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by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer An informal early count indicates that, as projected, there are 50 less students attending Hastings Area Schools this year than there were during the 2011-12 school year. During Tuesday’s Hastings Board of Education work session, superintendent Todd Geerlings said a first-week count showed a student population of 2,808, four less than the board budgeted for when it approved the dis- trict’s 2012-13 budget. According to Geerlings, there are 18 fewer elementary students in the district with the greatest decrease at the kindergarten level. He said the middle school count was 653, four less than the projected 657, while the high school count, including 50 alternative educa- tion students was 937, which is 44 more than the projected 893. The official count day for Hastings and all public school districts in Michigan is Wednesday, Oct. 4. Geerlings also gave the board an update on a Hastings Educational Support Staff Association unfair labor practice claim filed in June on behalf of 10 instructional support staff members. Geerlings said he hoped to have the matter resolved before the board’s regular meeting in October. School board candidate Steve Williams announced at the meeting that he was with- drawing from the race due to health issues. He said it is too late to have his name removed from the ballot. Williams withdrawal means there will be no races during the school election Tuesday, Nov. 6. Incumbent trustee John Hart is run- ning unopposed for his partial term which ends Dec. 31, 2014. Newcomers Valerie Slaughter and Louis Wierenga are now run- ning unopposed for two six-year terms that will expire Dec. 31, 2018. The seats are cur- rently held by trustees Patricia Endsley and Gene Haas, who are not seeking re-election. Events of Sept. 11 shook the nation See Editorial on Page 4 ANNER THE HASTINGS B Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 NEWS BRIEFS Area runners among fastest at TK Invite See Story on Page 16 GED program success rate exceeds goal See Story on Page 2 VOLUME 159, No. 36 Thursday, September 13, 2012 PRICE 75¢ by Doug VanderLaan Editor Its recent success in resolving the county’s dilemma over the control and shelter of dogs and cats has apparently made the Barry County Board of Commissioners the arbiter for all animal problems — including cows. “I come here to speak to you commission- ers about an unfortunate incident regarding some cattle running at large on Nashville Road at River Road,” said Hastings resident Eldon Shellenbarger during the public com- ment period of Tuesday’s commission meet- ing. “I talked to a couple of farmers in the area and one said that he knew they’d been running loose for five and a half weeks. As far as he knew, they were abandoned.” Shellenbarger, who said he swerved into an oncoming lane to avoid a recent nighttime col- lision, told commissioners he had sustained damage to his car and filed a police report. His bigger concern, however, and the reason for his appearance before the county board, was the lack of response by the sheriff’s depart- ment to a potentially deadly situation. “I contacted the sheriff’s department and they said they knew nothing of it,” continued Shellenbarger, of one farmer’s claim that he had complained to the central dispatch unit at the sheriff’s department five weeks previous regarding the loose cattle. “I asked them to see what they could do through animal con- trol, I asked for an investigation and all I get is a run-around. “This is a real public safety hazard, I could have been killed or injured. This is an animal control issue, and enforcement is not being done when animals are running at large ... The animal enforcement ordinance covers any type of law enforcement by animal con- trol officers. “Central Dispatch knew for five weeks that cattle has been running at large ... My issue is public safety because, if I had been killed or injured, then the county would have been on the hook for a lawsuit because of unlawful death.” Shellenbarger charged that he had been told by a county officer that the sheriff’s department had no interest in investigating. Other than Commissioner Don Nevins who asked, then suggested, that Shellenbarger talk to Sheriff Dar Leaf — and was then remind- ed that he could not respond during the pub- lic comment period — commissioners quietly accepted Shellenbarger’s comments. Following the meeting, Board Chair Craig Stolsonburg suggested the matter is an administrative issue that the commission can- not address. In other business, the county board: • Approved an $18,000 bid for rehabilita- tion of a home at 233 E. Thorn St., Hastings as part of the Michigan State housing Development Authority HOME Grant pro- gram. • Approved amendments to the Barry County Parks and Regulation Ordinance to reflect the current state of Barry County parks and oversight structure, including the chang- ing of the parks and recreation “Board” name to “Commission.” • Approved the 2013 Title IV-D Cooperative Reimbursement Program appli- cation for the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office to the Michigan Department of Human Services, a three-year contract that will pro- vide the county $112,324 in reimbursement funds through fiscal year 2015. • Approved the 2013 Title IV-D Cooperative Reimbursement Program appli- cation for the Barry County Friend of the Court to the Michigan Department of Human Services, a three-year contract that will pro- vide the county $1,998,958 in reimbursement funds through fiscal year 2015. • Approved the retiree health funding vehi- cle trust fund with an initial deposit of a $1,041,302 from the 100 percent tax payment fund, reducing the annual required funding of the Barry County retiree health plan by approximately $100,000 annually. The commission will next meet as a com- mittee of the whole Tuesday, Sept. 18, begin- ning at 9 a.m. in the commission’s meeting chambers at the Barry County Courthouse. Cows on the run testing county’s animal control enforcement ordinance Green Street to remain open to traffic on Halloween by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer It is said that life is priceless. However, some members of the Hastings City Council felt that the approximately $850 it would cost the city in overtime pay to have workers from its department of public services to set up and remove barricades before and after trick-or- treating outweighed the possibility of a child getting hurt Halloween night on West Green Street. “I still have children young enough to trick-or-treat ... but, $850 to close off one street?” said trustee Jeri DePue. Trustee Bill Redman said that earlier in the day he had talked to 15 or 16 residents on Green Street and none of them objected to the closure. “I think the safety aspect of this is some- thing that is above and beyond anything else,” said Redman. “There is a high concentration of kids on this street at that time.” Trustee Barry Wood asked why the city should close a portion of Green Street and not others. “We have children all over the communi- ty,” he said. “Because Taffee and Grant Street don’t yield 1,500 people,” responded Trustee Dave Tossava. With Mayor Bob May and Trustee Don Bowers absent, the council needed five of the seven members present to vote in favor of a motion in order for it to be approved. Mayor pro-tem Brenda McNabb-Stange and trustees DePue and Wood voted against a motion to close the street during trick-or-treating, while trustees Tossava, Dave Jasperse, Waylon Black and Redman voted in its favor. Lacking the requisite five votes, the motion failed, 4-3. West Green Street is inarguably the busiest street in Hastings on Halloween night. Each year, residents living on West Green between South Broadway and Cass Street report more than 1,000 children seeking candy during the city’s official trick-or-treating hours of 5 to 8 p.m. While the Hastings City Police Department has no record of a child being struck by a vehicle or seriously injured during trick-or- treating despite the dark and heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic during the event, citizens have expressed concern that it is only a mat- ter of time before someone is hurt. That con- cern led former council member Dave MacIntyre to approach the council earlier this year with a request to close the busiest portion of the street during trick-or-treating to make it safer for children and families. Later, during public comment, city resident Mike Snyder said he was disappointed with the council’s decision. “I think it is very important that you con- sider that [issue] some more for the safety of our children,” Snyder told the council mem- bers. “That should be the number one goal of this council— the safety of our people. Green Street is heavily traveled. There are a lot kids down there, and they get excited and half of them run out into the street. It only takes one injury to wipe the whole thing out.” In other business, the council: • Held a public hearing on the city’s urban services and economic development agree- ment with Rutland Charter Township. No one from the community or council commented. Rutland Charter Township held a public hear- ing on the agreement Wednesday evening. The township and the city must wait 30 days after the public hearings to take formal action on the agreement. • Approved a request from Janine Dalman, executive director of marketing at Pennock Hospital, to hold a community kickball tour- nament fundraiser at Fish Hatchery Park Sunday, Oct. 14. • Approved a motion supporting a second Gus Macker tournament to be held in Hastings sometime in June 2013. • Approved a motion to allow temporary signage and sidewalk sales during Girls Night Out, which is slated for 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4. • Awarded a bid of $9,541.62 to I.S. Midwest for self-contained breathing appara- tus bottles for air packs, as recommended by Hastings Fire Chief Roger Caris. • Authorized Consumers Energy to remove a streetlight at the intersection of Mill Street and Michigan Avenue. The council also approved a motion to authorize Consumers to install a street light on the 1000 block of Mill Street. • Discussed keeping the RV dump station open until 4 p.m. The dump station is current- ly open from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The coun- cil did not take action but reached an informal decision to revisit the matter in the spring. by Doug VanderLaan Editor Once an educator, always an educator — even after more than 30 years of work in the classroom. Education has been in his blood since the day, sitting on the “diag” at the University of Michigan, Steve Williams was struck by the calling. It’s why, after he retired, he put his hat in the ring for election to the Hastings school board this November. Unfortunately, the 1967 Hastings High School graduate recently discovered some- thing else is in his blood, too. “They call it aplastic anemia,” relates Williams, “but, while it could get to be seri- ous, right now I feel good and my tests keep coming back good.” The diagnosis was serious enough, howev- er, to convince Williams to withdraw from the November race, a decision he announced Tuesday at the school board’s work session. “I wouldn’t want to join the board in January, if I were elected, and then have something come up in March or April that would force me to resign,” explains Williams, 62. “That would create an interruption of the board, and we’ve had far too many interrup- tions in the past few years. Plus, I’ve been advised to stay away from potentially stress- ful situations.” Williams doesn’t rule out a future board run if health concerns ease or finding some other capacity in which he can serve the dis- trict. That’s the part of his blood that con- vinces him to never leave education. When Williams left U of M — after arriving in 1969, the same year football coaching legend Bo Schembechler came and, that November, dropped Ohio State and Coach Woody Hayes — he returned to Hastings where, as a substitute teacher, he began his career. Stints at Thornapple Kellogg and Plymouth Salem High School on the east side of the state preceded what he considers to be his most rewarding years at Forest Hills Public Schools where he spent his final 28 years as a media and technical director. Among his notable accomplishments was co-founding that district’s international rela- tions program in which he led 40 to 50 stu- dents each year to visitations and competitions throughout the United States — and achieved national recognition for their efforts. Plus, there still are all the investments that come back to pay dividends nearly every day. “It’s hard for me to believe the number of students who remember me from the past,” he marvels. “Some I was tough on, but they’ll walk up to me today and say, ‘I deserved it, Mr. Williams.’ It’s just amazing that, after more than 30 years, these kids still remem- ber.” Williams is still building future memories today. His community work as a member of the Kiwanis Club and the chamber of com- merce and his support of causes such as United Way, Green Gables Haven, and Spiritual Care Consultants always carries education ties. Williams started the Kiwanis Club tradition of providing all third graders a personal dictionary. “Most times, it’s the first book kids get that is all theirs,” he says with pride. As a board member, Williams believed he would have had a lot to offer the people of Hastings. As a community member he knows he still will. School board bid is short, but Williams will never stop giving Chamber event is tonight at Middleville YMCA camp The Barry County Chamber of Commerce will host the September Business After Hours event at Grand Rapids YMCA’s Camp Manitou-Lin Thursday, Sept. 13, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Camp Manitou-Lin is a year-round facility on Barlow Lake located at 1095 Briggs Road, Middleville, north of the Yankee Springs State Recreational Area. Attendees of the Business After Hours Event at Camp Manitou-Lin will be entered in a drawing for a door prize of $25 in Chamber Barry Bucks, which can be spent at any of over 150 Chamber member businesses throughout the coun- ty. RSVP to Carol Vogt, 269 945-2454, or by email to [email protected]. The Barry County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours Events are held the second Thursday of every month from 4:30 6 p.m. The next event will be Oct. 11 at the Long Lake Outdoor Center. For a complete schedule of future events, visit the chamber’s website, www.mibarry.com/tourism/calendar. To learn more about chamber membership, email Byrnes, [email protected]. Bernard group to meet Tuesday Bernard Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the Delton Kellogg Middle School library, beginning at 7 p.m. A business meeting will be followed by a presentation by Mike Wachowski on the craft of micro-brewing. Alzheimer’s workshop planned The Michigan chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will present a workshop at the Barry County Commission Aging, 320 W. Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, Thursday, Sept. 20, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The workshop will teach local resi- dents how to identify the differences between dementia and Alzheimer’s dis- ease, recognize possible symptoms and signs of the disease, understand how the disease is diagnosed, recognize the effects of Alzheimer’s on the brain and gain access to community resources. Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging, said Lisa Vickers of the Michigan chapter. The progressive and fatal brain disease that is the most com- mon form of dementia. About 196,000 people in Michigan are living with Alzheimer’s disease, she said, 1,100 of them in Barry County. Advance registration for the work- shop is required. To register or learn more about the upcoming program, visit www.alz.org/mglc or call 800-272-3900. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them The Hastings BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Health concerns may have halted his run for school board, but Steve Williams will always be an educational leader. Informal count shows Hastings Area Schools enrollment down

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by Sandra PonsettoStaff Writer

An informal early count indicates that, asprojected, there are 50 less students attendingHastings Area Schools this year than therewere during the 2011-12 school year.

During Tuesday’s Hastings Board of

Education work session, superintendent ToddGeerlings said a first-week count showed astudent population of 2,808, four less than theboard budgeted for when it approved the dis-trict’s 2012-13 budget.

According to Geerlings, there are 18 fewerelementary students in the district with the

greatest decrease at the kindergarten level. Hesaid the middle school count was 653, fourless than the projected 657, while the highschool count, including 50 alternative educa-tion students was 937, which is 44 more thanthe projected 893.

The official count day for Hastings and allpublic school districts in Michigan isWednesday, Oct. 4.

Geerlings also gave the board an update ona Hastings Educational Support StaffAssociation unfair labor practice claim filedin June on behalf of 10 instructional supportstaff members. Geerlings said he hoped tohave the matter resolved before the board’sregular meeting in October.

School board candidate Steve Williamsannounced at the meeting that he was with-drawing from the race due to health issues. Hesaid it is too late to have his name removedfrom the ballot.

Williams withdrawal means there will beno races during the school election Tuesday,Nov. 6. Incumbent trustee John Hart is run-ning unopposed for his partial term whichends Dec. 31, 2014. Newcomers ValerieSlaughter and Louis Wierenga are now run-ning unopposed for two six-year terms thatwill expire Dec. 31, 2018. The seats are cur-rently held by trustees Patricia Endsley andGene Haas, who are not seeking re-election.

Events of Sept. 11shook the nation

See Editorial on Page 4

ANNERTHEHASTINGSB

Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856

NEWSBRIEFS

Area runners amongfastest at TK Invite

See Story on Page 16

GED program successrate exceeds goal

See Story on Page 2

VOLUME 159, No. 36 Thursday, September 13, 2012 PRICE 75¢

by Doug VanderLaanEditor

Its recent success in resolving the county’sdilemma over the control and shelter of dogsand cats has apparently made the BarryCounty Board of Commissioners the arbiterfor all animal problems — including cows.

“I come here to speak to you commission-ers about an unfortunate incident regardingsome cattle running at large on NashvilleRoad at River Road,” said Hastings residentEldon Shellenbarger during the public com-ment period of Tuesday’s commission meet-ing. “I talked to a couple of farmers in thearea and one said that he knew they’d beenrunning loose for five and a half weeks. As faras he knew, they were abandoned.”

Shellenbarger, who said he swerved into anoncoming lane to avoid a recent nighttime col-lision, told commissioners he had sustaineddamage to his car and filed a police report. Hisbigger concern, however, and the reason forhis appearance before the county board, wasthe lack of response by the sheriff’s depart-ment to a potentially deadly situation.

“I contacted the sheriff’s department andthey said they knew nothing of it,” continuedShellenbarger, of one farmer’s claim that hehad complained to the central dispatch unit atthe sheriff’s department five weeks previousregarding the loose cattle. “I asked them tosee what they could do through animal con-trol, I asked for an investigation and all I getis a run-around.

“This is a real public safety hazard, I couldhave been killed or injured. This is an animalcontrol issue, and enforcement is not beingdone when animals are running at large ...The animal enforcement ordinance coversany type of law enforcement by animal con-trol officers.

“Central Dispatch knew for five weeks thatcattle has been running at large ... My issue ispublic safety because, if I had been killed orinjured, then the county would have been onthe hook for a lawsuit because of unlawfuldeath.”

Shellenbarger charged that he had been

told by a county officer that the sheriff’sdepartment had no interest in investigating.

Other than Commissioner Don Nevins whoasked, then suggested, that Shellenbarger talkto Sheriff Dar Leaf — and was then remind-ed that he could not respond during the pub-lic comment period — commissioners quietlyaccepted Shellenbarger’s comments.Following the meeting, Board Chair CraigStolsonburg suggested the matter is anadministrative issue that the commission can-not address.

In other business, the county board:• Approved an $18,000 bid for rehabilita-

tion of a home at 233 E. Thorn St., Hastingsas part of the Michigan State housingDevelopment Authority HOME Grant pro-gram.

• Approved amendments to the BarryCounty Parks and Regulation Ordinance toreflect the current state of Barry County parksand oversight structure, including the chang-ing of the parks and recreation “Board” nameto “Commission.”

• Approved the 2013 Title IV-DCooperative Reimbursement Program appli-cation for the Barry County Prosecutor’sOffice to the Michigan Department of HumanServices, a three-year contract that will pro-vide the county $112,324 in reimbursementfunds through fiscal year 2015.

• Approved the 2013 Title IV-DCooperative Reimbursement Program appli-cation for the Barry County Friend of theCourt to the Michigan Department of HumanServices, a three-year contract that will pro-vide the county $1,998,958 in reimbursementfunds through fiscal year 2015.

• Approved the retiree health funding vehi-cle trust fund with an initial deposit of a$1,041,302 from the 100 percent tax paymentfund, reducing the annual required funding ofthe Barry County retiree health plan byapproximately $100,000 annually.

The commission will next meet as a com-mittee of the whole Tuesday, Sept. 18, begin-ning at 9 a.m. in the commission’s meetingchambers at the Barry County Courthouse.

Cows on the run testing county’sanimal control enforcement ordinance

Green Street to remain open to traffic on Halloweenby Sandra Ponsetto

Staff WriterIt is said that life is priceless. However,

some members of the Hastings City Councilfelt that the approximately $850 it would costthe city in overtime pay to have workers fromits department of public services to set up andremove barricades before and after trick-or-treating outweighed the possibility of a childgetting hurt Halloween night on West GreenStreet.

“I still have children young enough totrick-or-treat ... but, $850 to close off onestreet?” said trustee Jeri DePue.

Trustee Bill Redman said that earlier in theday he had talked to 15 or 16 residents onGreen Street and none of them objected to theclosure.

“I think the safety aspect of this is some-thing that is above and beyond anything else,”said Redman. “There is a high concentrationof kids on this street at that time.”

Trustee Barry Wood asked why the cityshould close a portion of Green Street and notothers.

“We have children all over the communi-ty,” he said.

“Because Taffee and Grant Street don’tyield 1,500 people,” responded Trustee DaveTossava.

With Mayor Bob May and Trustee DonBowers absent, the council needed five of theseven members present to vote in favor of amotion in order for it to be approved. Mayorpro-tem Brenda McNabb-Stange and trusteesDePue and Wood voted against a motion toclose the street during trick-or-treating, whiletrustees Tossava, Dave Jasperse, WaylonBlack and Redman voted in its favor. Lackingthe requisite five votes, the motion failed, 4-3.

West Green Street is inarguably the busieststreet in Hastings on Halloween night. Eachyear, residents living on West Green betweenSouth Broadway and Cass Street report morethan 1,000 children seeking candy during thecity’s official trick-or-treating hours of 5 to 8p.m.

While the Hastings City Police Departmenthas no record of a child being struck by avehicle or seriously injured during trick-or-treating despite the dark and heavy pedestrianand vehicular traffic during the event, citizenshave expressed concern that it is only a mat-ter of time before someone is hurt. That con-

cern led former council member DaveMacIntyre to approach the council earlier thisyear with a request to close the busiest portionof the street during trick-or-treating to make itsafer for children and families.

Later, during public comment, city residentMike Snyder said he was disappointed withthe council’s decision.

“I think it is very important that you con-sider that [issue] some more for the safety ofour children,” Snyder told the council mem-bers. “That should be the number one goal ofthis council— the safety of our people. GreenStreet is heavily traveled. There are a lot kidsdown there, and they get excited and half ofthem run out into the street. It only takes oneinjury to wipe the whole thing out.”

In other business, the council:• Held a public hearing on the city’s urban

services and economic development agree-ment with Rutland Charter Township. No onefrom the community or council commented.Rutland Charter Township held a public hear-ing on the agreement Wednesday evening.The township and the city must wait 30 daysafter the public hearings to take formal actionon the agreement.

• Approved a request from Janine Dalman,executive director of marketing at PennockHospital, to hold a community kickball tour-nament fundraiser at Fish Hatchery ParkSunday, Oct. 14.

• Approved a motion supporting a secondGus Macker tournament to be held inHastings sometime in June 2013.

• Approved a motion to allow temporarysignage and sidewalk sales during Girls NightOut, which is slated for 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday,Oct. 4.

• Awarded a bid of $9,541.62 to I.S.Midwest for self-contained breathing appara-tus bottles for air packs, as recommended byHastings Fire Chief Roger Caris.

• Authorized Consumers Energy to removea streetlight at the intersection of Mill Streetand Michigan Avenue. The council alsoapproved a motion to authorize Consumers toinstall a street light on the 1000 block of MillStreet.

• Discussed keeping the RV dump stationopen until 4 p.m. The dump station is current-ly open from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The coun-cil did not take action but reached an informaldecision to revisit the matter in the spring.

by Doug VanderLaanEditor

Once an educator, always an educator —even after more than 30 years of work in theclassroom.

Education has been in his blood since theday, sitting on the “diag” at the University ofMichigan, Steve Williams was struck by thecalling. It’s why, after he retired, he put hishat in the ring for election to the Hastingsschool board this November.

Unfortunately, the 1967 Hastings HighSchool graduate recently discovered some-thing else is in his blood, too.

“They call it aplastic anemia,” relatesWilliams, “but, while it could get to be seri-ous, right now I feel good and my tests keepcoming back good.”

The diagnosis was serious enough, howev-er, to convince Williams to withdraw from theNovember race, a decision he announcedTuesday at the school board’s work session.

“I wouldn’t want to join the board inJanuary, if I were elected, and then havesomething come up in March or April thatwould force me to resign,” explains Williams,62. “That would create an interruption of theboard, and we’ve had far too many interrup-tions in the past few years. Plus, I’ve beenadvised to stay away from potentially stress-ful situations.”

Williams doesn’t rule out a future boardrun if health concerns ease or finding someother capacity in which he can serve the dis-trict. That’s the part of his blood that con-vinces him to never leave education.

When Williams left U of M — after arrivingin 1969, the same year football coaching legendBo Schembechler came and, that November,dropped Ohio State and Coach Woody Hayes— he returned to Hastings where, as a substituteteacher, he began his career.

Stints at Thornapple Kellogg and PlymouthSalem High School on the east side of thestate preceded what he considers to be hismost rewarding years at Forest Hills PublicSchools where he spent his final 28 years as amedia and technical director.

