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THE HASTINGS
VOLUME 159, No. 27
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
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Chuck Whiting and Rowdy Friends play at fountain Chuck Whiting and His Rowdy Friends will perform July 6, for the weekly concert series Fridays at The Fountain. Although this trio of instrumentalist is new to the series in downtown Hastings, they are familiar faces to folks in the Barry County area. The band is made up of leader Chuck Whiting, who provides rhythm guitar and vocals for the group. Lead guitar is provided by Nick Lancaster, and upright bass is held down by Andrew Whiting. The group brings its special brand of original music, which can be described as Texas swing, to each performance. Whiting will even be heard throwing in some yodeling. Fridays at the Fountain concerts are held every week from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the Barry County Courthouse lawn. In the event of rain, concerts will be moved to the community room in the Hastings City Bank, 150 W. Center St. As an added bonus this year, the Seasonal Grille is on hand to take lunch orders for concert patrons.
Art in the Park is Saturday Art in the Park, Lake Odessa’s oneday event, will draws hundreds of shoppers to the village park Saturday, July 7. Along with arts, crafts and food vendors, local musicians will take the stage to entertain shoppers and visitors throughout the day. This year’s talent includes Lakewood Area Choral Society Glee Club, Jonathan Cross, Bert Jones and Friends, Coldwater Brass Quintet, Tim Yates and Miss Figg. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shenanigans the Clown will entertain youngsters from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. throughout the park.
Democrats to meet July 14 The Barry County Democrats will hold their monthly meeting Saturday, July 14, at 9 a.m. at the Thomas Jefferson Hall in downtown Hastings. All interested citizens of Barry County are welcome. For further information, call 269-9458832 or go to www.facebook.com/barrycountydemocrats.
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by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer When all was said and done and the board of education made its final amendments to the 2011-12 fiscal year budget, the Hastings Area School System’s fund balance was $430,797 in the red — and that was good news. According to Hastings Area Schools Interim Superintendent Michelle Falcon, Don Sovey the financial consultant hired by the district to help with its budgeting process, had estimated Hastings schools would finish the year with a $535,000 fund balance deficit. Sandy Graybill, an accountant associate for the district, said the difference was due to recalculations of accruals and summer pay for Hastings Education Association members and the resulting adjustments of salary accounts. Board President Kevin Beck said that because the board has approved a deficit budget, it now has 30 days to submit paperwork relating to a deficit-reduction plan to the Michigan Department of Education. “I just don’t want to be here next year approving a deficit budget, in any way, shape or form,” said Trustee Dan Patton. The board approved the amendment unanimously, with trustees Gene Haas and Jon Hart absent. In other business, the board: • Unanimously voted to adopt the 2012-13 tax levy resolution which included a levy of 17.9262 mills on non-homestead property for general operating expenses, a debt retirement tax of 4.25 mills and a state education tax if 6.0 mills as required by state law. • Adopted a resolution to borrow up to $6.5 million to meet cash flow for the 2012-13 fiscal year. • Approved financing $396,000 at a 1.99 percent interest rate from Chemical Bank for improvements to the district’s technology infrastructure, including upgrades to the servers and fiberoptic communications for all buildings. • Approved the low bid of $12,300 from Dean Boiler Inc. to replace the condensation pipe in the tunnel between Central Elementary and the middle school. • Authorized the superintendent to execute facility use agreements with the Barry Intermediate School District for the use of one classroom at Star Elementary and one at Southeastern Elementary for its special-needs programs, and with the HEA for one classroom at Hastings Middle School for office space. • Accepted a donation of $7,500 from Larry and Earlene Baum to purchase supplies for the musicals and film class. • Accepted the personnel report which contained notice of the following: Retirements — Robert Glasgow, districtwide specialized maintenance. Recall from layoff — Sandra Chewning, Andrea Schmidt, Shanna Tietz and Tanya Woern, health care I paraprofessionals. Appointments — Todd Bates, high school girls dive coach; Mike Beker, co-assistant JV football coach; Dustin Bowman, co-assistant JV football coach; Steve Collins, high school boys and girls cross country coach; Pat Coltson, assistant varsity football coach; Benjamin Conklin, varsity boys soccer coach; Brian Donnini, head JV football coach; Michael Engle, JV girls basketball coach; Marshall Evans, head freshman football coach; Stephanie Hokanson, eighth grade volleyball coach; Emily Hoke, freshman cheerleading coach; Amy Hubbell, varsity sideline and competitive cheerleading coach; Diane Jager, JV cheerleading coach; Jeff Keller, assistant freshman football coach; Stan Kirkendall, girls JV golf coach; Bruce Krueger, girls golf coach; James Murphy, assistant varsity football coach; Fred Rademacher, varsity football coach; Carl Schoessel, girls swim coach, high school; Timothy Schoessel, JV boys soccer coach; Angelia Sixberry, seventh grade volleyball; and, Ed von der Hoff, boys tennis coach. • Approved the continuing employment of the following non-contract employees for the 2012-13 fiscal year: Erin Blakely, Darla Cady, Larry Cook, Lisa Gebhardt, Sandy Graybill, Timothy Kietzman, Sandra Mikolajczyk, Brian Osterink, Mary Robinson, Elizabeth Rowse, James Vreugde and Jeff Wilbur. • Issued contracts for July 1 through June 30, 2013, for administrators Christopher Cooley, Michael Goggins, Stephen Hoke, Judith Johnson, Michael Schneiderhan and Amy Tebo.
• Accepted the resignation of Southeastern Elementary fourth grade teacher Joshua Reynolds. • Went into closed session to discuss con-
tract negotiations. No action was taken when the board returned to open session. • Announced the annual organizational meeting of the board of education will be at
7:30 p.m. Monday, July 23, in the multi-purpose room of Hastings Middle School, 232 W. Grand St.
Hastings baby ‘gavels in’ official adoption order At the request of District Judge Michael Schipper, new parents Terry and Sally Sedlar of Hastings returned to the courtroom this week to make the adoption of daughter Tori official. Though the formal decree was issued by Schipper eight months ago, the judge asked for a reappearance so he could provide a gift to Tori — a miniature gavel made by his father, Earl (standing, back). “She was my first adoption,” notes Schipper, “and, because Tori was entranced by my gavel then, I wanted to provide her and the family a meaningful gift.” Friday’s ceremony was touching to the Sedlars and to the Schippers. Earl adopted the judge and his siblings, and the judge, in turn, has adopted his own son.
County commissioners may be out of dog house on Animal Control issue by Doug VanderLaan Editor After two years of it nipping at their heels, Barry County Commissioners may have tamed the Animal Control and shelter issue at its committee of the whole meeting Tuesday. The pesky problem took a strident tone last week when the board locked up at its official board of commissioners meeting on a 4-4 vote to reassign Animal Control from the sheriff’s department to a newly created department that would also provide shelter services with its own director. That vote and preceding discussion brought out frank discord from citizens in attendance, some of whom chastised the board for attempting to move forward on the new department without facts and reliable financial forecasting. Tuesday’s meeting, however, produced unanimity, helped by a proposal from Commission Chair Craig Stolsonburg that attracted on 8-0 vote of approval. Stolsonburg’s motion — still to be more carefully considered at the July 17 committee of the whole meeting — proposes separating Animal Control and animal shelter responsibilities. Jurisdiction for Animal Control would remain with the sheriff’s department and one Animal Control officer. Duties for animal shelter and care — including licensing, adoption and euthanasia — would be designated to a newly created department to be led by a director whose salary and benefits package would come from a current frozen Animal Control officer’s position at the sheriff’s department.
“In talking with the administrator [County Administrator Michael Brown], if that person doesn’t have the animal enforcement function under them, it won’t carry as high a pay scale,” reported Stolsonburg, who estimated that the new director position — which he also said could be termed “supervisor” — would be priced closer to $40,000. That, apparently, was a far different and a far more acceptable figure to commissioners who had argued last week that an estimated $70,000 compensation package would be irresponsible in light of coming budget discussions and possible deficits. “It makes sense and it’s very workable for all of us,” said Commissioner Robert Houtman, who had proposed last week’s plan that would have combined Animal Control responsibilities and shelter operations. “I think that person [the director] should be narrowly deputized to enforce the Michigan Dog Law so that if there are vacations for Dar’s [Sheriff Dar Leaf] Animal Control officer, sickness, backup or whatever’s needed that also becomes their responsibility.” The plan was workable enough that Commissioner Dan Parker elected not to make a prepared motion that the board establish a temporary study committee to report back to the board within 60 days on a recommended strategy for addressing the issue. “The thing I want to be sure we’re focusing on is increasing the adoption rate,” said Parker. “It’s going to be really important you hire the right person who’s got the experience and familiarity and with working with volunteers.
“I believe the volunteers can make a very big difference in this whole thing — getting dogs and cats out there to get adopted,” added Parker. “From what I’ve seen at other places, that builds up even more volunteers, it gets more donations coming in, they’ll have more fees for spaying and neutering, and it could become self-sufficient. I’d like to see that happen with that idea in mind.” Commissioner Don Nevins added his own concern that volunteers who serve on the county’s Animal Control/Shelter Advisory Board would still be held intact and of value under Stolsonburg’s plan. In addition to Houtman’s and Stolsonburg’s assent, two members of the advisory board in attendance Tuesday were able to provide their own. “It sounds like what we’re looking for,” Mary Fisher, who’s also president of the Barry County Humane Society, told commissioners. Kathy Wiggins added a personal thanks. “I just want to compliment you,” said Wiggins. “I feel this is very workable, and I want to thank you very much.” In other business, the commission: • Approved a $3,000 expenditure to hire a space consultant for analysis of future security improvements to the courts and law building and courthouse. Additional discussion regarding the proposed purchase of two magnetometers, one for each building, served as an opening for future discussions regarding staffing costs and possible recommendations
See ANIMAL CONTROL, pg. 8
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Gus Macker swishes through streets of downtown Hastings
Spectators make themselves comfortable to watch their teams compete in the heat. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
Gretchen James of Hastings makes a swift move past her defender. (Photo courtesy of Rose Hendershot) Fighting the heat, spectators look on while Bill Loeks of Caledonia, a member of the Bosley Pharmacy team, takes on Brad Gee of the Hastings’ Four Problems team. (Photo courtesy of Rose Hendershot) Last weekend’s Gus Macker 3-on-3 basketball tournament filled Hastings with layups, hooks, fade-aways, slams and threepointers from way downtown. Many teams from around the state, young and old, braved the 90-plus-degree temperatures for their chance to compete. According to Hastings Police the event ran smoothly with no reported incidents.
Youngsters use the Dream Court to full advantage and spread the defense thin. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
The Saxon Boys take it to team NPC Force. Evan Eastman puts up the jumper with teammates Layton Eastman and Jonathan Rosenberg moving to the rim. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
An able defender readies himself for his opponent’s drive to hoop. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
A pick-n-roll frees up this drive to the rim. Local teams vying for a win are Saxons Kapow, made of Gretchen James, Katelyn Goodrich, Lauren Harden and Grace Nickels, and KEHT, which includes Megan Deal, Natasha Glasgow, Kassidy Morgan and Ellie Youngs. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
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A competitor rises above the rim in the slam-dunk contest. (Photo courtesy of Rose Hendershot)
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The post man makes his move to the rim while a triple-team converges. (Photo courtesy of Rose Hendershot) A dribbler works to control the ball before setting up a score. (Photo courtesy of Rose Hendershot)
Barry County Chamber of Commerce President Valerie Byrnes welcomes everyone to the first Hastings Gus Macker Tournament. (Photo courtesy of Rose Hendershot)
Thursday, July 5 — Movie Memories goes fishing with “Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid,” 5 to 8 p.m.; library book club discusses Robin Mather’s The Feast Nearby, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 6 — preschool story time learns about the moon and stars, 10:30 to 11 a.m. Monday, July 9 — summer reading program, “Dream Big, Read,” continues; computer class tackles “Mousing and More,” 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 10 — toddler story time settles down for “a good night, sleep tight,” 10:30 to 11 a.m.; young chess tutoring class, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.; open chess club, 6 to 8 p.m.; special workshop on dream interpretation, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 11 — summer reading invites everyone to rock with “Drummunity,” 2 to 3 p.m. Call the library for more information, 269945-4263.
The Toilet Bowl champs for their age group are team WGMT Ballerz, all age 12, will be seventh graders at Hastings (from left) Matt Hewitt, Garrett Coltson, Wyatt Smith and Ty Sinclair. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
The jumper is up and away beyond the reach of outstretched arms. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
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Players compete for the $500 slam-dunk prize. (Photo courtesy of Rose Hendershot)
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The COLA Crew takes the 13- to 14-year-old category championship. All players are going into ninth grade at Hastings are (from left) Clay Coltson, Owen Post, Lee Stowe and Alex McMahon. (Photo by Perry Hardin)
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This view from the base of a towering tree was sent in by Ron Neil of Hastings. But it’s not just any tree. The white pine was among those planted by the Ganguillet or Buck families in the 1940s and 1950s, featured in the June 14 Hastings Banner in the Turning Back the Pages column. That column, which concludes this week, featured 26 winners of the Lucky Farmer Photo Quiz and how they operated their farms in 1952. The Rene Ganguillet family continued the Buck family’s tradition of planting evergreens, according to the 1952 article, with help from the conservation district. “What a difference 60 years makes,” said Neil, who appreciates the efforts and foresight of the previous owners. We’re dedicating this space to a photograph taken by readers or our staff members that represents Barry County. If you have a photo to share, please send it to Newsroom Hastings Banner, 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058; or email news@jadgraphics.com.
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Setting sail Do you recognize anyone in this photo? Do you know where the photo was taken, or why? Are these U.S. Navy uniforms? Were these sailors in Barry County? Which lake? 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. M43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058; email news@j-adgraphics.com; or call 269-9459554. Last week’s photo of two women working with flags of various nations drew no responses.
