County audit results in solid numbers
Did we truly celebrate real meaning of Memorial Day?
DK boys, HHS girls win county track titles
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THE HASTINGS
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City’s new budget adds staff in three departments NEWS BRIEFS Free hearing and vision screening available The Barry-Eaton District Health Department will offer free hearing and vision screening clinics Monday, June 4, and again Monday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Approximately 3 million children reside in Michigan, more than 1 million of whom will need eye care by the time they reach high school graduation age. About 10,000 Michigan students enter school each year with inadequate vision. Vision and hearing screening is available through the Barry-Eaton District Health Department free of charge for infants through school-age children. Hearing and vision screening is required before entering kindergarten. The health department provides vision and hearing screening for all children of this age at school organized kindergarten roundups as well as at monthly clinics at the health department. Call 269-945-9516 to schedule an appointment.
Fridays at the Fountain concerts return next week The summer concert series Fridays at the Fountain is set to begin June 8 and continue throughout the summer. The series is a joint venture of the Thornapple Arts Council and the City of Hastings which offers free outdoor concerts on the Barry County Courthouse lawn near the fountain from noon to 1:30 p.m. every Friday. In the event of rain, concerts will be in the community room on the lower level of Hastings City Bank, 150 W. Court St. The artist lineup for summer includes both the familiar and the new and features a wide variety of musical styles from bluegrass to steel drum, jazz to pop, and more. The first band to play at the concert series will be Sweet Grass, and new band comprised of familiar faces on the local music scene. Sweet Grass mixes traditional up-tempo bluegrass sound with gospel, country and folk music.
Gull Lake area part of Kanoe the Kazoo The Four Township Water Resources Council will participate in Kanoe the Kazoo Saturday, June 9. The council will lead a guided nature tour of Three Lakes in Richland Township. These lakes are part of a tributary branch of the Gull Lake/Creek system. Participants will meet at the Three Lakes parking area on west side of 35th Street southwest of the village of Richland between 8 and 9 a.m. for registration and orientation. The paddle should be between 9 and noon. Participants must provide their own canoes or kayaks and gear. Sunscreen, insect repellent and personal floatation devices are recommended. Bottled water will be provided, but participants should bring their own snack, soft drinks or other food. To register or for more information email ftwrc@aol.com or call Kornheiser, 269-664-4426, during weekday work hours.
by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Last year, the Hastings City Council approved the reduction full-time staff at the Hastings Fire Department and leaving a position in the Hastings City Police Department vacant to reduce costs. This year, the council was able to approve a budget that allows the city to fill the vacant position at the police department, add 16 hours for part-time personnel in the assessing department and add 20 hours a week for a part-time code enforcement officer position. Monday evening, the council held a public hearing on the proposed budget, during which no comments were received from the public, before it unanimously approved the 2012-13 budget. The approved budget will allow the city to maintain or exceed its minimum fund balance of $500,000 through 2013-14 and support the budget at the current 16.0174-mill levy. In his memorandum to the council, Hastings City Manager Jeff Mansfield said the 2012-13 budget and capital improvement plan will allow the municipality to provide and sustain its spectrum of services as it has
done in the past, with no expected budget overages. “The pro-active steps taken by the city council in the past years to control costs are bearing fruit and allowing the city to live fairly comfortably within our means,” he said. In other business, the council: • Held a first reading on a ordinance that would amend regulations applying to handicap-access ramps. The proposed ordinance would rescind previously adopted general law access ramp ordinances and allow new ramps to encroach into yards under some conditions and would require an initial permit from the zoning administrator. City staff was directed to make some minor language changes in the proposed ordinance. The council will hold a second reading on the proposed ordinance during its next regular meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, June 11. • Held a public hearing on and then unanimously approved the 2012 downtown parking special assessment district to fund a portion of the maintenance cost for the downtown municipal parking lots. The Hastings Downtown Development Authority has again agreed to pay a portion of the cost of mainte-
nance of the lots to keep the amount assessed to the property owners in the district at the same level as in previous years. • Approved a request from the Hastings Summerfest Committee to allow annual activities at various locations around the city Friday, Aug. 24, through Sunday, Aug. 26. Summerfest committee chairman Mike Hallifax said the only change from previous years would be the route for the grand parade, which will be one block shorter due to the construction on Broadway. • Heard from Matt Spencer about an injury his son received while riding his bike on one of the ramps at the city’s new skate park in the 1st Ward. The injury, which occurred in April, resulted in 17 stitches and was reportedly due to a screw sticking out of the ramp. Spencer said city employees agreed that the screw only protruded from the ramp when the metal was depressed by the weight of a biker or skateboarder. City officials said playground equipment in municipal parks is inspected once a month. However, since the incident in April, inspection sheets have been improved to be more specific to the type of equipment found in each park and the construction of the ramps is
being improved to ensure that screws can be more securely fastened. • Approved a request from Hastings American Youth Soccer Organization representative Charles Ziny to allow the organization to use the soccer fields at Fish Hatchery Park during the fall soccer season. • Amended the fiscal year 2011-12 budget to allow the purchase of a replacement laptop computer for an employee at a cost of $2,500. • Approved the concept layout for the splash plaza as recommended by the DDA. The proposed splash plaza will be constructed on the vacant lot east of Hastings 4 Cinema. • Awarded a bid to Fillmore Equipment Inc. for a four-wheel drive compact utility tractor in an amount not to exceed $37,345, as recommended by public services director Tim Girrbach. • Approved payment of $13,800 for a directional bore to complete the watermain project on Thorn Street. • Approved a resolution allowing dogs on leashes to be within 20 feet of the Riverwalk Trail within Tyden Park.
Crowd packs meeting on fracking in Yankee Springs by Fran Faverman Staff Writer A large crowd filled the Yankee Springs township community hall to capacity on Tuesday to hear more about the controversial use of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, more commonly referred to as fracking, to release natural gas and oil from shale. The Payne Lake Homeowners Association along with members of various environmental action groups hosted the meeting at the invitation of Yankee Springs Township Supervisor Al McCrumb who had realized the amount of time that could be devoted to the topic at the township’s regular board meeting on May 10 was inadequate. Also at the meeting, representing the Orangeville Township Board of Trustees, was Robert Perino. The meeting format provided 20 minutes for each of three speakers with 10 minutes of
followup questions from the audience. Thirty minutes was provided for a general question and answer period at the conclusion of the presentations from Mike Shelton, a field geologist with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Christopher Grobbel, Ph.D., an environmental professional who has participated in clean-up programs, and James Olson, an attorney who specializes in environmental law. Shelton provided a brief overview of local geology likening it to a “cereal bowl," with the shale layer at the bottom of the bowl. He observed that vertical fracking has been practiced in Michigan for 60 years. According to Shelton, there are 29 or 30 such wells currently in operation in Barry County. Shelton commented on the Antrim shale layer which lies very close to the surface in Barry County, so close that the one-quarter mile
distance needed for horizontal hydraulic fracking makes it financially infeasible at present prices for gas. In another shale layer, the Utica layer, the quality of the gas is very low making it even less feasible. Shelton said he has no idea why companies had bought leases in Barry County. The land is classified as nondevelopable, but companies can apply for drilling permits. State parks and certain natural areas are excluded. The state game area is under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and may have different rules. Responding to a question about where the revenues from leases go, Shelton said the current fund for grants is capped at $5 million and the remaining funds go to the state park funds. Shelton said there is no empirical evidence that fracking causes problems. Rather, the problems are caused by poor regulation. He
cited West Virginia as a prime example where drilling is allowed at a distance of 100 feet from a residence. He noted that Michigan has much more stringent regulations limiting the amount of water that can be drawn down to serve the drilling process. Grobbel, mentioned that he is a former DEQ employee who works now with, primarily, environmental protection groups. Supplying statistics, Grobbel said there are 15,000 oil and 13,000 gas wells in Michigan with 20 percent of the gas mined used here while 80 percent goes elsewhere. The greatest number of leases sold in the recent auction were in Barry County. He supports banning fracking in the county. Grobbel believes that part of the permitting
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Middleville teen pulled from fiery vehicle by David DeDecker Staff Writer A Middleville teen is recovering in a Kalamazoo hospital due to the quick action of bystanders after the vehicle in which she was riding caught fire Sunday afternoon. Jessica Eckhoff was in the back seat of a 1994 Jeep Cherokee when it was rear-ended by a man driving a 2008 Dodge Dakota pickup truck Sunday, May 27, around 12:45 p.m. on M-37 near Shaw Lake Road in Yankee Springs Township. The Jeep had reportedly been stopped to make a left turn onto Shaw Lake Road, when it was struck and soon burst into flames Two others in the Jeep, Liz Rogers and Tori Roth — all sophomores at Thornapple Kellogg High School — were able to escape the fiery vehicle, but Eckhoff reportedly was trapped. Karen Barnes was in her backyard weeding, and her husband was working in the garage when they heard a loud noise and then, according to Barnes, blood-curdling screams. “We came around the corner to see the Jeep engulfed in smoke and flames,” she told the Banner in a telephone interview. “Two girls were screaming there was still someone in the car, but there was so much smoke, you could hardly see her.”
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Wreath laying in Hastings Boy Scout Charles Surratt (foreground) prepares to lay a wreath on a monument at the Barry County Courthouse lawn during the Hastings Memorial Day parade. Also taking part in the ceremony are Girl Scout Madison McMasters (center) Cub Scout Leader Jason Flohr with son and Cub Scout Jeremiah (background). The ceremony was part of the parade in Hastings Monday morning. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) For more on the parade, see 2
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Hastings observes Memorial Day with parade
The color guard from American Legion Post 45 stands at attention while Post Commander Jim Atkinson says a few words in honor of those who gave their lives defending the country.
Members of the Hastings High School Marching Band Color Guard lead the band along the parade route.
The Hastings High School Marching Band plays a medley of patriotic tunes.
United States Marine Tom Straley holds the American flag during the wreath-laying ceremony at the Barry County Court House.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 175 march in the Memorial Day Parade.
A vintage pickup and the Hastings Fire Department ladder truck take part in the Memorial Day Parade.
The route and the wreath-laying ceremony and speech may have been shorter due to traffic and road conditions resulting from construction on North Broadway, but the American Legion Post 45 of Hastings made sure that the men and women who have given their lives for their country and the veterans who have served the country were not forgotten. Crowds of people lined State, Church and Court streets and stood to honor the veterans and those who gave their lives in every American war. There was the traditional laying of wreaths at the veterans and war memorials, a brief speech by American Legion Post 45 commander Jim Atkinson and a 21-gun salute, prayer and moment of silence at the Barry County Courthouse lawn at the corner of Church and State streets before the parade resumed its course. The parade normally follows State Street to Broadway, pausing over the Thornapple River, and on to State Road, ending at the cemetery. Since the Michigan Avenue bridge is being replaced and the Broadway bridge is down to two lanes, the route followed State Street, but turned at the courthouse and followed Court Street back to the former Felpausch parking lot, where it had originated.
Boy Scout Charles Surratt (foreground) prepares to lay a wreath on a monument at the Barry County Courthouse lawn during the Hastings Memorial Day parade. Also taking part in the ceremony are Girl Scout Madison McMasters (center) Cub Scout Leader Jason Flohr with son and Cub Scout Jeremiah (background).
Max Troutman plays taps during the wreath-laying ceremony. The echo was played by fellow band member Abby Laubaugh. Friends of the Hastings Dog Park join in the Hastings Memorial Day Parade.
Friends of the Hastings Dog Park join in the Hastings Memorial Day Parade.
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County audit turns up solid numbers and good words by Doug VanderLaan Editor The only oversight Barry County Commissioners could find in the stellar presentation of the 2011 financial audit report made by its accountant Rehmann Robson of Grand Rapids May 22 was with the man most directly responsible for it. “You minimize your own efforts too much,” began Commissioner Robert Houtman in compliments directed at County Administrator Michael Brown. “You have led this county, you have led this financial picture successfully. I’ve gone places in this state and people tell me ‘You’ve got one of the best county administrators around,’ and I say, ‘I know it and I’m grateful.’ So, thank you for your efforts in that regard.” Houtman’s comments followed an audit overview presentation by Stephen Blann, principal of government/nonprofit services for Rehmann, in which he termed the audit “clean and unqualified, the highest level of assurance that we can give during an external audit.” Blann did point out, however, two issues that, according to auditing rules, are “very picky” and which Brown later addressed with commissioners. “If we find things that are wrong — even if you agree to it and fix it, which has happened here — we have to tell you about it,” said Blann, who called the attention of commissioners to a pair of financial journal entries and a compliance issue noted by auditors. “One entry was the booking of the value of drain projects and the other was booking a payment to the pension program that you had made for 2012 that needed to be booked back
[to 2011]. Both entries were easily fixed and have been done but, because of the dollar amounts involved happened to be large, we have to reduce it to writing, and that’s what we’ve done here in the report. “There’s no further corrective action necessary; everything’s been taken care of. Frankly, two journal entries for a job of your size is really nothing at all to be disappointed about.” On the compliance issue, Blann attributed the late filing of a federal report to a “picky timeline for when you file certain reports.” “You did the best you could. A couple of reports were a few weeks late and everything is caught up now. The good news is that ‘immaterial noncompliance’ does not even really count as an audit finding for future audits. This technically counts as a clean audit.” During his time to comment while giving the county administrator’s report Brown thanked Rehmann for its assistance in conducting the audit then circled back to take issue with the two areas identified, especially as they reflected on the efforts of his staff. “We had one comment, we were hopeful that we would have none because that’s what we always strive for,” Brown told commissioners. “My comment goes to the level of folks that you have administrating funds out there. They know what they’re doing, you have a good, hard-working group of departments who administer millions and millions of dollars on your behalf and on the public’s behalf. “I’m here to tell you that we went toe-totoe with our auditors in a professional manner to say, ‘we aren’t going to accept everything as is; we’re going to look into it.’
Curtis arraigned on criminal sexual conduct charges Chad Curtis, former Major League Baseball player and 1999 World Series standout who now resides in Lake Odessa, was arrested in Barry County on a warrant issued May 24. Curtis was arraigned on two charges of criminal sexual conduct, second degree; one count of criminal sexual conduct, third degree; and two charges of criminal sexual conduct, fourth degree. The allegations relate to his work at Lakewood High School where he was volunteering to work with student athletes in the weight room and where he worked as a substitute teacher. In January, Curtis was named the Vikings’ head football coach for the upcoming season. His association with Lakewood Public Schools has since been suspended and Curtis has issued a letter of resignation from his football position. Curtis, 43, has called Middleville home and is a former Caledonia teacher and coach. He was fired from his athletic director position at Northpointe Christian High School in Grand Rapids in 2009, with no public explanation. Curtis was arraigned Thursday at the Barry County Courthouse and his bond set at $250,000. After posting bond, Curtis was
“It just shows the level of professionalism and knowledge that you have in the departments,” said Brown in explaining the delayed filing of the federal report, “and I think it’s important that you all hear that.” In other business, the board: • Received a copy of Michigan Constitutional Law 125.3205 from Chair Craig Stolsonburg regarding a county’s role in the regulation or control of hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking. Stolsonburg called the attention of commissioners to Section 205 of the law stating that “a county or township shall not regulate or control the drilling, completion, or operation of oil or gas wells or other wells drilled for oil or gas exploration purposes and shall not have jurisdiction with reference to the issuance of permits for the location, drilling, completion, operation, or abandonment of such wells.” Stolsonburg followed up with direct advice for those concerned about fracking in Barry County. “The public should contact Hal Fitch, supervisor of wells with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, 517241-1548.” Stolsonburg was soon challenged during public comments by Prairieville Township resident and commission candidate from District 6 Mark Doster. “I think it’s accurate what you said,” said Doster of Stolsonburg’s reading of the excerpt, “but then it goes on to carve out some exemptions, as well, including if it can be shown that very serious consequences as a result of the fracturing of these natural resources results. “If this is something that we think could possibly happen here in Barry County, probably the county board of commissioners is the mechanism that we need to make some sort of recommendation or discussion to have some development solution.” • Approved a $4,500 bid to be paid from Community Development Block Grant funds for a new roof on a house at 11742 S. M-43 Highway in Delton. • Approved the targeting of three locations for 50 percent of the county allocation grant: the Village of Nashville, the community of
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Delton and the City of Hastings. • Approved rezoning from mixed use to rural residential on two properties, one for Hophead Farms in Barry Township and the other for a mini-storage facility in Baltimore Township. • Approved a transfer of $5,000 within the community corrections budget to office supplies and a transfer of $14,788 to salary and benefits to complete the placement process for a GED instructor. • Approved payment of a renewal premium of $298,957 for liability, vehicle physical damage, and property and crime insurance. • Adopted amendments to the county address ordinance, allowing the change of approximately 2,000 duplicate addresses and existing street names to provide more accurate locations for emergency services and mail and package deliveries.
• Approved two retirement program resolutions to correct the retirement benefit contribution rate for sheriff command officers as stated in the recently negotiated contract and to allow the transfer of individual service credit for meeting pension eligibility requirements for county employees who carry service credit time from other municipalities. • Received the announcement of Julie Nakfoor Pratt regarding her candidacy for the county prosecutor’s position. “I’ve lived in Hastings for 20 years and have 24 years of trial experience,” Pratt, who worked in the prosecutor’s office in Barry County before becoming assistant prosecutor in Allegan County, told commissioners, “but I also have a passion and a strong desire for leadership. I opened a private practice four years ago and feel that it’s a helpful gift to have a broad perspective.”
First Presbyterian Church honors graduates, awards scholarships
Posing for a photo after Sunday’s ceremony are (from left) Amy Kalkman, Dylan Johns, Keith Garber, Zack Zwiernikowski, Katy Etts, Francesca Zecchi, April Nicholson, Matilde Fagerland and Pastor Jeff Garrison. The First Presbyterian Church of Hastings honored its graduates Sunday, May 27. Seven students participated in the graduation service and reception: Katy Etts, Matilde Fagerland, Dylan Johns, Keith Garber, April Nicholson, Francesca Zecchi and Zack Zwiernikowski. Pastor Jeff Garrison delivered a special sermon geared toward the graduates and the decisions they will be making in the future. Each year, the church awards scholarships to its graduates during Hastings High
School’s honors night ceremony, the Thursday before graduation. The scholarships are awarded based on grade point average, positive Christian character traits and involvement in the life of the church. Amy Kalkman, director of youth and young adult ministries, presented scholarships to April Nicholson, daughter of Cindy Preston, and Zack Zwiernikowski, son of Rick and Jill Zwiernikowski.
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U.S. Marine Cpl. Josh Hoffman is a special guest during the Memorial Day parade and ceremonies in Middleville Monday. Hoffman, a native of Wayland, was the recipient of the first Michigan house built by Homes for Our Troops. The home, between Hastings and Middleville, was completed in 2009, with the help of friends, family, veterans and other volunteers. Hoffman took part in Monday’s parade and attended ceremonies at Mt. Hope Cemetery afterward. He is pictured here with driver Brenda Johncock (left), Lisa Courech and Rod Kenyon, a Korean War veteran and Middleville resident. (Photo by Patricia Johns) We’re dedicating this space to a photograph taken by readers or our staff members that represents Barry County. We’ll select a photograph for publication each week and post the others to our website for all to enjoy. 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.