Among his notable accomplishments wasco-founding that district’s international rela-tions program in which he led 40 to 50 stu-dents each year to visitations and competitionsthroughout the United States — and achievednational recognition for their efforts.

Plus, there still are all the investments that

come back to pay dividends nearly every day.“It’s hard for me to believe the number of

students who remember me from the past,” hemarvels. “Some I was tough on, but they’llwalk up to me today and say, ‘I deserved it,Mr. Williams.’ It’s just amazing that, aftermore than 30 years, these kids still remem-ber.”

Williams is still building future memoriestoday. His community work as a member ofthe Kiwanis Club and the chamber of com-merce and his support of causes such asUnited Way, Green Gables Haven, andSpiritual Care Consultants always carrieseducation ties. Williams started the KiwanisClub tradition of providing all third graders apersonal dictionary.

“Most times, it’s the first book kids get thatis all theirs,” he says with pride.

As a board member, Williams believed hewould have had a lot to offer the people ofHastings. As a community member he knowshe still will.

School board bid is short, butWilliams will never stop giving

Chamber eventis tonight atMiddlevilleYMCA camp

The Barry County Chamber ofCommerce will host the SeptemberBusiness After Hours event at GrandRapids YMCA’s Camp Manitou-LinThursday, Sept. 13, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Camp Manitou-Lin is a year-roundfacility on Barlow Lake located at 1095Briggs Road, Middleville, north of theYankee Springs State Recreational Area.

Attendees of the Business After HoursEvent at Camp Manitou-Lin will beentered in a drawing for a door prize of$25 in Chamber Barry Bucks, which canbe spent at any of over 150 Chambermember businesses throughout the coun-ty. RSVP to Carol Vogt, 269 945-2454,or by email to [email protected].

The Barry County Chamber ofCommerce Business After Hours Eventsare held the second Thursday of everymonth from 4:30 6 p.m. The next eventwill be Oct. 11 at the Long Lake OutdoorCenter. For a complete schedule of futureevents, visit the chamber’s website,www.mibarry.com/tourism/calendar. Tolearn more about chamber membership,email Byrnes, [email protected].

Bernard groupto meet Tuesday

Bernard Historical Society will holdits monthly meeting Tuesday, Sept. 18,at the Delton Kellogg Middle Schoollibrary, beginning at 7 p.m.

A business meeting will be followedby a presentation by Mike Wachowskion the craft of micro-brewing.

Alzheimer’sworkshop planned

The Michigan chapter of theAlzheimer’s Association will present aworkshop at the Barry CountyCommission Aging, 320 W. WoodlawnAve., Hastings, Thursday, Sept. 20, from5 to 6:30 p.m.

The workshop will teach local resi-dents how to identify the differencesbetween dementia and Alzheimer’s dis-ease, recognize possible symptoms andsigns of the disease, understand how thedisease is diagnosed, recognize theeffects of Alzheimer’s on the brain andgain access to community resources.

Alzheimer’s disease is not a normalpart of aging, said Lisa Vickers of theMichigan chapter. The progressive andfatal brain disease that is the most com-mon form of dementia. About 196,000people in Michigan are living withAlzheimer’s disease, she said, 1,100 ofthem in Barry County.

Advance registration for the work-shop is required. To register or learnmore about the upcoming program, visitwww.alz.org/mglc or call 800-272-3900.

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Page 2 — Thursday, September 13, 2012 — The Hastings Banner

by Julie MakarewiczStaff Writer

Thornapple Township officials might havea hard time convincing Middleville villageresidents they should support a township roadmillage.

Township officials in August approved bal-lot language for the November election ask-ing voters for 0.75 mills dedicated for roads.If approved, the three-year millage wouldgenerate about $175,650 the first year.

But village officials say there needs to besomething in it for the village.

Village residents already pay 2 mills forstreets in the village. Adding another town-ship millage, they say, would feel like doubledipping.

The township does not currently have aroad millage.

“The question is what’s fair for village res-idents?” asked Village Manager RebeccaFleury during the council’s committee-of-the-whole meeting Sept. 4.

She said after initial talks with townshipofficials, they all agreed neither entityreceives enough funding to properly maintainthe roads.

Fleury said she would suggest the townshipbe willing to provide the village with a por-tion of the funds. Based on overall taxablevalues in the village, she would suggest thetownship give the village approximately$57,000 of the total millage collected.

Township officials said if the millage isapproved, they plan to supplement the mill-

age with approximately $75,000 from thetownship general fund.

“They use our roads and we use theirs. I dothink they should help us out with some of thefunds collected,” said village council memberEd Schellinger.

“If they would be willing to share, it woulddefinitely make our village residents happi-er,” said council member Sue Reyff.

Village attorney Mark Nettleton said ballotlanguage should contain any informationabout where funds will be allocated.

“Usually these things are floated aroundfor months and months in advance of a deci-sion and putting language on the ballot,” saidNettleton.

Village council members said they believethey should have been contacted earlierabout a possible road millage.

Township officials met in special sessionAug. 21 to be able to meet an Aug. 28 dead-line for the proposal to be on the ballot.

Township Supervisor Don Boysen said theproblem is road maintenance and repairs arebeing put off until it becomes much morecostly to do reconstruction work.

He and township trustees hope a millagewill allow a more proactive approach tomaintenance and repairs rather than reactingto problem areas with fixes.

Public meetings to discuss the millage pro-posal are being planned by the township.

Fleury said she will continue talking withtownship officials about allowances for thevillage.

Proposed township road millagemay have bumpy ride in village

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Thank You ...Dear Friends and Neighbors:The primary election is behind us, the November 6th election a few weeks away.I want to thank everyone for your support and faith in my continued ability to serve asyour County Drain Commissioner. I take the responsibility seriously. Your issues aremy issues: protection of health, safety and welfare of country residents, safeguardingour wetlands, agricultural income, county infrastructure (road and railway drainage),flooding of residential properties/homes, enhanced recreational use of our lakes, etc.

Don’t be shy. If you ever have questions or wish to talk, give me a call: my cellnumber is 616-299-4223 or the office 269-945-1385. Think of your county drainoffice as a local resource available to all county residents.

Again, thank you for allowing me to continue serving asthe Barry County Drain Commissioner.

Respectfully yours,

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Forbes represents Freeport in LansingState Rep. Mike Callton stands with Freeport Area Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Lani Forbes in the state Capitol rotunda

Tuesday. Callton, R-Nashville, invited Forbes to a special House session commemorating first responders on the 11th anniversaryof the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The ceremony also honored Michigan’s first responders and members of the military whogave their lives in the line of duty during 2011 and 2012.

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A collaboration between Barry CountyCommunity Corrections and the BarryIntermediate School District came together atthe beginning of 2012 to offer GeneralEducation Development tutoring and testing.The GED preparation program is a classspecifically designed for students who are onprobation, but also encourages any memberfrom the community interested in the prepara-tion class.

In the first eight months, the program hasexceeded all expectations. For the generalpublic, the testing success rate is 92 percentand with the court-mandated testers the rate is87 percent. According to the July 1 quarterlyreport from the Office of CommunityCorrections, 33 GED students are enrolled inthe current fiscal year, 64 tests have beentaken, with 56 tests passed and six diplomasawarded.

The GED preparatory course is designed toenable each student to increase competencyand mastery in six areas of skill and knowl-edge, including reading, language arts, lan-guage arts, math, science and social studies.To obtain a GED, a student must pass fivetests.

“The people who have come from the pub-lic have completed 168 tests with, 155 testspassed,” said Community CorrectionsDirector Jeff Westra. “So, add that to the 64and 56 [tests taken and passed] from this pro-gram, and it really pumps up the numbers.That many people have come through, testedand bettered themselves.”

“We had an initial goal of 65 percent suc-cess rate,” he added. “We wanted to see abouttwo-thirds of the people coming throughobtain their GEDs. At this point, we have farexceeded our goal.”

BISD runs its portion of the programthrough Michigan Works and prepares peopleto add a GED to their resumes while job hunt-ing.

“The collaboration between the tutoringwith the office of corrections and the testingat Barry ISD and the jail has been beneficial

to all parties,” said BISD Superintendent JeffJennette. “The Barry County Michigan Worksoffice has noticed an increase of individualswanting a GED for either employment oreducational needs, which shows there was aneed for a program like this in Hastings.”

GED instructor Debi Kruse conducts tuto-rial classes and prepares students for testing.

“She has been an excellent resource fortest-takers and does not have them test unlessthey are ready – this keeps them from wastingtheir money on a test they are not prepared totake,” said Jennette. “Since March, 36 peoplefrom Barry County area now have a GED,with 10 others needing to pass one or twotests to complete the [requirements]. It makesthem more employable, which makes BarryCounty stronger, which was our goal.”

For more information on how to obtain aGED, call Michigan Works, 268-945-9545,ext. 111. Classes meet Monday andWednesday with testing on the secondThursday of each month. Each test costs $15,or $75 for all five tests. Only cash is accept-ed.

After testing goes online Jan. 1, 2014, allprevious tests will be null and void. Thosewho have passed some tests, but not all five,will need to take all the tests online.

Kruse said the community has been verysupportive of the GED program.

“We really appreciate the support of thearea businesses,” said Kruse. “HastingsFiberglass gave us four computers and moni-tors. Soon, the GED testing will actually willbe done on computer, so we need to get thestudents proficient with computer use andfamiliar with the system. HastingsManufacturing donated a [computer] projec-tor which I am now able to use in the class-room. Thornapple Kellogg High Schooldonated a media screen, so we don’t have toproject onto the white board anymore. It hasreally been nice for the students.

“We also have a Facebook page, the BarryCounty GED Program, and the students areusing it to find out about testing, class hap-penings and websites useful for getting theirGEDs,” she said.

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by Shari CarneyStaff Writer

Recently appointed Fuller StreetElementary Principal Susanne Waffle pre-sented drop-off and pick-up options to theMaple Valley School Board during its regularmonthly meeting Monday, Sept. 10.

“Last year, parents were parking anywhere.Students were running across the Fuller park-ing lot, and the hallways were congested,”said Waffle. “Were all the adults safe adults?Classes were not beginning on time, so teach-ers could not meet their required amounts ofinstruction time.”

Since the appointment to principal inAugust, Waffle researched area districts,including Lakewood, Hastings, Bellevue,Charlotte and Olivet and discovered each hadcentralized drop-off and pick-up locations,some inside, some outside.

With this information, she presented a cen-tralized drop-off and pick-up point with arequirement that adults entering the buildingmust first register at the office. The planinvolved entering the west end parking lot offof M-79.

Congested traffic back-ups and parentopposition sent Waffle back to the drawingboard, where she conferred with MapleValley Schools Transportation Director PatPowers, Superintendent Ronna Steel andNashville Police Chief Jerry Schray.

A consensus was reached to abandon theM-79 route and re-route drop-offs to the frontentrance with vehicles entering fromCasgrove onto School Street.

“We have to come in from the south,” saidSchray, who has been directing traffic. “Weneed to give it a shot. I’ll be down there for aweek or two.”

Trustee Tony Shaw thanked the chief forgoing above and beyond.

Audience member Jenna Burns addressedthe board, saying she fully supported the newpolicy.

“[The] biggest thing here is the safety —the number of parents that were in the schoolwas not a safe environment,” she told theboard.

Burns is the parent liaison between familiesand the special education department atMaple Valley Schools and also has two spe-cial-needs children.

Brad Sheldon told the board he was there tomake sure they were open-minded and addedhe thought it was good to have a moving lineof traffic.

He raised concerns about a number systembeing used to identify which students went towhich vehicle.

“Me and my wife pick our kid up. Who’s tosay the number couldn’t be made up and lam-inated,” said Sheldon.

President April Heinze informed the audi-ence it was never the intention to not allowparents in the school but to improve the situ-ation for the safety of the students.

“We don’t know who belongs and who

doesn’t,” said Heinze. “There could be non-custodial issues.”

Heinze said she sees the need for imple-menting visitors passes with check-in andcheck-out procedures.

“As long as we all agree we’re here foryour kids,” said Heinze. “We cherish our par-ents. Parents make up our community. Aslong as we work together, we can accomplishanything.”

Lori Farnum said she was glad to hear theywere moving off from M-79. She continuedand with tears said she did not like the num-ber system. Her children have names, shesaid, and suggested using last names on tagsinstead of numbers.

“I want to thank the chief,” said MattWilliams. “Semis passing is not working.”

Williams was referring to through traffic,including semis that were allowed to proceed,passing vehicles pulled onto the shoulderawaiting openings to enter the West parkinglot.

“We’re always very involved with our chil-dren, helping teachers get the day started,”said Williams.

Kristy Lincoln spoke as a parent and mem-ber of the parent teacher network, thankingWaffle.

“She has been in a very difficult position,”said Lincoln, “but for the first time, the kidsare getting curbside service. The principal isout there greeting every child.”

Lincoln said, as a mother of four, bykindergarten children should be learningindependence. She suggested rather thangoing into the school every morning, parentscould become involved in other ways, such asthe parent organization.

“Parents don’t need to be in [the building],”said Mike Scott; “get the students there and

let the teachers teach.”Scott commended Waffle, saying he had

spoken to former principal Jason Miller lastyear about concerns with so many adults inthe building and children in the parking lots.Miller’s response, he said, was, “This is howit’s always been.”

Continued discussion brought up a plan tohave the gymnasium be a centralized pick-uplocation.

Second grade teacher Cindy Baker, whoseclassroom is in the hallway near the gym,expressed concern about the number of par-ents and children who will be combined withthe second grade classes, causing congestion.Baker also commended Waffle for tackling atough issue.

Melissa Faurot reminded the board ofextracurricular activities being held in thegymnasium.

Addressing Waffle, she said, “I do thinkyou’re doing a great job. I like parents notflooding the hallways. I realize there are spe-cial needs and special days.

On behalf of the safety of the junior andsenior high students, Susan Morris asked ifanyone could enter the front of the school.

“Right now, as I understand it, the frontdoors are open,” said Morris.

Morris asked what would stop a disgrun-tled student from entering through the frontand shooting kids in the cafeteria. She saidthe most newsworthy seem to be the olderkids.

Steel said the facilities committee wouldlook at options for a more secure entry systemfor the front of the school.

Waffle will poll parents by means of a sur-vey to find the most popular option for pick-up procedures and drop-off will be re-routedto Casgrove instead of 79.

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Back on June 27, Hastings Police receiveda box from the new owner of the SmokeyMountain Tobacco Shop in Hastings. A smallbox of dusty and dirty foreign and domestic-currency, personal IDs and an assortment ofbusiness cards, according to a press releaseissued by Police Chief Jerry Sarver Tuesday,Sept. 11.

Some of the personal IDs and businesscards read “One World Trade Center” as anaddress, so he said an investigation was start-ed to determine if any individuals identified

Sept. 11 relics found in Hastings retail shop

Business cards and IDs, presumably from some people whoworked in the World Trade Center in 2001, were turned over toHastings Police after being found in a Hastings store in June.

Foreign money also was found in the box containing remainspossibly from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Middleville village chicken planhatched but still needs approvals

by Julie MakarewiczStaff Writer

Residents wanting to raise chickens in theirbackyards within the village limits ofMiddleville are one step closer to hatchingtheir flocks, but it still may be at least a cou-ple of months before a final decision is made.

Village planning commissioners Tuesday,Sept. 4, worked on a final proposal for anordinance to allow up to four chickens persite within the village, so long as strictrequirements are met.

Last month, village planning commission-ers reviewed a plan that would restrict theability to raise chickens to only certain zoningdistricts and certain lot sizes. It was so restric-tive, planners said, very few residents wouldbe able to meet the requirements.

The new proposal allows chickens in allzoning districts, as long as their lots can meetsetback requirements and other regulations.

In order to obtain a permit, residents mustsubmit an accurate site plan showing locationof the chicken coop and enclosure, distancefrom side and rear lot lines and the distance ofthe coop and enclosure to adjacent dwellings.

A portable chicken coop, sometimes calleda chicken tractor, must also be shown andidentified where it will be located in the yard.

Owners must submit information abouthow many chickens will be kept, how feedwill be stored and intended disposal methodsof manure.

The zoning administrator, or designatedperson, must make a site inspection beforeissuing a permit for chickens.

Residents may not have more than fourchickens, and roosters will not be permitted.

A covered chicken coop must be provided,as well as a secure outdoor enclosure.Specific size requirements also are outlined,giving at least 10 square feet of space perchicken in the outside area. The chicken coop

and enclosure must be located in the rear yardand at least 20 feet from the side and rear lotlines. It may not be located closer than 60 feetfrom any dwelling unit on an adjoining prop-erty.

Chickens must be kept in the coop orenclosure at all times. Outdoor slaughter ofany chickens is prohibited.

“I like this better because it can apply tomore residents,” said planning chair FranFrench.

A few minor changes still need to be addedto the ordinance, and planning commissionerssaid they want to see it all together beforethey vote on whether to recommend the ordi-nance to the village council

The village council must approve the ordi-nance before it takes effect.

Ruben and Stacey Campos initiallybrought the request to the village severalmonths ago.

“I’m really glad you have done this. It’s notjust for us, but for the whole village,” saidRuben Campos. “I want to say thank you formaking this work, and I’m happy to see yougive us this opportunity to be self-sufficientand having this choice.”

The Camposes also brought a petition withmore than 35 signatures supporting the ideaof raising chickens in the village.

Planning commissioners said they stillwould like to hear from others to see if thereis more interest in this opportunity.

Stacey Campos told planning commission-ers that even though people are not comingout of the woodwork now asking for the rightto raise chickens, she believes more peoplewill jump on board once the ordinance ispassed.

“This is very promising. I’m looking for-ward to it,” she said.

The planning commission will consider theissue again at its Tuesday, Oct. 2, meeting.

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in the contents were deceased from the Sept. 11, 2001, World TradeCenter terrorist attacks in New York City.

None of the individuals identified from these remains were killedthat day, said Sarver, nor were they listed as having survived.Business cards were for employees at Blue Cross Blue Shield, CantorFitzgerald, FBI, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Securities, NewJersey Division of Consumer Affairs and Chang HWA Bank.

Sarver said it appears the money and the IDs were collected bylooters following the attacks and sold on the Internet. Sarver assumedthe looters kept the intact larger U.S. bills for themselves, selling thelesser-valued foreign bills on the internet.

Since the items are looted contraband, he said they will not bereleased unless and until proper ownership has been determined.

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Have you met?

Footballre-alignment

Either the three young men on theside are very interested in the placementof the pigskin, football used to have twolines of scrimmage, or this photo was setup. Do you recognize this field, thisphoto, or the guys pictured? Years afterit was taken, Esther Walton wrote on theback, “Mase Thomas’ younger brother”but scratched that out to read “OwenThomas,” as well as Dick Feldpausch.Can you tell who’s who? What else canyou tell us about this photo?

The Banner archives have numerous pho-tographs from the middle of the past centurythat have no date, names or other informa-tion. We’re hoping readers can help us iden-tify the people in the photos and provide alittle more information about the event toreunite the photos with their original clip-pings or identify photos that may never havebeen used. If you’re able to help tell this pho-tograph’s story, we want to hear from you.Mail information to Attn: NewsroomHastings Banner, 1351 N. M-43 Highway,

Hastings, MI 49058; email [email protected]; or call 269-945-9554.

Last week’s photo of three men carryingassessment books drew no response.

Dorothy Louise (Lathrop) Kelsey 94, haslived her entire life in Barry County. She haswritten some of her childhood memories,and excerpts from “Grandma Remembers:The Big Old Kitchen Table,” are currentlyappearing in the Turning Back the Pages fea-ture of the Banner.

The daughter of Rhoda Ann Boone andEgbert Hamilton Kelsey, she marriedKenneth Kelsey of Coats Grove (nowdeceased) and has two daughters, fourgrandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Her mother came to the United Statesfrom England at age 19, but Dorothy says, “Itold people I was related to Daniel Boone.”

In addition to raising a family, she was aco-leader, along with Dorothy Barnum, ofthe Coats Grove 4-H Club. The twoDorothys taught home economics, specializ-ing in sewing and food preservation. Shealso played the piano and organ at theBarryville Church, and says she loves the“old hymns.”

Dorothy and her husband built their ownhome on a farm where they raised cows,horses and 500 chickens each year for fryers.When asked what she loved most about thefarm, she replied, “the freedom of it and liv-ing with nature.”

Dorothy currently resides at ThornappleManor. For her sunny disposition and appre-ciation for life. Dorothy Kelsey is being fea-tured as a Bright Light in Barry County.

Favorite subject in school: I loved geog-raphy. I couldn’t wait to be a fourth graderand receive the biggest book in the school. Itwas full of pictures and maps. I loved thosemaps.

How did you meet your husband: I wasmaking $12.50 a week at J.C. Penney’s inHastings. I bought a car, a Chevy Roadster.He worked at Triangle gas station and tookcare of my car. One day when the fair was intown, he asked me if I wanted to go. Ianswered “Well, perhaps.”

Favorite book: When I was a child Iloved the book Pollyanna.

What did you do for fun on the farm?The neighbors owned harvesting equipmentand we owned the planting equipment, so weshared the work. As the men worked, thewomen would prepare picnics and take to thefield and spread the food out on a blanket.

Favorite hobby: I learned china paintingfrom Violet Fightner near Nashville. I paint-ed [the pieces] and gave [them] away.

Advice for others: Well, I guess I havemy own way of keeping my head abovewater. Don’t dwell on things that bother you;dwell on good things. You can shut your

mind off.Superpower you would choose: [The

ability to provide] three good meals a day foreveryone.

Favorite childhood activity: We had aswimming hole, an old millpond. It was overour heads. You learned to swim — or else.

Best childhood memory: Black stock-ings, lipstick, fingernail polish and playingcards were forbidden in my home. One time,a schoolmate painted my nails a bright red.My dad scraped all the polish off with hisjack-knife when I got home. He was gentleabout it, though.

Dorothy Kelsey

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Did you see?

A can of bug spray illustrates that thesemushrooms are much larger than the aver-age toadstools. Likely a member of theAmanita Muscaria family, these fungi werephotographed near spruce trees in aHastings Township field.

We’re dedicating this space to a photo-graph taken by readers or our staff membersthat represents Barry County. If you have aphoto to share, please send it to NewsroomHastings Banner, 1351 N. M-43 Highway,Hastings, MI 49058; or email [email protected].

Here’s your chance to take part in an inter-active public opinion poll. Vote on the ques-tion posed each week by accessing our web-site, www.HastingsBanner.com. Results willbe tabulated and reported the following week,along with a new question.

Last week’s question:With just 27 games left in the Major

League Baseball season, the Detroit Tigerstrail the first place White Sox by one game.Who’s going to win the Central Division?