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Ruth Hokanson is a lifelong resident of Hastings. Both she and her husband, George, were born in Pennock Hospital and graduated from Hastings High School. The couple are members of the West Michigan Sheltie Club and participated in West Michigan Sheltie Rescue for seven years. Ruth was in 4-H as a youth and went on to serve as a leader in cooking and dog clubs as an adult. She has been a volunteer at Pennock as a member of the Pediatric OB Guild for 40 years, served on the Barry County Child Abuse Prevention Council for 25 years and has been a member of the Hastings General Federation of Women’s Club for seven years, and is a past president of the club. As a member of the Hastings GFWC, in addition to serving as president and chairing committees such as the recent project to support Operation Smile, Ruth has participated in arts and crafts and photography competitions, earning a blue ribbon in photography at the state level each year and winning at nationals and earning a place on the club’s national calendar in 2007. For her contributions to the community, Ruth has been named a Bright Light. Famous person, living or dead, I would like to meet: Mother Theresa, because of her compassion and the work she did all her life. I sincerely believe in giving back to the community. If you can’t give back monetarily, you can always give of your time and efforts. If I could have a super power it would be: A wand that I could wave and we could have peace and the economy would return to a time when people weren’t homeless and they could buy food — a time when life was
Ruth Hokanson easier. Favorite vacation: A trip to Florida that I went on with ladies from Canada. We stayed in Orlando and went to Disney and just had a blast for two weeks. I had met them online through Wide Wide Circle of Friends and two years before, they had pooled together and came to Hastings to provide moral support when I had surgery. Worst summer job: Actually, I’ve never had a job I didn’t like. I worked as a nurses aid for years, I worked in an adult foster home, and I worked for an attorney. I worked at Aunt Jane’s Pickle factory. TV show I would most like to be on: “The Closer” because I would really like to meet Kyra Sedgewick; or “Bones,” I would
like to meet the actors who play Seelye Booth and Bones. But, I really like “Mike and Molly” because I can really relate to them because they are both heavyset and I like that they aren’t made fun of because of their weight; they are portrayed as having problems just like skinny people. If I could go back in time: I would go back to the 1800s to meet Jane Cunningham Croly, founder of the GFWC. She was journalist and she founded the women’s club after she went to a men’s club to hear Charles Dickens speak and was turned away because she was a woman. I would have loved to meet her and to be a part of the women’s suffrage movement. People would be surprised to learn about me: GFWC has four levels— local, state, district and national. I have participated in three of the four levels would like to participate in the fourth, or the national level, and I would like to visit the headquarters in Washington, D.C. If I had a a theme song: It would be Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.” If people would take God more seriously and bring Him into their lives, there would be a lot less war; people would put their differences aside and look at the bigger picture. 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.
One of the best assignments I’ve been given as a journalist has been a recent series appearing in the past seven issues of our sister paper, The Reminder, which details the educational experiences of recent and older graduates of Hastings High School. The series isn’t hard journalism. In fact, it all came about with the offer of several area business people concerned about the declining enrollment effect that the Schools of Choice option has had on local schools. By sponsoring a weekly piece that highlights the positive experiences these students have had and the value that their high school education has provided in their accomplishments, these advertisers are providing welcome reassurance to parents who have chosen the Hastings Area School System for their children. The five students I’ve interviewed who graduated this past May are, naturally, filled with optimism for a future to come at wonderful colleges and universities. They’re also filled, though, with fervor for the subjects they will be pursuing and for the lifework that the pursuit will bring. I’ve also been taken, though, with what passion has done for the three older graduates whom I’ve written about so far. Travis Williams and Jason Keizer, both 1994 graduates, have taken different routes but carry the strong imprint of the opportunities they were given at Hastings High School. Travis took an interest in biology nurtured by teacher Pete DeDecker among others, to a position as executive director of a wildlife sanctuary near Holland. Jason has taken a gift for sharing — encouraged by both his parents and teachers – to stops around the world, among them Ghana where he helped widows living together on pooled limited funds to obtain micro business loans they used to build a small income-producing agriculture business. Jason is now interning at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C., in his quest to become a doctor. The third of these older graduates, John Shakespeare, still has a lot of college ahead of him. John graduated in 2011, but his passion to devote himself to the care of others as a nurse is sustaining him as he works at Pennock Hospital for the funds to take one class at a time at Kellogg Community College. The stories have been inspiring to me, but they also serve as a reminder that nothing of any worth in life can be accomplished without passion. I’ve needed that wake-up call since a friend of mine told me not long ago about how his employer had cut back his job responsibilities enough to eliminate the benefits package that went with it. “It’s just a job now,” related my friend, today’s code words for “I’m giving the bare minimum from now on.” Understandable, I guess, but the man works in education and, if ever there were a position that needs passion, it’s education. This is no knock on teachers. I was one myself, and teachers still are my heroes. As a former school board member, the pain of declining enrollments and the accompanying layoffs, privatization of staff and reductions in programs rips me up. But, when you read the accounts in the Reminder of these Hastings High School graduates, it’s flat out apparent how the passion of their teachers propelled them to — and is propelling them to — what teacher Martin Buehler calls their “next level of greatness.” No school worth its reputation can live without passion. I would submit that no community can live without passion, either. I look to this past weekend’s successful first-ever Gus Macker Basketball
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Tournament that drew thousands to Barry County, to the work of volunteers at community gems like the Bernard Museum near Delton and Historic Charlton Park, to the endless charitable work that goes into events like the county’s largest fundraiser, the recent Bill Porter Memorial Golf Tournament, and I see one common characteristic – passion. It’s passion that defines us, but it’s also the quality that transcends the difficulties we’re all feeling in these times of economic distress. It’s said today that a job is the new raise, and you’ve got to have one just to feel like you have value in this world. But with or without one, those causes we hold dear, those ideals that stir our soul, need our passion. Some years ago, when I was disillusioned as a fan of professional baseball because it seemed the astronomical player salary increases and the greed of owners was pushing up fan costs and tainting the game, I had a chance to grouse with an old but revered Detroit sportswriter.
It’s passion that defines us, but it’s also the quality that transcends the difficulties we’re all feeling in these times of economic distress. It’s said today that a job is the new raise, and you’ve got to have one just to feel like you have value in this world. But with or without one, those causes we hold dear, those ideals that stir our soul, need our passion.
“The game will always transcend the people who play it,” was the observation I received. I didn’t understand what that perspective meant at the time, but it came to me clearly a couple of months ago while attending a baseball game at Western Michigan University. It was beautiful baseball. I saw hit-and-run plays, sacrifice bunts, stolen bases and two massive home runs – and it was free. Here was the game of baseball played by young adults who were playing for the love of the game. Granted, many may have been receiving scholarships for agreeing to play, but I do believe the other slice of perspective I received those years ago from the Detroit sportswriter: Any professional baseball player today who truly loves the game, would play it for nothing. It’s passion that keeps us devoted to the causes we hold dear, but, even without it, those causes and institutions we hold dear will always be greater than we are. Times are tough, and I’m sorry my friend is feeling down about his loss of a benefits package. But now, if it’s just a job, maybe he should find a better one – or make the one he still has of value to others by not losing his passion. One of our greatest missions is to find someone daily who we can help make a success. People in Hastings, in Barry County, and in every school in our area are doing just that. They’re helping to push us all to our next level of greatness. I’ll be writing joyfully forever if I can tell a story with passion at its core. With it, we become only a shadow of our future selves — and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for Barry County.
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Prosecutor has failed to protect family To the editor: With the Barry County primary election upon us next month, I would like to share a few of my experiences regarding our current prosecutor, Tom Evans. I have been victim to domestic violence on several occasions involving a ex where children were involved. With the help of various agencies and counseling, I have looked back into the past to find out why I received no assistance from the Barry County prosecutor’s office. I have made it my business to educate myself as to what the guidelines are within the law for the prosecutor to bring charges forth on behalf of a victim. With that knowledge, I can tell you I have never been given assistance, guidance or justice from the prosecutor. In 2006, I was assaulted by my partner, resulting in a fractured arm, blood clot and facial bruising. While I was at the hospital, law enforcement officials were there taking statements and photos of my injuries. Charges were sent from law enforcement to the prosecutor’s office of the incident and in spite the fact that my abuser admitted to the assault and the injuries he gave me, all charges were denied. In 2007, during an assault, I made several attempts to call 911, but my calls were disconnected. Law enforcement showed up at the residence in response to the disconnected calls to Central Dispatch and documented my injuries and suggested they call a ambulance to get me medical attention. No charges of domestic violence were charged, again. The disconnected 911 calls alone should have been reason enough for the prosecutor to pur-
sue charges. When I asked why he did not pursue charges for the interference of a emergency call, Evans told me he never received the charges. The Michigan State Police informed me that he sent back the report, denying charges due to the fact my ex didn’t want me using his phone. Evans still denies this and will not explain the discrepancy. In December 2009, my ex was charged with operating while intoxicated, child endangerment and a felony charge of resisting and obstructing a officer. Even though I spoke with Prosecutor Evans office about informing me of all pleas offered and a chance to speak at his sentencing on behalf of my child, I never heard from his office again regarding the charges. After my ex’s plea was accepted, I found out he received misdemeanor attempt to resist and obstruct. The operating while intoxicated and child endangerment charges were dropped. Under law, a person is not declared a victim unless charges are sought by the prosecutor’s office. To this day, neither I nor my children have been declared victims by the office of Tom Evans, and I have spent more than two years asking him why. Under the Freedom of Information Act, I have asked for many reports and photos from responding agencies taken from the domestic violence investigations they concluded and sent them to the prosecutor’s office. I have made several attempts in person and via phone to have Evans explain the discrepancies and lack of seeking justice between law enforcement and his office. To this day, I have yet to be given any time to meet with him personally regarding my questions.
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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. President’s comment line: 1-202-456-1111. Capitol Information line for Congress and the Senate: 1-202-224-3121.
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Robert H. Jackson, a former United States Supreme Court Justice, once said in a speech to federal prosecutors “The prosecutor has more control over life, liberty and reputation than any other person in America.” The lack of effort from Evans’ office has left me with no control over my life, a disgraced reputation and well documented story of injustice. A meeting from him to explain his reason for this has not been given to me, nor do I suspect it will in the future. Sharing my ugly past is done only in hope that you take this information with you into the voting booth on primary election day and seek justice for victims in Barry County. Violence will occur in the future and law enforcement officers take risks helping victims. The need for a prosecutor to entrust police investigations and seek justice is long overdue. We know Tom Evans’ record. I say it is time for someone new, and Julie Nakfoor Pratt is who we need. Name withheld at editor’s discretion
State official seems to be misinformed To the editor: Much misinformation has been spread in this area about current gas well drilling procedures that has lulled our residents into a false sense of security. I heard our local DEQ inspector Mike Sheldon say, “ it takes a quarter mile to turn their drill to horizontal,” so we are safe here where the Antrim shale is at 1,500 feet. They cannot begin turning their drills until they get beneath the beginning bedrock-cased well which may be around 500 feet. I contacted WMU geology professor William Harrison III who is very involved in the Michigan basin petroleum recovery. He said a horizontal well could not be started until a depth of at least 500 feet in that case, and it would need several hundred feet to make the drill curve from vertical to horizontal. A likely scenario, in that particular case, would be that the horizontal part of the well could not be placed much shallower than 700 to 800 feet deep.” Going online and typing in “gas drilling turning radius” I immediately found several articles that talked about three different general types of boring technologies to go horizontal. NaturalGas.Org reports, “There are three main types of horizontal wells: short radius, medium radius and long radius. Shortradius wells typically have a curvature radius of 20 to 45 feet, being the sharpest turning of the three types ... Medium-radius wells typically have a curvature radius of 300 to 700 feet, with the horizontal portion of the well measuring up to 3,500 feet. These wells are useful when the drilling target is a long distance away from the drill site or where reservoirs are spaced apart underground. Multiple completions may be used to gain access to numerous deposits at the same time ... Longradius wells typically have a curvature radius of 1,000 to 4,500 feet and can extend a great distance horizontally. These wells are typically used to reach deposits offshore, where it is economical to drill outward from a single platform to reach reservoirs inaccessible with vertical drilling.” The long-radius wells do not do well on parcels less than 160 acres. The mediumradius wells work well on 40-acre parcels. Our state land was divided into 40-acre parcels for the May auction. The Antrim shale below us is between 100 and 300 feet thick. Oilshalegas.com says, “Most drills in the Antrim shale require stimulation by hydraulic fracturing to attain commercial production rates, ... To date, over 9,000 wells have been drilled throughout the Antrim shale, with depths of the wells ranging mainly from 150 feet to 1,500 feet.” Hydraulic fracturing is fracking. Local residents need to wake up and pay attention. Is our local DEQ inspector that uninformed about current drilling practices? George H. Williston, Orangeville Township
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IURP RXU UHDGHUV ‘Animal control’ needs to be defined To the editor: For several weeks now, I’ve read articles in the Banner, and letters to the editor, concerning management of Barry County’s animal shelter. Some folks favor leaving the administration and operation of the facility with the sheriff’s department, while others believe it should be operated by a separate agency or group in a manner more consistent with the term “shelter.” As for the county board of commissioners, they can’t seem to figure out what to do. The answer lies in the definition o that term. If we want the operation to be purely ‘animal control,’ then the sheriff’s department is a reasonable place to house it. Not the only option, but a reasonable one inasmuch as it’s an existing, funded department. To ‘control’ animals in the county, we pick up the strays, abused and unwanted, and kill them. That probably shouldn’t be done in a facility called a ‘shelter’ however. It’s a rather egregious misnomer. If we want to operate an animal shelter, a law enforcement agency should not be the responsible department. We need an administrator, a small animal veterinarian (at least part-time), a couple people equipped to go out and pick up animals, and a group of Humane Society-type volunteers who will work to make the animals comfortable, show them and get as many as possible adopted, perhaps,
showing some of the dogs, cats, rabbits, and more public events fostering adoptions. Certainly some animals will always be subject to euthanasia, but the number, the prior treatment, and the attempts to avoid that depends on which of the two outlined philosophies prevail. I was the undersheriff of a fairly large county for 10 years, and we, too, had ‘animal control’ foisted on us. We were neither equipped nor inclined to run a humane shelter and foster adoptions, and almost all the found, abandoned and discarded pets were killed in short order. Even the department employees assigned there thought it a rotten job. Nonetheless, if the feeling is that’s the way to proceed, then leave things alone. If not, I would urge commissioners to take the bull by the horns – or the dog by the gail – and make the change. It’s no slap against the sheriff. He’s a police administrator and I doubt that moving the animal shelter to a non law enforcement setting is going to have anything but a beneficial effect on his department in the long run. The two agencies can cooperate as needed. As for the financial aspects of creating a new agency, much of the work is already being done. The money, or a good share of it, is obviously already there. It can be worked out. Bill Voigt, Hastings
People should have had a say on health reform To the editor: When and how did the government become so out of touch with the common people? The new health care program just proves they are fat cats who no longer work for the people but instead cater to increasing health insurance company’s clientele and profits. Do they actually think that the poor are sitting on piles of money and refuse to purchase health insurance? Everyone would purchase health insurance if they could, but to keep a roof over our heads and not starve to death seems more important to many of us. So if we do not invest in the government’s partners in crime, they will punish us with penalizing our income taxes? I’ve seen this before on television where the street thug tells the storeowner to purchase his “protection insurance” or he will bust up the store. Is that what our government has become – common street thugs? Pay me now or pay for it later, you have no choice? Are our politicians so deeply into the pock-
et of these health insurance carriers that they must now force all of America to pay them or be punished, even if we cannot afford it? When did this country change to a communist rule so “we the people” no longer have a voice or vote on such a big decision that affects all of Americans? If this country really is the “land of the free” all Americans should be able to place a vote of “no confidence” in their government, kick out all those fat cats who voted for such nonsense and elect officials who will put in a countrywide health care system paid for by the government drug taxes, like Canada now has. Until people with common sense are elected into office, the voice of the poor will fall on deaf ears of the elected officials who already have income and health insurance and could care less about you – the people who pay their salary. Darren Ayles, Nashville.
