/100 Dollars ($80,938.95) including interest at 5% per annum.

Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Circuit Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 PM on FEBRUARY 7, 2013.

Said premises are located in the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The following described real estate located in the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan:Lot 8, Block 62, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 27.

The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale, pursuant to MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damage to the property during the redemption period.

If you are a tenant in the property, please contact our office as you may have certain rights.

Dated: January 10, 2013 Orlans Associates, PC. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007 File No. 12-511546 77575389 (01-10)(01-31)

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose.

Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by CHARLES K. and JOANN P. MILLER, NOT PERSONALLY BUT AS TRUSTEES ON BEHALF OF CHARLES K. MILLER TRUST NO. 1 and JOANN P. MILLER TRUST NO. 1 (collectively, "Mortgagor"), to NATIONAL BANK OF HASTINGS, a Michigan banking corporation, of 241 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, dated April 19, 2002, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on May 15, 2002, as Instrument No. 1080579 (the "Mortgage"). First Financial Bank, N.A., a national association, of 300 High Street, PO Box 476, Hamilton, Ohio 45011-0476, was the successor by consolidation to Sand Ridge Bank, an Indiana corporation, of PO Box 598, Schereville, Indiana 46375, which was the successor by consolidation to National Bank of Hastings, and subsequently assigned the Mortgage to Chemical Bank ("Mortgagee") as evidenced of record by an assignment of mortgage dated September 21, 2012, recorded October 1, 2012, as Instrument No, 2012005185, Barry County Records. By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. Mortgagee is the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage.

As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Five Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Three and 85/100 Dollars ($105,383.85). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder at the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday the 7th day of February, 2013, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Commencing at the Northeasterly corner of Lot 22 of Elmwood Beach; thence Easterly on continuation of the North Line of Lot 22 to the Easterly side of Mile Road for place of beginning; thence Easterly on the continuation of the North Line of Lot 22 to the water's edge of Gun Lake; thence Northerly, Northwesterly and Westerly along Gun Lake to Mile Road; thence Southerly along Mile Road to the beginning, excepting therefrom: the South 40 feet of said parcel.

Together with all the improvements erected on the real estate, and all easements, appurtenances, and fixtures a part of the property, and all replacements and additions.

Commonly known as: 3443 Elmwood Beach Road, Middleville, Michigan 49333 P.P. #06-16-070-020-00 Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned.

If the premises are sold at a foreclosure sale, under MCLA §600.3278 the Mortgagor will be held responsible to the person who buys the premises at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the Mortgagee for damaging the premises during the redemption period.

Dated: January 10, 2013 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2487 (616) 752-2000 77575348 8836328-1

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. Barry County Circuit Court Case No. 10-618CH 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 Barry, State of Michigan, made and entered on the 12th day of January, 2012, in a certain cause therein pending, wherein HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc. was the Plaintiff and Jeff Schantz was the defendant. The aforementioned Judgment(s) and/or Order(s) established a debt owing to Plaintiff in the amount of $127,979.10, plus post-judgment interest at an annual rate of 8.125% 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 Barry, on the 24th of January, 2013 at 1:00 PM, local time. On said day at said time, the following described property shall be sold: property located in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, particularly described as The West 1/2 of Lots 1302 and 1303 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof.. Tax Parcel ID: 08-55-201-447-00 More commonly known as: 227 W South St, REDEMPTION PERIOD IS SIX MONTHS. For more information please call 248.642.2515. Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2525 T# 329389L02 (12-06)(01-10) 77572736

Notice Of Mortgage 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 AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Richard Frank and Abigail B. Frank, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Lend America, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2009, and recorded on August 26, 2009 in instrument 200908260008726, and assigned by said Mortgagee to LoanCare, a division of FNF Servicing, Inc. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Nine and 88/100 Dollars ($98,479.88).

Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on February 7, 2013.

Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 7, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of said Section 7; thence North 89 degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds West 1320.51 feet, along the South line of the Northeast 1/4; thence North 00 degrees 15 minutes 08 seconds West 695.99 feet, along the East line of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4, to the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 15 minutes 08 seconds West 370.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 28 minutes 40 seconds West 269.45 feet; thence Southeasterly 81.56 feet, along a 151.83 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears South 15 degrees 34 minutes 38 seconds East 80.56 feet; thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 57 seconds East 292.53 feet; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 40 seconds East 247.75 feet, to the point of beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utilities as described below. Description of a 66 foot wide Easement for Ingress, Egress and Utilities: that part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 7, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of said Section 7; thence North 89 degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds West 1320.51 feet, along the South line of the Northeast 1/4; thence North 00 degrees 15 minutes 08 seconds West 1318.97 feet, along the East line of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 28 minutes 40 seconds West 464.30 feet, along the North line of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section to the point of beginning, and the centerline of said 56 foot wide strip of land; thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 58 seconds East 24.45 feet; thence Southeasterly 141.58 feet, along a 150.0 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 27 degrees 45 minutes 38 seconds East 135.38 feet; thence South 54 degrees 24 minutes 49 seconds East 111.13 feet; thence Southerly 143.31 feet, along a 151.83 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears South 27 degrees 23 minutes 53 seconds East 138.05 feet; thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 57 seconds East 404.65 feet, to reference point A and the point of ending of said 66 foot wide strip of land, also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utilities over a 60.0 foot radius turnaround, the radius point of which is the aforesaid reference point A. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower 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: January 10, 2013 For more information, please call: FC H (248) 593-1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #357226F03 77575353 (01-10)(01-31)

FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Russell M. Peasley, a married man to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis, Mortgagee, dated November 19, 2004 and recorded December 15, 2004 in Instrument # 1138757 and modified by agreement dated February 7, 2012 and recorded March 20, 2012 in Instrument #201203200002855 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: CitiMortgage, Inc., by assignment dated January 23, 2010 and recorded February 5, 2010 in Instrument # 201002050001068 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twelve Thousand One Hundred Two Dollars and Thirty-Four Cents ($112,102.34) including interest 4.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 17, 2013. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point on the West line of said Section 25 , distant North 00 degrees 16 minutes 09 seconds East 931.62 feet from the Southwest corner of said Section 25; thence North 00 degrees 16 minutes 09 seconds East 220 .00 feet along said West Section line; thence North 88 degrees 38 minutes 54 seconds East 650.32 feet; thence South 00 degrees 41 minutes 27 seconds West 220 .05 feet; thence South 88 degrees 38 minutes 54 seconds West 648.70 feet to the point of beginning. Model Year 1999 Make/ Model Crystal Valley Patriot VIN/Serial#: CV819ABIN Commonly known as 8797 S. Clark Rd., Nashville MI 49073 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later; or unless MCL 600.3240(17) applies. If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower 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: 12/20/2012 CitiMortgage, Inc., Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 12-72844 (1220)(01-10) 77573324

FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Diane Dallas, A Single Female to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 25, 2002 and recorded November 25, 2002 in Instrument # 1092382 and corrected by affidavit dated November 19, 2012 and recorded November 29, 2012 in Instrument #2012-007635 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-1, by assignment dated July 20, 2007 and recorded July 30, 2007in Instrument # 200707300000298 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Four Dollars and Fourteen Cents ($121,864.14) including interest 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 17, 2013 Said premises are situated in Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of section 28, Town 3 north, range 8 west, described as, commencing at the intersection of the north line of said section and the centerline of Nashville Road (highway M-79) which is 1094.5 feet west along the North line of said section from the northeast corner of said section, thence south 23 degrees 45 minutes east 200.71 feet along the centerline of said road, thence southeasterly 410.72 feet along said centerline on a 1227.77 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears south 33 degrees 20 minutes East 408.80 feet, thence south 42 degrees 55 minutes east 127.71 feet along the centerline of said road, thence south 47 degrees 05 minutes west 834 feet more or less to the east line of the west onehalf of the northeast one-quarter, thence South along the East line of the West one-half of the Northeast one-quarter 1447 feet more or less to the southeast corner of the west one-half of the northeast one-quarter, thence west along the east and west one-quarter line 313.5 feet more or less to the southwest corner of the east 19 acres of the west one-half of the Northeast one-quarter, thence north along the west line of the east 19 acres of the west one-half of the Northeast one-quarter 2640 feet more or less to the North line of said section, thence East 532 feet more or less to the place of beginning, subject to the right of way for highway purposes over the north 33 feet and over that part lying northeasterly of a line which is 33 feet southwesterly from and parallel with the centerline of Nashville Road (highway M-79) Commonly known as 1890 Nashville Rd, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later; or unless MCL 600.3240(17) applies. If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower 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: 12/20/2012 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 20031 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 12-66766 (12-20)(01-10) 77573313

Notice Of Mortgage 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 AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Krista M. Kennedy and Jason L. Kennedy, Wife and Husband as Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 17, 2009, and recorded on June 24, 2009 in instrument 200906240006576, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Bank of America, N.A. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand Eighty-Three and 74/100 Dollars ($193,083.74).

Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on February 7, 2013.

Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 30, Misty Ridge No. 2, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6, Page 49 of plats, Barry County records.

The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower 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: January 10, 2013 For more information, please call: FC X (248) 593-1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #417921F01 (01-10)(01-31) 77575362

FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. MAY BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE A MILITARY SERVICEMEMBER ON ACTIVE DUTY NOW OR IN THE PRIOR NINE MONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Richard Popenhagen And Rachel Popenhagen, Husband And Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 3, 2007, and recorded on January 24, 2007, as Document Number: 1175527, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2007-1 NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1 by an Assignment of Mortgage dated October 01, 2012 and recorded October 11, 2012

by Document Number: 2012-005616, , on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Five and 22/100 ($112,485.22) including interest at the rate of 8.62500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the place of holding the Circuit Court in said Barry County, where the premises to be sold or some part of them are situated, at 01:00 PM on January 17, 2013 Said premises are situated in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PREMISES SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF, COUNTY OF BARRY AND STATE OF TO WIT: BEGINNING AT THE EAST QUARTER POST OF SECTION 27, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST; THENCE SOUTH 87 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 21 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE EAST AND WEST QUARTER LINE OF SAID SECTION 27, A DISTANCE OF 664.55 FEET; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 01 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 27, A DISTANCE OF 1335.21 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 45 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 205.17 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 09 SECONDS EAST, 284.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 45 SECONDS EAST, 460.14 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 27; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST SECTION LINE, 1047.27 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO EXISTING ROADWAY EASEMENT FOR HUTCHINSON ROAD ON THE EAST AND HICKORY ROAD ON THE SOUTH. SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS, RESERVATIONS, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AGREEMENTS OF RECORD, IF ANY. Commonly known as: 14300 Hutchinson Road If the property is eventually sold at foreclosure sale, the redemption period will be 6.00 months from the date of sale unless the property is abandoned or used for agricultural purposes. If the property is determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 and/or 600.3241a, the redemption period will be 30 days from the date of sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. If the property is presumed to be used for agricultural purposes prior to the date of the foreclosure sale pursuant to MCL 600.3240, the redemption period is 1 year. Pursuant to MCL 600.3278, if the property is sold at a foreclosure sale, the borrower(s) 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. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages are, if any, limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. If you are a tenant in the property, please contact our office as you may have certain rights. Dated: December 20, 2012 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2007-1 NovaStar Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1 43252 Woodward Avenue, Suite 180, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, 248-335-9200 Case No. 12OMI01272-1 (12-20)(01-10) 77573308

Page 12 — Thursday, January 10, 2013 — The Hastings Banner

Speed and technique work pays off for swimmers

by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Trojans had a different strategy this holiday season.

Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings varsity boys’ swimming and diving coach has had teams pile on the yardage during the break in years past. This winter it was about the quality of the strokes rather than the quantity of the yardage.

“More work on speed and technique versus the distance part and the endurance side of it,” Bultema said. “It seemed to pay off from what the kids told me their times were.”

The TK/Hastings boys had two-a-day prac-

tices three times a week over the break.

“I was kind of curious to see how they came out. If they would be tired, and still sore, but they seemed to swim okay timewise,” Bultema said.

The Trojans returned to the pool Tuesday to knock off Fremont 112-74 in a non-conference dual in Hastings, winning ten of the 12 events.

Despite the lopsided results, there were a number of events where the Trojans were pushed by the Packers. Levi Ryfiak and Daegen Mix won two events each for TK/Hastings.

Ryfiak edged Jonathon Dorgan of Fremont

Hastings has lots of time to prep for conference opener

Hastings guard Grace Made tries to dribble by Charlotte’s Annie Keenan during Tuesday’s non-conference contest at Hastings High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

by Brett Bremer Sports Editor With one game over the holiday break and just one this week, Hastings varsity boys’ basketball coach Steve Storrs said his guys are getting a little sick of practicing.

They’ll get the chance to get back into the swing of things next week when they open the OK Gold Conference season. League play starts with a visit from Wayland Tuesday, the Saxons will then host Ottawa Hills Friday (Jan. 18).

Storrs said his team will spend a lot of time in practice during this week preparing to try and slow down the Wayland offense. The Wildcats are 7-1, and have been held under 60 points only twice this season.

The Saxons are off to a 5-1 start after scoring a 59-40 non-conference victory at Charlotte Tuesday.

Luke Heide led the way for the Saxons with 15 points. Ian Beck had nine points.

The Saxons found some success near the basket. Eric Hart finished with 12 points and five rebounds. Michael Eastman had seven points, five rebounds and five assists, and Marshall Cherry chipped in six points and seven rebounds.

Hastings jumped out to a 20-6 lead in the ball game.

Storrs was pleased to get out to the early lead. It gave him the chance to get a number of this juniors who have very little varsity experience a little playing time. He was especially pleased with the defensive effort he saw from Carson Williams and the rebounding of Jon Wilcox off the bench.

The Saxons did have their ups and downs throughout the course of the evening.

Charlotte outscored the Saxons 13-10 in the

second quarter.

Keegan Johnson led Charlotte with nine points.

Saxon center Maddie Dailey flips up a shot during the second half of Tuesday’s non-conference contest against visiting Charlotte. (Photo by Perry Hardin)

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TK/Hastings’ junior Dexx VanHouten races through the water during the butterfly leg of the 200-yard individual medley during Tuesday’s non-conference dual with Fremont in the CERC Pool in Hastings. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by three hundredths of a second in the first individual event of the day, the 200-yard freestyle. Ryfiak touched the wall in 2 minutes 5.79 seconds, and Dorgan in 2:05.82 after eight lengths of the pool. Ryfiak had a much bigger cushion in winning the 100-yard butterfly in 59.22 seconds.

Mix edged JonPaul Hills to win the 50-yard freestyle in 24.61, with Hills finishing in 24.81. In the 100-yard freestyle, Mix just beat Dorgan 55.44 seconds to 55.60.

Ryfiak and Mix also teamed with Nick Myers and Jared Bailey to win the 400-yard freestyle in 3:50.97.

TK/Hastings swept the relays, with Ryfiak, Jacob Miller, Corey Robins and Dexx VanHouten winning the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:44.42 and the team of Bailey, VanHouten, Mix and Miller winning the 200yard medley relay in 1:59.53.

VanHouten won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:32.61, Bailey the 500-yard freestyle in 5:51.83 and Nate Ryfiak won the diving competition for TK/Hastings with a score of 170.55.

The evening wasn’t just about the winners for TK/Hastings, Bultema said he was keeping a close eye on his second and third swimmers in each event.

“I thought they competed well,” Bultema said. “We discussed before the meet to make sure that out second and third swimmers would compete, and make sure that they swam the whole race. That was important today, and I think they did that.”

It really showed up in the 200 IM, where TK/Hastings had the top three finishers. Ben Anderson was second in 2:40.57 and Ronnie Collins third in 2:49.13.

Fremont’s first win came in the tenth event,

LHS will host Hoops for Hope event on Friday The Lakewood girls’ basketball program will be hosting its fifth annual Hoops for Hope evening Friday, Jan. 11, at Lakewood High School.

The Lakewood varsity girls’ and boys’ basketball teams will both be in action that night, against Capital Area Activities Conference White Division foe Stockbridge. The boys’ game is set to tip-off at 6 p.m., with the girls to follow around 7:30 p.m.

The Hoops for Hope games are played to raise awareness and money for the fight against cancer. All money raised will be donated to the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer program. Money will be raised through T-shirt sales, a bake sale, through a memory/honor wall and other donations.

A Miracle Minute will be held at half-time of the varsity boys’ basketball game, and cancer survivors will be honored prior to the start of the varsity girls’ contest.

Contact varsity girls’ basketball coach Denny Frost at Lakewood High School to purchase a T-shirt prior to the event.

GRCC edges TK for title at Battle of Hills The Thornapple Kellogg varsity wrestling team finished second at the Battle of the Hills team tournament held at Forest Hills Central Saturday, falling only to OK Gold foe Grand Rapids Catholic Central 35-32.

The Trojans posted wins over Lawton 5419, Mattawan 57-16, Forest Hills Central 4232, and Sparta 40-30.

Winning five matches for the Trojans were seniors Ryan Flynn and Paul Haney.