69% Detroit Tigers31% Chicago White Sox

What do you think?For this week:Michigan Attorney General

Bill Schuette is attempting toblock plans for an AmericanIndian casino in downtownLansing which, backers say,would create jobs and improvethe city. Do you think Michiganhas too many casinos?

q Yesq No

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Sept. 11, 2001: the daythat shook the nation

It seems like just a few years ago, butTuesday we were reminded of a tragedy thatshook the nation 11 years ago. On a crisp fallmorning, our country suffered a terroristattack that changed our lives forever. Planeswere hijacked and flown into the WorldTrade Center in New York City, the Pentagonin Washington, D.C., and into the ground inShanksville, Pa., killing passengers on theplanes and people in the buildings.

Now, as we plan to travel or attend eventsin large auditoriums or we frequent largebuildings, security has become secondnature.

Eleven years ago, on that fateful day, ourcountry came to a virtual standstill. The pres-ident and his family were hurried off to a safeplace and, for the first time in our history, thenation’s airports were closed. The New YorkStock Exchange suspended trading, andmany large venues across the country wereclosed or heightened their security due to twosuicide attacks on the World Trade Center, asymbol of our nation’s financial and businesssector.

Then, a third plane hit the Pentagon, theheadquarters of the nation’s military com-mand. A fourth plane crashed into a field inrural Pennsylvania after the passengers triedto overpower the hijacked plane, creating alarge hole in the ground that has become amemorial site to the heroes who gave theirlives on that frightful morning.

Speaking from the Oval Office theevening of the attacks, President George H.Bush said, “Terrorist attacks can shake thefoundations of our biggest buildings, butthey cannot touch the foundation ofAmerica.”

Within days of the tragedy, reports werereleased indicating that more than 3,000 peo-ple working or visiting the Twin Towers thatmorning had lost their lives. Nearly 400 fire-fighters and police officers were missing ordead. At the Pentagon, more than 800 peoplelost their lives, along with the 266 crewmembers and passengers who died amongthe four airliners involved in the attacks.

It was a frightful day that forever changedour lives and our attention to security.

Government officials questioned how anation that spends over $25 billion each yearon intelligence gathering could be caught sooff guard. According to a report released bythe 9/11 Commission, the hijackers passedthrough U.S. border security 68 times, high-lighting the need to strengthen border security.

Yet, our country continued to concentrateon freedoms and kept welcoming peoplefrom around the world to a nation that hascherished its freedoms. Sept. 11, 2001, willforever remind us that that our country wasfounded on the principles of religious free-dom, liberty and diversity as core values thatwe will never give up, especially to terroristsattempting to attack all that we stand for.

The date Sept. 11 will stand as a soberreminder that our nation can be attacked. So,as we celebrate anniversaries in the future,we should never allow the intensity of theattack to wither away to a simple news brief.

For thousands of Americans, the anniver-sary brings back the reality, pain and suffer-ing over the loss of family members andfriends. For the rest of us, the stark reality ofthe attack has changed our lives forever.

The most important outcome would bepositively answering the question, ‘Did welearn from it?’ As we are reminded of thatterrible day, officials at all levels of govern-ment should continue to concentrate onstrengthening security measures and tellingour enemies that we will never again under-estimate them.

Yet, as Americans, we give our govern-ment and its leaders low marks in solvingmany of the issues plaguing our country. Wehave become a nation drowning in debt witha deficit that exceeds $16 trillion.

Monday, Congressional leaders returnedto Washington for less than two weeks totackle a number of crucial legislative issueson their collective to-do list. With the fallelections just weeks away, most legislatorswant to head home to get back on the cam-paign trail while Congress faces a fiscal clifffrom a combination of tax increases and $1.2trillion worth of spending cuts that go into

effect Jan. 1, 2013, unless Congressionalleaders act.

Today, the House is expected to take up astop-gap spending bill to keep the govern-ment running through March of 2013, put-ting off any meaningful decisions. These areunpopular issues for Congress, especially inan election year, but failure to act could meandrastic cuts to overall spending along withtax increases to most Americans.

Monday, Moody’s credit-rating agencyannounced a warning to legislators: “Budgetnegotiations during the 2013 Congressionallegislative session will likely determine thedirection of the U.S. government’s Aaa rat-ing,” said agency officials. “If those negotia-tions lead to specific polices that produce astabilization and then a downward trend inthe ratio of federal debt to GDP over the min-imum term, then the U.S. will keep its Aaacredit rating. If those negotiations fail, it willprobably be knocked down by a notch.”

How is it that just 11 years ago, a nationcame together in crisis to solve its securityissues, sending a message to terrorists aroundthe world that Americans stand together, buttoday government leaders on both sidesmaintain one of the lowest approval ratingsin history.

If only to honor so many people who diedSept. 11, 2001, government leaders fromboth parties should give up their political bat-tles to find common ground on the biggestissue that now threatens our nation. The debthas complications that could impact ourcountry for generations. Everything else isjust fodder to drive a big stake between us.Now more than ever, we need leaders to takeour fiscal fitness seriously, by putting offpolitical gamesmanship to focus on the oneissue that will determine the strength of ournation for years.

We have no choice but to turn our fullattention to the national debt, waging a warof sorts where we put all of our efforts andour attention to getting our fiscal house inorder.

As Sept. 11 threatened the security of ournation 11 years ago, the national debt todaythreatens our financial security and the pro-grams we enjoy. The stock market, jobs andthe financial well being could come tumblingdown if we don’t get our arms around theout-of-control debt.

It’s time to stop the political rhetoric andfinger-pointing for the good of the country. Itwill take heroes willing to put aside partypolitics for the good of our country.

In other words, it’s not going to be easy.

United Way kicks off 77thcommunity campaign

Early this morning, supporters and volun-teers gathered for the annual community-wide United Way campaign — Give Today,Change Tomorrow. Plus, the annual Day OfCaring highlights the campaign kickoffwhere volunteers from across the countyoffer their time and talents to help on a list ofprojects that will continue through the week-end.

Those many decades ago, leaders of thecommunity gathered to discuss forming aUnited Fund campaign, bringing togetherwhat chairman J. M. Maynard called a piece-meal program of assisting so many worth-while agencies under one campaign.

Maynard told an enthusiastic audience thatthe effort would combine all drives into onebig drive for the entire community.

Today, all the agencies operate under oneumbrella in maintaining a level of servicesthe community can be proud of. Kudos to thelocal leaders who so many years ago realizedthe power of one – that continues to producetoday a level of support that makes a differ-ence in so many lives.

So when you’re asked to fill out yourannual appeal form, know that you’re giftwill help individuals in need and willstrengthen our community for generations.

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New regulationsproposedfor Blue Cross

Gov. Rick Snyder Tuesday proposedsweeping changes to how Michigan’s largesthealth insurance provider is regulated, callingfor it to become a nonprofit mutual insurancecompany that is regulated under the MichiganInsurance Code like all other health insurersin the state.

The governor’s plan requires Blue CrossBlue Shield of Michigan to contribute about$1.5 billion over 18 years to a new nonprofitentity whose purpose is to fund initiatives thatfoster healthier lifestyles, provide betteraccess to health care and improve publichealth. This is an unprecedented investmentin the health and wellness of Michigan fami-lies, according to a press release issued by thegovernor.

“This is an exciting opportunity to improvethe health of Michiganders and create a mod-ernized, efficient health care marketplace thatspurs innovation and streamlines outdatedregulations,” Snyder said. “It’s especiallyimportant that we have a system that pro-motes wellness for our children and seniors.This proposal will ensure that quality healthcare remains affordable and accessible foreveryone.”

Snyder’s plan, which requires approval bythe legislature and the Blue Cross board ofdirectors, follows his call in last year’s specialmessage to the legislature on health and well-ness to reinvent health care in Michigan so itcan be a positive economic driver of thestate’s ongoing recovery.

Specifically, the governor’s plan will:• Create a nonprofit entity to improve the

health of all Michigan residents. The nonprof-it will be run by an independent board ofdirectors. It will be funded with about $1.5billion in contributions from Blue Cross madeover the next 18 years.

• Blue Cross will transition to a nonprofitmutual insurance company that will pay anestimated $100 million a year in additional taxrevenue to the state and local governments.

• Protect senior citizens by freezing“Medigap” coverage rates for four years.

• Streamline the regulatory environment byregulating Blue Cross under the state insur-ance code, as is the case with all other healthinsurance companies.

• Preserve Blue Cross’ nonprofit status andmission while maintaining its tremendouscontribution to Michigan’s economy andinvestments in the state.

• Eliminate the “tax” currently required onBlue Cross’ small-business and individualcustomers to subsidize other lines of insur-ance coverage. That tax costs small business-es and individual Blue Cross members morethan $200 million a year.

• Ensure that Blue Cross continues as a car-rier of last resort until Jan. 1, 2014, at whichtime new federal laws will require all insurersto offer coverage to anyone regardless ofhealth status.

With 4.4 million Michigan subscribers,Blue Cross Blue Shield is the state’s largesthealth insurance provider. Unlike other insur-ance companies, which are regulated underthe state Insurance Code, Blue Cross is regu-lated by Public Act 350 of 1980. That law wascreated to designate Blue Cross as the healthinsurance “carrier of last resort” and ensure

that everyone has access to health insuranceregardless of health status. Snyder said recentreforms have rendered PA 350 obsolete andrequire Michigan to have a uniform set of reg-ulations for all insurers.

Michigan WildlifeConservancycelebrating 30 years

The Michigan Wildlife Conservancy willmark its 30th anniversary this month, and theleadership of the nonprofit organization hasseen numerous changes over those threedecades.

“Some wildlife species have made signifi-cant comebacks since our organization beganin 1982,” said Conservancy President BillTaylor of Duck Lake in Calhoun County.“Eagles, ospreys, wild turkeys, moose, theendangered Kirtland’s warbler, lake sturgeon,and a host of predators ranging from wolvesto pine martens have all increased in numbersand expanded their ranges.”

The conservancy, based in Bath, wasformed to mobilize private sector resourcesfor fish and wildlife restoration, and has com-pleted hundreds of projects throughoutMichigan.

“Despite our successes, the need for privatesector involvement in resource managementis greater today than in 1982 when theConservancy was founded,” noted Taylor.“Citizens need to be better informed about thenature of wild and the legal/political systemsthat dominate resource management. Theconservancy will continue to help citizenshelp wildlife.”

The conservancy will host a series ofevents celebrating its 30 years Saturday, Sept.22. The Fall Harvest Social will be from 8:30a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bengel Wildlife Centernortheast of Lansing. Bird watching, guidedwalks, storytelling sessions, presentations,and children’s activities with wildlife themeswill be mostly free to the public, rain or shine.

For more information, call 517-641-7677or visit www.miwildlife.org.

Olivet Collegelacrosse coachresigns; admitsto falsifications

Olivet College Tuesday announced the res-ignation of head men’s lacrosse coachMichael J. O’Neill. In submitting his resigna-tion, O’Neill acknowledged inconsistenciesin his verbal and documented credentials.Subsequent review revealed that O’Neillembellished his prior accomplishments, insome cases with the accomplishments of oth-ers.

According to a statement released byOlivet College President Steven M. Corey,Ph.D., “This is a tragic and disappointing sit-uation for all parties involved. Coach O’Neillhas done a good job since his arrival inJanuary, bringing student-athletes to OlivetCollege from around Michigan and the world.Unfortunately, misrepresentation of pastaccomplishments brings into question the

integrity of the program and the college.” Olivet College is entering its inaugural sea-

son in men’s lacrosse. With his backgroundand networks as the Dutch National Teamcoach, O’Neill attracted a strong internationaland Michigan-based squad to Olivet Collegewith hopes of being competitive in their firstseason in the Michigan Intercollegiate AthleticAssociation. “Our attention is now fullyfocused on supporting our student-athletesand helping them prepare for a successfulexperience and upcoming season,” statedAthletic Director Heather Bateman. “This cer-tainly sets us back one step, but we have agreat group of student-athletes and I’m confi-dent we’ll all move forward together.”

The assistant coaches are assuming interimresponsibility for the program and the searchfor a new head coach is anticipated to beginimmediately.

Detroit, state partnerto rejuvenateBelle Isle

A tentative landmark agreement betweenthe City of Detroit and the State of Michiganis designed to preserve, protect and enhanceBelle Isle as a state park. Gov. Rick Snyderand Detroit Mayor Dave Bing Wednesdayannounced that Detroit will maintain owner-ship under the agreement with the state ofMichigan and Department of NaturalResources leasing the land under contract.

“Michiganders have enjoyed Belle Isle formore than a century,” Gov. Snyder said. “Fromthe conservatory and museum to sporting eventsand family picnics, this historic landmark hasbrought fond memories to all who have visited..Establishing Belle Isle as a state park providesneeded financial relief to Detroit without itrelinquishing ownership, brings long overduerestoration and enhancements to the park, andguarantees a beautiful place for Michigan res-idents to enjoy for decades to come.”

Snyder said the proposed agreement willhelp generate economic development andneighborhood revitalization, which are coreto Detroit’s and Michigan’s reinvention.

“This city-state collaboration will returnBelle Isle to its original beauty through majorimprovements and regular maintenance over-seen by the Michigan Department of NaturalResources,” said Bing. “It presents a win-winsituation for the City and the entire State, bypreserving a historic destination in the City ofDetroit.”

The lease creates a cooperative agreementbetween the city of Detroit and the state ofMichigan to manage Belle Isle for the benefitof the public. The park’s operations, mainte-nance and improvements will be managed bythe DNR and funded through the MichiganState Parks Endowment Fund and throughother sources. Additionally, the state depart-ment of transportation will assume responsi-bility for roads and bridges on Belle Isle.

No rent will be paid for the lease.Operation, maintenance and improvementprojects will be considered compensation. An11-member advisory council will advise theparties on implementation of improvementsand master planning for the park. The city andthe state will work cooperatively with theBelle Isle Conservancy to develop a masterplan to improve the park. The proposed leaseagreement now goes to the Detroit CityCouncil for its review and consideration.

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Commissioner supported as a write-inTo the editor:

This letter is in reference to our currentcommissioner of the past six years for BarryCounty’s 7th District, Jeff VanNortwick.

I sincerely support Commissioner JeffVanNortwick as a write-in candidate for theNov. 6 election. He has represented us to the

best of his ability, with the lack of funds thatBarry County has faced over the past severalyears and into the future. He is for the com-mon person, such as myself.

Ruth JohnsonBaltimore Township

Spare themute swansTo the editor:

You can put me with the 22 percent thatthink the mute swan should not be eradicated.

I am sorry, but I think the DNR is wrongabout this. They also think that hydraulicfracturing is just fine. That is a very riskyprocess that has the possibility of contami-nating our drinking water and the very air webreathe.

Does the mute swan put our existence injeopardy? These are beautiful birds. Is there aguarantee that the trumpeter swan will comeback? The DNR is the one that auctioned offall our state land’s mineral rights.

Deanna GarrettMiddleville

Experience needed in filling serious and important jobsTo the editor:

I am writing this letter in hopes of encour-aging everyone to vote in the general electionNov. 6. During the Aug. 7 primary election,our county had an absolutely abysmal turnoutat the polls. Unfortunately, we share that sta-tistic with most other counties in the state.

Voters residing in townships making upDistrict 7 who did not vote in the primaryelection gave up the right to select who theywanted to represent them on the county com-mission. They may have misunderstood thatin townships where only one party had candi-dates, whoever garnered the most votes wasgoing to be elected. Allowing the determina-tion of the next county commissioner this way

is election by default. The voters’ onlyrecourse now is the write-in option, shouldthey want to have a choice on who will repre-sent them. There is something very un-American about no one running against a can-didate running for a position.

One thing we should be aware of is that weare losing two veteran commissioners due tothe low turnout at the polls. Both JeffVanNortwick and Bob Houtman possessexperience, maturity, honesty and reputationsas diligent workers for their constituents. Theelectorate has an opportunity to exercise thewrite-in option for Jeff VanNortwick, who hasmade it known that he will be a write-in can-didate on the ballot.

A friend tells me that when it comes to fly-ing in a commercial airliner or choosing adoctor, he looks for gray hair on the pilot andthe doctor. My friend is inferring that experi-ence is an important attribute when selectingsomeone for a serious and important job. Isuggest that we add to this list, county com-missioners and other elected officials.

Jeff VanNortwick is extremely well quali-fied, does his homework, is experienced, lis-tens and is an honest man. I endorse Jeff, andurge voters of District 7 to give him their votefor county commissioner. Vote for experiencein these trying times.

William F. Norris,Dowling

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Area Obituaries

102 CookHastings

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118 S. JeffersonHastings945-3429

Lauer Family Funeral Homes

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945-2471

1351 North M-43 Hwy.

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945-9554

770 Cook Rd.Hastings945-9541

This information on worship service isprovided by The Hastings Banner, thechurches and these local businesses:

GRACE COMMUNITYCHURCH

8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville,MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe,(517) 852-9228. MorningCelebration 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.Fellowship Time before the service.Nursery, children’s ministry, youthgroup, adult small group ministry,leadership training.

SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCHOF DELTON

7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (cor-ner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton,MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool,(517) 204-9390. Sunday WorshipService 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.,Nursery and Children’s Ministry.Thursday night Bible study andprayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE1716 North Broadway. Rev. TimmOyer, Pastor. Sunday School 9:45a.m. Morning Worship Service10:45 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.;Wednesday Evening Service 7 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. DanCurrie, Sr. Pastor; Josh Maurer,Youth Pastor. Sunday Services: 9:15a.m. Sunday School for allages,10:30 a.m. Worship Service; 6p.m. Evening Service: Jr. YouthGroup 5-7 p.m. & Sr. High YouthGroup 7-9 p.m.. Wednesday,Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana,Bible Study, Praise and Prayer. CallChurch Office 948-8004 for infor-mation on MOPS, Children’s Choir,Sports Ministries.

WOODLAND UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

203 N. Main, Woodland, MI 48897• (269) 367-4061. Pastor GarySimmons. Sunday Worship 9:15a.m.

PLEASANTVIEWFAMILY CHURCH

2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead.(616) 758-3021 church phone.Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; SundaySchool 11 a.m.; Sunday EveningService 6 p.m.; Bible Study &Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30p.m.

WELCOME CORNERSUNITED METHODIST CHURCH

3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen.Phone 945-2654. Worship Services:Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School,10:45 a.m.

ST. ROSECATHOLIC CHURCH

805 S. Jefferson. Rev. RichardAltine, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30p.m.; Sunday Masses 8 a.m. and 11a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15p.m.

ST. CYRIL’SCATHOLIC CHURCH

Nashville. Rev. Richard Altine,Pastor. A mission of St. RoseCatholic Church, Hastings. MassSunday at 9:30 a.m..

WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH

4887 Coats Grove Rd. PastorRandall Bertrand. Wheelchairaccessible and elevator. SundaySchool 9:30 a.m. Worship Time10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call forinformation.

QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

M-79 East. P.O. Box 63, Hastings,MI 49058. Pastor Rev. BryceFeighner. (616) 945-9392. SundayWorship 11:15 a.m.

GRACE BRETHREN BIBLECHURCH

600 Powell Road, Hastings. PastorBob Wilson. Church Phone 269-948-2330. Pastor’s Home 269-945-4356. [email protected] School 9:45 a.m.; WorshipService 10:45 a.m.; Sunday Evening6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m.

NEW BEGINNINGSCHURCH OF GOD

502 E. Bond St., Hastings. PastorJ.C. Crank cordially invites you tocome worship with us each Sundayat 10:30 a.m. and Tuesday eveningBible study 6 p.m. with Rev. CalvonKidder. Interested in knowing moreabout our church? Please feel wel-come to call one of these numbers.Pastor Crank 269-979-8618; (313)610-5730 or; Ed Blankenship(Local) 269-945-3327.

COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

9275 S. M-37 Hwy., Dowling, MI49050. Rev. Ryan Wieland. Sun-days - 9:30 a.m. TraditionalWorship Service; 11 a.m. Contem-porary Service; Sunday School andNursery available during both serv-ices (Summer Schedule - AdultSunday School: 9 a.m., Worship &Children’s Programs 10 a.m.) YouthGroup, Covenant Prayer, Choir,Chimes, Praise Band, QuiltingGroup, Community Breakfasts andmore! Call the church office at(269) 721-8077 (M/W/F 9 a.m.-12p.m.), e-mail [email protected] orvisit www.countrychapelumc.org<http://www.countrychapelumc.org/>for more information

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ANGLICAN CHURCH2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving).Sunday services each week: 9:15a.m. Morning Prayer (HolyCommunion the 2nd Sunday of eachmonth at this service), 10 a.m. HolyCommunion (each week). TheRector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias isRt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. Thechurch phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website ishttp://trax.to/andrewmatthias. Weare part of the Diocese of the GreatLakes which is in communion withThe United Episcopal Church ofNorth America and use the 1928Book of Common Prayer at all ourservices.

HOPE UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

M-37 South at M-79, Rev. RichardMoore, Pastor. Church phone 269-945-4995. Church Website: www.hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church Secretary-Treasurer, Linda Belson. Officehours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-day 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morn-ing: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45am Morning Worship; Sr. Hi. Youth5 to 7 p.m.; Sunday evening service6 pm; SonShine Preschool (ages 3& 4) (September thru May),Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am,12-2:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’sBible Study at the church.Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (mealserved) (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 BibleStudy.

COMMUNITY BAPTISTCHURCH

502 East Grand, Hastings; FloydHughes, Pastor; Myron Huebner,Music. Sunday Services: 10 a.m.,Sunday School (all ages); 11 a.m.Worship Service; 6 p.m. EveningService; 7 p.m. Thursday, BibleStudy and Prayer. Call 269-948-2673for additional information.

ABUNDANT LIFEFELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES

A Spirit-filled church. Meeting atthe Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M-66south 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 andRose MacDonald. An oasis of God’slove. “Where Everyone is SomeoneSpecial.” For information call 616-731-5194 .

CHURCH OF CHRIST541 N. Michigan Ave., Hastings.Pastor Collin Pinkston. Phone 269-945-2938. Sunday School 10 a.m.;Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday NightBible Study 7 p.m.

HASTINGS FIRST UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI49058. Pastor Don Spachman. OfficePhone (269) 945-9574. Office hoursare Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.;Friday 9 a.m. to noon. Sunday morn-ing worship hours: 8:45 a.m.Traditional Worship; 10 a.m.Refreshments; 10:45 a.m.Contemporary Worship. 5th SundayWorship at 10 a.m. Sunday Schoolfor PreK-5th and Nursery Care(infants through age 4) is availableduring both worship services. Sharethe Light Soup Kitchen serves a freemeal every Tuesday from 5 to 6 p.m.

HASTINGS FREEMETHODIST CHURCH

2635 North M-43 Highway,Hastings. Telephone 269-945-9121.Pastor Daniel Graybill, Pastor BrianTeed, and Youth Pastor EricGillespie. Sunday: Nursery and tod-dler (birth through age 3) care pro-vided. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. forchildren and youth, and a variety ofclasses for adults. Worship Service:10:30 a.m. Children’s Junior Church,4 years through 4th grade dismissedprior to offering. Junior and SeniorHigh Youth Group 6:00 p.m. , andseveral adult small group opportuni-ties. Wednesday Mid-WeekPioneers at 6:30 p.m.: PioneerClub, 4 years through 5th grade.Adults: Marriage Enrichment class,Women’s Prayer Group and a Men’sBible Study. Thursday: SeniorAdult (50+) Bible Study at 10 a.m.and lunch at Wendy’s, 11:30 a.m.Third Thursday Brunch at 9:30 a.m.

