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THE HASTINGS

VOLUME 159, No. 28

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Amber waves of corn NEWS BRIEFS are not a pretty sight Pierce Cedar Creek hosting chamber tonight The next Barry County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours will be at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute July 12 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Guests will tour the facilities and sample food options.

Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, a nonprofit environmental education center, provides visitors with an exposure to diverse habitats, including wetlands, forests, marshes, streams, lakes and prairies. The institute is set on 661 acres of preserved land and offers a place to have business meetings, retreats, staff dinners, volunteer appreciation events or other functions.

The institute is open to the public yearround and free of charge at 701 W. Cloverdale Road. Visitors may explore more than seven miles of nature trails.

The business after hours events are the second Thursday of every month from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Charlton Park gas and steam engine show returns The 41st annual Charlton Park Gas and Steam Engine Show will return to Historic Charlton Park Friday and Saturday, July 13 and 14.

Guests will see the history of engines in the making, including steam boats, tractor parades a working sawmill and more.

Demonstrations will include shingle making, wheat threshing, hay baling and the 1890 Corley Sawmill in operation. Guests can enjoy tractor parades, sweet corn cooked with help from a Westinghouse steam engine, strolling the historic village, riding in a steamboat and even a spark show Saturday evening. More tractors and steamers are expected this year than ever before, said Director Dan Patton.

Show hours are 8 a.m. to dusk, with the tractor parade at 2 p.m. each day. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children. For more information, call 269-945-3775 or visit www.charltonpark.org.

Fountain series to welcome Tony LaJoye Trio July 13, Fridays at the Fountain Series will feature the Tony LaJoye Trio, whose unique sound consists of a fusion of pop, jazz, blues and rhythm and blues.

Members include LaJoye of Hastings, Traverse City bassist Stu Ford, and WestMichigan drummer Matt Gibbons. Fridays at the Fountain concerts take place on the Barry County Courthouse lawn from noon to 1:30 p.m. In the event of rain, concerts are moved to the community room at Hastings City Bank, 150 W. Center St.

Open house planned for Barney Hutchins For 24 years, Barney Hutchins has almost always been the first person in the door and the last one to leave at Thornapple Valley Community Credit Union. The fact that he was CEO of the company made his dedication even more inspiring to those who worked for him.

Hutchins will join the ranks of the retired Tuesday, July 17, following a special open house in his honor to be held from 2 to 5 p.m. at the credit union’s office at 202 E. Woodlawn Ave., in Hastings.

During Hutchins’ tenure as CEO, TVCCU nearly tripled its assets from $5.3 million to $15.7 million, opened a branch in Delton and added more than 35 new services for members.

by Bonnie Mattson Staff Writer The amber waves of grain Katherine Lee Bates referred when she penned “America the Beautiful” in 1893 were describing the wheat fields of the Midwest, according to historians.

The amber waves of grain beginning to appear in mid-Michigan are not such a beautiful sight to area farmers, said Tim Spitzley of Lake Odessa.

According to Spitzley, this is the worst summer drought he has seen since 1988, the year before he began farming.

Spitzley has 850 acres of corn and 470 acres of soybeans planted.

“Soybeans are a little more tolerant of the dry weather,” said Spitzley. “We have a bigger window to wait for rain where they are concerned. We need rain within the next 30

days, and we can probably salvage those crops.”

The corn is a different story.

Planting was off schedule this year for most farmers. The weather warmed up early enough to get some corn planted in April, but the rest of the planting was late due to the amount of rain in late April and early May. Many farmers finished planting later than usual.

The dry weather threatens to create losses of 50 percent for the corn planted early and already beginning to tassel.

The later corn may be salvaged with a considerable rain, since it has not all pollinated yet, said Spitzley.

The corn planted this year has been geneti-

See CORN, page 15

Lake Odessa farmer Tim Spitzley stands in the spot where the corn was over his head in 2010. It is barely waist high today. (Photo by Bonnie Mattson)

City extinguishes request for smoking ban in parks

by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Smokers will still be able to light up anywhere in Hastings city parks. Last month, members of the Barry County Tobacco Coalition requested the city ban smoking in some, all or parts of city parks. After lengthy discussions during two previous meetings, the council, with Mayor Bob May and trustee Dave Jasperse absent, voted unanimously against granting the coalition’s request.

In their initial presentation to the council, coalition members said they were requesting the ban because parks are places where young people often gather for sports and other recreational activities, and they did not want youths to see adults smoking, associate smoking with having fun and later become smokers themselves.

While several members of the council said

they applaud the coalition’s anti-tobacco campaign and goal of preventing young people from ever lighting their first cigarette, they could not support the ban.

“I personally do not smoke; I don’t think anybody ought to smoke,” said Trustee Bill Redman. “I think if we put this in effect, it is going to be unenforceable, No. 1 ... I think this is something we should just leave alone. I don’t think we, as a city council, should tell people they can’t smoke in a city park ...

[Smokers] are citizens. They pay taxes like everybody else does.”

Trustee Don Bowers agreed.

“I have the same frame of mind,” he said.

“Most of the places that have banned smoking, all they have done is pushed them outdoors where the kids can see them. Pennock Hospital for example, if they had a no-smoking area, then they wouldn’t be on the side-

walk out front and the kids wouldn’t see them ... That is one of the big things I heard ... I can’t legislate anymore against people that have a right to do what they want to do as long as they pay their taxes and they are citizens of here.

Trustee Waylon Black backed Bowers and Redman.

“I’m against a complete ban of smoking in parks because it tramples on peoples’ rights,” he said. “We don’t have a right to tell people ‘you can’t smoke here, you can’t smoke there.’ Even if we were to enforce designated areas for smoking, it won’t be long before the same group, or another group, comes before the city council trying to get us to completely abolish that. So, it is absolutely ridiculous.”

Trustee Dave Tossava said he agreed with his fellow council members, and while he did not like being exposed to secondhand smoke,

he said he did not feel a smoking ban in city parks could be enforced.

Trustee Barry Wood asked City Manager Jeff Mansfield whether smoking was allowed on other city property.

Mansfield replied that smoking was prohibited in city-owned buildings and vehicles but was allowed outdoors on city property, except on the collective city hall and public library campus.

Bowers made the motion, seconded by Redman, to deny the request.

Later, during the public comment portion of the meeting, Dr. Robert Schirmer a member of the coalition and medical director of the Barry-Eaton District Health Department, said he appreciated the council’s consideration regarding the ban and hoped that some time in the future the council would reconsider instituting a ban.

Conservation report encourages county commissioners

by Doug VanderLaan Editor All Barry Conservation District Director Joanne Barnard would have needed to make her annual report at Tuesday’s county commission meeting any more vivid and picturesque would have been a kayak paddle and a duck call.

“The recreational side of what goes on in Barry County — though we may not see it all the time — does make an impact,” said Barnard, pointing out that a local canoe livery is bringing in 300 to 400 people per weekend day to float down the Thornapple River.

“That river, even though there’s hardly any water in it now, is being enjoyed by people.”

As are a host of other projects the Barry Conservation District either has underway or has planned for the future that Barnard highlighted in her report Tuesday.

Of particular interest were three wildlife preservation initiatives, one a pheasant restoration project, the second, a wetlands project near Nashville that is dramatically increasing the duck population, and the third, an effort to aid fish passage by removing the Morgan Dam, replacing sinking culverts with a bridge and inventorying fish passage barriers.

The pheasant program began in 2011 by bringing together 15 landowners, including the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, to improve habitats in an effort to restore the pheasant population. This year, the conservation district helped start the county’s first pheasant cooperative, only the fourth such group in the state, which took the name Pritchardville Cooperative.

“These folks are not all hunters, they just miss pheasants in Barry County,” said Barnard. “They’ve already put in about 150 volunteer hours in cleaning habitat areas and just making a huge difference. They’re looking forward to having a kids field day this fall or next spring, depending on how well our planting project goes.”

The Nashville Floodplain Westland Restoration Project has involved the development of 16 acres of prairie land, planting 250 trees, removing invasive species, and, later this fall, removal of stumps from the river.

“It’s an awesome duck area,” said Barnard.

“It already had a semi-decent duck population, but the numbers are increasing because we have a lot more shallow water areas and we hope to even improve that with wetland scoop-out areas and some habitat plantings in those floodplain areas.”

A cooperative project with the Barry County Road Commission at Highbanks Creek started out as a plan to remove the Morgan Dam, but evolved into a larger effort to replace road culverts sinking into waterways and impeding fish passage. Culverts on Lawrence Road are being replaced with a bridge as part of a $600,000 project funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the county road commission.

Barnard highlighted a number of additional cooperative ventures in which landowners, volunteers and donors are involved, including a streambank restoration initiative at Quaker Brook being funded by a $25,000 MillerCoors grant and involving the partnership of the Thornapple River Watershed Council, the County Drain Commission, the DNR and the DEQ. Inventory mapping of fish passages, urban runoff, bank erosion and placement of data on interactive mapping websites are also in development.

Barnard ended her presentation with an update on the Aug. 6 to 11 Thornapple River Expedition, a first-time tour of the entire length of the Thornapple River for which over 100 canoeists, kayakers and tubers have signed on from all over the state and even outside the state. The tour, which will travel from Vermontville to Ada, begins with a bus tour of the river’s headwaters near Charlotte and one of the largest wetland restoration efforts currently underway.

“Joanne and her staff do an enormous amount of work that just goes under the radar ...

This is a great deal for a lot of people throughout the county and even beyond the county. It’s a great showcase and I’m very proud of it.”

Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick

“Joanne and her staff do an enormous amount of work that just goes under the radar,” summed up Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick. “And we don’t publicly take the time to thank them. This is a great deal for a lot of people throughout the county and even beyond the county. It’s a great showcase and I’m very proud of it.”

In other business, the board: • Held a public hearing on the closeout of Barry County’s Michigan Community Development Block Grant Project which helped fund the construction of the Finkbeiner/Crane Road Bridge connection between Whitneyville Road and M-37 in Middleville. Heather Smith of the Barry County Road Commission staff reported that the project is complete and that not all of the $800,000 awarded for reimbursement through the grant was returned to the county due to MDOT’s allocation of funds toward portions of the project that had been covered by the grant application.

“There was nothing I could do about it, and I’m not very happy about it,” said Smith of recovering just over $400,000 in reimbursed funds through the CBDG grant.

Smith also was asked for reasons that a traffic light was not installed at the Crane Road-M-37 intersection.

“MDOT requires a certain amount of traffic data to warrant a traffic light going in, and they have been monitoring it,” replied Smith.

“We at the road commission would have liked

a light there but, unfortunately, we do not have the authority to put a light in.”

• Approved the appointment of Joy Mulder to serve a three-year term on the agricultural preservation board.

• Approved the appointment of Craig Stolsonburg as county commission representative and Jeff VanNorwick as alternate representative to a one-year term on the agricultural preservation board.

• Approved a revised fee schedule for requested land information services to bring the county closer in line to neighboring counties and to market expectations.

• Approved a $9,100 contract with Netech Inc. for a countywide network security assessment, with funds to be paid from a federal grant deposited to the data processing fund.

• Approved the expenditure of up to $3,000 for a space consultant to determine the best use of the courts and law building to be paid from the building restoration fund.

• Voted 8-0 to appeal an EPA reimbursement denial of a $612 bill for cleanup service in April of a methamphetamine lab.

• Approved commissioners’ monthly payroll of $7,628 which, Commissioner Robert Houtman told fellow commissioners, is an approximate 24 percent reduction in compensation made prior to budget-cutting moves such as moving the commission’s committee meeting business to a committee of the whole format.

“It means we’re doing more work in less time for less money,” pointed out Houtman.

“For anyone on benefits, those costs have gone up, but we were running in the $9,000 to $10,000 range, and now we’re in the $7,000 range.”

The monthly pay includes per diem pay and mileage only, said Barry County Administrator Michael Brown.

The board meets next for its committee of the whole meeting Tuesday, July 17, in its chambers at the Barry County Courthouse beginning at 9 a.m.

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Gilmore Car Museum welcomes 43rd national Chrysler meet

This DeSoto is from 1929, the first year of its production. (Photo by Gilmore Car Museum)

The 1949 Chrysler Town and Country convertible – known as a Woody because of its wood trim — became indelibly tied to surf and beach music of the 1960s. (Photo by Gilmore Car Museum) This Saturday, the show grounds at the Gilmore Car Museum south of Delton will be the site of the Walter P. Chrysler Club’s 43rd national meet and car show.

Organizers expect this to be the largest WPC Club car show in two decades, with members coming from all over the U.S. and Canada for the event.

“This is a remarkable opportunity for the community to see some of the finest examples of Chrysler-built vehicles,” said club president Richard Bowman.

The Saturday show is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and visitors can expect to see over 150 rarely seen vehicles.

A dozen 1941 to 1950 Chrysler Town and Country “woodies” – popularly associated with beach music of the 1960s, a large number of the Virgil Exner-designed Imperials from

1955 to 1963 and several muscle cars from the 1960s and 1970s will take the show field. A 1932 Chrysler Imperial and a 1942 DeSoto Custom convertible — both extremely rare, are have been registered for the event.

The Walter P. Chrysler Club, formed in 1968 and named for the founder of the Chrysler Corporation, is the largest worldwide organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration and enjoyment of vintage, Chrysler-built vehicles. This includes autos such as De Soto, Imperial and Eagle, as well as Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth and Jeep. The club also embraces the many predecessors to the Chrysler brand — AMC, Hudson, Maxwell, Fargo, Chalmers and Stoddard Dayton are just a sampling.

Made up entirely of WPC members’ vehicles, the judged show will feature several

makes and eras.

“Everything from the famous Airflows to the highly coveted muscle cars,” as Bowman puts it.

Within the Gilmore Car Museum’s exhibit galleries, visitors will find a 1963 Chrysler Turbine car, an experimental concept car of which only a handful remain; early motorcars from Brush and Columbia; as well as the Dodge brothers’ last two privately owned personal cars — all are brands that later became part of Chrysler Corp.

General admission to the museum Saturday also includes this special Chrysler showcase.

The museum is located on M-43 and Hickory Road. For more information about this and other upcoming events and the museum, visit www.GilmoreCarMuseum.org or call 269671-5089 for more information.

Imperial became a separate division of Chrysler Corporation in 1954 and was the auto maker’s top-of-the-line auto, designed to compete against Cadillac and Lincoln.

(Photo by Gilmore Car Museum)

Free Art Park program coming to Hastings’ 1st Ward

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help them elevate their self-confidence and standing in the community.”

Art Park is free to attend. Students may sign up for one week or all four. Others may just drop in during the open session from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Interested youths may register by calling

the Thornapple Arts Council, 269-945-2002 or online, www.thornapplearts.org Funding and support for Art Park comes from a grant from the Barry Community Foundation and program funding from Thornapple Arts Council the Hastings Downtown Development Authority.