Winning four matches for the Trojans were seniors Nick Glowe and Cole Gahan.

The Trojans were scheduled to visit Hamilton Wednesday. They will be back in action Saturday at a tournament hosted by Lowell and then return to OK Gold action at home against Wayland Wednesday.

The Trojans’ Daegen Mix swims along on the anchor leg of his team’s 400-yard freestyle relay team, which won its event during Tuesday’s dual with Fremont. (Photo

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TK/Hastings sophomore Jared Bailey nears the end of his first length during the 400-yard freestyle relay Tuesday evening in the CERC Pool. (Photo by Brett Bremer) the 100-yard backstroke, which Calvin Crandell won in 1:07.45. Hills followed that up by out-touching VanHouten in the 100yard breaststroke, winning in 1:13.06.

VanHouten finished win 1:13.34.

TK-Hastings is at Allegan this evening, then will be at home against West Catholic Tuesday.

Delton defense awakens in time to beat Comets

by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton Kellogg senior guard Brianna Russell was more than a little excited to knock down two big free throws to help her team to a tight Kalamazoo Valley Association victory over visiting Kalamazoo Christian Tuesday.

The Panthers improved to 6-2 overall and 4-2 in the league with their 50-43 come-frombehind victory over the Comets.

“She knocked down two huge free throws, much to her own surprise,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn. “I told her you probably ought to act like you’ve done this before, but she says ‘well coach, I haven’t.’ I guess that’s appropriate. She really had a good game.”

Russell finished with just the two points, but was a big part of the defensive charge that got the Panthers back in the ball game after they fell in a 29-21 hole in the first half. The Comets held Delton to just six points in the opening quarter.

“We just came out sluggish. I mean really sluggish in that first quarter, I think a little carryover from the Parchment game on Friday,” Mohn said.

Delton had just one field goal and four free throws in that first quarter. The Comets pushed their lead to 10 points at 31-21 with the first bucket of the second half. Those were the last points the Comets would score in the third quarter though, as Delton went on a 130 run the rest of the period. “(Brianna) ‘Breezy’ Russell came on off the bench, and she’s really coming on as of late,” said Mohn. “Defensively she’s fast. She flies around. She doesn’t know what she’s doing, but it doesn’t matter. She just gets in the way. She had a couple really big steals, she hawked down a ball she had no business getting to. She’s just so quick.”

Once Delton had the ball, Mallory Sewell and Brooke Martin led the way. Sewell finished with 17 points, including eight in the fourth quarter. Martin ended up with 13 points, and Mohn said he’s having a fun time

watching her growing into becoming a leader for the team.

Delton Kellogg also got seven points each from Rachel Parker and Sarah Rendon, and four points from Kristen Mohn.

Carly Vandenberg led Kalamazoo Christian with 13 points. Allison Snowden and Ashley Balkema had eight each, and Stephanie VandeLugt chipped in seven points as well as 13 rebounds.

It was a bit of a slow start for the Panthers Friday too, at Parchment. Parchment scored a 50-42 win over the Delton Kellogg girls, after outscoring them 17-10 in the first quarter.

Martin had 20 points in the losing effort, and Sewell finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds.

Parchment got 16 points from Meredith Stutz and 15 from Kendyl Hinton.

Delton Kellogg’s girls will be at Galesburg-Augusta Friday and then at Schoolcraft Tuesday.

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Lions lose for the first time, to Rams in triple-OT

by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Maple Valley varsity boys’ basketball coach Chris Ewing said his Lions talked all weekend about how it would take a lot for a team to beat them.

Unfortunately for the Lions, they were right. It did take a lot - three overtimes.

Galesburg-Augusta handed the visiting Lions their first loss of the season Tuesday, knocking them off 81-73 in triple overtime.

Ewing said a long three-pointer by the Rams’ Jordan Born erased a three-point Lion lead at the end of the first overtime session, and then three free throws by the Lions’ Sammy Benedict erased a three-point Ram lead at the end of the second overtime.

In the end, it was the Rams’ Kyle Mallawitz who finished off the Lions. He was 4-of-6 from the free throw line down the stretch (and 13-of-16 at the line for the night).

He scored the first four points of the third, and final, overtime period and finished with a game-high 26 points.

Benedict led the Lions with 22 points, while Micah Bromley added 19 points and Austin Gonser 15 points and ten rebounds.

Behind Mallawitz for the Rams, Born poured in 19 points and Andy Gregg 17.

“That was a long, long game,” said Ewing.

It wouldn’t have been a long game if the Lions hadn’t been able to put together a big comeback. They were down 12 points at one point in the second period, and still trailed 3528 at the half.

Mallawitz and the Rams built their lead by attacking the basket. The Lions struggled to stop their penetration, and when they were able to get over in time the Rams did a good job of dishing off the basketball for other good looks at the basket.

“We changed up our defense a lot,” said Ewing. “We went to a 3-2 zone and a halfcourt press a lot, but they beat those pretty easily for a while, so we went back to what we’re comfortable with, or full-court man-to-

Maple Valley’s Garret Mater races in for a lay-up ahead of Kalamazoo Christian’s Nate Niewoonder during the third quarter Friday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

time session. The Comets led 58-56, but didn’t score again. A 7-of-14 performance at the free throw line in the overtime, and another big three by Bromley sealed the win for the Lions.

Maple Valley also got 15 points from Gonser, seven from Garret Mater, six from Tyler Hickey and five each from Benedict and Garrett Miller.

Heidema led the Comets with 19 points on the night, while 6-6 sophomore center Cole VanOosten added 16 points. Nate Niewoonder finished with ten and Gooch had six.

Lion head coach Christopher Ewing was very pleased with the job his team did on the Comets’ two big centers.