LIFEGATE COMMUNITYCHURCH

301 E. State Rd., P.O. Box 273,Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor ScottPrice. Phone: 269-948-0900.Website: www.lifegatecc.com. Sun-day Worship 10 a.m. WednesdayLife Group 6:30 p.m.

GRACE LUTHERANCHURCH

Discover God’s Grace with us!Holy Communion Every Sunday!

Sunday, September 9 - WinterHours Begin. Worship Service 8 and10:45 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.September 9 - Noisy Offering forLove, Inc.; Men’s AlcoholicsAnonymous 7 p.m. September 10 -Adventurers Bible Study 7 p.m.;Spiritual AA 7:30 p.m. September11 -Youth Committee 6 p.m.;Brothers of Grace 7 p.m. September12 - Wordwatchers Bible Study 10a.m. Location: 239 E. North St.,Hastings, 269-945-9414 or 945-2645, fax 269-945-2698. Pastor AmyLuckey. http://www.discover-grace.org

FIRST PRESBYTERIANCHURCH

405 N. M-37, Hastings, MI 49058.(269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. JeffGarrison, Pastor. Sunday Services:8:55 a.m. Traditional WorshipService; 11 a.m. ContemporaryWorship Service. Nursery andChildren’s Worship available duringboth services. Visit us online atwww.firstchurchhastings.org and ourweb log for sermons at: http://hast-ingspresbyterian.blogspot.com.Friday - 9 a.m. Golfer’s GroupMeets; 9 a.m. Pickleball. Saturday -10:30 a.m. Praise Team. Monday - 4p.m. Pickleball; 7 p.m. Knit Wits.Wednesday - 4 p.m. Pickleball.

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WAYLAND, MI – Lyman D. Kimmey, age83, passed away Monday, September 10,2012.

Lyman was born April 1, 1929 in GrandRapids, the son of Donald and Zada (Lewis)Kimmey. He was raised in the BowensMill/Middleville area and graduated fromThornapple-Kellogg High School in 1947,where he played football, basketball andbaseball. Lyman was an avid outdoorsmanand sports fan. He especially enjoyed bowl-ing, golf, fishing and hunting and spent manydeer seasons at his cabin in Brethren.

Lyman worked many years at Thornapple -Kellogg Schools in the maintenance depart-ment as a groundskeeper. He loved TK foot-ball and took much pride in maintaining andpreparing the football field. The Middleville“M” he designed still marks the stadium withthat pride.

Lyman also enjoyed sharing stories – abouthis youth, sports history and especially abouthis grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Lyman married Norma Allen on January25, 1950, who survives. He is also survivedby three daughters, Nyla (Dean) Rounds,Brenda (Evan) Seifert and Katy (Dan) Priceand a foster son, Albert Harris; eight grand-children, Tim (Lauren) Rounds, Nate(Kristen) Rounds, Chris (Linnea) Rounds,Kathlyn Rounds, Jennifer Seifert, Adam(Carrie) Seifert, Andy (Denise) Price andMark (Pauline) Price and eight great-grand-children. Lyman will also be missed by hisbeagle, Max.

Lyman’s family will receive friendsFriday, September 14, 5-8 p.m. and Saturday,September 15, 10-11 a.m. at Beeler-GoresFuneral Home.

A memorial service will be conductedSaturday, September 15, 2012, 11 a.m. at thefuneral home. Pastor Jeri Otto will officiate.

Memorial contributions to Paws With ACause or Barry County Commission onAging will be appreciated.

Please visit www.beeler-goresfuneral.comto view Lyman’s online guest book or toleave a condolence message for the family.

Lyman D. Kimmey

DELTON, MI - Maxine MarieChamberlin, age 78, of Delton, passed awaypeacefully on September 5, 2012, after anearly three year battle with cancer. Maxinewas surrounded by her loving family, whohave felt honored to be able to care for herduring this battle.

She leaves behind her husband of 60 years,Gordon; sons and daughters-in-law, Stephen(Sonia) of Mattawan, David (Cindy) of Altoand Michael (Wendy) of Delton. She is alsosurvived by grandchildren, Evan (Erica),Drew, Jason, Ashley (Ryan), Adam (Brooke),Kristin (Shane) and Chase. Maxine adoredher great grandchildren, Ethan, Peyton,Connor and Addison. She is also survived bybrothers-in-law Robert (Mona) of Delton,Harry (Gale) of Fort Smith, AR, specialfriend Iva (Bob) Osborne and many treasurednephews, nieces and friends. M a x i n ewas preceded in death by her father, ErnestSmith; mother, Margerete; brothers, Donaldand Russell.

Maxine was born October 10, 1933 inDelton, to Ernest and Margerete Smith. Shegraduated from Delton Kellogg High Schoolin 1951. She worked at Delton Kellogg HighSchool for 21 years, serving as high schoolsecretary and then in food service. Maxinebegan working at Kalamazoo CountyCooperative Extension as 4-H secretary inNovember 1978. She retired in January 1991.

Maxine lived in Delton her entire life andwas a member of Faith United MethodistChurch of Delton. She was a Den Mother forall three of her boys, Sunday school andBible school teacher for many years, treasur-er of the church for nine years, 4-H leader,and Junior High Church Youth leader. Shealso volunteered for 4-H programs in YouthDay Camps and volunteered at church inways too numerous to count. Close toMaxine’s heart was her volunteer work forDelton Friends which she helped with formany years until her health interfered.Maxine liked working on the computer, read-ing and bird watching.

She loved attending all of her grandchil-dren’s activities and rarely missed anythingthey participated in. The time she spent withher great-grandchildren was precious toMaxine. She will always be remembered forher generous gift of her time and love to herfamily and friends.

Both Maxine and Gordon have both feltblessed to have been able to spend over 20years (since their retirements) traveling andspending time together with family andfriends.

In lieu of flowers, contributions to the cre-ation and maintenance of a Memorial Gardenat Faith United Methodist Church of Deltonor Delton Friends would be appreciated.

Maxine's family will receive friendsSunday, September 9, 3 to 6 p.m. at theWilliams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton.

A memorial service was conducted at FaithUnited Methodist Church, Delton, Monday,September 10, 2012, Pastor Brian Bunch offi-ciating.

Please visit www.williamsgoresfuneral.com to view Maxine’s online guest book or toleave a condolence message for the family.

Maxine Marie Chamberlin

Victoria J. Moore will be laid in her finalresting place on Saturday, September 15,2012 at 4 p.m. at Mt. Hope Cemetery inMiddleville. All family and friends that wishto attend are welcome.

Victoria J. Moore

HASTINGS, MI – “Dodie” Monroe I.Rosenberg, of Hastings, passed awaySeptember 11, 2012.

Dodie was born January 28, 1938 inMiddleville, the son of the late Claude andMary (Boley) Rosenberg.

A veteran, Dodie proudly served his coun-try in the United States Navy. Dodie workedas a semi driver for Amway Corporation for27 years and worked with his sons on theirelephant ear wagon, traveling all over thestate of Michigan to area fairs. Dodie enjoyedvisiting with all of his friends throughout thestate in his travels, and he was known for hisgenerosity to others and could fix anything.

Dodie is survived by his wife of 52 years,Rosemary Rosenberg; his children, Julie(Doug) Ybema, Wes (Lisa) Rosenberg, Steve(Sherri) Rosenberg and Jack (Amy)Rosenberg; grandchildren, Ben (Jackie),Nicole, Cody, Luke, Danielle, Teddy, Haley,Cody Maxlow, Noah, Mallorie and Olivia;sisters, Nancy Anders, Jackie (Gary) Gerardand Susan Parsley; brothers, Mike (Linda)Rosenberg and Terry (Janet) Rosenberg.

Dodie’s family will receive friendsThursday, September 13, 6-8 p.m., atThornapple Valley Church of Hastings. Afuneral service will be conducted Friday,September 14, 2012 at 11 a.m. at ThornappleValley Church of Hastings. Cathy Peters willofficiate.

Memorial contributions to Barry CountyGas and Steam Engine Club will be appreciat-ed. Please visit www.beelergoresfuneral.comto view Dodie’s online guest book or to leavea condolence message for the family.

“Dodie” Monroe I. Rosenberg

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The public is invited to experience NativeAmerican culture through a traditional powwow, including authentic dancing and drum-ming, arts and crafts and native foodsSaturday, Sept. 15 and Sunday, Sept. 16.

The Walk-in-the-Spirit Pow Wow is anopportunity for native people to gather in atraditional social setting. As a teaching powwow, it is conducted in the most correct wayknown for being rooted in the Three Fires ter-ritory, said Charlton Park director Dan Patton.The sacred fire burns for four days with sun-rise pipe ceremonies and talking circles.Dancing, drumming and singing can be seenand heard while traders trade handmade craftsand supplies.

The pow wow grounds are the Anishnabehomecoming grounds, now known asHistoric Charlton Park. When the federalgovernment allowed Indians to have powwows again, the first one in Lower Michiganwas at Charlton Park.

The general public is invited to join aftergates open at 10 a.m. each day. Grand entries

are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday and noonSunday. Flags will be retired at sundownSaturday, followed by open dancing untildark.

Sunday, following the dances, gifts will bepresented to the participants. Authentic foodvendors will be selling throughout the eventso visitors can enjoy fry bread and other spe-cial treats. Native artisans will be offeringbeadwork, baskets, leather goods, ceramics,carvings, blankets, statuary and jewelry.

Members of the intertribal public are invit-ed to participate in dancing. Participants willbe available before and after dancing for pho-tos, discussion and to answer questions.

Admission to the Pow Wow is $5 foradults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12.Spectators should bring their own lawn chairsto view the event. For more information, call269-945-3775 or visit the website,www.charltonpark.org. Historic CharltonPark is at 2545 S. Charlton Park Road, justnorth of M-79 between Hastings andNashville.

Charlton Park hosting powwow Saturday and Sunday

The public is invited to attend the Walk-in-the-Spirit Pow Wow this weekend.

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Conklins to celebrate60th wedding anniversary

On September 7, 1952 Laurence (Larry)Conklin and Dorothy Adams were wed at theWesleyan Church in Hastings.

Larry and Dorothy have lived most of theirlives in Barry County.

They have two daughters, LouAnn (Colin)Cruttenden, and Connie (Martin) Haywood,four grandchildren and seven great grand-children.

The family will celebrate with a specialdinner, and a surprise weekend trip.

Congratulations!

LaMar Fisher celebrates 90th birthdayThe children of LaMar Dale Fisher invite

all of his family and friends to join him incelebrating his 90th birthday on Friday,September 14, 2012 from 4:30 to 6:30 atTujax in Delton. Cards are welcome. No giftsplease.

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Michael John Shinaver, Hastings and StacyLynn Caldwell, Hastings.

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Lucienne Elizabeth, born at PennockHospital on Aug. 29, 2012 at 7:49 p.m. toJamie Cole and Jacob Cole of Hastings.Weighing 7 lbs. 11.7 oz. and 21 3/4 incheslong.

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BETTER BRIDGE INBARRY COUNTY

by Gerald Stein

by Gerald SteinNow that school has started, and our students are back in the classrooms, isn’t it time for Barry

County bridge players to think about taking bridge classes this fall? Today’s column will list someof the bridge classes that will be offered either locally or nearby. Next week we will visit somelocal places for bridge players to play bridge. For now, let’s see what class offerings are availablefor beginners, advanced beginners, intermediates, or anyone who just wants to brush up or learnsome new bridge tricks in the fascinating world of bridge.

For starters, a beginning bridge class for truly the beginner in bridge will be offered at our ownFehsenfeld Center, Kellogg Community College, Hastings campus, beginning on Wednesdays inOctober and November: October 3 to November 28 from 10-12 noon. Entitled Bidding in the 21stCentury, this class centers on the basics of bridge playing: counting, bidding, playing, and gener-ally learning the necessary parts of bridge. In nine weeks, players will learn to bid using the latestbidding practices as taught and encouraged by the American Contract Bridge League. A minimumof eight students must register for the class through KCC’s Institute for Learning in Retirement.Go to the KCC website www.kellogg.edu/lifelong/ilr/pdf/Newsletter.pdf and register online or calltheir office number: 269-965-4134 Ext. 2.

If the daytime hours do not fit your schedule for this class, the same class Bidding in the 21stCentury will be offered in Battle Creek at the Kellogg Community College Technology Center onHill Brady Road on Wednesday nights beginning October 3 from 6-8 PM for nine weeks. Thisclass is perfect for beginners in bridge but also serves as a refresher class for those who want tosee what new ideas in bridge bidding have developed since they first learned to play. Again go tothe KCC website www.kellogg.edu/lifelong/ilr/pdf/Newsletter.pdf and register online or call theiroffice number: 269-965-4134 Ext. 2. The text is included in the tuition cost for both classes. Abonus chapter in the beginning class is the final chapter, and all students will know and be able touse the Stayman Convention by the end of the nine weeks.

A third class, geared more for the advanced beginner, the intermediate player, and anyone whowants to improve the defense part of their bridge game, will be offered on Monday mornings,beginning October 1-November 26 from 10-12 noon. This class entitled Defense in the 21stCentury will also be offered through the Institute for Learning in Retirement program throughKellogg Community College at their Technology Center on Hill Brady Road. The text is includedin this class as well, and the class runs for nine weeks just like the beginning classes. This classwill delve into opening leads against no trump contracts and trump contracts, developing defen-sive tricks, making a defensive plan, and a bonus chapter on learning a popular and useful con-vention: the negative double. Again go to the KCC websitewww.kellogg.edu/lifelong/ilr/pdf/Newsletter.pdf and register online or call their office number:269-965-4134 Ext. 2.

A fourth class that will be offered in Kalamazoo at the Kalamazoo Bridge Center is the Play ofthe Hand in the 21st Century. This class follows the Bidding in the 21st Century class and isthe second class in the ACBL series. For more information on this class, which begins on Thursday,September 20, 2012, call 612-508-1360. This class also runs for nine weeks and includes the text.Learn how to make a plan, take all the tricks you need, and impress the in-laws with your play ofthe hand.

Finally, an exciting offering for those social bridge players who want to know a bit more aboutduplicate bridge playing and where to go for more instruction, here is a bit of news from Alan andBrenda Bau, Directors at the Kalamazoo Bridge Center in Kalamazoo, just off of US 131.

A New Beginner Bridge Game Starts Friday, Sept. 28th at the Kalamazoo Bridge Center,648 Maple Hill Drive in Kalamazoo: From Alan and Brenda Bau, Directors.

Call (269) 372-9299 or visit http://www.kzoobridge.com/

“We will be starting a new bridge game targeted toward helping social bridge players who wantto learn about duplicate bridge and new duplicate bridge players get off on the right foot. The firstsession will be on Friday night, September 28, 2012 starting at 6:30 PM. This is a FREE SESSIONand plan to come at 6:00 PM for pizza and salad.

Many times social bridge players and new duplicate bridge players are somewhat overwhelmedin the beginning. This new game is intended to relieve any stress and will be a great learning expe-rience. There will be a brief pre-game lecture that will focus on the basics of bidding, defense,declarer play, etiquette and a host of other related topics. Each session will consist of twelve hands.To enhance the learning experience most of the hands will relate to the material covered in the lec-ture.

We ask that you pre-register for the first session as it will help us plan the food requirements forthe evening. If you would like to sign up for this free bridge game that includes dinner, please con-tact us at your earliest convenience. We hope to have a really good turnout, so we suggest makingyour reservations early.”

Next week, in this column, we will look at the places in Barry County, Calhoun County,Kalamazoo County and Kent County where bridge games are available and ready for bridge play-ers. For now, consider the bridge classes in our area or in nearby communities. Begin the schoolyear with a desire to learn some new ideas about your favorite game. Sign up for classes or take adrive with some friends to the free pizza and salad night offered by the Kalamazoo Bridge Center.You will be opening a wonderful window in your bridge learning. Have fun in Bridge Class!

*****(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)

O’Donnells to observegolden wedding anniversary

Mike and Beverly (Bowne) O’Donnell willhave their 50th wedding anniversarySeptember 15, 2012. They have lived at theirW. Quimby Rd. home for 48 years. Theyhave two sons, Perry O’Donnell and Rus(Tonya) O’Donnell; one granddaughter,Justine O’Donnell and two step-grandchil-dren, Tiphany and Nathan Taylor.

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Bowne Center United Methodist Churchwill host a beef and pork supper on Saturday,Sept. 15, serving from 5 to 7 p.m. TheSebewa Center United Methodist Church, abit closer, is having a Saturday evening mealalso Sept. 15, serving from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

Tonight, the Lake Odessa Area HistoricalSociety is starting its 45th year with a sharedmeal at the Freight House. Meeting time is6:30 p.m. come with a dish of food to shareand be prepared for a unique evening of his-torical pleasure. There will be reports onDepot Day and more.

The end of this month will bring an autoshow combined with the initial gathering ofalumni from the combined LakewoodSchools.

The Tri-River Museum group will meet

Tuesday, Sept. 18, in Lowell.For years, local quilters made an annual

pilgrimage to Paducah, Ky., to attend theannual American Quilting Society exhibits.This year, the big national event was held inGrand Rapids. Quilt makers came fromacross the country to see the AQS exhibit inGrand Rapids. Now there are talks of extend-ing the years of exhibits in Grand Rapidsbeyond 2013 and 2014 which were alreadyarranged.

Jane Shoemaker of Lake Odessa celebratedher 80th birthday in style by walking theMackinac Bridge along with many of herfamily members. Walking the five-milebridge would be one matter, but being so farabove the water with only a metal meshbeneath takes courage.

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School is back in session. If you haveschool-age children, you’re probably busygetting them acclimated to another year ofhitting the books. But the school years go byquickly, so it won’t be long before your kidsare ready to head off to college. Will you befinancially prepared to help them?

It’s certainly a challenge, especially givenrising costs of higher education. Considerthese figures from the College Board: For the2011-2012 school year, the average cost(including tuition, fees, room and board) was$17,131 per year for an in-state studentattending a public, four-year college or uni-versity. For a student attending a private four-year school, the comparable average cost was$38,589 annually. And these numbers arelikely to increase in the years ahead.

So, what can you do to help meet the highcosts of higher education? For starters, youneed to save and invest — early and often.And you’ll also want to choose investmentsthat are particularly well suited for college.Here are a few suggestions:

• 529 plan — When you invest in a 529plan, all withdrawals will be free from feder-al income taxes, as long as the money is usedfor a qualified college expense for your child,or even your grandchild. (However, non-qual-ified withdrawals may be subject to federal,state and penalty taxes.) Contribution limits

are quite high so, in all likelihood, you’ll beable to put as much as you want into a 529plan; although you generally can’t exceed theannual gift tax exclusion, which is $13,000per beneficiary in 2012. Furthermore, if youparticipate in your own state’s 529 plan, yourcontributions may be tax deductible on yourstate taxes.

• Coverdell Education Savings Account —Depending on your income level, you cancontribute up to $2,000 annually to aCoverdell Education Savings Account (ESA)in 2012. Your Coverdell earnings and with-drawals will be tax-free, provided you use themoney for qualified education expenses.(Any non-education withdrawals from aCoverdell ESA may be subject to a 10 percentpenalty.) Unlike a 529 Plan, in addition to col-lege expenses, Coverdell funds can be usedfor kindergarten through 12th grade expensesand you can place Coverdell ESA contribu-tions into virtually any investment you choose- stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, etc.

• Zero coupon bonds — A zero couponbond is priced at a discount to its principal orface value. You receive the principal valuewhen the bond matures. So, you could pur-chase a zero coupon bond that matures in theyear your child is ready to go to college.Although you won’t receive regular interestpayments throughout the life of the zerocoupon bond, you’ll still be liable for thetaxes on this interest. So, before purchasing azero coupon bond, consult with your tax advi-sor.

These investments have proven popularamong many parents and grandparents.However, you’ll need to consult with yourfinancial advisor to determine which college-savings vehicles are appropriate for yourneeds. But don’t wait too long — because,

before you know it, today’s grade-schoolerswill be packing for their college dorms.

This article was written by Edward Jonesfor use by your local Edward Jones FinancialAdvisor. If you have any questions, contactMark D. Christensen at 269-945-3553.

was scary to play hide-and-seek in a spookyplace.

Another great fun was sliding down theBarryville Hill on the bobsled. It was neigh-borhood owned and it held lots of kids.Herber Foster (a dad) and Arthur Lathrop, thegrownups, saw to it that each hand and footwere intertwined in safely so no one got hurt.Another man would stand at the bottom of thehill with a lantern and signal when no carswere coming. Of course, there were not manycars out and especially when it was snowyand slippery. Oh, how much fun it was. Wethought we were going 60 miles an hour andlaughing all the way. One of the bigger boysdid the steering, and it was hard, too, becauseof the load and the curve at the bottom. Wewould go and go a long ways and then walkback up for another ride. Hubert was one ofthe fellows who steered, along with a Higdonor a Fassett. There would probably be at least20 kids every slippery night. We took turns,since it could not hold us all. There werewonderful memories but I meant to tell youabout our old big square table.

It had at least six extra leaves and itstretched out at threshing time to seat at least14 people. But it was our main stay, I wouldsay, because we did everything at that big oldsquare table. You realize we had no electrici-ty or running water, our refrigeration was thewell tank. We always had cold water pumpedsteadily by the old windmill. It was alwayscold because a pipe from it went undergroundto the big horse tank in the barn. That tank atthe barn was big enough to swim in, but wenever did since mice and even cats would fallin it and drown.

We kept butter, cream and milk in glasscans and lowered them in the water at thesmall tank at the house, and they kept real

cold. We always had nice cold milk to drink,and we drank a lot. I still like cold milk. Ifthere wasn’t enough wind to make the wind-mill go Papa had a gas engine to pump thewater. He was always quite mechanical andliked to fix things.

But that old square table holds lots of fondmemories and some tales that probably willnever be told. It seems everything that wasever done or decided was on or at that oldtable. Dishes were washed and dried in panson the table. After school, all the kerosenelamps were filled, wicks trimmed and glasschimneys were washed and shined. Papa wasthe only one to tend to the Aladdin lamp, andthen when we got the gasoline lamp, no onetouched it – only Papa since the mantels wereso delicate. When we bought that lamp wethought it was so bright, my, oh my.

All the studying was done at either the tableor the fold-down desk in the kitchen corner. Itwas shelves with a solid front that foldeddown to desk level, and that’s where the inkwell was kept, so if we had any papers towrite that needed to be in ink, that’s where wesat.