FUNDRAISER THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF

STEVE HARD SR.

ARE HAVING A FUNDRAISER TO PAY FOR HIS PAST, PRESENT AND ONGOING MEDICAL BILLS. Steve has Stage 4 Bone Cancer. He is also dealing with a double broken neck and cracks on his vertebrae/spine area. There is no cure for his cancer but the treatments he is receiving can help prolong his life. He has undergone radiation and is now going through chemotherapy and shots to help strengthen his bones.

Steve spent 25 years working for the Hastings Landfill in the booth, and also with the help of his wife, Patty, they are running Hilltop Auto Sales of Hastings. They are planning a Spaghetti Dinner and there will also be Pizza & Chips for the ones who don’t care for Spaghetti.

Steve and his family are looking forward to seeing you.

Spaghetti & Pizza Dinner PLACE: Thomas Jefferson Hall 328 Jefferson St. at the corner of Green St. Downtown DATE: Saturday, July 14, 2012 TIME: 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m.

DINNER COST: $10 per adult & $5 per child State St.

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Each day will begin with an open session from 9 to 10 a.m. featuring a guest artist giving an introduction and a demonstration of his or her work related to the week’s theme.

Attendees will then break into groups for 1 1/2 hour of studio time from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Groups of five to eight students of all age levels will work with the artist, youth leaders, the interns and the administrator to complete a four-day project.

The plan is to integrate the art pieces produced during the camp into the Summerfest parade, downtown sculpture exhibit and city parks, according to Hastings Downtown Development Director John Hart.

“For instance, the graffiti painted on fourby-eight plywood would be mounted on the skate park fence, later to be cut up and auctioned as smaller art pieces to raise funds for next year’s Art Park,” he said. “The paper mache sculptures will be mounted to sticks or worn and displayed in the Summerfest parade. The assemblage pieces will be installed downtown for viewing with the 23 other sculptures. The final week, an installation or two will be installed in the Art Park for display during the rest of the summer and fall.”

Each day of Art Park, an open 1 1/2-hour drop-in mini project session, from noon to 1:30 p.m. is planned. These will be open to non-registered participants, neighbors, parents, friends, skaters, bikers and others to participate in the production of a larger group project in the same theme or medium The final product will be integrated into the last week of programming around installations, he said.

Following the open session will be studio time, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., to end each day.

During studio time, students will work on designing and completing group pieces.

Thursday, at the end of each week, an opening is planned from 5 to 7 p.m. to fill the park and tent with festivities to show the talents of the instructors, artists and students and to change the pride and image of the park, said Hart.

“We will have the kids help set up the show during the last session/studio time on Thursdays. We will likely invite musicians to play at each for background,” he said. “The mission of the whole project is to change the community’s opinion of the park, the [youths who] use it and to celebrate the talents of the kids involved. It is also an opportunity to change the counter culture kids view of the world surrounding them, to encourage them to take leadership roles in the community and to engage in healthy, creative exhibits of expression that will challenge their abilities,

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the skate park.

Students will receive instruction in the art of graffiti, July 23 through 26; sculpting paper mache, July 30 through Aug. 2; assemblage using recycled materials, Aug. 6 through 9; and installation, Aug. 13 through 16. Each subject will have four days of instruction, mentoring and production.

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Art Park, a free four-week art camp for 50 to 75 youths in sixth through 12th grades will begin Monday, July 23, and run through Thursday, Aug. 16, in the 1st Ward Park next Hastings Manufacturing Company.

The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday through Thursday each week in a 40 -by-60-foot tent in the shaded area adjacent to

Green St.

For those who are unable to attend and want to help, you can send a check made out to: Spectrum Health / Steve Hard Sr. acct.#013527886 to P.O.Box 353 Hastings, MI 49048 c/o Steve Hard 77569265

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Heat doesn’t stop fun at park party

Firefighters provide welcome relief from the heat for visitors to the Maranda Park Party. Temperatures soared to near 100 degrees, but that didn’t stop kids from having fun at the free event.

More than 2,300 kids and families came out the Barry Expo Center Thursday, July 5, for an afternoon of fun in the sun at the Maranda Park Party.

“The best part of the day was meeting so many amazing kids and families who were enjoying an afternoon of free fun,” said Maranda.

The Barry Expo Center was packed with families who came early to enjoy a free picnic-style lunch from the Michigan Department of Education and the area public schools.

The stage rocked all afternoon with entertainment, including Strike Percussion Ensemble, magic from Ronald McDonald and prize giveaways with Maranda. The Hastings Park Party had activities provided by local nonprofit groups, along with attractions such as a climbing wall, Country Fresh Bounce House and SuperSlide.

Visitors slide down a huge inflatable slide at the party, which provided free food and activities July 5 at the Barry County fairgrounds.

Hannah Vann, 8, (left) and Emma Vann, 10, both of Hastings, cool off in the spray Thursday.

Carnival rides give visitors a chance to catch a breeze July 5.

Photos by Julie Makarewicz

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The Michigan Department of Transportation is again reminding political candidates and property owners that political signs must conform to state regulations for placement.

“We want to create an environment that’s as safe as possible for motorists and pedestrians.

Every year, some political signs are placed too close to the roadway and block the view of motorists,” said State Transportation Director Kirk T. Steudle. “Signs with steel or wooden posts that do not meet MDOT safety standards are not allowed in the right of way.”

Signs must be placed more than 30 feet from the edge of the roadway (or from the white line along the edge on highways) without barrier-type curbs. On highways that do have barrier curbs, the signs must be more than three feet from the back of the curb.

Signs are not allowed within clear vision areas at intersections or commercial driveways, or within limited-access rights of way.

Campaign signs that do not meet these criteria will be removed.

Candidates are responsible for obtaining approval from adjacent property owners before placing signs. Signs must be removed within 10 days after the election.

For more information on campaign sign placement standards, visit the MDOT web site, www.michigan.gov/mdot.

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Did you

see?

Heart in the clouds

Hastings City Band fills courthouse lawn with musical favorites

Rene Swift of Hastings quickly snapped a picture of the sky this week when this valentine greeted her. “This picture has not been Photoshopped.

This is as I was leaving Hastings today. It’s been a frustrating day, and I was just getting ready to have some one-on-one time with God, when I looked up and saw this cloud. Need I say more?”

We’re dedicating this space to a photograph taken by readers or our staff members that represents Barry County. If you have a photo to share, please send it to Newsroom Hastings Banner, 1351 N. M43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058; or email news@j-adgraphics.com.

Do you

know?

Do you recognize this photo of farm equipment and, more than likely, farmers? Do you know where it was taken?

When? Do you know the occasion?

Was it an antique tractor show? A tractor pull? A display of new equipment?

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-

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The identity of last week’s photo of several young men in sailor suits standing near a sailboat was determined with the help of readers Jim Wiswell and Ted Dalman. Both said the men in the photo were Sea Scouts and that Bill and Ted Buehler were active in that Boy Scout-affiliated organization. Staff was then able to find the original article on Hubert Cook’s donation of the boat to the local Sea Explorers group.

Pictured are (from left) Bill Buehler, Jack Kelly, Cook, George Udris, Phil Sheldon and Ralph Gwinn. The photo was taken on Gull Lake at the Cook cottage.

Reader Charles Harthy identified another person in the Highland’s Dairy photo

met?

Rosemary (O’Mara) Hickey, the youngest of six children, grew up on Jordan Lake Highway in Lake Odessa and graduated from Lake Odessa High School in 1952.

She attended business school after graduation. In 1957, she Married Jim Hickey.

They raised five children and have 10 grandchildren. Jim died in 2001. Rosie caters local events for the Lake Odessa VFW, churches and other organizations.

Always behind the scene and preferring it that way, Rosie works tirelessly in many different roles. She is a member of the VFW Post 4461, trustee for the Ionia County Genealogical Society, member of St. Edward Catholic Church, Lake Odessa Area Historical Society and the Woodland Women’s Study Club.

Famous American, living or dead, you would like to meet: John F. Kennedy. He would have made a great president if he could have lived longer.

If you could go back in time, you would go: Back to when people weren’t so rushed in all they have to do.

If you could choose a superpower: I would be in more than one place [at a time] to take care of more things.

Worst summer job: Picking sweet corn to sell — scratches.

that ran in January. The man on the left, he said, is Vince Oviatt, who was sanitarian with the Barry County Health Department.

Harthy said Oviatt lived next door to his then-future wife and she baby-sat their sons.

Oviatt, he said, went on to work for the Michigan Department of Health in Lansing and ultimately to a position in Washington, D.C.

the family comes home there would be more room.

What book are you currently reading and would you recommend it? The Healing by Wanda Brunstetter, and yes, I would.

Favorite book: Frank McCord on his life in Ireland — specifically Limerick where my grandparents came from.

Most beautiful place you’ve been: Hawaii, Ireland and northern Michigan.

Most people not know and would be surprised to learn: That I have always been a very shy person.

Advice to young men and women today: If you have good friends, always stand by them through good times and bad.

Favorite song: Harbor Lights’ “How Great Thou Art.”

Rosemary Hickey If you won the lottery, you would: Help my family and enlarge my house so when all

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.

Last week across the country, Americans celebrated Independence Day with picnics, barbecues, parades and all kinds of celebrations in recognition of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The special document approved more 236 years ago says, in part, that all men are created equal, that their Creator with certain unalienable rights endows them and among these rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The document, written by Thomas Jefferson and revised by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson, has stood the test of time, outlasting political parties and countless congresses.

Every year, celebrations are held in big cities like Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. Yet, if you ventured to the cities or villages around us, you could also enjoy fireworks, food and entertainment of all kinds in celebration of the special holiday.

In Hastings, one of the five summer concerts by the Hastings City Band fell on the Fourth of July so, in celebration, director Joe LaJoye and his band selected a patriotic musical tribute to our country.

As part of the special concert, Robert C. Oster, artistic director and conductor of the Lakewood Choral Society, was on hand as guest conductor, along with three sopranos and four tenors from the choral society. In keeping with the special theme, the band featured a salute to the music of Irving Berlin and a medley of songs from all the branches of the nation’s armed forces, as well as several well-known marches, including John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Strips Forever.”

More than 200 years ago, John Adams wrote some prophetic words of the signing of the special document.

“I believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival,” Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail. “It ought to be celebrated by pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.”

I thought of Adams and these words as my wife and I, along with hundreds from the community, enjoyed the Hastings City Band and choral society members as they filled the courthouse square with music that made all of us proud to be Americans.

The Hastings band continues a long history that dates back to 1857 when a dozen or more citizens got together to form a city band, under the direction of Julius Russell. In the early days, most musicians had little or no formal training, but they did their best to bring some music to our community. Today, the current band is filled with 60 or so accomplished musicians who use their participation to show off their talents as the band plans the summer concert series each year.

It was just as John Adams imagined: a

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small town getting together on the courthouse lawn to enjoy citizen musicians using their talents to bring great music for all of us to enjoy in celebration of our independence. Hats off to the Hastings City Band for a fine performance and for bringing all of us in attendance a quality performance like others might enjoy in a larger city (but with more shade and without the heavy traffic or distant parking lots).

In a few weeks, we will be asked to head to the polls for a primary election.

It’s the responsibility of each of us to take part in this special election that, in some cases, will decide the fall election. It’s our responsibility as citizens of this great nation to be vigilant in protecting the foundation of our government, our democracy by taking part in selecting its leadership.

Prior to the election, the Banner will publish a special election edition, with information about the candidates and their positions on the issues facing our county and country. Set aside some time to read and study the candidates and their positions so our community can select the best representatives to lead local government.

The country’s economy has been in a stall now for more than four years. We need to find the right candidates with the necessary credentials to put into place the changes necessary to get this sluggish economy moving again.

Locally, elected officials will have to deal with a number of important issues, especially when budgets are bloated and revenues continue to decline.

It’s not a perfect time for anyone in a leadership position, but finding the right people for the job will determine how long the stagnation will continue. Read up and be prepared to make the best choices.

Countdown to the Barry County fair begins Just like it has for 160 years, the Barry County Fair kicks off this weekend with non-livestock judging, a mule pull and all kinds of livestock projects. Plan to attend the annual event — showcasing Barry County youths, their projects and activities along with rides, food and lots of fun.

After 160 years, the annual fair still remains one of the most popular events throughout the summer. And, don’t miss the annual small animal sale Thursday, followed by the large animal sale Friday.

Area 4-Hers need our support for both of these sales – so get out and support our 4H youths in one of county’s greatest activities for young people.

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IURP RXU UHDGHUV Keep best courthouse staff To the editor: As a land surveyor, my work takes me to the courthouses in many counties. I know from years of experience that Barry County is blessed with the best-run, friendliest, most helpful and most efficient courthouse in our area.

I am writing to express my support for Barb Hurless for register of deeds. Barb has worked in the office since 1999, the past several years as chief deputy. Of the three candidates running, only Barb Hurless has the knowledge and experience to run the office competently and efficiently.

Good government begins with good people in office. Yes, in Barry County we are blessed, we are fortunate to have such good people working in our courthouse.

The ballot box is where we can make our own luck. If we support and vote for the best candidates, they will prevail. If you don’t, they won’t. Either way, we will get the government we deserve.

Brian Reynolds, Hastings

Everyone invited to Saturday fly-in To the editor: The Hastings Flying Association is holding its annual dawn patrol pancake breakfast and fly-in on a different day this year: Saturday, July 14, from 8 a.m. to noon.

Each year there are more participants, not only from Hastings, but also from Michigan and adjoining states. There’s nothing better than piloting your personal plane to Hastings to enjoy a good breakfast and meet old friends, and we have found that the airborne

visitors are bringing increasingly exotic ‘birds’ to the event.

The food will be good, and there will be lots to see. It will be your chance to meet old friends and view the many changes at the airport. More hangars are open, and additional ones are almost completed.

We hope to see you there.

John E. Mantle, Hastings

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

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

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

Carl Levin, Democrat, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, phone (202) 224-6221. District office: 110 Michigan Ave., Federal Building, Room 134, Grand Rapids, Mich. 49503, phone (616) 456-2531.

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To the editor I must wear my seat belt while riding in an enclosed automobile or get ticketed and fined, yet I don’t have to wear a motorcycle helmet while riding on an un-enclosed vehicle on the roadways. Sounds like nerd reasoning to me.

Who is going to pay for all of the long-term care caused by all of the head injuries from bike accidents? Insurance companies? I don’t think so. The good old government (taxpayers) will carry the burden.

With a third of America burning, our politicians have allowed more expensive and (state taxable) fireworks to be purchased. Just think of the work this will create for the fire departments due to the additional runs required to put out all the accidental fires created by the careless and irresponsible use of these highpowered fireworks.