6/19/12 My name is Julie L. Jarvis and I apologize for not being at the Commissioners meeting in person or at least getting this material to you prior, but a family member of a dear friend and I needed to pay her a visit so these thoughts come to you via a letter. First and foremost, congratulations to the Barry County Humane Society for their diligent work on receiving a grant now in place to promote the SPAY/NEUTER program. We applaud your work on behalf of ALL the dogs and cats you will be saving. Thank you to Dr. Linda Robinson, Dr. David Seidl, Dr. Gayle Luedke and Dr. Amy Hicswa for participating in this very worthwhile program. By putting your continued efforts together for the next Grant and so on, YOU, the Barry County Humane Society, will become a mentor to other branches whom wish to accomplish the same. Then there is the dog park, in school teachings of proper caring for your pets, and possibly veterinarian visits to schools if not already done. Businesses who deal specifically in dog and cat foods such as Purina, Pedigree, Iams, Science Diet, Tractor Supply and/or Pet Smart may be willing, even though we are in tough economic times, to help. For as they give, they will also receive, FIRST by the act of giving, then by the pet owners who become aware of their generosity...and we know word of mouth can do much, as an asset or a detriment. (A THANK YOU AD WRITTEN WITH APPRECIATION AND IMAGINATION FROM ALL THE ANIMALS SAVED COULD BE A PLUS)...for businesses, the newspaper and the like. So much good you will continue to accomplish! A friend of mine and I came up with this idea which is as follows: could we not address to each of the FOUR veterinarians participating in the SPAY/NEUTER HUMANE SOCIETY GRANT program an IDEA proposing that EACH VETERINARIAN SELECTIVELY GIVE ONE OR TWO DAYS A YEAR (EXTRA AS A SPAY/NEUTER DAY), ALLOTTING EACH PERSON THAT BRINGS A PET IN TO BE SERVICED MUST PUT SOME MONETARY EFFORT FORWARD WITH VETERINARY ROTATION IN PLACE. Every three months was mentioned by a young woman I had spoken to. This would encompass a year as well with veterinary rotation in place. To keep the CENSUS DOWN ON EUTHANASIA we need a LARGER running SPAY/NEUTER program. The other day someone asked me, “What ever happened to compromise?” I could find no answer, except to say it seems to be lost! There are times in life when understanding cannot be found. Since we all view things differently, RESPECT would then come to the fore. Each part of this community has a responsibility to carry what they can and to do so with grace. The Barry County Animal Control and its people have one of the hardest jobs in our county. Remember, I said ONE...yes we know there are many. They have to try and help undo what we as people have foisted upon the animals that enter that building. Yes, many can’t be undone. SPAY/NEUTER... thus euthanasia takes place. The inmate program from our JAIL to Barry County Animal Control has been proven to be therapeutic and where liability has its place between the two. I was blessed once some time ago to be a part of the Barry County Sheriff’s Office VSU. During that time frame, a young man spoke with me about his positive experience in entering the inmate program that reached from our JAIL to Animal Control. He kept that positive outlook and told me of his future aspirations as he was readying to be released. The only reason I was allowed to assist during that time frame was because of the Victim Service Unit Training. All inmates don’t aspire to leave their jail surroundings as this young man did. Each UNIT has its SPECIAL PLACE in HELPING create a better future for ALL dogs and cats. With MORE SPAYING/NEUTERING there will obviously be LESS euthanasia. ISN’T THAT THE COMMON GOAL??? Thank You,
Julie L. Jarvis
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...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study and prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship Service 10:45 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Service 7 p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Dan Currie, Sr. Pastor; Josh Maurer, Youth Pastor. Sunday Services: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School for all ages,10:30 a.m. Worship Service; 6 p.m. Evening Service: Jr. Youth Group 5-7 p.m. & Sr. High Youth Group 7-9 p.m.. Wednesday, Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Bible Study, Praise and Prayer. Call Church Office 948-8004 for information on MOPS, Children’s Choir, Sports Ministries. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, Woodland, MI 48897 • (269) 367-4061. Pastor Gary Simmons. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Rev. Richard Altine, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Richard Altine, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. . WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 East. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Rev. Bryce Feighner. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 11:15 a.m. GRACE BRETHREN BIBLE CHURCH 600 Powell Road, Hastings. Pastor Bob Wilson. Church Phone 269948-2330. Pastor’s Home 269-9454356. bjw1633@sbcglobal.net. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service 10:45 a.m.; Sunday Evening 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. 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. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Discover God’s Grace with us! Holy Communion Every Sunday! Sunday, July 8 - Summer Hours . Worship at 8 and 10 a.m. July 8 Noisy Offering for Love, Inc.; Evangelism Committee Meeting after Second Service; Men’s Alcoholics Anonymous 7 p.m. July 9 - Spiritual Alcoholics Anonymous 7:30 p.m. July 10 - Vision Team/Vision Planning 7 p.m. Location: 239 E. North St., Hastings, 269-945-9414 or 945-2645, fax 269945-2698. Pastor Amy Luckey. http://www.discover-grace.org FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 405 N. M-37, Hastings, MI 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services: 8:55 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 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. Softball; 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Tuesday - 6:30 p.m. Softball. Wednesday - 4 p.m. Pickleball.
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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HASTINGS, MI - Kenneth Wayne VanDenburg, age 86, of Hastings passed away June 28, 2012 at his residence. He was born October 22, 1925 in Hastings the son of George and Ruth (Schiefla) VanDenburg. Ken attended and graduated from Hastings High School. Ken enlisted in the Navy March 3, 1944. After boot training his second assignment was aboard the USS Wasp. It should be noted that there was an aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV7) which was sunk Sept. 15, 1942. It was traveling with the USS Hornet (CV8) and 11 other warships escorting transports carrying Marines to Guadalcanal. Shortly before 3 p.m. the Wasp was struck by two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine not far from San Cristobal Island. By 4 p.m. Capt. Sherman determined that he was the last man alive on the vessel, and was the last man to leave. The Wasp finally sank about 9 p.m. There were 193 men killed, 1,946 rescued. The aircraft carrier Saratoga had been severely damaged by Japanese torpedoes and was out of commission for several months, leaving only the aircraft carriers Hornet and Enterprise active in the Pacific, and the Enterprise was barely serviceable. So, two and one half years later found Ken serving on a second Wasp. This Wasp (CCD-3) was hit by a suicide bomber which put a bomb through the hangar deck March 19, 1945, but the vessel remained in action. It was later blown up and sank near Hawaii. After this Ken saw some action on the aircraft carrier USS Bennington, which was launched on the east coast in late 1944 and was at Pearl Harbor in early 1945. It saw considerable excitement off the coast of Japan, Leyte and Iwo Jima. The Bennington endured a typhoon June 5 with winds over 90 mph and waves up to 50 feet high and of such strength that the buckled a 35 foot section of the flight deck. Ken’s specialty aboard ship was radio operator, and his nickname on the Bennington was “Speedy”. Seaman 1st Class VanDenburg returned to the states aboard the Bennington to be discharged May 5, 1946, at Great Lakes Naval Station. He earned the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign Medal with three Bronze Stars, the American Ara Campaign Medal and the Victory Medal. Sometime in the next 21 months he married, and then on Feb. 21, 1948 enlisted in the Army at Dearborn. He served nearly 10 months with the 7th Infantry Regiment at Fort Devens, Mass., and was discharged as a private first class Dec. 15, 1948 at Fort Bank, Mass. Between his enlistments he farmed, and his first marriage produced five children, Terry, Kenneth, Michael, Karen and Darrell. In 1973 he married Klasiena Stamm, now there would also be Robert, Cynthia, Bonnie and James. He was a man of many talents, he did factory work, auto body repair, painted cars and planes. Ken played guitar and ukulele and was a great singer. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on the farm, cutting wood, playing pool and bowling. Ken enjoyed traveling with family, seeing all 50 states except Alaska. He especially enjoyed traveling to northern Michigan. Ken is survived by his wife Klasiena M. VanDenburg of Hastings; children, Ken VanDenburg, Terry VanDenburg, Michael (Mary) VanDenburg, Darrell (Bambi) VanDenburg and Karen Aspinall, Robert (Barbara) Afman, Cynthia Lake, Bonnie Meyers, James (Angie) Raulston and grandchildren, George, Tina, Wayne, Terry, Jeremy, Beth, April, Kerri Jo, Kenna, Tressa, Nicolette, Becky, Barb, Kasey, Owen, Klasiena, Dave Jr, James and Jamie. Memorial contributions may be made to: Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post #45, 2160 S. M-37 Hwy., Hastings, MI 49058. A graveside memorial service with full military honors, will be held, Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 1 p.m. at Rutland Township Cemetery, Rutland Township. A luncheon will immediately follow the service at the Hastings Moose Lodge, 128 N. Michigan, Hastings. Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, Inc., please visit our website at www.girrbachfuneralhome.net to sign the online guest book or to leave a memory or message for the family.
Catherine Ann (Katy) Shepler WOODLAND, MI - Catherine Ann (Katy) Shepler, age 50, of Woodland, passed away at her home Friday, June 22, 2012. Katy was born April 9, 1962 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings to Arthur Shepler and Nella (Lyons) Shepler. She attended Hastings High School and graduated in 1980. Katy worked at Hastings Mutual Insurance after high school and after moving to Grand Rapids worked for Foremost Insurance for several years. She was preceded in death by her father, Arthur in 2005 and mother, Nella in 1985. Katy is survived by her brother, Dan (Mindy) Shepler of Hastings; sister, Janet Shepler of Grand Ledge; sister, Judy (Keith) Johnson of Mission Viejo, CA; former sisterin-law, Sherry Henk of Marne; nieces, Stacy (David) Kensington of Hastings, Jennifer (Wes) Casarez of Hastings; nephews, Stephen (Kari) Shepler of Hastings, Jason and Sean Johnson of California; and several great nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her loving and devoted longtime companion, Steve Stanger of Woodland. Katy loved her cats: Creamie, Spidie and Goatie. Special thanks goes to Dr. Seidl and his staff for their wonderful care of her beloved cats. For those wishing to do so, memorial contributions can be made to Barry County Animal Control, 540 N. Industrial Park Dr., Hastings, MI 49058 to help support their shelter work and adoption services. No formal services will be held. Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, Inc., please visit our website at www.girrbachfuneralhome.net to sign the online guest book or to leave a memory or message for the family.
Mable Marie Osis HASTINGS, MI - Mable Marie Osis, age 92, of Hastings passed away Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Hastings. She was born January 10, 1920 in Canora, Canada the daughter of Lawrence W. and Bertha T. (Norris) Snodgrass. She attended Norway School in Canada. Mable moved to Dowagiac, MI in 1940, lived in Battle Creek, for four years and then moved to Hastings in 1945. She married James A. Osis on June 22, 1955. They were married for 36 years. Jim later passed in June of 1991. Mable enjoyed shopping and traveling and playing pool, when Jim was still alive. She is survived by nieces, Marianne Collier of Grand Rapids, and Muriel (Russ) Moleski of Saskatchewan, Canada; many great nieces and nephews and special friends, Ray (Deb) Girrbach; Heather (Matt) Schultz; Chad Girrbach and Haley Girrbach of Hastings. Following Mable’s wishes, cremation has taken place and no services are being held. Special thank you to Sharon Yoder and staff and MagnumCare for taking such good care of Mable over the years. Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, Inc., please visit our website at www.girrbachfuneralhome.net to leave a message or memory to the family.