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Do you know these people or recognize where the photo was taken? Was it at an animal shelter? A police dog training site? A private kennel? Do you know why the picture was taken? What 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, 49058; email news@j-adgraphics.com; or call 269-945-9554. Last week’s photo of a young pole vaulter was identified by his sister Maxine Jones. Pictured is Leland Christiansen, a 1948 graduate of Hastings High School, who now lives in Florida. According to Banner records, the photo ran in the April 25, 1946, issue. (The photo was taken during the Hastings Relays, which in 2012 marked its 75th anniversary and bears the title of the oldest continuous relays in the state.) The
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May 30, 1946, Banner reported that Christiansen had placed fourth at the state track meet, with a vault of 10 feet, three inches. Reader and classmate Dick Groos said he remembered the track at Johnson
According to Webster’s Dictionary, Memorial Day is a day on which we “remember the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.” Formerly known as Decoration Day, the celebration started after the American Civil War to commemorate Union soldiers who died in the war. Is this special celebration of the honor with which our military men and women served truly a heartfelt tribute, or has it just become a time to mark the beginning of summer, the end of a school year, and a blowout three-day weekend? Maybe the reason the holiday has lost some of its meaning is because we’ve been at war for as long as some of our children have been alive. They’ve known nothing else, so it’s become common in everyday life. For the rest of us, we get “war reports” with every newspaper or newscast, similar to another weather report or accident story. How long can we be expected to show our patriotism? Over the weekend, throughout our county and country people did gather along streets to watch parades with local bands, floats and military representatives faithfully marching to honor their nation. Others attended ceremonies in cemeteries where many gathered to honor those who served the nation and the freedoms we value. The special weekend also gives our political leaders a chance to promote their agendas for our military, our country and their ideas on how we’ve managed our efforts. “We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years,” U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said of America’s military in 2003, “and we’ve done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan. We’ve put wonderful young men and women at risk — many of whom have lost their lives — and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in. “Otherwise, we have returned home to seek our own, to see our own lives in peace, to live our own lives in peace.” We have a great history of helping others seeking peace. Yet, our country has been accused of going to war to control
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Jacque Magdaleno is a college advisor at Delton Kellogg and Maple Valley high schools. She is part of the Michigan State University College Advising Corps. The corps is composed of recent MSU graduates who serve as advisors in high schools across Michigan. “We primarily serve low-income, firstgeneration and underrepresented students find their way to postsecondary education,” said Magdaleno. “As an advisor, I assist in helping students plan their college searches, complete admissions and financial aid applications, and enroll at schools that will serve them well.” In addition, she works with Navigate, the new Barry County College Access Network, the mission of which is to increase residents’ access to postsecondary education through increased knowledge of opportunities, assistance with admissions and help obtaining financial resources, said Magdaleno. Magdaleno made such an impression on seniors at Maple Valley, she has been chosen as the speaker for Friday night’s commencement ceremonies. For her enthusiasm for As a newly appointed college advisor life and influence on others Magdaleno has for high school students, Jacque been chosen as a bright light. Magdaleno has had a positive impact in a short amount of time on seniors at Delton Kellogg and Maple Valley. Favorite vacation destination: Chicago. Life motto: “The most important thing in life is people” father, “Believe what you believe and Favorite style of music: Country. believe it all the way.” Best advice ever received: is from my If you could choose a superpower it
would be: being able to heal. Growing up I wanted to be: An architect and interior designer. A perfect day would be: Waking up on a sunny day and going for a long run, relaxing with a cup of coffee and a good book. Then lying out on a beach by Lake Michigan all afternoon. Finally, cooking a large dinner for friends and family to enjoy as the sun sets over the lake. I would like to meet: Actress Lauren Graham from my favorite TV Show “Gilmore Girls.” Favorite book: Little Women by Louise May Alcott. If I could visit another time and place: England in the 1900s. I would love to visit the amazing castles, wear the elegant dresses and ride in carriages. I think it would be refreshing to have no technology and rely solely on letters and telegrams as means of communication. I love mid-Michigan because: The people are so friendly and welcoming. Each week, The Banner profiles a person from the community working behind the scenes, whose efforts may not make headlines, but whose dedication makes Barry County shine. We’ll provide a quick peek each week at some of Barry County’s stars. Do you know someone who should be featured? Send information to Newsroom Hastings Banner, 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058; or email news@jadgraphics.com.
World War II veteran John Loftus of Irving Township addresses the crowd during a ceremony at the bridge over the Thornapple River in Middleville Monday.
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lands rich in oil or to protect governments whose leaders are in favor of our country. It’s understandable, as we find ourselves in the longest active conflicts in our country’s history, that Americans have grown weary. Not only have we spent billions to maintain these battles, but also the future cost of these wars will continue to plague our country for years. Yet, the highest price that has been paid is the loss of so many of our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents and friends. Only time will help heal these losses. Did the American people understand the true meaning of this past few days, or did it just become another fun-filled weekend where family and friends got together to enjoy the extra time off? It seems trite to think that we should enjoy our weekend when so many have given their lives or returned home maimed in some way from the rigors of war. But, that’s what freedom is all about. People attended parades and visited cemeteries, while many others gathered with friends and family members in backyards or at the beach for picnics and get-togethers to enjoy the freedoms we cherish. It’s imperative that we take the time to better understand the consequences. The war began to find and bring to justice leaders of al-Qaeda who threatened our nation with an attack on one of our country’s largest cities on Sept. 11, 2011. As expected, we came together to do what was necessary to hunt down and bring to justice those who threatened our country and its people. Yet, we continue to fight on with little or no hope in finding the answers to the necessity of war. We are a proud people with a history of protecting the values we’ve come to enjoy. But at a huge cost. According to experts, the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will be measured in the trillions — not to mention the thousands upon thousands who paid the ultimate price with their lives. It’s important that we take the time each year to celebrate and to memorialize the people who fought and gave their lives. But it should also be a time where we as a nation make a point to discuss what we can do in the future to avoid war. We should ask, are we spending enough time on diplomacy? Do we have the right people in place who are dedicated in dealing with the issues that lead us to war? In a speech that later came to be known as the “Powell Doctrine,” Powell asked relevant questions he felt should be answered before considering war: “Is the political objective we seek to achieve important, clearly defined, and understood? Have all other nonviolent policy means failed? Will military force achieve the objective? At what cost? Have the gains and risks been analyzed? How might the situation that we seek to alter, once it is altered by force, develop further and what might be the consequences?” Powell challenged our nation to go slowly. He acknowledged that most Americans deplore war. At the same time, he said, “every American realizes that in the challenging days ahead, our wishes are not likely to be fulfilled. In those circumstances where we must use military force, we have to be ready, willing and able. Where we should not use force, we have to be wise enough to exercise restraint. I have finite faith in the American people’s ability to sense when and where we should draw the line.” It seems to me that, with all the changes we’ve seen with technology in recent years, the world should come together with a better understanding and a tolerance for one another. We must find a way to make it work if we expect, as Powell suggested, “to see our own lives in peace.”
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Trucks with diesel particle traps debated To the editor: I sent a recent letter regarding the Darwin award presentation trucks, which are diesel trucks equipped with particle traps, that are supposed to reduce lampblock particles in the air. Unfortunately, such incidents as spruce, pine and fir tree forest fires, bombed oil wells and pipelines, house fires with asphalt shingles and vinyl siding, and other phenomena of a similar nature make particles from diesel transportation, cultivation and construction vehicles insignificant in percentage. However, in my previous letter I was perhaps too critical of the ability of such equipped trucks to stall and present a traffic obstruction which requires a large dieselequipped towing vehicle to remove.
A eugenicist friend of mine believes this offsets, to some degree, modern society’s efforts to preserve, protect and reproduce incompetents. In the eugenicist’s opinion, reducing the number of the inattentive incompetents is societally beneficial. I must admit I did not consider that opinion when I expressed my negative perception of diesel particle traps. It was my belief that anything that interferes with transportation and the safety and reliability of transportation is societally harmful. Although the eugenicist’s argument is academically entertaining, it has not changed my mind. Frederick G. Schantz, Hastings
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work therein. When our judicial system becomes flawed, the effects on the citizens are many. A flawed judicial system fails everyone in our community, from taxpayers to the people accused of crimes, thereby endangering the safety of the entire community. With the county budget again facing restrictions and the prospect of future deficits, or at the best a county budget that cannot afford to throw away hard-earned taxpayer dollars on a defective judicial system, that increases judicial costs above and beyond what they should be and is inadequate, leading to false convictions and findings of law that result in the people of Barry County being denied their lawful day in court. Innocent men and women are convicted for crimes that they either did not commit or are not guilty of. When an innocent person goes to jail, the real criminal is still endangering society. Whenever a prosecutor puts himself above the law, there is no justice. Now is the time to elect a prosector who will enforce the laws of our state equally, to each and every person who comes before the court. The only way to change this situation and for your voice to be heard is to stand up for what you believe in by voting for whoever you think would be the best person for the job. Arnold Histed, Adrian
It’s time for sheriff to give up the leash To the editor: In his opinion piece in the May 24 Banner, Fred Jacobs wrote about the need for the animal shelter to be placed under its own director who would answer to the county board or county executive. I think he got it right this time — that is the way to resolve the issue of poor management that has plagued the shelter for the past seven to eight years. It is time to remove Animal Control from the sheriff’s department and have it run by a full-time working director who would be involved in all aspects of the operation. Generally, over the years, I have had few occasions when I agreed with Jacobs and his writings; this is not one of them. I appreciate your commitment to putting this issue where it should be — in front of the taxpayers and in the hands of the county commission to fix the problem.
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To the editor: Here it is again, the school year ends with gigantic thuds in the Hastings school district. Just when I think the abyss had already been reached, the district sinks even further, if possible. Let’s go back to the premise that I believe started the death spiral more than four years ago: Closing Pleasantview Elementary School will save $325,000 and solve all problems. Have they saved that amount? The answer is no — not by a long shot. Now, they have just given away the Pleasantview school for less than one cent on the dollar in an attempt to wash their hands from the stain of this tragic move four years ago. We all know the list of what followed: the ‘retirement book scandal’ and the termination settlement with the former superintendent of schools, costing thousands and thousands of dollars. Add to this the mass exodus of former Pleasantview students who continue to cost the district hundreds of thousands dollars more.
This latest scandal involving the administrative office ‘misplacing’ a financial warning from Barry Intermediate School District leads me to ask the same questions again: How can long-sitting members on this school board escape responsibility by being isolated and apparently aloof, yet remain in place? Where was their oversight in the latest financial meltdown? With all the carnage that has taken place over the past several years, are these the people you would want to be the public face of our once proud district? My answer is no. Many folks who gave their working careers to build this district just shudder these days and view these board members with scorn and disdain for not having the decency to step down for what has taken place, without proper oversight, while they held positions of socalled public trust. What’s next? Larry Gibson, Charlotte, Retired Hastings teacher
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To the editor: If I could vote, I would vote for Julie Nakfoor-Pratt. I can’t vote because I sit in Barry County Jail an innocent man. The present prosecutor’s office raised and added charges until I was facing 53 years and 180 days for something I didn’t do. One of the charges threatened was for breaking a restraining order by talking to the alleged victim (my wife). They pulled audio tapes from the jail phones as evidence. On these tapes, the victim states several times that I’m innocent and that the prosecutor’s office has threatened perjury charges if she changes her story (in so many words). I was forced to take a plea. I wish I had stayed in Iraq; enemy recognition was easier. Robert Hugh Simmons, Hastings
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To the editor: I am writing this in response to all the recent articles concerning the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office. It would seem that the prosecutor has a problem following the very laws he was elected to uphold. When campaigning for office, he said he would uphold and enforce the laws he now finds impossible to abide by himself; his idea of enforcement seems selective, at best. This can be determined by not only how he interprets and applies the laws to the people of Barry County, but also to himself. It seems by his actions that he believes the laws and rules that govern everyone else do not apply to him. He chooses not to follow them if they are not
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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. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! . 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.
ORANGEVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH 6921 Marsh Rd., 2 miles south of Gun Lake, Plainwell. Phone 269664-4377. OrangevilleBaptist.org. Pastors Dan Bowman and Adam Parmenter. Sundays - 9:45-10:45 a.m. Sunday school classes for age 2 through adults; 11 a.m. Summer messages: “God’s Ten Words For a Vital Spiritual Life” (The Ten Commandments); 5:30 p.m. Teen Word of Life Club; 6 p.m. “Guard the Gospel” A study of 2 Timothy. Wednesdays - 7 p.m. prayer; 8:30 p.m. Men’s Bible Study. MondayFriday - July 9-13 - 9:30 a.m.-noon, Vacation Bible School, age 5-7th grade with Uncle Al Torres - RBM Minstries. Sunday, July 15 - Guest speaker, Dr. Eldon Stevens. Sunday, August 19 - Summer concert. 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. 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. 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 .
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. HASTINGS REFORMED CHURCH “A Historic Reformed Community.” Sunday morning services begin at 10 a.m. Meeting at the Barry County Commission on Aging building, 320 W. Woodlawn Ave., Hastings. Pastor: Peter Adams. 616-690-8609 padams@juno.com. 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. CHURCH OF CHRIST 541 N. Michigan Ave., Hastings. Pastor Collin Pinkston. Phone 269945-2938. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study 7 p.m. 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: 9:15 Contemporary Worship, 10:30 a.m. Refreshments, 11 a.m. Traditional 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. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. for children and youth, and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Children’s Junior Church, 4 years through 4th grade dismissed prior to offering. Junior & Senior High Youth Group 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Mid-Week Pioneers and adult classes return in September. Thursday: Senior Adult Bible Study at 10 a.m. and lunch at Wendy’s, 11:30 a.m. Vacation Bible School: Wed. & Thurs., July 25 & 26, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Discover God’s Grace with us! Holy Communion Every Sunday! Sunday, June 3 - Worship at 8 and 10:45 a.m. June 2 - Youth Group going to Blast Factory in Grand Rapids at 11 a.m. June 3 - Quarterly Mission Ingathering. Graduation Reception after 2nd Service. Men’s AA at 7 p.m. June 4 - Pennock Hospice at 5-8 p.m. Spiritual AA at 7:30. June 5 - Shepherd Committee Meeting at 2 p.m. Brother of Grace Dinner Outing at 6:30. Worship Committee at 7 p.m. June 6 - Sarah Circle Dinner Outing at 6 p.m. Location: 239 E. North St., Hastings, 269-945-9414 or 945-2645, fax 269945-2698. 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; 11 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6 p.m. Adult Small Group. 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 - 6:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal; 7 p.m. Church Softball Practice. Friday - 9 a.m. Pickleball; 9 a.m. Golfer’s Group Meets. Saturday - 10:30 a.m. Praise Team. Monday - 4 p.m. Pickleball; 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Tuesday - 6:30 p.m. Church Softball Game. Wednesday - 4 p.m. Pickleball; 6:30 p.m. Financial Peace University.
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LAKE ODDESA, MI - Lester R. Yonkers, age 94, of Lake Odessa, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2012 at his residence. He was born January 12, 1918 in Gaines Township the son of James and Amelia (Kotesky) Yonkers. Lester married Virginia Goodsell on August 18, 1939. He was employed as an electrician and worked at Lake Odessa Machine Products followed by 32 years of service with General Motors before his retirement. Lester was a member of the Sunfield United Brethren Church, member of the Lake Odessa Historical Society, founding member of the Lakewood Choral Society, past member of the Lake Odessa Lions Club, served as Grand Marshall of the Lake Odessa Fair, former 4-H and Cub Scout Leader. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Tom Yonkers; grandchildren, Angela Coates McDiarmid and Chris Yonkers; siblings, Edward Yonkers, Violet Miller, Esther McVay and Irving Yonkers. Surviving is his loving wife of nearly 73 years, Virginia Yonkers; daughters, Kay (Gary) Coates and Judy (George) Johnson; son, Jerry (Jan) Yonkers; 14 grandchildren; many great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Terri Yonkers Hildebrand; sister-in-law, Helen Waite. Funeral services for Lester will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 31, 2012 preceded by one hour of visitation, at Sunfield United Brethren Church, 8436 Grand Ledge Hwy., Sunfield with Pastor George Speas and Pastor Randy Carpenter, officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa. Memorial contributions in Lester’s name may be directed to the Sunfield United Brethren Church, 8436 Grand Ledge Hwy., Sunfield, MI 48890 or Angela Coates McDiarmid Scholarship Fund. To share a memory of Lester, please visit www.koopsfc.com. Arrangements made by Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa.
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DELTON, MI - Jimmie Lou Kroes, of Delton, age 84, passed away May 26, 2012 at her home. Jimmie Lou was born September 6, 1927 in Clarks, LA. She was the daughter of James and Inez (Colquette) Pierce. Jimmie Lou moved to the Kalamazoo area in the 1930s and graduated from Western State High School in Kalamazoo and briefly attended Western Michigan Normal School before marrying Leonard Kroes in 1947. The couple moved to the Delton area shortly thereafter and had five children. Jimmie Lou loved to garden, sew, cook, fish and bowl, all of which she did well into her 70s and beyond. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Jimmie Lou was preceded in death by her husband Leonard on April 30, 2008 and by her eldest son, Larry, on July 2, 2011. Jimmie Lou is survived by four children, Harriet (Rick) Olson of Delton, Rod (Gay Fournier) Kroes of Battle Creek, Jeff Kroes of Leesburg, VA, and Melanie (Ric Cooper) Kroes-Cooper of Delton; grandchildren, Stefanie (Bert) Booy of Mattawan, Joshua (Martha) Olson of Niles, Eli Kroes and Lily Kroes of Kalamazoo, Alison and Ryan Kroes of Leesburg, VA, Beth (Corey) Shull of Columbus, OH, and Jessica and Cassandra Cooper of Delton; great grandchildren, Vanessa and Lorna Booy, Sydney, Chelsea and James Olson. There will be a gathering for family and friends at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, 133 E. Orchard St., Delton, on Friday, June 1, 2012, from 5-7 p.m. Memorial contributions can be made to the Barry Community Foundation, 231 S. Broadway St., Hastings, MI 49058, Tel: 269945-0526 or online at www.barrycf.org. Please visit www.williamsgoresfuneral.com. to view Jimmie Lou's online guest book or to leave a condolence message for the family.
HASTINGS, MI - Diane Lois Chaffee, age 53, of Hastings, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. She was born April 5, 1959 in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Richard and Lois (Gardner) Slater. Diane attended Thornapple Kellogg High School, graduating in 1977. She married her soulmate, Mike Chaffee on March 7, 1981. Diane worked as a CSR technician at Pennock Hospital. She was an avid reader, especially the Harry Potter series. Diane loved spending time with her family. She enjoyed caring for her grandchildren and watching her grandchildren in their sporting events. Diane enjoyed family gatherings and cookouts. She was preceded in death by her father, Richard J. Slater and son, Michael Clarence Richard Chaffee. Diane is survived by her husband, Michael C. Chaffee; daughters, Mackenzie (Adam) Pierce and Meagan (Houston) Malone; four grandchildren, Hailey, Hunter, Emma and Shelby; mother Lois Slater; sisters, Deborah (Dave) Sherman and Brenda Slater; brother, Richard J. (Tonya) Slater III; brothers and sisters-in-law, Gordon and Sue Wilkins, Bruce and Terry Newton, Jerry and Cindy Chaffee; and many nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions may be made to Michael C. Chaffee, 3805 River Rd., Hastings, MI 49058 to help cover medical expenses. Funeral services were held Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Girrbach Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Chaffee, officiating the service. Burial at Hastings Township Cemetery.
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Henning; her grandchildren, Alexis and Anekin Henning and Gracie Meek; parents, Aaron and Jane Sherk; sister, Brenda Woodard; nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles, cousins; special friends, Annette Dunklee and family, cat, Sammy and many friends. Tari will be greatly missed and treasured in our memories forever. A remembrance gathering will be held Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 1 until 3 p.m. at the Hastings Moose Lodge, 128 N. Michigan, Hastings. Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, Inc., please visit our website at www.girrbachfuneralhome.net to sign the online guest book or to leave a message or memory for the family.
NASHVILLE, MI - Raymond L. Aspinall, age 77, of Nashville, passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Funeral services will be held at the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, 2012, with Pastor Rob Van Engen officiating. The family will receive visitors Saturday June 2, one hour prior to the funeral service beginning at 10 a.m. at the Daniels Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers the family has asked that memorial contributions be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Funeral services have been entrusted to the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. Please visit our website at www.danielsfuneralhome.net for further details.
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HASTINGS, MI - Tari Linn Sherk, age 50, of Hastings passed away May 29, 2012 at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. She was born in Hastings, the daughter of Aaron and Jane (Lake) Sherk. Tari worked at different jobs from child care to nurses aide, retail to factory work. A multi-talented girl she was. Her favorite thing in life was spending time with her family, every moment was priceless. In the summer she’d dig in the dirt and worship the sun. In the winter she loved to go snowmobiling. A day on her sled was a day well led! She also enjoyed taking a break from the chill, hopping a plane, heading to southern Florida and spending some quality time with her folks, sister and most recently, Auntie M. Tari was a member of the Wayland snowmobile club and served on the board as their secretary. Tari is survived by her forever love, Jeff Henning; sons, Mitchell (Briana Yarger) Henning and Brandon (April Meek)
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Newborn Babies Lainey Grace, born at Pennock Hospital on May 14, 2012 at 8:21 p.m. to Rikki McMellen and Duane Windes II of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 6 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. ***** Aliyah Nikohl, born at Pennock Hospital to Shyanne Mays and Cody Ward of Nashville. ***** Tyler Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on May 15, 2012 at 11:18 a.m. to Leah Allen and Stephen Salsbury of Nashville. Weighing 9 lbs. 8 ozs. and 20 inches long. ***** Lillyona Dee, born at Pennock Hospital on May 13, 2012 at 9:41 p.m. to Cassandra and Colt Baker of Vermontville. Weighing 6 lbs. 3
ozs. and 19 inches long. ***** Olivia Frankie-Rareigh, born at Pennock Hospital on May 17, 2012 at 8:31 p.m. to Joe and Carrie Burns. Weighing 10 lbs. 7 ozs. ***** Aerolyn Adisen, born at Pennock Hospital on May 18, 2012 at 8:05 a.m. to Michele McKee and Brandon Krouse of Nashville. Weighing 6 lbs. 6 ozs. and 19 inches long. ***** Zane Joseph, born at Pennock Hospital on May 17, 2012 at 4:53 a.m. to Claire Trzasko. Weighing 6 lbs. 1 oz. and 18 1/2 inches long. *****
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FRACKING, continued from page 1 process should be an environmental impact study that would assess the likely potential for damage from spills before they occur. He said the DEQ and the gas industry were in lock-step with each other. He observed spills can happen due to human error and metal corrosion as well as other factors. In considering the impact on the environment, Grobbel said he would include the level of noise, the volume of truck traffic removing fracking fluid to a disposal site, odors, and air pollution as well as other hazards created by the chemicals used in the process. The content of the fracking solution is required to be made public but companies maintain that this information is proprietary or a trade secret and exempt from disclosure requirements. Grobbel suggested communities can require special use permits not for the land but for the equipment used in the process and can impose requirements for the collection of gas released in the process rather than burning it off. Grobbel does not buy the industry claims that such measures at a cost of $100,000 per well are too expensive. "Talk to an attorney before you sign any lease," was Grobbel’s final advice to the audience. Olson began his presentation with an historical review of common law as it applies to land. In his view, regulation needs to be ratcheted up and that recent court decisions in Michigan have set the state back. Land is a public trust. A recent State Court of Appeals decision in
the Nestle Ice Mountain water case in Mecosta County changed the status of land and water as a public trust by introducing the notion of
"Talk to an attorney before you sign any lease." Christopher Grobbel, Ph.D., greater economic benefit as overriding the public trust. Olson said that energy, food, and water are undivided and cited two factors: one, hunger drives the desire to find energy and, two, China has made significant land purchases and has a significant interest in the Devon Energy Company. A distressing development for Olson is the fact that, at recent auctions, farmers in California were outbid for water rights by energy companies. A major concern for Olson is the failure of the DEQ to order and to enforce clean-up provisions. He cited the case of an organic farmer whose certification was revoked because of the presence of crude oil. It took a court case to force the DEQ to do the clean-up that was required. The DEQ should be required to insist upon a development plan.