Local, state and federal government must investigate all possible avenues of revenue, because we can’t just stop spending. Live

Make a difference: vote To the editor: If you want to make a difference in Barry County, you must vote in the Aug. 7 primary.

If you are unable to go to the polls Aug. 7, you can vote by absentee ballot simply by asking for one from your municipal or township clerk. Thousands of voters in Barry County vote absentee in every election. Make your voice heard – vote.

I want my elected officials to care passionately for Barry County and ever one of her citizens. That is why I will be voting for Julie Nakfoor Pratt for prosecutor. She represents

Barry County’s values of hard work, honesty and integrity.

People who abuse or neglect children, those who bully or mistreat anyone including the elderly will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. You can not expect a plea bargain.

Julie will return justice to Barry County for everyone.

Please join me Aug. 7 by voting in the primary. Make a difference.

Shirley Barnum, Hastings

Victim given no justice To the editor: March 22, I was the victim of a shooting in the southern part of Barry County. It all started when I had gone to property that was owned by my family for many years, and because of underhanded dealings, the property was sold out from underneath me. I had contacted my attorney about some items that were still on the property and he told me I had a right to get those items.

I drove to the property and nobody was there, so I proceeded to go out behind a barn to get a dog house I needed. When I got behind the barn, I found that the dog house had been destroyed, so I turned my truck around began to leave.

While going towards the road, the man who had obtained the property was standing in the lane, so I stopped. He was holding a handgun and yelling at me. I began to drive forward to leave the property and he began shooting at me. Four shots were fired at the front of my vehicle – two in the radiator, one in the roof line of my truck, and one through the driver’s side of the windshield, hitting the headrest.

Because of the shooting, I laid down on the seats as I drove forward, and luckily I did, because the shot through the windshield would have killed me.

The shooter than ran to his right, and as I drove past him, he shot at least three more times, striking the driver’s side mirror, and twice through the driver’s door. The one shot that sent through the door struck me in the left knee. I was able to drive off the property and went to a neighbors house, where calls were made to 911 and an ambulance.

As a result of the injury, I was treated in a hospital in Battle Creek where I spent five days. The shooter was arrested that night, however, he was never taken to court on the incident. The reason I was given as for no action being taken was the prosecutor said there was no probable cause. The shooter had told the sheriff’s department that I had tried to run him down with my truck. Angles of the bullet holes found, as contained in the police report from the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, show that I was not driving at the shooter, but trying to escape the shooter at the time.

When I was released from the hospital, I found out that no charges were filed with the court. I have tried numerous times to talk with the Barry County prosecutor about this, however have received no responses to my many calls.

As a victim in this case, I feel that the prosecutor has failed to represent me. If this is how the current prosecutor represents a victim, he is not worthy of holding this office and should be replaced. I will support Julie

Reader supports Prairieville clerk candidate To the editor: The Aug. 7 vote is fast approaching. I would like to ask for support of Ted DeVries for Prairieville Township clerk. Ted has been in the Prairieville area as a property owner for 10 years and as a resident, has a stake in the functioning of our township.

Ted and his wife, Maryann, purchased property in the area for a summer home, liking the area so much, they moved to the area and made it their home. He has computer experience and is interested in the continued effort of updating of the township’s processes. As deputy clerk, Ted has attended classes pertinent to the duties of the position. He has shown his dedication to the position by working extra days and attending township meetings he is not required to attend. Please vote for Ted DeVries Aug. 7 for Prairieville Township clerk.

Lorraine M Brown, Plainwell

Nakfoor Pratt for office of the Barry County prosecutor, and encourage all other Barry County voters to do the same. The current prosecutor needs to be replaced so victims in Barry County are represented fairly.

Karen Lawrence, Bellevue

within our means — whoa, what is that? Antigovernment. In the end, our politicians know that the working man and woman will pay one way or another for all the foolish ideas and programs they can think up.

Now don’t get me wrong. Who knows better what the taxpayer wants and what the taxpayer needs than our elected officials. It is almost like once you get elected, you lose all sense of reality when it comes to using common sense in making decisions that affect so many.

It is almost like if you can’t live within your budget, you must go out and find other areas to regulate and other revenue generators that you think might bring in the bucks.

Recent things that come to mind are the idea of annual inspections of wheelchair ramps. Of all things. I am sure, you have seen quite a few wheelchair ramps that really appear unsafe. Just think of all the injuries that have occurred due to people in wheelchairs falling off and through these unsafe structures.

Creating a chairman and board to run the Animal Control facility in Barry County. No matter that there is barely enough money to operate it the way it is currently managed.

Add a committee here and there, throw in a chairman, have some more meetings and watch it grow. Just like a plant or a tree that is not pruned. It grows out of control. Every stem, every branch struggling for life and not enough water nor enough light to sustain every one of them. Sound familiar? I think we deserve better. Will we get it? I doubt it. The machine has to keep on rolling at all cost. Can we afford it? Apparently it does not matter.

Remember, more is better. That is until the base becomes overloaded and it all collapses.

Robert C. Taylor, Hastings

BETTER BRIDGE IN BARRY COUNTY

by Gerald Stein

This week’s column will revisit a topic of concern for most bridge players: “Why You Lose at Bridge.” In a recent column, S.J.Simon’s classic bridge book was mentioned. A look at how to change that awful predicament and how you can improve your bridge game will become a series of columns over the next few weeks.

Many new and even many bridge players who have played for years still have this secret prayer when they sit down to the bridge table: “Please, Lord, don’t let me get the good cards.

I want to be the dummy.” The fear and the hesitation that come over bridge players when confronted with the good hands and the big hands is a terrible thing to see. They dread bidding; they dread playing the hand; they dread their partner’s wrath; they dread their opponents’ pity. Why then do they play bridge? Are there healthy solutions that can make this a fun game no matter what your experience, no matter what your bridge level, no matter what your expertise? Of course, there are. Bridge should be fun. It should be a healthy game for all, and it should be something that is enjoyed, and it should not be a dreaded afternoon or evening.

First, let us look at the new players. They are intrigued by the game, and they are eager to learn its many facets. Unfortunately, bridge is not a game that you can sit down to in one session and pick up the basics immediately. Instead, bridge is a game of lifelong learning. You learn new concepts, and you use some of them each time you play. For newer players, it is a continuous road-trip of learning how to play, how to bid, how to defend, how to have fun, how to make new friends, and how to make bridge an enjoyable hobby for many years to come. How then do new players survive all of the learning and all of the rules and laws and ways of playing bridge?

New players are eager players. They want to learn how to play. They have played other card games for many years. They have played pinochle, euchre, poker, hearts, crazy eights, and old maid. They are ready for a really challenging game, and they think they have found it in bridge. And they are right. Bridge is a challenging and wonderful mental game. True, there is luck involved to some extent, but bridge requires you to use skill and mental focus called concentration to play the game well. These are skills that one can work at through a number of avenues.

Because the world of bridge has changed so much in the past 40 years, many new players feel better about learning bridge when they take bridge classes from bridge instructors who are familiar with the newest concepts and newest ways of teaching bridge. These instructors know the Goren way of playing bridge because they learned that way just like everyone else who learned to play bridge forty years ago. The new players have a distinct advantage, however. They do not have to learn about four-card majors; they do not have to learn about short club bids; they do not have to learn about strong two-bids in clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. The newcomers then are open to the newest changes that make bridge even more enjoyable in the 21st century. They quickly learn about five-card majors as opposed to a fourcard major opening bid; they learn about convenient minor bids instead of a short club bid; they learn that a strong two-bid has been condensed into a single bid of two clubs because a strong two-bid does not come up that often. They learn that weak two-bids are all the rage; they learn the Stayman bid in their first class, and they learn and use Jacoby Transfers, negative doubles, and take-out doubles within a few weeks. They have fun learning and using all of these new tools. As one student put it so succinctly, “You have a toolbox full of many different choices. You do not have to rely just on a hammer to get the job done.”

New bridge players enjoy their classes because they are hands-on classes. Cards are touched and played with lots of questions allowed and chances to replay or take back, ask the instructor, ask each other. There is a lot of laughter and smiling going on. Soon they want to put their new-found knowledge to the test, and this is where many newcomers experience the dread and the pitfalls of bridge playing and bridge groups.

Why then do beginning bridge players lose at bridge? There are at least four answers with some solutions: Beginners lose at bridge because they lack the experience of playing the game for thirty or forty years. They simply lack playing time. Solution? Play a lot of bridge.

Second, beginners find that there is so much to remember playing bridge at first. Solution?

Learn the basics and stick to them. Third and fourth seem to go together: Beginners lack confidence and lack concentration. Solutions? Go in with a positive attitude that you will learn something new each and every time that you play bridge. Focus on your cards, smile often at your partner, listen to the bidding, and be prepared to take your tricks when you should.

Next time, we will visit with players who have played a while and who want to improve their game. Until then, play bridge and welcome those new players with a smile and a cheery hello. Help them become confident and better bridge players through your help, your experience, and your success. Play bridge and have fun. ***** Solution to last week’s bridge question: how can you take all 13 tricks? If you worked on the hearts, there is your answer. An extra heart trick will give you all 13 tricks if you have four diamonds, five spades, three heart tricks and one club trick. ***** Bridge Class Update: A nine-week beginning bridge class will be held at the KCC Fehsenfeld Center in Hastings on Wednesdays, 10 AM-12 Noon, starting October 3, 2012.

Contact the Institute for Learning in Retirement at KCC. “Bidding in the 21st Century” is appropriate for new players as well as those who want a refresher course. ***** (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)

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

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

Fellowship Time before the service.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(616) 758-3021 church phone.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

Friday - 9 a.m. Golfer’s Group Meets; 9 a.m. Pickleball. Saturday 10:30 a.m. Praise Team. Monday - 4 p.m Pickleball; 6:30 p.m. SoftballCedar Creek Field; 7 p.m. Knit Wits.

Wednesday - 4 p.m. Pickleball.

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GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Discover God’s Grace with us!

Holy Communion Every Sunday!

Sunday, July 15 - One Worship Service 15 10 a.m. July14 Brothers of Grace Highway Pick-up 9 a.m. July 15 - Congregational Annual Meeting 10 a.m.; Men’s Alcoholics Anonymous 7 p.m. July 16 - Spiritual Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30 p.m. Gracegram deadline.

Location: 239 E. North St., Hastings, 269-945-9414 or 945-2645, fax 269945-2698. Pastor Amy Luckey. http://www.discover-grace.org

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.

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HICKORY CORNERS, MI – Gary A. Sleeman of Hickory Corners passed away July 8, 2012.

Gary was born February 18, 1965 in Kalamazoo, the son of Earl and Sandra (Frisbee) Sleeman.

A millwright with Local 1102 for many years, Gary enjoyed fishing and working on cars, especially with his father-in-law. Gary also enjoyed spending time with his nieces and nephews.

On November 17, 2006, Gary married Beth Cheney who survives. He is also survived by his mother; brothers, Andy (Lori) Sleeman, Steve (Lori) Sleeman, Troy Sleeman; his father-in-law, William Cheney; his dog and constant companion, Taylor, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father.

Gary’s family will receive friends Friday, July 13, 2012 from 5 to 6 p.m. at Hickory Corners Bible Church, where a memorial service will be conducted at 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff Worden will officiate.

Memorial contributions to Barry County Humane Society will be appreciated. Please visit www.williamsgoresfuneral.com to view Gary’s online guest book or to leave a condolence message for the family.

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HASTINGS, MI – Wendell Lloyd Smith, age 80, of Hastings, passed away at Carveth Village, Middleville, after seven years battling with Myelodysplastic Syndrome.

He was born September 3, 1931, the son of Harold and Zelma (Hastings) Smith.

Wendell attended Nashville High School, graduating in 1949.

In 1983, he retired from Clark Equipment, after 33 years of service. Following retirement, he drove bus for Hastings Public Schools, Barry County Transit, Hartzler Tours of Lake Odessa and BW Charter Tours of Kalamazoo.

His enjoyment included traveling and going to new places and visiting different points of interest. He also spent many hours working on his cars, lawn work and riding his Goldwing. He always knew how to fix most anything.

He and his wife, Marlene, wintered the last 15 years in Mission, TX. Wendell served in the Michigan National Guard in Charlotte. He was a member of the Hastings Moose Lodge, Hastings CB Radio Club, and the Ringo Swingo Square Dance Club of Hastings.

Wendell is survived by his wife of 60 years, Marlene (Bulling); two sons, Scott A. Smith of Denver, CO and Bryan L. Smith of Hastings; two grandchildren, Amanda Smith and Travis Smith of Denver, CO. Honoring his wishes, cremation has taken place. A private graveside service will take place at Lakeside Cemetery in Lake Odessa.

A celebration of life luncheon will be held Saturday, August 11, 2012, 2 p.m., at Barry County Commission on Aging, 320 West Woodlawn Ave., Hastings.

Memorial contributions may be made to the following organizations: Pennock Hospital, Thornapple Manor, Carveth Village, Barry Community Hospice or the Barry County Commission on Aging.

Addresses for these organizations may be found on the funeral home website.

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

Anne slipped the bonds of this earth at age 97 following a long decline. She had a strong faith that guided her. Her sense of humor became prominent in her older years.

Born in Hamtramck, to Mary and John Luczka, she was the first child baptized in the new Catholic church of the community. Her older sister, Natalie, 7 years older, had been born near Lvov, Ukraine. Two other sisters followed in the next four years, Helen and Jenny.

Her neighborhood was composed of other immigrant families attracted by the new industry of automobiles. She described herself as multi-lingual in Ukrainian, German and Polish as a child. “I never knew we were poor because everyone else in the neighborhood lived as we did.” Her mother had a large backyard garden, peach tree and chickens and her father worked for Ford Motor Company. She attended Detroit schools through high school.

As the Depression worsened and her father was laid off, all four sisters worked at any job they could find. Anne worked as a taxidancer for a few days, then as a housekeeper and nanny. Later she worked for Burroughs Adding Machine Company for several years.

She related these years as some of her happiest and maintained friendships from these days well into her 80s.

She met Michael Bortak, also the first-born in America. His parents emigrated from the Slovakian mountains. He became a mechanical engineer through General Motors training. They married August 6, 1938. Four children were born 1942-1948. They were separated by his involvement on the Manhattan project and Oakridge during the war years.

In 1950, they moved to Hastings, and Michael worked in a manufacturing plant supporting the automotive industry, tool and die. Anne was skilled at the homemaking arts of sewing, cooking, canning and tutoring her children. As her family grew, she had more time to read and books and crossword puz-

zles became her passion. She also had a large music collection most of her life but became so hard of hearing that music passed out of her later years. In her 40s, she became an avid golfer, proud of two hole-in-ones and other trophies.