Reverend Richard Lee Myers
GAYLORD, MI - Reverend Richard Lee Myers, age 75, of Gaylord, passed away June 24, 2012 in Hastings. He was born on August 30, 1936 in Hastings, son of Floyd and Virginia (Gilding) Myers. He graduated from Hastings High School in 1954, Otterbein College in Westerville, OH in 1958 and the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, OH in 1961. Reverend Myers’ career as a minister, from 1961 through 1998, included serving the churches Ludington Grace, Berrien Springs, Horton Bay, Howell, Detroit Waterman, Richmond, Sterling Heights, Dearborn First, Waterford Central and Wyandotte First. He retired from the Detroit Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1998 to his northern home in Gaylord. Dick was an avid birder, co-founder of Whitefish Point Bird Observatory and past president of Michigan Audubon. He was active in many environmental issues and loved the outdoors, including hunting, hiking, backpacking and mountain climbing. He is survived by his wife, Linda (Thomas) Myers of Gaylord and his children, Andrew (Michaela) Myers of Ithaca, NY, Christopher (Jennifer) Myers of San Diego, CA, Kirk Myers of Dearborn, Michele (William) Crawford of Snohomish, WA and Cheryl (James) Nickolaou of Clarkston; seven grandchildren and one great grandson; brothers, Ronald (Jo Ellyn) Myers of Middleville, and Philip (Judy) Myers of Hastings. Contributions may be made in his memory to Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, 16914 Whitefish Point Road, Paradise, MI 49768. A memorial service is planned for August 11, 2012 at noon, Hope United Methodist Church, 2920 S. M-37 Hwy., Hastings. Reverend Myers touched many lives through his ministry and love of the outdoors. He will be missed greatly. Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home, Inc., please visit our website at www.girrbachfuneralhome.net to sign the online guest book or to leave a memory or message for the family.
Local volunteer steward workdays planned The calendar for volunteer steward opportunities in Southwest and Southeast Michigan through September is online now. It includes many dates to give back at Yankee Springs Recreation Area, Fort Custer Recreation Area, Ionia State Recreation Area, Warren Dunes State Park, Warren Woods State Park, Grand Mere State Park, P.J. Hoffmaster State Park, Muskegon State Park or Saugatuck Dunes State Park. ‘Please join in for a great time outdoors,” said Heidi Frei, Michigan Department of Natural Resources steward for Southwest Michigan. “Attending a workday is also great training, looks great on a resume and is a good way to become a regular steward.” Local workdays include: Saturday, July 14; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ionia State Recreation Area. Help remove invasive shrubs encroaching on our beautiful forests surrounding Sessions Lake. Volunteers are needed to help cut and remove honeysuckle, barberry, autumn olive and other unwelcome plants to help native flora thrive. Volunteers will take a short hike along the Sessions Lake trail to the work location near Sessions Creek. Meet at the peninsula picnic area, past the mountain bike trailhead and before the campground. Saturday, July 21; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Yankee Springs Recreation Area. Invasive shrub work to protect habitats near Deep Lake continues. Volunteers are needed to help cut and remove unwanted shrubs, such as buckthorn and honeysuckle. No experience is necessary and volunteers will be trained to identify
unwanted invaders. Meet at the Deep Lake trail access off of Hart Road (gravel road). Travel west on Hart from Yankee Springs Road for about a half mile to the work location. Parking will be available on the side of the Hart. Advance registration is always appreciated and can be done online at www.michigan.gov/documents/3145_171017_7.pdf for one or more workdays. “Feel free to call, email or just show up to a workday if short notice doesn’t allow for the standard registration process,” said Frei. Volunteer stewards will learn about Michigan's plants animals and ecosystems and feel a sense of accomplishment in helping to restore native ecosystems, she added. Stewards will learn and work alongside natural resource professionals. In addition, participating in ecological restoration activities will provide a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy fresh air and exercise.
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In today’s column, the North-South pair used a number of bridge components that helped to get them to the coveted contract of Six No Trump. Good bidding by North and South, a good Plan by North, and good Play of the Hand by North brought home the slam contract. K was a telling bid. “Partner,” said North, “because we play a Strong North’s first bid of 2K Two Club bid in Standard American, and we leave Two Diamonds, Two Hearts, and Two Spades for the Weak Two Bids, you know that I have in my hand 22 or more high card points, and I am forcing you to bid.” South has a ready answer: “Yes, Partner, I know what you are telling me; you have 22 plus L, an artipoints and you want me to bid. My normal bid on such a hand from you would be 2L ficial bid that says nothing about diamonds, but is most commonly known as a waiting bid. I would be waiting for you to describe your hand. This time, however, happily I have nine high N.” card points and a good five-card major suit to tell you about. I bid 2N North is delighted to hear from his partner South, and without hesitation, North bids Six No Trump. The contract is set, and North is the declarer with most of the points in the closed hand. Looking at his cards, North sees 24 high card points, while South has nine high card points for a total of 33, a recognized number of points needed for a small slam. The seven outstanding points in the East-West hands are divided, but North does not yet know where everything is. L, the top of a doubleton, signaling her partner West that she has The lead from East is the 7L M have been a better lead? Think about that for a only two diamonds. Would the singleton 6M minute. The dummy comes down, and North duly thanks his partner for the promised cards in her bid. North takes a moment to make his plan: his objective is 12 of the 13 tricks. He may lose only one trick to the opponents. His first plan is to count all of his winners. With the diamond lead, he counts four diamond winners; he has two heart winners; he has two spade winners; and he has one club winner for a total of nine certain winners. He will have to develop or promote three more winners to make his contract. South’s spade suit looks like the best possible source of three additional tricks. North, still making his plan, has to look further at the spade suit. With seven spades and length in the spade suit in the dummy, it looks to be a better choice than trying to get two extra tricks out of the hearts. With that thought settled, North wonders about the split of the spade suit: with six spades out against him, how will the spades split? He knows that typically the N to spades will split 4-2 with an even number of cards held by the opponents. Going for the QN drop would be a long shot; yet it might bring home all 13 tricks if it worked. The Safety Play, however, will assure the contract. What is the Safety Play that North has in mind? After winning the opening diamond lead, N and that North knows that to set up the spades that he will have to hope that West has the QN N from the dummy that West will automatically cover the honor with an when he leads the JN N on the JN N. If, however, West plays low smoothly, then North will play his honor, putting the QN N, saving the 6N N as an entry. North has no other established entries to the dummy hand except AN N. Either way, North’s main hope to make the contract is to get the QN N to cover the JN N or the KN N on the KN N. It will do North no good to finesse the QN N with the JN N. It will lose to drop the QN to the singleton Queen, and North will not make the contract for their team because he will be unable to get back to the dummy to use the three remaining good spades. N and made life easy for North, and he was able As it turns out, some defenders covered the JN N to take five spade tricks as planned. However, some defenders played low smoothly on the JN N Now he must go for the QN N to drop on the and North was forced to take the trick with his AN N, and it does. After taking the 10N N, North executes an end play by leading one of his two KN K, and this remaining spades. West wins, but then is end-played. He must lead away from the KK K as a new entry winning the trick and then playing the 4th spade winner. lets North use the JK Now instead of five spade winners, North has only four, but he has a new winner in the club suit. The results are still the same. The contract makes either way. Once the spade dilemma has been solved, the rest is elementary with five or four spade tricks, two heart tricks, four diamond tricks, and one or two club trick for 12 tricks and the small slam contract. Well done, North and South, on bidding, planning, and playing the contract at Six No Trump. ***** Today’s bridge question: On today’s hand, 13 tricks can be won by the North player. Using the five spades and four diamonds as known winners, where does the extra trick come from to make Seven No Trump? ***** (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)
(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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TWINS, Willow Eileen and Winston Clare, born at Pennock Hospital on June 11, 2012 to Melissa Roth of Lake Odessa. Willow was born at 7:48 a.m. and weighed 6 lbs. 11 ozs. and was 20 1/2 inches long. Winston was born at 7:49 a.m. and weighed 6 lbs. 8 ozs. and was 19 3/4 inches long. ***** Alison Rose, born at Pennock Hospital on June 18, 2012 at 9:07 a.m. to Lorrie and Brad Bush of Martin. Weighing 11 lbs. 8 ozs. and 21 inches long. ***** Nathaniel Dale, born at Pennock Hospital on June 18, 2012 at 4:05 a.m. to Gina Tobias and Alex Morales of Sunfield. Weighing 6 lbs. 10 ozs. and 19 inches long.
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Monday is last day to register for August primary Residents have until Monday, July 9, to register to vote in the Aug. 7 state primary election. “If you are not yet registered and want to participate in the upcoming statewide elections, the time to register is now,” said Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, Michigan’s chief election officer. “Please take a few moments to stop by your local clerk’s office or secretary of state office to fill out the voter registration form. We want to ensure that every citizen who wants to do so has their vote count and their voice heard on Election Day.” To register, applicants must be at least 18 years old by Election Day and be U.S. citizens. Applicants must also be residents of
Michigan and of the city or township in which they wish to register. Voters may register by mail, at their county, city or township clerk’s office or by visiting any Secretary of State office. The mail-in form is available online at www.michigan.gov/elections. To check their registration status, residents may visit the Michigan Voter Information Center at www.michigan.gov/vote. Residents can also find information there on absentee voting, For more information about voting and the secretary of state’s office, visit www.michigan.gov/sos.
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Work toward your own financial Independence Day Once again, Independence Day is here, bringing fireworks and barbeques. Of course, the 4th of July is more than hoopla — it’s a time to reflect on the many freedoms we enjoy in this country. Yet, for many people, one important type of freedom — financial freedom — is still elusive. So you may want to use this holiday as an occasion to think of those steps you can take to eventually declare your own Financial Independence Day.
Here are some moves that can help: • Create a strategy. Financial freedom doesn’t just happen — it takes planning, patience and perseverance. To work toward your financial independence, you’ll need to create a financial strategy, in conjunction with your financial advisor, and stick to that strategy. Over time, you’ll need to make adjustments, but if your overall strategy is appropriate for your goals, time horizon and risk
ANIMAL CONTROL, from page 1 from space and security consultants on how to upgrade both facilities. “Barry County is one of the least secure courthouses in the state of Michigan,” Court Administrator Bob Nida reminded commissioners. • Recommended the appointment of Stolsonburg to serve on the agricultural preservation board. • Recommended the appointment of Joy Mulder to the agricultural preservation board. • Recommended a revised fee schedule for requested land information services to bring the county closer in line to neighboring counties and to market expectations. Requests, according to Director David Shinavier, often come from major marketing companies seeking such items as delinquent tax records and property maps. • Recommended approval of 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.
• Recommended payment of a $612 bill to Drug and Laboratory Disposal for cleanup service in April of a methamphetamine lab. County Administrator Michael Brown groused about denial of a previous reimbursement claim made to the Environmental Protection Agency for more than $6,000. “Effectively, what they have told us is that the funding is a funding of last resort,” said Brown; “that, if we have funds that do not need to be replaced, then we will not be reimbursed. Cheryl Hartwell, the sheriff’s administrator, put it very well when she replied that if we took funds from some place that had to be replaced that really would be inappropriate. “The other side of this is you have to effectively show that you’re spending money you don’t have, and the reality is we’re not in that situation. That is not what we understood when we applied for the funds.” Commissioners recommended that the bill be paid from the diverted felons fund.
HOPE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Hope Township Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing upon the following described matters on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 7:00 PM at the Hope Township Offices at 5463 South M-43 Highway: The Planning Commission has drafted revisions to Article IX of the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance, pertaining to Signs and Billboards. The draft revisions would have the following effect: 1. Definitions would be included for each sign type regulated by the ordinance. 2. A purpose and intent statement and a description of the scope of the ordinance would be included. 3. General provisions would govern sign illumination and sign location on a property. 4. The ordinance would enumerate signs not requiring a permit and prohibited signs. 5. Supplementary regulations would govern temporary banner signs, changeable copy signs, parking area or directional signs, and farm signs. 6. Billboards would become special exception uses permitted in the C-3 and I Districts. 7. New maximum sign area limitations and sign height limitations would be included. Written comments will be received from any interested persons concerning the foregoing by the Hope Township Clerk at the Hope Township Offices at any time during regular business hours up to the date of the hearing and may further be received by the Planning Commission at the hearing. Anyone interested in reviewing the draft ordinance, the current Hope Township Zoning Ordinance, or other information in connection with this matter may do so at the Hope Township Offices during regular business hours and may further examine the same at the public hearing. The Township of Hope will provide necessary auxiliary aides and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days notice to the Hope Township Clerk.