Papa’s pocketbook laid on the top shelf.There was only one pocket book in thosedays, and no one took any money out only asit was truly needed. That’s the advantage ofnot having very much monetary luxury. Iremember when I was going to high schooland I needed to buy some more notebookpaper, I would just go to the shelf and say“I’m taking a nickel for paper” and that wasall that was necessary. We never had anymoney problems in that family, since therewas no money to argue about.

One time that old table had the Ford motoron it to be repaired before Hubert could driveit to school the next day. I think he and Papa

worked all night on it inside, out of the coldbecause it was winter. How they ever carriedit in and out I do not know, but of course thatmotor was not like the ones of today.

That old table had many a half beef andpork being cut up for Mom and I to can; manyvegetables, fruits and chickens prepared. Oneof the best smells after school was the freshlybaked loaves of bread, still warm, spread outon the bread board so we could let the buttermelt as we spread it on the tasty and fillingstaff of life. That same bread made the mostdelicious French toast and if, when there wasany left after a few days, Momma wouldsteam it in the old iron pot and it was so goodand warm with butter and jam or brown sugar.It never was thrown out.

One year Papa got the idea that we wouldget more for our red kidney beans if they were“picked over” before selling them. So everyevening, another bushel of beans was pouredout on that old big square table and all wouldsit around the table with the lamp in the mid-dle and sort out the stones and bad ones. Afteryou got so sleepy you got your good onesgoing in the trash and the poor ones in thebest pile. you were sent to bed.

Every so often, we would get a new “oilcloth” for the table. We always tried to buypretty patterns to brighten up the kitchen.When it was new, your arms kinda stuck tothe table until it got worn down a bit with allthe scrubbing it took.

That old table held a family together for agood many years. We always had every mealtogether; most decisions and commitmentswere made around that pillar of safety andcomfort.

(To be continued)

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Financial FOCUSFurnished by Mark D. Christensen of EDWARD JONES

This is the second part of a series of mem-ories written by Dorothy (Lathrop) Kelsey ofher childhood years in Barryville. Born in1917, the youngest child of Egbert H. Lathropand Rhoda Boone, Dorothy now resides atThornapple Manor. She wrote “GrandmaRemembers: The Big Old Kitchen Table” in2001. (Dorothy is featured as this week’sBright Light on page 4.)

*****On our farm, we had cows, three horses,

chickens, sheep and hogs. We had an orchard,blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, anasparagus patch and always a big garden.There was always good food and of courseplenty to do. One year, we raised a big patchof cucumbers. I never got so tired of pickingpickles in all my life. We picked every otherday and took them by the bushels to Nashvilleto the pickle factory. That year, the moneyfrom the cukes bought us three kids musicalinstruments. Hubert picked the trumpet,which he learned to play, and played in theschool band and orchestra. Ferris picked theviolin, which was a poor choice for him, sincehe had no ear for music. These instrumentscame from a Sears & Roebuck catalog. Ipicked a piano, and we got a nice second-hand one from ‘Dad Angel.” He was theYMCA director at that time.

That summer, we would pick the pickles inearly morning or evening when it was cooler,and it was the same summer the neighbor-hood got the idea of going over to MiddleLake in the evenings to go swimming.Someone would come along with tractor orcar and wagon or trailer with all the kids inthe neighborhood – the Fosters, Higdons,Potters, Van Dorens and more – and whenyou heard them coming, you grabbed yoursuit and hopped on. Middle Lake was over inthe Striker district, it’s a private lake now butit was nice after a hot day. We didn’t go downto Thornapple since there were so many bro-ken bottle pieces that you got your feet cutevery time you went swimming there. When Iwas younger, I remember the high slide thatwas at Thornapple Lake. It was fun and scary.Thornapple Lake was quite a nice resort atone time. When I was small, I remember thetrain going through and sometimes it stoppedat the hotel there. A dance hall was down bythe lake, and we were never allowed to gothere, but later years it was turned into a skat-ing rink and was quite a popular place. Thehotel ran down, finally burned, and now thereis no picnic ground or anything. It was a nicegathering place picnics, ball games, etc.

In summers, Ferris and I would load up ourlittle wagon with produce of any kind and sellit to the cottages around Thornapple Lake.Our raspberries and blackberries always soldgood. On holidays, of course, no mail wasdelivered, so that was the day Ferris and Icould go down to Morgan and get our mail.The incentive was always the one or two pen-nies we had to spend at the store (which wasthe post office). You know it took a greatamount of time to make that important deci-sion. I can still see the many choices throughthe glass counter.

In our apple orchard, we had “maiden

blush,” which were the first to ripen, then the“golden sweet,” and the red “snow” apple,several other kinds and the “Wagners” and“spies.” Grandfather must have planted them.I am thankful for the thoughtfulness of ourforefathers for a good many blessings wehave had and are still enjoying. Although welived in what they called the “depression,” weas kids did not know any different. We hadmeat: beef, pork and chicken; milk; eggs andI remember the folks taking wheat to the milland exchanging it for flour. We bought sugar,but raised most everything else. It was a treatto have a banana, and we didn’t need any-thing else. We canned and preserved so wewere well off – food wise. We didn’t wearexpensive clothes and only had one pair ofshoes a year, but everybody else was in thesame “boat.” We did have city cousins whowould visit us many times, and I remember sowell the phrase “Oh, Rhoda do you have anyextra” butter – cream – corn or whatever wasin season. They never gave it a thought thatthis was where our scarce money came from.Selling every extra from what we needed.Mother always gave to them, and I thinkmaybe that’s why Papa called them the“Kissing Kousins” because kissing got themlots to eat. The cousins thought even thechickens were free to us, as if they just cameto roost at our place.

As children on the farm, I can neverremember being bored and not having some-thing to do. We always had chores, and itseems if we were ever idle and not doingsomething even if it were playing, Motherfound a chore for us to do – fill the wood box,bring in some fresh water, chop corn for thechickens and a million other little busy thingsto do.

For fun, we had a wheel and a cross stick toguide that wheel for miles. Ferris and I werealways in a contest whatever we were doing.Of course, he always won. We caught firefliesin glass cans.

We always had the swimming hole back ofHigdons where the creek had been dammedup for the mill that was no longer there. Thewater in one place was deep – over my headas a small child, and you learned to swim realquick because you were pushed in or“dunked” and you learned to survive. Nobodyever drowned over there, but it’s just a mira-cle someone did not. We were free to go to theneighbors any time we asked (after our choreswere done), lots of time in evenings. We did-n’t have to worry about being in danger, evenafter dark, we felt safe. Lots of times therewould be eight to 10 kids gather and weplayed in or at the creek.

Sometimes, we played in the cemetery,hide-and-go-seek. There was one huge monu-ment, smooth and slippery as satin that wetried to climb up on top. It was probably sixfeet high and really firm and solid, so no harmwas done, but the bigger kids could stand ontop and only when you were big and strongenough could you master that tombstone. Itwas like a graduation day when you finallyaccomplished that bit of mastery. We werenever destructive, never moved anything orbroke one thing, it was just that we thought it

Grandma Remembers:The Big Old Kitchen Table, part II

NOTICEThe minutes of the meeting of the Barry CountyBoard of Commissioners held September 11, 2012,are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or www.barrycounty.org.

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NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTIONTo: The residents and property owners of the Orangeville Township, Barry

County, Michigan, and any other interested person.PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on July 3, 2012, at a regular meeting of theOrangeville Township Board, the Board adopted Ordinance No. 6712,Amendment to the Cemetery Ordinance. A summary of the ordinance appearsbelow.SECTION I - AMENDMENT TO SECTION VI, SUBSECTION E The lastsentence of Section VI, subsection E of the Orangeville Township CemeteryOrdinance is amended by the deletion of the following language: “No cremationinterment may be placed in the same burial place as a regular interment”.SECTION II - EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL OF CONFLICTINGORDINANCES - This Ordinance shall take effect upon its publication afteradoption. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are herebyrepealed.PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of the ordinance will beavailable for inspection and may be purchased at the office of the township clerkduring regular business hours of regular business days from the date of thispublication. ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP

Jennifer Goy, Clerk7350 Lindsey RoadPlainwell, MI 49080269-664-452277570971

City of HastingsPOSITION AVAILABLE:

UTILITY SUPERINTENDENTThe Utility Superintendent oversees the operation

and maintenance of the City’s wastewater treatmentplant and sewage collection system and the water fil-tration treatment plant and water distribution system.

Michigan Department of Environmental Qualitylicense certification as a Class B wastewater operator, aClass D-2 license certification in limited treatment, anda Class S-2 license certification in water distribution isrequired. Five years managerial experience is preferred.Excellent computer skills, the ability to communicateverbally and in writing, and commitment to a teamapproach are required.

Salary range $43,346 to $57,794.Complete job description available on request from

City of Hastings, 201 E. State St., Hastings, Michigan49058, 269.945.2468.

To apply submit letter of interest and resume by 4:00PM, October 12, 2012.

Tim GirrbachDirector of Public Services

Animal Shelter DirectorBarry County is seeking qualified candidates for Animal ShelterDirector. Position duties include directing and administering theCounty’s Animal Shelter, including community relations & adoptions,marketing & fundraising, shelter & kennel operations, staff & volun-teer recruitment and management, budget & financial managementand back-up animal control enforcement. For additional informationincluding a copy of the position description and to apply, please visitwww.barrycounty.org or contact Barry County Administration, 220 W.State St., Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284.

Posting Date: September 13, 2012Application Deadline: October 13, 2012

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LEGAL NOTICES

Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-

ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION

WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-

POSE. 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 limit-

ed solely to the return of the bid amount ten-

dered at sale, plus interest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made inthe conditions of a mortgage made by Michael S.Lutes, A Married Man and Suzette A. Lutes, AMarried Woman as Joint Tenants, original mort-gagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 28, 2003, andrecorded on August 4, 2003 in instrument 1110155,and assigned by said Mortgagee to Bank ofAmerica, N.A., successor by merger to BAC HomeLoans Servicing, L.P. fka Countrywide Home LoansServicing, L.P. as assignee as documented by anassignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, onwhich mortgage there is claimed to be due at thedate hereof the sum of Two Hundred FifteenThousand Two Hundred Twenty-Eight and 07/100Dollars ($215,228.07).

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue, at the placeof holding the circuit court within Barry County, at1:00 PM, on September 20, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township ofYankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: Lot 29, Mastenbrook's Subdivision,Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan,as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 39.

The redemption period shall be 6 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale underChapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: August 23, 2012For more information, please call:FC X (248) 593-1302Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #389949F02(08-23)(09-13) 77570254

IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN BANKRUPTCY ORHAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANK-

RUPTCY AS TO THIS OBLIGATION, THIS COM-MUNICATION IS INTENDED FOR

INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND ISNOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT IN

VIOLATION OF THE AUTOMATIC STAY OR THEDISCHARGE INJUNCTION. IN SUCH

CASE, PLEASE DISREGARD ANY PART OFTHIS COMMUNICATION WHICH IS

INCONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING.OTHERWISE, FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES US

TO ADVISE YOU THAT COMMUNICATIONFROM OUR OFFICE COULD BE INTERPRETED

AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBTAND THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.IF YOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY

OR HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIOR NINEMONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AS

YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO THEBENEFITS OF THE SERVICEMEMBERS' CIVIL

RELIEF ACT.MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in

the conditions of a mortgage made by Stacy Jones,a single woman, to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., as nominee for PolarisHome Funding Corporation, its successors orassigns, Mortgagee, dated August 17, 2007 andrecorded August 27, 2007 in Instrument Number20070827-0001341, Barry County Records,Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by JPMorganChase Bank, National Association by assignment.There is claimed to be due at the date hereof thesum of Seventy-Six Thousand Nine HundredSeventy and 12/100 Dollars ($76,970.12) includinginterest at 6.5% per annum.

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue at the BarryCounty Circuit Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan inBarry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on 09/20/2012Said premises are located in the Township ofPrairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as:

Lot 47 of Supervisor's Plat of the Village ofPrairieville, according to the Plat thereof recorded inLiber 2 of Plats, Page 74, Barry County Records,being part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 2, Town 1North, Range 10 West, excepting therefrom theEast 127 feet thereof.

The redemption period shall be 6 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCA §600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale. TO ALL PUR-CHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescindthe sale. In that event, your damages, if any, arelimited solely to the return of the bid amount ten-dered at sale, plus interest.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale, pur-suant to MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damage to the property during theredemption period.

If you are a tenant in the property, please contactour office as you may have certain rights.Dated: August 23, 2012Orlans Associates, P.C.Attorneys for ServicerP.O. Box 5041Troy, MI 48007-50412485021600 File No. 682.1523(08-23)(09-13) 77570476

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., ISATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFOR-MATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT(248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARYDUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byJACK C. GREEN, MARRIED and SUSANNE E.GREEN, MARRIED, to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely asnominee for lender and lender's successors andassigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2005, andrecorded on February 14, 2005, in Document No.1141418, and assigned by said mortgagee toJPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, asassigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, onwhich mortgage there is claimed to be due at thedate hereof the sum of One Hundred ThousandEight Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Thirty-Three Cents ($100,833.33), including interest at6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage and the statute in such casemade and provided, notice is hereby given that saidmortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mort-gaged premises, or some part of them, at publicvenue, At the East doors of the Barry CountyCourthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PMo'clock, on September 20, 2012 Said premises arelocated in Barry County, Michigan and are describedas: LOT 5 AND THE EAST ONE-HALF OF LOT 6OF BUR-MAR ESTATES PLAT NUMBER 1, HAST-INGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGANBEING PART OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUAR-TER OF SECTION 20, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 6WEST, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ACCORD-ING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF,BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. The redemption peri-od shall be 6 months from the date of such saleunless determined abandoned in accordance with1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemptionperiod shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.If the above referenced property is sold at a foreclo-sure sale under Chapter 600 of the MichiganCompiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278, the borrowerwill be held responsible to the person who buys theproperty at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to themortgage holder for damaging the property duringthe redemption period. JPMorgan Chase Bank,National Association Mortgagee/AssigneeSchneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 ResearchDrive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335JPMC.000724 FNMA (08-23)(09-13) 77570500

FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect adebt. Any information obtained will be used for thispurpose. If you are in the Military, please contactour office at the number listed below. MORTGAGESALE – Default has been made in the conditions ofa certain mortgage made by: Bernice Boocher andJohn E. Boocher, wife and husband to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nomineefor Countrywide Home Loans Inc. dba America'sWholesale Lender its successors and assigns,Mortgagee, dated May 18, 2007 and recorded July10, 2007 in Instrument # 1182792 Barry CountyRecords, Michigan Said mortgage was assigned to:Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger toBAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka CountrywideHome Loans Servicing, LP, by assignment datedFebruary 21, 2012 and recorded March 1, 2012 inInstrument # 201203010002131 on which mort-gage there is claimed to be due at the date hereofthe sum of Ninety-One Thousand Nine HundredFifty-Nine Dollars and Thirty-Two Cents($91,959.32) including interest 7.25% per annum.Under the power of sale contained in said mortgageand the statute in such case made and provided,notice is hereby given that said mortgage will beforeclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, orsome part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Courtof Barry County at 1:00PM on September 27, 2012Said premises are situated in City of Hastings,Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot32 of Aben Johnson's First Addition to the City ofHastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, asrecorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 46. Commonlyknown as 330 E Francis St, Hastings MI 49058 Theredemption period shall be 6 months from the dateof such sale, unless determined abandoned inaccordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a,in which case the redemption period shall be 30days from the date of such sale, or upon the expi-ration 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 saleunder Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of1961, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower will beheld responsible to the person who buys the prop-erty at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mort-gage holder for damaging the property during theredemption period. Dated: 8/30/2012 Bank ofAmerica, N.A., successor by merger to BAC HomeLoans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home LoansServicing, LP, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys:Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 OurFile No: 12-67089 (08-30)(09-20) 77570689

FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect adebt. Any information obtained will be used for thispurpose. If you are in the Military, please contactour office at the number listed below. MORTGAGESALE – Default has been made in the conditions ofa certain mortgage made by: Stuart Buckley andLoretta Buckley, Husband and Wife to Member FirstMortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated December 18,2002 and recorded December 26, 2002 inInstrument # 1094438 Barry County Records,Michigan on which mortgage there is claimed to bedue at the date hereof the sum of Fifty ThousandSeven Hundred Thirty-Two Dollars and Ninety-FourCents ($50,732.94) including interest 6.25% perannum. Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mortgagewill be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged prem-ises, or some part of them, at public vendue, CircuitCourt of Barry County at 1:00PM on September 27,2012 Said premises are situated in City of Hastings,Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: TheSouth one half of Lots 4 and 5, Block 10, DanielStrikers Addition to the City, formerly village ofHastings, according to the recorded plat thereof inLiber 1 of Plats, page 11. Commonly known as 719N. Hanover, Hastings MI 49058 The redemptionperiod shall be 6 months from the date of such sale,unless determined abandoned in accordance withMCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which casethe redemption period shall be 30 days from thedate of such sale, or upon the expiration of thenotice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever islater; or unless MCL 600.3240(17) applies. If theproperty is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, underMCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsi-ble to the person who buys the property at the mort-gage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder fordamaging the property during the redemption peri-od. Dated: 8/30/2012 Member First Mortgage, LLCMortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C.811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 12-67461 (08-30)(09-20) 77570694

Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure SaleTHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATIONWE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT

THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVEMILITARY DUTY.

ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may berescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In

that event, your damages, if any, shall be limit-ed solely to the return of the bid amount ten-

dered at sale, plus interest.MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in

the conditions of a mortgage made by John L.Buffinga, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s),to Comerica Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee,dated August 18, 1992, and recorded on August 24,1992 in Liber 552 on Page 607, and assigned bymesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, NA asassignee as documented by an assignment, inBarry county records, Michigan, on which mortgagethere is claimed to be due at the date hereof thesum of Twenty-Four Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Two and 56/100 Dollars ($24,152.56).

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue, at the placeof holding the circuit court within Barry County, at1:00 PM, on September 27, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township ofJohnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: Commencing at a point 1364.82 feetSouth of North 1/4 Post, Section 28, Town 1 North,Range 8 West, thence South 224.46 feet, thenceWest 400 feet, thence North 224.46 feet, thenceEast 400 feet to the point of beginning.

The redemption period shall be 6 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale underChapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: August 30, 2012For more information, please call:FC D (248) 593-1309Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #392761F02(08-30)(09-20) 77570705

Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure SaleTHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATIONWE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT

THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVEMILITARY DUTY.

ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may berescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In

that event, your damages, if any, shall be limit-ed solely to the return of the bid amount ten-

dered at sale, plus interest.MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in

the conditions of a mortgage made by RosemaryAnn Davis, a married woman and Joel C. Davis, asto homestead rights only, original mortgagor(s), toMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,Mortgagee, dated August 9, 2007, and recorded onAugust 20, 2007 in instrument 20070820-0001071,and assigned by said Mortgagee to Chemical Bankas assignee as documented by an assignment, inBarry county records, Michigan, on which mortgagethere is claimed to be due at the date hereof thesum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand FiveHundred Thirty-Two and 08/100 Dollars($111,532.08).

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue, at the placeof holding the circuit court within Barry County, at1:00 PM, on October 4, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Village ofMiddleville, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: Lot 11, Plat of Thornton Addition,Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, asrecorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 72.

The redemption period shall be 6 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale underChapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: September 6, 2012For more information, please call:FC J (248) 593-1311Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #396291F03(09-06)(09-27) 77570733

SynopsisORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING

September 4, 2012Meeting called to order at 7:00. All board mem-

bers present.Approved minutes from the August 14, 2012 reg-

ular board meeting.Approved motion to rescind amendment to July

3, 2012 minutes.Treasurer’s report read and put on file.Fire report read and put on file.County Commissioner’s report read.Parks and Recreation report read.Public comment received.Approved paying of the bills for the month of

September.Approved paying off the fire truck in the amount

of $99,616.45.Approved motion to adjourn.

Respectfully submitted,Jennifer Goy, ClerkAttested to by Thomas Rook, Supervisor 77570973

State of MichiganProbate Court

County of BarryFile No. 12-26094-DE

Estate of Cynthia Ann Petkoff.Date of Birth: 5/23/1951TO ALL CREDITORS, the Decedent, Cynthia

Ann Petkoff, died 2/11/2009.NOTICE TO ALL CREDITORS: You are notified

that all claims against the estate will be foreverbarred unless presented to Charles Dean, namedpersonal representative and to the court, 206 W.Court St., Hastings, MI 49058, within 4 months afterthe publication of this notice.Date: 5-10-2012Kathryn M. RussellPO Box 241Hastings, MI 49058269-945-4243Charles Dean119 Bush St.Delton, MI 49046

77570975

Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure SaleTHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATIONWE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THENUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILI-TARY DUTY.

ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescind-ed by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event,your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to thereturn of the bid amount tendered at sale, plusinterest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made inthe conditions of a mortgage made by Kirk RobertReed and Candace Kay Reed, Husband and Wife,original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, datedFebruary 3, 2003, and recorded on February 11,2003 in instrument 1097473, and assigned by saidMortgagee to Nationstar Mortgage LLC asassignee as documented by an assignment, inBarry county records, Michigan, on which mortgagethere is claimed to be due at the date hereof thesum of One Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand FiveHundred Ninety and 56/100 Dollars ($162,590.56).

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue, at the placeof holding the circuit court within Barry County, at1:00 PM, on October 11, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township ofYankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: Lots 92 and 93, Valley Park ShoresNo. 2, according to the recorded plat thereof inLiber 5 of Plats, on Page 62

The redemption period shall be 6 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale underChapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: September 13, 2012For more information, please call:FC H (248) 593-1300Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #092873F02(09-13)(10-04) 77570984

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATIONOBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.MORTGAGE SALE—Default has been made in theconditions of a Mortgage made by TIMOTHY LEECOLBURN AND JEANETTE ELLEN NORRIS, asingle man and a single woman, Mortgagors, toNPB MORTGAGE, LLC, Mortgagee, datedSeptember 13, 2005, and recorded September 19,2005, Instrument Number 1153020, of BarryCounty Records, Michigan, which mortgage hasbeen assigned by mesne assignments to FirstNational Acceptance Company, on which mortgagethere is claimed to be due as of the date of thisnotice $76,709.37, including interest at 12.95% perannum. Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage, and pursuant to the statutes of the Stateof Michigan, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgagedpremises, or some part of them, at public auction tothe highest bidder, on Thursday, October 11, 2012,at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, at the place of holdingthe circuit court within Barry County, Michigan. Saidpremises are situated in the Township of Barry,Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot16 of Sundago Park, according to the recorded Platthereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 71,Barry County Records; c/k/a 82 Sundago Park,Hastings, MI 49058 The redemption period shall besix months from the date of the sale, unless thepremises are determined to be abandoned pur-suant to MCLA 600.3241a, in which case theredemption period shall be 30 days. Please beadvised that if the mortgaged property is sold at aforeclosure sale by advertisement, pursuant to MCL600.3278 you will be held responsible to the personwho buys the property at the mortgage foreclosuresale, or to the mortgage holder, for damaging theproperty during the redemption period. Dated:September 13, 2012 LeVasseur Dyer & Associates,PC Attorneys for Mortgagee Assignee P.O. Box721400 Berkley, MI 48072 (248) 586-1200 (09-13)(10-04)

77571000

STATE OF MICHIGAN56B JUDICIAL DISTRICT

JUDICIAL CIRCUITCOUNTY PROBATE

206 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058(269) 945-1404

ORDER FOR SERVICE BYPUBLICATION/POSTING AND

NOTICE OF ACTIONCASE NO. 12-0899-SP

GRAND BANK FOR SAVINGS, FSBStephanie C. Kamykowski (P74223)Trott & Trott, P.C.31440 Northwestern Hwy., #200Farmington Hills, MI 48334(248) 341-4772vROBIN L. ALLEN, a/k/a ROBIN PETERSAll Occupants10660 Maple Grove Rd.Nashville, MI 49073

TO: ROBIN L. ALLEN, a/k/a ROBIN PETERSIT IS ORDERED:1. You are being sued in this court by the plaintiff

to recover possession of property after LandContract Forfeiture. You must file your answer ortake other action permitted by law in this court atthe court address above on or before 10/3/12 at9:00 a.m. If you fail to do so, a default judgmentmay be entered against you for the relief demand-ed in the complaint filed in this case.