After her husband had a heart attack and several strokes over many years, he became bedridden. Anne nursed him at home for seven years. She stayed in Michigan until 1988 until shoveling the snow overwhelmed her. She followed her sister Helen to Sun City, AZ that year. She loved the heat, found new outlets in her Catholic community and lived there until 2006 when she needed more support.

Living in Boise, ID she grew to enjoy the company of her daughter and her family, getting to know her grandchildren as adults, enjoying great grandchildren. She formed a wonderful relationship with Helen Taylor who took her on outings. She had a dog to pet and a cat to ward off with her cane. She enjoyed hours watching birds in the garden.

She spent the last 15 months of her life at Heritage Assisted Living with wonderful, caring staff who made her last months loving and comfortable.

Her husband Michael C. and son Michael J., sisters Natalie, Helen and Jenny preceded her in death. She died a week before her son, Thomas Bortak.

She is survived by daughters, Carole (Daniel) Lamet and Natalie (Ron) Wickham; granddaughters, Amanda Lamet, Julia Willis and Karen Wickham and grandsons Daniel (Verna) Lamet V, Nick Lamet, David Wickham and John Michael (Amanda) Bortak and great grandchildren, Sarah, Jessica, Daniel, Genevieve, Layla and newly arrived Rhyan.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to St. Vincent De Paul, (13217 W. Overland Rd., Boise, ID 83705) or the Learning Lab (3081 E. 36th St., Garden City, 837174). A memorial mass was held January 14, 2012 at Sacred Heart, Latah and Cassia.

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BETTER BRIDGE IN BARRY COUNTY

by Gerald Stein

This week’s column will revisit a topic of concern for most bridge players: “Why You Lose at Bridge.” In a recent column, S.J.Simon’s classic bridge book was mentioned. A look at how to change that awful predicament and how you can improve your bridge game will become a series of columns over the next few weeks.

Many new and even many bridge players who have played for years still have this secret prayer when they sit down to the bridge table: “Please, Lord, don’t let me get the good cards. I want to be the dummy.” The fear and the hesitation that come over bridge players when confronted with the good hands and the big hands is a terrible thing to see. They dread bidding; they dread playing the hand; they dread their partner’s wrath; they dread their opponents’ pity. Why then do they play bridge? Are there healthy solutions that can make this a fun game no matter what your experience, no matter what your bridge level, no matter what your expertise? Of course, there are. Bridge should be fun. It should be a healthy game for all, and it should be something that is enjoyed, and it should not be a dreaded afternoon or evening.

First, let us look at the new players. They are intrigued by the game, and they are eager to learn its many facets. Unfortunately, bridge is not a game that you can sit down to in one session and pick up the basics immediately. Instead, bridge is a game of lifelong learning. You learn new concepts, and you use some of them each time you play. For newer players, it is a continuous road-trip of learning how to play, how to bid, how to defend, how to have fun, how to make new friends, and how to make bridge an enjoyable hobby for many years to come. How then do new players survive all of the learning and all of the rules and laws and ways of playing bridge?

New players are eager players. They want to learn how to play. They have played other card games for many years. They have played pinochle, euchre, poker, hearts, crazy eights, and old maid.

They are ready for a really challenging game, and they think they have found it in bridge. And they are right. Bridge is a challenging and wonderful mental game. True, there is luck involved to some extent, but bridge requires you to use skill and mental focus called concentration to play the game well. These are skills that one can work at through a number of avenues.

Because the world of bridge has changed so much in the past 40 years, many new players feel better about learning bridge when they take bridge classes from bridge instructors who are familiar with the newest concepts and newest ways of teaching bridge. These instructors know the Goren way of playing bridge because they learned that way just like everyone else who learned to play bridge forty years ago. The new players have a distinct advantage, however. They do not have to learn about four-card majors; they do not have to learn about short club bids; they do not have to learn about strong two-bids in clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. The newcomers then are open to the newest changes that make bridge even more enjoyable in the 21st century. They quickly learn about five-card majors as opposed to a four-card major opening bid; they learn about convenient minor bids instead of a short club bid; they learn that a strong two-bid has been condensed into a single bid of two clubs because a strong two-bid does not come up that often. They learn that weak two-bids are all the rage; they learn the Stayman bid in their first class, and they learn and use Jacoby Transfers, negative doubles, and take-out doubles within a few weeks. They have fun learning and using all of these new tools. As one student put it so succinctly, “You have a toolbox full of many different choices. You do not have to rely just on a hammer to get the job done.”

New bridge players enjoy their classes because they are hands-on classes. Cards are touched and played with lots of questions allowed and chances to replay or take back, ask the instructor, ask each other. There is a lot of laughter and smiling going on. Soon they want to put their new-found knowledge to the test, and this is where many newcomers experience the dread and the pitfalls of bridge playing and bridge groups.

Why then do beginning bridge players lose at bridge? There are at least four answers with some solutions: Beginners lose at bridge because they lack the experience of playing the game for thirty or forty years. They simply lack playing time. Solution? Play a lot of bridge. Second, beginners find that there is so much to remember playing bridge at first. Solution? Learn the basics and stick to them. Third and fourth seem to go together: Beginners lack confidence and lack concentration.

Solutions? Go in with a positive attitude that you will learn something new each and every time that you play bridge. Focus on your cards, smile often at your partner, listen to the bidding, and be prepared to take your tricks when you should.

Next time, we will visit with players who have played a while and who want to improve their game. Until then, play bridge and welcome those new players with a smile and a cheery hello. Help them become confident and better bridge players through your help, your experience, and your success. Play bridge and have fun. ***** Solution to last week’s bridge question: how can you take all 13 tricks? If you worked on the hearts, there is your answer. An extra heart trick will give you all 13 tricks if you have four diamonds, five spades, three heart tricks and one club trick. ***** Bridge Class Update: A nine-week beginning bridge class will be held at the KCC Fehsenfeld Center in Hastings on Wednesdays, 10 AM-12 Noon, starting October 3, 2012. Contact the Institute for Learning in Retirement at KCC. “Bidding in the 21st Century” is appropriate for new players as well as those who want a refresher course. ***** (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)

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Happy 80th birthday to Gordon Case on July 8, 2012. Cards may be sent to 2800 Worgess Rd., Hastings, MI 49058.

Pumford-Case Wayne and Patti Pumford of Hastings wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Paige Christine to Adam Donald Case, the son of Brian and Michelle Case of Battle Creek.

The bride-elect attended Hastings Area Schools and is a 2010 homeschool graduate.

She is currently enrolled in the Speech Language Pathology Program at Grand Valley State University. She is currently employed in her family’s business at Cornerstone Living Center.

The groom-elect is a 2004 graduate of Hastings High School and a 2009 graduate of Central Michigan University with a degree in education. He is currently employed at Hastings area schools.

The couple will celebrate the covenant of marriage on Aug. 4, 2012.

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Carl and Mary Ellen (Mulder) Belson are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary.

They were married in Byron, Ohio on July 18, 1942. They are celebrating with a family gathering hosted by daughters Merry Ossenheimer and Sandy Shaffer. Carl and Mary are the original owners of the Barn Market in the 1950s and have five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

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FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JULY 13 & 14, 2012 FRIDAY: 8:00 A.M. - DUSK SATURDAY: 8:00 A.M. - DUSK Celebrating Our Local Rural Heritage UPCOMING EVENTS: Civil War Muster - Sat./Sun July 21 & 22 County Yard Sale/Antique Motor Boat Show - Sat. July 28 Great Lakes Longbow Invitational Fri. - Sun. Aug 10, 11, 12

Jaiden James, born at Saint Mary’s Health Care, Grand Rapids on June 26, 2012 to Jessica Harvath of Hastings. Weighing 1 lb.

10 ounces, 12 inches long. ***** Oakley Marie June, born at Pennock Hospital on June 22, 2012 at 11:54 a.m. to Amanda Zalewski and Charles Reigler of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 6 ozs. and 20 inches long. ***** Isaac Joshua, born at Pennock Hospital on June 24, 2012 at 11:22 to Stephanie Wymer and Joshua Walle of Hastings and Olivet.

Weighing 8 lbs. 6 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. ***** Kylah May, born at Pennock Hospital on June 22, 2012 at 10:15 p.m. to Brooke Warner and Colby Wise of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs.

3 ozs. and 20 inches long. ***** Rowan Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on June 26, 2012 at 10:20 p.m. to Brittany Hillard and Brandon Van Liew of Holt.

Weighing 8 lbs. 3 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long.

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Bernice Leonard celebrates 90th birthday Bernice Leonard will celebrate her 90th birthday on July 19, 2012. She would enjoy hearing from family, friends and neighbors.

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Jenee (Newton) and Eric Phillips celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on July 10. They were married on July 10, 1987 in Hastings. Their loving, happy marriage has been an inspiration to their entire family throughout the years, including their two daughters who love them very much. Their family would like to wish them a happy anniversary and joy for the many more anniversaries to come.

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Sixty years ago on June 28, 1952 Leona (Johnson) and Dick Shriver were married in Hastings. They have been longtime residents of Hastings and attend the Bible Missionary Church here in town and enjoy being involved with their mission work within Michigan.

Come and celebrate with them on Saturday, July 14th, (home of daughter and son-in-law) at 2841 Hammond Road from 2 to 4:30. (Turn north off State Road near River Bend Golf Course, watch for signs).

They are the parents of Larry Shriver of Hastings, Linda (Al) Weyerman, and Teresa Smith of Gowen. Grandparents to Paul Cooley of Belding and great grandparents to Nate and Matt.

They look forward to the gift of your fellowship as they celebrate.

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Wesley Allan Semler, Hastings and Lavonne Esther Ogg, Delton.

Terry Lee Derby, Hastings and Donna Kathleen Reis, Hastings.

Tad Lynn Kruisenga, Hastings and Staci Christine Chandler, Hastings.

Nicholas Charles Austin, Vermontville and Rebecca Ann Holland, Nashville.

John Phillip McAlevey, Lake Odessa and Nicole Sue Case, Lake Odessa.

James Hudson Tolan, Caledonia and Johanna Cornelia Vanderwoude, Middleville.

Darin Michael Card, Delton and Holly Marie Bidinger, Hastings.

Justin Michael Lennon, Delton and Grace Anne Buskirk, Delton.

Steven James Ryan, Jr., Grand Rapids and Rachel Lizabeth Deppe, Middleville.

Louis Frederick Wierenga, Jr., Hastings and Mary Therese Pokora, Grandville.

Tony Allen Green, Nashville and Terria Lynn Anderson, St. Johns.

Joshua Michael Guckenberger, Evanston, Ill. and Kelli Rae Forrest, Evanston, Ill. Donald Martin Stampfler, Delton and Christine Kay Morton, Allegan.

Andrew Logan Snow, Bellevue and Jamie Nicole Vreugde, Bellevue.

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by Elaine Garlock The Ionia County Genealogical Society meets at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at the Freight House. The speaker will be a gentleman from Bellevue. If you missed his presentation at a recent historical society meeting, here is your chance to hear the man. His presentation is fast-paced and interesting.

Ron and Christine Cunningham of Georgia have been visiting their daughter and other relatives for two weeks. They returned home last weekend.

Glenn and Kathy Good of Morrison Lake are now settled in their new home in Alphretta, GA. Sunday, Aug. 5, the congregation of Central United Methodist Church will hold its morning worship service on the south lawn.

Guests should bring their own lawn chairs. A brunch will follow. This is an annual event.

Central United Methodist Church will hold its annual summer Bible school July 23 to 26 from 1 to 8:30 each evening.

Depot Day is coming Saturday, July 28.

The honorees this year are members of the local Lions Club, which has been a valued service organization for more than 50 years in Lake Odessa. The local club has provided its share of district governors. Lions past and present are invited to attend and appear on stage early in the afternoon.

Art in the Park took place Saturday. The event was hampered by the extreme heat in the upper 90s. Food vendors were located at the south side along M-50. There was entertainment on stage during most of the hours.

The Hosford House at the north side of the depot complex has a new concrete porch with a door to the dining room and windows to the kitchen. Doors on the house have been replaced with doors of proper vintage. One has a full-length glass insert and the other has two lights. Stowell builders have done the work.

The extreme heat last week reminded local residents of other hot summers such as that of 1988, 1936 and others. We are fortunate to have electricity to power our air conditioners, fans and other devices. We had continuous electric service, unlike our neighbors to the east, some of who were without power for four days.

The green beans are rolling every day at Twin City Foods. Monday, we saw the first truck filled with green bean clippings being hauled to a nearby farm for disposal. Semi trucks are used for bringing in the bean crop, which is being harvested in southern Indiana.

The harvest moves north day by day through the season which runs about two months. This harvest brings many new employees.

The Rev. Karen Sorden made her first appearance in the pulpit Sunday, July 1, at Central United Methodist Church. She and retired educator Bill Eckstrom share a home-

town. Both are from Grant, but they lived there at different times.

Residents of Johnson Street now have a new fire hydrant just south of the new 12-inch water main which runs along Johnson Lane.

This replaces one that was located mid-block in front of the Goodsell-Yonkers house. This brings a much higher volume of water available to the block.

The Lake Odessa Fair ended Sunday, July 1, with a brilliant fireworks display. It was spectacular. The afternoon brought the ladies’ day program with the biannual quilt show.

The Morris building at the west end of the grounds makes a fine setting with a cool breeze, lots of cold drinks, a beautiful array of quilts and wall hangings, and many door prizes for the quilt show provided by local merchants. Nancy Potter was the narrator.

Two young girls did the ladder work to hold the quilts suspended from the top of the ladders to display their full beauty.

Mrs. Helen Richmond accompanied her daughter Marge Wisnewski of Durand to Lake Odessa Saturday, June 30. Marge attended the alumni banquet and the open house at the Freight House while her mother visited her sons here.

The alumni banquet drew more than 250 to St. Edward Family Center for the annual gathering of graduates of Lake Odessa High School. The steamlined program had responses from Don Eckman from 1942, Richard Pitman from the class of 1952 and Gary Goodemoot from the class of 1962. Jeff Speas provided vocal music. Thelma Curtis was the entertaining emcee.

Dr. Lola Haller gave the roll call of classes.

There was one person each from the classes 1936 to 1941 and multiples from the other classes.

A lineup of investment moves worth considering This week, Major League Baseball’s AllStar Game is scheduled to be played in Kansas City. Whether you’re rooting for the American or National League, you’ll no doubt admire the ability and athleticism exhibited by these tremendous ballplayers. Of course, any all-star team is made up of players who bring different talents to the game.

And this same approach — of combining a collection of skills toward one common effort — can be found in other endeavors, one of which is investing.