Some of Olson’s recommendations for communities and for individuals include the use of strategic lawsuits. While the location of a well is exempt from zoning ordinances, the development of local ordinances can provide policing of the traffic, noise, and other hazards. Special use permits may be used to control the activities and protect the health, safety and general welfare. Communities can create local advisory boards for oil and gas and to work with the DNR and DEQ. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to questions from the audience. To the question of who is responsible for notifying owners of accidents, Shelton said there is no requirement for notifying owners, but the DEQ and the company would notify owners as part of the permitting process. Another resident prefaced her remarks saying that the tenor seemed to suggest oil companies cannot be trusted. Shelton replied that inspectors aren't there every day but every three or four days. He noted that he has three people to cover a 16-county area. He agreed there should be more personnel. A third question referenced the political distribution of 64 Republicans and 40 Democrats in the state House of Representatives and asked if Republicans would be receptive to regulation. When the laughter died down, Olson responded that, in the 1970s, Michigan had a balanced approach to regulation and that the state has since gone backwards.
Townships respond, but do not have authority to ban fracking Laura Lykins to celebrate 85th birthday Happy 85th birthday to Laura Lykins on June 6, 2012. If you’d like to send a card to help Laura celebrate you may send it to: 5282 Thornapple Lake Road, Nashville, MI 49073.
The headline on the front page of the May 24, Hastings Banner stated the “Yankee Springs and Orangeville townships ban fracking” and the first paragraph of the article also gives the distinct impression that these two townships have banned fracking. This is an overstatement, said Dr. Kenneth Kornheiser, of Prairieville Township. Townships in Michigan do not have the authority to ban fracking, he pointed out in a letter to the Banner. The township boards in Yankee Springs and Orangeville approved motions urging the county and state legisla-
tures and the governor of Michigan to take action. “I am concerned that folks in those two townships will believe that the job is done and the township boards have effectively eliminated potential problems with fracking within those townships,” Township resolutions do carry some weight as statements of local intent, but citizens who have concerns must continue to ask their legislators and the governor to investigate, listen to the concerns of their constituents and properly act to protect Michigan property rights, citizen health and
environmental well being.” At least five bills seeking to create more transparency, protections and regulatory oversight on fracking were introduced into the Michigan House of Representatives in the fall of 2011. They are House Bills 4736, 5149, 5150, 5151 and 5565. A recent check on the official Michigan House of Representatives website, www.legislature.mi.gov, showed essentially no action since introduction. “If you have concerns, don’t assume that the township governments can ban fracking. Contact your state legislators,” he said.
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Lake Odessa Financial FOCUS Furnished by Mark D. Christensen of EDWARD by Elaine Garlock Graduation has come and gone for the class of 2012. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, June 9, at 1 p.m. at the Freight House on Emerson Street between the two apartment houses. There will be a program and the library will be open until 5 p.m. to benefit any researchers. The deadline for applicants for the 2012 class of First Families is Sept. 1, so it is wife for applicants to get their help now for completion of their information. Summer hours are now in effect at Central United Methodist Church. Services are at 9:30 a.m. Pastor Eric Beck will preach his final sermon Sunday, June 10. He will be having vacation time for the following two weeks and go to his new church assignment in Jackson by July 1. The incoming pastor Rev. Karen Sorden will likewise fill the pulpit at Central July 1 and be moved into the parsonage by then. She has served her first appointment for the past seven years in Baldwin. The Friday evening program at the museum was well attended for the annual tribute to veterans. New inductees to the hall of fame were Brandon Shade and William Haskins. Their families were well represented. Their uniforms and other memorabilia from World War II were on display in the lobby, along with those of previous inductees. The main room of the museum had displays from all previous wars from the story of the Frank
twins, Julia Russell and Elizabeth Demeray who were Daughters of the Revolution to those of young men who were in Iran, Iraq, Vietnam, Afghanistan and the Gulf War. Also there were ample souvenirs of World War I and the Spanish-American War, as well as the Civil War. Refreshments were served to the more than 50 who attended There was an open house Sunday and Monday for those who returned for a second viewing or maybe a third. Saturday the museum had yet another emphasis when Stanton Strickland was honored and presented his hard-earned meals from World War II. His stepchildren, Carolyn Mayhew and Robert Durkee and their families were present. The attendance was so great there was standing room only for the program, which included Historical Society President John Waite, State Rep. Michael Callton, State Sen. Judy Emmons, John Yonkers, Rev. George Speas, and the honoree, Mr. Strickland. Others were Rev. Joel Strickland, Lt. Col. Jason Awadi and Kevin Durkee. The errant medals presented were the Bronze Star, American Campaign, European Campaign Medal, with Silver star, and World War II Victory Medal. Johnson Street has lost one of its longtime residents with the Saturday evening death of Lester Yonkers, who has lived at the north end of the street since 1953, first in his wife’s Goodsell family house and then in the new house built by the Yonkers family in 1959.
Historical society to discuss fate of annex project The Barry County Historical Society will have its monthly meeting Tuesday, June 5, at 7 p.m. in the front room at the Elks Lodge on Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings. The program will be an open discussion of the group’s potential project of refurbishing the courthouse annex, which formerly housed the sheriff’s home and jail. Many questions need to be resolved, said member Brian Reynolds: Does the community think this is a good idea? Does the historical society have the resources to pull it off? Should this project be undertaken by an ad hoc group, separate from the historical socie-
ty, similar to the way the Animal Shelter 2000 group allied with the Humane Society? The meeting is open to members and nonmembers alike, said Reynolds. “Do you have an opinion? You should be there,” he said. “Do you have a skill or talent that could be used? Please attend. Can you think of a better alternative? We need to hear it.” The meeting, he said, will probably determine whether the historical society continues with the annex building project. The society board will meet at 6 p.m., prior to the general meeting.
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Dark mars and corky areas in the tuber then develop. “We say the virus is ‘vectored’ by the nematode,” Assistant Professor Axel Elling of the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University said to me when I was first learning about CRS disease. Elling and his scientific colleagues are starting to look into CRS disease. A lot hinges on their work because if only a small percentage of potatoes shows a lot of CRS symptoms, a farmer’s entire shipment can be rejected — meaning the poor grower has nothing to sell after his investment of labor and costly inputs such as fuel and seed. “CRS is a major challenge for the potato industry,” Elling told me. And research into CRS is just getting off the ground. The hope is that a more thorough understanding of how the virus interacts with the nematodes to infect the potato plant can help in the management of the disease. Agricultural scientists do a lot of work that benefits us each day. They are in the front lines fighting against diseases in plants and livestock that threaten our food supply. When they are successful, we just adapt to our good fortune and think next to nothing about it. Back in the old days when most of us lived on farms, we had a pretty clear picture of how various diseases threaten crops and livestock. But now that most of us get our food from the grocery store and don’t even tour the places where it is grown, we can be quite ignorant of what affects the wide range of crop plants on which we really do depend. But those of us who like to eat our three squares a day have a vested interest in agricultural research — the sort of work Professor Elling and others do each day, and that is almost never publicly celebrated. Pass the spuds, please — and wish the ag researchers well. Dr. E. Kirsten Peters, a native of the rural Northwest, was trained as a geologist at Princeton and Harvard universities. Follow her online at rockdoc.wsu.edu and on Twitter @RockDocWSU. This column is a service of the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University.
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Lucky Farmer Photo Quiz revisited
SPRING IN BARRY – Harry Bridgman and his son, Gene, 13, talk over how much more they must do to get the 28-acre field behind their large dairy barn ready for seeding. The scene is one that can be duplicated in every section of Barry County as farmers work almost around the clock after bad weather slowed up spring work on the farm. – Photo by Barth. This is the ninth part of a series reprinting the Lucky Farmer Photo Quiz promotion that ran in the Banner 60 years ago. An unidentified aerial photo of an area farm was pictured in the Banner each week, from Jan. 24 to July 17, 1952, and the owners of the mystery farms were featured in the paper the following week. The contest was sponsored by the Banner and 35 area merchants (who were listed in the April 12 edition of the Banner). ***** Hastings Banner, May 1, 1952 New residents occupy 15th farm pictured in contest One of Barry County’s newest farm families occupies the 15th farm pictured in the Banner. The “new” residents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Bridgman, who with their three sons and daughters occupy the large farm purchased from Roy Fuller, who now resides at 911 W. Green Street. The farm is located off the Messer Road in Carlton Township. The Bridgmans sold a 250-acre farm in Miami County, Ohio, before coming to Michigan to purchase their present 288-acre establishment. The Bridgmans like Michigan, and Mrs. Bridgman’s father, William G. Cain, moved to a farm between here and Nashville about 10 years ago. Her brother, Art Cain, operates a resort at Wall Lake. The farm they purchased has one of the best barns to be found in Barry County. It is a 32-by-100 foot structure, well ventilated and equipped for a modern dairy barn. The original Fuller farm was 40 acres purchased by Roy’s father, Philo, who moved on the place in 1866. Roy was born on the farm in 1876. His father erected the present house and a barn which Roy had rebuilt in 1930. Roy Fuller purchased 237 acres of the former Messer farm and added 40 acres off the Watson McKibben farm. He acquired another 11 acres. He sold all to the Bridgmans, with the exception of the 40 acres of the old Messer homestead.
Roy Fuller, after graduating from high school in 1895, completed Big Rapids Business College in 1897 and then went to work for the J.T. Lumbard Lumber Company. After a year, he became lumber purchasing agent for the old Hastings Table Company and in 1910 entered the retail lumber business with I.L. Boyes, Emil Tyden and Richard and Chester Messer. The firm was operated as a partnership for three years and in 1913 was incorporated. At one time, the firm owned a lumberyard in Allegan, Delton and Hopkins in addition to Hastings. Fuller retired from the lumber business in the early 1940s and since then has taken an even more active interest in the farm. The deal on the sale of the farm was completed Feb. 1. The Bridgmans moved here in March – but they began moving their equipment earlier. Bridgman brought to the farm over 60 head of cattle and is now milking 34. He has a mixed herd, but they are mostly Guernseys. He also moved three tractors, a combine, field chopper and other modern farm tools. Their farm 12 miles from Springfield, Ohio, was of similar contour with some rolling land. Having used grass silage in Ohio, Bridgman intends to put up grass silage this year. He has three large silos and a second barn which is 42-by-80 foot. The farm also has a tenant house, plus the many other buildings necessary for a large operation. Bridgman was born in Miami County, Ohio, Aug. 29, 1908, and was married to Hazel Cain March 3, 1934. They have three sons, Gene, 13; Bradley, 16; and Billy, 6. Their daughter Jo Beth is 9. Bridgman hopes someday to go into raising strictly beef cattle and has seeded 80 acres of grass this year. The Bridgmans love farming and although hinting that they’ve had their share of hard lucky, confidently assert that “the Lord has been good to us.” ***** Hastings Banner, May 8, 1952
Notice to the Residents of Hope Township Please take notice that the Hope Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing during its regular meeting on Thursday, June 21st, in the Township offices at 5463 South M-43 Highway, Hastings, Michigan, for the purpose of considering approval of a newly revised Township Master Plan. The revised plan includes updates to the plan text, maps and future land use plan and map. Copies of the current Master Plan and the proposed Master Plan are available for public viewing on the Township website at www.hopetwp.com and during regular business hours at the Township Offices at 5463 South M-43 Highway, Hastings, Michigan. Written comments will be received until the night of the hearing at the same address. If you are planning to attend this hearing and are handicapped requiring any special assistance, please notify the Township Clerk by calling at (269) 9482464 as soon as possible. Roger Pashby, Chairperson Planning Commission Hope Township 77568240
Lucky Farmer has latest in fine milking parlors The farm of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Becker, Route 3, Hastings, was the 16th to be pictured in the Lucky Farmer Photo Quiz. The 311-acre Becker place is located in sections 9 and 10 of Hastings Township, two miles east of here on State Road. Land on the farm includes a combination of the Hamilton Fisher, McKnight, Olmstead and Frank Kennedy farms. Becker calls it a general farm, but dairying is the major line with a herd of 86 cattle. Forty-one Holsteins are now being milked in one of the most modern dairy establishments in the county. The main barn on the farm, erected by Homer after he purchased the first 84 acres from this mother, Mrs. Lena Becker, in 1936, is L shaped with the main portion 46-by-82 feet. It is a pen-type barn and the cattle come and go into the barnyard at will. Mr. and Mrs. Becker are probably most proud of their milking parlor and the system that takes the milk direct from the cows to the cans without being touched by the air. It is the latest in milking parlors, with the milk traveling from the cow through stainless steel pipes and plastic tubing into milk cans. The parlor is so efficient that Harold Kingsbury, a bachelor who has worked on the Becker farm for 14 years, can milk all 41 cows himself. The parlor is arranged with two milking stanchions end to end on both sides of a fivefoot wide concrete pit. Cows enter these stalls just long enough to be washed, fed and machine milked. Then they are let out, two at a time, and two more are let in. The Beckers have hot and cold running water in the pit. A center drain carries away wash water. It is not even necessary to bend over to wash off the cow’s udder or put on the milking machine. The cow is elevated 30 inches above the pit area. Sliding doors with built-in feed boxes separate the two cows on entering the parlor. The direct-line milking procedure sold to the Beckers by Harry Blair of Farmers Market and Seed Store is perhaps the most revolutionary. The same vacuum system that runs the milkers draws milk from the units into calibrated glass containers, where it is weighed and then released through plastic and stainless steel tubing out of the parlor and into milk cans in the milk house. The milk goes into one can through a plastic tube and as soon as the first can is filled, milk spills over through a plastic tube into a second and then a third can until all are filled. Empty cans replace the full ones and the process is repeated. Milk never comes in contact with air or human hands from the time it leaves the cow until it is in cans. The milk’s low bacteria count is good enough to give Becker a premium on his milk. The complete unit, including the two milkers, piping and attachments cost $880. The milking parlor, which is 11-by-21 foot. and six inches inside dimensions, cost about $400, plus labor. The parlor is built in a corner of the basement barn and utilizes the barn walls for less costly construction. Mr. Becker can remember when he used to sit on a stool to milk in the heat, since he has been a farmer all his life. He was born in Carlton Township March 18, 1902. After purchasing the original 84 acres from his mother, who resides on the next place west, he progressively added to his holdings until the 311 acres were purchased.
Callton lands seat on house agriculture committee State Rep. Mike Callton announced Thursday that he has been assigned to the Michigan House Agriculture Committee. “I’m thrilled to serve on the house agriculture committee,” said Callton, R-Nashville. “Barry and Ionia counties are known throughout the state for our valuable agricultural industry.” “We are fortunate to have valuable job providers such as Moo-Ville, Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch and Twin City Foods in Lake Odessa, in addition to all types of different family farms, from dairy farms and crop farms to cattle ranches. Both of these counties boast active 4-H groups and local FFA chapters that greatly enrich our communities.” “This week, I met with the chairman of the agriculture committee, Kevin Daley, and it was a great meeting. Our first issue has to do with sugar beets. I look forward to helping area farmers and other agriculture leaders with any issues they might have.” “Rep. Callton’s enthusiasm for his new committee assignment is quite clear,” said House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall. “His dedication to the concerns of his agricultural communities will certainly shine through.”
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MODERN MILKING PARLOR – One of the most modern milking parlors to be found in Barry County is located on the 16th farm pictured in the Lucky Farmer Photo Quiz. The milking parlor will be found on the Homer Becker farm, two miles east on State Road. The Beckers have had the direct-line milking system since January. Milk goes from the cow into the calibrated glass containers and then through plastic and stainless steel tubing into milk cans in the milk house – never coming in contact with the air. Homer Becker (left) is adjusting the milking machine on one cow and Harold Kingsbury is checking on the other. Two cows are milked at one time. – Photo by Barth. He reports that not only has he worked hard on the farm, but that he has received much help from neighbors who have loaned him equipment and even contributed labor when he has been behind with his work. Becker uses a seven-year rotation on his seven fields. His rotation works like this: He plows a sod field for wheat, wheat is seeded to big or mammoth clover, then the clover is plowed down for corn, the corn stubble is sowed to oats and alfalfa and then the field is in hay or pasture for four years. After that, the rotation is started again. Homer erected all of the buildings with the exception of the house, which was there when he bought the ground. The house has been modernized and leaves nothing to be desired. Both Homer and his wife, the former Esther Doty, are well known to many. Mrs. Becker taught kindergarten and first grade here for 19 years after being graduated from Western
Michigan College in Kalamazoo with the class of 1929. Esther and Homer were married June 14, 1948. There are two children in the family – from Homer’s first marriage – Mary Jane, 10 and Anne Elizabeth, 7. Mrs. Becker is active in 4-H work and the Blue Birds, and Homer is a member of the Farm Bureau, the draft board, the Hastings Kiwanis Club, and is a director of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association and ABA, among other activities. The Beckers utilize modern equipment in every possible way. They have two two-plow tractors, own a field chopper, together with Andrew Kennedy, have a combine and the other necessary tools. The machinery and tools help take the “labor” out of farming – but the men still must get up at 4:30 a.m. each day to start milking and the other chores.