2. A copy of this order shall be published onceeach week in Hastings Banner for three consecu-tive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed inthis court.

3. Rick E. Risk shall post a copy of this order inthe courthouse, and at 10660 Maple Grove Rd.,Nashville, MI 49073 and at The Dayton TennesseeCity Court - 399 1st Avenue, Dayton, TN 37321once a week for 3 weeks, and shall file proof ofposting in this court.

4. A copy of this order shall be sent to Robin L.Allen, a/k/a Robin Peters at the last known addressby registered mail, return receipt requested, beforethe date of the last publication, and the affidavit ofmailing shall be filed with this court.Date: July 9, 2012Judge Michael L. Schipper (P42154) 77571005

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Orangeville Township Board Hosts Educational Meetingon Hydro Fracking in Oil/Gas Exploration

Invited: The residents and interested persons of Orangeville Townshipand adjoining Townships

Come to a public meeting on September 19th at 7:00 pm at the OrangevilleTownship Community Center, 7350 Lindsey Road, Plainwell, MI 49080.

Hearing addresses concerns of oil/gas exploration procedures (Fracking).

A presentation will address facts, law, and range of actions includingresolutions, ordinances, contesting of leases and issuance of permits under

certain circumstances. Presentation is by individuals & attorneys inenvironmental protection.

All individuals interested in attending are requested to RSVP to secure seating.Please contact either Supervisor Thomas Rook - 616-299-6019,

or Clerk Jennifer Goy - 269-664-4522.77570869

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LEGAL NOTICESNOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGECHARLES J. HIEMSTRA IS A DEBT COLLEC-

TOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANYINFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR

THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILI-TARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE

NUMBER LISTED BELOW.Default has occurred in the conditions of a

Mortgage (“Mortgage”) made by Timothy K. Marlin,a/k/a Timothy Marlin and Kimberly S. Marlin, hus-band and wife, of 2710 Pine Trail Drive, Middleville,Michigan 49333, Mortgagor, to Lake MichiganCredit Union, a state chartered credit union, havingits principal office at 4027 Lake Drive SE, Suite 110,Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, which Mortgagewas dated July 13, 2007, and recorded in the officeof the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michiganon August 15, 2007 at Instrument Number20070815-0000958. By reason of this default, theMortgagee hereby declares the entire unpaidamount of said Mortgage due and payable immedi-ately. As of the date of this Notice there is claimedto be due for principal and interest on this Mortgagethe sum of Two Hundred Twenty-nine ThousandFour Hundred Forty-five and 41/100 Dollars($229,445.41). No suit or proceeding at law hasbeen instituted to recover the debt secured by thisMortgage or any part thereof.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the Powerof Sale contained in this Mortgage and the statutein such case made and provided, this Mortgage willbe foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part thereof, at public auction to the high-est bidder at the East Steps of the Barry CountyCourthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings,Michigan 49058 that being the place of holdingCircuit Court in said County, on Thursday, the 27thday of September, 2012, at 1:00 p.m.

The premises covered by this Mortgage arelocated in the Township of Irving, County of Barry,State of Michigan and described as follows:

EXHIBIT ALegal Description of

2710 Pine Trail Drive, Middleville, MI 49333Parcel 2:That part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 32,

Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township,Barry County, Michigan, described as:Commencing at the North 1/4 corner of said sec-tion; thence South 89 degrees 37 minutes 52 sec-onds East 974.70 feet along the North line of saidNortheast 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 44 minutes14 seconds West 1187.69 feet along the East line ofthe West 60 acres of said Northeast 1/4 to the cen-terline of State Road; thence North 72 degrees 31minutes 34 seconds West 172.30 feet along saidcenterline; thence south 00 degrees 44 minutes 14seconds West 287.34 feet to the place of beginning;thence South 00 degrees 44 minutes 14 secondsWest 140.00 feet; thence South 79 degrees 26 min-utes 39 seconds West 412.61 feet; thence North 00degrees 44 minutes 14 seconds East 300.00 feet;thence South 78 degrees 11 minutes 16 secondsEast 412.30 feet to the place of beginning.

Parcel 3That part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 32,

Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township,Barry County, Michigan described as: Commencingat the North 1/4 corner of said section; thenceSouth 89 degrees 37 minutes 52 seconds East974.70 feet along the North line of said Northeast1/4; thence South 00 degrees 44 minutes 14 sec-onds West 1187.69 feet along the East line of theWest 60 acres of said Northeast 1/4 to the center-line of State Road; thence North 72 degrees 31minutes 34 seconds West 172.30 feet along saidcenterline; thence South 0 degrees 44 minutes 14seconds West 427.34 feet to the place of beginning;thence South 00 degrees 44 minutes 14 secondsWest 220.00 feet; thence South 79 degrees 26 min-utes 39 seconds West 412.61 feet; thence North 00degrees 44 minutes 14 seconds East 220.00 feet;thence North 79 degrees 26 minutes 39 secondsEast 412.61 feet to the place of beginning.

Parcel 4That part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 32,

Town 4 North, Range 9 West, described as:Commencing at the North 1/4 corner of said sec-tion; thence South 89 degrees 37 minutes 52 sec-onds East 974.70 feet along the North line of saidNortheast 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 44 minutes14 seconds West 1187.69 feet along the East line ofthe West 60 acres of said Northeast 1/4 to the cen-terline of State Road; thence South 00 degrees 44minutes 14 seconds West 264.0 feet to the place ofbeginning; thence South 00 degrees 44 minutes 14seconds West 300.77 feet; thence South 79degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds West 168.26 feet;thence North 00 degrees 44 minutes 14 secondsEast 333.72 feet; thence South 89 degrees 15 min-utes 46 seconds East 165.0 feet to the place ofbeginning.

Subject to and together with an easement foringress, egress and utility purposes over a 66 footwide strip of land, the Easterly line of which isdescribed as: That part of the East 1/2 of Section32, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, described as:Commencing at the North 1/4 corner of said sec-tion; thence South 00 degrees 44 minutes 14 sec-onds West 888.32 feet along the North-South 1/4line of said section to the centerline of State Road;thence South 72 degrees 31 minutes 34 secondsEast 441.0 feet along said centerline to the place ofbeginning of the East line of said 66 foot wide ease-ment; thence South 01 degree 13 minutes 25 sec-onds West 960.59 feet to the place of ending of saideasement.

Tax Parcel No. 08-08-032-025-05Notice is further given that the length of the

redemption period will be six (6) months from thedate of sale unless determined to be abandoned inaccordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which casethe redemption period will be as provided by MCLA600.3241a.

If this property is sold at a foreclosure sale byadvertisement, during the period of redemption,borrower/mortgagor will be responsible to the pur-chaser or to the mortgage holder for physical injuryto the property beyond wear and tear resulting fromthe normal use of the property if the physical injuryis caused by or at the direction of theborrower/mortgagor.Dated: August 16, 2012LAKE MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION MORTGAGEETHIS INSTRUMENT PREPARED BY:______________________________Charles J. Hiemstra (P-24332)Attorney for Mortgagee125 Ottawa Ave., NW, Suite 310Grand Rapids, MI 49503(616) 235-3100 77570341

IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN BANKRUPTCY ORHAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANK-

RUPTCY AS TO THIS OBLIGATION, THIS COM-MUNICATION IS INTENDED FOR

INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND ISNOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT IN

VIOLATION OF THE AUTOMATIC STAY OR THEDISCHARGE INJUNCTION. IN SUCH

CASE, PLEASE DISREGARD ANY PART OFTHIS COMMUNICATION WHICH IS

INCONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING.OTHERWISE, FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES US

TO ADVISE YOU THAT COMMUNICATIONFROM OUR OFFICE COULD BE INTERPRETED

AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBTAND THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.IF YOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY

OR HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIOR NINEMONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AS

YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO THEBENEFITS OF THE SERVICEMEMBERS' CIVIL

RELIEF ACT.MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in

the conditions of a mortgage made by Jason A.Hobbs, aka Jason Hobbs, an unmarried man, toFifth Third Mortgage- MI, LLC, Mortgagee, datedJuly 11, 2006 and recorded July 20, 2006 inInstrument Number 1167398, Barry CountyRecords, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held byFifth Third Mortgage Company by assignment.There is claimed to be due at the date hereof thesum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Two HundredThirteen and 47/100 Dollars ($110,213.47) includ-ing interest at 6.75% per annum.

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue at the BarryCounty Circuit Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan inBarry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on 09/20/2012Said premises are located in the Township of Barry,Barry County, Michigan, and are described as:

Property situated in the Township of Barry,County of Barry and State of Michigan, describedas follows:

A parcel of land in the East 1/2 of the Northwest1/4 of Section 28, Town 1 North, Range 9 West,described as beginning 777 feet North of the centerof said Section 28, for place of beginning, thenceWest 198 feet, thence North 95 feet, thence East198 feet, thence South 95 feet to the place of begin-ning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan.

The redemption period shall be 6 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCA §600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale. TO ALL PUR-CHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescindthe sale. In that event, your damages, if any, arelimited solely to the return of the bid amount ten-dered at sale, plus interest.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale, pur-suant to MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damage to the property during theredemption period.

If you are a tenant in the property, please contactour office as you may have certain rights.Dated: August 23, 2012Orlans Associates, P.C.Attorneys for ServicerP.O. Box 5041Troy, MI 48007-5041File No. 200.9322(08-23)(09-13) 77570362

FORECLOSURE NOTICE

This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect adebt. Any information obtained will be used for thispurpose. If you are in the Military, please contactour office at the number listed below. MORTGAGESALE – Default has been made in the conditions ofa certain mortgage made by: Loretta Pezet, ASingle Woman to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC,Mortgagee, dated July 29, 2005 and recordedAugust 22, 2005 in Instrument # 1151447 BarryCounty Records, Michigan Said mortgage wasassigned to: Deutsche Bank National TrustCompany, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc.,Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series2005-W2, by assignment dated August 13, 2012and recorded August 15, 2012 in instrument #2012-003287 and by assignment dated October 28,2010 and recorded November 2, 2010 in instrument# 201011020010188 and by assignment datedNovember 19, 2010 and recorded November 30,2010 in instrument # 201011300011133 on whichmortgage there is claimed to be due at the datehereof the sum of One Hundred Nine ThousandThree Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars and Forty-SixCents ($109,324.46) including interest 2% perannum. Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mortgagewill be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged prem-ises, or some part of them, at public vendue, CircuitCourt of Barry County at 1:00PM on September 20,2012 Said premises are situated in Village ofFreeport, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: Lot 4 of Block 1 of the Village ofFreeport, according to the recorded plat thereof,Subject to easements, reservations, restrictions,and limitations of record, if any Commonly knownas 157 Maple St, Freeport MI 49325 The redemp-tion period shall be 6 months from the date of suchsale, unless determined abandoned in accordancewith MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in whichcase the redemption period shall be 30 days fromthe date of such sale, or upon the expiration of thenotice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever islater; or unless MCL 600.3240(17) applies. If theproperty is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, underMCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsi-ble to the person who buys the property at the mort-gage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder fordamaging the property during the redemption peri-od. Dated: 8/23/2012 Deutsche Bank National TrustCompany, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc.,Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series2005-W2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys:Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 OurFile No: 12-63071 (08-23)(09-13) 77570489

Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-

ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION

WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-

POSE. 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 limit-

ed solely to the return of the bid amount ten-

dered at sale, plus interest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made inthe conditions of a mortgage made by JamesHoward Nanninga and Julie A Nanninga husbandand wife, original mortgagor(s), to ChaseManhattan Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee,dated May 23, 2001, as evidenced by Affidavit OfLost Document dated October 20, 2008, andrecorded on October 21, 2008 in instrument20081021-0010338, in Barry county records,Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to bedue at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-ThreeThousand Six Hundred and 73/100 Dollars($63,600.73).

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue, at the placeof holding the circuit court within Barry County, at1:00 PM, on October 4, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township ofAssyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are describedas: The South 5 Acres of the East 1/2 of the East1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 34, Town 1North Range 7 West, except the West 100 feet ofthe South 200 feet thereof, Assyria Township, BarryCounty, Michigan, according to the recorded platthereof.

The redemption period shall be 6 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale underChapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: September 6, 2012For more information, please call:FC S (248) 593-1304Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #224790F02(09-06)(09-27) 77570784

IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN BANKRUPTCY ORHAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANK-

RUPTCY AS TO THIS OBLIGATION, THIS COM-MUNICATION IS INTENDED FOR

INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND ISNOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT IN

VIOLATION OF THE AUTOMATIC STAY OR THEDISCHARGE INJUNCTION. IN SUCH

CASE, PLEASE DISREGARD ANY PART OFTHIS COMMUNICATION WHICH IS

INCONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING.OTHERWISE, FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES US

TO ADVISE YOU THAT COMMUNICATIONFROM OUR OFFICE COULD BE INTERPRETED

AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBTAND THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY

BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.IF YOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY

OR HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIOR NINEMONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AS

YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO THEBENEFITS OF THE SERVICEMEMBERS' CIVIL

RELIEF ACT.MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in

the conditions of a mortgage made by Charles W.Mead, a married man and Janice M. Mead, his wife,to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,as nominee for lender and lender's successorsand/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2003and recorded July 7, 2003 in Instrument Number1108007, Barry County Records, Michigan. Saidmortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, NA byassignment. There is claimed to be due at the datehereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand NineHundred Nine and 94/100 Dollars ($85,909.94)including interest at 5.875% per annum.

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue at the BarryCounty Circuit Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan inBarry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on 10/04/2012Said premises are located in the Township ofCarlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are describedas:

Beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4line of Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 8 West,Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, DistantEast 765 feet from the West 1/4 corner of saidSection 27; thence East 220 feet along said 1/4line; thence South 231 feet at right angles with said1/4 line; thence West 220 feet; thence North 231feet to the point of beginning.

The redemption period shall be 6 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale. TO ALL PUR-CHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescindthe sale. In that event, your damages, if any, arelimited solely to the return of the bid amount ten-dered at sale, plus interest.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale, pur-suant to MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damage to the property during theredemption period.

If you are a tenant in the property, please contactour office as you may have certain rights.Dated: September 6, 2012Orlans Associates, P.C.Attorneys for ServicerP.O. Box 5041Troy, MI 48007-5041File No. 326.9682(09-06)(09-27) 77570878

IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN BANKRUPTCY OR

HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE IN BANK-

RUPTCY AS TO THIS OBLIGATION, THIS COM-

MUNICATION 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 inthe conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald W.Stasch and Gertrude A. Stasch, Husband and Wifeas tenants by the entireties., to GreenfieldMortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 13, 2003and recorded September 5, 2003 in InstrumentNumber 1112574, and Assignment of mortgagerecorded on06/14/07 Document No. 1181740,Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage isnow held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC successor bymerger to GMAC Mortgage Corp. by assignment.There is claimed to be due at the date hereof thesum of Sixty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty-One and 98/100 Dollars ($66,441.98) includinginterest at 6.5% per annum.

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue at the BarryCounty Circuit Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan inBarry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on 10/04/2012Said premises are located in the Township ofCarlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are describedas:

Lot 6 of Balm-Meer Plat according to the record-ed plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats onpage 30, Section 33, Carlton Township, BarryCounty, Michigan.

The redemption period shall be 6 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale. TO ALL PUR-CHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescindthe sale. In that event, your damages, if any, arelimited solely to the return of the bid amount ten-dered at sale, plus interest.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale, pur-suant to MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damage to the property during theredemption period.If you are a tenant in the property, please contactour office as you may have certain rights.Dated: September 6, 2012Orlans Associates, P.C.Attorneys for ServicerP.O. Box 5041Troy, MI 48007-5041File No. 618.8419(09-06)(09-27) 77570883

Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure SaleTHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATIONWE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THENUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILI-TARY DUTY.

ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescind-ed bay the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event,your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to thereturn of the bid amount tendered at sale, plusinterest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made inthe conditions of a mortgage made by Robert A.Myers Jr, a single man aka Robert Myers, originalmortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 8, 2009,and recorded on January 16, 2009 in instrument20090116-0000463, and assigned by saidMortgagee to Bank of America, N.A., successor bymerger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fkaCountrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P. asassignee as documented by an assignment, inBarry county records, Michigan, on which mortgagethere is claimed to be due at the date hereof thesum of Two Hundred Twenty-One Thousand FourHundred Ninety-Eight and 26/100 Dollars($221,498.26).

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue, at the placeof holding the circuit court within Barry County, at1:00 PM, on October 11, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township ofCastleton, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: That Part Of The West 1/2 Of TheWest 1/2 Of The Southeast 1/4 Of Section 20, Town3 North, Range 7 West. Commencing At The South1/4 Comer Of Said Section, Thence North 89Degrees 37 Minutes 01 Seconds East Along TheSouth Line Of Said Section 673.55 Feet To TheEast Line Of The West 1/2 Of The West 1/2 Of TheSoutheast 1/4 Of Said Section; Being TheCenterline Of Barger Road; Thence North 00Degrees 21 Minutes 40 Seconds East Along SaidEast Fine And Centerline 330.00 Feet To The PointOf Beginning Of This Description; Thence South 89Degrees 37 Minutes 01 Seconds West, 717.25Feet; Thence North 00 Degrees 21 Minutes 40Seconds East 1940.98 Feet To Traverse Point No.1 On A Random Traverse; Thence Continuing North00 Degrees 21 Minutes 40 Seconds East To TheCenterline Of Thomapple River; Thence East AlongSaid River’s Centerline To The East Line Of TheWest 1/2 Of The West 1/2 Of The Southeast 1/4 OfSaid Section, Being The Centerline Of BargerRoad; Thence South 00 Degrees 21 Minutes 40Seconds West Along Said East Line And TheCenterline Of Barger Road 66.64 Feet To TraversePoint No. 7 On Said Random Traverse, ThenceContinuing South 00 Degrees 21 Minutes 40Seconds West Along Said East Line And RoadCenterline 1925.96 Feet To The Point Of Beginning.Said Random Traverse Being Described As:Beginning At Traverse Point No. 1 Being On TheSoutherly Bank Of Tahoma River; Thence South 47Degrees 30 Minutes 23 Seconds East Along SaidBank 237.59 Feet To Traverse Point No. 2; ThenceSouth 88 Degrees 09 Minutes 45 Seconds EastAlong Said Bank 70.35 Feet To Traverse Point No.3; Thence North 76 Degrees 18 Minutes 42Seconds East Along Said Bank 272.05 Feet ToTraverse Point No. 4; Thence South 74 Degrees 05Minutes 32 Seconds East Along Said Bank 76.62Feet To Traverse Point No. 5; Thence North 42Degrees 37 Minutes 08 Seconds East Along SaidBank 148.61 Feet To Traverse Point No. 6; ThenceSouth 89 Degrees 38 Minutes 20 Seconds East33.00 Feet To Hs Point Of Ending At Traverse Point.

The redemption period shall be 6 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale underChapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: September 13, 2012For more information, please call:FC X (248) 593-1302Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #409473F01(09-13)(10-04)

77570940

Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure SaleTHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATIONWE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THENUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILI-TARY DUTY.

ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescind-ed by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event,your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to thereturn of the bid amount tendered at sale, plusinterest.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made inthe conditions of a mortgage made by David R.Scott, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), toMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., asnominee for Amerifirst Financial Corporation itssuccessors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated June20, 2011, and recorded on July 1, 2011 in instru-ment 201107010006447, and rerecorded on August8, 2011 in instrument 201108080007508, andassigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan ChaseBank, National Association as assignee as docu-mented by an assignment, in Barry county records,Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to bedue at the date hereof the sum of One HundredEleven Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Six and17/100 Dollars ($111,136.17).

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue, at the placeof holding the circuit court within Barry County, at1:00 PM, on October 11, 2012.

Said premises are situated in Township of Hope,Barry County, Michigan, and are described as:Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 1,Town 2 North, Range 9 West, thence Westerlyalong the North Section line 396.00 feet; thenceSouth parallel to the East line of Section 220 feet;thence Easterly parallel to the North line of Section396.00 feet to the East line of said Section; thenceNorth on the East line 220 feet to the point of begin-ning.

The redemption period shall be 6 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale underChapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: September 13, 2012For more information, please call:FC S (248) 593-1304Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #408609F01(09-13)(10-04) 77570977

STATE OF MICHIGANPROBATE COURT

COUNTY OF BARRYNOTICE TO CREDITORS

Decedent’s EstateFILE NO. 2012-026162-DE

Estate of RENA B. RAYMOND. Date of Birth:March 22, 1923.

TO ALL CREDITORS:NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, RENA

B. RAYMOND, died July 19, 2011.Creditors of the decedent are notified that all

claims against the estate will be forever barredunless presented to MARK RAYMOND, named per-sonal representative or proposed personal repre-sentative, or to both the probate court at 206 WESTCOURT, SUITE 302, HASTINGS, MI 49058 and thenamed/proposed personal representative within 4months after the date of publication of this notice.NATHAN E. TAGG (P68994)206 SOUTH BROADWAYHASTINGS, MI 49058(269) 948-2900MARK RAYMOND16 NORTH 11TH STREETSPRINGFIELD, MI 49037(269) 213-9942

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Mobile home explodes

Man confuses bloodpressure cuff forhandcuffs

Hastings officers were called to a home inthe 500 block of East Center Street Sept. 6 fora suspicious situation. The caller reportedhaving heard a loud “boom.” When the callerchecked next door, the 21-year-old male resi-dent appeared to be unconscious. As policearrived they were told the subject hadregained consciousness and left the apart-ment. The man was found lying on his back,unresponsive, next to a residence southwestof his apartment. Officers noted someswelling on the man’s forehead, along with asmall cut that was still bleeding. Officers alsoreported the odor of intoxicants. While await-ing an ambulance the man regained con-sciousness and became increasingly defiantand loud, saying he was at his own apartment,he was not injured, and he knew where hewas. EMS arrived and asked if they couldcheck the subject’s vitals by placing a bloodpressure cuff on his arm. He belligerentlyreplied that no cuffs were going and him andrefused medical treatment. He was placedunder arrest as a disorderly person.