Here, then, is one possible lineup of investment moves to consider: • Diversify. All investments have both benefits and risks. As an investor, your goal is to help maximize the benefits and minimize the risks — and one of the best ways to do this is by diversifying your money across a range of assets. Diversifying can help you reduce the impact of market volatility that might affect your portfolio if all your money was tied up in one particular asset class, and that asset went through a “down” period. Keep in mind, though, that diversification, by itself, cannot guarantee profits or protect against loss.

• Rebalance. Even without your taking significant actions, your portfolio can evolve in ways that may not be to your liking. For example, if some of your more aggressive investments appreciate greatly, they may eventually constitute a larger percentage of your holdings than you had planned — and in doing so, elevate your overall risk level. To prevent this from happening, you should meet with your financial advisor periodically to “rebalance” your portfolio.

• Seek quality. Many people latch onto “hot” investments, only to be disappointed when they “cool off.” Instead seek quality vehicles — the ones that generally lose the

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Friday, July 13 — preschool story time settles down for a “good night, sleep tight,” 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Monday, July 16 — summer reading program, “Dream Big, Read,” continues; library board meets, 4 to 6 p.m.; computer class tackles “How do I turn this darned thing off?” 6 to 7:30 p.m.

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least ground when the market is down and recover more quickly when the market rallies.

When you invest in stocks, for instance, look for those companies that have strong management teams, competitive products and good business models. When you purchase bonds, look for those with high ratings from the independent rating agencies.

• Stay invested. It’s tempting to “take a breather” from investing when the financial markets are volatile. But if you stay on the investment sidelines, you may miss out on the beginning of the next market rally. If you’ve built a diversified portfolio of quality vehicles, it may be easier to stay invested.

• Know your risk tolerance. If you find yourself constantly fretting about the market’s ups and downs, to the extent that your worries are affecting the quality of your life, you may have a portfolio that’s unsuited to your risk tolerance. Conversely, if you’re dissatisfied with the growth of your investments, you may be investing too cautiously, which could be a concern when you’re striving to reach long-term goals, such as a comfortable retirement. Ultimately, there’s no one “right” way for everyone to invest, but you do need to match your portfolio’s composition with your individual risk tolerance and time horizon.

Your financial advisor can help your find the “lineup” of investment moves that is right for you. Put it to work soon.

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

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LEGAL NOTICES 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 May 14, 2004, by Alvin P. Hawley and Aimee L. Hawley, husband and wife, as Mortgagor, given by them to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, whose address is 629 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, as Mortgagee, and recorded on May 19, 2004, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument Number 1127874, which mortgage was modified on July 27, 2009, recorded on August 7, 2009, in Instrument Number 200908070008132, Barry County Records, which mortgage was assigned to Commercial Bank by an Assignment of Mortgage dated January 18, 2011, recorded January 28, 2011, in Instrument Number 201101280001033, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due and unpaid, as of the date of this Notice, the sum of Forty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Six and 74/100 Dollars ($49,166.74); 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, August 9, 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 COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: Lot 4, of Block 8 of the Village of Woodland, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on page 21 and a 2 rod strip on the East end of said Lot 4, also a part of Lot 3, of Block 8 of the Village of Woodland and part of the Southwest quarter of Section 15, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, described as: Commencing 60 feet East of the Southwest corner of Block 8 of said Plat, thence North 12 rods to the place of beginning, thence East 113 feet 3 inches, thence South 60 feet, thence West 113 feet 3 inches, thence North 60 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly Known As: 134 N. State Street, Woodland, Michigan 48897 Tax Parcel Number: 08-15-110-032-00 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: June 27, 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) 3718253 (07-05)(07-26) 77569184

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 Sylvia Smith, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to Homeloan USA Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 14, 2004, and recorded on May 19, 2004 in instrument 1127867, in Barry county records, Michigan, 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, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Four Hundred TwentyEight and 32/100 Dollars ($86,428.32).

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 July 26, 2012.

Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Lot 21 of Supervisor Chase's Addition No. 2 to the City of Hastings according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 2, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 20 of said Plat; thence East 86.5 Feet to the West side of Church Street if extended; thence North 135.5 Feet; thence West 86.5 Feet to a Point North of the Place of Beginning; thence South to the Place of Beginning. Excepting therefrom the South 13 Feet conveyed to the City of Hastings as part of Amy Street.

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: June 28, 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 #407369F01 (06-28)(07-19) 77569022

NOTICE

The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held July 10, 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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Barry County famous for thoroughbred livestock, part 1 The following was published were carried in the Banner of Sept. 21, 1911. They described top breeders of livestock for the county. ***** Barry County is on the map very decidedly when it comes to thoroughbred livestock. For a number of years, the progressive breeders of this county have been giving thought and study to the perfecting of their horses and their herds and flocks of thoroughbreds until now its fame has gone abroad over the land.

Instead of Barry County people going elsewhere to seek the best types, it has come to pass that people from other sections of this and other states are journeying to Barry County to find the high-class thoroughbred domestic animals they need. Perfection has not been attained, nor has the time arrived when any breeder in this section can afford to be satisfied with well-enough. But the progress made in this county has been very marked in the improvement of livestock breeding. If equal progress can be made for the next decade, Barry County will have a national reputation as the place where highclass thoroughbred stock may be obtained.

The Banner could not, in its limited space, pretend to give mention of all the breeders of thoroughbred stock in Barry County, but we will mention some of the best known among them.

Horses The following are owners and breeders of thoroughbred horses: J.M. Henry and A.J. Henry J.M. Henry of this city brought “Hendrix Morgan” No. 5368 from Kentucky in April 1907. He is a thoroughbred registered Morgan, and a high type of that worthy and distinctively American breed of horses.

Hendrix Morgan is now in his prime, 6 years old. He has several colts 3 years old and they sell for high prices. One sold last spring for $225. Martin Rose refused $100 for his colt when 6 months old and several would decline that price for their spring colts. Hendrix Morgan’s fame as a sire is such that men come from long distances to secure his services, one coming from six miles beyond Battle Creek this season. A.J. Henry owns and J.M. Henry manages Modoc, No. 46395. Modoc is one of the rangiest Percheron sires in this section of Michigan, is very handsome, good disposition and gives excellent promise as a sire. He is 5 years old and weighs 1,830 pounds. Both Hendrix Morgan and Modoc can be seen at Henry Bros. barn in this city at any time.

Warren Stadel The Belgian, the Percheron and the Hambletonian represent breeds of horses whose utility and good points are beyond question. Warren Stadel of Freeport, who has a Citizens phone from that town, has given much consideration to the breeding of horses that are adapted for the farmer to raise for his own use or to sell on the market, and has concluded that the three named above represent

the types the farmer will find to be best adapted for such purposes. He owns the registered imported Belgian stallion Blenfait, No. 52.364, weight 1,920. He also owns Gabon (69380) 51,961, registered imported Percheron stallion, coming 5 years old. It goes without saying that these two types represent the best draft horses, and are profitable to use or to sell. He also owns Accidental Jr. No. 38369 registered Hambletonian, which took first prize at the Michigan State Fair at 2 years old. The Hambletonians represent a very useful type of horses, and for drivers have no superiors. They have style, action, grace and speed. Mr. Stadel will be glad to tell you about his fine trio of sires. And you can judge them by the colts they have sired.

J.H. Knickerbacor Black Hawk, the Percheron stallion owned

by J.H. Knickerbacor, of Rutland, is too well known to need extended mention. We can say well known, for he has captured two first premiums at Barry County fairs, and was never more popular as a sire than now. He has proven his worth as a sire, and has made good.

His colts are found to be profitable property for their owners and command high prices in the market. Mr. Knickerbacor makes very reasonable service fees, and will be glad to tell you about Black Hawk and his colts.

Hastings Jack Association The great demand and consequent high prices for mules led to the formation of the Hastings Jack Association and resulted in the purchase of Fernando, the imported Spanish Jack. Let no one despise the mule. He is patient, long-lived, capable of wonderful endurance, is a tower of strength when it comes to pulling a load or doing the heavy work on the farm. Fernando makes the entire season at Hastings, and is growing in popularity each year. His colts command top notch prices, and Fernando will continue in favor so long as his colts are such revenue producers as they have shown themselves to be.

J.W. Silcock J.W. Silcock, address Delton, Route 1, and who has a Bell phone from Prairieville, is the owner of Incas Jr., Percheron stallion. Incas Jr. was foaled May 21, 1909, and weighed 1,600 pounds as a 2 year old. The sire as well as the grandsire of Incas Jr. have a wide reputation for their high grade colts. The mother of Incas Jr. weighed 1,650 pounds. There is no question but that Incas Jr. will make a great sire.

You will be interested in Incas Jr. because he is worthy of interest. Later announcement will be made of where he will make the season next year. Mr. Silcock will be glad to show Incas Jr. to you and tell you about him.

Frank Price Frank Price, of Castleton, address Nashville Route 5, with Citizens phone from Nashville, owns Camail (57,087P) a registered Percheron famed as a sire of splendid colts. Mr. Price also owns the span of Percheron mares which took first and second premiums at the International Stock Show in Chicago in 1908.

TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION To:

The residents and property owners of the Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, and any other interested person.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on July 3, 2012, at a regular meeting of the Orangeville Township Board, the Board adopted Ordinance No. 0712, Amendment to the Cemetery Ordinance. A summary of the ordinance appears below.

SECTION I - AMENDMENT TO SECTION VI, SUBSECTION E The last sentence of Section VI, subsection E of the Orangeville Township Cemetery Ordinance is amended by the deletion of the following language. “No cremation interment may be placed in the same burial place as a regular interment.”

SECTION II - EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES - This Ordinance shall take effect upon its publication after adoption. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of the ordinance will be available for inspection and may be purchased at the office of the township clerk during regular business hours of regular business days from the date of this publication.

ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP Jennifer Goy, Clerk 7350 Lindsey Road Plainwell, MI 49080 269-664-4522

It will be worth your while to see this span, also Camail. He is a fine specimen of highclass Percheron. His best advertisement or his colts, which command top-notch prices in the market. ***** Cattle Peter Kunz Peter Kunz, proprietor of Sunnyside Farm, address Hastings, Route 7, Citizens phone from Hastings No. 541, five rings, believes in doing things right. He has no time for any but the methods that have proven right with the up-to-date farmers. He has studied the subject of cattle and believes the Short Horn is the practical breed for the practical farmer who seeks to make his cattle pay, not only as a market proposition, but for general farm purposes.

He is a breeder of Short Horn cattle, and has calves of both sexes to sell. He will be said to show his stock and to give to any one of the benefit of his experience.

W.R. Harper W.R. Harper of Middleville is putting Barry County on the map as the county where the highest type of Holstein-Friesian cattle are grown. He has a fine herd of registered Holsteins. They are not merely thoroughbred Holsteins, which would be a good deal, but they represent the best strains of that recognized best type of dairy cattle. His herd is headed by Howtje Alban, No. 49,445 and King Wolverine Segis Hengerveld, No. 63,054, two of the best bred bulls in Michigan. Mr. Harper is making Thornapple Hill Farm the Mecca of those who seek in Michigan to find the highest development of the Holsteins. He is thorough to a degree in whatever he undertakes; and he has undertaken to make his herd the equal of the best, and then make it better. You will see his cattle at the fair, and they’ll be worth your inspection. He will be pleased to correspond with you, or answer telephone calls, or have a visit from you if you are interested in Holsteins.

S.G. Michaele S.G. Michaele, address Middleville, whose farm is on the county line northwest of Middleville, is a breeder of Short Horns. He has a fine herd of registered Short Horns, which he will be glad to show you, or to tell you about by correspondence if you are interested. He has his own reasons for knowing that the Short Horns are the best cattle for the farmer to raise if he desires to make profit. His reasons are based on his own successful and profitable experience in raising them. He will be glad to give you these reasons in person or by letter, and to help you to get a right start in the raising of thoroughbred Short Horns.

Clarence Kinne Clarence Kinne, Hastings Route 7, with Citizens phone from Hastings, desires to help boost the dairy interests of Barry County and has brought to his farm and keeps for service at very reasonable price Pitzer DeKohl Chief, a registered Holstein bull. Mr. Kinne bought his bull from a man who has a national reputation as a breeder of Holsteins. Pitzer DeKohl Chief took first premium at the last Barry County Fair. Mr. Kinne will be glad to give you further information about him by letter or phone or if you will see him in person.

Walnut Grove Stock Farm Walnut Grove Stock Farm is located on secs. 20 and 21, Carlton Township. Messer Bros. are proprietors and William Spath is the manager. At this farm are bred registered Short Horn Durham cattle that represent the highest strains of the Short Horn Breed. They keep a registered polled Durham bull for service.

They also breed Percheron horses. This is one of the farms that is adding to the reputation of Barry County as the home of thoroughbred livestock. You can reach Walnut Grove Stock Farm by Citizens phone from Hastings or by addressing Wm. Spath, Hastings, Route 3.

Craig Bros.

Craig Bros., Geo. B. and W.R. Craig, whose farm is just east of the city, and who have the Citizens phone, are breeders of Jersey cattle – not the grades, but the high- class thoroughbred Jerseys, and have a fine herd of them.

They are in the business for profit, and are able to show from their own experience that it pays to raise Jerseys, and pays handsomely.

Nothing that we can say will add to the reputation of the Jersey as a dairy animal. But if you would like to know from someone near home just what they can show by actual experience with this breed, see Craig Bros.

Judge R. Barnum Judge R. Barnum is a thrifty Woodland farmer who follows farming because he likes the business and makes it pay. He owns and will exhibit at the fair Hengerveld, the noted registered Holstein bull, in whose veins is the richest Holstein blood. See him at the fair, and let Mr. Barnum tell you about him. He will

also show two registered Percheron makes, and one 2-year-old and one yearling registered Percheron colt. Mr. Barnum will be glad to tell you about his stock, or you can write him, at Coats Grove, RFD. No. 1.

Sherman Endsley Sherman Endsley, Castleton section 18, address Coats Grove, Route 1, and who has a Citizens phone from Hastings, is a breeder of thoroughbred Short Horn cattle. He has been a breeder of them for years. When you know Mr. Endsley, you will understand that when he follows any given line of activity on his farm, he does so for the very best of reasons and especially because it pays him well to do so. That’s why he exclusively raises and is a breeder of thoroughbred Short Horn cattle. His practical experience for years shows them to be the practical breed for the farmer. He has a fine herd of registered Short Horns and has several nice Short Horn bulls to sell.

(To be continued)

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 Clifton W. Blauvelt and Patricia A. Blauvelt, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated November 6, 2006, and recorded on November 13, 2006 in instrument 1172659, and assigned by said Mortgagee to H & R Block Bank, a Federal Savings Bank 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 Eight Hundred Eighty and 36/100 Dollars ($100,880.36).