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BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN 2011-2015 PODUNK LAKE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (AQUATIC VEGETATION CONTROL) NOTICE OF JUNE 13, 2012 HEARING ON PROPOSED REDETERMINATION OF COSTS AND REVISED SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR 2012-2015 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING OR HAVING DEEDED ACCESS TO PODUNK LAKE IN LAND SECTIONS 26, 27 AND 34 OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP; AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE the Township Clerk has reported to the Township Board the actual costs incurred by the Township to implement the improvement project approved by the Township Board in 2011 have significantly exceeded the estimated costs submitted by the service provider for the improvement (Lake Savers, LLC) upon which the affected property owners and the Township Board relied to proceed with the project. The Township Clerk has further reported the actual cost of the electricity necessary to operate the system installed by Lake Savers will likely continue to significantly exceed the estimated electricity costs, for the duration of the five year project. The Resolution confirming the 2011-2015 Special Assessment Roll for the Podunk Lake Improvement Project approved by the Township Board on April 13, 2011, and the published and mailed Notice for the prior public hearings, indicated the special assessments for 2012-2015 will be subject to annual redetermination by the Township Board without further notice or hearing, when the actual costs of the yearly program and any relevant administrative costs are known. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that due to the significant difference between the cost estimates submitted by Lake Savers and the actual costs incurred and further expected to be incurred for the duration of the project, the Township Board is exercising its discretion to hold a further public hearing on the proposed redetermination of costs and the resulting revised 2012-2015 special assessments necessary to pay those costs. This public hearing will be held at the Rutland Charter Township Hall at 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 in conjunction with a regular meeting of the Township Board commencing at 7:30 p.m. The costs for the improvement project over the five year program (including legal and administrative expenses) are now projected to total approximately $99,625. The original total cost estimate for the project was $73,070. The Township is proposing to revise the 2012-2015 special assessments to collect the amount necessary to cover the presently projected costs of the program in the approximate total amount of $85,620 ($21,405 per year), after subtracting the amount of the 2011 special assessment revenues ($14,005). This will result in the following revised special assessments on the various lots and parcels within the special assessment district for 2012-2015, based on the same allocation method used for the initial 2011-2015 special assessment roll (in each instance treating multiple contiguous lots/parcels under the same ownership as a single assessment unit): • $397.36 per year to each lot/parcel abutting Podunk Lake ($1,589.44 total over four years). • $328.86 per year to each lot/parcel abutting primarily the channel of Podunk Lake ($1,315.44 total over four years). • $152.69 per year to each lot/parcel abutting neither Podunk Lake nor the channel but having deeded access to Podunk Lake ($610.76 over four years). PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE these proposed redetermined costs and revised special assessments may be subject to further annual redetermination and revision by the Township Board in 2013-2015 if the actual costs of the yearly program continue to exceed the presently projected costs on which the revised special assessments are based. Any such further annual redetermination of costs and revised special assessments as may prove to be necessary will be made at a regular meeting of the Township Board in AprilJune 2013–2015, or thereabouts, without further notice or hearing except as may be required by law or as may be further determined by the Township Board; provided that the allocation of individual special assessments resulting from any such further annual redetermination shall again be based on the same allocation method. More detailed information relating to the actual costs incurred and projected by the Township, compared to the initial cost estimates from Lake Savers, LLC, can be obtained by contacting the Township Clerk and will further be explained at the public hearing. The foregoing hearing and all proceedings associated with these special assessment matters will be conducted in accordance with and pursuant to 1954 PA 188, as amended, the Michigan Open Meetings Act, and any other applicable law. Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting/hearing to individuals with disabilities, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered, upon reasonable notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk as designated below. Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 77568184
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LEGAL NOTICES 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 Chester M. Maka and Dianne L. Maka, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 12, 2004, and recorded on April 26, 2004 in instrument 1126429, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 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 Twenty-Five Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-One and 14/100 Dollars ($125,471.14). 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 June 21, 2012. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A Parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 21, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, being more particularly described as commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 21; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 22 seconds West along the North line of said Section 2644.25 feet to the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 15 seconds West along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 1697.82 feet to the centerline of Highway M-43; thence 254.06 feet along said centerline and the arc of a curve to the right, Whose radius is 998.20 feet and whose chord bears South 57 degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds West 253.37 feet to the true place of beginning; thence continuing 50.99 feet along the centerline, and the arc of a curve to the right whose radius is 998.20 feet and whose chord bears South 65 degrees 48 minutes 49 seconds West 50.97 feet; thence South 67 degrees 16 minutes 36 seconds West along said centerline 134.05 feet; thence South 68 degrees 59 minutes 42 seconds West along said centerline 120.09 feet; thence South 00 degrees 22 minutes 51 seconds West 307.25 feet; thence North 89 degrees 45 minutes 19 seconds East 282.68 feet; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 15 seconds East 421.75 feet to place of beginning. Subject to an easement for ingress and egress and public utilities for the benefit of Parcel D over a parcel of land described as: commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 21; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 22 seconds West along the North line of said Section 2644.25 feet to the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 15 seconds West along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 1697.82 feet to the centerline of Highway M-43; thence 305.04 feet along said centerline and the arc of a curve to the right, whose radius is 998.20 feet and whose chord bears South 58 degrees 31 minutes 20 seconds West 303.85 feet; thence South 67 degrees 16 minutes 36 seconds West along said centerline 134.05 feet; thence South 68 degrees 59 minutes 42 seconds west along said centerline 33.90 feet to the East line of existing 66 foot wide easement for ingress and egress; thence South 00 degrees 22 minutes 45 seconds West along said East line 228.79 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 79 degrees 52 minutes 15 seconds East 228.84 feet; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 15 seconds West 67.09 feet; thence South 79 degrees 52 minutes 15 seconds West 229.03 feet to said East line; thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 45 seconds East 67.13 feet to the place of beginning. Also together with and subject to an existing easement for ingress, egress and public utilities as described below.Also together with and subject to the rights of the public over the Northerly 33 feet thereof as used for Highway M-43. Description of centerline of existing 66 foot wide easement for ingress, egress and public utilities: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 21, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 22 seconds West along the North line of said Section, 2644.25 feet to the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 15 seconds West along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section, 1697.82 feet to the centerline of Highway M-43; thence 305.04 feet along said centerline and the arc of a curve to the right, whose radius is 998.20 feet and whose chord bears South 58 degrees 31 minutes 20 seconds West 303.85 feet; thence South 67 degrees 16 minutes 36 seconds West, along centerline, 134.05 feet; thence South 68 degrees 59 minutes 42 seconds West along said centerline 69.34 feet to the true place of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 22 minutes 45 seconds West, 325.24 feet; thence South 19 degrees 38 minutes 38 seconds East 200.55 feet; thence South 05 degrees 33 minutes 41 seconds East, 221.02 feet; thence South 42 degrees 59 minutes 58 seconds West, 210.09 feet; thence South 47 degrees 57 minutes 58 seconds West 155.36 feet; thence South 68 degrees 57 minutes 42 seconds West 159.53 feet; thence North 76 degrees 01 minutes 17 seconds West 132.05 feet; thence South 84 degrees 07 minutes 17 seconds West 213.20 feet to the place of ending of said easement. 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: May 24, 2012 For more information, please call: FC S (248) 593-1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #395012F01 (05-24)(06-14) 77568061
GRAND & GRAND PLLC 31731 Northwestern Hwy, #115 Farmington Hills MI 48334 PURSUANT TO 15 USC §1692 YOU ARE HEREBY INFORMED THAT THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND THAT ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the condition of a mortgage made by James W. Holes, an unmarried man to MERS, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC by a mortgage dated May 23, 2008 and recorded on June 11, 2008 in instrument number 200806110006132, Barry County Records Michigan and assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP by an assignment of mortgage dated November 15, 2011and recorded on November 22, 2011 in instrument number 201111220010962 Barry County Records Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Seven and 87/100 Dollars ($161,897.87) including interest at 6% 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 Courthouse in Hastings; Michigan at 1:00 pm on June 14, 2012. Said premises are situated in the Township of Yankee, County of Barry State of Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 22, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, thence South 80 rods, thence East 8 rods, thence North 80 rods, thence west 8 rods to the place of beginning, except commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 22, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, thence East 8 rods, for the place of beginning, thence South 160 feet, thence West 60 feet, thence North 160 feet, thence East 60 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. Dated: May 8, 2012 Michael M. Grand, Esq. GRAND & GRAND PLLC 31731 Northwestern Hwy., #115 Farmington Hills, MI 48334 (248) 538-3737 75033 (05-10)(05-31) 77567687
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE — THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. Notice under MCL 600.3278: Pursuant to MCL 600.3278, if the property is sold at a foreclosure sale under MCL 600.3201 et. seq., the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale, U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Manufactured Housing Contract Senior / Subordinate Pass-Through Certificate 2001-4, by Green Tree Servicing LLC, as Servicer with delegated authority under the transaction documents may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a Mortgage made by Jose H. Dominguez, Jr. and Doris A. Dominguez, husband and wife, ("Debtors") to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.), dated August 3, 2001, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on August 7, 2001, in Document Number 1064399, et. seq., and being re-recorded on September 26, 2001 in Document Number 1067187, et. seq., said Mortgage being last assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Manufactured Housing Contract Senior / Subordinate Pass-Through Certificate 2001-4 ("Green Tree"), by Mortgage Assignment dated February 6, 2012, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on February 13, 2012, in Document Number 201202130001530, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $132,202.45, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Debtors to Green Tree together with interest at 7.99 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on June 14, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: LAND SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF IRVING, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN, IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH 1/4 LINE OF SECTION 23, DISTANT SOUTH 01 DEGREES 30' 32" WEST, 1724.04 FEET FROM THE NORTH 1/4 CORNER OF SECTION 23 AND PROCEEDING THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 35' 54" EAST, 1316.12 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE EAST AND WEST 1/4 LINE OF SECTION 23; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 26' 11" WEST, 364.00 FEET ALONG THE EAST 1/8 LINE; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 35' 54" WEST, 1316.58 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREES 30' 32" EAST, 364.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH 1/4 LINE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. which also includes any interest Green Tree may have in the 2000 Century Mobile Home, Serial Number MYD153819ABF. The redemption period shall be six (6) months unless the property is established to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed, or unless under MCL 600.3240(17), prior to the foreclosure sale the borrower follows the procedure set forth in that section to establish the presumption that the property is used for Agricultural purposes, in which case the redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of the sale. Dated: May 8, 2012 U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Manufactured Housing Contract Senior / Subordinate PassThrough Certificate 2001-4, by Green Tree Servicing LLC, as Servicer with delegated authority under the transaction documents By: DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & PEZZETTI, P.C. Attorneys for Green Tree 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 File No.: 6140.1075 Ad #28028 05/10, 05/17, 05/24, 05/31/2012 77567692
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 Michele R. Cady, a married woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 25, 2005, and recorded on August 17, 2005 in instrument 1151282, and assigned by said Mortgagee to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. 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-Three Thousand Four Hundred Sixteen and 48/100 Dollars ($93,416.48). 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 June 7, 2012. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 1/2 of Lots 62 and 63, Q.A. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan as recorded in Liber 1, Page 38, 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: May 10, 2012 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 #348982F03 (05-10)(05-31) 77567641
IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN BANKRUPTCY OR HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY AS TO THIS OBLIGATION, THIS COMMUNICATION IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT IN VIOLATION OF THE AUTOMATIC STAY OR THE DISCHARGE INJUNCTION. IN SUCH CASE, PLEASE DISREGARD ANY PART OF THIS COMMUNICATION WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING. OTHERWISE, FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES US TO ADVISE YOU THAT COMMUNICATION FROM OUR OFFICE COULD BE INTERPRETED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY OR HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIOR NINE MONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AS YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF THE SERVICEMEMBERS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daryl R. Hamel and Nancy C. Hamel, as joint tenants., to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns., Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2006 and recorded November 28, 2006 in Instrument Number 1173169, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-backed Certificates, Series 2006-25 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of SixtyThree Thousand Forty-One and 86/100 Dollars ($63,041.86) including interest at 8.2% 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 p.m. on JUNE 14, 2012. Said premises are located in the Township of Hasting, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, State of Michigan, and described as follows: The North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. Except: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 4; thence West 798 feet; thence South 660 feet; thence East 798 feet; thence North 660 feet to the place of beginning. Also Except: Commencing at the intersection of State Highway M-43 and The County Highway, known as, Barber Road; thence North 424 feet; thence due East to the center of M-43; thence Southwesterly along said centerline to the place of beginning. Also Except: Commencing at the North 1/4 post of said section; thence East along the North section line 135 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South 1/4 line 231 feet; thence West 135 feet to the North and South 1/4 line; thence Northerly along said North and South 1/4 line 231 feet to the Place of Beginning. Also Except: Commencing at a point 798 feet West of the Northeast corner of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 4; thence South 40 rods; thence West 450 feet, more of less, to Coats Grove Road; thence following said road to the Place of Beginning. 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: May 17, 2012 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 File No. 347.0322 77567908 (05-17)(06-07)
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 Michael J. Speck, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 23, 2006, and recorded on January 25, 2006 in instrument 1159334, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA 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-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Four and 32/100 Dollars ($97,724.32). 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 June 14, 2012. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 18 rods 7 1/2 feet East from the Southwest corner of Section 18, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; thence North 20 rods; thence East 16 rods; thence South 20 rods; thence West 16 rods to the place of beginning. 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: May 17, 2012 For more information, please call: FC D (248) 593-1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #347952F02 (05-17)(06-07) 77567832
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 DONALD NEVINS and CASSANDRA A. NEVINS, husband and wife, and ELIZABETH M. NEVINS, a single woman (collectively, "Mortgagor"), to SAND RIDGE BANK, an Indiana corporation, of PO Box 598, Schereville, Indiana 46375, dated June 3, 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on June 20, 2004, as instrument number 1130137 (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, and subsequently assigned the Mortgage to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, having an office at 333 E. Main Street, Midland, Michigan 48640-6511 (the "Mortgagee"), by assignment dated February 28, 2012, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on March 2, 2012, as Instrument No. 201203020002168 (the "Mortgage"). 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 Sixty Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty One and 96/100 Dollars ($63,751.96). 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 14th day of June, 2012, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Lot 669 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. 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: 512 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 P.P. #08-55-001-206-00 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: May 17, 2012 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 8206150-1 77567838
IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN BANKRUPTCY OR HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY AS TO THIS OBLIGATION, THIS COMMUNICATION IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT IN VIOLATION OF THE AUTOMATIC STAY OR THE DISCHARGE INJUNCTION. IN SUCH CASE, PLEASE DISREGARD ANY PART OF THIS COMMUNICATION WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING. OTHERWISE, FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES US TO ADVISE YOU THAT COMMUNICATION FROM OUR OFFICE COULD BE INTERPRETED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY OR HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIOR NINE MONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AS YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF THE SERVICEMEMBERS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Trevor Brown, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Amerifirst Financial Corporation, its successors or assigns., Mortgagee, dated November 12, 2010 and recorded November 17, 2010 in Instrument Number 201011170010817, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Five and 87/100 Dollars ($66,445.87) including interest at 4.5% 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 p.m. on 06/28/2012 Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The following premises County of Barry and State of Michigan: Lot 28 of West Beach, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page(s) 67, 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. 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: May 31, 2012 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 File No. 682.2896 (05-31)(06-21) 77568311
IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN BANKRUPTCY OR HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY AS TO THIS OBLIGATION, THIS COMMUNICATION IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT IN VIOLATION OF THE AUTOMATIC STAY OR THE DISCHARGE INJUNCTION. IN SUCH CASE, PLEASE DISREGARD ANY PART OF THIS COMMUNICATION WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING. OTHERWISE, FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES US TO ADVISE YOU THAT COMMUNICATION FROM OUR OFFICE COULD BE INTERPRETED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY OR HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIOR NINE MONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AS YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF THE SERVICEMEMBERS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lindsey Bogerd, a single woman and Eric Smith, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., its successors or assigns., Mortgagee, dated July 20, 2007 and recorded July 26, 2007 in Instrument Number 20070726-000177, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Bank of America, N.A. Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countywide Home Loans Servicing LP by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Sixty-One and 73/100 Dollars ($349,061.73) including interest at 6.875% 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 p.m. on JUNE 14, 2012. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, State of Michigan, and described as follows: Lot 65 of Sunrise Shores #2, According to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plat on Page 98 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. 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: May 17, 2012 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 File No. 708.0721 (05-17)(06-07) 77567913
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LEGAL NOTICES 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: Stan L. Monks, a Single Man to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005 and recorded August 22, 2005 in Instrument # 1151436 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005OPT3, by assignment dated May 2, 2012 and recorded May 10, 2012 in Instrument Number 201205100005418 , on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Five Dollars and Twenty-Nine Cents ($200,635.29) including interest 6.99% 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 June 21, 2012 Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North one-half of the North one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, except the South 220 feet of the East 750 feet of the North one-half of the North one-half of the Southeast onequarter of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West. Except; beginning at a point on the East and West one-quarter line of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, distant North 89 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds West, 1353.00 feet from the East onequarter corner of said Section 8; thence South 05 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 660.00 feet to the South line of the North one-half of the North one-half of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 8; thence North 89 degrees 27 minutes West, 1228.6 feet along said South line to the North and South one-quarter line of Section 8; thence North 00 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds East, 657.2 feet along said North and South line to the center one-quarter corner of said Section 8; thence South 89 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East, 1280.4 feet along said East and West one-quarter line to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 6225 N Solomon Rd, Middleville MI 49333 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: 5/24/2012 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 12-61560 (0577568125 24)(06-14)
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 ALAN E. ORSESKE, A MARRIED MAN and MELISSA S. ORSESKE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 28, 2003, and recorded on October 10, 2003, in Document No. 1115342, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and Thirty-Five Cents ($65,877.35), including interest at 6.500% 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 June 14, 2012 Said premises are located in Barry County, Michigan and are described as: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 5, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, DESCRIBED AS: A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 5, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT A POINT 46.5 RODS EAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SAID SECTION 5, FOR THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, THENCE SOUTH 10 RODS, THENCE EAST 4 RODS, THENCE NORTH 10 RODS, THENCE WEST 4 RODS ALONG THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY TO PLACE OF BEGINNING. ALSO COMMENCING AT A POINT 46,5 RODS EAST AND 10 RODS SOUTH OF NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 /4 OF SECTION 5 FOR THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 20 RODS, THENCE EAST 4 RODS, THENCE NORTH 20 RODS, THENCE WEST 4 RODS 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. GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Mortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 GMAC.012199 (0577567926 17)(06-07)
IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN BANKRUPTCY OR HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY AS TO THIS OBLIGATION, THIS COMMUNICATION IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT IN VIOLATION OF THE AUTOMATIC STAY OR THE DISCHARGE INJUNCTION. IN SUCH CASE, PLEASE DISREGARD ANY PART OF THIS COMMUNICATION WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING. OTHERWISE, FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES US TO ADVISE YOU THAT COMMUNICATION FROM OUR OFFICE COULD BE INTERPRETED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY OR HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIOR NINE MONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AS YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF THE SERVICEMEMBERS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd L. Porter, single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 21, 2009 and recorded November 10, 2009 in Instrument Number 200911100010962, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Chase Home Finance LLC by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Five Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-One and 67/100 Dollars ($75,461.67) including interest at 5.5% 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 p.m. on JUNE 14, 2012. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 128, City of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat 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 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: May 17, 2012 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 File No. 682.0573 (05-17)(06-07) 77567903