“They have some really good big guys, very powerful in the middle, and we knew if we could stop those two guys and kind of win the boards we would definitely be in this game right to the end and these guys, they

Maple Valley’s Sammy Benedict tries to get around Kalamazoo Christian’s Chase Carlson at the top of the key during Friday night’s KVA contest at Maple Valley High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Maple Valley’s Micah Bromley flips up a shot late in the first half against Kalamazoo Christian Friday night. (Photo

by Brett Bremer) man. But as the game went on we got a little tired, did a bit more reaching and weren’t moving our feet as well.”

The Rams also threw a few different defenses at Maple Valley. The Lions didn’t shoot too well, knocking down just 20-of-29 free throw attempts. They only hit 14 field goals all game.

Both teams had more turnovers than they would have liked. The Lions finished with 20 and the Rams with 22.

Galesburg-Augusta improves to 3-3 overall

this season with the win. The Lions are 6-1.

The Lions now have a tough game ahead at Schoolcraft Friday.

At least one Maple Valley junior was happy there wasn’t any school last Friday. Bromley liked the opportunity for himself and the rest of the Maple Valley varsity boys’ basketball team to be able to come into the school during the day and have a shoot-around.

The Lions could find out of their shots were on, and if they weren’t they could work out the kinks before returning to Kalamazoo Valley Association action against visiting Kalamazoo Christian that evening.

Bromley’s shot was on, and it was still on at 8 p.m. when the Lions and Comets tipped off. He drilled four three-pointers and led the Lions with 24 points in their 66-58 overtime victory over the Comets.

“Everyone is so excited right now,” Bromley said. “We’re coming together as a team and just blessing God for the opportunity to start like this and have the team that we have.”

Bromley wasn’t the only Lion who’s shot was on. Maple Valley hit five three-pointers in the third quarter to dig out of a five-point hole against the Comets. The Lions led 43-38 after three quarters, and the lead was still five points for the Lions at 54-49 with two and a half minutes to play.

Kalamazoo Christian cut the Lion lead to 54-53 with just over a minute to play on an offensive put-back by 6-5 senior center Dylan Gooch. Bromley put his team back up three with 54 seconds left, attacking the basket for a lay-up that made it 56-53 in favor of the Valley.

The Lions got a stop on the ensuing Comet possession, but after a time-out threw the ball back to the Comets with 26 seconds left on the clock. Kalamazoo Christian’s Brennan Heidema grabbed the ball and passed it out to Nate Niewoonder, who missed a three from the top of the key, but Jason Westrate pulled down an offensive rebound. Westrate kicked it back out to Heidema, who drilled a three to tie the game at 56-56 and send it to overtime.

Another offensive rebound, this time by Gooch, turned into the first points of the over-

Parchment edges DK boys by three Jeff Minehart found his shooting touch over the break.

Minehart drilled six three-pointers in the first half, helping Delton Kellogg to an early lead at Parchment Friday, but the hosts rallied in the second half for a 55-52 Kalamazoo Valley Association victory.

Minehart finished with 20 points.

Parchment’s Kendall Griffin was the gamehigh scorer though, finishing with 27 points.

Delton led by seven points at the half, but head coach Steve Miknis said that Parchment went inside to chip away at the Delton boys’ lead.

“We played a full four quarters, but they

just had the upper hand with their timely shooting. Jeff’s six threes in the first half really sparked us, but they answered. We had a couple looks at the end to tie the game but came up short.”

Delton Kellogg also got 10 points and 10 assists from Zach Leinaar . Zach Meyers chipped in 10 points too, and Colton Tobias added seven points and nine rebounds.

Griffin was the only player in double figures for the host Panthers. Jack Binegar added eight points and Tristan Jehnsen had seven.

Delton Kellogg is now 1-6 overall and 1-5 in the KVA. While Parchment went inside to come back

for a win over the Delton Kellogg boys, Kalamazoo Christian got the job done from the perimeter Tuesday.

The Comets scored a 68-35 win over the Panthers in Kalamazoo, drilling nine threepointers in the process.

Nate Niewoonder led the way for the Comets, hitting four threes and finishing with 22 points. Brennan Heidema had 14 and Levi Wolthuis eight points.

Delton Kellogg got 13 points from TJ Wooden and 10 from Minehart.

Delton has a couple more tough league contests ahead, at Galesburg-Augusta Friday and home against Schoolcraft Tuesday.

LHS boys fall behind Arrows early and never recover

by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Viking head coach Wayne Piercefield could tell a minute into the ball game that his team didn’t have it Friday night.

Lowell outscored the Lakewood varsity boys’ basketball team 17-5 in the opening quarter, then went on to post a 65-35 win over the visiting Vikings.

“That other team showed up again,” Piercefield said. “We’ve got two very different teams - one that wants to show up and play and one that just wants to have a uniform to put on.”

The Vikings had their uniforms on proper-

ly, but not much else went right. They turned the ball over 26 times against the Red Arrows’ zone defense.

“We were down ten in a matter of a minute and a half,” Piercefield said.

The Lakewood coach doesn’t like the fact that for much of this early part of the season the team’s offense has driven its defense.

When the Vikings knock down a big threepointer, they get fired up and carry that intensity to the other end of the floor.

The Vikings would be better off if they flipped that, he thinks, with a defensive stop, a big rebound or a steal sparking the offensive effort.

After the big start, Lowell pushed its lead to 33-15 at the half then outscored the Vikings 20-3 in the third quarter.

Jason Malling led the Red Arrows with 20 points. He knocked down five three-pointers.

Lowell also got 14 points from Austin Lemke and 11 from Grant Noskey. They both had four rebounds and Lemke added five blocked shots.

Alex Caudy led the Vikings with 12 points.

Dylan Durkee, Michael Carr, Nate Kauffman and Kyle Kneale had four points each.

Lakewood is now 3-5 overall this season.