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Heat has long puzzled science by Dr. E. Kirsten Peters Hot enough for you? I’ve been thinking about heat lately, and not just because of the nation’s mostly torrid weather. We all can easily verify that hot air rises — when you change a light bulb near the ceiling of your living room, you find the air up there is warmer than it is near the floor. Another fact about heat rests on a simple experiment. If you rub your palms together you’ll feel some warmth. Then, if you bear down on your hands, pressing them together hard, you’ll create quite a bit of heat. Early scientists tried to understand the basic facts of heat with general theories. One such theory stated that heat was something like a fluid. After all, it seemed that it could flow from warm bodies into cold ones, equalizing over time so that both were at the same temperature. It sometimes affected the size of the bodies it inhabited, for example making hot air take up more volume than cold air, creating the reason that hot air rises. But heat was an odd substance in some ways. It had no mass, a fact verified by weighing a solid object, then heating it up, and finding it still weighed the same. Benjamin Thompson was an early scientist who studied heat. Born in 1753 in Massachusetts, he later moved to continental Europe where he was ultimately named Count Rumford of the Holy Roman Empire in recognition of his scientific accomplishments. Count Rumford is famous in the history of science for a heat experiment. Back in his day, it was known that boring (grinding) out cannons made for a great deal of heat. Count Rumford immersed a cannon in a water bath, then ground out the hole as he measured the rise in temperature of the water. The change was so great the water actually boiled after 2 1/2 hours of the heavy work. Count Rumford argued that the heat wasn’t a fluid at all, but something quite different that had been created by the vigorous motion of the grinding. Count Rumford’s work revived a theory of heat that had been put forward much earlier by Francis Bacon. As Bacon had put it, the “very essence of heat is motion and nothing less.” Heat and cold garnered Bacon’s attention in a way that may have cost him his life. As the story has it, he was
riding in a coach in March 1626 when he had the idea that cooling meat might delay its decay. He gathered up some snow with his bare hands and stuffed it into poultry. Shortly after that experiment, it’s said that Bacon caught cold and then died of bronchitis. Bacon’s idea that heat was motion started to gain more adherents after Count Rumford’s work with the cannon. It fell to a man named James Prescott Joule to show that work of any kind can be transformed into heat. That included mechanical work — like rubbing your hands together or grinding out a cannon hole — or chemical work or electrical work. When heat became recognized as something that could be equated to work, the modern science of energy began to come into focus and the unit of energy we call a “joule” was not far off. Even apart from rubbing your hands together, you’ll be an example of energy relationships today as you go about your daily life. You’ll take in chemical energy from food. As you know, if you eat more than you expend, you’ll gain a little weight — fat that later can be converted into energy. No matter what else you do, you’ll burn energy today to meet the basic demands of keeping your body functioning. Even converting the food you eat into useful energy demands energy. So part of what you eat gets used up doing exactly that. Beyond maintaining yourself and digesting food, exercise can lead to significant energy expenditure. A gentle walk will use 150 to 300 calories per hour, while vigorous work such as running or shooting some hoops can burn 500 to 700 calories per hour. Best wishes managing your personal energy balance today. Remember, no matter how you do with it, you’ll come out ahead of Francis Bacon and his unfortunate experiment with the snow. Dr. E. Kirsten Peters, a native of the rural Northwest, was trained as a geologist at Princeton and Harvard universities. Follow her online at rockdoc.wsu.edu and on Twitter @RockDocWSU. This column is a service of the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University.
tolerance, it should help you get you to where you want to go. • Contribute as much as possible to your retirement plans. Each year, put in as much as you can afford to your 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as a 457(b) if you work for a state or local government or a 403(b) if you work for a school or other tax-exempt organization. These plans offer the potential for tax-deferred earnings, so your retirement funds can grow faster than if they were placed in an investment on which you paid taxes every year. Also, if you’re eligible, try to “max out” on your IRA every year. • Maintain adequate life insurance. If you have a family, you aren’t just thinking of your own financial independence — you have to think of theirs, too. And that’s why you need to maintain adequate life insurance, particularly during the years when your children are growing up. But even after they’ve left the home, you may find that life insurance can be valuable in providing retirement funds for your spouse, should anything happen to you. And if you have permanent life insurance, which contains an investment component, you can generally access the cash value, through policy loans or withdrawals, to help pay for your own retirement. • Protect yourself from long-term care costs. You may never need any type of longterm care, such as a stay in a nursing home or assistance from a home health aide, but if you do, the enormous costs can threaten your financial independence — and possibly even put an economic strain on your spouse or grown children. After all, the national average rate for a private room in a nursing home is more than $87,000 per year, according to the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home, Assisted Living, Adult Day Services, and Home Care Costs. And the national hourly rate for home health aides is $21, according to the same survey. Medicare typically pays very little of these costs, which puts the burden on you. Fortunately, some investment vehicles can help you deal with long-term care expenses. Consult with your financial advisor to determine which of these vehicles may be appropriate for your needs. A national holiday won’t be declared when you achieve your financial independence — but, for you, it will be a time well worth celebrating. So do what it takes to work toward the arrival of that happy day. 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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Under Article 19, Section 1903, Agriculture zoning district – Special Land Uses Add – “Day Care, Group” MEETING DATE: July 23, 2012
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PLACE: Community Room, Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI Interested persons desiring to present their views on the proposed amendment, either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below, faxed to (269) 948-4820, or email to: jmcmanus@barrycounty.org. The proposed amendment to the Barry County Zoning Ordinance is available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State St., Hastings, Michigan 49058, between the hours of 8 AM to 5 PM (closed between 12-1 PM) Monday thru Friday. Please call the Barry County Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/ hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or call the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77569190 Pamela A. Jarvis, Barry County Clerk
RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW Pursuant to provisions in MCL 211.7cc(19) the Board of Review will meet on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at 9:00 AM, in the office of the Assessor at Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, to grant Homestead Exemption for 2011 to a parcel. Dennis McKelvey, Assessor RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 Heath Road Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194
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Lucky Farmer Photo Quiz concludes This is the final installment of a series reprinting the Lucky Farmer Photo Quiz promotion that ran in the Banner 60 years ago. An unidentified aerial photo of an area farm was pictured in the Banner each week, from Jan. 24 to July 17, 1952, and the owners of the mystery farms were featured in the paper the following week. The contest was sponsored by the Banner and 35 area merchants (listed in the April 12 edition of the Banner). ***** Hastings Banner, July 10, 1952 Lucky Farmer proud of large Holstein dairy herd The aerial photographer who took the “lucky photo” published in last week’s Banner was almost bound to snap a Bender farm when he flew over Section 28 of Thornapple Township west of Middleville. Four of the Bender brothers farm in the area. It was the farm of D. Forrest Bender which was pictured. His brothers, Walter, Russell and Ward also have farms in the immediate vicinity but the photographer unknowingly photographed the farm the boys’ father, Phillip, purchased just before World War II. The farm is known as the former Thomas Heaney property on the Bender Road. Forrest’s farm, like most of the others in the area, is literally a beautiful establishment on relatively level land. The fine buildings are well kept up – they were all hand painted last year, the barn and outbuildings in red and the large modernized home in white with green trim. Forrest specializes in dairying, and is proud of his herd of 40 Holsteins, and he’s now milking 22 for the Grand Rapids Grade A market. He has been building his herd since starting in farming and uses artificial insemination from Wisconsin stock. Forrest was born March 9, 1904, in Kent County near Dutton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Bender. His mother is still living and resides in Middleville. His father passed away about five years ago. Forrest went to country school near Dutton and to the Prairie district school. His formal education ended for a time after he completed eighth grade. Forrest took the place of a hired man, but later took two short courses in general agriculture at Michigan State College. They were 16-week terms. Several years later, he took a 10-week dairy course at MSC. In between the general ag and dairy courses, Forrest worked on a farm in Ontario, Canada. Before he married the former Anne Reid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Reid, of Hespeler, Ontario, on Dec. 8, 1928, he operated a Dairy Herd Improvement Association in Kent County. Later, when 23 years old, he went farming on his own and then was married. He had met Anne in Canada while visiting his mother’s folks. Forrest had had an operation and went to Canada to recuperate. His first farm was south and west of his present place, known as the old Coman farm where he rented 120 acres. He also rented 80 acres from Mrs. Ernest Rosenberg, of Alto – land he still works along with his own 120. He rented the Coman farm for about nine years before renting his present farm from his dad. He bought in 1944. The Bender’s 80-by-50 dairy barn is a basement-type barn with concrete floors, stanchions, automatic gutter cleaner installed two years ago and has the other advantages that go along with modern barns. The calf pens are steel paneled. Forrest fills his silo early with grass silage and uses the feed in late summer months, refilling the silo with corn. Wheat is also raised for a cash crop, and this year Forrest has put in about 40 acres. He has 31 acres of corn – his lowest acreage in a long time – and 42 acres of oats and the rest in hay and pasture. He uses a four-year rotation and has no waste land. Forrest always has raised more feed than he needs. His productive land has always been kept up. He keeps swine, and finishes about 25 twice a year. He had 850 chickens last week, but half were to go to market. The Benders keep about 300 laying hens. Forrest has two tractors, a truck combine, and other necessary machinery. He and his three brothers have a field chopper which they use jointly. The Benders have three sons. The oldest, Clare, 21, is now home on furlough. Stationed in England with the Air Force, he flew home and was married Saturday to Helen Ross, also of Ontario. He met her on a visit. Helen is returning to England with Clare and they expect to sail July 16 from Quebec. Their other sons are John, 16, who will be a junior at Middleville’s T-K school next fall and Kenneth, 12, who will be in the seventh grade. In addition to his three farmer brothers, he has another brother, Elmer “Mike” Bender, of Middleville, and two sisters, Mrs. Maynard (Edna) Miller, of Hopkins, and Mrs. King (Florence) Dickerson, of Grand Rapids. ***** Hastings Banner, July 17, 1952 Howard Moores win final lucky farmer photo quiz Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Moore, Route 1, Dowling, who were married June 18, 1922, didn’t celebrate their 30th anniversary this year in the regular manner, so when their farm was pictured in the lucky farmer photo quiz in last week’s Banner, they decided that would serve to mark their jubilee. The Moore farm was the final in the series of 26 farms published week by week in the Banner. Each week, an aerial photograph of a Barry agricultural institution – taken at random – was reproduced. Farmers identified their farms – generally they learned from friends and relatives that their
Barry County NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CLOSE OUT OF BARRY COUNTY’S MICHIGAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROJECT, MSC 209060 Barry County will conduct a public hearing as part of their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 9:00 am at the Barry County Commission Chamber on the Mezzanine Level of the Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 for the purpose of affording citizens an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed close out of Barry County CDBG project. Comments may be submitted in writing through July 10, 2012 or made in person at the public hearing. Citizen views and comments on the proposed close out are welcome. Barry County 220 W. State Street Hastings, MI 49058 Heather Smith (269) 945-3449 77569226
THREE-IN-ONE BUILDING – D. Forrest Bender, whose farm was pictured in last week’s Banner as the winner of the weekly Lucky Farmer Photo Quiz, is pictured with his truck in the driveway of his three-in-one utility building. The building’s basement houses his flock of chickens, the two sides are corn cribs and the center is used as a machinery storage shed. – Photo by Barth.
farms were pictured in the Banner before the mailman delivered their own copies – and as a reward were presented leather-bound photographs and 35 gifts certificates valued at $1 each offered by the 35 merchants who joined with the Banner in sponsoring the contest. Gift certificates presented had an aggregate value of $915 to the 26 farm families. A variety of agricultural establishments were included in the series – some farms had been in the same families for many, many years. Others were only recently purchased by former metropolitan residents who moved to the country to enjoy life to the fullest. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have resided on their farm for the three decades of their married life. The farm was purchased from Daniel Payne who had obtained it from James Collins. Before that it was known as the John McGurn farm. It was Mr. McGurn who planted the fine pines which are still in the front lawn of the farm home. Howard was born July 27, 1897, on a farm 20 rods south of the Hinds school, about three miles from his present home. He is the son of Hatley and Lucy Moore. He attended the Doud School and has been a farmer all of his life with the exception of three years during the war when he worked nights at the E.W. Bliss plant here. He was married to the former Freda Thomas in the Hastings Methodist parsonage by the Rev. Way. The Moores have 120 acres which they operate as a general farm. It is rolling land but lays rather well, and this year he has planted seven acres of oats, the same amount in corn, 12 1/2 acres of wheat and the rest is in pasture and hay. They have five cows and some chickens. Howard still uses horses to do the farm work. The Moores have three daughters, six grandsons and a granddaughter. Their daughters are Mrs. Basil (Fern) Tobias, Route 1, Cloverdale; Mrs. Dean (Mable) Selleck, Route 1, Orleans, and Mrs. Elwyn (Marveta) Payne, who resides on the home place in a house trailer.