Woman registersthree times a little bit

Hastings City Police responded Sept. 6 to areported domestic situation at a residence inthe 700 block of East Bond Street. Policelearned a 63-year-old man attempted to driveaway, which allegedly displeased the 50-year-old woman at the residence. The woman’sdaughter reportedly blocked his car by stand-ing in front of it street while the womanclimbed into the passenger-side door. Onceinside the car, a struggle allegedly took placeover the keys to the vehicle, with the womanreportedly assaulting the man several timesduring the struggle. She later admitted topolice she had only had a “little bit” of alco-hol to drink prior to the incident. The womanwas arrested for domestic assault. At the jail,she agreed to a Breathalyzer test which regis-tered at .257 percent (more than three timesthe legal limit to drive). The report has beenforwarded to the prosecutor’s office.

Driver looks downon no plate, noinsurance, no license

Hastings officers received a report Aug. 28of a car heading into Hastings on South M-37,swerving around in the roadway. The descrip-tion given from the caller was a black Porschewith no license plate. Officers followed thecar as it proceeded north on Hanover Street

where it turned west onto Green Street. Thedriver reportedly made such a wide turn, hedrove up onto the curb. A traffic stop, thedriver was identified as 62-year-old Hastingsman. While he still sat in his car, it began toroll back toward the patrol car. Officers toldthe driver to push on the brake. Upon ques-tioning, the man admitted he did not have adriver’s license, had no insurance on his vehi-cle and that the vehicle was not registeredproperly. He also admitted to “looking down”while he was making his turn, and that it hadresulted in his running up on the curb. Aportable breath test showed only a trace ofalcohol in his system. He was arrested fordriving without a license and ticketed for sev-eral other violations.

Uninvited guestsassaulted at party

Hastings officers were called to a home inthe 400 block of South Hanover Street Sept. 1where an alleged assault had occurred. TwoHastings men claimed to have been assaultedat a bonfire party. One victim, 22, told offi-cers that he and his 23-year-old friend hadspotted the party taking place across the streetfrom where they lived. The two then jumpedover a fence and joined the party. The 22-year-old said while he was near the fire talk-ing to a woman, a man with red hairapproached his friend. The man took a bever-age from his friend’s hand and tipped itupside down in the friend’s shirt pocket. Thefriend allegedly removed the bottle andflicked some of the foam at the man, where-upon another big man with a shaved head ranover to the friend, striking him several times.Both decided to stay at the party. Minuteslater, the man with red hair approached himagain and struck the second victim numeroustimes. The two then fled the party to reporttheir assault. Officers went to the scene toobtain statements of the suspects and foundthat the redhead, a 26-year-old Hastings manalready had existing arrest warrants. The manwas arrested and the report forwarded to theprosecutor’s office for review of additionalcriminal charges.

Girlfriend is struck,pushed, stepped on

Hastings City Police were called to analleged domestic assault at a home in the 400block of West Bond Street Sept. 1. A 21-year-old Hastings woman said she and herboyfriend had been arguing. She told policehe had thrown things at her striking her in theface. Officers noted scratches on the woman’sforehead that supported her statement. Shealso said she had been pushed to the groundand stepped on. Officers noticed and pho-tographed supporting evidence. The suspect,a 30-year-old man from Hastings, could notbe located. A report has been sent to the pros-ecutor’s office for possible criminal charges.

Loud music leads topassenger’s arrest

Hastings officers stopped a green JaguarSept. 1 in the 1500 block of West State Roadafter the bass speaker sound coming from thecar was reported be loud enough to shake thepatrol car. The driver, a 19-year-old Hastingsman, had recently been stopped by anotherofficer for the same reason. Officers, noticinga strong odor of marijuana coming frominside the car, searched the car and deter-mined that it contained no illegal substance,but the 17-year-old passenger possessed mar-ijuana, measuring scales and severalunknown pills. The Hastings passenger wasarrested for possession of marijuana. The pillshave been sent to a lab for positive analysis.

Minor denies what’sobvious to police

Hastings Police received a call reportingloud music from a residence in the 200 blockof East Grand Street Sept. 4. Police arrived tofind a 19-year-old Hastings man sitting on acooler listening to music. He was told bypolice he needed to turn the music down. Asthe man went to adjust the volume, he felldown in the yard. When asked if he had been

drinking alcohol, he said he had had nothingto drink. Even after officers told him theycould smell alcohol on his breath, he deniedany consumption. Officers then told him hewas under arrest for being a minor in posses-sion. The man replied “No” and pulled awayfrom the arresting officer, was tackled andtaken into custody. He now faces additionalcharges of resisting an officer. A Breathalyzertest registered .197 percent, after which theman admitted to having had one beer.

Black bag is keyto investigation

When Hastings police officers were park-ing their patrol car after their shift Sept. 1,they noticed three individuals near a car thatwas partially pulled into the Hastings PublicLibrary drop-off lane, directly adjacent to thepolice station. One of the subjects had a light-ed lamp attached to his forehead, and policewere told the car’s key had broken off in theignition and the three were trying to fix it.Police noted the three seemed nervous abouta black bag sitting near the car. As a thirdHastings officer pulled up to the scene, dis-patch reported a warrant for the arrest of oneof the subjects near the car, who then ran frompolice. An officer tackled the man and a fightensued. Another officer, just arriving forwork, joined in the struggle after Tasers weredeployed. After a brief struggle, the 38-year-old Freeport man was taken into custody onseveral counts of resisting police. The blackbag contained a variety of suspected marijua-na, pills, scales, computer, product grinder,video camera and other controlled substance-related items. The investigation is continuing.

Resident opensline of credit –for a stranger

A Hastings man went to the Barry CountySheriff’s Department Aug. 25 to report sus-pected identity theft. He said he had receivedcredit cards in the mail that he had notrequested. His name was on one of theAmerican Express cards and a woman’s namewas on the other card. He said he had calledAmerican Express and the cards were can-celed, but the company told him to contactlocal authorities. He told deputies there wereseveral recent incidents where his personalinformation could have been compromised.He was given and identity theft worksheet bydeputies. Deputies also ran the suspectedwoman’s name through the system and foundnobody in Michigan by that name. The case isclosed.

Same incidenthas three versions

Deputies responded Aug. 22 to a call aboutdamage to a vehicle. The Nashville caller saidshe had a disagreement with a 21-year-oldwoman and that the other woman, also fromNashville, was very upset. She told deputiesthe woman had choked her with a chain andthen went outside and starting beating on hercar. Deputies report the 1999 Pontiac GrandPrix had dents in the hood and rear quarterpanel, plus a cracked windshield. Deputiesalso observed a bruise around the woman’sneck. When the suspect was contacted, shetold deputies the complainant had hit a deerwith the car. She denied attacking the womanand told deputies the complainant had hit heron the head with a rock. A witness tolddeputies a different story and could not con-firm either the complainant’s or suspect’sstory. The case is open, and a charging requesthas been filed.

Stolen firearmrecovered in yard

Hastings Police officers were called to anapartment house on the 200 block of SouthHanover Street Monday just after 6:30 p.m.where they found a stolen SKS assault rifleabandoned in the backyard. The rifle had beenwrapped in garments believed to have beentaken from inside the apartment. The weaponwas not loaded at the time. An investigation iscontinuing.

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Kendall Eugene Leonard, 51, of Hastings,former owner of the Smokey MountainTobacco Shop, was sentenced Sept. 5 for pos-session cocaine less than 25 grams and non-narcotic analogues. Leonard was ordered toserve nine months in jail, with credit for twodays served. He must pay $2,766 in courtassessment and serve 36 months on proba-tion. The last three months of his jail time willbe suspended pending successful completionof drug court. He must participate in cogni-tive behavior therapy and AlcoholicsAnonymous. Leonard must pay $160 permonth toward court assessments.

Nicholas Allen Steele, 22, was sentencedSept. 5 for assault with a weapon. Steele, ofFreeport, was ordered to serve 60 days in jail,with credit for two days served. He must pay$998 in court assessments and serve 12months on probation. The last 45 days of hisjail sentence will be suspended upon success-ful completion of probation. Steele was

ordered to refrain from harassing, intimidat-ing, threatening or assaultive behavior towardthe victim, plus no contact with the victim. Acharge of felonious assault with a dangerousweapon was dropped.

William Joseph Schilthroat, 52, was sen-tenced Sept. 5 for operating under the influ-ence of liquor, third offense. Schilthroat, ofMiddleville, was ordered to serve six monthsin jail, with credit for three days served. Hemust pay $1,948 in court assessments andserve 36 months on probation. His driver’slicense was revoked by the secretary of state’soffice. He must pay $130 per month on courtassessment upon release from jail. The lastfour months of his jail sentence will be sus-pended pending successful completion ofdrug court. He must attend substance abusecounseling, cognitive behavior therapy, andAlcoholics Anonymous. A charge of operat-ing while intoxicated was dropped.

Barry County Sheriff Deputies respondedto a reported explosion at Barry’s Resort onCharlton Park Road Sunday, Sept. 9, aroundat 2:20 a.m.

They found the residence on fire and thelone resident standing near his vehicle indriveway. The 59-year-old man had beeninside the home when the explosion occurredand received severe burns.

The Hastings Fire Department responded

to extinguish the blaze, and the victim wasflown to Spectrum Butterworth hospital byLifenet helicopter. Area residents were tem-porarily evacuated as a precaution.Consumers Energy responded to check forgas leaks and determined the area was safe.

The incident has been turned over to thestate fire marshal’s office for further investi-gation. No additional information was avail-able at press time.

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The ninth annual Bill Porter MemorialCharity Golf Classic has always been consid-ered the area’s largest fund raising golf event.This summer’s outing proved to again be awinner for the community.

Co-sponsored by Hastings City Bank andthe Hastings Mutual Insurance Company, theJune 22 event was again formatted to providefunding to local non profit agencies whileproviding those agencies the opportunity toshare information about their work during theevent, as well.

Golfers and community supporters aregiven votes which are cast for the participat-ing charities. The charity receiving the mostvotes receives the highest percentage of theproceeds. Sponsorships and a portion of theregistration fees provide the funding, as doesmoney raised during the event.

Total proceeds for this years golf classicwere $28,024.00. Lighthouse on the Lake

and Two or Three Together each received$500.00 and were given the opportunity toshare information about their organizationsduring the event.

The four charities chosen to receive fund-ing, as determined by participants votes, wereGreen Gables Haven, which received themost votes and 50% of the remaining pro-ceeds, $13,512.00. In second place wasNavigate College Access Network, receiving25% of the proceeds, $6,756.00. Third placewas awarded to Maple Valley CommunityCenter of Hope, receiving 15% of the pro-ceeds, $4,053.60. In fourth place, receiving10% of the proceeds, was YMCA CampAlgonquin, awarded with $2,702.40.

Golfers competed for prizes, as well. TheLong Drive Women's Prize of a $150 gift cardto Alfresco was won by Korin Ayers. LongDrive Men's Prize of a $100 gift card to Bob'sGun and Tackle was won by Steve Storrs.50/50 Closest to the Pin Prize of $198.00 waswon by Gary Geiger. Long Put Hole Prize of

a $100.00 gift card to Dewey's Auto Bodywas won by Dan Savage.

Beat Danny's Ball Prize of $297.00 waswon by Steve Storrs. Hole # 14 Closest to thePin Prize of a Garmin GPS was won by TootMcKeough. Hole # 17 Most Accurate DrivePrize of 2 dinners to San Marcos Restaurantwas won by Bonnie Hildreth.

The winning golf teams: First Place Prizeof 4 gift packs from Suburban of WestMichigan, 4 $25 gift cards for the SeasonalGrille Restaurant and 4 sleeves of golf ballswere won by the Whispering Pines Team.They received the prestigious Bill PorterCharity Golf Classic trophy, as well, present-ed by Penny Porter. Coming in a very closesecond place was the team of Tripp and Tagg,who received 4 $25 Barry Bucks certificates.

Many sponsors contributed to the successof the event, including the DowntownRestaurant Association, who provided lunch.Sponsors included: (list attached) Signaturesponsors for 2012 were Hastings City Bankand Hastings Mutual Insurance Company.

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Hastings scored better at the end of the day,winning both its matches in the BronzeDivision bracket at Saturday’s Cereal CityClassic in Battle Creek.

The Saxon varsity volleyball team was 2-2-1 on the day. In the Bronze bracket, theSaxons defeated Battle Creek Central 25-17,25-10, then knocked off Hopkins 25-18, 25-17.

Hastings started the day with a 25-12, 25-10 loss to a tough team from Mendon, thenfell 25-19, 25-10 to Grand Ledge. In the finalmatch of pool play, the Saxons split withHarper Creek, winning game one 25-16 butthen falling 7-25 in the second game.

Saxon head coach Val Slaughter waspleased with the improved play of her backrow. Nikki Redman had a team-high 52 digson the day. Taylor Warner chipped in 40 digsand Becky Barnard added 25.

Corrie Osterink also had a good day pass-ing up the ball, adding 49 digs to go alongwith her 15 kills.

Ally Owen led the Saxons in kills with 28.Rachel Quillen had 16 kills and seven blocksto go along with six aces. Erin had 30 assistsand a team-high nine aces.

The Saxons return to action tonight atWayland, then Saturday will head back toBattle Creek for the Battle Creek Central

Hastings spikers win BronzeDivision at Cereal City Invite

The Saxons’ Ally Owen blasts anattack against Hopkins Saturday at theCereal City Invitational. (Photo by DougAllen)

Hastings’ Christine Maurer (right) passes the ball near the net as teammate ErinGoggins races over during their team’s contest with Battle Creek Central Saturday atthe Cereal City Invitational. (Photo by Doug Allen)

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Thursday, Sept. 13 — Visiting author KathyJo Wargin enchants young readers, 10 a.m. tonoon; Movie Memories celebrates cute kiddieswith “General Spanky,” 5 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 14 — preschool story timereads about turtles, 10:30 to 11 a.m.; houseconcert featuring Jen Cass, 7 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 17 — library board of direc-tors meets, 4 to 6 p.m.; computer class takeson Advanced Excel, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 18 — toddler story timeenjoys bears, 10:30 to 11 a.m.; young chesstutoring class, 4:30 to 5:30; open chess club,6 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 19 — teen advisoryboard meets to set goals, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

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

Charity golf classic returns$28,000 to community

The team of Tripp and Tagg finished second in the ninth annual Bill Porter MemorialCharity Golf Classic represented by (from left) Ty Greenfield, Nathan Tagg, LukeWarner, and Steve Storrs.

Penny Porter presented the prestigious Bill Porter Memorial Charity Golf Classictrophy to the Whispering Pines team represented by (left) Kerry Boulter and TomDrumm.

Green Gables Haven was the winning charity during the ninth annual Bill Porter Memority Golf Classic. On hand to accept were(from left) Nathan Tagg, Kristy Dombkowski, Stephanie Fekkes, Penny Porter, who presented the award, Randy Teegardin ofHastings City Bank, Janie Bergeron, Green Gables Haven Director, and Bill Wallace of Hastings Mutual Insurance Company.

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Team High Series: Look Ins 1293; Lu’sTeam 1271; Sa-m 1233.

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Delton Kellogg’s varsity football teamhonored veterans and current service men andwomen before the start of their KalamazooValley Association clash with with HackettCatholic Central’s varsity football teamFriday.

A team of Marines helped the Panthersprep in the preseason, but the Delton Kelloggboys are still working on being the best that

they can be.Hackett jumped out to a 35-0 lead in the

first half, and went on to a 42-14 victory todrop the Panthers to 0-3 on the year.

GeoVante Weston scored four of the first-half touchdowns for the Fighting Irish, onruns of 26, 1, 14 and 57 yards. Jacob Budaygot the scoring started, hauling in a pass fromquarterback Dan Thayer for a six-yard scorein the opening quarter.

Corey Burdgick scored his team’s finaltouchdown, on a one-yard run in the third

quarter.Delton got a three-yard touchdown run

from Cole Ritchie later in the third quarter,then added a 60-yard touchdown pass fromBrian Mills to Spencer Saurers in the fourth.

Ritchie led the DK offense in the contest,rushing 12 times for 62 yards.

Weston carried the ball 15 times for theIrish, for 193 yards. Thayer was 8-of-10 pass-ing for 126 yards and the one TD.

The KVA slate doesn’t let up any for thePanthers, who will travel to Pennfield Friday.

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Olivet’s Logan Rohloff (left) battles for possession of the ball with Delton Kellogg’sZack Simon during Monday’s KVA contest in Delton. (Photo by Perry Hardin)

Hackett and Christian putDK in 0-2 hole to start KVA

The Panthers performed admirably inback-to-back contests with the juggernauts ofthe Kalamazoo Valley Association.

Delton Kellogg’s varsity boys’ soccer teamis 0-2 in the KVA after taking on HackettCatholic Central and Kalamazoo Christian.

Hackett knocked off the Panthers 4-0 inDelton Monday evening, getting two goals ineach half.

Delton held off the Irish for most of thefirst half, but gave up two goals in the final8:01 before the break. Matt Carl scored thefirst goal for Hackett, then Danny O’Brianfound the back of the net one second beforethe half.

Steven Juzwiak and Nate Harpenau tackedon second half goals for Hackett, which out-shot the Panthers 18-6 on the evening.

Though they outshot a powerfulKalamazoo Christian team by an 18-10 mar-gin, the Panthers came up just short in a 2-1home field soccer loss Wednesday.

Sophomore Mark Ordway openedWednesday’s scoring with a goal beforeseven minutes had even expired in the firsthalf. After the Comets’ Josh Laaksonenevened the score 1-1 some 10 minutes later,the two teams played to a standoff for the restof the first half.

Christian found its way past the Pantherdefense and sealed the victory with the win-ning goal just over four minutes into the sec-ond half.

Delton was slated to take on Pennfield lastnight, and will play another KVA contest athome Monday when it takes on Maple Valley.

Delton Kellogg defender Travis Boze(right) and goalkeeper Landon Grizzlecollide in front of the Panther net asOlivet’s Joe Amat comes crashing inalong with the ball Monday. (Photo byPerry Hardin)

Service men and women and veterans were honored before the start of Fridaynight’s varsity football game between Delton Kellogg and Hackett Catholic Central atDKHS. (Photo by Linda Boyce)

Sgt. Gino Tristan (left) and Sgt. BurtonBlack Fox raise the flag before the startof Friday’s varsity football game at DeltonKellogg High School. (Photo by LindaBoyce)

Delton Kellogg’s Kenny Coates is brought down by Hackett Catholic Central’s GeoVante Weston on a run during the first half ofFriday night’s KVA contest at Delton Kellogg High School. (Photo by Linda Boyce)

Vikes play their best D so farthis season, at Williamston

Though the final 34-2 score might havesuggested otherwise, Lakewood CoachNick Boucher found some progress in hisViking team’s loss at Williamston Friday.

“Our defense played the best it has allyear,” assessed Boucher of his 0-3 teamafter the conference-opening loss. “They’vestarted to learn the schemes, and the readsare faster. We’re taking the first steps to put-ting it all together.”

Most everyone could see that when, inthe second quarter, junior Tyler Oeschblocked a Hornet punt in the Williamstonendzone, producing a safety forLakewood’s only score of the evening.

Following Williamston’s three first halftouchdowns, that made the first half score21-2.

The Vikings relinquished ground onlytwice in the second half and looked to bebuilding a tough defensive front behindJake Tromp and Doug Sunkten who eachrecorded six tackles and Oesch who addfive tackles to his blocked punt.

Offensively, the Vikings put up 53 rush-ing yards and 21 passing yards with JordanBennet and Zach Kilbourn combiningthrough the air for some impressive offen-sive output.

The Vikings host Portland Friday.

Hastings edged Wayland by two strokes toearn the runner-up finish at the first O-K GoldConference girls’ golf jamboree of the seasonThursday, at the Mines Golf Course in GrandRapids.

South Christian took the day’s champi-onship with a score of 173. Hastings beat outthe Wildcats for second 199 to 201. GrandRapids Catholic Central was fourth with a218, followed by Thornapple Kellogg 235.

Kylee Nemetz led the Saxons with a 47 andLindy Kloosterman added a 49. The Saxonteam also got a 51 from Katie Brown and a 52from Ashley Potter.

South Christian had the three top scores ofthe day, led by Morgan Wierenga’s 41. TheSailors also got 43s from Bridget Hemingwayand Arancha Baron, and a 46 from GraceElenbaas.

Thornapple Kellogg was led by SandraGerou’s 54. Hannah Lamberg added a 58,Deejay Minor a 64 and Camille Irvine a 69.

Wayland was led by Ali Martus’ 44.The league gets together again at Hastings

Country Club this afternoon.In between the first two league jamborees,

the Hastings girls took on Lakewood atCentennial Acres in Sunfield Tuesday.

Lakewood came away with a 179 to 201victory on the Sunrise nine. All four of theLakewood scorers were under 50 . TheViking team got a 41 from Olivia Barker anda 44 from Emily Barker, as well as a 46 fromVictoria Hager and a 48 from KennedyHilley.

Kloosterman led Hastings with a 46, andthe Saxons also got a 47 from Nemetz and54s from Brown and Amanda Sarhatt.

Lakewood’s girls are now 3-0 in duals thisseason. They knocked off Haslett Thursday atCentennial Acres, 186 to 202.

Hilley was the Lakewood team’s top scor-er, with a 43. Emily Barker and Hager eachscored a 47, while Olivia Barker chipped in a49.

Lakewood head coach Carl Kutch said,“Hilley brought a strong mental-game to thecourse today. Her ball striking and puttingwere excellent.”

Haslett was led by Libby Dusenbery’s 48and a 49 from Klaudia Holland.

Lakewood followed up that performanceby placing third at the 18-team MarshallInvitational Friday, behind champion BattleCreek Lakeview and runner-up Hanover-Horton.

“We finished better than several rankedteams today,” Kutch said. “Olivia had a won-derful round, including three birdies on theday. I believe it is also the best she haschipped and putted all year, finishing withjust 32 putts and three up and downs.”

She shot an 85 to place tenth overall.All five Vikings were under 100, some-

thing Kutch doesn’t believe has ever hap-pened for the Lakewood team at an 18-holetournament before.

Emily Barker fired an 89, Hager a 93 andHilley a 96.

HHS golfers fall to Lakewoodafter second place Gold finish

Viking tennisfalls in firstleague duels

Little scores and bigplays add up for TK

Every point matters, and the ThornappleKellogg Trojans proved that with their 18-15win over the Greenville Yellow Jackets inFriday night’s varsity football matchup.