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 August 9, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 17, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point 332 feet East of the Southwest corner of said Section; thence East 178 feet; thence North 320 feet; thence West 178 feet; thence South 320 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 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: July 12, 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 #405929F01 77569242 (07-12)(08-02)

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 Gary W. Ellis and Nancy A. Ellis, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 1, 2008, and recorded on April 17, 2008 in instrument 200804170004189, 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 Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Seven and 89/100 Dollars ($102,597.89).

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 July 19, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 43, 44 and 45 of Steven's Wooded Acres, Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 31 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: June 21, 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 #403975F01 77568746 (06-21)(07-12)

Public Land Auction

City of Hastings PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that a public Accuracy Test will be conducted on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 9:00 AM in the office of the Hastings City Clerk, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan, for the purpose of testing the tabulating equipment and programs, which will be used to tabulate the voted ballots for the August 7, 2012, Primary Election. Voter assist terminals used to help voters mark their ballots will also be tested.

The city will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to the Clerk of the City of Hastings (telephone number 269-945-2468 or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777).

Thomas Emery City Clerk 77569351

PUBLIC NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Prairieville Township July Board of Review will convene at the Township Office located at 10115 S. Norris Rd., Delton, MI on July 17, 2011 at 1:00 pm. The purpose of the meeting is to correct any clerical error or mutual mistake of fact relative to the 2011 & 2012 Assessment Roll. The July Board of Review will also have authority to act upon Qualified Agricultural, Primary Residence Exemptions and Poverty Exemption Affidavits. If you have an item for the Board of Review agenda please contact the assessor.

Kevin Harris Prairieville Township Assessor 269-663-3057 Prairieville Township Board of Review meetings are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, sex or disability.

Posted June 21, 2012 at 5:00 pm

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The following County Treasurers will be offering tax-reverted real estate at public Auction on August 1st, 2012: Barry & Ionia.

The Auction will be held at The Barry County Commission on Aging, 320 West Woodlawn, Hastings, MI 49058.

Registration will begin at 11:00am, Auction will begin at 12:00pm.

Online bidding will be available via www.tax-sale.info.

For more information or for a list of the properties being sold, visit our website at www.tax-sale.info or call 1-800-259-7470.

Sale listings are also available at your local County Treasurers Office.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

On 5/31/2012, an application for renewal of license of FM translator station W225BA was tendered for filing with the Federal Communications Commission. The station is licensed to WORLD RADIO LINK, INC. to serve the area of HASTINGS, MI. W225BA operates on frequency 92.9 with 0.01 kilowatts of power from a transmitter located at 42.650833 N, 85.286389 W. W225BA rebroadcasts station WVGR 104.1 GRAND RAPIDS, MI. Individuals who wish to advise the FCC of facts relating to our renewal application and to whether this station was operated in the public interest should file comments and petitions with the FCC by 9/1/2012.

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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 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, July 17, 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.

Energy Efficient Heating 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 77569218

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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 Nancy Lucas, single and Hans Terrell, single joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 21, 2005, and recorded on September 29, 2005 in instrument 1153583, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Seven and 42/100 Dollars ($113,627.42).

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 July 19, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, 376.70 feet along the West line of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section to a point North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 940.00 feet the from Southwest corner of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 600.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 300.00 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 600.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 300.00 feet along the West line of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section to the place of beginning. he 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: June 21, 2012 For more information, please call: FC C (248) 593-1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #404038F01 77568855 (06-21)(07-12)

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 Forrest J. Bagley Jr, and Kimberly L. Bagley, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Plus of America Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 11, 2001, and recorded on June 19, 2001 in instrument 1061708, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Six and 56/100 Dollars ($112,506.56).

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 July 26, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northeast fractional 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan, and is more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West; thence South 2 degrees 11 minutes 53 seconds East along the East line of said Section, 132.50 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing South 2 degrees 11 minutes 53 seconds East along said line, 103.71 feet; thence South 72 degrees 13 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance of 120.78 feet; thence North 2 degrees 11 minutes 53 West parallel with the said East line, a distance of 106.75 feet to the Southerly Right-of-Way of Pine Lake Road, thence along a curve to the right with a radius of 2864.79 feet, subtended by a chord of North 73 degrees 37 minutes 36 seconds East, a distance of 120.00 feet and an arc of 102.01 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 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: June 28, 2012 For more information, please call: FC C (248) 593-1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #398539F01 (06-28)(07-19) 77569010

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 May 13, 2005, by Kari L. Geller (a/k/a Kari L. Fisher), a single woman, as Mortgagor, given by her to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, whose address is 629 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, as Mortgagee, and recorded on May 16, 2005, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument Number 1146597, which mortgage was assigned to Commercial Bank on March 16, 2012, recorded on March 20, 2012, in Instrument Number 201203200002836, Barry County Records, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due and unpaid, as of the date of this Notice, the sum of Thirty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Ten and 36/100 Dollars ($39,510.36); 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, August 9, 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 JOHNSTOWN, COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: The South 10 feet of Lot 6 and the North 90 feet of Lot 7 of the Plat of Fernwood, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 29, being also described as: Commencing on Winana Drive at the corner common to Lots 6 and 7 of the Plat of Fernwood; thence North 14 degrees 9 minutes East on the Lot line a distance of 10 feet; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes West parallel with the lot line 120 feet; thence South 14 degrees 9 minutes West on the lot line 100 feet; thence South 89 degrees 40 minutes East parallel with the lot line 120 feet; thence North 14 degrees 9 minutes East 90 feet on the lot line to the place of beginning.

Commonly known as: 12076 Winans Drive, Dowling, Michigan 49050-8814 Parcel Number: 0809-070-005-00 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: June 27, 2012 FOSTER, SWIFT, COLLINS & SMITH, P.C. COMMERCIAL BANK Benjamin J. Price of Hastings, Michigan, Mortgagee Attorneys for Mortgagee 313 S. Washington Square Lansing, 77569228 MI 48933 (517) 371-8253 (07-05)(07-26)

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 Patrick W. Pribe, An unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004, and recorded on October 18, 2004 in instrument 1135674, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-WF1 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 Nine Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Two and 54/100 Dollars ($109,332.54).

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 July 26, 2012.

Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of section 21, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the West line of Section 21 which lies due North 1087.50 feet from the Southwest corner of said Section 21; thence due North 150 feet; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes East 160 feet; thence due South 150 feet; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes West 160 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 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: June 28, 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 #402872F01 77569005 (06-28)(07-19)

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 Robert A Caldwell and Shawn M Caldwell, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Broadmoor Financial Services, Inc., Mortgagee, dated May 28, 2002, and recorded on June 4, 2002 in instrument 1081605, and assigned by mesne assignments 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 Eighty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Six and 24/100 Dollars ($87,696.24).

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 August 9, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the center of Section 6, Town 2 North, Range 7 West; thence East 627 feet; thence South 66 feet; thence South 37 degrees West 300 feet; thence South 30 degrees 28 minutes West 381 feet; thence South 22 degrees 12 minutes West 40 feet; thence North 86 degrees 7 minutes West 297.3 feet to the center of Morgan Road; thence follow the center of Morgan Road North 28 degrees 59 minutes East 118 feet; thence North 01 degrees 21 minutes East 536.1 feet to the place of beginning, except the North 412 feet thereof.

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

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: July 12, 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 #405283F01 77569236 (07-12)(08-02)

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 Robert W. Bishop, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 27, 2003 and recorded September 23, 2003 in Instrument Number 1113915, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Bank of America N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP F/K/A/ Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand One Hundred Twelve and 1/100 Dollars ($74,112.01) including interest at 5.625% 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 07/19/2012 Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of R.I. Hendershott Addition, excepting the South 3 feet, First Addition to the City of Hastings, Formerly Village 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: June 21, 2012 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 File No. 617.8191 77568902 (06-21)(07-12)

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 MIKE KENYON, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, AND LINDA KENYON, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for America`s Wholesale Lender, Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2005, and recorded on November 23, 2005, as Document Number: 1156700, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to 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 2005-17 by an Assignment of Mortgage dated October 07, 2011 and recorded October 24, 2011 by Document Number: 201110240009977, , on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Five and 32/100 ($55,985.32) including interest at the rate of 4.55000% 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 August 9, 2012 Said premises are situated in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 53 of O.A. Phillips Addition to Village of Nashville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, according to the recorded plat thereof. Commonly known as: 315 CLEVELAND 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: July 12, 2012 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for 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 2005-17 43252 Woodward Avenue, Suite 180, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, (248) 335-9200 Case No. 12MI02107-1 (07-12)(08-02) 77569389

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 Timothy Joppie, unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc. its successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 8, 2008, and recorded on August 11, 2008 in instrument 20080811-0008163, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Eight and 79/100 Dollars ($177,268.79).

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 August 2, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 43 Acres of the North fractional 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 2, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan Except That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 2, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 00 seconds East 163.87 feet along the North line of said Northwest 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 89 degrees 58 minutes 00 seconds East 1019.73 feet along said North line to the East line of the West 43 Acres of the North fractional 1/2 of said Northwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 38 minutes 33 seconds East 1027.04 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 00 seconds West 886.11 feet parallel with said North line to the Centerline of Davidson Road; thence North 03 degrees 58 minutes 18 seconds West 428.66 feet along said Centerline; thence North 07 degrees 53 minutes 18 seconds West 203.52 feet along said Centerline; thence North 08 degrees 46 minutes 47 seconds West 268.16 feet along said Centerline; thence North 19 degrees 07 minutes 00 seconds West 140.40 feet along said Centerline 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: July 5, 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 #403574F01 (07-05)(07-26) 77569167

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 Raymond C Chapin, married and Lisa Chapin, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC, successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2003 and recorded June 2, 2003 in Instrument Number 1105510, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen and 4/100 Dollars ($96,319.04) 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 08/02/2012 Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The land referred to in this commitment is located in the Village of Middleville, Barry County, State of Michigan, and is described as follows: Lot 20, Middleville Downs Addition Number 1, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 4.

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: July 5, 2012 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 File No. 682.2405 (07-05)(07-26) 77569221

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 Josh Spurr and Jessica Spurr, Husband and Wife, to Fifth Third Mortgage - MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2007 and recorded October 2, 2007 in Instrument Number 20071002-0002661, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Fifth Third Mortgage Company by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Thirty-Six and 90/100 Dollars ($128,036.90) including interest at 6.75% 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 08/02/2012 Said premises are located in the Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land located in the Township of Irving, Barry County, State of Michigan, and described as follows: A parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of section 32, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, described as: commencing at the North 1/4 post of said section 32; thence East on the center of Grange Road 389 feet for the place of beginning; thence East on the center line of said road 125 feet; thence South 734 feet; thence West 125 feet; thence North 734 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 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: July 5, 2012 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 File No. 200.4996 77569196 (07-05)(07-26)

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LEGAL NOTICES 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 Tammy Rose Dull And Steven John Paul Claypool, A single woman and A single man , Mortgagors, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated the 9th day of June, 2010 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 22nd day of June, 2010 in Liber INSTRUMENT # 201006220006032 of Barry County Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Two Hundred Thirty Seven And 31/100 ($103237.31), 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 9th day of August, 2012 at 1:00 PM o’clock Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 5.5% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Rutland, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: LOT 344 AND THE NORTHWEST 1/2 OF LOT 343 OF ALGONQUIN LAKE PROPERTIES UNIT NO. 2 ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 2 ON PAGE 63 AND THE NORTHWESTERLY 1/2 OF LOT 343 BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS COMMENCING AT THE CORNER COMMON TO LOTS 343 AND 344 OF OTTAWA TRAIL; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ON THE LINE OF LOT 343, A DISTANCE OF 25 FEET; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY PARALLELL TO THE LINE OF LOTS 344 AND 343 TO THE LOT LINE; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE LINE OF LOT 343 AND 344, 125.8 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. 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: 7/12/2012 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 FARM GNMA DULL 77569379 (07-12)(08-02)

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 Anthony Moore a single man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Advantage Lending Corp., Mortgagee, dated October 5, 2009, and recorded on October 7, 2009, as Document Number: 200910130010098, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Bank of America, N.A. as successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Counrtywide Home Loans Servicing, LP by an Assignment of Mortgage dated September 29, 2011 and recorded October 13, 2011 by Document Number: 201110130009601, , on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Ten and 40/100 ($72,210.40) including interest at the rate of 5.75000% 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 August 9, 2012 Said premises are situated in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: LOT NUMBER 48 OF THE LAPHAMS AIRPORT LOTS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 3 OF PLATS ON PAGE 100, AND LOT 49 OF THE LAPHAMS AIRPORT LOTS NUMBER 2, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 87. Commonly known as: 6009 MARSH 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: July 12, 2012 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Bank of America, N.A. as successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Counrtywide Home Loans Servicing, LP 43252 Woodward Avenue, Suite 180, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, (248) 335-9200 Case No. 12MI01744-1 (07-12)(08-02) 77569384

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 Diana Marie Peters, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 10, 2003, and recorded on January 22, 2003 in instrument 1096042, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Flagstar Bank, FSB as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Twelve and 30/100 Dollars ($51,712.30).

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 July 19, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 69, Lynden Johncock Plat #1, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 93.

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: June 21, 2012 For more information, please call: FC J (248) 593-1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #402486F01 (06-21)(07-12) 77568865 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 A MORTGAGOR IS IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made on February 26, 2004, by Ronald J. Pelli and Patricia A. Pelli, husband and wife, as Mortgagor, given by them to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, whose address is 629 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, as Mortgagee, and recorded on March 3, 2004, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument Number 1123097, which mortgage was assigned to Commercial Bank on May 22, 2012, recorded on May 24, 2012, in Instrument Number 2012-000510, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due and unpaid, as of the date of this Notice, the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Eight and 31/100 Dollars ($84,668.31); 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, August 9, 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 COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: A Parcel of Land in the Northeast quarter of Section 33, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the North quarter corner of said Section 33; Thence South 89 degrees 19 minutes 49 seconds East 1321.29 feet along the North line of said Section 33; Thence South 00 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds West 673.00 feet along the East line of the West half of the Northeast quarter of said Section 33 to the true point of beginning; Thence South 00 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds West 220.00 feet along said East line; Thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 13 seconds West 231.00 feet; Thence North 00 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds East 220.00 feet; Thence South 89 degrees 02 minutes 13 seconds East 231.00 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a private easement appurtenant thereto for ingress, egress, and public utility purposes for Butterfly Lane, described separately. Description of Butterfly Lane: A strip of land in the Northeast quarter of Section 33, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, 66 feet wide, 33 feet each side of a centerline described as: Commencing at the North quarter corner of said Section 33; Thence South 89 degrees 19 minutes 49 seconds East, 1321.29 feet along the North line of said Section 33; Thence South 00 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds West 893.00 feet along the East line of the West half of the Northeast quarter of said Section 33; Thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 57 seconds West 231.00 feet to the true point of beginning of said centerline; Thence North 00 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds East 440.00 feet; Thence Northerly 110.17 feet along the arc of a curve to the left, the radius of which is 549.95, the central angle of which is 11 degrees 28 minutes 41 seconds and the chord of which bears North 04 degrees 46 minutes 34 seconds West 109.99 feet; Thence continuing Northerly 110.17 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 549.95 feet, the central angle of which is 11 degrees 28 minutes 41 seconds and chord of which bears North 04 degrees 46 minutes 34 seconds West 109.99 feet; Thence North 00 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds East 231.00 feet to the North line of said Section and the end of said centerline.