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 Sallie K. Stambaugh and Greg L. Stambaugh, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 24, 2005, and recorded on March 4, 2005 in instrument 1142271, and assigned by said Mortgagee to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR T HE HOLDERS OF IXIS REAL ESTATE CAPITAL TRUST 2005-HE3 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,SERIES 2005-HE3 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 Five Thousand Three Hundred Ten and 02/100 Dollars ($105,310.02). 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 June 28, 2012. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 36, town 3 North, Range 7 West described as: Commencing at a point 17 1/2 rods East of the Northwest corner of Section 36, running thence South 9 1/2 rods; thence East 9 1/2 rods to the West line of Main Street in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan; thence North along the West lien of said Main Street 9 1/2 rods to the Section line of the North side of said Section 36; thence West along said Section line 9 1/2 rods to the place of beginning, excepting a parcel 26 feet square out of the Southeast corner thereof, which said parcel was deeded to the Consumers Power Company. Parcel B: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 36; thence East 17 1/2 rods; thence South 9 1/2 rods; thence West 17 1/2 rods; thence North 9 1/2 rods to the place of beginning 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: May 31, 2012 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 #401425F01 (05-31)(06-21) 77568270
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 Dennis Jay Steffes aka Dennis J Steffes and Tina Marie Steffes aka Tina M Steffes, husband and wife, as tenants by the entireties, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 22, 2004, and recorded on December 2, 2004 in instrument 1138030, and assigned by mesne assignments to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 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 Two Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Eight and 56/100 Dollars ($248,308.56). 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 June 21, 2012. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of Lot 1 of Algonquin North Shore Subdivision, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 50, in Section 2, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, and Running thence North 51 degrees 04 minutes East 41.18 feet along Northwesterly line of said Lot; thence South 55 degrees 01 minutes 24 seconds East 57.0 feet along the Northeasterly side of said Lot; thence South 01 degrees 06 minutes 14 seconds West 155.34 feet along the East line of said Lot; thence North 89 degrees 22 minutes West 40.0 feet along the Plat Meander Line; thence North 22 degrees 45 minutes 04 seconds West 91.51 feet to a point on the West line of said Lot 1, distant South 00 degrees 16 minutes East 77.28 feet from the Northwesterly corner thereof; thence North 56 degrees 43 minutes 34 seconds West 85.40 feet to the center of Iroquois Trail (platted North Shore Drive); thence North 51 degrees 04 minutes East 65.0 feet along the center of said Street; thence South 00 degrees 16 minutes East 32.02 feet to the place of beginning. Extending the Easterly and Westerly sidelines to the Water's Edge of Algonquin Lake. 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: May 24, 2012 For more information, please call: FC S (248) 593-1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #337812F03 (05-24)(06-14) 77568073
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 JEFFERY CHASE, A SINGLE MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 17, 2007, and recorded on May 23, 2007, in Document No. 1180894, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC Mortgage, LLC successor by merger to GMAC Mortgage Corporation, as assigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Eighty-One Cents ($221,374.81), including interest at 5.000% 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 June 7, 2012 Said premises are located in Barry County, Michigan and are described as: PARCEL 1: A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 8, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, MAPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SAID SECTION 8; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST 1320.80 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST 330 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST 1320.58 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 8; THENCE DUE NORTH 330 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. PARCEL 2: A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 8, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, MAPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 8 WHICH LIES 1488.25 FEET DUE SOUTH OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 8; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 31 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST 1320.58 FEET TO THE WEST 1 / 8 LINE; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 04 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST 663.31 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 34 MINUTES WEST 1319.67 FEET; THENCE DUE NORTH 662.23 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT THE NORTH 165 FEET AND EXCEPT THE SOUTH 165 FEET OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND. 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. GMAC Mortgage, LLC successor by merger to GMAC Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 GMAC.012202 (0510)(05-31) 77567717
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE MORTGAGE SALE-Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a mortgage made by DONALD F. HERRICK and ANNE K. HERRICK, husband and wife, of 5885 LAMMERS RD., HASTINGS, MI 49058, Mortgagor(s) to MORTGAGE CENTER, LC, of 29621 NORTHWESTERN HIGHWAY, SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034, Mortgagee, dated AUGUST 22, 2003, and recorded on SEPTEMBER 3, 2003, in INSTRUMENT NO. 1112348 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, and State of Michigan on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of EIGHTY-NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE AND 10/100THS ($89,579.10) DOLLARS with interest at 6.125% percent per annum, and attorney fees as provided for in said Mortgage and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said Mortgage or any part hereof, NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on JULY 5, 2012, at 1:00 P.M., local time, said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, inside the Barry County Circuit Court Building in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan (that being the building where the Circuit Court for Barry County 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 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 the certain pieces or parcels of land situate in the TOWNSHIP OF HOPE, COUNTY OF BARRY, AND STATE OF MICHIGAN, to wit: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF SECTION 11, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, DISTANT NORTH 390 FEET FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 11; THENCE NORTH 307 FEET, MORE OR LESS ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SECTION 11 TO A POINT 381 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 49 ACRES OF THE WEST 3 / 4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 11; THENCE EAST 360 FEET PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTH LINE: THENCE SOUTH 307 FEET MORE OR LESS TO A POINT 390 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION: THENCE WEST 360 FEET TO THE WEST SECTION LINE AND THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SAID REAL ESTATE IS IMPROVED WITH, AMONG OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, A MANUFACTURED HOME UNIT*. BORROWERS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS UNIT IS A PART OF THE REAL PROPERTY HEREBY SECURED BY THIS MORTGAGE. *1994 CENTURY MOBILE HOME, SERIAL NO. MY9534929ABF. MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 5885 LAMMERS ROAD, HASTINGS, MI 49058 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 600.3241 a, the property may be redeemed during the thirty (30) days immediately following the sale. _____________________________ KENNETH C. BUTLER II (P 28477) ATTORNEY FOR MORTGAGEE 24525 HARPER AVENUE ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI 48080 (586) 777-0770 77568282 Dated: 05-31-12 (05-31)(06-28)
IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN BANKRUPTCY OR HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY AS TO THIS OBLIGATION, THIS COMMUNICATION IS INTENDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT IN VIOLATION OF THE AUTOMATIC STAY OR THE DISCHARGE INJUNCTION. IN SUCH CASE, PLEASE DISREGARD ANY PART OF THIS COMMUNICATION WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING. OTHERWISE, FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES US TO ADVISE YOU THAT COMMUNICATION FROM OUR OFFICE COULD BE INTERPRETED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY OR HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIOR NINE MONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AS YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF THE SERVICEMEMBERS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Laura C. Miller, a single woman, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated April 13, 2007 and recorded April 25, 2007 in Instrument Number 1179727, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Eight and 81/100 Dollars ($131,728.81) including interest at 6.25% 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 p.m. on JUNE 14, 2012. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 66 of Middleville Downs Number 3, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 26. 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: May 17, 2012 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 File No. 310.8582 (05-17)(06-07) 77567898
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 DOUGLAS R. BAKER and MELISSA M. BAKER, husband and wife (collectively, "Mortgagor"), to GREENSTONE FARM CREDIT SERVICES, FLCA, a federally chartered corporation, having an office at 3515 West Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48823 (the "Mortgagee"), dated September 20, 2007, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on September 24, 2007, as Instrument No. 20070924-0002334, as amended by an agreement for extension or reamortization dated October 1, 2009, recorded November 6, 2009 as Instrument No. 200911060010869, Barry County Records (the "Mortgage"). 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 Eighty-Seven Thousand Eighty-One and 09/100 Dollars ($87,081.09). 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 venue to the highest bidder at the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday the 14th day of June, 2012, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Townships of Orangeville and Hope, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Parcel 1: Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4, Section 13, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, except Commencing at the Southeast corner thereof; thence West along East/West 1/4 line 271 feet for point of beginning; thence North parallel with the East line of Section 13, 450 feet thence West parallel with East/West 1/4 line 300 feet; thence South parallel with East Section line 450 feet; thence East 300 feet to point of beginning. Also except commencing at East 1/4 post of Section 13, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 43 seconds West on East and West 1/4 line 1328.08 feet; thence North 0 degrees 38 minutes 43 seconds East on North and South 1/8 line 475.00 feet to point of beginning of this exception; thence continuing North 0 degrees 32 minutes 43 seconds East 285 feet; thence South 89 degrees 17 minutes 17 seconds East 300 feet; thence South 0 degrees 32 minutes 43 seconds East 285 feet; thence North 89 degrees 27 minutes 17 seconds West 300 feet to point of beginning; also excepting Orangeville Township commencing at East 1/4 corner of Section 13, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; thence North 89 degrees 08 minutes 21 seconds West 571 feet; thence Northerly parallel with East line of said Section 450 feet to point of beginning; thence Southerly parallel with East line of said Section 450 feet to East/West 1/4 line; thence North 89 degrees 08 minutes 21 seconds West 757.08 feet; thence North 00 degrees 32 minutes 43 seconds East 475.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 27 minutes 17 seconds East 756 feet more or less to a point thence lies Northerly parallel with East line of said Section from point of beginning; thence Southerly parallel with said East line said Section 29 feet more or less to point of beginning. Except commencing at the Southeast corner of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 13, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry
County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 08 minutes 21 seconds West, on the East and West 1/4 line, 571.00 feet; thence North 0 degrees 24 minutes 49 seconds East, parallel with the East Section line, 475.00 feet to the point of beginning of the Parcel of land herein described; thence North 89 degrees 27 minutes 17 seconds West, 455.92 feet; thence North 0 degrees 32 minutes 43 seconds East, parallel with the North and South 1/8 line of said Northeast 1/4, 285.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 27 minutes 17 seconds West, 300.00 feet to said 1/8 line; thence North 0 degrees 32 minutes 43 seconds East, on said 1/8 line, 100.19 feet; thence South 89 degrees 07 minutes 25 seconds East, 755.02 feet; thence South 0 degrees 24 minutes 49 seconds West, parallel with the East Section line, 410.00 feet to the point of beginning. Also Except commencing at the Southeast corner of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 13, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; thence North 89 degrees 08 minutes 21 seconds West, on the East and West 1/4 line, 271.00 feet; thence North 0 degrees 24 minutes 49 seconds East, parallel with the East Section line, 450.00 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel of land herein described; thence North 89 degrees 08 minutes 21 seconds West, parallel with the East and West 1/4 line, 300.00 feet; thence North 0 degrees 24 minutes 49 seconds East, parallel with the East Section line, 410.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 08 minutes 21 seconds East, parallel with the East and West 1/4 line, 300.00 feet; thence South 0 degrees 24 minutes 49 seconds West, parallel with the East Section line, 410.00 feet to the point of beginning. Parcel 2: Parcel in Section 18, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner Section 18, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence North 88 degrees 51 minutes 14 seconds East 440 feet along the North line; thence South 1 degrees 8 minutes 46 seconds East 1833.47 feet; thence South 88 degrees 51 minutes 14 seconds West 427.09 feet to the West line of Section 18; thence North 1 degrees 32 minutes 58 seconds West 1833.52 feet along West line to point of beginning. Together with all fixtures, tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances belonging or in any way appertaining to the premises. Commonly known as: vacant land on Keller Road, Delton, Michigan 49046 P.P. #08-11-013-011-00 (Parcel 1) and 08-07-018-218-05, 08-07-018-218-10 and 08-07-018-218-20 (Parcel 2) 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: May 17, 2012 GREENSTONE FARM CREDIT SERVICES, FLCA Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2487 (616) 752-2000 8302855-1 77567819
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HHS seniors receive awards and scholarships Each year on the eve of commencement exercises, Hastings High School takes time to honor the accomplishment of its graduating class with awards and scholarships. Thursday, May 24, friends and family of the Hastings High School Class of 2012 were on hand to see the graduates recognized for their achievements. Music was provided by the Hastings High School Band and Varsity Singers. Hastings High School Principal Tim Johnston welcomed graduates and guests before the business of the evening began — presenting the following awards and scholarships: Department awards: Science Department — Vic Camp Award/Student of the Year, Sarah Thornburgh; Business Department Outstanding Business Student, Hannah Smith; Career/Technical Department Student of the Year, Brandon Johnson; Fine Arts Department Student of the Year, Brian Graybill; Language Arts Department Student of the Year, Jenna Nedbalek; Math Department Student of the Year Megan Denny; Social Studies Student of the Year, Megan Miller. Participation Awards: Academic Letter Awards for students earning a GPA of 3.5 or better: First year — Jennifer Feldpausch, Maicee Herrington, Alexis Hickey, Brandon Johnson, Tessa Johnson, Micala Klipfer, Kimberly Morris, Gabrielle Shipley; second year — Hannah Alspaugh, Kaylee DeMink, Kayla Gorodenski, Brian Graybill, Shelby Kubek, Bret Lawrence, Megan Morse, Rebecca Senard; third year — Megan Denny, Keith Garber, Kathryn Kesler, Alice Kinney, Joseph Longstreet, Jenna Nedbalek, Danielle Sherman, Sarah Sleevi, Hannah Smith, Sarah Thornburgh, Dalten White, Zachary Zwiernikowski. Foreign Exchange Student Awards — Matilde Berg Fagerland, Frederik Jan Eric Isgard, Julia Pela Meneghel, Frnacesca
Retiring Hastings High School choir director Patti LaJoye leads Evan Ramsey (center) and rest of the Varsity Singers in a performance of “I’ll Be Seeing You.” Zecchi; University of Michigan Alumni Awards — Danielle Sherman, Dalten White; Michigan State University Award — Kathryn Kesler; Donor for Life Award — Jacob Steidle; U.S. Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award — Tessa Johnson, Zachary Zwiernikowski; Congressman’s Medal of Merit — Sarah Thornburgh; The Society of Women Engineers — Lauren Kirwin; National Merit Scholarship Finalist — Joseph Longstreet; Saxon Service Award — Hannah Alspaugh; O-K Conference Scholar Athlete Awards and MHSAA Farm Bureau Scholar Athlete Awards — Kaylee DeMink, Megan Denny, Jennifer Feldpausch, Keith Garber, Brian Graybill, Maicee Herrington, Brandon Johnson, Tessa Johnson, Joseph Longstreet, Gabrielle Shipley, Sarah Sleevi, Hannah Smith, Sarah Thornburgh, Zachary Zwiernikowski; Detroit Free Press Scholar Athlete — Keith Garber; George “Buzz” Youngs Awards and O-K Conference Athlete
of the Year Awards — Taylor Klotz, Danielle Meredith. Local scholarships Most local scholarships have specific criteria that must be met by the recipients. Some scholarships require admission to a particular university or field of study. Most of the scholarships have a grade point average minimum. The majority of the scholarships require that the student complete an application process. Some of the awards are chosen by the donor; others are selected by a committee. L.H. Lamb Scholarships — Alexis Clow, Taylor Klotz, Mike Pewoski; First Presbyterian Church of Hastings Scholarships — April Nicholson-Marsh, Zachary Zwiernikowski; Exchange Club Youth of the Year/Hastings Exchange Club Scholarship — Kathryn Kesler; Woody Wyngarden Memorial Scholarship — Keith Garber; Hastings Athletic Boosters Scholarship — Keith Garber, Sarah Thornburgh; Western Michigan Viking Group Scholarship — Dalten White; Paulsen Trust Fund Scholarships — Kaylee DeMink, Keith Garber; ANA Scholarship — Jennifer Feldpausch; Coleman Insurance Agency
Laura Kingma presents the Business Professional Women of Hastings Scholarship to Emily Macqueen. Photos by Rose Hendershot
LEGAL NOTICES 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 Shawn M. Ricketts and Bambi R. Ricketts, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 23, 2002, and recorded on November 1, 2002 in instrument 1090769, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand Five Hundred One and 74/100 Dollars ($96,501.74). 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 June 21, 2012. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 18, Fairview Estates No. 1, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 6. 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: May 24, 2012 For more information, please call: FC D (248) 593-1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #387378F01 77568068 (05-24)(06-14)
SYNOPSIS PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting May 9, 2012 Supervisor J. Stoneburner called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present: Supervisor J. Stoneburner, Treasurer K. McGuire, Trustee Grundy and Trustee R. Goebel Absent: Clerk J. Owens Also present were 11 guest. Pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence for our troops. Agenda was approved with changes. Minutes were presented to the Board and approved. Correspondence was read. Barry County Commissioner report was read. P ublic Comment was received. Fire Departments report was placed on file. Police Department report was placed on file. Supervisor’s Report was received. Approved Bill & Jeannie Miller to be the Grand Marshall for the parade. Approved Dick VanNiman and Lorraine Brown to be Citizen of the Year for the parade. Treasurer’s Report was received. Clerk’s Report was received. Approve to pay Township bills for $36,650.32. Approved the change of Payroll Pay dates. Approved the proposal from Yoshiaki Tsuji R.A. in the amount of $1,200.00 regarding the Prairieville Township Fire Station addition. Approved the Mutual Aid Proposal with Barry and Hope Township, for Delton Fire Department, dated 4/24/12, with the review of mutual aid in one year. Approved the Mutual Aid Proposal with Barry Township, for Hickory Corners Fire Department, dated 4/11/12, with the review of mutual aid in one year. Approved the following budget amendment: $500 increase 101-000-668-729 and $500 increase 101-729-740-000. Public comments were received. Board comments were received. Meeting adjourned at 8:51 p.m. Submitted by: Jill Owens, Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner, Supervisor 77568267
Courtney Morse receives the Patrick S. Gilmore Award, which also was presented to classmate Rebecca Senard.
Hastings High School English teacher Martha Gibbons presents the Language Arts Department Student of the Year Award to Jenna Nedbalek. Scholarship — Kimberly Morris; Union Bank Scholarship — Sarah Thornburgh; To the Eleventh Power Scholarship — Hannah Alspaugh; Andrea Storrs Scholarship — Hannah Alspaugh; Thomas and Florence Girrbach Memorial Award — Joseph Krebs; Douglas H. Castleman Scholarship — Kimberly Smith; Lake Trust Credit Union Community Scholarship — Katherine Coenen; Charles Baldwin Speakers Club Scholarship — Craig Gagnon; HEA Scholarships — Daniel Buehler, Megan Denny, Joseph Longstreet, Sarah Sleevi;
Kathryn Kesler smiles after receiving the Michigan State University Award from Hastings High School Assistant Principal Steve Hoke.
NOTICE
The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held May 29, 2012, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or www.barrycounty.org.
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PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Planning Commission on June 20, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this public hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. request by Robert Kelly, 11341 Sunset Point Dr. Plainwell, MI 49080 for a Special Land Use Permit for a 44’x 60’ accessory structure on a parcel of land that does not contain a principle residence. The subject property is 12485 Merlau Ave. Plainwell MI 49080 – 08-12-007-00670 and is located in AG zoning district. 2. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. 77568288
Jim Stoneburner, Township Supervisor
GFWC Hastings Women’s Club Jumpstart Your Future Scholarship — Alice Kinney; Business Professional Women of Hastings Scholarship — Emily Macqueen; Mickey Furrow Memorial Scholarship — Megan Morse; Mary Youngs Music and Athletic Memorial Scholarships — Megan Denny, Sarah Thornburgh; Lakewood Area Choral Society Scholarship — Megan Morse; Carrie Roe Memorial Scholarship — Zachary Zwiernikowski. Hastings Education Enrichment Foundation Scholarships Hastings Car Club — Ken VanBelkum; Helen Mott — Victoria Cybulski, Emily Macqueen, Megan Miller; Howard and Leona VanDelic — Kara Cuncannon, Meg Travis; Rosellen E. and Paul E. Siegel — Jennifer Feldpausch, Micala Klipfer; Robert Casey Scholarship — Cassidee Martin; Marvin and Beverly Chamberlain Scholarship — Laken Meade; Ruth Tangerstrom Memorial Scholarship — Courtney Morse; Mable Foote Scholarships — Megan Denny, Kathryn Kesler, Andrew Slocum, Sarah Thornburgh; Herbert J. Reinhardt Scholarship — Joseph Longstreet; Hastings Kiwanis Club Scholarship — Kathryn Kesler; Beatrice Fisher Wollin Scholarship — Sarah Sleevi; William P. Czinder Scholarship — Brandon Johnson; John “Jock” and Kathleen Clarey Scholarship — Anna Cooley; Hastings Mutual Insurance Company — Hannah Smith; Hastings Rotary Club Scholarship— Tessa Johnson, Zachary Zwiernikowski; Dana Burgess Hastings High School Alumni Association — Hannah Alspaugh, Brian Graybill; Gladys Cairns — Bret Lawrence, Danielle Sherman, Dalten White; Carl and Loretta Schoessel Community Service and Leadership Scholarship — Lauren Kirwin,
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NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applications from volunteers to serve on the following Boards/Commissions: Agricultural Preservation Board (3 positions: 2 representing Natural Resource Conservation, and 1 representing Agricultural Interest) Animal Control/Shelter Advisory Board (1 position, Citizen at Large) Building Authority (1 position) Solid Waste Oversight Committee (1 position, representing Health Association/Environmental Professional) Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; or www.barrycounty.org; and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Contact 269-945-1284 for more information. 77567828
NOTICE TO BIDDERS BARRY COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION
Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Barry County Road Commission, 1725 West M-43 Highway, P.O. Box 158, Hastings, MI 49058, until 3:30 P.M. Tuesday, June 5, 2012 for the following items. Specifications and additional information may be obtained at the Road Commission Office at the above address or at our web site at barrycrc.org. Treated Bridge Planking The Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or to waive irregularities in the best interest of the Commission. BOARD OF COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF BARRY Frank M. Fiala, Chairman D. David Dykstra, Member David D. Solmes, Member 77568318
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Continued from previous page Chase Williams. High honors (top 10) — Megan Denny, Keith Garber, Kathryn Kesler, Joseph Longstreet, Jenna Nedbalek, Danielle Sherman, Sarah Sleevi, Hannah Smith, Sarah Thornburgh, Dalten White. Honors (GPA over 3.25) Hannah Alspaugh, Jordan Bell, Anna Cooley, Kara Cuncannon, Victoria Cybulski, Kaylee DeMink, Megan Denny, Jennifer Feldpausch, Carl Franson, Keith Garber, Kayla Gorodenski, Brian Graybill, Maicee Herrington, Alexis Hickey, Brandon Johnson,
Tessa Johnson, Michael Kaczmarczyk, Alexis Kelly, Kathryn Kesler, Alice Kinney, Lauren Kirwin, Micala Klipfer, Shelby Kubek, Bret Lawrence, Emily Macqueen, Cassidee Martin, Laken Meade, Megan Miller, Joshua Moore, Kimberly Morris, Megan Morse, Amber Myers, Jenna Nedbalek, Rebecca Senard, Danielle Sherman, Gabrielle Shipley, Sarah Sleevi, Hannah Smith, Kimberly Smith, Sarah Thornburgh, Meg Travis, Dalten White, Caitlyn Woodmansee, Zachary Zwiernikowski. Senior members of the National Honor Society — Hannah Alspaugh, Kaylee DeMink, Megan Denny, Jennifer Feldpausch, Keith Garber, Brian Graybill, Brandon Johnson, Tessa Johnson, Kathryn Kesler, Alice Kinney, Lauren Kirwin, Bret Lawrence,
Joseph Longstreet, Megan Miller, Megan Morse, Jenna Nedbalek, Gabrielle Shipley, Ashley Shuster, Sarah Sleevi, Hannah Smith, Sarah Thornburgh, Meg Travis, Dalten White, Zachary Zwiernikowski. Rotary Honors — Anna Cooley, Megan Denny, Jennifer Feldpausch, Brian Graybill, Tessa Johnson, Kathryn Kesler, Joseph Longstreet, Sarah Sleevi, Sarah Thornburgh, Zachary Zwiernikowski. Kiwanis K Student of the Year nominees — Megan Denny, Brian Graybill, Kathryn Kesler. Exchange Club Student of the Year nominees — Katherine Coenen, Megan Denny, Brian Graybill, Tessa Johnson, Kathryn Kesler, Joseph Longstreet, Sarah Sleevi, Sarah Thornburgh.