The Vikings return to action Friday at home against Stockbridge.

did,” Ewing said. “They did exactly what we’ve been working on. We’ve been working on rebounding for the last two weeks, because we knew against Springport we struggled. We said, we have to learn to box out.

Rebounding. The only thing that was missing from the components of this team was rebounding, and this game we started rebounding.”

The Comets’ size changed the Lions offensive strategy a bit too. Throughout the early part of the season they’d been penetrating for short jumpers and looks right at the basket a bit more, and relying less on their three-point shooting.

“One of the things I keep preaching is, have confidence,” Ewing said. “Believe in yourself. When you shoot that three, every shot is going in. That’s what these guys have done.

They really just stepped it up and they’re having that confidence boost right now that they’re unstoppable.”

Offense lets down Lions in loss to K-Christian

Maple Valley guard Timara Burd (24) has a shot turned aside by Kalamazoo Christian center Rebekah VanDam during the fourth quarter of Friday night’s KVA contest at Maple Valley High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Lions need to find some confidence on the offensive end of the floor.

Sophomore forward Olivia Ricketts showed off a little in the fourth quarter, attacking the basket when she was able to get the ball in the post. She scored six of her team-high eight points in the fourth quarter Friday.

It was too little too late though, as the Lions fell behind visiting Kalamazoo Christian 34-6 through the first three quarters.

The Comets went on to finish off a 43-17 Kalamazoo Valley Association victory.

“We have to show up to compete. We have to show up to compete. That’s all it comes down to,” said Maple Valley head coach Landon Wilkes.

“No matter what offense, no matter what defense. Whatever we do. It’s still basketball.

Those things don’t change.”

The Comets shut out the Lions in the opening quarter, taking a 10-0 lead with they eventually pushed to 18-0 before Johanna Kyle scored the Lions’ first two points three and a half minutes into the second quarter.

The taller Comet team scored most of its first quarter points with the help of strong offensive rebounding. The Lions did limit that part of the Kalamazoo Christian attack a bit the rest of the way.

Allison Snowden had a handful of offensive rebounds in the first five minutes for the Comets, and put two of them back up for buckets. She was one of three Comets with eight points at the end. Carly VandenBerg and Ashley Balkema also finished with eight points each.

Britney Laaksonen led the Comets with nine points.

Ricketts was the only Lion with more than two points.

“You have to take shots when you’re given the opportunity in a game,” Wilkes said. “I can’t tell you how many times tonight they would have a girl standing in the lane (on defense), our girl would not get to the threepoint line. We would stand four feet behind the three-point line and catch the reversal, rather than shrinking in. Then, what are you going to do four feet behind the line?

Maple Valley’s Marissa Pierce (left) is fouled by Kalamazoo Christian’s Carly VandenBerg as she tries to attack the basket late in the first quarter Friday.

(Photo by Brett Bremer) Nothing. At least if you’re on the three-point line at least you have the ability to get off a jump shot.”

The Lions are now 1-7 overall this season and 1-5 in the KVA. Maple Valley fell 37-22 to visiting Galesburg-Augusta Tuesday, falling in an early hole again. The Rams outscored the Lions 11-3 in the opening quarter.

The Lions chipped that lead down to 23-17 heading into the fourth quarter, but the Rams went on a 14-5 run to close out the evening.

Kati Thompson led the Rams with 17 points. Noelle Mejeur added nine points and Kathryn Dooley had eight.

Timara Burd and Kyle had six points each for the Lions, while McKailey Bodenmuller added four points.

The Lions make the long trip to Schoolcraft Friday.

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Hastings, Cross, wind up on top against Bronson

by Brett Bremer Sports Editor It may have been the tournament’s deciding moment.

For the second year in a row Hastings’ Kenny Cross found himself on his back in the championship round at Hastings’ own LH Lamb Invitational. For the second year in a row, Cross wound up on top.

Bronson’s Brandon Losinski scored an early reversal in the second period of their 152-pound championship match, then turned Cross onto his back twice for six near fall points before Cross scored a reversal of his own and ended the period down 8-4.

After that, it didn’t take much time in the third period of Cross to score a take down and then end the match with a pin in 4 minutes 15 seconds.

“I knew what to do to beat him, but I was wrestling his style of wrestling at first, which isn’t good,” said Cross.

“He likes to get on top and put his legs in, what he did, and power half you. He’s a slow wrestler. He waits for you to go, which I knew he was going to do that.

“I need to be just firing, just go, go, go until I get gassed.”

Cross is now 18-0 this season, and he said that Losinski and Thornapple Kellogg’s Cole Gahan are the only wrestlers to score points against him this year other than wrestlers who he’s given free releases to.

Hastings would wind up winning the 51st Annual LH Lamb Invitational by seven points over Bronson, 200 to 193.

Bronson, a team which beat the Saxons in a dual 51-28 at the Coldwater Tournament in December, had more individual champions (five) and more medalists (12) than any other team in the nine-team tournament.

Hastings was second in each of those stats, with four champions and 11 medalists, but first in points. The Saxons and Bronson Vikings met in six flight championships, which each team winning three of those.

Hastings did have 17 pins to Bronson’s 15 throughout the course of the day.

“We kind of expected (Bronson) to be the team to beat, but our kids, we had a couple wins against them that we lost during that dual,” said Hastings coach Mike Goggins.

The Saxons’ Mitchell Sarhatt scored a 7-5 win over Bronson’s Tom Littlefield in the 103-pound championship, scoring a take down with 15 seconds left in the third period to win it.

In the 140-pound championship Hastings’ Joe Siska fell 8-6 to Bronson’s Joe Albarran in overtime, but Albarran had pinned Siska in their previous meeting this season.

“Those kinds of things kind of helped out,” Goggins said.

Jason Slaughter scored the Saxons’ other

championship with a win over a Bronson wrestler, topping Jukoada Sexton 8-4 in the 160-pound final.