In the end, the one-point differencebetween Greenville’s safety in the first quar-ter and TK’s field goal in the fourth quarter -coupled with the Trojans’ successful two-point conversion after the third-quarter touch-down - added up to the three-point advantagein the game.

Statistically, the Yellow Jackets may havebetter numbers, and they were the first toscore in the game and the last, but theTrojans’ play in between made the difference.

“They had the ball for more than we did,”said TK head coach Chad Ruger. “They’dmove it down the field about 50 yards, andwe’d stop them and get in a few plays andsome yards before having to punt it back tothem. That’s how they accounted for theiryards.”

Greenville’s safety was the lone score foreither team in the first quarter at the YellowJackets’ new stadium.

TK’s Aaron Ordway accounted for both theTD - after a 40-yard run - and the point-afterkick for TK’s 7 points scored in the secondquarter.

Yellow Jacket Miguel Nieto’s 11-yard runinto the endzone, combined with CalebWolfe’s kick through the uprights in the sec-ond quarter, gave Greenville a 9-7 lead goinginto halftime.

But the biggest difference in the gamecame in the third quarter when Greenvilleattempted a punt near the Trojan endzone.The center muffed the snap, according toRuger, and the kicker fumbled the ball. Thefumble was picked up by Garrett Harris for aTrojan touchdown. The Trojans additional 2points after a touchdown in the third quarter

was the only 2-point conversion in the gameand gave TK a 15-9 lead.

Ordway again added to the score by boot-ing a 30-yard field goal in the fourth quarter,making the score 18-9.

The Yellow Jackets came back to score a 4-yard touchdown by Cory Zimmerman, butneither a kick - which was attempted butfailed - nor a rushing or passing play wouldhave been enough to close the 18-15 gap.

The rain, which Ruger said lasted throughthe first half, contributed to three fumbles byboth teams. Along with Harris, CamdenMacLoed and Devin Sloan recovered fumblesfor TK. Harris and Gahan also recorded oneinterception each for the Trojans.

“Greenville is a good team with a goodfootball program. We knew going into it, wewere in for quite a battle,” said Ruger. “Butwe gave them a fight, our guys were totallyphysical.”

TK senior quarterback Grant Allison com-pleted four of nine attempted passes for atotal of 32 yards for the Trojans, whileGreenville’s Chris Heppe was seven for 14,totaling 142 yards.

On the ground, Ordway averaged just over26 yards on his three carries to lead theTrojans with 79 yards. Nieto’s 18 carries cov-ering a combined 97 yards led the YellowJackets in rushing.

“Greenville left their normal offense andturned to a passing game, but our defense, ourdefensive backs shut that down,” said Ruger,crediting linemen MacLoed, Sloan and PeteWestra, along with backs Gahan, Harris andC.J. Bronkema. “It’s the defense, really; theywere the ones that did the work tonight.”

The win is the first this year for the Trojanswho will face South Christian Friday athome, in the first O-K Gold conferencematchup of the season.

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The progress wasn’t in the scores, it was inthe numbers.

Lakewood’s varsity boys’ tennis team fellto 0-2 in the Capital Area ActivitiesConference White Division with an 8-0 lossto visiting Portland Tuesday. The Vikingswere closer to having a full line-up however,only forfeiting the fourth singles and fourthdoubles flights.

The tightest match of the afternoon cameat second singles, where the Vikings’ DavidParks was downed 6-3, 7-5 by Portland’sZach Platte. Portland also got wins fromRicky Simon at first singles and ClaytonTeachout at third singles. Nathan Goering gotthe win by forfeit at fourth singles for theRaiders.

Lakewood’s best performance in the dou-bles matches came at number two, where theteam of Ray Altoft and Zack Enz pushed theRaiders’ Tyler Socher and Alex Hoppes in thefirst set, but wound up falling 6-4, 6-0 in theend.

Lakewood started the league season lastThursday, at Williamston.

Had the Vikings been able to limitThursday’s match at Williamston to just fiveof the mandatory eight flights, the Vikingswould have had the Hornets worried.

However, after being unable to field teamsat second, third and fourth doubles,Lakewood was tied to a 6-2 loss which over-shadowed the stellar performances of juniorsParker Haskin at third singles and GarrettPhelps at fourth singles.

Haskin outdueled Williamston senior EvanFox, 6-3, 6-1, and Phelps dominated WadeYauk, 6-1, 6-0.

Though they played hard, Viking seniorStephen Nisbet fell to Michael Sienko at firstsingles, 6-0, 6-0 and classmate Parks wasoutdone by Brandon Erickson, 6-1, 6-3.

In the only doubles competition in whichthe Vikings competed, sophomore Altoft andjunior Alex Everts did their best to hold offWill Sevic and Nick Tingley in a 6-0, 6-2loss.

The Vikings will return to league actionwith another tough dual at Lansing Catholicthis afternoon, then play host to theLakewood Invitational Saturday.

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State-finalist Falcons strike down Lionsby Doug VanderLaan

Editor Lightning struck early at Maple Valley

Friday – too early. After taking the opening kickoff and run-

ning it back deep into Constantine territory,the Lions followed up with one offensive passbefore the game was delayed by lightning.That and what looks to be another state finals

Constantine team, spelled doom.“It was about a 40-minute delay and, when

we came back out, we were just flat,”assessed Lion Head Coach Brian Lincoln.“We just ran into the Constantine juggernaut.”

That juggernaut is one that Lincoln wouldexpect to continue in the tradition of aConstantine team that has reached the semifi-nals of the state high school playoffs for three

straight years and was a state finalist in 2011.The Lions didn’t catch any magic until late

in the fourth quarter when, againstConstantine’s second-string lineup, MapleValley recorded its only score, a 55-yardtouchdown run by Garrett Miller that did cre-ate some excitement and hope for the future.

“We just couldn’t move the ball,” saidLincoln. “They had like 570 total yards andwe were down like 36-0 at the half. I did layit on the line with [our team] at halftime and,when we came back, they did hit and tacklebetter.”

The Lions, who stand at 1-2 on the season,face Kalamazoo Christian next week.

“It doesn’t get any easier,” sighed Lincolnlate Friday night.

by Brett BremerSports Editor

“That was some Hastings Saxon footballright there,” said Saxon senior running backKenny Cross.

Hastings’ varsity football team improved to2-1 on the season, grinding out a 20-15 victo-ry at Forest Hills Northern Friday.

The long plays were few Friday, but the bigones kept happening all night long.

Cross intercepted a Nick Wassenaar pass toset up the Saxons in good position to scoretheir first touchdown late in the first half, aone-yard TD plunge by Jon French.

His teammate Eric Hart blocked a punt.The offensive line and running backs for

the Saxons chewed up the first eight and ahalf minutes of the second half on an 18-playscoring drive that gave their team the lead forgood.

Travis Sixberry pressured Husky quarter-back Wassenaar into a fourth-down incomple-tion deep in Saxon territory to end one ForestHills Northern drive in the fourth quarter.

Hastings quarterback Chase Huisman madesure that the Huskies didn’t get an extra fourthquarter possession, diving across his team’sown 30-yard line on a fourth-and-one play fora first down.

“Last week we lost a close one (toHopkins), which we shouldn’t have lost,”Cross said. “Practice all week, the first twothree days were probably the hardest all year.We ran forever and forever and conditioned.”

“The kids came out and we practiced witha little bit of a chip on our shoulder,” saidHastings head coach Fred Rademacher. “Wetook responsibility for what happened. We didn’t execute last week. Not trying totake anything away from Hopkins, they’re aheck of a team and they deserved to win thefootball game, but we felt we made too manymistakes and we let ourselves down. That’sreally what this week was about, really justeliminating those mistakes and continuing toget better.”

Both defenses were solid Friday. TheSaxons allowed the Huskies just 183 yards ofoffense, 125 on the ground and 57 with thepass. Hastings rushed 62 times for 269 yards,and didn’t complete a pass.

Huisman only fired one pass, on theSaxons’ first drive of the second half.Hastings trailed 7-6 after the break, aftermissing on a two-point try following its open-ing TD. That Huisman pass attempt on afourth down, long down the left side to Cross,drew a pass interference penalty. Cross alsorushed for a first down on fourth down earli-er in the drive. The long march ended in afour-yard touchdown run by Stephen Shaffer.Cross’ two-point run put Hastings up 14-7.

“They’re a good team. They’ve got a goodscheme,” said Rademacher. “They have got alot of speed out on the field, so that’s going tolimit you. It’s nice to pop one, but we’ll takean 18-play drive to open up the second halftoo.”

Shaffer finally popped one, the team’s firstrush of over 11 yards, with about five minutesleft in the game. His 61 yard gain ended at theHusky three-yard-line, and Cross carried theball the final three yards on the next play.Hastings led 20-7 after missing on the two-point try.

Shaffer led the Saxon attack with 25 rushesfor 149 yards. Cross rushed 12 times foranother 58 yards, and French added 15 carries

for 43 yards.The Huskies followed with their longest

play of the night, an 88-yard kick-off returnfor a touchdown by Immanuel Campbell thatmade it 20-15 after Wassenaar’s two-pointrun.

Hastings took over with just under four anda half minutes on the clock, and managed toeat away all that time thanks in part to the callto go for it on fourth-and-one from its own29-yard-line with 2:31 left.

“Get it. Get it and we win the game,”Rademacher said of the fourth-down deci-sion, one that he and his teams have mademany times in the past. “Get it and they’re notgoing to run me out of town.

“It’s one of those, it’s risky, it’s crazy, butit’s high school football. I still think it’s the

better call than trying to punt it. Our punterhad a cramp on the sideline, and again theyhave faith in it. That’s what they want to do.Give them a little ownership and go get itdone.”

It was the Huskies who’d ended the firsthalf strong, following French’s TD with a 64-yard drive that ended in a one-yard TD run byJacob Howe and an extra-point kick byDevon Benson.

Howe led the Husky offense with 16 rush-es for 67 yards.

Wassenaar connected on 4-of-7 passes for57 yards and the one interception. Campbellhad two receptions for 58 yards. FHN is now1-2 this season.

Hastings returns to action Friday with theO-K Gold Conference opener at Wayland.

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Hastings running back Kenny Cross slips through the pile across the goal-line withthe football as teammate Michael Eastman (30) begins the touchdown celebrationduring the fourth quarter Friday at Forest Hills Eastern. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Saxon running back Jason Slaughter does his best Superman impression as he’s tripped up by Forest Hills Northern defenderWyatt Batdorff on a run in the first quarter Friday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

The Saxons’ Zach McMahon and Stephen Shaffer hold on to Forest Hills Northernback Marcus Matthews as teammates Michael Eastman (30) and David Pierce closein to help finish off the tackle. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Saxons win with lots of big plays, few long ones

Maple Valley’s Tommy Mudge (right)works to haul down a Constantine ballcarrier during Friday night’s KVA contest.(Photo by Perry Hardin)

The Lions’ Anthony Mahler (2) looks for room to run as teammate Brandon Erwin(right) carries out his fake against Constantine Friday night at Maple Valley HighSchool. (Photo by Perry Hardin)

One hundredth of a second was all thatkept the Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings varsitygirls’ swimming and diving team fromsweeping the swimming events in Tuesday’sseason opening dual at Unity Christian.

The TK/Hastings girls won ten of the 12events in their 118-68 victory over theCrusaders.

State qualifier Alexa Schipper helped getthe Trojans off to a great start, setting a newteam record in the 200-yard individual med-ley with her time of 2 minutes 21.35 seconds.She was ten seconds ahead of her teammateHannah Bashore, who finished in secondplace.

Schipper and Bashore also teamed up inthe evening’s first event, the 200-yard medleyrelay, joining Katy Garber and Kayla Kroellsin the win with a time of 1:59.98.

In between those two races, TK/Hastings’Kayla Strumberger took first in the 200-yardfreestyle with a time of 2:17.67.

The Crusaders followed the first threeevents with their only two wins of the night.MacKenna Nesky outtouched TK/Hastings’Kayla Kroells in the 50-meter freestyle.Nesky finished in 27.29 seconds and Kroellsin 27.30.

Unity Christian then had KatieVaniwaarden win the diving competition witha score of 185.45. TK/Hastings’ BrieannaSheldon was second in the diving with a score

of 175.50.Schipper finished the night with four wins.

She also took the 100-yard breaststroke in1:11.35, and teamed with Garber, KourtneyDobbin and Marissa Swanson to win the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:52.45.

Bashore, Kroells and Strumberger wereeach three-time winners. The trio teamed withJennifer Tuokkola to win the 400-yardfreestyle relay in 4:09.88.

Bashore also won the 100-yard butterfly in1:05.19. Kroells won the 100-yard freestylein 58.53. Strumberger took the 100-yardbackstroke in 1:07.72.

TK/Hastings also had Katie Beauchampwin the 500-yard freestyle in 6:27.21.

The TK/Hastings girls have their firsthome meet this evening in Hastings, againstCalvin Christian.

Swimmers startwith win over Unity

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Area has some of the fastest runners at TK Inviteby Brett Bremer

Sports EditorSaxon junior Trista Straube is setting her

sights high.She shaved about a minute off her time

from her team’s first race to its second thisfall, finishing second to Hamilton’s MollyOren in the Thornapple Division standings atMonday’s Thornapple Kellogg Invitational atYankee Springs State Park.

“I’ve been thinking about training for theOlympics,” said Straube.

“I have a few friends that said they can getme with higher up runners at colleges and onegirl that tried for the Olympics and they’regoing to help me run.”

She’d like to race in the 1,500 meters, andthinks the difference between her splits in therace and the splits for an Olympic qualifyingtime aren’t insurmountable at 10 to 15 sec-onds.

“I’m excited. Even if I don’t make it, atleast I’m still getting better at cross countryand track.”

Melissa Winchester and Casey Lawson ledthe Thornapple Kellogg girls’ team.

Full results weren’t available for theThornapple Division (for larger schools)girls’ race Monday. East Grand Rapids tookthe day’s championship, with Caledonia earn-ing the runner-up trophy.

Straube was one of two medalists fromHastings, with Ronnie Collins leading theSaxon boys’ team with a 24th-place time of18 minutes and 22 seconds.

“On paper, we ran real well. We did okay,”said Hastings head coach Steve Collins. “Thekids beat their times from last year for themost part for the boys. One boy and one girlcame home with medals, Trista finished sec-ond, so that was a plus.”

“There is some really good competitionhere. We get to see some, East Grand Rapids,the boys’ team from Caledonia is a big ClassA, Division 1 school, it’s good for the kids tostep up.”

East Grand Rapids and Caledonia alsowere first and second in the ThornappleDivision boys’ meet, with the Pioneers finish-ing with 50 points. Caledonia had 66, fol-lowed by Northview 94, Byron Center 99,Thornapple Kellogg 133, Wayland 149,Hamilton 151, Wyoming 195 and Hastings205.

Esrom Woldemichael, from Northview, ledthe boys’ race from start to finish. He crossedthe finish line in 16:46. Byron Center’s JohnSattler was second in 17:03, with ThornappleKellogg’s David Walter third in 17:18.

“I think that’s my highest placing for aninvitational, so I’m pretty happy with it,”Walter said. “I was aiming for top three, so Ipretty much achieved what I came out here todo today.”

He said he put in more miles this summerthan ever before, prepping for his first seasonas the Trojans’ top runner.

“I just know, to increase your mileage itusually helps you get better and I waited tohave the speed until the season started,”Walter said.

Austin LaVire was second for the fifth-place Trojan boys’ team, finishing 28th over-all in 18:28. TK also had Conor Leach 35th in18:44, Joe Gaikema 38th in 18:47 and DanielVannette 47th in 19:11.

Behind Collins for Hastings, Jake Miller

was 42nd in 18:59, just ahead of teammatechance Miller who was 43rd in 19:00. TheSaxons also had Jacob Pratt 74th in 20:17 andLucas Elliott 84th in 20:42.

Kellogg DivisionSouth Christian took the boys’ and girls’

championships in the Kellogg Division (forsmaller schools) race at Monday’sThornapple Kellogg Invitational.

Maple Valley’s boys and Delton Kellogg’sgirls each had third-place finishes.

“It’s nice to be competitive again,” saidLion head coach Robb Rosin.

The Maple Valley boys finished the daywith 83 points, behind South Christian with42 and Creston with 47. The Grand RapidsTrack Club was fourth with 128 points, fol-lowed by Freedom Christian 148, Parchment168, West Michigan Aviation 178, ComstockPark 191, Delton Kellogg 192 and Fennville248.

Maple Valley’s top five were all in the top25 boys to finish.

Austin Rood led the Lions, for the first timeever, hitting the finish line ninth in 18:49.

“This is actually the race last year wherewe lost him for about a month and a half,”Rosin said. “This is where he suffered fromheat-exhaustion. We were excited. We keptkidding him all week about this being his raceand he came back and conquered it this year.”

Kyle Brumm was second for the Lions,13th in 19:01, followed by Andrew Brighton19th in 19:18, Sam Benedict 23rd in 19:30and Micah Bromley 24th in 19:36.

“When you look at the size of the schools.Grand Rapids Creston is a bigger school, andSouth Christian is always a very solid pro-gram,” Rosin said. “So, we finished where we were shooting for. Third was a goal as a team,

and I think they all ran really well.”Zach Haas ran really well to lead the

Delton Kellogg boys’ team. He was fourth in17:57, just about 12 seconds behind the lead-ers.

Creston’s Cortez Sims won the race in17:45, just ahead of GR Track Club’s NobleIshaiah who came in at 17:46. Creston’s LZGranderson was third in 17:56.

Behind Haas for Delton, Dylan Kelley was43rd in 20:29, Jacob Morgan 46th in 20:38,Alex Stevens 63rd in 22:24 and TonyDallavalle 69th in 22:49.

Lakewood didn’t get a team score, with justfour runners. Traviss Wilkerson led theVikings in 42nd place with a time of 20:23.Ben Wakely was 48th in 20:41, TylerMcDiarmid 73rd in 23:05 and TrestonMcGarry 94th in 25:38.

Maple Valley’s Jessica Rushford andDelton Kellogg’s Christi Boze were amongthe local runners among the top finishers inthe Kellogg Division girls’ race. Rushfordedged South Christian’s Haley Ritsema at theline for ninth place, with a time of 21:26.Boze was 11th in 21:38.

Boze led the Delton girls to their thirdplace finish. South Christian won the racewith 27 points, followed by Comstock Park47, Delton Kellogg 82, Freedom Christian123, Maple Valley 142, Lakewood 154, WestMichigan Aviation 165 and GR Track Club209. Parchment, Fennville and Creston alsohad runners competing.

South Christian had the two fastest runners,with Alexis Miller winning in 19:21 andMegan Schwartz second in 19:34.

Delton’s top five were all in the top 30.Sarah Rendon was 21st in 23:20, MarcieStevens 26th in 23:50, Danielle Morse 27th in

23:54, and Sammi Cleary 28th in 23:56.The Lions are dealing with some injuries

right now, and there was a big gap before theirsecond runner finished. Lynzie Trumble wasMaple Valley’s number two Monday, comingin 54th in 26:20. Emma McGlocklin was 55thin 26:20, Ivy Braden 63rd in 26:56 and BizWetzel 67th in 27:09.

Lakewood’s top five runners all finishedwithin 1:07 of each other. Brooke Stahl ledthe way, in 49th place with a time of 25:49.Lindsey Tooker was 50th in 26:01, KaylaMcWhorter 53rd in 26:16, Olivia Loutham61st in 26:54 and Mycah Ridder 62nd in26:56.

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Hastings’ Ronnie Collins (right) edges past Wayland’s Corey Vandecappelle as theyclose in on the finish line at the end of the Thornapple Division boys’ race Monday dur-ing the Thornapple Kellogg Invitational. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

The Saxons’ Trista Straube gets start-ed on mile number two during theThornapple Division girls’ race Saturdayat Yankee Springs State Park. (Photo byBrett Bremer)

Delton Kellogg leader Zach Haascruises along the edge of Gun Lake dur-ing Monday’s Kellogg Division boys’ raceat the Thornapple Kellogg Invitational.(Photo by Brett Bremer)

Delton Kellogg's Christi Boze picks upthe pace as she nears the finish line dur-ing the Kellogg Division girls' raceMonday at the TK Invitational. (Photo byBrett Bremer)

by Bonnie MattsonStaff Writer

Lakewood Varsity Basketball Coach MarkFarrell has submitted his resignation to theboard of education

After 20-plus years coaching, Farrell citedwanting to spend more time with his familyas his reason for stepping down, according toLakewood Athletic Director Bill Barker.

“We appreciate the many years of time anddedication Mark spent creating Lakewoodathletes,” said Barker.

Former athletic director Wayne Piercefield

accepted the offer to take the reins, saidBarker.

Piercefield stepped in as coach for thefinal three games of the 2010 season whenVictor Imbuzeiro was relieved of the position.During his interim as coach, the teamadvanced to the district championship game.

Piercefield spent two years as Lakewood’sathletic director before taking the position ofprincipal at West Elementary where he hasbeen since 2011.

Piercefield could not be reached for com-ment.

LHS varsity boys’ basketballcoach Farrell steps downFormer AD Wayne Piercefield takes reins

TK volleyballhandily defeatsOttawa Hills

Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity volleyballteam never flinched as they soundly defeatedOttawa Hills in three sets: 25-2, 25-3, and25-2.

The Trojans hosted the Bengals for thefirst O-K Gold conference game of the sea-son Thursday.

TK’s Jessica Ziccarello led with sevenkills, Holly Dahlke had nine assists, and ErinScheidel had seven service aces.

The varsity team plays South Christian athome tonight. South is joining TK in a PinkOut Match in honor of former TK teacherMary McLellen.

Hastings varsity boys’ soccer team openedup O-K Gold Conference play with a 4-2 winat Wayland.

The Wildcats opened up the scoring with apenalty kick midway through the first half,but the Saxons were quick to respond. Oncethey did, they led for the rest of the evening.

Center midfielder Tanner Roderick tied thegame at 1-1 about seven minutes after theWildcats’ opening goal. Four minutes later,Chris Feldpausch scored for the Saxons off anassist from Ben Kolanowski.

The Saxons’ 2-1 lead lasted into the secondhalf, until Maxwell Clark scored off an assistfrom Kolanowski to put their team up twogoals.

Wayland answered to keep things close,but Hastings got its two-goal lead back on a

goal by Carson Williams with 20 minutes toplay. Roderick assisted on Williams’ goal.

Hastings head coach Ben Conklin said histeam was able to “maintain control of the pos-session for the majority of the game” and thatallowed for many chances on the Wildcatgoal.

The Saxon defense was tough across theentire field in front of goalkeeper TravisMatthews, who had two saves.

Hastings returns to league action this after-noon at home against Ottawa Hills, then willhost another league foe Saturday at 11 a.m.,Grand Rapids Catholic Central. The Saxonsfollow up those two games with another con-ference contest in Middleville, against theTrojans Tuesday.

The Saxons are currently 5-3 on the season.

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