LEGAL NOTICES 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 Erin Merritt, a single woman and John F. Merritt, a married man and Jane Merritt, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 18, 2008, and recorded on April 24, 2008 in instrument 20080424-0004444, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Chase Home Finance LLC 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 Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Three and 17/100 Dollars ($100,523.17). 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 June 21, 2012. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lot 997 and the East 1/2 of the North 1/2 of Lot 998 of City Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber A of Plats, Page 1 of 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: May 24, 2012 For more information, please call: FC S (248) 593-1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #340480F02 77568078 (05-24)(06-14)
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 Darla L Slumkoski, a single woman individual, original mortgagor(s), to Arbor Mortgage, Mortgagee, dated May 31, 2007, and recorded on June 6, 2007 in instrument 1181356, and assigned by mesne assignments to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. 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 Thirty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Seven and 42/100 Dollars ($139,927.42). 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 June 7, 2012. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 4 rods East of the Southeast corner of lot 45 of the Village of Delton, for place of beginning; thence East 8 rods; thence North 4 rods; thence West 8 rods; thence South 4 rods to place of beginning, all being in the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West 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: May 10, 2012 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 #276109F02 (05-10)(05-31) 77567647
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 RANDY J. SILSBEE, A SINGLE MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 22, 2006, and recorded on January 3, 2007, in Document No. 1174584, 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 One Hundred Five Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Nine Dollars and Twelve Cents ($105,379.12), 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 June 21, 2012 Said premises are located in Barry County, Michigan and are described as: PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 7, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 7; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST 497.86 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 7 TO THE POINT OF THE BGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST 248.83 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 2 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 38 SECONDS EAST 262.69 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 7; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST 248.83 FEET; THENCE NORTH 2 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 38 SECONDS WEST 262.60 FEET 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. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Mortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335 JPMC.000277 (05-24)(06-14)
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 Michael C Dunlap , a married man, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS) as nominee for Providence Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated the 22nd day of February, 2008 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 3rd day of March, 2008 in Liber instrument No. 20080303-0001940 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Six Hundred Forty and 34/100 ($104,640.34), 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 7th day of June, 2012 at 1:00 o’clock PM 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 5.875% 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 Village of Nashville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 85 of Mix Addition to Nashville, according to the plat thereof recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, page 69 of Barry County Records. 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: 5/10/2012 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Mortgagee ____________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 800 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 CHASE FHA GNMA DUNLAP (05-10)(05-31)
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. 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 Denise T. Wolthuis, an unmarried woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2003, and recorded on July 28, 2003 in instrument 1109473, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. 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 Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Sixteen and 94/100 Dollars ($119,216.94). 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 June 14, 2012. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner, Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 20, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan; thence East 23 rods to the point of beginning; thence East 516 feet; thence South 693 feet; thence West 516 feet; thence North to the point of beginning 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: May 17, 2012 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 #403177F01 (05-17)(06-07) 77567875
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE CHARLES J. HIEMSTRA IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in the conditions of a Mortgage (“Mortgage”) made by Rick A. VanDeWeg and Tracy VanDeWeg, husband and wife, of 5205 Hammond Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058-8936, Mortgagor, to Lake Michigan Credit Union, a state chartered credit union, having its principal office at 4027 Lake Drive SE, Suite 110, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, which Mortgage was dated July 30, 2008, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on August 5, 2008 at Instrument Number 20080805-0007965. By reason of this default, the Mortgagee hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of said Mortgage due and payable immediately. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on this Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Nine Thousand One Hundred Seventy-one and 68/100 Dollars ($109.171.68). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by this Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in this Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, this Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part thereof, at public auction to the highest bidder at the East Steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County, on Thursday, the 28th day of June, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. The premises covered by this Mortgage are located in the Township of Hope, County of Barry, State of Michigan and described as follows: Lots 3 and 4 of Casa-Del-Mar of Acker’s Point according to the plat thereof recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 64 of Barry County Records. PP# 08-07-070-003-00 Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale unless determined to be abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period will be as provided by MCLA 600.3241a. If this property is sold at a foreclosure sale by advertisement, during the period of redemption, borrower/mortgagor will be responsible to the purchaser under this Deed or to the mortgage holder for physical injury to the property beyond wear and tear resulting from the normal use of the property if the physical injury is caused by or at the direction of the borrower/mortgagor. Dated: May 23, 2012 LAKE MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION MORTGAGEE THIS INSTRUMENT PREPARED BY: Charles J. Hiemstra (P-24332) Attorney for Mortgagee 125 Ottawa Ave., NW, Suite 310 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 235-3100 77568132
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LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 12-26109-NC In the matter of Ethan Douglas McClanahan to change to Ethan Douglas Duby. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: Jessica Duby only - no father, 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 6/21/12 at 1:30 p.m. at 206 W. Court St., 3rd floor, Hastings, 49058 before Judge William Doherty 41960 for the following purpose: To change my son’s last name to mine as I was artificially inseminated and gave him my ex-girlfriend’s last name and I want it to be mine. Date: 5/23/12 Jessica Duby 342 Donna Dr. Lake Odessa, MI 48849 77568243 616-902-6897 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 Joan Patricia Leos, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Lansing Automakers Federal CU, Mortgagee, dated August 27, 2002, and recorded on September 6, 2002 in instrument 1086940, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Seventy-Eight and 99/100 Dollars ($86,078.99). 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 June 7, 2012. Said premises are situated in Village of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 7 and 8 of Block 9 of the Village of Woodland, according to the recorded Plat 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. 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: May 10, 2012 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 #383088F01 (05-10)(05-31) 77567656
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 Vicky Root, and Douglas C Root, wife and husband to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 17, 2006, and recorded on December 5, 2006, as Document Number: 1173504, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the Home Equity Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Trust Series INABS 2007-B, Home Equity Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series INABS 2007-B under the Pooling and Servicing agreement dated June 1, 2007 by an Assignment of Mortgage dated April 19, 2012 and recorded April 26, 2012 by Document Number: 201204260004904, , on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Three Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Four and 20/100 ($93,194.20) including interest at the rate of 6.62500% 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 June 21, 2012 Said premises are situated in the Township of CASTLETON, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST Commonly known as: 3494 S MORGAN RD 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: May 24, 2012 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the Home Equity Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Trust Series INABS 2007-B, Home Equity Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series INABS 2007-B under the Pooling and Servicing agreement dated June 1, 2007 43252 Woodward Avenue, Suite 180, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, (248) 335-9200 Case No. 12MI01177-1 (05-24)(06-14) 77568115
Synopsis HOPE TOWNSHIP Special Board Meeting May 24, 2012 All Board members present. No guests. Special meeting opened at 6 p.m. Approved: Agenda Previous Minutes Approved Attorney action Adjourned at 6:17 p.m. Submitted by: Deborah Jackson, Clerk Attested to by Patricia Albert, Supervisor
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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 Steven Elenbaas and Lynda Elenbaas, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 20, 2009, and recorded on May 6, 2009 in instrument 20090506-0004870, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Freedom Mortgage Corporation 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 Sixty-Three Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Three and 07/100 Dollars ($163,193.07). 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 June 21, 2012. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lots 49 and 50 on Thornapple Riverside, Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 55. 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: May 24, 2012 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 #334970F02 77568085 (05-24)(06-14) NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE FOSTER, SWIFT, COLLINS & SMITH, 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 MORTGAGOR IS IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made on October 26, 2007, by Scott C. Mueller, a single man, as Mortgagor, given by him to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, whose address is 629 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, as Mortgagee, and recorded on October 26, 2007, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument Number 20071026-0003530, which mortgage was assigned to Commercial Bank on June 3, 2011, recorded on June 13, 2011, in Instrument Number 201106130005798, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due and unpaid, as of the date of this Notice, the sum of One Hundred Five Thousand One Hundred Thirty and 66/100 Dollars ($105,130.66); and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof secured by said Mortgage, and the power of sale in said Mortgage having become operative by reason of such default; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan, that being one of the places for holding the Circuit Court for Barry County, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder or bidders at public auction or venue for purposes of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid on said Mortgage, together with all allowable costs of sale and includable attorney fees, the lands and premises in said Mortgage mentioned and described as follows: LAND SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BALTIMORE, COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: That part of the Southeast quarter of Section 4, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, lying South of the highway running East and West through said quarter Section, except therefrom: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 4; thence North on Section line 9.25 Chains to the center of said highway; thence North 85 Degrees West along the center of said highway 10.37 Chains; thence South 10.10 Chains to the South Section line; thence East on said Section Line 10.34 Chains to place of beginning. Also excepting therefrom: Commencing at the South quarter Post of Section 4, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, thence North along the North-South quarter line to the center of Mixer Road; thence East 620 Feet; thence South parallel with the North-South quarter line to the South Section line of said Section 4; thence West 620 Feet to place of beginning. Commonly known as: 1634 Mixer Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058 Parcel Number: 08-02-004-452-00 The period within which the above premises may be redeemed shall expire six (6) months from the date of sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with M.C.L.A. Sec. 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the time of such sale. Dated: May 29, 2012 FOSTER, SWIFT, COLLINS & SMITH, P.C. COMMERCIAL BANK Benjamin J. Price of Hastings, Michigan, Mortgagee Attorneys for Mortgagee 313 S. Washington Square Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 371-8253 (05-31)(06-21) 77568304
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Samantha Ann Wielenga, 18, of Middleville, was sentenced May 23 for unlawful use of a motor vehicle. Wielenga was ordered to serve six months in jail, with credit for 74 days served. She must pay $1,198 in assessments and serve 36 months on probation. Charges of unlawful driving away of a motor vehicle and operating with driver’s license suspended, revoked or denied were dropped. Sarah Lynn Naylor, 34, of Hastings was sentenced for possession of methamphetamines and use of narcotics or cocaine. Naylor was order to serve six months in jail with credit for 22 days served. She must pay $1,098 in court assessments and serve 36 months on probation. Naylor’s driver’s license is suspended and she must pay $70 months toward court assessments. The balance of her jail time will be suspended upon successful completion of drug court. She also must obtain her GED. A charge of operating or maintaining a laboratory involving methamphetamine was dropped.
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May 23 for operating a vehicle with the presence of controlled substances and operating under the influence of liquor, third offense. Adams, of Hastings, was ordered to serve 12 months in jail, with credit for one day served. He must pay $5,698 in court assessments, and restitution is to be determined. Adams must also participate in drug court and serve 60 months on probation. He must pay $150 per month toward assessments after leaving jail. A charge of operating under the influence causing death was dismissed by the court. The charge originated with a Sept. 13, 2010, traffic accident in which a motorcycle rider reportedly traveling at approximately 100 miles per hour hit Adams’ vehicle and died. Kendra Ann Shannon, 28, was sentenced May 23 for assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer and for a probation violation. Shannon, of Middleville, was ordered to serve six months in jail, with credit for 65 days served. She must pay $2,019 in court assessments. The balance of her jail sentence will be suspended upon successful completion of a residential treatment program.
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Barnes said her husband, Jim, and two other men, who jumped out of their vehicles, ran to the Jeep to help. “All three men must have received minor burns,” said Barnes. Jim Barnes, who pulled Eckhoff out of the driver’s side window, lost all the hair on his hands, arms and part of his eyebrows and the hair on his head. The hot tires on the Jeep started to explode, she explained, and everyone was worried the gas tank also would catch fire and explode. When Eckhoff, was safely placed on shady ground away from the burning wreck, a nurse stepped out of another vehicle to help. According to Karen Barnes, neighbors pulled together and started bringing cold water and wet towels for the girl. As a precaution, firefighters watered down the field across the road where the helicopter was scheduled to land, Barnes said. Eckhoff was airlifted to Bronson Hospital for treatment of burns and a broken left femur. One news report stated Eckhoff suffered burns to 25 percent of her body. She is reportedly in fair condition. “All our neighbors were awesome,” said Barnes. “When Jessica was on the stretcher headed for the helicopter, everyone held umbrellas over her to keep her out of the sun.” Rogers suffered a concussion, while Roth suffered a bruised elbow. TKHS Principal Tony Koski said both Roth and Rogers were back at school Wednesday. Eckhoff suffered burns to her legs, arms and back, he said, and had undergone surgery Tuesday on her leg. The driver of the pickup and a passenger were taken to Pennock Hospital in Hastings for treatment of minor injuries. Jim Barnes declined to be interviewed, and, according to his wife, doesn’t like being in the spotlight. “He’s just a quiet guy, and he feels so many people helped during the accident, he shouldn’t be singled out,” said Karen Barnes. The other two men who first ran to the Jeep were unknown to Barnes. One was in a blue T-shirt, the other wore a red T-shirt. She later learned the man in the blue T-shirt was a welder from Holland, who was on his way to Hastings. The man in the red T-shirt disappeared after Eckhoff was safely pulled from the flames. According to the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, the accident is still under investigation, and no more information is available, including the names of the drivers. M-37 was completely closed for approximately four hours Sunday afternoon. With temperatures near 90 and traffic stopped, Barnes said neighbors started bringing cold drinks to travelers and emergency workers. “As bad as everything was, it seemed everything miraculously came together,” said Barnes. “God was watching out.”
Special Olympics tax check-off passes House and Senate Legislation that would create an income tax check-off was approved by the Michigan Senate on Wednesday, said Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge. Senate Bill 381, sponsored by Jones, and House Bill 4632 sponsored by state Rep. Kevin Cotter, R- Mt. Pleasant, create a checkoff box on state income tax returns that would allow taxpayers to easily donate money to help fund Special Olympics Michigan athletes. “As a long-time chaperone to Special Olympics Michigan, I know how important this program is to the athletes and their families,” Jones said. “This legislation will make it easier for people to voluntarily donate to this great organization.” “We are so appreciative of Senator Jones and Representative Cotter ushering this legislation through the state Legislature,” said Special Olympics Michigan President and CEO Lois Arnold. “Senator Jones and Representative Cotter know firsthand the positive impact of Special Olympics programs in the lives of our athletes and their families. Special Olympics Michigan offers a year-round program that promotes physical fitness and healthy lifestyles while also working to build a culture of inclusiveness and acceptance of those with intellectual disabilities.” “As the representative from Mt. Pleasant, where Special Olympics Michigan is based, it has been a privilege to sponsor legislation creating this income tax check-off benefitting nearly 20,000 athletes,” said Cotter. “I’m looking forward to spending time with athletes at State Summer Games, which kick off on the campus of Central Michigan University tomorrow.” Special Olympics Michigan provides opportunities for children and adults with intellectual disabilities to experience physical fitness, inclusion, joy, and friendship through year-round athletic training and competition. Special Olympics Michigan gets no state funding. The programs exist because of the support of sponsors, donors and fundraisers. Any costs for administering this check-off program would come directly from the money raised with the program. It would not cost taxpayers any money.
POLICE BEAT Video shows user of stolen debit card Hastings Police received a call May 22 from the owner of a stolen debit card. The 60-year-old man recalled he had accidentally left his debit card in an automatic teller machine. He had learned the card was being used around the Hastings area. Purchases had been made at Family Fare, Tractor Supply, BP Gas station, Seasonal Grille and Second Hand Corners — to the sum of about $1,500. Video obtained from security cameras has already helped to identify the suspect, who is not cooperating with police. The investigation is ongoing.
Woodcutter is made offer he can’t refuse Deputies responded to a report of a man with a gun on Lindsey Road near Delton May 4. The caller alleged that a 67-year-old Delton man had pointed a handgun at him after an argument about a bill. The complainant said he had worked for a week cutting wood for the man. The woodcutter said the Delton man only paid him part of the agreed-on price for his work and they had started arguing about the rest of the money. The man said at that point, the subject pulled a handgun from a desk drawer and placed it on the desk. Reportedly, the brown and silver pistol was pointed across the desk at him. The subject then made the complainant sign a document stating payment was satisfactory. No words were spoken about the gun during the incident. The subject told deputies he never brandished the weapon at the man, and in fact, he doesn’t even own a gun. Deputies searched the desk, residence and barn. No firearms were found. The case is being reviewed by the prosecutor.
Driver crashes, but not sure what or where Hastings officers were dispatched May 26 around 4 a.m. to the 200 block of West State Road where a vehicle reportedly had been abandoned. Officers determined the car had sustained a significant amount of damage. After running the registration plate and checking the address of the owner, officers located a male who then apologized for crashing the vehicle. The 20-year-old Hastings man then admitted to colliding with something, but did not recall what it was or where, and could not recall where he had abandoned his car. After failing several roadside tests registering a .217 percent blood alcohol level, the man was arrested. Officers later determined that the subject had run over several mailboxes and a road sign on East State Street. Several mailboxes outside of the city limits also were reported as being destroyed.
Spouses do not share same memories Deputies were dispatched to a domestic altercation May 20 on South Main Street in Woodland. Reportedly, the 43-year-old man showed deputies bite marks on his stomach and abrasions to his scrotum. He said his wife had returned home intoxicated, woke him up and began yelling at him. She told him he was moving out and her brother was moving in. The man told deputies he was surprised and as he got out of bed, he accidentally brushed his wife’s face with his hand. He said his wife then grabbed him by the scrotum and bit his stomach. When questioned, the woman said she was locked out of the house after arriving home from the bar. She yelled until her husband woke up and opened the door. They had an argument at the door and it was then, she said, that he slapped her so hard she fell down. On the way to the ground, she said, she grabbed him by the scrotum and he fell to the ground, too. It was then that she bit him in the stomach, but only because, she said, he was pulling her hair. The woman registered a .11 percent blood alcohol level, and the man registered .12 percent. The case is pending prosecutor’s review.
Naked man gets attention of police Hastings officers were called May 27 to South Hanover Street on a report of indecent exposure in the 600 block of South Hanover Street. Officers were told that two women had seen a man standing on his front porch completely naked. The two women had reportedly been talking in the driveway when the man across the street became illuminated by a porch light being repeatedly turned off and on. Officers
attempted to make contact with the man as well as a woman inside the home — who were heard arguing — but the two refused to answer the door. One officer saw the man through a window and overheard the two calling each other by name. The officers have identified the subject. A report has been forwarded to the prosecutor’s office requesting criminal charges of indecent exposure.
Trio will have opportunities to kill time Deputies arrived at the Hastings Walmart May 5 in time to see Walmart personnel stop three individuals as they exited the store without paying for items. Upon inspection, the three were carrying a bag with several items that had been de-packaged. The trio was escorted to the patrol vehicle. With further investigation, deputies determined the 19-year-old Lansing woman also had two felony warrants, and the 21year-old Lansing man had two outstanding misdemeanor warrants. When questioned, the man said they were just “killing time” at Walmart. The woman told deputies it was just easier to take the items than to pay for them. The third subject, a 18-year-old Lake Odessa woman, told deputies she had just put items in the cart and was a lookout while the other woman took items out of the packages and put them in the bag. The $162 worth of merchandise was recovered and the three subjects were arrested on charges of retail fraud.
Attacker walks away – twice Hastings officers were called to the 200 block of North Park Street May 27 for a reported domestic assault in progress. Witnesses reported overhearing an argument between a man and a woman and someone being struck. Further investigation revealed the 25-year-old woman left shortly after the 27-year-old man had walked away from the scene. Officers verified that an assault had occurred and took the victim’s statement. Later that night, officers were again dispatched to the residence. The Hastings man had returned and assaulted the woman, but left before officers arrived. The suspect was located and taken into custody without further incident.
Shiny object attracts thief A Hastings man reported to Barry County deputies May 12 that several items were missing from his garage on Wertman Road. There were no signs of forced entry. Chrome from his 1959 Edsel was taken, along with a 50-foot extension cord and a four-inch grinder. There were no suspects or leads.
Suspects wanted for more than questioning Deputies went to a Davenport Road residence in Woodland May 22 to investigate a complaint of four missing chainsaws. The homeowner said the chainsaws had been in her barn. She suspected two men of taking the saws, one of whom had several bench warrants for his arrest. When trying to locate the other suspect, a neighbor informed the deputy that state troopers also were looking for the man. According to the complainant, the man had also been talking of selling some chainsaws. The saws are valued at $1,000. Deputies have not been able to locate either suspect for an interview. The case is closed pending potential leads.
Elbow takes the brunt of argument Deputies responded to a 911 hang-up call from a Ferris Road residence in Johnstown Township May 26. Dispatchers said the call sounded like a man and woman arguing and that both parties might be intoxicated. Upon arrival, deputies determined the woman had dialed 911 and was arguing with her 54year-old husband. The woman said her husband had been drinking and then went to sleep. When he awoke, she said he “went off” on her for purchasing a pool. She said the man back-handed her twice to her elbow. Deputies noticed the woman was highly intoxicated and her blood alcohol level registered .23 percent. The man denied touching his wife and said he didn’t know why the police were in his house. He admitted to drinking beer and whiskey all
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Hastings Exchange Club announces May Young Citizens
Hastings Middle School Young Citizens for May are (from left) Daniel Garcia, Olivia Mead, Elliza Tolles, Thomas Patterson and Jacob Wilgus. Central Elementary School’s Young Citizens for May are Shannon Culp (left) and Cody Murphy, pictured with teacher Jill Smith.
Keely Jackson (left) and Jeffrey Morgan are Northeastern’s Young Citizens for May. They are joined by teachers Don Schils and Alice Gergen.
St. Rose sixth grader Sam James, named his school’s Young Citizen for the month of May, is joined by teacher Amy Murphy.
POLICE BEAT, continued from previous page Hailey Pacillo (left) and Katie Metzner, pictured here with teacher Trisha Kietzman, are the Young Citizens for May at Southeastern Elementary School.
day, but refused a portable breath test. The case remains open.