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
HOPE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Hope Township Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing upon the following described matters on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 7:00 PM at the Hope Township Offices at 5463 South M-43 Highway: 1. Mr. Stephen Mills, on behalf of Camp Michawana, has submitted an application to amend a special exception use permit for the private camp located at 5800 Head Lake Road, on land with the property tax ID number 07-016-003-00. The applicant is seeking to construct a new 2,312-square foot welcome center with a lounge, meeting room and restrooms. Private camps are a permitted special exception use in the AR, Agricultural Residential District, per Section 17.2, C of the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance. Written comments will be received from any interested persons concerning the foregoing by the Hope Township Clerk at the Hope Township Offices at any time during regular business hours up to the date of the hearing and may further be received by the Planning Commission at the hearing. Anyone interested in reviewing the application submittal, the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance, or other information in connection with the request may do so at the Hope Township Offices during regular business hours and may further examine the same at the public hearing. The Township of Hope will provide necessary auxiliary aides and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days notice to the Hope Township Clerk. Hope Township 5463 South M-43 Highway Hastings, MI 49058 269.948.2464
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENTS Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the Barry County Zoning Ordinance of 2008 that the following article will be considered for amendment: A-4-2012 Under Article 7, Section 704 – Table of Land Uses – Add the following: Include nursing homes as a use permitted by Right (“R”) in the MDR, HDR and MU zoning districts and as a use permitted by Special Use (“S”) in the LDR and RR zoning districts. Under Article 23, Special Uses - Add New - Section 2353 Section 2353 - Nursing Homes A. Definition. A residential care facility providing long term care for elderly, infirm, terminally ill, physically, emotionally and/or developmentally disabled person, licensed in accord with Article 17 of Public Act 368 of 1978, as amended. B. Regulations and Conditions. 1. The area of the proposed site shall be at least two (2) acres and shall front on a major street as defined by Section 220 of this Ordinance. 2. Must comply with all health regulations concerning well and sewage disposal per the Barry-Eaton District Health Department. 3. The emergency entrance and the delivery area shall be obscured from the general view. 4. Any dumpsters on site shall be enclosed on four (4) sides with an opaque fence equipped with a lockable gate. Any disposal of bio-hazardous waste shall be in conformance with state and local requirements. 5. Building in the LDR and RR zoning districts shall have a mandatory 40 foot side yard setback and a mandatory 50 foot rear yard setback. 6. All exterior lighting shall be in accordance with Section 523 hereof. 7. All signs shall be in compliance with the provisions of Article 25 of this Ordinance. 8. All off street parking shall be in compliance with Section 527 of this Ordinance. 9. Landscaping shall be provided in accordance with Section 521 of this Ordinance. 10. A Detailed Site Plan pursuant to Section 2701.B shall be required. Under the following: Article 11, Section 1102 – RR zoning district – Special Land Uses – Add “Nursing Homes” Article 12, Section 1202, LDR zoning district – Special Land Uses – Add “Nursing Homes” Article 13, Section 1301, MDR zoning district – Permitted Uses – Add “Nursing Homes” Article 14, Section 1401, HDR zoning district – Permitted Uses – Add “Nursing Homes” Article 15, Section 1501, MU zoning district – Permitted Uses – Add “Nursing Homes” MEETING DATE: July 23, 2012
TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: Community Room, Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI Interested persons desiring to present their views on the proposed amendment, either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below, faxed to (269) 948-4820, or email to: jmcmanus@barrycounty.org. The proposed amendment to the Barry County Zoning Ordinance is available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State St., Hastings, Michigan 49058, between the hours of 8 AM to 5 PM (closed between 12-1 PM) Monday thru Friday. Please call the Barry County Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/ hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or call the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, (269) 945-1284 77568192 Pamela A. Jarvis, Barry County Clerk
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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 Rosemary Ann Davis, a married woman and Joel C. Davis, as to homestead rights only, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 9, 2007, and recorded on August 20, 2007 in instrument 20070820-0001071, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Chemical 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 Five Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Five and 96/100 Dollars ($105,555.96). 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 12, 2012. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 11, Plat of Thornton Addition, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 72. 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 14, 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 #396291F01 77568669 (06-14)(07-05) 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 77568818 (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 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) 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 77568912 No: 12-62955 (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 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 77567817 (06-28)(07-19)
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 77569027 (616) 458-1315
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 SALE DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage, made by EASTWOOD MANAGEMENT LLC, a Michigan Limited Liability Company, whose address is 1340 Forrester SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508, as Mortgagor, to MERLIN T. SUTHERLAND, a married man, whose address is 6155 Oakmont Landing, Alto, Michigan 49302, as assigned in the Barry County Register of Deeds to Knowlco, LLC, whose address is 8379 White Pine, Middleville, Michigan 49333, and securing that certain Note between Scott T. Sutherland, as Debtor and Merlin T. Sutherland, as Creditor, dated July 13, 2001, and pursuant to that certain guarantee wherein Mortgagor, Eastwood Management LLC, guaranteed the Note mentioned above and secured the guarantee with Mortgage described above. There is claimed to be due thereon, at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of THIRTY THOUSAND AND 00/100-($30,000.00) Dollars with interest at the rate of 0%, as secured by the above-referenced mortgage as of this date. There also shall be attorneys fees, unpaid real estate taxes and costs. And no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in said Mortgages, and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the above said Mortgage, will be foreclosed by a sale of the parcels of the premises therein described, or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County on the 12th day of July, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, of said day and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage, together with interest payable at the rate of 0%, together with late fees, legal costs, attorneys fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale together with interest thereon as though on an open account at the rate of 5% per annum; which said premises are described in said Mortgage, to-wit: PARCEL 1: LOTS 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 8, HASTINGS HEIGHTS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 3 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 41 AND THE VACATED ALLEY TO THE NORTH ADJACENT THERETO. PARCEL 2: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 8, HASTINGS HEIGHTS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 3 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 41; THENCE NORTH 1° EAST, 33 FEET FOR THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 1° EAST, 160 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88° 30’ EAST, 330 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 1° WEST, 160 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88° 30’ WEST 330 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as: 405 E Woodlawn, Hastings, MI 49058 The period of redemption will be six (6) months from date of sale. Dated: June 8, 2012 David H. Tripp, Attorney for Knowlco LLC Drafted by: David H. Tripp (P29290) Tripp & Tagg, Attorneys at Law 206 South Broadway Hastings, Michigan 49058 77568706 (269) 945-9585
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)
NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing for the following: Case Number SP-1-2012 Lawrence & Pauline Drewyor, (property owners) Location: 11333 Keller Road in Section 17 of Orangeville Township. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for an accessory dwelling per Section 2305 in the LDR (Low Density Residential) zoning district. Case Number SP-2-2012 Mary Baker, (property owner) Location: 9318 South M-37 Highway in Section 33 of Baltimore Township. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a mini/self-storage facility per Section 2352 in the RR (Rural Residential) zoning district. Case Number SP-3-2012 - Quin E & Amy L Lohroff, (property owners); Robert & Peggy Day, (applicants) Location: 5314 Thornapple Lake Road in Section 30 of Castleton Township Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a personal storage building per Section 2357 in the RR (Rural Residential) zoning district. Case Number SP-4-2012 - Hop Head Farms, LLC, (property owners) Hop Head Farms Management, LLC, (property owners) Jeffrey T. Steinman, (applicant) Location: 4630 West Hickory Road in Section 28 of Barry Township Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a farm product processing facility in Section 2330 in the RR (Rural Residential) zoning district. Case Number SP-5-2012 - Ellen Bassett, (property owner); David Hershberger, (applicant) Location: On Marshall Road across from 7950 Marshall Road in Section 21 of Maple Grove Township Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a sawmill facility extension under Section 2368 in the A (Agricultural) zoning district. MEETING DATE: July 23, 2012 TIME: 7:00 PM PLACE: Community Room, Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court St, Hastings MI Site inspections of the above described properties will be completed by the Planning Commission members before the day of the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below, faxed to (269) 948-4820 or emailed to jmcmanus@barrycounty.org. The special use applications are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings Michigan 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12-1 p.m.); Monday thru Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77569194 Pamela A. Jarvis, Barry County Clerk
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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 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 77560957 (07-05)(07-26)
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)
PUBLICATION NOTICE TO CREDITORS DECEDENT’S TRUST ESTATE STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF BARRY Estate of Robert Smith, Deceased. Decedent’s date of birth: May 29, 1930. Name of Trust: Smith Family Trust Date of trust: November 12, 2004. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Robert Smith, who lived at 8255 Parmalee Road, Middleville, MI 49333, died on June 10, 2012. There is no probate estate. Creditors of the deceased are notified that all claims against the trust estate will be forever barred unless presented to Shirley A. Smith, the named Trustee, whose address is 8255 Parmalee Road, Middleville, MI 49333, within 4 months of the date of publication of this notice. William R. Wieringa, P64514 Attorney for Trustee 1416 W. Milham Avenue Portage, MI 49024 (269) 271-0615 Shirley A. Smith, Trustee 8255 Parmalee Road Middleville, MI 49333 (269) 795-9239 77569201
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 (06-21)(07-12) 77568740
SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING JUNE 13, 2012 -7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Greenfield, Bellmore, Hawthorne, Carr, Lee, Hanshaw, Flint Approved the Agenda as presented. Approved the Consent Agenda as presented. Adopted Resolution #2012-152, Revised Fire Contract by roll call vote. Podunk Lake Public Hearing was held. Adopted Resolution #2012-151, approving the redetermination of costs and revised special assessments for 2012-2015 by roll call vote. Approved a fireworks permit for Jay Gordenski. Declined membership in the MTA by roll call vote. Meeting Adjourned at 9:35p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor 77569181 www.rutlandtownship.org
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by ANDERSON PROPERTIES, a Michigan partnership ("Mortgagor"), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, having an office at 333 E. Main Street, Midland, Michigan 48640-6511 (the "Mortgagee"), dated September 29, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on October 20, 2006, as Instrument No. 1171694 (the "Mortgage"). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. Mortgagee is the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of Sixty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Fifty and 52/100 Dollars ($66,350.52). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder at the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday the 12th day of July, 2012, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of Lot 289 of the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof and running thence West 20 rods for a point of beginning; thence North 8 rods; thence West 4 rods; thence South 8 rods; thence East 4 rods to point of beginning. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the abovedescribed premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of such premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or relating to the premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended; (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon such premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with any present or future operation of such premises, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting, ground maintenance equipment. Commonly known as: 437 W. Mill Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 P.P. #08-55-001-107-00 Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. If the premises are sold at a foreclosure sale, under MCLA §600.3278 the Mortgagor will be held responsible to the person who buys the premises at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the Mortgagee for damaging the premises during the redemption period. Dated: June 14, 2012 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2487 (616) 752-2000 77568684 8412856-1
STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF HEARING CASE NO. 11-8242-NA TO: Dustin Davis and Jessica Vanalmen, whose addresses and whereabouts are unknown to Petitioner and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: IN THE MATTER OF: Riley Davis. A hearing regarding Termination of Parental Rights will be conducted by the court on August 17, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. in Barry County Family County, 206 W. Court St., 3rd floor, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge William M. Doherty. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Dustin Davis and Jessica Vanalmen personally appear before the court at the time and place stated above. This hearing may result in the termination of your 77569203 parental rights over Riley Davis.
STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 11-25859-DE Estate of Jimmy Dale McConnell. Date of birth: 4-27-51. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Jimmy Dale McConnell, died May 26, 2011. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Tammy Lynne George, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Ste. 302, Hastings, and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 6-1-12 Tammy Lynne George 14170 East W. Ave. Fulton, MI 49052 77569205 (269) 615-5609
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by ERIC C. ANDERSON, a married man, THOMAS S. ANDERSON, a single man, and MARK ANDERSON, a married man, as joint tenants (collectively, "Mortgagor"), to SAND RIDGE BANK, a division of First Financial Bank NA, a national association, of 450 W. Lincoln Highway, Box 598, Schereville, Indiana 46375, dated September 9, 2005, which was duly recorded in the office of the Barry County, Michigan, Register of Deeds on September 13, 2005, as Instrument No. 1152665, as assigned to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2185 Three Mile Road NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544-1451 ("Mortgagee"), pursuant to a Branch Purchase and Assumption Agreement dated May 11, 2006, and a Bill of Sale dated August 18, 2006, as evidenced of record by an assignment of mortgage dated September 14, 2009, recorded September 29, 2009, as Instrument No. 200909290009655, Barry County Records, and as amended by a first amendment to mortgaged dated May 5, 2010, as recorded June 4, 2010, as Instrument No. 201006040005390, Barry County Records, given to Mortgagee by Mortgagor and also by SHERRY ANDERSON, who is the wife of Eric C. Anderson, and CHRISTINE ANDERSON, who is the wife of Mark Anderson (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. Mortgagee is the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of Seventy Seven Thousand Five Hundred Six and 34/100 Dollars ($77,506.34). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder at the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday the 12th day of July, 2012, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: The East 1/2 of Lot 7 and the West 1/2 of Lot 8 of Block 2 of James Dunnings Addition to the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the recorded Plat thereof. Together with all rights, easements, appurtenances, royalties, mineral rights, oil and gas rights, crops, timber, all diversion payments or third party payments made to crop producers, all water and riparian rights, wells, ditches, reservoirs, and water stock and all existing and future improvements, structures, fixtures, and replacements that may now, or at any time in the future be part of the real estate. Commonly known as: 721 W. Walnut Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 P.P. #08-55-035-016-00 Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. If the premises are sold at a foreclosure sale, under MCLA §600.3278 the Mortgagor will be held responsible to the person who buys the premises at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the Mortgagee for damaging the premises during the redemption period. Dated: June 14, 2012 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2487 (616) 752-2000 77568679 8412749-1
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 Dennis J. Goit, a married man and Joyce A. Goit, his wife, to MCA Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 6, 1998 and recorded May 11, 1998 in Instrument Number 1011750, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by US Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Trustee for GSMPS 2005-RP3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Four and 79/100 Dollars ($82,484.79) including interest at 8% 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 07/12/2012 Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The land referred to in this Commitment, situated in the County of Barry, Township of Thornapple, State of Michigan, is described as follows: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section; Thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 23 seconds West, 334.56 feet along the South line of said Section; Thence North 00 degrees 15 minutes 25 seconds West, 422.00 feet parallel with the West line of the East 1/2 of said Southeast 1/4; Thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 23 seconds East, 334.63 feet, thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 50 seconds East 422.00 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning. Subject to highway right-ofway over the Southerly 33 feet thereof and over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Except that part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of Section 12; Thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 23 seconds West 334.56 feet along the South line of said Southeast 1/4; Thence North 00 degrees 15 minutes 25 seconds West 222.00 feet parallel with the West line of the East 1/2 of said Southeast 1/4; Thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 23 seconds East 334.60 feet; Thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 50 seconds East 222.00 feet along the East line of said Southeast 1/4 to the place of beginning. Subject to highway rights-of-way for Garbow Road and Robertson Road. 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 14, 2012 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 2485022633 File No. 326.9185 77568697 (06-14)(07-05)
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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. ATTENTION 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 by Jason L. Watson and Deena L. Watson, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Kellogg Community Federal Credit Union, Mortgagee, dated July 27, 2005, and recorded on August 22, 2005, in Instrument No. 1151437, in Barry County records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty and 00/100 Dollars ($266,250.00), including interest at 5.0% 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 lobby of the Calhoun County Justice Center, 161 E. Michigan Avenue, Battle Creek, Michigan 490144066, at 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 26, 2012. Said premises is situated in the Township of Hope, County of Barry, Michigan, and described as: The Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, excepting therefrom the South 726 feet thereof. PPN: 08-07-023-002-15 More Commonly Known As: 7807 N. Lammers Rd., Delton, MI 49046 The redemption period shall be six (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 thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 11, 2012 For more information, please call: KELLOGG COMMUNITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION Mark D. Hofstee (P66001) Bolhouse, Baar & Lefere, P.C. Grandville State Bank Building 3996 Chicago Drive SW Grandville MI 49418-1384 (616) 531-7711 77568723
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 77569221 (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 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 77568865 (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 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 77569167 (07-05)(07-26)
State News Roundup Talking urinals designed to get attention A woman’s voice in a men’s restroom? That’s the attention-getting plan behind the latest designated-driver promotion now in hundreds of restrooms around the state. Working with the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association, restaurant and bar owners have been asked to place “talking” urinal cakes in restrooms to encourage and remind patrons to call a cab or a friend to get home safely. The restroom reminders are part of a larger effort that also includes a statewide crackdown in the first week of July. “While this message isn’t new, the method of delivery certainly is,” said Michael L. Prince, director of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning, which plans and coordinates this federally funded effort. “Not only do we want to turn some heads and get people talking, we hope everyone takes the message to heart.” The talking urinal cakes have been used by other states for the same purpose. This one-ofa-kind promotion uses a urinal cake that features a print message and a brief motion-activated audio. According to the manufacturer, “using the elements of surprise and humor in a truly unique location will make a lasting impression on every male that sees it.”