Hastings’ also had Nate Pewoski pin Petoskey’s James Gazarotto 2:35 into their 285-pound championship match.

Bronson had Wes Disbro pin the Saxons’ David Hause 3:31 into the 112-pound championship match, and Hunter Machus pin the Saxons’ Zach Wilcox 2:50 into the 125-pound final.

Jake Littlefield and Kahle Scheenks also won titles for Bronson. Littlefield pinned Charlotte’s Andrew Morgan 1:34 into the 119-pound final, and Scheenks scored a 7-5 in over Lakewood’s Austin Kietzman in the 130pound championship.

Jordon Bennett won Lakewood’s lone title, pinning Hastings’ Stephen Kendall 3:41 into their 145-pound championship match.

Hastings also had Chase Huisman finish second, falling 18-8 to Charlotte’s Tayler Wilkins in the 171-pound championship match.

The Charlotte heavyweights were tough, with Hunter Challender topping Lakewood’s Jack Tromp 8-3 in the 189-pound final and Chase Challender scoring a 9-3 win over Lakewood’s Lars Pyrzinski in the 215-pound championship match.

Chase Challender was named the tournament’s most outstanding wrestler, finishing the day by handing Pyrzinski his first loss of

The Saxons’ Jason Slaughter (right) scores near fall points as he holds Bronson’s Jukoada Sexton on his back during the second period of their 160-pound championship match Saturday at the LH Lamb Tournament in Hastings. (Photo by Brett Bremer) the year.

Lakewood’s Pyrzinski and Bennett each now have just one loss on the year.

“It just takes a monkey off the back and keeps everybody focused going into the January run,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch.

The Lakewood coach said he’s changed his strategy a bit in his 29th year of coaching.

“I’ve changed my philosophy from years

MVHS cheer over 600 for the first time Hastings’ Stephen Kendall (front) tries to break free from the grasp of Lakewood’s Jordon Bennett in the 145pound championship match Saturday at Hastings High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Maple Valley’s varsity competitive cheer team continues to up its school record score.

The Lions had their top score ever Saturday, while finishing third at their own Maple Valley Invitational.

The Lions finished with a score of 602.2.

Charlotte took the day’s title with a score of 675.5 and Portland was second at 617.9.

Maple Valley had the second best round three score of the day, behind Charlotte, with a 265.9.

Charlotte had the top score in each of the three rounds, a 208.3 in round one, a 193 in round two and a 274.2 in round three.

The Lions started the day with a 176.8 in round one and a 159.5 in round two.

Comstock was fourth in the final team standings with a score of 590.88, followed

by Bronson 576.88, Homer 501.2 and Jackson Parma Western 464.1.

The Lions were set to open Southern Michigan Competitive Cheer Conference action at Delton Kellogg High School last night. They’ll be back in action Monday at Springport.

Hastings bowling teams both score victories over Pioneers Hastings 119-pounder Nic Shaffer (top) nears a pin against Petoskey’s Rob Kibbe in the match for third place Saturday during the LH Lamb Tournament in Hastings.

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The Hastings bowling club won its first competitions of 2013 as the boys and the girls both scored 22-8 victories at East Grand Rapids Tuesday.

Sophomore Cheyanne Roush finished off the victory for the Saxon girls, sitting on three strikes going into the tenth frame of the second game she need two more strikes to clinch the win in the game for her team.

She got those two strikes, and then a nine, to finish off the meet’s high game of a 194.

That tally put the Hastings girls up 545 to 537 in the second game. Hastings girls won the first 520 to 434.

Roush and Sarah Taylor led the Hastings girls, with Connie Depue and Sakora Stout also winning points for the girls’ team.

Both the girls’ and boys’ teams split their two Baker games with the Pioneers.

The Hastings boys matched the girls’ two wins in the regular team games, winning 730656 and 607-581.

“With a win under our belt we are feeling good, however we are far from where we need to be,” said Hastings coach Kyle Hoyt.

“This is a team that needs to work on many things and if I can get them all on the same page and have them realize what it takes to compete at a high level I think we can be a powerhouse in the near future.”

Mitchell Philley led the way for the Hastings boys, winning both his match play points. Josh Clous also gained two team points for his two match-play wins in the regular games. Those two guys are both undefeated in match play for the year.

Matthew Scott and Corey Stout also won match-play points for Hastings.

The Saxons’ next meet will be against Pennfield Jan. 22 at 3:30 p.m.

ago, I told the kids, if we were falling behind on team points in this tournament I’d be pulling them off to the side and ripping the snot out of them,” said Veitch. “I learned, it’s not about now. It’s about the end of the season. A little bit smarter. I can tell you, so many years we were just burnt out by the time we came to the end. We wanted to win every Saturday, it got to kill, kill, kill and by the end we were just burnt. Now, whatever happens you just keep getting fundamentally ready and put it together by the run time and hopefully the kids are still on fire.”

Charlotte, with all the heavyweight wins, was third on the day with 127 points.

Lakewood was fourth with 105.5 points, followed by Petoskey 89, Unity Christian 40, Ionia 36, East Grand Rapids 34 and Creston 21.

Ionia’s Jordan Zamarron was the other flight champion, topping Charlotte’s Dalton Zaluga 5-2 in the 135-pound final.

Hastings had Ethan Haywood at 130 pounds and Nic Shaffer at 125 both place third.

Lakewood had Jeremy Innes third at 140 pounds, Garrett Phelps fourth at 171, Raiden Macleod third at 285.

Lakewood turns up defensive effort to down Red Arrows

by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Both teams started out playing tremendous defense Friday night.

Lakewood’s varsity girls’ basketball team figured things out on the offensive end.

Lowell’s girls never really did.

The Vikings scored a 38-28 win over visiting Lowell in non-conference action, improving to 3-6 on the season.