Man’s deficit is his attention to baggie A 23-year-old Kalamazoo man was stopped on South Broadway at Sherwood
Drive in Hastings May 24. Deputies saw a white vehicle cross Clinton Street on South Broadway and continue south out of the city limits, exceeding the speed limit. The deputy ran the license plates and found an outstanding misdemeanor warrant on the vehicle’s registered owner for possession of marijuana. The driver was stopped, identified and placed under arrest. He gave authorities permission to search his vehicle and said there was a lit-
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State News Roundup State of disaster declared in U.P. due to wildfires Gov. Rick Snyder Friday declared a state of disaster in the Upper Peninsula counties of Luce and Schoolcraft to make available all state resources to protect public health and safety in ongoing efforts to battle wildfires already engulfing more than 21,000 acres. The Michigan departments of natural resources, state police and transportation have already deployed resources, equipment and personnel to the affected areas to help contain the wildfires, block roadways and coordinate response efforts in partnership with local and federal agencies. The Michigan Army National Guard has activated an aviation support element and personnel. As of Wednesday, the fire was estimated to be 21,450 acres in size and was 55 percent contained. Landowners who have structures within the fire perimeter and who have not contacted the DNR are urged to call 800-338-1119. The latest estimate showed 138 properties within the perimeter of the fire. Ninety-nine properties have been inspected. The structure losses include 41 homes or cabins, 22 garages, 27 sheds or outbuildings, 25 campers, one store and one motel. Tahquamenon Falls State Park, which had been closed due to danger posed by the fire, reopened Wednesday. Hiking trails north of M-123, including the North Country Trail, will remain closed.
Binder Park Zoo celebrates births Phin and John, Binder Park Zoo’s pair of black and white ruffed lemurs, have their hands full. Phin, a 7-year old female, gave birth to three healthy black and white ruffed lemur babies Sunday, April 29, at the Battle Creek zoo. This is a significant birth since the black
and white ruffed lemurs are an endangered species said Jenny Barnett, director of conservation and education. Currently, Binder Park Zoo has one breeding pair of black and white ruffed lemurs and hopes to have more births in the future to help increase this species’ captive population. The mother is taking good care of them and the family is now going out on exhibit, said Barnett. “This is an exciting time for us [since] this is only the second time in 35 years that we have had ruffed lemurs born here,” she added. “The fact that Phin had triplets and they are all thriving is amazing.”
Nearly 50 counties under burning ban A declaration signed Friday by the governor establishes a fireworks ban in Luce and Schoolcraft counties and an outdoor burning ban in 49 counties. The 49 counties affected by the outdoor burning ban are Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft in the U.P., and the Lower Peninsula counties of Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Bay, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Emmet, Gladwin, Grand Traverse, Iosco, Isabella, Kalkaska, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Montmorency, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon and Wexford.
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Amway receives state support for new facility The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has announced Michigan Strategic Fund approval of a $1.6 million Michigan Business Development Program incentive for Amway Corp. to build a new facility in Ada Township, a project that will generate up to $80.95 million in new private investment and add up to 200 new jobs. Ada Township has offered support to the project in the form of a 12-year tax abatement. “Amway, with more than 4,000 employees currently in Michigan, is a major employer in our state, and its decision to expand here says much about our improved business climate,” said MEDC President and CEO Michael A. Finney. “Amway’s continued commitment sends a message that will be heard around the world that Michigan’s highly competitive business climate and tremendous workforce capabilities mean real opportunities for leading edge businesses.” The Michigan Business Development Program provides grants, loans and other economic assistance to qualified businesses that make investments or create jobs in Michigan, with preference given to businesses that need additional assistance for deal-closing and for second-stage gap financing. For more on the MEDC and its initiatives, visit: www.MichiganAdvantage.org.
SOCIAL SECURITY COLUMN Do members of Congress have to pay into Social Security? Yes, they do. Members of Congress, the president and vice president, federal judges and most political appointees, have paid taxes into the Social Security program since January 1984. They pay into the system just like everyone else, no matter how long they have been in office. How do I change my citizenship status on Social Security’s records? To change citizenship shown on our records you will need to complete and print a new “Application For A Social Security Card” (Form SS-5) from the website www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber/ss5.htm. In addition, you will need to show documents to prove age, identity and new or revised citizenship status (only certain documents can be accepted as proof of citizenship. These include your U.S. passport, a certificate of naturalization, or a certificate of citizenship. If you are not a U.S. citizen, Social Security will ask to see your current immigration documents). Take or mail the completed application and documents to a local Social Security office. All documents must be either originals or copies certified by the issuing agency. We cannot accept photocopies or notarized copies of documents. For more information, visit www.socialsecurity.gov.
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still are receiving disability benefits when you reach full retirement age, we will automatically convert them to retirement benefits. See www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/10153.html#6 for more information on disability. My mom is interested in getting help with her Medicare Part D prescription costs, but she has about $10,000 in the bank. Would she still be eligible? Based solely on the bank account balance you mention, yes. However, there are other factors to consider, as well, including her income. If your mother has other resources, they may be included too. This year, a person’s total resources are, in most cases, limited to $13,070 (or $26,120 if married and living with spouse) to qualify for Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug costs. The resource limits shown on the application include a $1,500 per person exclusion for burial purposes. Resources include the value of the things you own, such as real estate (other than the place you live), cash, bank accounts, stocks, bonds and retirement accounts like IRAs or 401(k) accounts. There are exceptions. Read more about how to qualify and apply for the Extra Help at www.socialsecurity.gov/prescriptionhelp/index.htm.
HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY SCHEDULE Thursday, May 31 — Movie Memories presents the little gem, “The Wonderful World of the Grimm Brothers,” 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 1 — preschool story time enjoys stories about summer, 10:30 to 11 a.m. Monday, June 4 — summer reading program, “Dream Big, Read,” begins; Kathy Crane Art Exhibit opens; computer class learns about downloading ebooks and eaudio Books, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 5 — toddler story time enjoys stories about camping, 10:30 to 11 a.m.; young chess tutoring class, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.; open chess club, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 6 — Sustainability Fun and Facts, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.; library book club discusses Still Alice by Lisa Genova, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Call the Hastings Public Library for more information, 269-945-4263.
NORTH N: K 7 M: 9 8 6 L: A Q 9 7 3 K: J 9 5
WEST N: J 9 5 M: J 10 7 5 2 L: K 2 K: 6 3 2
SOUTH: N: Q 4 2 M: A K 3 L: J 10 6 5 4 K: A 10
EAST N: A 10 8 6 3 M: Q 4 L: 8 K: K Q 8 7 4
Dealer: West Vulnerable: Both Lead: N J North
East
South
Pass 3L
1N Pass
2L Pass
West Pass Pass Pass
In today’s column, let us look at a bad contract for North-South. With a 10-card fit in diamonds, the North-South team was content to play at three diamonds. Although they make three diamonds easily, they received a bad score compared to the other teams playing the same cards at other tables. What happened? Were they frightened off by East who bid one spade in third seat? For third position, most players know that they can open a bit lighter than the normal opening bid of 13 points. Is that what happened here? Let us see. East indeed did open a bit light, but to her credit, it was a good bid with 11 high card points and one for length. While her spades are not the best, a knowledgeable bridge player knows that if she doesn’t get the bid, at least her partner will have a lead to her spades. The lead indeed was the jack of spades from her partner. Where then did the North-South team go wrong? South has a solid 14 high card points in his hand and one for length in the diamond suit. His 2 diamond bid is a bit ragged with jack high, but at least we give him credit for bidding. West with five high card points and one for length might have ventured a two-spade bid, showing at least three spades and a minimum hand, and at some tables that is exactly what happened. At other tables, West passed without much effort. North with ten high card points and one for length supported the diamond bid by bidding three diamonds. The contract is set at three diamonds played by South. What did North-South miss? Counting the points in the North-South hand, it is easy to see that they have a total count of 25 points, enough in these bridge days to bid and make game in three different strains: spades, hearts, and no trump. There are definitely not enough points to make game in diamonds where 29 points usually are needed for the five-diamond bid, yet, on this hand, five diamonds is a possible game. What North-South missed, even though there was an intimidating bid by the EastWest team in spades, was a game in three no trump. Who missed the game for North-South? Or was it impossible to find? It appears that this is where a partnership agreement needs to be firmly established. Instead of being content to play three diamonds for a part score and, in this case, a decidedly poor score compared to others, it is up to the Responder to suggest no trump. A cue bid of two spades by North if West does not bid, or a cue bid of three spades by North if West does support her partner’s opening spade bid promises a limit raise of 10-11 points in the North hand. Or, alternately, North can bid two no trump, and North would play the hand as declarer in no trump. That is all that South needs to hear. With his 14 points and 10-11 points in his partner’s hand, it is easy for South to bid three no trump. Will it make? Three no trump by South (or North) will make all day long. With the jack of spades lead by West, South pauses and counts his winners. Five diamond tricks (a finesse is needed), one spade trick, two heart tricks, and one club trick will bring home the three no trump contract. Was it a risky bid for North-South to make? With some help in the spade suit (the king of spades), good diamonds, North can turn a safe three diamond contract into an invitation for South to consider and play the contract in three no trump. Instead of a bottom score, which is what they received for making three diamonds, they could have had the top score by bidding and making three no trump. Whenever there is a fit in a minor suit, consider playing the contract in no trump. You will be surprised at your success and your top score to boot. ***** (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)
Self-defense is not partisan The ability to defend oneself against a physical attack is a fundamental right recognized by the Michigan Constitution. The litmus test for determining when the use of deadly force is justified is whether a person honestly and reasonably believes he or she is in danger of imminent death or serious bodily harm, or rape. In 2006, I sponsored a bill that was part of the Self-Defense Act. This measure received bipartisan support and was signed into law by then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The Self-Defense, more commonly referred to as the “stand your ground law” allows individuals who fear their life is in danger to use deadly force against an attacker instead of retreating, as long as they are not committing any other crimes at the time. Citizens have every right to be able to protect themselves. Those who wish to do so with a concealed weapon must be trained and licensed to do so. This process involves an eight-hour class that explains in great detail when individuals have the legal right to protect themselves or their families. A movement to repeal this law is afoot, thus stripping citizens of the right to protects themselves and their families. The proposed changes would require citizens to retreat instead of defending themselves. Critics of the law believe it could lead to a situation similar to the Trayvon Martin killing in Florida, which has been mired in allegations of racial motivation and police incompetence. This is a perfect example of partisan politics, using a tragedy in Florida to amend laws here in Michigan. Crime can happen anywhere, which means citizens need to be able to defend themselves everywhere. This necessity is currently being threatened. In my 30 years in law enforcement, I dealt with my fair share of violent crimes. In many of these cases, retreating was not an option. As the law is written today, anyone who believes he or she is in danger of death or bodily harm has the right to self-defense. This is a law I helped to pass and one that will always have my full support. I emphatically believe that this law should not be changed, and I will do everything in my power to see that any attempts to repeal it are squelched.
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Body of teen recovered in Gun Lake with help from other counties by David DeDecker Staff Writer A 17-year-old Grand Rapids area resident drowned while swimming in Gun Lake Saturday afternoon. Jhalak Bhattarad and his family, who are originally from Nepal, along with two volunteers from the family’s church, had rented a pontoon boat for the weekend. Bhattarad reportedly was not an experienced swimmer, but he and two others were swimming in the lake where the water was about 40 feet deep. “The best I can understand, three of them were swimming at the same time,” said Orangeville Fire Chief Danny Boulter. “One of them tried to help the victim, but he pulled the other under. They threw a floatation device to him, but he couldn’t grab it before he went under.” Boulter said he believes it was simply a case of an inexperienced swimmer. Bhattarad was a sophomore at Kentwood High School. Someone from the boat called the store from which they had rented the boat. An employee came out to help, and that’s when 911 was called. Boulter said his department was then dispatched at around 3:15 p.m. Several boaters in the area also went to the site, trying to locate the victim. Boulter said a language barrier also created difficulty until someone associated with the family arrived to interpret. By the time the Barry County Sheriff’s Marine Division arrived, the boat had drifted due to the wind, and the drowning location was confused. Seven divers were available, and a search grid of 300 by 400 yards was established. Water visibility at the time was less than five feet. The sheriff’s department was assisted on Saturday by Yankee Springs, Thornapple and Orangeville townships emergency personnel. Even though the search was constant, the boy was not found Saturday. Sunday, the Kent County Sheriff’s Department assisted with an advanced sonar system. Only an old boat ladder was located. Before Bhattarad dove in the water Saturday, family members had been taking photos. They emailed photos to the Barry County Sheriff’s Department Sunday, in the hope it might help the divers. With the aid of the photos, deputies were able to pin-point the boat’s location around the time of the drowning. Staff from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department joined the search and brought its
Gull Lake blanks Saxon girls’ soccer The Hastings’ varsity girls’ soccer season came to an end with a 5-0 loss against visiting Gull Lake in the first round of the Division 2 District Tournament Tuesday evening. The Saxons gave up a couple of early goals, then held out until the final 17 minutes when the Blue Devils found the back of the net three more times. “We just were shy on the offensive end, and couldn’t get many opportunities to even put us up on the board,” said Hastings head coach Sarah Smith. “We were attacking them pretty well in the first 20 minutes of the game, but then it was like a light switch. We sat back on our heels and let them come at us. You can’t play defense against a solid team like Gull Lake and expect to not get scored on.” Goalkeeper Bre Sinclair did her best to try and keep the team from getting scored upon. “If it wasn’t for Bre’s extra efforts, it could have been a mercy,” Smith said. “She made some saves we haven’t seen from her all season long, we just were lacking on the defensive support side.” A couple of mistakes by the Saxons led to the first two Blue Devil goals, but the Saxons held them scoreless for the final 25 minutes of the first half. Smith said her team stepped up its defensive efforts in the second half. It was the Saxons on the other end of a lopsided score last Wednesday, as they closed out the O-K Gold Conference tournament with an 8-0 win over Ottawa hills. “We had some fun with this game, by mixing up some positions and even letting all three goalkeepers play on the field,” Smith said. A combination of Collyn Shaeffer and Dallas McKay earned the shut out for the game in goal. Shaeffer also scored a goal. Hastings had eight different goal-scorers, with Haley Wagner, Jenny Feldpausch, Dani Meredith, Emily Macqueen, Megan Ziegler, Sinclair and Autumn Demott all finding the back of the net. Janelle Pifer, Feldpausch, Ziegler and Demott all had assists. “It was a fun game for the girls and a relaxing one after the previous two games,” Smith said.
Family members wait onshore while volunteers search for 17-year-old Jhalak Bhattarad of Grand Rapids. Volunteers on boats help look for Jhalak Bhattarad before the marine patrol arrives. sonar equipment plus a diving robot equipped with GPS and camera. Within an hour of relocating the search area 300 yards to the southeast, the body was located.
According to Capt. Bill Johnson of the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, cooperation and collaboration of numerous law enforcement, marine, and emergency agencies was the key to locating the body.
Odd team breaks tie in sixth, wins Alumni Game by one The Odd team battled for two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 5-5 tie, then finished off a 7-6 victory over the Even years in the annual Hastings Alumni Baseball Game Monday at Johnson Field. The Even (graduating years) team rallied for one run in the seventh on a solo home run by Dylan Cuddahee, his second home run of the contest. A nice variety of veteran alumni and recent graduates returned to make it another successful game, which featured good fielding and timely hitting. Aaron Snider, Mark Brisboe and Roger Byykkonen pitched for the Odd team while Matt Moore and Cuddahee hurdled for the Even team. The defensive heroes were Andrew Courtright and Brandon Burke, who were behind the plate for their respective teams the entire game in the 92-degree heat. The award for the senior citizen of the game went to Rudy McPherson from the Odd
team, who graduated in 1967. He traveled from Cadillac to play in the contest. The next veteran player was Doug Garrett, an assistant on the Saxon varsity coaching staff, who graduated in 1978. Hastings varsity baseball coach Marsh Evans said this will be the last year that former Saxon baseball coach Bernie Oom will organize the event. “Bernie has been a great coach in the Hastings School system,” said Evans. “He was a great teacher for over 20 years. He had a great program. He was a great mentor.” “A lot of people plan their Memorial Day weekends around playing in this game. Oom has organized the event for the last 36 years. Oom was happy to have help, from senior Aaron Snider who volunteered his services as the umpire for the game, and from Evans who prepared the field for the game and loaned the players equipment for the day.
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The Odd years team at Monday’s Hastings Alumni Game included (front from left) Mitchell Brisboe, Aaron Snider Jr, Dylan Downs, Andrew Courtright, Bernie Oom, (back) Brian Snider, Rudy McPherson, Trent Brisboe, Roger Byykkonen, and umpire Aaron Snider Sr.
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269.945.9105 OPEN MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:00 - 5:30 The Even years team gets together during Monday’s Hastings Alumni Game at Johnson Field. Team members included (front from left) Brandon Burke, Dave Garrett, Eric Schiedel, Matt Moore, (back) Bernie Oom, David Kendall, Dylan Cuddahee, Shaun Raymond and Lee Nichols.
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Hastings girls 13th in first trip to MITCA finals by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Hastings’ varsity girls’ track and field team relied on some talented athletes and a lot of depth all season long. The Saxons ran into some teams with a lot of depth and a lot of talent Saturday. Hastings was 13th at the MITCA Division 2 Championship at Jenison High School, where each team is allowed to enter three athletes into each individual event and one team in each of the four relays and everyone who finishes scores. The Saxons’ top finish was in the high jump, where Rachel Quillen was part of a seven-way tie for fourth place. She cleared 5 feet. Teammate Katy Garber also cleared 5-0, finishing in a tie for 13th. Hastings had four other top ten finishes.
The Saxons’ Brie Sheldon (center) races towards the finish line in the 100-meter hurdle race during the Division 2 MITCA Championship at Jenison High School Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
Hastings’ Selinda Arechiga races along in during the 3200-meter run Saturday at the Division 2 MITCA Championship in Jenison. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
The Saxons’ Katy Garber flies through the air in the long jump during the Division 2 MITCA Championship at Jenison High School Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
The best finish on the track came from Grace Bosma, who was seventh in the 800-meter run in 2 minutes 27.21 seconds. Trista Straube was ninth in the 1600-meter run in 5:25.56, and Nikki Redman was ninth in the 300-meter hurdles in 49.21. The best relay finish for the Saxons came in the 3200-meter event, in which the team of Straube, Amanda Sarhatt, Rachel Rimer and Bosma finished fourth in 10:20.40. Hamilton won the D2 girls’ team state championship with 1629 points. Dearborn Divine Child was second with 1550, followed by DeWitt 1526.5, Williamston 1350, Grand Rapids Christian 1201.5, Zeeland West 1074.5, Chippewa Hills 1060.5, Milan 1036.5, Spring Lake 921, St. Clair 875.5, St. Joseph 873.5, Eaton Rapids 853.5, Hastings
841, Stevensville Lakeshore 704, Paw Paw 672.5 and Otsego 13.5. The 3200-meter relay was the only event the Hamilton girls won. The team of Cathy Coryell, Molly Oren, Emily Oren and Brandi Tidd took that race in 9:34.65. But Hamilton was very good in nearly every event. The 200-meter dash was the only event the Hawkeyes didn’t have a girl finish in the top eight in. Fifth was the lowest the Hawkeyes placed in any of the relays. Dearborn Divine Child won five events, while DeWitt and Grand Rapids Christian won three each. Dearborn Divine Child took two relays, with Rosanna Reynolds, Kayla Gandy, Liz Mullen and Paige Patterson winning the 800meter relay in 1:43.21 and the team of Mallory Myler, Mullen, Nicole Urbanick and Patterson taking the 1600-meter relay in 3:56.92. Patterson also took the 200 in 25,31 and the 400 in 56.89. Her teammate Ashley O’Neill won the discus with a throw of 119-8. DeWitt’s girls won the other relay, with the team of Josie Yesmunt, De’Anna Majors, Jessica D’Haene and Audrey Koenigsknecht finishing the 400-meter event in 50.71. The
Panthers’ also had Tori Desira win the 100meter hurdles in 14.69 seconds and the 300meter low hurdles in 45.41. Grand Rapids Christian took two field events, with Janina Pollatz clearing 11--6 in the pole vault and flying 17-1.25 in the long jump. The Eagles also had Julia Bos win the 3200-meter run in 10:52.36. Zeeland West’s Rachele Schulist won the 800-meter run in 2:17.78 and the 1600-meter run in 4:58.25. Other girls scoring points for the Hastings team Saturday included Mara Speer, Amber Myers, Brie Sheldon, Katy Garber, Cherie Kosbar, Erin Goggins, Corrie Osterink, Christine Maurer, Selinda Arechiga, Abby Laubaugh, Christy Clark, Shelby Vandermel, Hannah Anderson, Caprice Lowinski and Jillian Bailey. The Division 1 and 2 MITCA team state finals were held in Jenison. Rockford won the Division 1 girls’ championship and East Kentwood took the boys’ title. In Division 2, the boys’ championship went to Grand Rapids Christian.