LEGAL NOTICES 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)
“We’re working closely with OHSP so patrons understand our members want them to get home safely every time,” says MLBA Executive Director Scott T. Ellis. “At first it may be seen as humorous, but the seriousness of the message will stand out and encourage patrons to find a safe ride home.” Local, county and state law enforcement officers in 26 counties will conduct additional drunk driving patrols through July 8. The message is especially important for young men. In 2011, men represented more than 80 percent of drinking drivers in alcoholinvolved fatal crashes. Of those male drivers, more than 40 percent were men 21 to 34 years old. Statistics indicate men are arrested for drunk driving at a rate of nearly three to every one woman in Michigan.
State autism council to be established Gov. Rick Snyder Thursday signed an executive order establishing within the state Department of Community Health an Autism Council to oversee Michigan’s Autism Spectrum Disorders State Plan. “It is important that we work together to identify autism disorders as soon as possible. The sooner the diagnosis, the quicker patients can receive treatment, and the likelier they are to reaching their fullest potential,” Snyder said. “Effective coordination is necessary to achieve these goals, and the Michigan Autism Council will help ensure our state plan becomes a reality, so individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families can live better lives.” The order creates the council as an advisory body to review, adopt and implement the state plan. The plan will provide for comprehensive, lifespan supports to individuals with ASD and their families through access to information and resources, coordination of services and implementation of evidencebased practices. The council must also update the plan every year. The group will consist of 12 members appointed by the governor; four members appointed for terms expiring on Sept. 30, 2014, four members appointed for terms expiring on Sept. 30, 2015, and four members appointed for terms expiring on Sept. 30,
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 Kyle C. Rickert, and, Stacia Rickert, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 4, 2008, and recorded on April 14, 2008 in instrument 20080414-0004028, and assigned by said Mortgagee to SunTrust Mortgage, 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 Thirty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Four and 37/100 Dollars ($133,444.37). 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 12, 2012. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 284,285,286,287 and 304, AL-GON-QUIN Lake Resort Properties Unit No. 2, as recorded in Liber 2, Page 63 of Plats, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period. Dated: June 14, 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 #390522F01 77568674 (06-14)(07-05)
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2016. After the initial appointments, members of the council will serve four-year terms. The council is similar to what other states have implemented.
Ban lifted on Kalamazoo River fish The Michigan Department of Community Health has lifted the “Do Not Eat” fish consumption advisory for the stretch of the Kalamazoo River affected by the 2010 oil spill. On July 27, 2010, MDCH issued a special advisory that no one eat any fish caught in the Kalamazoo River from Talmadge Creek to the west end of Morrow Lake. MDCH staff tested fish samples collected in the fall of 2010 and again in the summer of 2011 from the Ceresco Impoundment and from Morrow Lake. The chemicals tested included those found in the spilled oil, as well as those that are often found in Michigan fish. MDCH compared the levels of chemicals in fish from the oil-spill areas to those found in fish from an area upstream of the oil spill, as well as historical information from samples collected in the years before the spill. MDCH concluded, based on the results of these tests, that the “Do Not Eat” fish consumption advisory could be lifted. MDCH recommends that people follow the guidelines for eating safe fish from the Kalamazoo River available at www.michigan.gov/eatsafefish or by calling 800-6486942.
KCC celebrating 50 years of nursing Kellogg Community College will celebrate 50 years of nursing education with a nursing alumni picnic from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. The event will commemorate the admission of the 50th class of students to Kellogg Community College’s RN program this fall and will take place on the lawn on the north side of the college’s Battle Creek campus, located at 450 North Ave. Tonie McMaster, KCC assistant director of nursing education, said anyone who graduated from the college’s RN program is invited to attend for a free lunch and to reunite with other nurses who got their start at KCC. In addition to lunch, the event will include tours of the college’s nursing education facilities. Also on hand will be representatives from various educational institutions to provide information about advanced nursing education. Those who wish to attend the picnic must RSVP by Aug. 17 by visiting the website www.kellogg.edu/alliedhealth/nursing/picnic.html, emailing 50yearsofnursing@kellogg.edu or calling 269-565-2007.
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 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 77569161 (07-05)(07-26)
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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 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 77569010 (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 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 77569022 (06-28)(07-19)
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) 37177569184 8253 (07-05)(07-26)
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 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 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)
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 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 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)
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)
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POLICE BEAT Right thing, wrong way During the last week of June, when most people were worrying about ways to beat the heat and planning Fourth of July getaways, the U.S. Supreme Court captured the attention of the nation by giving its ruling the Affordable Care Act, or what some call “Obamacare.” After the decision was announced, there was chaos. News outlets, in a rush to beat each other to break the news, incorrectly reported the verdict. Across the nation, Democrats rejoiced and touted their victory, and Republicans were quick to criticize the ruling. On varying ranges of the political spectrum, politicians, news commenters and even President Barack Obama himself were surprised that the individual mandate was upheld as being constitutional. I think some parts of the health care law are good, and many parts are bad. I cannot bring myself to agree that a person should be forced to buy a certain product against his or her will. It may be constitutional now, but that does not make it right. How can you force someone to buy anything? I think it sets a dangerous precedent and makes for a slippery slope. Many argue that car insurance is a product you are already required by the government to purchase. You do have to buy car insurance, if you choose to own a car and drive. But the government doesn’t require anyone to own a car or drive. Our health care system in America isn’t perfect, but it is absolutely one of the best in the world. It is the envy of other nations, and foreign leaders even come from other countries,
including Canada, to have medical treatment here. I worry about the effects this law will have on our system once all aspects of it are enacted. I do like the idea of Michigan residents being able compare and shop for health insurance on the Internet all in one place. However, I don’t think the government is best equipped to run this new and innovative online marketplace. It’s possible to do the right thing the wrong way, and I think asking government to take over in this instance will not produce the best possible outcome. I am pleased that as a result of this law, more people will have health insurance coverage. I do worry that that mandating people to buy insurance — the same people who have been unable to afford to buy insurance — is like mandating that starving people buy food or pay a penalty. My biggest overall concern with the law, though, is how it will be paid for. Borrowing even more money, with our already overwhelming debt, is not acceptable. Raising taxes on the middle class is also unacceptable. As the vice chair of the house health care policy committee, we will be forced begrudgingly to enact and adopt policies forced down on us by the federal government. We will do our best to ensure these policies benefit Michigan residents and guarantee fair access to health care services. If you’d like to share your thoughts on this issue, please do not hesitate to email me, MikeCallton@house.mi.gov.
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Card of Thanks THE FAMILY OF Rick Rodriguez would like to express our deepest thank you to all for their cards, flowers, donations and support during his illness and passing. Thank you to Dr. Steven Wildren & staff; West Michigan Heart Assoc. doctors & staff; Lauer Funeral Home & staff; Chaplin Robert Olivarri; his friends at the Nashville & Peace United Methodist Churches. Our sincerest thank you to all those at Barry County Hospice who helped us as well as Dad during this time. A special thank you to Charlie Boulter whose care and comfort to Dad meant a great deal to us; to all his music friends and family; you brought him such enjoyment. Thank you to our friends and co-workers for the support you’ve shown. Our deepest appreciation to Betty Carey, whose love, care and companionship was such a blessing to him as well as his family. Thank you all!
Woman loses money in sweepstakes scam A woman reported being scammed out of $1,000 over the phone. She told Barry County Sheriff deputies a man had called her June 20 from Liberty Global Brokerage Firm and announced she had won a sweepstakes worth $427,000, plus an additional $50,000 and a 2012 Porsche. The man informed her all she needed to do to claim the prize was send $800, which he cut to $400 when she told him she was on disability. He instructed the woman to travel to the nearest Walmart and purchase “Green Dot” cards worth $400 and provide him with the attached activation code, which she did. The man said her prizes would be delivered the next day. The next day, according to the woman, the man called and told her he was in a Brinks delivery truck in Cadillac and had been stopped by police. He then asked her to pay the $595 traffic fine before claiming her prizes. The sweepstakes man told her to call Detective Ray Dillard at the Big Rapids Police Department, which she did, but it was after 5 p.m. and nobody was available. She purchased $600 in Green Dot cards at Walmart and provided the man with activation codes. After the weekend, and receiving no sweepstakes prizes, the woman contacted the Big Rapids Police Department again only to be informed there was no Detective Dillard. When she attempted to contact the sweepstakes number, it consistently went to a recording. The woman called the Michigan Attorney General’s office where staff confirmed the scam. Deputies asked the woman to contact Green Dot to report the fraud and the Federal Trade Commission. The case is closed.
Man admits to not being the brightest light Hastings Police were called to Hastings Kmart June 22 for a reported retail fraud. Upon arrival, officers were told store personnel had taken an 18-year-old Middleville man into custody after witnessing him take some headlamp bulbs out of their packaging and place them into his pocket. Employees said the man then walked through the exit where he was stopped. He admitted it was a stupid thing to do and was arrested, then lodged at the Barry County Jail.
Woman has her own BOGO sale Hastings City Police received a complaint June 23 of retail fraud at the Hastings Kmart after a 49-year-old Middleville woman had been taken into custody. According to store personnel, the woman was seen placing several items into her purse and proceeded to check out with other merchandise. She attempted to leave the store after paying for only the items scanned and not the items in her purse. The woman was arrested and transported to the Barry County Jail.
Driver lacks license, judgment Hastings officers received a call June 23 of a man who had driven up over the curb and onto a West Marshall Street yard, got out of the vehicle and urinated on the caller’s car. The caller reported the 27-yearold Hastings man then attempted to back off of the curb. Officers stopped the man before he drove off. The driver admitted to drinking and told the officer he did not have his license. A background check revealed the man also was wanted on an outstanding warrant. He attempted several agility tests and failed a portable breath test. He was arrested for operating while intoxicated, driving on a suspended license and a warrant for child support. His blood alcohol level was .11 percent.
Trouble begins in a back alley Hastings City Police noticed activity June 20 in an alley behind an East State Street business. Officers saw a truck blocking the alley and discovered the license plate was not properly registered. Moments later, three subjects got into the truck and drove away. The officer stopped the vehicle and learned that the 52-year-old Nashville driver had a suspended driver’s license, plus an outstanding arrest warrant. One of the passengers, a 52-year-old Hastings man, also was wanted for an outstanding arrest warrant. The two men were arrested
and taken to the Barry County Jail. The third person, a 44-year-old Hastings woman, was allowed to leave the scene. The truck was not properly licensed or insured and was impounded and towed from the scene. A suspicious substance in a clear glass tube was found inside the truck and was sent to a lab for analysis.
Man admits to seemingly giant-sized beers Hastings officers were patrolling East State Road early June 29, when they stopped a vehicle near Boltwood Street. When police asked the 24-year-old Hastings driver if he had been drinking, he reportedly responded “two beers.” After attempting to perform several roadside agility tests, the driver was offered a portable breath test which registered .19 percent. He was arrested for operating while intoxicated and lodged at the Barry County Jail.
Couple’s argument takes to the road Hastings officers were dispatched to the Kmart parking lot July 2 on a report of domestic violence. While en route, officers were told a man was trying to break out a car window as a woman was attempting to drive from the scene. Police were told both individuals had left the scene and the lead vehicle had driven into the State Police parking lot, with the suspect following. A trooper stopped the suspected vehicle while police met with the complainant, a 22-year-old Hastings woman. The 27-yearold suspect, of Delton, had located the victim in the Kmart parking lot following a heated argument at their home. The victim said the suspect became upset over their dog being let out of the house, and the argument had escalated. When police learned physical violence had occurred in the past and the victim had been assaulted, he was taken into custody for domestic assault.
Salvager’s story seems to come apart Barry County Deputies received a fax June 4 asking for assistance locating 10 vehicles worth more than $21,000. The complainant worked for Burt Transportation Service U.S., Inc. and said the Dodge Caravans had been towed off a Bellevue storage lot. The lot was a residential yard owned by an ex-employee’s son. According to the 63-year-old former employee, he was told by Barry County officials he must remove the vehicles or be ticketed. He tried to contact the transportation company by phone, email and letter with little success. He then contacted a Battle Creek salvage company which hauled the vehicles away and allegedly paid him $1,000 for each vehicle, without a receipt. When deputies visited the Battle Creek salvage company, they saw organized bins full of alternators, brake rotors, alloy rims and more. An employee of the yard was asked if they dismantled vehicles. He told the deputy they did not; they simply bought parts from scrappers and then sold them. The owner of the salvage yard did not return the deputy’s calls. The case remains open.
Woman takes boss’ money and runs Deputies responded June 9 to a reported embezzlement at a West Marsh Road business. The business owner told deputies a 43-year-old female employee had taken more than $1,300 in cash. The man said the woman had left during her shift without explanation, and when he counted the cash in the businesses money bag, he discovered the discrepancy. The cash represented about two days’ business, he told a deputy. When he went to check at the employee’s home, her roommate said the woman had packed her truck and left. Deputies were unable to contact the suspect and the case has been turned over to the prosecutor.
Social Security card is a long way from home A woman called the Barry County Sheriff’s Department June 14 to report her uncle’s home on Guy Road had been burglarized. The uncle was living in Florida and had received property in the mail that he knew was locked in a safe at his Guy
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POLICE BEAT, continued from previous column Road residence, so he contacted his niece. The mail from the Nashville residence was postmarked through Eaton Rapids. A Eaton Rapids man had found a Social Security card in the tall grass near his driveway and mailed it to the uncle. The niece told deputies she had gone to the house and discovered the safe was missing. Several drawers and cupboards also had been disturbed. The uncle asked deputies to check in his closet to see if a camera and video camera were missing, and they were. He told deputies the safe also contained birth certificates for his wife, son and daughter, along with his marriage license and photos of his deceased mother. Deputies reported a neighbor had seen a suspicious white Chevrolet truck in the area driving back and forth. Another neighbor reported seeing a green Chevrolet or GMC truck driving slowly around the area. The case is inactive pending more information.