Commonly known as: 2872 Butterfly Lane, Middleville, Michigan 49333 Parcel Number: 08008-033-020-13 Includes a 1994 Commodore, Serial #GS04287AB 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: June 26, 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 (07-05)(07-26)

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 David Irwin, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 27, 2009, and recorded on December 16, 2009 in instrument 200912160012078, 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 Forty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty and 88/100 Dollars ($141,760.88).

Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 22, Fiarview Estates No. 1, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 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: June 21, 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 #403949F01 77568860 (06-21)(07-12) 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 Daniel J. Kellogg and Julie A. Kellogg Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2006, and recorded on September 15, 2006 in instrument 1170072, 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 Two Hundred Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Eight and 47/100 Dollars ($217,598.47).

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 July 19, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the southeast corner of West 20 acres of the East 30 acres of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 26, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, for a place of beginning; thence West 245.5 feet; thence North parallel with the East line of said West 20 acres of said East 30 acres 574 feet; thence West 414.5 feet, more or less, to the West line of said West 20 acres of said East 30 acres; thence North 746 feet, more of less, to the North line of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 26; thence East 660 feet, more or less, to the East line of said West 20 acres of said East 30 acres; thence South along said East line 1320 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning.

Subject to a roadway over the Southerly 33 feet thereof.

Also that part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 26, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as; Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 26 and running West along the South line of said Section 26, a distance of 574.14 feet to a point lying 245.50 feet West of the Southeast corner of the West 20 acres of the East 30 acres of the South 1/2 of said Southeast 1/4; thence run North 00 01 minutes 09 seconds East, parallel with the East line of said West 20 acres, a distance of 374.00 feet to the point of beginning of the following described parcel of land; thence continuing North 00 01 minutes 09 seconds East, parallel with the said East line of the West 20 acres a distance of 200.00 feet; thence run West Parallel with the said South Section line a distance of 50.00 feet; thence run South 00 01 minutes 09 seconds West parallel with the said East line of the West 20 acres a distance of 200.00 feet; thence run East parallel with the said South Section line a distance of 50.00 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 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: June 21, 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 #398034F01 (06-21)(07-12) 77568818

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 Batt, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Amera Mortgage Corporation its successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 12, 2011, and recorded on March 15, 2011 in instrument 201103150002680, 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 Eighty-Nine Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-One and 31/100 Dollars ($89,331.31).

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 August 2, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 93 of Middleville Downs Addition No. 5, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 43, 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: July 5, 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 #387348F01 77569063 (07-05)(07-26)

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: Keith McNett & Lisa McNett, Husband and Wife to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated July 7, 2004 and recorded August 5, 2004 in Instrument # 1131965 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to:Household Finance Corporation III, by assignment dated May 1, 2012 and recorded May 2, 2012 in Instrument # 201205020005138 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Eleven Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($151,711.16) including interest 8.15% 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 July 19, 2012 Said premises are situated in City of Delton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter post of Section 28, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence South 89 degrees 56 minutes 14 seconds East 1214.40 feet along the East and West one-quarter line of said Section 28; thence South 02 degrees 54 minutes 51 seconds West 233.04 feet; thence South 89 degrees 56 minutes 14 seconds East 220.00 feet to the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 56 minutes 14 seconds East 373.08 feet; thence South 52 degrees 20 minutes 58 seconds West 364.29 feet; thence North 60 degrees 26 minutes 18 seconds West 35.79; thence North 14 degrees 36 minutes 45 seconds West 212.14 feet to the point of beginning. Together with a private easement for ingress and egress and public utility purposes, 66 feet wide, described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West onequarter line of Section 28, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, distant South 89 degrees 56 minutes 14 seconds East 2094.40 feet from the West one-quarter post of said section; thence South 89 degrees 56 minutes 14 seconds East 66.08 feet along said one-quarter line; thence South 02 degrees 54 minutes 51 seconds West 881.91 feet; thence North 75 degrees 47 minutes 45 seconds West 67.30 feet; thence North 02 degrees 54 minutes 51 seconds East 865.45 feet to the point of beginning. Also, together with and subject to a private easement for ingress, egress, and public utility purposes, 66 feet wide described as: Commencing at the West onequarter post of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence South 89 degrees 56 minutes 14 seconds East 2094.40 feet along the East and West one-quarter line of said Section 28; thence South 02 degrees 54 minutes 51 seconds West 233.04 feet to the true point of beginning; thence South 02 degrees 54 minutes 51 seconds West 66.08 feet; thence North 89 degrees 56 minutes 14 seconds West 314.09 feet; thence South 52 degrees 20 minutes 58 seconds West 283.59 feet; thence South 06 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 206.14 feet; thence North 83 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West 66.00 feet; thence North 06 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East, 233.86 feet; thence North 52 degrees 20 minutes 58 seconds East 335.48 feet; thence South 89 degrees 56 minutes 14 seconds East 340.87 feet to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 4727 Walldorff Rd, Delton MI 49046 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: 6/21/2012 Household Finance Corporation III, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 12-62955 (06-21)(07-12) 77568912

NOTICE TO BORROWER PURSUANT TO MCL 600.3205a The undersigned is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Kimberly S. Marlin TO: Timothy K. Marlin 2710 Pine Trail Drive 2710 Pine Trail Drive Middleville, MI 49333 Middleville, MI 49333 Property Address:

2710 Pine Trail Drive Middleville, MI 49333 You have the right to request a meeting with your Mortgage Holder, Lake Michigan Credit Union. The person to contact that has authority to make an agreement with you for mortgage loan modification is Joseph Woodhams (616) 234-6342, who may also be contacted at P.O. Box 2848, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49501-2848, email Joseph.Woodhams@ lmcu.org.

You may contact a housing counselor by visiting the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) website (www.michigan.gov/mshda) or by calling MSHDA at (517) 373-8370, TTY # 1-800-3824568.

If you request a meeting with the Designated Person, foreclosure will not start until ninety (90) days after the date notice is mailed to you. If you and the Designated Person reach an agreement to modify the mortgage loan, the mortgage will not be foreclosed if you abide by the terms of the agreement.

You have the right to contact an attorney. The telephone number for the State Bar of Michigan's Lawyer Referral Service is (800) 968-0738.

If you and the Designated Person have previously agreed to modify the mortgage loan under MCL 600.3205b, these provisions do not apply unless you have complied with terms of the mortgage loan, as modified, for one (1) year after the date of such modification.

Dated: July 10, 2012 Lake Michigan Credit Union MORTGAGE HOLDER THIS INSTRUMENT PREPARED BY: Charles J. Hiemstra (P-24332) Attorney for Mortgage Holder 125 Ottawa Ave., NW, Suite 310 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 235-3100 77569372

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 Timothy Voshell, a married man and Kimberly A Voshell, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 25, 2006, and recorded on January 31, 2006 in instrument 1159539, 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 Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Four and 86/100 Dollars ($161,474.86).

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 July 19, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 28, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, distant North 89 degrees 34 minutes 20 seconds West 2383.60 feet from the East 1/4 corner of said Section 28; thence South 29 degrees 58 minutes 54 seconds East 416.11 feet; thence South 17 degrees 31 minutes 37 seconds East 34.09 feet; thence South 57 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds West 502.99 feet to the South line of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 28; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes 28 seconds West 61.59 feet along said South line to the North-South 1/4 line of said Section 28; thence North 00 degrees 29 minutes 05 seconds East 661.68 feet to the center 1/4 corner of said Section 28; thence South 89 degrees 34 minutes 20 seconds East 284.00 feet along said East-West 1/4 line to the point of beginning.

Together with and subject to a private Easement for ingress, egress and public utility purposes to be used in common with others, 66 feet wide; 33 feet East side of a centerline described as: Commencing at a point on the North-South 1/4 line of Section 28, Town 3 North, Range 8 West distant North 00 degrees 29 minutes 05 seconds East 1985.04 feet from the South 1/4 corner of said Section 28; thence South 89 degrees 40 minutes 28 seconds East 61.59 feet along the South line of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 28 to the true point of beginning of said described centerline; thence North 57 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds East 502.99 feet; thence North 87 degrees 01 minutes 05 seconds East 394.12 feet; thence South 69 degrees 19 minutes 18 seconds East 477.09 feet to the East line of the NOrth 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 28, and the end of said described centerline. The side lines of said Easement to be lengthened or shortened as appropriate to terminate at the South line and at the East line of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 28. Also, the right of ingress and egress to and from Star School Road to the above described property across that portion of land described as: Commencing 660 feet South of the Northwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 28, Town 3 North, Range 8 West; thence East 660 feet; thence South 33 feet; thence East 3,300 feet; thence North 33 feet; thence West 3,267 feet; thence North 33 feet; thence West 693 feet; thence South 33 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 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: June 21, 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 #404164F01 77568740 (06-21)(07-12)

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LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 12-26126-DE Estate of IVAN DANIEL SUNTKEN. Date of birth: 11/11/1938.

TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, IVAN DANIEL SUNTKEN, died 02/06/2011.

Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to LYDIA MARIE COBB, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 WEST COURT STREET, SUITE 302, HASTINGS, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.

Date: 07/05/2012 KATHLEEN HENGESBACH P-37427 10561 WEST SAINT JOE HWY. VERMONTVILLE, MI 49096 (517) 566-8761 LYDIA MARIE COBB 7304 EAST CARLTON CENTER ROAD WOODLAND, MI 48897 77569340 (517) 898-6847

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 Cora Lee Greenburg, an unmarried woman, original mortgagor(s), to World Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2002, and recorded on August 13, 2007 in instrument 1085507, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Ninety-Nine and 99/100 Dollars ($236,099.99).

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 August 2, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 23, Supervisor's Plat of Long Point, as recorded in Liber 2 of Page 50, 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: July 5, 2012 For more information, please call: FC J (248) 593-1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #367213F02 (07-05)(07-26) 77569161 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 Pifer, a single man and Jacqulyn Tompkins, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Mortgagee, dated June 18, 2007, and recorded on June 20, 2007 in instrument 1181982, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Four and 59/100 Dollars ($131,594.59).

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 August 9, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 30 of Sandy Knolls Plat No. 2 according to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 94 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: July 12, 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 #405666F01 (07-12)(08-02) 77569357

STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust In the Matter of Donald E. Nelson and Rosa B. Nelson Trust u/t/a dated November 21, 2005 Date of Birth: April 15, 1924 – Rosa B. Nelson TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Rosa B. Nelson, surviving Trustee, who lived at 1296 Lynn Avenue, Middleville, Michigan died June 27, 2012 leaving the above Trust entitled "Donald E. Nelson and Rosa B. Nelson Trust" in full force and effect.

Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to Casandra L. Farley within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.

July 10, 2012 Stephanie S. Fekkes P43549 150 W. Court Street Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-1921 Casandra L. Farley 1859 NE Summerwind Drive Mountain Home, ID 83647 77569368

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MORTGAGE SALE--Default has been made in the conditions of a Mortgage made by CHRISTINE R. VANKAMPEN, a single woman, Mortgagor, to NPB MORTGAGE, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 10, 2002, and recorded June 20, 2002, Instrument Number 1082541, of Barry County Records, Michigan, which mortgage was assigned by mesne assignments to First National Acceptance Company, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this notice $11,946.71, including interest at 11.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statutes of the State of Michigan, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public auction to the highest bidder, on Thursday, August 9, 2012, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, Michigan. Said premises are situated in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning 310.57 feet North of the NW corner of Lot 9 of Sam Bravata Plat; thence West 170.96 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33’ West 127.25 feet along the West line of the property described in the deed recorded in Liber 244, Page 407; thence South 67 degrees 39’ East (previously described as South 65 degrees 55’ East) 168 feet; thence South 70 degrees 06’47” East (previously described as South 68 degrees 23 minutes East) 17.86 feet; thence South 57.30 feet to the place of beginning.; c/k/a 4726 Princess Dr., Shelbyville, MI 49344 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of the sale, unless the premises are determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days. Please be advised that if the mortgaged property is sold at a foreclosure sale by advertisement, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 you will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale, or to the mortgage holder, for damaging the property during the redemption period. Dated: July 12, 2012 LeVasseur Dyer & Associates, PC Attorneys for Mortgagee P.O. Box 721400 Berkley, 77569342 MI 48072 (248) 586-1200 (07-12)(08-02)

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 Edward N. Sabo, a married man and Lisa J. Sabo, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Exchange Financial Corporation, Mortgagee, dated January 12, 2001, and recorded on January 17, 2001 in instrument 1053974, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Chase Manhattan 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 Ninety-Eight Thousand Six Hundred NinetySeven and 57/100 Dollars ($98,697.57).

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 August 2, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 11, 12 and 13 of Eastwood Acres, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 7.

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: July 5, 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 #403605F01 (07-05)(07-26) 77560957

STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 12-26117-DE In the matter of IMOGENE M. ROOT TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including:* DEBORAH LYNN JONES and THOMAS WAYNE JONES, JR. 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 July 27, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at 206 WEST COURT, SUITE 302, HASTINGS, MI 49058 before Judge WILLIAM M. DOHERTY P4190 for the following purpose: HEARING ON THE PETITION FOR PROBATE FILED BY JOAN TAGGART July 9, 2012 DAVID H. TRIPP P29290 206 SOUTH BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-9585 JOAN TAGGART 2767 WING ROAD HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-9037 77569366 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 Thomas F. Russell and Linda L. Russell Husband and Wife., original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 25, 2005, and recorded on August 12, 2005 in instrument 1151040, 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 Two Hundred Five Thousand Five Hundred Forty-One and 40/100 Dollars ($205,541.40).

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 July 19, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 19 and the South 1/2 of Lot 18 of Hughes Park, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 57.

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: June 21, 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 #404299F01 77568765 (06-21)(07-12) NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Jeremy T. Moore, an unmarried man, of 2029 Rowe, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated April 10, 2007 and recorded on April 11, 2001 in Instrument No. 1179091 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, which mortgage has been assigned to Northpointe Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage dated June 4, 2012, and recorded on June 11, 2012 with the Barry County Register of Deeds in Instrument No. 2012-001042 and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Twenty One Thousand Two Hundred Seventy One Dollars and Forty Nine Cents ($21,271.49), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 9.950%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on August 2, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan and which are described as follows: Lot 168 of Steven’s Wooded Acres No. 3, according to the plat thereof recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 84, Barry County Records. P.P. #08-07-315168-00 which has an address of 8382 Chain-O-Lakes Drive, Hastings, Michigan 49058.