The Saxons’ Christy Clark takes off after getting the baton from teammate Amber Myers in the 800-meter relay race Saturday in Jenison. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
DK baseball to see Saranac Saturday Delton Kellogg’s varsity baseball team will open play in the Division 3 District Tournament hosted by Maple Valley in Vermontville Saturday with a semifinal contest against Saranac at 10 a.m. The Panthers will have their work cut out for them. Saranac scored 20 runs in its PreDistrict win over Fennville Tuesday, a 20-6 victory by the Redskins. Maple Valley and Hopkins meet in the second semifinal Saturday, with the district championship game to follow. Delton closed out the regular season with a 3-21 record, falling in its two contests with
Carson City-Crystal Wednesday in Delton. The Eagles won game one 8-1, and then took game two 11-4. Panther head coach Bill Humphrey said the Eagles put on a bunting clinic. The Eagles had “timely rallies fueled by multiple suicide squeeze bunts that were placed perfectly,” Humphrey said. “It put us
on our heels and we never really recovered from it.” Sam Horrocks, who Humphrey said “pitched very well” took the loss. Ryan Hook took the loss in game two. “The Eagles even managed to squeeze in a run that game as well,” Humphrey added.
Delton Kellogg’s Libby Parker drives the ball against Carson City-Crystal Wednesday evening at Delton Kellogg High School. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
Delton softball splits its last doubleheader of regular season Delton Kellogg’s Ryan Hook races towards the plate as the Carson CityCrystal catcher waits on a throw during game two Wednesday. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
The Panthers’ Jared Buckland pitches during game two against Carson City-Crystal Wednesday evening. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
DK girls to face Pennfield a third time The Panthers’ last tournament didn’t go the way they wanted it to. Now they’re trying to make up for it. Delton Kellogg’s varsity girls’ soccer team opened play in the Division 3 District Tournament being hosted by Battle Creek Pennfield this week with a 5-0 victory at Olivet High School Tuesday. That win earns the Delton Kellogg girls the chance to face another Kalamazoo Valley Association rival again, Pennfield. Delton and Pennfield will meet in the district semifi-
nals today, at 5 p.m., with the winner advancing to Saturday morning’s district championship game. Pennfield topped Delton Kellogg 5-1 in the match for third place to close out the KVA Tournament May 18. Delton Kellogg won the KVA regular season match-up between the two teams by the same 5-1 score. Delton also scored five goals in the win over Olivet Tuesday. Hannah Phommavongsa scored twice in the final 11 minutes of the first half to push the Panthers’ lead to 3-0.
Sara Rendon opened the scoring for Delton, in the 19th minute, off an assist by Aryka Poling. Kanoe Chaffee assisted on Phommavongs’s first goal. Brianna Russell and Alea Hammond scored Delton Kellogg’s second-half goals, with assists going to Poling and Rendon. Delton Kellogg goalie Carlye Hammond saved the one shot that came her way. Delton improved to 16-3 with the win.
Delton Kellogg’s varsity softball team closed out the regular season Wednesday by splitting its non-conference doubleheader with visiting Carson City-Crystal. Carson City-Crystal took the opener 10-4, thanks to a seven-run outburst in the top of the fourth inning. Brooke Martin was hit with the loss for Delton, despite six strike outs. Martin was one of three Panthers with two hits. Kaysie Hook had a pair of doubles. Libby Parker had a double and a single. Both Martin’s hits were singles. The Panthers took game two 4-3, with Martin earning the win. She struck out four, and on offense had a team-high three hits. Kami McCowan chipped in a double and a single for Delton, while Hook and Parker each had another double. Delton Kellogg opens postseason play in the Division 3 District Semifinals at Maple Valley High School Saturday. The Panthers will take on Saranac in the first of two semifinals, beginning at 10 a.m. Maple Valley takes on Hopkins in the day’s second semifinal.
Laya Newland pitches for Delton Kellogg during game two against Carson City-Crystal Wednesday. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
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TK will play Saturday after beating South Christian by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A couple of seniors delivered the bit hits, and a freshman did the work on the mound Tuesday. Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity baseball team advances to Saturday’s Division 2 District Semifinals at the South Christian Sports Park after a 6-4 victory over the host Sailors in the Pre-District contest Tuesday. Senior Dylan VanPutten blasted a two-run home run in the top of the first inning for the Trojans, and the Trojans led for the rest of the evening. Fellow senior Jordan Timm added a two-run double in the Trojans’ three-run third inning. Freshman Dalton Phillips, in what TK head coach Jack Hobert called “the game of his life to this point,” struck out nine while allowing five hits, two walks and four earned runs in his complete game effort. “He put the pressure on his shoulders and backed it up,” Hobert said. TK led 5-0 after its at-bat in the third inning. South Christian got on the scoreboard for the first time in the bottom of the third, as a couple of hit batters, a wild pitch, a bloop single and a sacrifice ground out pushed in two runs. Each team added a run in the fourth inning, and the Sailors shaved one more run off the Trojan lead in the bottom of the seventh inning. TK had six hits in the game, including a triple by Garrett Harris. Harris also drove in the Trojans’ run in the top of the fourth, bouncing a ground ball over the Sailor third baseman. South Christian’s Sam Memmelaar was hit with the loss. The Trojans will return to the South
The Trojans’ Cody Ybema looks on as he gets his lead off of first base during the top of the fourth inning of Tuesday’s Division 2 Pre-District contest at South Christian. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Christian Sports Park Saturday. They’ll take on Wayland in the first of two district semifinal contests, beginning at 10 a.m. That game
Thornapple Kellogg’s Dalton Phillips tries to pitch his way out of a jam during the bottom of the third inning against South Christian Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
will be followed by a contest between Kelloggsville and Byron Center. The district championship game is slated for 2 p.m.
Lakewood girls end CAAC-White season in third Williamston won the boys’ and girls’ championships at the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division Championships they hosted Wednesday. The win by the Williamston boys meant they shared the league championship this season with Lansing Catholic, which handed the Hornets their first loss in a league dual earlier in the season. The Lakewood girls were third with 99.5 points, behind league champion Williamston (179) and Lansing Catholic (108). Corunna was fourth with 96 points, followed by Perry 29 and Portland 7.5. Lakewood had four league championship performances, including three by Mycah Ridder. She won the 100-meter dash in 12.87 seconds, the 200 in 26.74 and teamed with Ellie Reynolds, Madison McLean and Alexis Kosten to win the 800-meter relay in 1 minute 47.91 seconds. The Vikings’ Ashley Jemison added a win in the discus with a throw of 119 feet 10 inches. She was also second in the shot put at 342.5. Williamston’s Tori Freeman won the shot at 38-6.5, and was second to Jemison in the discus with a throw of 109-1.
Lakewood’s Hannah DeJong and Jemison tied for fifth in the high jump at 4-8, and DeJong tied for sixth as well in the pole vault by clearing 8-0. The Viking girls were second to Williamston in the two other sprint relays. DeJong, McLean, Kosten and Betsy Reynolds were second in the 400-meter relay in 52.75, and the team of Kosten, McLean, Betsy Reynolds and Ridder was second in the 1600-meter relay in 4:08.67. Ellie Reynolds and Cassidy Curtis scored in both hurdle events for the Vikings. Reynolds was third in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.06 and second in the 300-meter low hurdles in 50.27. Curtis was fifth in the 100 in 17.76 and third in the 300 in 50.61. Other individual scoring performances for the Lakewood girls included McLean’s fourth place finish in the 400 and Betsy Reynolds’ fifth-place finish in the 800. Hannah Sailar, Elizabeth Dutcher and Emma Frost joined Ridder was winners of two individual events. Lansing Catholic’s Frost took the 1600-meter run in 5:23.78 and the 3200 in 12:01.08. Sailar took the high jump at 5-2, and won the pole vault at 11-6.
Dutcher won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.51 and the long jump at 17-7.25. The Hornet boys finished with 206 points Wednesday. Lansing Catholic was second with 161, followed by Corunna 52, Perry 48, Lakewood 36 and Portland 15. The Vikings’ best finish was in the 800meter relay, where the team of Micah Weatherwax, Cody Collins, Joey Endres and Jake Waldron was second in 1:36.97. Weatherwax was fifth in the 100 in 11.65 and third in the 200 in 23.36. Perry’s Dillon Brooks won both sprints, taking the 100 in 11.21 and the 200 in 22.44. Nate Kauffman scored in three individual events for Lakewood, placing eighth in the 110-meter high hurdles in 18.44, seventh in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 45.67 and in a tie for eighth in the high jump at 5-6. Teammate Michael Carr also scored in the high jump, placing fourth at 5-10. Other field event scorers for the Lakewood boys’ team included Collins with a fourthplace finish in the pole vault (11-0), Nick Payne who was fifth in the discus at 112-5, and Lars Pyrzinski who was seventh in the shot put with a mark of 41-11.
Hastings’ Mitch Kolanowski signs his National Letter of Intent to join the Alma College Football program in the Hastings High School library Friday afternoon. He was joined by his parents, Mark and Sue Kolanowski (seated), as well as Hastings football coach Jeff Denny and Ed Fillmore from Alma College. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
Kolanowski will play football for Alma by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Mitch Kolanowski didn’t start playing football competitively until middle school.
TK softball rally two runs short at South by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A walk and an infield single, coupled with a couple wild pitches, brought the tying run to the plate for the Trojans in the bottom of the seventh inning, but that was where the rally ended. Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity softball team
fell 4-2 to South Christian in the Division 2 Pre-District contest at the South Christian Sports Park Tuesday. The Sailors put together a three-run fifth inning, then tacked on an insurance run in the top of the sixth, to advance to Saturday’s district semifinal where they’ll host Wayland at 10 a.m. Kelloggsville and Byron Center meet
Thornapple Kellogg’s Morgan VanPutten drives the ball to the left side during the bottom of the seventh inning against South Christian Tuesday. The Trojans fell 4-2 to the host Sailors in their Division 2 Pre-District game. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
Liz Polmanteer pitches for the Trojans during the top of the fourth inning against South Christian Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
in the second semifinal of the day at the South Christian Sports Park. Senior Liz Polmanteer struck out four in her final start for the Trojans, but took the loss. Chloe Graham and Erin DeVries had two hits each, all singles. Graham scored the Trojans’ first run, starting a two-out rally with two out in the bottom of the fifth. TK’s first two batters went down in the bottom of the seventh too, but Kelly Mousseau
earned a walk and Graham ran herself into an infield single to put runners on first and second. They both advanced two bases on two wild pitches, plating the Trojans’ second run, before Sailor pitcher Anna Timmer ended the game with her seventh strike out. Amanda Nichols reached base in three of her four plate appearances, and scored two runs to lead the Sailor attack. Paige Lajcak and Liz Polmanteer also had hits for TK.
Then he didn’t play at all when high school began. Now he’ll be playing in college. Recent Hastings High School graduate Mitch Kolanowski signed his National Letter of Intent to join the Alma College Football program in the Hastings High School library Friday afternoon. Kolanowski said he thought his parents thought he would eventually get bored with football if he started playing with many of the area’s other youngsters in the local HYAA program, so he didn’t start playing until middle school. His freshman year in high school he played tennis. “Playing football in college kind of just happened this year because I had a big year,” Kolanowski said. “I only played football three years. I played tennis my freshman year. I switched to football. I knew I wanted to go somewhere in that instead of tennis. “I just took one year off from it and I just missed it so much. Football is really my main sport that’s what I’ve always loved since I was little.” Kolanowski spent two years as a defensive back for the Hastings varsity football team. He was named honorable mention all-state in his senior season, in which he had eight interceptions. The Alma coaches never even saw him play. Kolanowski wasn’t sure about Alma at first. “My parents definitely influenced it quite a bit, just because they both went there,” Kolanowski said. “They wanted me to visit there. I wasn’t really sure at first if I was going to go there, but then once I visited I just knew that I loved it. I could just tell. And of course I want to play football next year, so that’s another big thing.” Kolanowski plans to study towards a degree in education with the hope of becoming a high school or middle school physical education teacher.
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DK boys and Hastings girls win Barry County titles by Brett Bremer Sports Editor It took some time to add them all up. There were victory laps after an assortment of dual meet wins, a couple of invitationals, the KVA Championships ... Delton Kellogg’s varsity boys’ track and field team took its tenth and final victory lap of the season Tuesday, after winning the Barry County Meet at Maple Valley High School by 14 points over runner-up Thornapple Kellogg. This was only the ninth win for the Panthers. They took a premature victory lap at the Olivet Relays early in the season, before learning that their 1600-meter relay team had been disqualified from its race. “After Olivet, we started waiting until we knew the final score,” said Delton Kellogg senior Billy Schut. “Nine,” said fellow Delton senior Tyler Dempsey.
Hastings’ Ronnie Collins, (from left) Delton Kellogg's Billy Schut and Hastings' Jacob Westers round a corner during the 3200-meter run Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
Hastings’ varsity girls’ track and field team lets everyone know who is number one after winning Tuesday’s Barry County Meet at Maple Valley High School by 26 points over runner-up Thornapple Kellogg. (Photo by Brett Bremer) “That’s a good number.” There was no disqualification in the 1600meter relay Tuesday. The Delton foursome of Dempsey, Phoenix Pease, Brandon Robbins and Conner Wolschleger won the race in 3 minutes 36.51 seconds. Hastings took the girls’ title, by 26 points over runner-up Thornapple Kellogg. That 1600-meter relay victory was the last of six wins for the Delton boys. They won three of the four relays, with the team of Nick Brindley, Pease, Wolschleger and Adam May taking the 800-meter relay in 1:34.21 and the team of Brindley, Mike Bassett, Robbins and May winning the 400-meter relay in 45.85. It was no surprise the Panthers won the 1600-meter relay, not after having the top two runners in the 400-meter dash. Pease won that race in 53.97 seconds, with Dempsey second in 54.41. Delton also had Robbins win the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 42.41 and Wolschleger take the long jump at 19-1. Those two Delton Kellogg winners might have benefited from a couple of the county’s stars not taking part in the action. Maple Valley’s Garrett Reid, who is one of the top seeds for Saturday’s Division 3 State Finals in the long jump, was saving his legs for the Lansing Area Honor Roll Meet which was scheduled for Wednesday. One of the area’s top hurdlers, Jacob Comer, from Hastings didn’t run Tuesday. Hastings’ Amanda Sarhatt races towards a third-place finish in the 3200meter run at the Barry County Meet Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
Delton Kellogg’s Conner Wolschleger (right) takes off after getting the baton to start the anchor leg of the 1600-meter relay Tuesday at Maple Valley High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
Delton finished with 406 points, followed by Thornapple Kellogg 392, Maple Valley 360, Lakewood 316 and Hastings 279. Each team was allowed three entrants in each individual event, and one team in each relay race. Everyone who finished scored points for their team. Reid did get plenty of points for his team despite not competing in his best event. He won the 100-meter dash in 11.50 seconds and was second in the 200-meter dash in 24.08, behind Lakewood’s Micah Weatherwax who hit the finish line in 23.62. Weatherwax was second to Reid in the 100 in 11.59. Thornapple Kellogg had two guys win two individual events. Dustin Brummel took the 1600-meter run in 4:42.47 and the 3200-meter run in 10:46.88. Tanin Eckhoff won the high jump by clearing 5-10 and the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.63. TK also had Michael “Trey” Mahon win the discus with a throw of 154-8. The Trojans had three of the top four scorers in the event with Adrian Foster second and Josh Christensen four. Maple Valley’s Keegan Yost broke up that pack with a third-place finish, and he won the shot put with a throw of 485.5. Mahon was second in that event with a mark of 45-5. The Lion team also had Kyle Spencer win the 800-meter run in 2:06.15. Hastings had two wins. Joey Siska cleared 13-0 in the pole vault, and the Saxon 3200meter relay team won in 8:43.13. It wasn’t just the champions who helped their teams though. For Delton Kellogg it was Lucas Hansen with a runner-up finish in the long jump (18-4.5), Schut placing fourth in the 3200 (11:37.72), Jarryd Calhoun placing fifth in the 1600 (5:10.81), and so on.
Lion ladies advance in D4 district tourney Maple Valley’s varsity girls’ soccer team exploded for six goals in its Division 4 District Opener Tuesday. The Lions knocked off visiting Potterville 6-1 to advance to today’s district semifinal against Calhoun Christian. Springport and Albion will meet in the other district semifinal contest being hosted by Maple Valley today. Springport topped Quincy 2-0 in the other opening round game in the district Tuesday. The district championship game is scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m.
Delton Kellogg’s varsity boys’ track and field team (and a guest) celebrate on the infield after winning Tuesday’s Barry County Meet at Maple Valley High School by 14 points over runner-up Thornapple Kellogg. (Photo by Brett Bremer) For the Hastings girls there were results such as Leah Czinder with a runner-up finish in the pole vault (8-6), Amanda Sarahatt third in the 3200 (13:03.98), Grace Bosma second int he 800 (2:33.06), Rachel Rimer fourth in the 300-meter low hurdles (51.18) and Cherie Kosbar fourth in the 400-meter dash (1:05.17), Katy Garber third in the high jump (4-10) and Christine Maurer sixth in the 1600 (6:16.00). “‘Four deep’ has been our motto all year,” said Hastings girls’ coach Brian Teed. “So, in this kind of meet we’re pretty tough. It makes sense. All year our third, fourth and fifth girls have known they were important. It wasn’t just the top girls.” Hastings’ girls finished with 451 points, followed by Thornapple Kellogg 425, Lakewood 400, Delton Kellogg 258 and Maple Valley 218. Rachel Quillen was one of the top girls for Hastings. She won a pair of field events, taking the long jump with a mark of 15-1 and clearing 5-0 in the high jump. She was also second in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.04, behind Lakewood’s Ellie Reynolds won in 16.44. Quillen’s teammate Nikki Redman was third in the 100-meter hurdles (17.13) and won the 300-meter low hurdles in 48.45. Delton Kellogg’s Andrea Polley was second in that race and fourth in the 100-meter hurdles. Reynolds was third in the 300-meter event. Trista Straube matched Quillen’s two indi-
vidual wins for Hastings, taking the 3200meter run in 12:10.70 and the 1600-meter run in 5:33.47. TK’s Casey Lawson was second to her in each of those events. While Straube and Lawson went 1-2 in the distance events, it was TK’s Fiona Shea edging Lakewood’s Micah Ridder in the two sprints. She won the 100-meter dash in 13.01 and the 200 in 26.99. Ridder finished the 100 in 13.25 and the 200 in 27.75. Ridder also teamed with Madison McLean, Betsy Reynolds and Jacqueline O’Gorman to win the 1600-meter relay in 4:20.11 for the Vikings. McLean, Kosten, Ridder and Ellie Reynolds won the 800-meter relay in 1:48.54. Hastings started the day on the track by winning the 3200-meter relay in 10:10.41. TK won the 400-meter relay in 52.77. In the other three field events, Lakewood got a win from Ashley Jemison in the discus thanks to her throw of 118-3. TK’s Erin Ellinger took the shot put at 37-7.25 and Maple Valley’s Jadelyn Stewart won the pole vault by clearing 9-0. Ellinger led a sweep of the top three spots in the shot put for TK, with Deejay Minor second at 33-3 and Aimee Ellinger third at 32.9.5. Jemison was fourth at 32-6. Jemison also added a runner-up leap of 4-10 in the high jump. The other winners on the track included Lakewood’s McLean, who took the 400meter dash in 1:02.83 and Thornapple Kellogg’s Grace Possett who won the 800meter run in 2:27.50.
Saxon baseball falls 10-0 in final regular season contest The event went well. The ball game did not. Hastings varsity baseball team fell 10-0 in five innings at Forest Hills Eastern Monday, in the Hawks’ annual Memorial Day contest. The Hawks wore camouflage jerseys, while the Saxons had American flag themed jerseys, thanks to a sponsorship from K Industries in Hastings. “It was good to be a part of their event,” said Saxon head coach Marsh Evans. “They honored veterans in the area, as well as kinds from the high school in the military and those going into the military. It was a nice event to be a part of.” Nicholas Replogle had the only hit for the Saxons in the loss. He also took the loss, as the starting pitcher, eventually being replaced on the mound by teammate Jake Swartz. FHE led 3-0 after three innings, then tacked on two runs in the fourth and four more runs in the
bottom of the fifth to end the game early. The Saxons are spending this week trying to prepare for their Division 2 District Tournament, which will be held in Otsego Saturday. Hastings takes on Plainwell in the first of two semifinal contests, beginning at 10 a.m. Otsego takes on Plainwell in the other semifinal, at about noon, with the championship game to follow. “This week is just kind of about trying to get the kids refocused,” Evans said. “We’re out of school right now. It’s very difficult. Everybody’s seniors are out of school at this point, but we’re all out of school.” Evans said he feels like Gull Lake is the favorite to win the district championship, but his team will have to focus in a very winnable game against Plainwell to start the day. Getting to that second game is the most important thing at this point.
Nashville golfer bags an albatross Barry Roscoe of Nashville scored a double eagle, also known as an albatross, at Mulberry Fore Golf Course Thursday, May 24. Roscoe used a Cobra AMP Driver to score the albatross on the No. 2 Hole, recording a hole-in-one on the 305-yard Par 4. Though no statistics are compiled and no reliable sources have been cited for exact odds, the double eagle is considered to be a tougher golf course fete than a hole-in-one. Dean Knuth, the author of the US Golf Association’s “slope rating” which measures the difficulty of golf courses, places the odds of scoring a hole-in-one at 13,000-to-1 and of a double eagle at 1 million-to-1. Each year, about 40,000 holes-in-one are recorded in the U.S. and about 200 double eagles.