“We played with some energy at the defensive end,” said Lakewood head coach Denny Frost. “We have been stressing that our energy level has been low in some games and that we needed to play harder, especially on defense. We did a nice job of only giving up eight points in the first half, and 15 through the first three quarters.”

Frost said seniors Maddie McLean, Ellie Reynolds and Liz Campeau took the defensive challenge to heart, and played major roles in the victory. He was also pleased with the steps forward he saw Taylor VantLand take Friday, and with the way Jessyca Stoepker and Konnor Geiger were able to hold their own against the taller girls from Lowell.

“They are starting to get more comfortable with their roles,” Frost said. “I was really pleased with the effort. We will make mistakes, but make them playing hard.”

There weren’t many defensive mistakes by the Vikings, certainly not through the first three quarters. The Vikings led 3-2 after one quarter, then picked things up a little to outscore the Red Arrows 27-13 over the course of the next two quarters. Lakewood led 30-15 heading into the fourth.

“We struggled with their 1-3-1 half court trap in the first half, but did a better job of getting the ball to the middle and kicking it back out,” Frost said. “Plus we hit some shots, which always makes it better.”

Emily Kutch led the Vikings offensively with 12 points, and also had nine rebounds, three assists, four steals and two blocked shots.

VantLand and Brooke Wieland had eight points and five rebounds each. Wieland also had six assists and two steals.

Campeau and McLean had four points each, and Campeau tied Kutch for the team lead in rebounds with nine. Reynolds had three steals, while Geiger and Stoepker had two each.

Lowell got 13 points from Kate Montgomery and six from Aubrey Steed.

Lakewood returns to action at home Friday with a CAAC-White contest against Stockbridge.

DK cheer takes championship at its own invite Delton Kellogg’s varsity competitive cheer team was more than 40 points better than its nearest competition at Saturday’s DK Invitational in Delton.

The Panthers had the top score in each of the three rounds and finished the day with a total of 641.4000 points. Hanover-Horton was second with a score of 610.5000.

Delton Kellogg scored a 199.9 in round one, a 178.0 in round two and a 263.5 in round three.

Hanover Horton had the second best scores in rounds two and three, finishing behind Delton in the third round because of an eightpoint deduction.

White Pigeon was third overall with 604.5000 points, followed by Zeeland West 559.8000, Schoolcraft 526.4000, Hopkins 524.2000 and Buchanan 450.4800.

That invitational was the first of back-toback home meets for the Delton Kellogg girls, who were scheduled to host the Southern Michigan Competitive Cheer Conference opener last night, with teams like White Pigeon and Schoolcraft returning to Delton to try and stop the Panthers from defending their conference title.

Delton is back in action Saturday at the Gull Lake Invitational.

BOWLING SCORES Thursday Angels Riverfront Fin. Ser. 44-24; Varney’s Const.

43-25; Miller Farm Repair 41-27; Moore’s Apts. 39-39; Cathy’s Cut & Curl 37-31; Hastings Bowl 32.5-35.5; DJ on the Roll 29.538.5.

High Games and Series - D. Furlong 116; N. Newton 131; L. Jackson 150; J. Myers 153; D. Curtis 174; J. Gasper 190; W. Barker 150; A. Castelein 215-625; K. Shumway 175; M. Weiler 146; B. Brown 148; J. Wood 176; M. Gdula 211-597; J. Wyant 172; B. Noteboom 180; N. Taylor 148; L. Kendall 182.

Thursday Majors Hastings Bowl 45-27; Pocket Pounders 4527; Red Rockets 43-29; Old Men 41.5-30.5; Muff Divers 37.5-34.5; Arens Lawn 34.537.5; HDR 30.5-41.5.

High Games and Series - K. Hess 203; S. Ashley 236-591; A. Taylor 200; B. Taylor 214; J. Hunt 191-527; J. Barnum 214; K. Phenix 203; D. Hiar 222-616; R. Furlong 184; J. Gibson 191; G. Gonzales 200; P. Gasper 223-605; T. Heath 257-699; D. Lambert 243597; R. Guild 250-656; L. Campbell 174; C. Wyman 186; J. Haight 210-586; T. Varney 190; J. Olin 235-578; M. Magoon 204-576; D. Varney 204-564; B. Stadel 132; M. Arens 196-517.

Sunday Night Mixed Comebacks 46; Street Bowlers 41; H20 38;

Sunday Snoozers 34; You’re Up n Shit 32; Straightliners 30; The Wild Bunch 29.

Women’s Good Games and Series - S. Vandenburg 198-561; F. Featherly 163-417; C. Demott 145-382; K. Plett 161-369; K. Genther 175; M. Simpson 171; F. Ames 153.

Men’s Good Games and Series - M. Snyder 199-552; C. Featherly 188-484; J. Shoebridge 189; R. Snyder 180.

Tuesday Trios Sam 50-15; Washking 49-19; CB’s 38.529.5; Coleman Ins. 34.5-29.5; Look Ins. 3434; Team Turkey 34-34; Classic Trio 30-38; Lu’s Team 29.5-34.5; Blair Landscaping 27.540.5; Ghost Team 0-68.

High Game - Shirlee V. 208; Renee B. 193; Mary H. 192.

High Series - Shirlee V. 536; Mary H. 510; Paula R. 498.

Tuesday Mixed Hometown Lumber 49; Boyce Milk Haulers 46; Hurless Machine 41; Barry Co. Red Cross 39.5; J-Bar Antique Tractors 26.

High Game - M. Burd 213; K. Beebe 211; G. Hause 202; C. Featherly 200; D. Blakely 200; D. Benner 191; C. Steeby 173; N. Boniface 162; M. Bryan 161; R. Gross 143; B. Norris 127.

High Series - K. Beebe 540; M. Burd 531; C. Featherly 510; M. Bryan 428.