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

Northpointe Bank 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 DATED: June 22, 2012 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1315 77569027

STATE OF MICHIGAN 5th CIRCUIT COURT FAMILY DIVISION COUNTY OF BARRY PUBLICATION OF HEARING CASE NO. 12-8432-NA PETITION NO. 12008292 IN THE MATTER OF: KATHLEEN IRENE OLIVIA LOWERY A Neglect Petition has been filed in the above matter regarding: KATHLEEN OLIVIA LOWERY. DOB. 10-1-10. A TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING is scheduled for FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012 10:00 A.M. And will be held at Barry County Trial Court Family Division, 206 W. Court St. Ste 302, Hastings, MI 49058.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT LEONARD PAUL LOWERY II personally appear before the Court at the time and place stated above. Failure to attend the hearing will constitute a denial of interest in the minor, a waiver of notice for all subsequent hearings, a waiver of right to appointment of an attorney, which could result in TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. 77569362

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 Claude Wierckz and Tina Wierckz, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated May 29, 2007, and recorded on June 11, 2007 in instrument 1181556, 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 Forty-Three Thousand Ninety and 01/100 Dollars ($143,090.01).

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 July 26, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 23, Gackler's Payne Lake Plat, according to the plat recorded in Liber 5 of Plats Page 72 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: June 28, 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 #404805F01 77569015 (06-28)(07-19)

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 Danny R. Daugherty, A Single Person, original mortgagor(s), to National Bank of Hastings, Mortgagee, dated November 1, 2002, and recorded on November 23, 2002 in instrument 1092225, and assigned by said Mortgagee to PHH 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 Sixty-One Thousand Three Hundred FortyFive and 09/100 Dollars ($61,345.09).

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 August 9, 2012.

Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 50 feet of Lots 36 and 37 and the North 32 feet of vacated Lincoln Street of Kelly's Addition No. 1, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 94.

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: July 12, 2012 For more information, please call: FC F (248) 593-1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #406008F01 (07-12)(08-02) 77569349

SYNOPSIS ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING JULY 3, 2012 Meeting called to order. All board members present.

Approved minutes from June 5, 2012 regular board meeting.

Correspondence read.

Treasurer’s report read and put on file.

Fire report read and put on file.

Library report read.

County Commissioner report read.

Parks and Recreation report read.

Public comment received.

Approved motion to amended ordinance for cemeteries.

Approved paying of the bills.

Approved motion to adjourn.

Respectfully submitted, Jennifer Goy, Clerk 06786309 Attested to by Thomas Rook, Supervisor

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 W. Schultz and Bonnie L. Schultz, husband and wife, tenants by the entirety, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Bank USA, N.A., Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2006, and recorded on January 16, 2007 in instrument 1175069, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2007-CH4, Asset Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2007-CH4 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-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Three and 94/100 Dollars ($165,923.94).

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 July 26, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 26, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan.

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: June 28, 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 #385338F04 77569034 (06-28)(07-19)

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 Lucas Beroza, an unmarried man and Katrina Harter, an unmarried woman and Steven Beroza, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 17, 2007, and recorded on August 20, 2007 in instrument 20070820-0001078, 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 Seventy-Six Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Seven and 06/100 Dollars ($76,347.06).

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 July 26, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point in the Center of the Highway 20 rods West of the Southeast corner of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 28, Town 1 North, Range 9 West; thence North 10 rods thence West 10 rods; thence South 10 rods; thence East 10 rods to the place of beginning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan 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: June 28, 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 #347971F02 (06-28)(07-19) 77567817

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Use caution when driving or following livestock trailers Recently, a mid-Michigan automobile accident resulted in the loss of the best Christmas

present a little girl could receive: her horse.

This accident was allegedly caused by an inci-

BBB warns of bogus $1,000 utility scam Residents of Southwest Michigan are being misled into believing they are getting up to $1,000 from the government to pay their cable, gas, and electric utility bills, said Phil Cattlet, president of the Better Business Bureau of Western Michigan.

The scam is providing thieves access to consumer confidential information, he said, and leading consumers to use non-existent funds in their accounts to pay other bills. The fraud puts consumers at risk of identity theft, utility shutoffs, fees for non-sufficient checks, and more, said Cattlet.

Consumers are being asked for their Social Security numbers and bank routing information by the criminals, and in return are receiving their supposed government grant. The routing number used by the scammers is 12408524, and their supposed account number is 13419. The deposit shows up briefly in the consumer’s checking account, only later to be found to have been drawn against an invalid account, he said.

Texts, emails, door-to-door sales, websites and word of mouth from friends and family are all involved. The most effective part of this scam is that friends and family members are participating. They send checks to pay off their other bills, believing they really have the money in their account from the deposit the crooks are making, explained Cattlet.

“They share this wonderful news of the government money with family and friends, and when they discover the money is really not there, they have already written a bunch of non-sufficient checks to pay off other bills,” he said.

To avoid falling into this trap, Cattlet said:

• Never provide Social Security information, credit card numbers or banking information to anyone requesting it over the phone or at home unless the identity of the party seeking the information has been verified.

• For calls claiming to be people from the utility company or the government who pressure for immediate personal information, hang up the phone and call the customer service number on the respective utility bill.

• Always think safety first. Do not give in to high-pressure tactics and don’t let anyone in the home without checking their identity.

• Don’t let the immediate pressure of debt prevent thinking through a situation. Sources of information are available to give the straight story, such as the BBB. Visit www.bbb.org for more information.

Fire department responds to field fires BIRCH Fire Department personnel responded to two grass fires allegedly caused by fireworks July 4.

The first was on Hammond Road just south of Ottawa Trail at around 11:30 a.m.

Four and a half acres were burned.

The second was within Hastings city limits on East North Street around 5:30 p.m. Fire Chief Roger Caris said the fire was out by the time crews arrived on scene.

dent of road rage when an impatient driver, frustrated with the slow speed of the truck and horse trailer, cut the truck off sharply. The driver of the trailer was forced to brake suddenly; the horse scrambled, lost its footing and ultimately had to be euthanized.

Karen Waite, Michigan State University Extension equine specialist, said this incident demonstrates that many drivers do not realize how challenging it is to drive a truck hauling horses or other livestock, large motorhomes, other recreational vehicles or farm equipment.

With the Barry County Fair set to begin next week, livestock trailers will be a common site on area roads the next several days,.

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

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

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Although an impatient driver caused this particular incident, several other issues may result in horse trailer accidents. Regular trailer maintenance is a key responsibility of owning and hauling animals, as is using an appropriately sized vehicle to haul the trailer and making certain that those responsible for driving have experience driving such rigs before setting out. To learn how to appropriately respond in an emergency while hauling a trailer, view this article on trailer safety, www.equisearch.com/uncategorized/horsetrailer-safety-emergency/.

SOCIAL SECURITY COLUMN Take parents on a tour of website

by Vonda VanTil Social Security Public Affairs Specialist Do your parents spend much time online?

Sometimes, older parents can be apprehensive about using the Internet and conducting business online. There is no reason they should be when it comes to Social Security’s online services at www.socialsecurity.gov, which are consistently rated not only the best and easiest to use in government, but in the private sector, as well.

What are some of the reasons your parents may want to visit www.socialsecurity.gov?

Allow us to show you around so you can give Mom and Dad the proper tour.

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stock trailer, both human and animal lives can be lost,” Waite said. “Most drivers don’t realize that the combined weight of the truck, trailer, livestock, horses or equipment makes it extremely difficult for the driver to stop quickly or slow down substantially.”

Livestock producers thinking about the health and safety of their animals while driving tend to drive slightly slower than posted speeds and leave a great deal of stopping distance between their vehicles and the vehicles in front of them.

Waite suggests that drivers passing a vehicle hauling a trailer should merge back into the lane allowing double the usual amount of space between their vehicles and the one

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 Dale Krueger Jr., a married man and Frances Krueger, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 19, 2007 and recorded February 8, 2007 in Instrument Number 1176188, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Bank of America, N.A., as successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing L.P by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Eight Thousand Four and 17/100 Dollars ($198,004.17) including interest at 4.625% 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 08/09/2012 Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Real property in the Township of Thornapple, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and is described as follows; Lot 6, Thornapple Bends Estates, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 35.

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: July 12, 2012 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 File No. 285.6471 (07-12)(08-02) 77569399

messages, initiatives and items of interest, such as breaking news and tips on new or improved online services.

To the right, you’ll find a big question mark: that is where you can find our most frequently asked questions — and the answers to them. If your parents have a question about Social Security, chances are someone else had the same question. We have collected them on our website, and it is easy to search for questions on a variety of Social Security topics.

To the left of the page you will find our top services. Virtually anything you want to do online can be found here: apply online for

retirement, disability or Medicare benefits; get an instant, personalized estimate of future benefits with our online Retirement Estimator; and obtain information about how to get or replace a Social Security card.

Take your parents for a visit to www.socialsecurity.gov. It is one small way you can give back to those who have given so much for you.

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

POLICE BEAT Canoeing teens found safe The Barry County Sheriff's Department responded July 10 to Yankee Springs Recreation Area after a 14-year-old boy and 17- year-old girl had gone out on Gun Lake in a canoe approximately 3 1/2 hours earlier and had not returned. The sheriff's department marine unit and Thornapple Township Emergency Services dispatched search boats to the area. Before any search boats were launched the missing teens returned to their campsite unharmed. No further action is being sought by any agency.

License is suspended, so car is towed Hastings officers stopped a car on East Green Street July 5 for having an expired registration plate. They learned the 25-yearold Hastings driver also had a suspended operator’s license. The woman admitted that the license plate belonged on a different car. Her vehicle was towed. She was cited and released for the suspended license offense, as well as an improper use of a registration plate.

Teen shoplifts, winds up in jail Hastings officers were called to the Hastings Kmart June 26 for a reported shoplifting incident. The store’s loss prevention personnel told officers they had detained an 18-year-old Middleville man.

According to employees, the man placed several packages of contraceptives into his pockets and attempted to leave the store without paying. He was arrested and lodged at the Barry County Jail.

Woman arrested for more than ditch driving A Barry County Sheriff’s Deputy responded July 2 to a call about a woman who had driven her car into a ditch while attempting to turn around on Cedar Creek Road near Delton. While her driving skills could be deemed questionable, two Calhoun County Friend of the Court warrants prompted the Barry County Sheriff’s Department to arrest a 33-year-old Battle Creek woman. The deputy ran the woman’s license information and discovered two outstanding warrants for failure to pay child support.

Intoxicated driver stopped for defective equipment Hastings officers stopped a vehicle on West Court Street for defective equipment around 1:50 a.m. July 1. One of the vehicle’s headlamps was not working, and officers noticed the vehicle was backing up near a stop sign. After the vehicle backed up, it then went forward toward the same stop sign. When officers approached the 23year-old Nashville driver, he admitted he had consumed several alcoholic drinks at home prior to going to a local bar where he had more to drink. He was asked to perform several sobriety tests and failed a portable breath test. He was transported to the Barry County Jail where he again failed a breath test, and was charged with operating while intoxicated.

Helicopters called to search for missing teen Michigan State Police helicopters were called in June 28 to help search for a missing Middleville teen who ran away after an argument with his mother. Although the 13year- old had only been missing a short while, the Barry County Sheriff’s Department and three State Police troopers, including the helicopter and K-9 units, were called in to assist. The boy’s mother said her son suffers from aortic stynosis and had been suicidal in the past. According to the mother, she and her son argued while she was driving him home from an event at Duncan Lake Middle School in Caledonia.

Her son threw her cell phone out the window of their vehicle as she drove down Cherry Valley Road near Parmalee Road at approximately 1 p.m. then jumped out of the vehicle when she stopped to retrieve the phone. The search was called off when the teen’s mother found her son walking around the village of Caledonia around 4 p.m.

Name calling ends in arrest Hastings officers were called to the 500 block of East Madison Street July 8 for a reported loud argument outside of a residence. Officers met with a 26-year-old woman who was walking away from an individual. The man continued to yell names and obscenities toward her. The 49year-old Hastings man was told several times by officers to quiet down, but he continued to occasionally yell. Police arrested the man for being disorderly, and he continued to yell obscenities while in handcuffs and in the back seat of the patrol car. His blood alcohol level registered .22 percent.

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CORN, continued from page 1 cally altered to withstand more drought than what was planted in 1988, said Spitzley.

“The new hybrids are formulated to withstand dryer weather,” said Spitzley. “But just how well isn’t known yet.”

Most local farmers are somewhat protected with crop insurance, he said. A meeting has been set with insurance agents to see just what the procedure will be for revenue protection, and how the formula works.

Farmers who will have to rely on crop insurance will most likely end up with just enough to pay the bills, but will not be able to get ahead, he said.

Those farmers who have forward-contracted to sell their corn may be forced to buy out the balance of a contract, or come up with the balance of the corn they contracted for. That could mean going out of state to fill the balance.

That would mean relying on out-of-state farmers, many of whom are facing the same drought problems as in Michigan.

Local farmers contract with Caledonia Elevator, Andersons in Woodbury, Archer Daniels Midland in Grand Ledge or the ethanol plant in Woodbury.

“This is the worst drought I’ve seen in my 24 years of farming,” said Spitzley, “I’ve heard people talk about all the little things that they do that usually cause it to rain, like wash the car, water plants, rain dances, etc.

Unfortunately, all we can really do is wait, and pray.”

Area crops are thirsty for rain especially after enduring the 90- or 100-degree days the previous two weeks. Corn leaves are shriveled and spiked to help protect the plants, but the effects of heat and lack of rain are taking a toll. (Photo

by Julie Makarewicz) Above right: Local fields of corn reached the milestone of being knee-high by the Fourth of July, but lack of rain has slowed growth. (Photo by Julie Makarewicz)

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Michigan Avenue bridge on schedule to open Aug. 10

The Michigan Avenue bridge project is on schedule to open Aug. 10. Traffic will be able to use the bridge, although many other associated projects will still continue, including curbs and gutters, grass restoration, sidewalks and railings. A ribbon cutting and celebration for the opening of the bridge will be announced soon.

Workers prepare to pour the surface of the Michigan Avenue bridge early July 4. An automatic screed is set in place to ensure uniformity proper drainage angles over the entire cement surface.

Working at night is required during the hot summer months to aid in the correct curing of the bridge surface cement.

This is the Michigan Avenue bridge July 3 before the cement surface was poured.

More than 220 cubic yards of cement, or approximately 26 cement truck loads, are used to complete the Michigan Avenue bridge surface. Preparations for pouring began around 10 p.m. July 3 and finishing touches were completed around 5:30 a.m. July 4.

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