Three women in bar fight, no charges filed Deputies responded to an assault in progress on Nine Mile Road near Shelbyville June 9. Upon questioning witnesses, deputies discovered two women had walked into a local bar and confronted an ex-boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend was with another female. Reportedly, the women attacked each other, but none wanted to press charges. The bartender said the two women who walked in were banned and could not return to the establishment. The case is closed.
Woman reports moved or missing items after vacation A woman called 911 June 29 because she suspected her 50-year-old ex-husband had broken into her Battle Creek home while she was on vacation. She told deputies when she returned from vacation, the screen on her bedroom window had been disturbed, and some items, including her car keys, had been moved within the house. Check stubs and approximately $200 in cash were missing. On further investigation, two of the couple’s children knew about the alleged break-in. The woman was not sure if she wanted to pursue charges.
SOCIAL SECURITY COLUMN Get your Social Security statement online by Vonda VanTil Social Security Public Affairs Specialist If you would like to get a Social Security statement, which provides estimates of your future benefits, it is now available online at www.socialsecurity.gov. The online statement provides the opportunity to save or print the document for future reference, or to have handy for discussions with family members or a financial planner. According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, users are giving the online statement a score of 89, making it competitive with our other top-rated, best-in-government online services, such as the retirement estimator and online retirement application. To get a personalized online statement, you must be age 18 or older and must be able to provide information about yourself that matches information already on file with Social Security. In addition, Social Security uses Experian, an external authentication service provider, for further verification. You must provide identifying information and answer security questions in order to pass this verification. Social Security will not share your Social Security number with Experian, but the identity check is an important part of this new, thorough verification process. When your identity is verified, you can create a “My Social Security” account with a unique user name and password to access your online statement. In addition, your online statement includes links to information about other online Social Security services, such as applications for retirement, disability, and Medicare. For more information about the new online statement, visit www.socialsecurity.gov/mystatement. Vonda VanTil is the public affairs specialist for West Michigan. You may write her c/o Social Security Administration, 3045 Knapp St. NE, Grand Rapids MI 49525 or via email to vonda.vantil@ssa.gov.
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Bernard Museum celebrating 50 years of history, inspiration Free ice cream social planned Saturday by Doug VanderLaan Editor Though his patients were likely happy that he devoted the majority of his time and talent to medicine, Barry County physician Prosper G. Bernard was also a man of many interests who devoted considerable effort to preserving the history of an area he came to call home. So wide were Dr. Bernard’s interests and so vast were his collecting efforts that the Bernard Historical Society long ago ran out of room to display the treasures and artifacts that he amassed before his sudden death in 1980 at age 78. “Yeah, we’ve got to put some of this stuff in storage so we can find room to display other stuff,” says John Decker, a trustee on the Historical Society’s board during a recent tour. “We’re working on a Civil War exhibit now, but you’ve got to find a place to put it.” The museum started with Bernard’s signature contribution to the land he purchased on the north shore of Crooked Lake, midway between Delton and Prairieville, in 1930: his own six-bed hospital. The hospital and the home he built adjacent to it still stand and form the anchors to the present six-building museum that opened following a Sunday afternoon in 1962 when a group of interested people met at the Bernard home to establish the historical society. More than 400 babies were born at Bernard’s hospital during the five years it operated. The hospital was closed when Bernard was called to serve as a medical officer in the World War II invasion of North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Gordon Mitchell is one of many local residents who have direct connections to the hospital. “My grandfather died in this hospital in 1937,” relates Mitchell, a foremost genealogist and historian who now lives near Hickory Corners. “He had a goiter operated on in Ann Arbor and they sent him home on a bus — then he still had to walk a couple of miles to get home. “He died here of complications from the surgery.” Bernard, who was said to be a perfectionist with an eye for innovation, implemented several ingenious designs into his hospital, the most popular one — especially for younger visitors — an underground tunnel that ran from the hospital to his home. The tunnel served for secure and weather-resistant delivery of patient meals from the home’s kitchen. Medical instruments were also sterilized in the home’s kitchen and delivered to the hospital without possible environmental compromise. It’s Bernard’s collections, though, that exhibit the boundless energy and the unfettered interests of a man who piloted light aircraft, became a photographer who developed his own images, learned silversmithing, and who polished skills in lapidary, pottery, metal spinning and woodworking. A dugout canoe, retrieved from neighboring Wall Lake in 1971, is estimated to have been constructed by Native American ancestors 150 to 1,500 years ago. A massive scale model of Hope, Prairieville, Orangeville, and Barry Townships includes a narrow-gauge railroad tribute to the old Chicago Kalamazoo and Saginaw, a stretch of which ran through Delton to Woodbury. A clockface from the old Hastings City Bank sits against one wall adjacent to a wall of telephones and operators wire switchboard. Bernard’s knowledge of Native American pottery and his passion for antique collecting brought even more artifacts to the museum as gifts from friends and neighbors who understood the doctor’s passion for local history. The Bernard Museum board continues to operate on Bernard’s passion for sharing history as a gift to the community. Admission and parking are always free. In fact, an initial 25-cent admission charge was discontinued because Bernard and the museum felt that, since most everything in the museum had been donated, admission should be free. The museum covered its operational budget with an initial contribution of $300 from
Bluegrass band Schlitz Creek will play at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute Sunday. Pictured are (from left) Dave Dekema, John Speeter, Ike Smith, Nick Griffith and Nick Deaton.
Bluegrass band Schlitz Creek will play at Pierce Cedar Creek Guests can be transported back in time by an old-fashioned, high-energy bluegrass as Schlitz Creek takes the stage at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute the evening of Sunday, July 8. The Kalamazoo-based band will be performing from 6 to 8 p.m. The band is sure to raise a ruckus as members crowd around a single vintage microphone as if they were performing at an old country hoedown. Sets include music of such legends as the Dillards, the Monkees, Bob Seger, Lennon and McCartney, Kenny
Bernard Historical Society trustees Gordon Mitchell, (left) Anne Richards and John Decker ready a whirligig weather vane for the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration Saturday, July 7. each of its four neighboring townships, Hope, Barry, Prairieville and Orangeville. The gifts reached $1,000 each annually, though some of the townships contribute less or give sporadically today. The difference in township support and operational cost has been made up partially in donations, in the gift from the estate of a local resident, in book sales and in membership fees. Also of some assistance has been a recent legal ruling approving the transfer of savings bonds to the museum from the estate of Bernard’s late wife, Esther, who died in 2008. Both Prosper and Esther Bernard are buried in the Prairieville Cemetery. Annual museum memberships are $5 per person. Lifetime memberships are available
Healthy youths, seniors grants available The tobacco settlement grant committee of the Barry Community Foundation will be accepting grants for the Healthy Youth and Seniors Fund. The advisory committee will give consideration to programs that are geared toward tobacco control, cessation or prevention. Grants will be accepted at the foundation until 5 p.m. Aug. 15. The committee will review the requests and make a recommendation to the Barry Community Foundation Board of Directors at its September meeting. Applicants will be informed and checks will be issued at the beginning of October. Previously, Barry- Eaton District Health Department and Barry County Substance Abuse have been awarded grants. The health
department has sponsored a program toward the promotion of smoking cessation through the use of nicotine patches, along with professional counseling. Barry County Substance Abuse has put together the Barry County Tobacco Reduction Coalition and started a youth education project and the Teens Against Tobacco Use Program. BCF continues to look for organizations with innovative, proactive grants for tobacco cessation and prevention. Grant applications may be obtained on the BCF website, www.barrycf.org, or by calling Jennifer at the community foundation office at 269-945-0526.
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for $50 and patron memberships for $150. Decker points out that he got a deal by buying a lifetime membership. “I figured I could live more than 10 years,” chuckles Decker, 81, “so I bought a lifetime membership.” Bernard Historical Society members are hoping that a free ice cream social Saturday, July 7, to celebrate the museum’s 50th year will invite even more members and create even more lifetime memories. The celebration — and ice cream — will run from 1 to 5 p.m. and will include guided tours, music and demonstrations. The Bernard Historical Museum is located at 7135 W. Delton Road, midway between Prairieville and Delton.
Rogers, Jerry Reed and Merle Haggard. The concert will take place in the cool of the PCCI the auditorium. Light refreshments will be served, and ice cream can be purchased during intermission. Ticket, $8 for members, $10 for non-members and $5 for children, can be purchased online at cedarcreekinstitute.org or by calling 269-721-4190. Pierce Cedar Creek Institute is located at 701 W. Cloverdale Road, south of Hastings.
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Commercial Bank dedicates bench to Barry County veterans
Commercial Bank of Hastings dedicated this bench and flags to the veterans of Barry County. Members of Hastings American Legion Post 45 stand ready to offer a 21-gun salute and the playing of taps. Commercial Bank of Hastings dedicated a park bench, along with United States and Michigan flags, to all the veterans of Barry County in a special ceremony Tuesday, July 3. The bench sits in area southeast of the bank facing two flag poles, and can be seen by passersby on West State Street. Tim Kelly, Commercial Bank of Hastings’ community president, Hastings Mayor Bob May, and Barry County Commissioner Robert Houtman all said a few words before the flags were raised. Hastings American
Legion Post 45 provided a 21-gun salute and the playing of taps after the colors were presented. “We had some additional green space and wanted to do something nice for the veterans and the community,” said Kelly. “We wanted to honor Barry County veterans both past and present, and so we have made this a reflection area, of sorts. I got the idea when I saw the benches at the Hastings library. We will be planting a shade tree by the bench in the near future, possibly a miniature maple.”
Barry County Commissioner Robert Houtman (right) speaks at the dedication, as does Commercial Bank’s Tim Kelly (far left) and Hastings City Mayor Bob May.
Dr Carrie Wilgus is pleased to announce the addition of a new Mid-Level Provider to her team! Please welcome to our team: Christi Bush PA-C. Christi is a board certified physician assistant who received her degree from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Christi grew up in Bay City Michigan. After high school, Christi attended Alma College where she received her degree in Psychology. For seven years, Christi worked as a social worker serving the community of Tuscola County in Michigan. She later began practicing in the Bay City area as a physician assistant, where she has spent the past year and a half caring for children at a local medical office specializing in pediatrics. Christi now calls Hastings home and is looking forward to becoming a part of our small community. As a board certified physician assistant, Christi will provide services in the office and hospital setting. She is qualified to treat children from birth to adolescence, providing medical services from: Preventative Services, Well Exams, Behavior and Attention Problems, to management of Chronic Illnesses. Christi is now accepting appointments for new and established patients Monday-Thursday 9am - 5pm and Fridays 1pm - 5pm.
Dr Carrie Wilgus and Christi Bush, PA-C Now Accepting NEW PATIENTS!
American horseless carriages, foreign autos to share weekend at Gilmore Car Museum This weekend, while celebrating America’s independence and uniqueness, the Gilmore Car Museum will be also welcome a friendly invasion of sorts by overseas friends. The weekend will mark the first-ever allGerman car show Saturday followed by the 22nd annual British car show Sunday. Early motoring Americana will also make a stand Saturday as original horseless carriages will take to the museum’s campus. Also Saturday, July 7, the all-German car show — called Deutsche Marques — will feature cars such as BMW, Audi, MercedesBenz, Volkswagen, Porsche and others. When Karl Benz applied for a patent in 1886 for his “vehicle with a gas engine,” little did he realize that his invention — later recognized as the world’s first automobile — would change the world. It wasn’t until 1893, seven years after Benz unveiled his invention to the world, that the Duryea brothers produced the first American-built automobile. Events Saturday will include nearly a dozen high-wheel motor buggies — true horseless carriages — that were built exclusively in America between 1895 and 1915. These quaint vehicles, with names like Autobug, Holsman or Anderson as well as Sears and International Harvester, will be showcased and driven throughout the historic Campus. Resembling the horse-drawn vehicles of the era, partially to attract new customers who depended on the horse and carriage for transportation, and practically to conquer the rough wagon trails once called roads, their high wheels meant they could maneuver the deep, mud-filled paths in the rainy season and roll over the boulders, tree roots and holes that served as interference in the dry season. The arrival of European automobiles continues Sunday, July 8, when the Gilmore Car Museum welcomes the ever-popular Mad Dogs and Englishmen British Auto Faire. Spectators can explore an authentic London double-decker bus, ride in a 1935 London taxi, and watch a uniformed British bobby direct traffic, all before the afternoon tea and bagpipe music. This is the largest gathering of British-built vehicles, of all eras, from luxury models to sports cars and motorcycles, in the Midwest. Many fine examples from Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Austin, Aston-Martin and Lotus, as well as Triumph, Singer and Land Rover will be shown. Last year, more than 400 British
When you think of Great Britain you might envision uniformed Bobbies, double decker buses and bagpipers — all of which will take part in this Sunday’s British Car Faire. (Photo by Gilmore Car Museum)
This very rare 1938 Mercedes 540K Sport Tourer, on display at the Gilmore Car Museum, is the only remaining example to survive and remained hidden in a Dresden, Germany basement for nearly six decades. (Photo by David Lyon) cars were displayed on the museum’s manicured show grounds.
This weekend offers a unique opportunity to taste a bit of early Americana that is not readily accessible and experience the automobiles and culture of Great Britain and Germany without a passport or the expense of traveling “across the pond.” This weekend’s events and all the exhibits within the newly expanded Gilmore Car Museum are open to the public from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The museum, featuring nearly 300 antique, classic and collector cars and vintage motorcycles, is located south of Delton on M-43 and Hickory Road. To learn more about the Gilmore Car Museum visit: www.GilmoreCarMuseum.org or call the museum at 269-671-5089
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This 1909 Holsman high wheel motor buggy is among nearly a dozen such vehicles to be showcased at the Gilmore Car Museum Saturday. (Photo by Gilmore Car Museum)